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May 1st, 2023 10:30am

I sigh in content as I listen to the sounds of the house. Absolute silence and I love every second of it. Callie is asleep at the base of my feet as I flip through the channels. I glance at the clock realizing that my youngest would be flying through the door in about 30 minutes. I hear the phone ring before turning down the TV.

"Bolton residence. Gabriella speaking." I said picking up the phone and placing it to my ear.

"Gabi please don't hang up." I heard Jenny said as continued to flip through the channels.

"You have a minute. What do you want?" I asked her as she sighed from her end of the line.

"I would like to see Josh and Belle." Jenny told me as I threw my head back and rubbed my temples.

"Why now? You haven't seen them since they were 2 and 3. Why all of a sudden do you want to reappear in their lives?" I asked her.

"Well I was busy going to school and trying to keep my relationship with my husband going." Jenny said in her defense.

"Well I guess we're too busy to let you see Josh and Belle." I told her as she groaned.

"Come on Gabi don't be like this." Jenny said as I rolled my eyes at the statement.

"Come on Gabi is that all you can say? You gave up all rights to both Josh and Belle. Troy and I kept letting you see them; it's our choice to let you continue to see them. I'm going to have to talk to Troy about this." I told her as she sighed.

"These are my natural born children. I just want to see them." Jenny told me.

"Are you trying to brainwash them or something? Just come out and say what you're planning on telling them." I told her.

"That's nuts; I'm not planning on doing that." Jenny told me.

"Really? You all ready told Belle and Josh that you're their mom. You're their mother not their mom! I'm their mommy. I was the one that has been there from day one to heal their scraps or dry their tears." I told her.

"What do you want me to do?" Jenny asked me as I looked at the clock again.

"To tell you the truth, I want you to leave us alone. I want you to enjoy your family without Belle and Josh in the picture. You've disrupted the family Troy and I worked hard to create." I told her.

"But Belle and Josh are part of my family." Jenny told me as I started to laugh.

"Belle and Josh will never be part of your family. You didn't see them for 3 years! You couldn't even tell me what their favorite colors are or what they love to eat. You don't know them. Sure you are their biological mother but you can't tell them only their mommy will know." I told her.

"I want to get to know my children, Gabi. Is that so hard for you to understand?" Jenny asked me.

"It's hard for me to understand because if you wanted to get to know your children, you would had made the effort a long time ago. Now I must go, Jenny. Josh just came home from school." I told her.

"I'm calling my lawyer, Gabi. You can count on that." Jenny threatened as I sighed.

"Go ahead but you're just wasting your time and money. Goodbye Jenny." I told her before I hung up.

"MOMMY! I'm home!" Josh yelled pushing open the front door and running into the kitchen.

"Hi my little kindergartener! How was school today?" I asked him as he threw his book bag on the table and ruffled through it.

"It was good momma! We finger-painted today!" Josh told me grinning is missing teeth smile.

"Oh really? Did you leave it at school to dry?" I asked him as he bobbed his head up and down.

"Yeah it wasn't dried yet." Josh told me as I pushed his brown hair off his face.

"Cool. So what else did you do today?" I asked him as he turned his attention to the TV.

"Miranda and I colored and did the ABCs today." Josh told me.

"And how is Miranda doing?" I asked him as he looked over at me with a grin.

"She's still my girlfriend mom!" Josh told me as I managed to contain my giggle.

"That's good to hear. What would you like to do this afternoon?" I asked him.

"Can we go to the restaurant? I want to eat there for lunch." Josh told me.

"Is that because your girlfriend is going to be there too?" I asked him with a grin.

"She's not going to be there mom. Her mom had some errands to do." Josh told me.

"Oh ok. I guess we could go. How about you go put your book bag back where it belongs and we'll go?" I asked as he hopped off the chair.

While Josh did the task I just gave him, my mind wandered to what Troy's reaction would be. He had always disliked Jenny since she broke into our house. He didn't like dealing with her and he would probably put his foot down about her wanting to see Josh and Belle. I sighed as I heard Josh call me from the foyer.

"I'm coming baby." I told him as I pushed myself off the chair and walked into the foyer.

"Do you like going to the restaurant every day for lunch, Josh?" I asked him as I locked up the house and as he climbed into the 4-Runner.

"There's never a dull moment." Josh told me as a giggle escaped my mouth.

"You're right about that bud." I told him as I started driving towards downtown Albuquerque.

