Troy had flown to Albuquerque for his birthday, which also happened to be Valentines day. He came back three days later. We spent our first valentines day and his birthday in my bed with Chinese food. We watched stupid movies and just enjoyed being together. We went to bed early because he had to go to work the next morning but it was a good day. It got me in high spirits.

I was sitting in bed on a Wednesday. It was a little before noon. I was eating carrot sticks and watching Maury. This was what I did, everyday. Every single day. I felt a slight cramp in my stomach. The cramping has been happening a lot lately. I sighed, rubbing my stomach. "Are you ready to go get out guys?" I asked the babies.

I continued eating feeling cramps every now and again when I was paying attention. I went to the bathroom. My plug fell out the other day but when I had the twins it fell out a couple weeks before they were born. I saw a little bit of blood. I furrowed my eyebrows. I decided to take a shower before I called my doctor, just in case I had to go straight to the hospital. I got out of the shower and called my doctor. I wasn't really in pain. I was uncomfortable but I was uncomfortable for the past 10 weeks.

The doctor told me I should go to the hospital or go to emergency. I packed up my things slowly and called Abby. After two rings Abby picked up. "Gabi! Hello!" She said, chipper.

"Hey Abby." I said, picking up my bag. Fuck I'd have to have somebody pick me up. "My doctor says I'm in labor, I'm about to leave for the hospital. I don't know if I'm in full labor or not. I'll call you to check in."

"Oh my goodness! Okay! I'll call Charlie and we'll be waiting. I'm so excited. Oh my god. I'm SO excited." She squealed like a teenager.

I laughed. "I'll call you soon. Bye Abby."

"Bye!" We hung up.

I called my sister. "Hey, are you at lunch?" I asked, immediately when she picked up.

"No, but I'm about to go on lunch. Why? Do you want to bring me some food?" She asked, laughing.

"No, I'm in labor and I have to go to the hospital." I said.

"Shit! I'll be there in five." She said, hanging up.

I laughed to my self. Typical Steph, she always had to worry about everything. I picked up my bag making sure I had everything I needed. I turned off my lights and the TV. I rubbed my belly. "You guys are ready aren't you?" I asked, them.

Stephanie came and picked me up. I called Kendall on my way over to the hospital. "Which door do you have to go in?" She asked, parking.

"I kind of want to go into emergency. I want to see Troy." I said, climbing out of the car.

"Emergency it is." She took my bag and walked slowly with me towards the doors. "Are you in pain?"

I shook my head. "I don't really feel anything but I was bleeding, doctor said to come in."

"Childbirth is so weird." She said, shaking her head. We walked into emergency and walked up to the receptionist.

"Hi, can I help you?" She asked.

"Um, yeah… I'm kind of in labor." I said, rubbing my huge baby belly.

"Right! Card." I handed her the card and she ran it through the system. She printed out paper work and handed it to me. I took a seat and started filling it out while I waited.

"Hey, I'm going to go back to work. I'm going to work through the rest of lunch so I can drop off the girls at mom and dads and head straight over here." She said, kissing the top of my head. "Keep those baby's in baby sister."

I rolled my eyes. "Will do." She left and I finished my paperwork.

"Gabriella Montez." A lady called out to me.

I stood up and gave her the paperwork. She took me to a room where I got checked out by a doctor. I was definitely in labor. I changed into a hospital gown and they wheeled me out of the room on my bed. We wheeled right past Troy. He took a double take and ran to catch back up with us.

"Brie, what are you doing here?" He asked, walking quickly with the other nurses.

"I'm in labor." I smiled up at him. "Come see me when you can?" I asked, rubbing my thumb against his hand.

He nodded, grinning. "I'll be up there as soon as I can." He kissed my hand. "Take good care of my girl." He told the other nurses before running back to the Emergency ward.

They took me on an elevator and wheeled me up to the third floor. They hooked me up onto some IV's before leaving the room. I picked up my phone to call Abby to tell her it was time. Now we were playing the waiting game again. I did what I did best. Sleep.


