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Taylor and I got pretty close the couple of days that they were here. We exchanged information and I told her that if she had any questions, she could ask me. Chad was actually really funny. I loved being around them. Even though we didn't grow up together, it felt like I had real friends… it was nice. Troy had to go back to work. He was working double shifts to catch up with some money.

I was still on bed rest. I was bored out of my mind. I needed to go Christmas shopping. I was avoiding doing it online because I like to walk around and browse before I bought something. Kendall was telling me she was running into Marco more often. He said he wanted to meet up with me. I was debating on seeing what he actually wanted. Ken and I were afraid he was going to follow her home one day. He hadn't gone around my parents house yet, which was good.

Being 24 months pregnant with triplets made me feel like I was just being pumped up with air. Every part of my body was getting bigger it seemed. The doctor said I was right on track with my weight though. I just wanted this pregnancy to be over. I didn't remember being this impatient with the twins. I don't know. I guess it was different circumstances.

My phone rang around noon. It was the week before Christmas and for the record I had resorted to online shopping. "Hello?" I asked, resting my bottle of water on my big belly.

"Can you fucking talk to him? because I'm tired of talking to him." Kendall said, frustrated.

"Sure." I said dryly. Oh god. I picked up the granola bar I was eating and took a bite.

"Hello?" The deep familiar voice I was once in love with came over the line.

"Can you stop harassing my sister Marco?" I asked him with my mouthful.

"If you go to dinner with me." He said.

I laughed "Why the hell do you want to go to dinner with me? You broke up with me over five years ago."

"Gabriella, please?" He begged. He always called me by my full name. It was irritating as hell.

"Fine. It's going to be at my house and Kendall's going to be there." I said.

"That's fine. How about tomorrow?" He asked.

"Deal. Put my sister back on the phone." I ordered.

"Adios Gabriella." Marco tried to say smoothly

"Suck a dick Marco." I said in a nice tone.

Kendall laughed. "Oh I wish he would have heard that." She sighed. "What's up?"

"We're having dinner with Marco tomorrow night. Give him the address. Troy is coming but don't tell him that." I said, yawning.

"I don't know how you're tired. All you do is sleep all day." She said.

"Bite me." I said, hanging up. I felt really sassy today. I don't know why I was like that.

Troy chuckled as he came into the room. "What was that?"

"Just talking to Kendall." I said before he dropped a kiss on my lips. "How's work?"

"Busy. Everybody is trying to get in and out before Christmas." He said, handing me a bag of food.

"What are you doing for dinner tomorrow?" I asked him. I took out my sandwich, carefully unwrapping it.

"I don't know babe." He said, sleepily.

"You're coming over for dinner with me, Ken and Marco." I said, taking a bite.

He perked up at the last name. "Marco? Who is Marco?"

"Sydney's Sperm Donor." I said, covering my mouth as I spoke.

Troy's face seemed to darken. "What the hell does he want?"

I shrugged, swallowing. "He wanted to talk; he was bugging Kendall so I invited him over. He doesn't know your coming." I took another bite.

"That isn't going to turn out well. He went to jail right?" Troy asked.

I laughed. "He ran too many red lights, didn't pay the bill or go to court. It's not like he killed anybody."

"I'm just saying." He defended.

"He doesn't even know about Sydney so don't bring her up. He doesn't need to know about her." I said, looking at him seriously.

"I won't. I won't risk having Syd taken away from Ed and Dom." Troy said, rubbing his hand over my pregnant belly. "How do you think he's going to react to these guys?"

"I think he'll hit the ground running." I said, watching him kiss the side of my belly.

"Hello Babies." He said, talking against my shirt.

"They say hello." I said, eating another bite. "They missed you these last couple days."

"I missed them too, huh guys?" He asked, moving his hands along my belly feeling each of them kick out. "Only 14 more weeks to go."

"I know. I'll be fat and baby-less." I said, chewing my food. "You keep bringing me food like this. You're going to make me fat."

He chuckled. "I'm just giving in to your demands baby." He said, giving me a forehead kiss. He checked his watch. "I should get going."

I frowned. "Don't go, you just got here."

He leaned over and gave me a kiss on my pouted lip. "Baby, I have to get back to work. I have the day off tomorrow and we can do anything you want to do. We can even get out of the house, but don't tell your doctor." Troy said with a sly grin.

I immediately perked up. "Okay. I'm holding you to that." I gabbed his face and kissed him firmly. "You can leave now."

