A/N: Wow, thanks for the reviews, I really mean it when I say everyone counts! Right now I'm actually starting to write a chapter right before I go to work because I was just that inspired by a couple or reviews, but hey it really works to read them and then write (although I have to post it after work)! I'm so excited about this chapter that I just want to jump right into it so here I go!

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Life's "Little" Lessons

A Clouded Truth

The stillness, the smell, the brightness, the white, drab walls; it was all too much for Troy. As he looked up from his crouched over position in the uncomfortable hospital chair, he could spot the moving lips of the gray bearded doctor in front of him, but not the words. It seemed like it was all a blur, he never really got a happy vibe from visiting the hospital- between his father's heart difficulties, Caleb's busted lip, and now Gabi's sever stomach pains- he knew that whatever was going on was not what he wanted to hear.

"You- You don't know?" Troy desperately questioned the doctor from his position as the doctor's mouth stopped moving, "How could you not?" he told a deep breath as the doctor just nodded his head in understanding, "You're a freaking doctor, my wife complains of severe discomfort, to the point where she demands the hospital… and…" He yelled as he pulled himself up from off the chair and towered over the sitting doctor, releasing all his inner stress. But who could blame Troy, it was now five in the morning and finally, after a battery of tests, Gabi was peacefully sleeping and there was still no news.

"Mr. Bolton…" Doctor Russet calmly as he too rose to his feet and tried to calm the distressed husband.

"No let me finish… and… you are telling ME that YOU don't know!"

"Mr. Bolton," he repeated as he gently pushed Troy back into the chair that was opposite of his own, "we have done all we can do, we have given her Demerol to help with the pain, done an ultra sound, put her through every possible test we could think of… we…" he started as he looked as Troy with sorrowful eyes, "we didn't find anything… but," he continued as he saw Troy ready to protest, "we are going to send her to a high risk doctor and hopefully there will be an answer soon." As he finished Troy just threw his head back into his hands and let the tears flow; how was he suppose to tell Gabi?, it was his choice to find out as she slept and tell her later; but why, why did it have to be them? Why their babies? Why them?. As he continued to sob into his own hands, the doctor gave him a rub of consolidation on the shoulder and quietly left the room to allow Troy to digest the hard news. True, it wasn't horrible news quite yet, but he just had a feeling that something wasn't right.

"Troy?" a raspy voice called from the plain white bed that was in the room. At the sound of her voice, he quickly wiped away his tears, arose from his seat, and approached the bed, taking his wife's hand in his. "What's wrong?" she asked as she took notice of his appearance and freshly wiped away tears that still stained his face.

"Honey," he started as he wiped away a piece of hair from her face and squeezed her hand.

"What is it?" she asked again, even more worried than before.

"Honey, they don't know." He told her in a whisper through a deep breath.

"Who doesn't… the doctors?'' she asked after a slight pause, she waited a moment for a response before Troy just gave her a nod. "But… I mean… how?" He could tell that tears were now threatening her face.

"They… they are sending us to a high risk doctor," Troy told her calmly trying to regain his own composure so he could comfort Gabi. At the sound of his words, fresh tears started to roll down her face as the news sunk in, she simply pulled him close and laid herself within his arms.

"But… Troy…" she sniffled as she pulled away from his embrace.

"Hmmm." He muttered to her between the stopping tears.

"That… that doesn't… you know…" she hinted, trying to look at the bright side.

"What?" he asked her as he looked into her red eyes.

"Well… it doesn't mean bad news," she added in as she dug her head into his chest once more.

"But Gabi…" he told her as he ran his hands through her hair.

"No buts Troy…" At Troy's words, she pulled her head from his chest and stared him straight in the eye, holding his face to hers, "I… they… I mean… I can't loss these babies…" she finished as tears started to run down her face again, as so did Troy's. He didn't know what to do as Gabi held onto his shirt for pure comfort, he had no words, no thoughts, just tears… her hold was tough, he knew she wasn't going to let go anytime soon… but, at the same time, he knew that that comfort that she wanted was not what he had to give… because… in the end… he just wanted a shirt to grip just as hard as Gabi was holding onto his.


"Troy… Gabi?" Taylor asked as she cautiously opened the hospital room door.

"Yeah, come in, just be quiet," Troy whispered to the woman in the doorway.

"She's sleeping?"

"Yeah, she just feel asleep a little while ago… finally," he added in as he wiped his face once more, making sure all the tears had disappeared. It was now nine o'clock in the morning and after hours of tears and going over all the possible problems, Troy had managed to get Gabi to go to sleep.

