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He couldn't believe what he'd just heard, his wife was pregnant, they were going to have another baby, how fantastically amazing was that?
"Troy please say something, I'm sorry if…" Gabriella was starting to cry over how Troy wasn't responding.
"Brie sweetheart, why are you apologising? Lovely this is amazing news," Troy was so happy over the news he'd only just noticed Gabriella's tears. "Honey why are you crying? Sweetheart please don't cry, don't you want this baby?" Troy was now concerned over his wife's tears and pulled her into his arms in hopes of calming her down.
"Of course I want the baby Troy, it's just it wasn't planned, we haven't been trying, heck we haven't even made love that much recently with all that's been going in, I think I'm just in shock, but it's good shock, I think this could be just what we need." Gabriella responded, as she moved to let Troy climb under the covers with her and then move back into his arms, resting her head comfortably on his chest.
"This is exactly what we need, another baby; Brie this is amazing," Troy said happily, as he moved his hand under the covers to rest over Gabriella's stomach. "There's a baby in there lovely and we made it, another little member of our family, another littlie." Troy's smile was too big for his face, as he leaned up on his elbows to wipe Gabriella's remaining tears off of her face, before covering her face in kisses, showing her exactly how much he loved her.
"I can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner though, I mean all those symptoms I listed off to you the other night they're all signs of being pregnant and I'm a doctor for flips sake, how did I not work it out?"
Troy laughed. "I don't know honey, I guess with the others we were trying for them so we were looking out for the signs, we weren't this time so we weren't really on the look out for anything, although I guess at least this explains your almost constant nausea recently." The smile still hadn't left his face, as he lay with his head propped up on his right arm and his left arm lying protectively over Gabriella's stomach.
"Yeah that's why I came to bed; I threw up before you got home, after taking the test and I figured without the littlies to run around after, a lay down wouldn't do me any harm."
"You really threw up? Are you okay? How come you haven't thrown up before today?" Gabriella diverted her eyes from Troy's and refused to meet his gaze. "You have haven't you? How many times?"
"I don't know how many times Troy, I'm pregnant, this is going to happen, I just don't understand why I didn't pick it up sooner."
"How come you decided to take a test then?" If Gabriella hadn't picked up on her symptoms, Troy wanted to know why she'd taken a test.
"I was looking through my diary for something, Kelly's birthday I think, I don't remember now, anyway as I looked through I worked out that my period is a week late and I didn't think anything to it at the time, but then as time wore on something was niggling at the back of my mind and something in me just wanted to take a test. So, I phoned Mum to see if they'd take the littlies and then on the way home I picked up a test and took it when I got home, that's when I threw up, left you the note and came up to bed."
Troy chuckled at his wife's explanation. "So did you ask Mum to take the littlies so that we could celebrate?" He leaned over and planted butterfly kisses all over Gabriella's face.
"No Troy I didn't," Gabriella answered making Troy cut off his kisses. "I asked Mum to take them so that we could spend some time together, just you and me and because I feel like total crap right now, like I could throw up any minute and I just don't feel like running round after them all evening."
"You really feel like you could throw up any minute?" Troy questioned, any thoughts of celebrating now replaced with concern.
"Yeah," Gabriella mumbled, as she made Troy lay on his back so that she could cuddle into his side.
"Well then I guess we'll just have to celebrate like this then won't we? Do you want anything to eat?" Now that she was carrying their child, Troy wanted to make sure that Gabriella was eating, even if she did feel bad.
"Not right now Troy, I just wanna let my stomach settle first then I'll think about eating, can we sleep for a bit?"
"If that's what you want lovely then of course we can, teaching high school students sports all day is pretty tiring." Troy informed her, as he briefly got up to close the curtains and then climbed back into bed, pulling his beautiful wife close.
"I love you Troy," Gabriella mumbled, as sleep finally pulled her into its grasps.
"I love you too honey…the both of you."
TGTGTGTG
"Okay talk to me, what's going on?" Kelly asked, as she and Gabriella sat in the staff room on Thursday on their lunch break.
"What are you talking about?" Is the excitement of being a year older on Saturday going to your head or something?"