He scoffed. "Alright, El. I feel the love." He started to get up but I pulled him back, connecting my lips to his. I brushed my tongue out to meet his. His tongue twirled around mine before he nibbled on my lip and pulled away. "Mmm, that's more like it."

I smiled at him. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye beautiful girl." Troy gave me another kiss before kissing my stomach and walking out of the room.

Troy came over a little before 11 the next day. He ordered me to get up and get in the shower when he walked in my room. So I got up and got in the shower like I was told. I got dressed and brushed through my hair before leaving it in it's natural curls.

I grabbed a pair of socks and shoes before walking over to my bed. I slipped my socks on quickly then dropped my shoes on the floor. I slid my feet in and tried to reach down "Need help?" I heard Troy ask from behind me.

"Please." I said. I watched him get up and set my foot on his leg. He tied my shoe before doing the same to the other one.

He lifted me up and kissed my lips gently. "You look beautiful today."

"Thank you." I said taking a deep breath. "Where are we going today?"

"We are going to the city, of course."

I frowned. "That's going to be a lot of walking."

"I got it covered baby." He said, kissing my lips again slowly.

I gathered my things and I wrapped myself in a coat. We walked down stairs. "Where are you going?" Kendall asked, holding a cup of coffee in her hands.

I shrugged. "The city, want to come?"

"Yeah!" She said excitedly. I laughed as she ran upstairs.

"You don't care if she comes?" I asked Troy.

He shrugged. "Kendall's awesome. And I have another surprise for you when we get there."

"Can we go to the aquarium?" I asked him, taking a seat on the couch.

"Anything you want to do babe." He twirled a strand of hair around my finger.

"Kendall! Hurry up!" I yelled. "I love my sister to death but IF SHE DOESN'T HURRY UP."

She laughed. "I'm coming!" She ran back down the stairs, changing into warmer clothes. Her long brown hair, identical to mine was thrown up in a bun. She rushed over to me with her purse. "Alright!"

"Help me up." I said, holding my arms up. They helped me up and we walked over to Troy's car. "We taking BART?"

"Yes." He rubbed my waist.

"I'll drive! I have a parking thing." Kendall said, pointing to her car.

I nodded, shrugging. We headed over to Kendall's car and I climbed into the back. I stretched my legs out as Troy sat in the front. I put my legs up as we drove down the street to the BART station. Kendall parked and we got out of the car, walking in. We bought our tickets and waited for the next train.

I leaned my back against Troy and he wrapped his arms around me. Kendall was watching us. "It's sad that my pregnant sister can find a great guy like you Troy."

I laughed. "Maybe if you went grocery shopping once in a while you would have met him before me."

Troy chuckled. "Check the salad dressing aisle. It's like speed dating."

"What the hell are you talking about anyway Kendall? You've had way more boyfriends than I had and I'm five years older than you." I said, resting my head against Troy.

She sighed. "I guess that's true. One of them wanted to go out with you remember? Ollie had a thing for my 'Nerdy-hot older sister'"

Troy laughed. "Ollie was a pervert." I said, rubbing my belly.

"Oh well. Good things come to those who wait." Kendall said. "Hopefully Tonya will hire another hot intern." She spoke of her boss.

"Maybe." I said shrugging.


The train came and we got on. I sat by the window. Troy sat across from me and Kenny sat next to me. "Steph is going to be so pissed that we're going to the city without her." Kendall said.

"She's a mom, she has duties." I said.

"So are you. You're supposed to be on bed rest." Troy mentioned.

"If my doctor asks, I'm going to blame it on you babe." I rested my feet in his lap.

"Did the pick names yet?" Ken asked, rubbing my belly.

I nodded. "Bryce, Dayna, Eileen."

"Eileen is cute." She said with a soft smile. She leaned over, resting her head on my arm.

I loved Kendall. She was my best friend. She was an amazing person. I loved living with her, her and Steph always made me feel like I belonged somewhere. Even though Steph is five years older than me and ten years older than Ken. We were always really close. I would do anything for them, just like they would do anything for me.

I felt Kendall squeeze my hand as if she read my thoughts or was thinking the same thing. "I love you Ellie."

"I love you too Kenny." I said softly.

"Did you start the Ellie thing?" Troy asked my sister.

"Yep. I got tired of saying Gabriella and everybody else in the world called her Gabi so I started to call her Ellie and now everybody calls her Ellie or Ella." Kendall said.