"Troy?" Taylor carefully asked the man as he approached her in the doorway, after a nod, she continued, "there is someone here who would probably really like to see you." With this she opened the door which revealed a tired looking Caleb on the other side, but at the sight of his father, he leaped towards Troy, wrapped his arms around his waist. Troy couldn't help but pull Caleb into his arms, giving him a good squeeze before placing him back on his own two feet.

"Where's Mommy?" he asked Troy once he was back on the ground, looking up at his father with an angelic face of an angel.

"She's… she's sleeping," he told Caleb, not wanting to lay it too thick on the young child.

"I want her," he protested as he spotted his mom on the bed and ran over to her, Troy and Taylor followed.

"Mommy!"

"Caleb," Troy scolding as Gabi started to stir, "let her sleep." He added in as the five year old took a step back and tears started to form. "Caleb," he sighed as he took his son into his arms and placed him in a nearby chair, crouching in front of him, "she just needs her rest…"

"Like a nap?" he innocently asked as he blinked back his tears, trying hard to be strong.

"Yes… just like a nap," Troy settled with as Caleb calmed down, "Now how about you give mommy a kiss and we'll go out to the playroom."

"Playroom?" Caleb questioned as he only heard one word out of the whole sentence.

"Yes playroom, but first go give mommy a kiss," he once again instructed as Caleb jumped from the chair and got to the bed.

"Daddy?" he whined as he reached the bed, ready to kiss his mom good bye.

"Yes?"

"I can't reach," he told Troy as he tried to reach over to his mother's cheek.

"Here," Troy pulled his son up and hung him over his mother's face, with this he laid a single kiss on her cheek and whispered 'I love you'. The sight brought tears to both Troy's and Taylor's face, who stood back and watched the scene unfold itself. As Caleb was put on his own feet again, Troy nodded for Taylor to follow him outside.

"Let's go this way," Troy cocked his head towards the waiting room once all three of them were in the hallway and ready to find a place to talk. "Where's Chad?" he asked with curiosity once Caleb was settled into the toy corner and both he and Taylor found a seat to sit in.

"Troy… don't try to keep away from the topic," she warned him with a low voice as he turned away from her stare, trying to keep the tears from coming back.

"Taylor… it's so hard, they don't know, I don't know, how…" he was trying his hardest to keep strong.

"Troy, its okay to cry, high school was over a long time ago."

"I KNOW TAYLOR," he growled as at her as he lost his temper, at his words, Taylor coward back, which didn't go unnoticed by Troy, "I'm sorry… it's just… it's just, they are sending us to a high risk doctor Taylor, and I may not be a doctor, but I know that it can't be a good thing, but Gabi… she just doesn't want to believe any of it…" before he could even finish, his tears chocked his ability to talk and Taylor abandoned her chair for one that was right next to him. She just didn't know what to do, all she could do is rub his back and try to reassure him that whatever was wrong wasn't that bad, so that is exactly what she did do.

"But Troy…" she hesitated to continue before she knew that he wouldn't blow up at her, but after a moment of silence she decided to continue, "Maybe it really wasn't anything."

"As much as I would like to believe that, I don't think that's the case," he got out after a moment of him recollecting himself and wiping away the tears.

"It was cramps Troy, a lot of things cause cramps…"

"Just cramps… that's what the doctors said Tay, just cramps… but… what if they weren't?" he asked her, releasing all his questions that he never thought of asking Gabi or even anybody else for that matter. Taylor didn't have an answer, all she did was nod and continue to allow Troy to release every fear that he held inside of him. So, for an hour, the pair sat out in the white, drab waiting room worrying about what could be and what is as the innocent five year old little boy played in the corner, luckily Caleb hadn't really taken notice of his quietly crying father, and truthfully, that was how Troy wanted it. As the hour came to a close and yet, another bout of silence hit the pair of adults, a message came on over the intercom. Sure, it wasn't the first message they had heard over their hour of sharing, but it was the first one that made Troy perk up in curiosity, worry, anxiety, and a bout of confusion-

"Doctor Russet to Room 112 STAT."

That was Gabi's room.


OMG... I'm so sorry for the horrible chapter... for some reason I just couldn't write is as good as I imagined it and also, sorry for the cliff hanger. Don't worry about the sucky writing though because the next chapter is definitely an important one that I know that I am definitely going to get into writing. Also, sorry for the shortness and everything, but the next chapter will probably make up for it!

THANKS FOR READING!!!!! and hopefully reviewing :)