The ride took less than five minutes and before we knew it, I was pulling into a parking spot to park. I unbuckled my seatbelt and joined Josh on the sidewalk. Josh pushed open the door for me as I giggled.

"Why thank you kind gentleman." I told him as he laughed in return.

"Is it that the most beautiful woman on the planet and the coolest dude in the world, coming into my restaurant?" Troy said as I rolled my eyes.

"Indeed it is." I told him as Josh ran into his open arms and gave Troy a huge hug.

"Hey buddy. How was school today?" Troy asked our youngest as I looked around the restaurant.

The usual crowd was there as were a few people I didn't know. I waved to Jason who was behind the bar whipping up drink orders. I grinned as he tipped his hat in my direction.

"Gabi how was your morning?" Troy asked me pulling my attention back to him.

"It was good. I just sat and worked on the nursery a little bit." I told him as he nodded.

"That's good. We'll get the cribs this weekend and go from there. Anything else happen today?" Troy asked noticing my worried look.

"Something did happen but I can't talk about it here or now." I said nodding my head towards Josh.

"All right we can talk later on tonight. I'll be home at 5:30 or so." Troy told me.

"I can send the kids outside and we'll talk when you get home." I said as he grinned.

"That sounds good. Now what's the special for today?" I asked him as he shook his head.

"You've always got food on the brain." Troy told me as I giggled.

"Well I do have to feed two extra mouths than I usually do." I told him as he looked at me.

"You're going to be playing that card a lot in the last two months aren't you?" Troy asked me.

"It's my favorite card to play." I told him as he handed me a menu.

4:00 pm

"Bolton children are the homework done yet?" I asked the four noisy children sitting around the kitchen table.

"Yeah momma! What do you wanna talk about?" Mack asked trading glances with her sister and brothers.

"Momma! Dad's not even home yet!" Aidan pointed out as the front door creaked open.

"He is now." I told the four children as Troy came over and kissed me.

"What do you need to talk about, momma?" Belle asked me as I smiled over at her.

"Your dad and I want to talk about something with you guys. These babies are going to be coming sooner rather than later. We want your ideas for the babies' names." Troy said looking at the kids.

"You want us to name the babies?" Josh asked me as the four looked at Troy and me.

"Yeah we want your suggestions for the babies' names." I told them.

The kids looked at Troy and I as we looked back at them. I shook my head and smiled at them.

"For four little kids who were just talking up a storm, you guys are awfully quiet now." I told them.

"You really want our suggestions?" Mack asked somewhat afraid of the answer.

"Yes we do. What do you want your sister and brother's names to be?" Troy asked as I rolled my eyes.

"I like Oscar!" Josh told me as he named his favorite Sesame Street Character.

"I like Dora!" Belle told me as I giggled.

"We'll I like Evan! And Belle, oh wait we all ready have one!" Aidan said looking over at his sister.

"I like Peyton and Madison and Jordan." Mack told me as I nodded my head.

"I like those! Do you guys have any more?" I asked them as Troy nodded his head.

Aidan stood up and placed his hands on his hips. I giggled as Mack held her hand up.

"Princess Aidan has something to say." Mack said as we all collapsed in giggles.

"Leave me alone Mack. And it's prince to you, missy." Aidan said as I laughed.

"Aidan continue please." I told him as he nodded his head.

"I like Georgie, Petunia, and Lillian." Aidan told me as I shook my head at him.

"Always the clown of the family." I told him as he shook his head at me.

"Always. Do you guys know what you're going to name the babies?" Aidan asked me as I smiled at him.

"I have an idea but dad and I have to talk before we tell you guys." I told him.

"Ok what are we doing for dinner?" Mack asked us totally changing the subject.

"Yes we're doing talking about names and for dinner we're having breakfast." I told them.

"What do you mean we're having breakfast?" Josh asked me as I smiled at him.

"We're having cereal and pancakes for dinner." I told them.

"Cool. Can we go play outside?" Belle asked me as I nodded my head.

"Sure stay in the backyard and take Callie with you." I told them as the four of them cleared out of the room.

I looked over at Troy and smiled a little. He looked at me as he took my hand in mine.

"What did you want to talk about at the restaurant earlier?" Troy asked me.

"I got an interesting phone call." I told him as he squeezed my hand gently.

"Did Jenny call? She said she would." Troy asked me as I nodded my head.

"What did she want?" Troy asked me as I took a deep breath and looked at Troy bright blue eyes.

"She wants to see Belle and Josh." I told him as he looked at me.

"Did she give any reason to why she went three years without seeing them?" Troy asked me.