The doctor woke me up to check me. I was already at four. I already told them I wanted an epidural even if I wasn't feeling anything. I had to give birth to four things, I didn't want to feel any of it. They were gonna come back in another hour and check me to see if I got to five. I looked at the clock. It was three o clock. Abby and Charlie were already boarding a plane to come over here.

There was a knock at the door. I opened my eyes to see Troy walking over to me. "Hey beautiful girl." He said, leaning down to kiss my lips. "How are you feeling?"

"I feel fine. I don't feel any contractions but I'm already at four they told me." I said, pulling him down for another kiss.

"I've been worrying about you. I knew you were here all alone and I didn't want you to be alone." He said, holding my free hand.

"I've been alone all day everyday. I don't think this will be any different babe." I said, smirking.

He rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean."

"I came through Emergency so I could see my sexy male nurse." I grinned at him.

"I'm glad I got to see you, otherwise I'd have no idea you were even here." He moved my hair back and kissed my forehead. "I get off in a half hour. So after I go home and shower I'll be here to sit with you."

I smiled at him. "You don't have to baby."

"Hey, I want to." He grinned, giving me another kiss. "Oh and those nurses thought I shockingly calm for my girlfriend to give birth to triplets."

I laughed, shaking my head. "Finish working, I'll see you later." He winked at me before he walked out of the room.

The doctor came back and I was close enough to five. They gave me an epidural and I fell asleep again when I was turned to my side. I heard a knock on my door it seemed like five minutes later. I looked at the time and I was asleep for an half hour. Abby and Charlie walked in.

"Hey." She said quietly.

"Hey guys." I said, smiling at them. "I would face you but I'm stuck like this until the nurse turns me over."

The went to the side I was facing and laughed. "It's fine Gabriella. How are you feeling?" Abby pushed my hair back.

"I'm fine. I got an epidural about a half hour ago. They should be in here soon to help me turn." I said. "How was the flight?"

"It was good. Quick. We checked into a hotel and we rushed over here. We didn't want to miss anything." Charlie said grinning.

"You didn't have to miss any surgeries did you?" I asked, frowning.

He shook his head. "No. I've been doing some administrative work because I knew that the babies would be born soon."

I smiled at him. "Good. Are you excited?"

"We are so thrilled. We have waited so long for this day to come." Abby said tearfully. I smiled.

"Well hopefully you'll have your babies by tonight." I said, optimistically.

They took a seat, getting themselves comfortable. The nurse came in and turned me over just as Troy walked in. "Hello everybody." He said. He greeted Abby and Charlie with hugs. "Hey baby, how are you feeling?" He asked dropping a kiss to my forehead.

"I'm good. Sleepy. I wish you could cuddle with me." I leaned my cheek against his hand.

"Me too. How about you get some rest while I take Abby and Charlie to get some food?" He suggested, looking over at them. "How does that sound?"

"That's fine, we're gonna be here for a while." Charlie said shrugging.

Abby looked at me and I nodded. "Okay. Call us if anything happens."

"I will." I said, watching the couple go out.

Troy kissed my lips slowly. "Sweet dreams beautiful." He said, kissing me again. He pulled my blankets up and turned the lights off before he walked out of the room.

I was woken up an hour later by my doctor who wanted to check me again. I was about five in a half. He said he'd be back in two hours. I went back to sleep. I got woken up again by the phone this time. I reached over for it and barely could pick it up but I managed.

"Hello?" I asked groggily.

"Hi Ms. Montez. Your sister Stephanie wants to know if you want to see your daughters, Sydney, Sawyer and Sadie." the receptionist asked.

"Yes! Bring them all in. Everybody." I said.

"I'll see what I can do Ms. Montez." She said with an evident smile in her voice. I hung up the phone and sat my bed in the upright position. I know I wasn't supposed to move very much but I needed to get comfortable. I put a pillow behind my head as a wave of people came in.

"Mommy!" Sydney ran over to me. She pulled herself up on the bed and sat next to me carefully. She wrapped her arms around me the best she could. "We brought everybody to see you mama. Stephy, Kendall, grandma, grandpa, daddy, daddy, Uncle Sean, Sadie, Sawyer, Troy, Miss Abby and Doctor Charlie." She named each and every one of the people in the room.