I nodded. "Stephanie is the only person in the world that still calles me Gabi." I laughed. "Some pretty generic nicknames huh?"

Troy chuckled. "Please. My name is Troy. My grandma calls me Troysie. Chad calls me Hoops and those are the only two nicknames I have."

"I'll give you a nickname. I'm the master nickname giver." Kendall said. "I'll call you T."

"How original." I snorted.

Kendall rolled her eyes. "Shut up."

"I should give you a new nickname babe." He said, rubbing my shin. "Other than Gabi, El, Ellie, or Ella."

"Lay one on me." I said, putting my free hand on top of my bump. Man I needed to pee.

Troy thought quietly. "Brie."

I scrunched my nose. "Like the cheese?"

He nodded, grinning. "Like the cheese."

"It fits, cause she stinks."

"Shut up Kendall." I said, laughing.

"Brie." Troy repeated. "I like that."

We got off BART and took Muni over to Pier 39. I held Troy's hand as we walked down. We were surrounded by shops and people. Kendall was on the other side of me. We walked slowly, trying not to bump into people. I didn't feel like getting elbowed in my stomach today. We took the elevator up to the Aquarium and walked into the shop.

"Mommy!"

I felt somebody cling to my legs. Sydney pulled away, grinning. "Hi baby! I would kneel down to hug you but I don't think I could get back up again." I said laughing.

"It's okay. You have some big babies in your belly." She said touching my stomach.

"I know! They're going to get bigger."

"Momma I hope you don't explode." She said, hugging my leg.

I laughed. "I hope I don't either. Can you say hi to Troy and Auntie Ken?"

She nodded rushing over to the people beside me. Ed and Dom were standing there grinning. "I love watching her with you. She adores you." Ed said, coming over to give me a hug. "You look fabulous."

I laughed. "I should; all I did was sleep for the past three weeks."

Dom grinned at me, giving me a hug as well. "I see you and Troy are getting cozy. I told you this would happen." He said to his husband.

"I'm the one who said you should have hooked them up a long time ago." Ed countered.

Dom rolled his eyes. "Anyway, are you sure you're up for walking through the aquarium?"

"Yes, but I have to pee first." I said. They both pointed the way and I wadded over to the bathroom quickly. Once I came out we all went in and walked along the dark areas slowly. Sydney loved the exhibits. Troy stayed with me the whole time and Kendall, Ed, and Dom were switching off with Sydney.

"Does it make you sad you can't see her everyday?" Troy asked as we found a bench to take a quick seat on. We were watching Sydney rush around.

I took a deep breath, my legs were starting to feel tingly. "Of course. I wish I could take care of her everyday. I was nineteen when I had her. I was in my second year of college. My boyfriend just left me, I was living in a dorm. I couldn't take care of an infant. I wasn't emotionally, mentally or financially ready for her."

"You're the strongest person I've ever met." He said, kissing my ear gently. His arms were wrapped around my chest, snugly. "You're a great mom. You're going to be an amazing mom when you have kids that you keep."

I laughed at his wording of choice. "I'll do anything for my kids. All six of them."

"It's going to be hard." He said. "When the triplets are born."

I nodded. "I know. Thankfully, I'll have you here to support me." I licked my lips. "Abby was saying how I could go live with them for the first month or so. I can help them and maybe breast feed for a little bit. She says she wants all the nutrients the babies can get."

"Would you go?" He asked, kissing my ear once again.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I'm not sure yet. I don't know if I want to. I don't know if it would make it harder to leave them."

"Mommy, Troy, come on! We have to go on the flat conveyor belt." Sydney started tugging on my hand.

"I'm coming Syd." I said. Troy got up and helped me up.

"Conveyor Belt. I didn't know what the hell a conveyor belt was when I was six." Troy said. I giggled at him, grabbing a hold of his hand.

We took the elevator down and saw the Jelly fish. We moved on to the tube with ,indeed, a conveyor belt to move people along. It felt nice to stand there and not walk. I leaned up against Troy, poor guy. I was stuck to him like surper glue. He always propped me up with a grin on his face. I turned to him and gave him a gentle kiss before we walked off of the conveyor belt thing.

Sydney and Kendall were intrigued by the giant squid floating around in the glass they didn't see us walked past. We found another bench in front of the elevator. I frowned a little bit. "I guess being this pregnant makes me no fun."

"You're plenty of fun but we don't want you to go into pre term labor. We don't want you to have the babies at the aquarium." Troy said, kissing my forehead.

