The New Member of the family

Chapter 51

Maya groaned and decided to go back into the bedroom her and her fiancée share as mad as she was at the brunette she loved her and didn't want to be apart from her especially after what they went through yesterday. "Are you okay" Carina asked turning over when the bedroom door opened revealing Maya stood leaning against the door frame "I can't sleep" the blonde said "neither can I" the brunette admitted patting the space in the bed next to her. "We don't have to talk just come and sleep" Carina said as she watched the conflict on her fiancée's face.

"I'm sorry" the Italian said once the blonde was laying in the bed next to her "Thought we didn't have to talk" Maya said "We don't I just am going to say it every minute until you believe me" Carina said "I believe you I do" Maya replied moving her arm so her fiancée could lay on her chest. Carina was quick to fill the space the blonde made for her wrapping her right arm over the blondes torso "I love you" Carina said placing a kiss on the blondes chest "I love you too" Maya replied running her fingers up and down the brunette's back.

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Carina was slowly pulled out of her sleep by the sound of the blondes alarm going off on the bedside table she opened her eyes to see her fiancée still in a deep sleep "bambina" Carina said softly moving to sit up and softly shake the blonde "Maya your alarm" the brunette said reaching over the blonde to turn the alarm off "Mhm" Maya mumbled turning her head away from the light "Wake up" Carina said pressing a kiss to her cheek. "Good morning" Carina said once the blondes eyes opened "Morning" Maya replied leaning forward and pressing a kiss to her fiancées lips taking the Italian by surprise.

"What time is your meeting" Carina asked as she played with the blondes hair "Nine" Maya replied tiredly "You go shower and get ready and then I will make you breakfast" the brunette said moving to stand up "Not yet I still have and hour and half before I have to leave" Maya said pulling her fiancée back down and wrapping her arms around her "do you still want to marry me" the brunette asked nervously chewing on her bottom lip "What" Maya asked shooting her head up in confusion "Do you still want to marry me" Carina said again "Of course I still want to marry you, we are allowed to be angry at each other and argue that is what happens in relationships but I still want to be with you and I still love you and of course I still want to marry you" Maya replied "okay" Carina simply replied "Okay" Maya confirmed moving forward to catch her fiancées lips in her own.

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"Bishop you ready" Ripley asked as he walked into the beanery where the blonde was currently getting her self a cup of coffee "Ready" Maya replied following the fire chief to her office "Okay run me through the events of the call from start to finish yesterday" Ripley said pulling out a note book as he sat down on the chair across from Maya. The battalion chief went through everything that happened from when the first klaxon went off to when they stayed for over haul. "So Montgomery went into OR three first to evacuate Dr Deluca and she wouldn't come" Lucas asked "Correct" Maya said "so when he came back out you took it upon yourself to run into a burning building and leave 6 stations without a leader" Ripley asked "I didn't leave them without a leader I left Sullivan in charge" Maya said "Sullivan is a probie" Ripley shot back.

"His title may be him as a probie but he has the most experience he was once in this seat as the battalion chief so yes I believe I made the right decision leaving him in charge yesterday" Maya said "Mhm" Lucas hummed "You promoted Sullivan to Chief so you know he knows how to do this job you also wanted to promote him up quick earlier this year, I thought about it I thought about who to leave in charge at length and leaving Sullivan in charge was the right decision is was also the most responsible decision" the battalion chief said "The most responsible decision would of been to stay put and send someone else in" Lucas offered "if I did that we would have a OR full of dead people, my fiancée she would be dead her surgical team and the patient would be dead so I make no apologise for how I chose to run that call yesterday, because of me no one on that call died not a single person and I take pride in that and I understand I broke protocol but human life well that is more important then protocol" Maya finished off.

"I agree" Ripley said "but the Department doesn't" the blonde fire chief added "I don't want to punish you because you did amazing work yesterday but you need to take a week off" Lucas said "What" Maya asked "A week off, paid leave I am not suspending you I am not firing you because that stays on record but you taking a weeks personal leave that doesn't so go home and come back next week" Lucas said "With all due respect I don't need a week off" Maya said "I know that but the brass they will want to see some result so you taking a week off to get your head right after no previous issues within the SFD that is a win I will run battalion for a week go home spend time with your daughter and fiancée unpack your new house plan your wedding do not think about work okay" Lucas said "Thankyou chief" Maya said "You're welcome see you next week" the fire chief said standing up and leaving the blondes office.

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"Hi baby" Maya said picking Mateo up from his pram where Andy and the blonde were meeting for lunch "How did it go with Ripley" Andy asked "Good actually he said he supports what I did and completely agrees with why I ran into that building but the brass doesn't so I am having a week of personal leave to get my head right" the blonde said "A whole week off" Andy asked "Mhm a whole week off so I will just unpack the house because Carina and I still haven't done much and then I can go back next week" the blonde said "How are things with Carina" Andy asked.

"Good we haven't really talked about it because it will lead to an argument and I really didn't want to argue yesterday, but she says she sorry every chance she gets. Last night I slept in the spare room" Before Maya could finish what she wanted to say she was cut off by her bestfriend "You slept in the spare room" the brunette asked shocked "Well I tried but I couldn't sleep so I went back into out bedroom and she was awake and she asked if I still wanted to marry her which I said of course I do and then we went to sleep" Maya replied "So you are going to talk to her about it when you get home" Andy asked "Yeah I will but I don't want to fight with her I can't yell anymore it's exhausting" Maya said "So don't fight with her apologise for saying it was her fault allow her to apologise and move on" the brunette offered "I will thank you Andy" Maya said.

A/N - Let's just pretend that I didn't completely forget about this book, I apologise that it has been over a week but hopefully the longer chapter made up for it