I laughed. "Hey guys. I can't believe they let 13 people come in here." I gave a round of hugs and kisses. The girls sat on the edge of the bed with me.

"Your dad and I have to leave soon. We're going to take the twins so Sean gets some sleep tonight." Mom said. "Update me often, Stephanie Marie."

She rolled her eyes. "I will. Girls, say bye to everybody."

The twins hugged me tightly, each giving my belly a kiss around the monitors. They left with my parents and my brother in law left shortly after. "Then there was eight." Troy said, sitting on the doctors chair next to me.

"We should get going. It's a miracle we made it here with no traffic. Hopefully traffic won't be bad when we get back to the city." Dom said. "Take care of her cousin."

"Will do." Troy said grinning.

"I don't want to leave mommy." Sydney said, pouting.

She laid next to me on the bed. I kissed her forehead. "When I get out of here we're going to spend the whole day just me and you, how does that sound?"

Her face lit up. "It sounds good. Maybe you and Troy can sleep over and we can camp in the backyard!"

I giggled. "That sounds great baby. I love you."

"I love you too mommy." She kissed my cheek before running over to her daddies.

"Love you Elle." Ed said, blowing me a kiss.

"Love you guys." I said, waving to them.

"They're so awesome." Abby said, watching them walk out.

I nodded. "I know. I'm so lucky I found them." I said, touching my belly. I blinked my tears away and looked over at Troy. He just looked at me lovingly. He was such a great supporter. Kendall was dozing off on Stephanie's shoulder. Steph was reading a magazine. Abby and Charlie were on their phone constantly sending updates to their families.

I was starting to fall asleep with the soft strokes of Troy's fingers on my hand. Before I could actually sleep the doctor came in and checked me. "We're at seven people!" He announced, scaring me a little bit.

"Thank god." I said, "Three more to go. They're always take the longest."

"You're doing great, Gabriella. Let's get some more rest and hopefully we'll have babies before midnight." I looked over at the clock. It was 7:45 but it felt like midnight. "I'll be back soon." He said, peeling off his gloves.

I sighed. "I just want to be done." I said quietly to Troy.

"I know you do." He said, smoothing my hair back. "You're going to do great." I closed my eyes. "Babe, I think I'm going to head home. I'll get some sleep and be over in the morning, okay?"

I opened my eyes again. "Don't go!" I said, clenching his hand in mine.

"Brie, I have to work at six. If you let me go now, I'll be back by three. I promise." He said.

"Promise?" I asked, trying to swallow the lump in my throat.

"I promise." He repeated. He kissed my forehead. "I'll be back before you even know it."

I let out a shaking breath. "If you aren't here by three then I'm sending Kendall for you."

He chuckled, kissing my lips slowly. "I'll be here." He lingered for a minute before he left for home.


The doctor came in an hour later to break my water. By the time midnight rolled around I was feeling a lot of pressure. I pressed the nurses button like four times. Everybody was sleeping in the room and I didn't want to wake anybody up. I felt like I needed to push. "Kendall!" I hissed. "Kendall!"

She sat up. "Hm?" She rubbed her eyes.

"Can you get a freaking doctor? I'm about to push these babies out without any help." I said, loudly.

She sat up quickly, accidentally smacking Stephanie awake. She rushed out the room and Steph sat up. "What's going on?" Abby asked, hearing all the commotion.

"I need to push." I said, gripping the bar of the bed.

"Charles wake up!" She said, smacking her husband awake.

A mess of nurses and equipment came rushing into the room. My doctor let everybody stay but they had to stay out of the way. Stephanie and Abby were both holding a leg. Charlie and Kendall were by my head. I started pushing and a half hour later Bryce Charles Andrews was born at 1:50 in the morning. February 27th. He was five pounds even, 13 inches. Four minutes later Dayna Ellie Andrews was born. She was four pounds seven ounces. Finally at two in the morning, Eileen Rose Andrews was born. She was four pounds five ounces. They were all thirteen inches exactly.

I didn't get to see much of the babies. They were all shipped away because they were premies. After I had the placenta and they cleaned me up, I sat there for a minute. "Ellie, are you okay?" Kendall asked me. She stayed with me while Steph called people. Abby and Charlie followed the babies and tried to get into the NICU.