"This is true." I said, rubbing my belly. "The breaks are nice."

"Syd doesn't even notice." Troy pointed out, literally pointing to her. We watched her squeal in excitement at the fish with one of her dads. The other and Kendall were following behind.

We all went back in the elevator going back up to the second floor. I stopped for another bathroom break before we went on and got to the more interactive part. I took a seat on the bench and Sydney dragged Troy over to the sting rays. Ed and Dom both sat next to me.

"I don't want to touch anything that can kill me." Ed said.

"Sting ray's can't kill you." Dom said, rolling his eyes.

"Steve Irwin, Hello?" Ed replied, making me giggle.

"You guys are hilarious." I said, leaning my back against the back of the bench. "How was Troy with Syd before we met?" I asked them quietly, watching him.

"Troy came over when he could. He'd fresh out of college trying to get his career established. I'm just glad he stayed here and didn't go back to Albuquerque." Dom said. "It's nice to have family here."

"How are you guys related?" I asked curiously.

"Our moms were twin cousins. They were born on the same day within minutes of each other. My mom had me early, like 20 or something. Troy's mom had gotten herself established, got married then had Micah. I'm not that older than he is." Dom said. "But then she had Troy and I came over all the time to hang out with them."

I grinned. "Were you guys close?"

"When we were little but we drifted apart. Now that were older we're getting closer again."

I nodded. "He's pretty great."

"He's always been a good kid." Dom said. "I'm really proud of him. I'm glad he found a good girl like you."

I laughed to myself. "I don't really think I fit the definition of good. I'm going to have six kids before I'm thirty."

"You had one kid. Five of them aren't yours." Ed reminded me.

"You know what I mean. I'm glad he came back into my life though. He could have just walked out and I'd have never saw him again." I watched as they walked back over here.

"Mommy! I touched the thing!" She said excitedly.

I smiled at my daughter. "Which thing?"

"The sting ray." Kendall reminded her.

"Yeah that! It was so cool!" She grinned.

"I'm glad you liked it babe." I said, giving her a tight hug.

"Ready to go?" She asked me.

I nodded my head. She and Troy helped me up and we walked through the gift store. Troy spoiled the little girl. He bought her anything she wanted which was two stuffed animals, a t-shirt and a sweatshirt. I shook my head at him. I'm sure he knows better. We walked down further to a restaurant at the end of the pier. We got seated and I sat in between Sydney and Troy.

"Mommy." She said. I looked over at her. She pulled out her two jellyfish stuffed animals. "I want you to have one just like me. You can have the purple one because it's your favorite color." She handed me the purple jellyfish, holding onto the pink one.

I smiled at my little girl. She was so precious. "Thank you baby." I kissed her forehead. "You're going to make me cry. I love you, so much."

"You should thank Troy, he bought them." She said.

I smiled over at Troy. "Thank you." I said giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"You're welcome beautiful." He said, his lips grazing my ear.

We all ate before we took Sydney down to the merry-go-round. Troy and Kendall took her on it while I stood and watched with her fathers. I was debating on telling them about Marco. I didn't want them to be mad at me. I clutched the jellyfish in my hands along with the bag of picture we all took together. I guess I should tell them, just in case something did happen.

"I have to tell you guys something." I said, looking over at them.

"What's that?" Dom asked.

"Marco, Sydney's birthfather is back in town." I said, sighing.

"Have you seen him?" Ed asked, concerned.

I shook my head. "He's been talking to Kendall. I invited him over to dinner to get him off my back. Kendall and Troy are going to be there. I'm not going to tell him about Sydney."

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Dom asked. "Stress isn't good for the babies."

I nodded my head, in agreement. "I know, but I figure once he sees that I'm pregnant and I'm with Troy he'll run for the fences." I said, rubbing my belly. "I don't know what he wants, I doubt that he'd want me back anyway. I just want him to leave Kendall alone."

"Well if you need anything or anything happens you can call us. Dom can kick his ass." Ed said, rubbing my arm.

I laughed. "Thank you guys. I'll let you know how it goes."

"You know, Ed and I talked about this. We're not opposed to him seeing Sydney." Dom said. "So it won't be the end of the world if you tell him about his daughter and he'd want to see her."

"I just don't want anything bad to happen, you know? He's never hurt me or anything but I don't know if he's changed or if he's on something. I guess I'll find out tonight." I said, watching Kendall, Troy and Sydney come back over.


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