Authors note: Once again, sorry it took so long. School has really kept me busy, but I will try to update sooner. Anyways this chapter has another time gap, like I said they would. Hope you enjoy!
3 months later:
They continue the same routine everyday, wake up, take Amelia to daycare, and go to shift. But neither of them complain because all they wanted was a family, which is what they are becoming. This morning though was a little different.
Matt and Sylvie are lying in bed when all of a sudden one of their phones go off.
"Ugh! It's two in the morning!" Sylvie groans.
"It's not mine" Matt states.
Sylvie walks up to grab her phone and sees it her mom. She starts to get worried and quickly answers it.
"Hey mom is everything okay?" Sylvie asks worriedly.
At this point Matt is sitting up rubbing her shoulders to try and comfort her.
"Sweetie it's your father. He had a stroke in the middle of the night and we're at the hospital. He's in surgery right now."
Sylvie starts to choke up and leans further into Matt's arms.
"Is he going to be okay?" She manages to say.
"We're not sure. You should probably come down here. But he's strong, he'll put up a fight"
"Okay um, we'll leave now"
"See you soon honey"
She hangs up the phone and turns to face Matt.
"My dads in the hospital, I have to go to fowlertown."
"I'll drive and get Amelia ready" Matt said as he kissed her head.
"You don't have to do that. We have shift tomorrow."
"I'm not letting you go through this alone. And don't worry about shift, I'll call Boden and tell him the situation"
Sylvie gives him a quick kiss and packs their bags. She not sure how long they will be staying, so she packs a ton of stuff. Meanwhile Matt packed up Amelia's things and got her in the car seat. While he's waiting for Sylvie he texts Boden and tells him they won't be there for shift tomorrow. Sylvie comes down and they throw the bags in the truck.
Before Sylvie can get into the truck, Matt grabs her arm and spins her around into a hug.
"It's going to be okay" Matt says softly.
"I love you" she replies.
"I love you too" he says as he opens her door.
The ride to Fowlertown isn't too long but they sit there in silence till Amelia starts crying. Sylvie grabs her bottle and she starts drinking it. After she gets Amelia calmed down she realizes that they're there.
She takes a deep breath and gets out. Matt grabs Amelia and puts her into the carrier. This is not how he wanted to meet her parents.
They walk in and see her mom sitting in the waiting room.
"Mom!" Sylvie cries.
"Is this Amelia?!" Sylvie's mom asks.
"It sure is" Sylvie replies
"And you must be Matt?"
"Yes, mam. It's nice to meet you, definitely not under these circumstances."
"Yeah" she replies sadly.
Just then the doctor walks out.
"How is he?" Sylvie moms asks.
"The surgery went well and he will be fine. It's going to be a long recovery and his diet will change severely. But other than that, he is fine and you can see him."
Sylvie turns and looks at Matt.
"Go ahead, I'll stay with Amelia."
"Thank you!" Sylvie says and gives Matt a kiss. "I love you"
"We love you too" Matt replies with a big grin.
A couple hours later they decide to go to Sylvie's parents house and order some food.
"What do we want to eat?" Sylvie's mom asks.
"Anything's fine" Sylvie replies.
"Pizza it is!"
After she orders it, she turns to Matt.
"So you like my daughter?" Sylvie asks.
"Yes, I love your daughter." He said as he faces Sylvie.
"Tell me about yourself."
"Mom don't interrogate him" Sylvie adds in.
"It's fine" Matt chuckles. "Um, I work with Sylvie at the CFD, I'm the captain. I'm in the construction business to help make some extra money. Oh and I like to play hockey."
"Matthew Casey like to play hockey?" Sylvie jokes.
"There are still a ton of things you don't know about me, Ms. Sylvie Brett." He laughs.
Just then the bell rings.
"I'll get it!" Sylvie's mom screams.
"I'm going to have to see you play hockey when we get back" Sylvie says seriously. "I can't wait to see how hot my boyfriend looks in a hockey jersey."
"You have a thing for hockey boys?" He asks.
"Ones named Matthew Casey, I do"
He pulls her into a hug and kisses her cheek.
"I'll go feed Amelia and put her to bed real quick." Matt says.
"Okay." Sylvie replies.
After they eat the pizza they decide to head to bed. The doctor said that he can be released tomorrow so Matt and Sylvie decided to leave tomorrow night.
They crawl into bed and Sylvie rests her head on Matt's chest. He runs his fingers through his hair to try and calm her down.
Sylvie starts crying and letting it all out. He knows it's been a rough year. She's been strong for too long. He sits up and tells her he'll be right back. Then he enters the room once again with Amelia in his arms.
"Hey baby" she smiles.
"I knew she'd cheer you up" he said proudly.
He lays back in the bed and puts Amelia between them. All three of them cuddle until Sylvie finally falls asleep. Matt carefully picks Amelia up and carries her back to his crib.
He makes it back to bed and feels Sylvie stir. She ended up with her head in the crook of his neck and arm resting on his chest.
They wake up the next morning and go visit Sylvie's dad in the hospital. This time Matt, Sylvie and Amelia go inside the room.
"Hey dad!" Sylvie exclaimed.
"Hey honey" he replied
"How are you feeling?"
"Better, I'm ready to get out of here"
"I know the feeling" Matt added.
"So are you the famous Matt Casey?"
"I am, sir"
"And is this Amelia?"
"Yes it is dad"
"She grown up so much since the pictures!"
"Yeah she has" Brett replied.
A little while later they decide to head back to Chicago. They arrived around eight and just wanted to rest. Amelia fell asleep in the car so Matt carried her up and put her in the crib.
Sylvie crashed on the couch and turned on a movie. Matt wrapped her in a blanket before getting settled on the couch right next to her.
"Thank you for everything." Sylvie said
"You don't have to thank me, I love you and will always be there for the both of you"
Sylvie smiled and crawled into his lap. Halfway through the movie, Sylvie fell asleep. Matt picked her up and carried her to bed. He laid next to her and kissed her forehead before falling asleep.
Authors note: I hope you liked this chapter! I hope to have the next one done before next week!