"She said she was busy with her life. Then I told her that we were too busy for her to see the kids." I told Troy with a laugh.

"You didn't!" Troy asked me as I nodded my head at him.

"She continued that she just wants to see her natural born children. I ended up telling her that I just want her to leave us alone." I told him as he looked at me.

"So we have a decision to make?" Troy asked as I stood up and walked over to the window and looked out at the four laughing children in the yard.

"Yeah we do. Do we ask Belle and Josh what they want to do or do we make the decision for them?" I asked Troy with fear in my voice.

"I don't know. What do you think?" Troy asked me as I shook my head.

"I don't know. For once I don't have the answers we want." I told him sadly.

"How about we ask the kids and see what they say?" Troy suggested as I looked at him.

"I guess that can work. I'm just worried that might back fire." I told him.

"How about we talk with the kids and see?" Troy asked me as I nodded my head.

He got up and walked over to the door. He opened it and called Belle and Josh into the house. I sighed as I watched them run into the kitchen.

"What do you need dad?" Josh asked as Troy pointed to two chairs.

"Can you guys have a seat? Dad and I have something to talk to you guys about." I told them

"What's up mom?" Belle asked me as she sat across from me.

"Your dad and I need to ask you something. Your birth mother called and wants to see you two. We wanted to know if you would like to meet her officially." I asked them as their eyes drifted over to Troy.

"Do we have to mom?" Josh asked whining and giving me the famous Bolton pout.

"Your dad and I aren't going to force you guys to do anything. We just want to know if you guys want to." I told them.

"I don't want to mom. I don't want to get to know her. She's never been around." Belle told me as I looked over at Troy.

"What about you Josh?" Troy asked our youngest.

"I don't want to either." Josh told us as I looked at him.

"Ok you two you can go back outside." I told them as they ran back outside.

"See we had nothing to worried about." Troy said pulling me up and wrapping his arms around me.

"I guess we didn't. We raised pretty great kids didn't we?" I asked him as he smiled and leaned in to kiss me.

"Yeah we did. We make a pretty good team." Troy told me as I smiled.

"Well I just like being your teammate." I told him as I leaned in to kiss him.

We stood there in the kitchen making out until we both heard the front door open. I heard someone clear their throats and Troy and I both pulled back from out mini-make out sessions to see Troy's parents standing in the doorway.

"Um . . . Troy I feel like I'm in high school again." I whispered as I looked over at Jack and Amanda.

"Hi you guys. Where are the kids?" Amanda asked laughing as she noticed Troy and mine blushes.

"They're out in the back. We're sorry that you had to see that." Troy said as Jack and Amanda laughed.

"It's your house. It's just like you two were back in high school again. You have nothing to be sorry about." Jack said as we both shook our heads.

"So was that a celebratory make out session or just for fun?" Amanda asked as we looked at each other.

"It was a celebratory." I told them as their eyes flew up to meet ours.

"What were you guys celebrating?" Amanda asked us.

"Belle and Josh decided against seeing Jenny and getting to know her." Troy explained.

"That's good. So what else have you guys been doing?" Jack asked as I looked around the house.

"We've been hanging around the house. The kids finished homework early and we talked about baby names before we released them to the backyard." I told them.

"What baby names did the kids suggest?" Amanda asked afraid of the response.

"Oscar, Dora, Georgie, Petunia, Lillian, Peyton, Madison, Evan, and Jordan." I told them.

"If you're taking suggestions, we'll add a couple." Jack said jokingly.

"Sure we'll love to hear your suggestions." I said looking at my in-laws.

"I've always liked the name Tessa, Carly, Vanessa for girls and for boys Jackson, Cameron, and Trevor." Amanda told me as I looked over at Jack.

"Jackson has been a personal favorite of mine. But I like Emily, Brittany, and Sara. You know if we would have had a girl, we were going to name her Emily." Jack told us.

"Really? I never knew that." Troy said looking at his parents.

"Your sister's name was going to be Emily Rose. We had picked that out when we found out we were pregnant with you. It was going to be Troy Michael or Emily Rose." Amanda said with a smile.

"That's a very pretty name." I told them as the kids rushed into the house.

The rest of the night we hung out and the kids visited their grandparents. Bed time didn't come soon enough for Troy and I but the grandparents managed to settle the kids down for the night.

Ok you guys. I'll give you a hint. The babies names are all listed somewhere in this chapter. You can send me you guesses but I'm not going to tell you officially until the babies are born. I did managed to put all four names in here.

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