Just Like Fire

It never stays the same

Andy woke up earlier, something was off. It took her a couple minutes, before realizing that she wasn't in her husband's arms; there was someone between them. However, the woman loved what she saw: her daughter, her beautiful daughter was the one taking the place between the captain and her man. It was the most amazing view in the world, and Andy just wished she would have it for the rest of her life.

"You are smiling like that because you are not the one choking..."

Robert whispered, referring to the arm their daughter had around his neck.

"She's hugging you, it's adorable. You are adorable."

"One of my many qualities..."

And that is how the rest of their morning went by. The couple waited, patiently, for their child to wake up; the three of them got up, and right after breakfast went to their backward to work out. Andy and Robert had that habit, to do morning work outs in the morning. They just didn't know how it would be a funny family tradition.

Sarah loved it, to be on the grass, doing the exercises with her parents, even in her clumsy way. The girl kept laughing and the two parents, even exhausted from the exercises, kept playing with her. Right after they finished, instead of going home, the couple decided to stay outside with their child, playing and getting dirty on the grass.

Time went by, and the family had to go inside and get ready for their lunch. This was their Sunday family lunch, where they would introduce their daughter to their team. At this point everyone knew about the new addition to their big family, however, Andrea and Robert decided that they only wanted to introduce their little girl after she was officially with them.

When they got to the restaurant everyone was already there, but Dean and baby Pru, Vic ended up explaining that the baby girl had her teeth coming out and just wouldn't stop crying. So, Miller decided to go to the doctor to see what he could do to help his daughter.

The lunch went out in the best way possible. Everyone loved the girl, they were just delighted with her smile and the way she looked at her parents. Dr. Bailey referenced several times that it didn't look like it had just been a day since the adoption, that it looked like Sarah had been with her parents her whole life.

The day of went by very fast, and the day Andy feared got closer very fast. Their shift, their first shift as parents. They explained their child that she was going to spend the night without them, but that Samantha, her babysitter, would be there with her. The girl cried for a while, only getting better when they promised that the girl would step by the station after daycare, so she could be with her parent for a while.

Eight calls, in ten hours of work they had eight calls. And, while the Battalion Chief stayed in the station the whole time, the captain was terrified to work, to be on field. Andy never thought she would feel like that, so scared. The truth was that the woman never cared, if she got hurt how bad could it be? But at that moment it wasn't just her; she had a child at home waiting for her, a family of her own that depended on her.

When the Herrera got to the station after a domestic fire, the woman went straight to shower, only to meet her husband in his office after.

"Come in..."

The man said after hearing a knock at the door. When he saw his wife walking in, he immediately stopped what he was doing, getting up to close the curtains. He knew, just by looking in her eyes, that it wasn't a work visit. She needed her husband, not her chief.

"Hey... come here."

Robert said, softly, sitting back in his chair and opening his arms for his wife. Andy walked towards her loved one, sitting down and just holding on to him. Without ever speaking.