I looked over at my sister and burst into tears. It was all over now. When they went home they were gone forever. I'd only get to see them every once in a while. I carried them for a long time. I didn't want them to just leave. I was feeling really overwhelmed. All I wanted to do was sleep forever. I missed Troy. I let out a sob that shook my body. I brought my shaking hands up to my face.

"Ellie! We got pictures! Do you wanna- Why are you crying?" Abby asked frowning.

I put on a fake smile. I tried to calm my sobs. I blew my nose and reached out for the camera. "Let me see." I said quietly.

She handed me the camera and I flipped through the pictures of the little babies. They were beautiful They all looked like Charlie, especially Eileen. I let out another harsh sob and gave them back their camera. All I wanted to do was curl up, but I couldn't. I covered my face with my blanket and tried to cry quietly.

Kendall, Abby and Charlie all tried to calm me down. When Stephanie came in, she stopped them. She just sat by me and held my hand. I cried even harder. I didn't cry in the hospital when I had to give Sydney up. I didn't cry when I had the twins. I just felt like everything was just coming to me all at once. Maybe I wasn't strong enough to do this.

I calmed down to sniffles after a while but somebody tried to talk to me and I burst into tears again. I just wanted to be alone but nobody would leave the damn room. Kendall had just stopped crying herself. Kendall had always been sympathetic toward me. She felt all the pain I did. Stephanie was still sitting in the same spot as she was before. Charlie was hugging his wife. I knew she felt bad about me crying but I felt even worse I was making her feel bad. She didn't deserve it.

I looked over to the clock and Troy wasn't here yet. It was five after three. I took a drink of water and picked up my phone. I had no texts or missed calls. I was starting to get a little worried. I handed my phone over to Stephanie and pointed to Troy's name.

She was just about to call when he rushed through the door. "Hey baby, sorry I'm late." He said, rushing over to me. "Hey, why are you crying?"

I burst into tears again and he looked at me alarmed. "She's been crying for over an hour now." Stephanie said quietly.

"Can I talk to her alone for a minute, guys?" Troy asked, looking at everybody. They nodded and walked out of the room, closing the door behind them. I started to calm down again, taking deep breaths. He wiped my tears. "Can you tell me what's wrong?"

I closed my eyes, trying to calm my breaths. "I don't know if I can do it." I said through hiccups.

He frowned. "Do what?" He asked, climbing in bed with me. I leaned my head against him. He kissed my forehead.

"Pretend like I'm fine until I feel fine again." I said, sniffling. "I don't think I'm that strong anymore."

He shushed me and rubbed my arm. "It's okay. You don't have to be strong. I know you're hurting. You've been strong for so long. Nobody expects you to be strong all the time." He said, kissing a tear off my cheek.

"Can you call in sick today? I really need you." I said, feeling myself tear up again.

He nodded his head, leaning it against mine. "I'll walk down soon to go talk to my boss okay?"

"Don't get fired." My voice cracked.

Troy chuckled, making me feel a little better. "I won't babe, don't worry." He let my bed lean back a little. "Can we Try to sleep for a little bit okay?"

"I can't feel my legs." I said quietly.

"The feeling will come back soon. I'll get a nurse and let everybody back in." He said, giving me a kiss on the lips.

I nodded. "Okay." I said softly.

He walked out and my sisters walked in. Abby and Charlie followed them. They didn't say anything to me though. I just sniffed, looking up at the ceiling. The nurse and my doctor came in. He gave us an update that they're on a little oxygen but they should be breathing on their own in no time. They were ready to move me into a recovery room.

I got wheeled down the hall. Troy took all my stuff and the nurses helped me back into bed. I felt my legs start to tingle to life. They took all the wires off me and Troy climbed in bed with me. My sisters left to go home and shower and stuff. Abby and Charlie didn't really want to go but they left to go get a shower as well. I curled up to Troy and clung onto him for dear life as I started to fall asleep again.


I forgot i promised y'all a chapter. Here it is. See y'all next weekend. Hopefully the week will go by quick! Don't forget to review!