"No, I'm completely sane thank you very much, for now anyway. What I'm talking about is the fact that you've asked to be put on light duties for a while and you never ask for that to happen…unless."
"Unless what Kel? I've been feeling a bit under the weather recently, you know that and Troy and I decided that I'd be best off on light duties for a while, that's all."
"No it's not," Kelly answered determinedly. "You only ever ask to be put on light duties when you're pregnant and if Troy helped you to decide this then you are…you're pregnant aren't you?" Gabriella bit her lip and nodded slowly.
"I'm due November first," she admitted softly, as Kelly got up to give her a hug.
"Gabi that's amazing, I bet Troy's happy."
"Yeah he's over the moon, he's been on cloud nine since I told him on Monday, we got it made official on Tuesday and we get our first hospital scan in about two weeks cause I'm two and a half months gone."
"I haven't missed anything here have I? You two weren't really trying for another one were you?" Gabriella shock her head as she took a sip of her tea.
"We weren't trying at all, I was still on my birth control and we think we must've forgotten a condom a couple of times and we both know that the pill on its own won't protect one hundred percent. But no, after the initial shock of it all, I'm all for it, we just need to tell everyone now, you're the first one to know other than me and Troy."
"In that case I'm honoured, when does everyone else find out?"
"We're gonna try and explain to the littlies tonight, although we've learnt from past experience that they don't really start asking questions until I'm showing. We're gonna tell everyone at Mum and Dad's on Sunday, but we're gonna visit Grandpa and tell him on his own on Saturday, it just feels right that way, ya know? It's like Grandma is gone, but we're bringing another human into this world, like she's somehow made that happen."
"In some weird crazy way, I get what you're saying," the pair shared some more laughs over lunch as Gabriella explained how she figured things out and realised that by telling Kelly she was pregnant, things were suddenly that little bit more real.
TGTGTGTG
Chloe Bolton was a very clever little girl, she knew there was something going on with her parents right now, her Dad was always smiling and constantly checking with her Mum that she was okay, they were up to something.
"Co!" Oli shouted his name for his big sister as he ran into the lounge and tried to jump up onto the couch next to her, he didn't succeed and fell back onto the floor landing with a thud just as Troy walked in.
"Oliver Bolton, what are you doing?" Oli looked innocent, as he tipped his head backwards trying to see Troy. "Do you want to sit next to Chloe?" Troy asked, as he walked up behind Oli who was still looking at Troy with his head tipped backwards. He didn't answer his Dad, but instead pulled himself up so that he was standing and gripped onto the couch in another attempt to get onto it.
"I think you should just help him Daddy," Chloe said quietly, as she watched Gabriella and Matthew come into the room.
"I think that's probably a good idea princess," Troy agreed, as he lifted Oliver up onto the couch next to Chloe and then sat down next to him. Oliver looked slightly shocked to find that he was suddenly on the couch, but now that he was there he happily kissed Chloe sloppily on the cheek before moving to sit on Troy's lap.
"Oli you soppy date," Gabriella said, as she sat down next to Troy before pulling Matty up onto her lap. "Why don't you move closer to Daddy Chloe, so that we're all sitting together 'cause Daddy and I have something to tell you all." Chloe did as she was asked and moved closer to Troy so that he could wrap his spare arm around her, she knew that there was something going now, her parents had something to tell them all.
"Okay guys," Troy started. "Me and your Mum were wondering how you would feel to get a little brother or sister."
"I would like a sister," Chloe said quietly.
Troy and Gabriella laughed. "I know you would honey, but would you be okay with a little brother as well? You know we can't control if the baby is a boy or a girl."
"I know Mummy," Chloe answered. "I've just always wanted a little sister, have you got another baby in your tummy?" Being the oldest Chloe had had this conversation when Gabriella was expecting Matthew and Oliver and knew that the answer to her question was probably yes.
"Yeah sweetie I have, are you alright with that?"
"Yes," Chloe answered. "I like being a big sister. This means Oli won't the smallest anymore."
"That's right princess, what do you say Oli? You want to be a big brother?"
"Big bother," Oli answered happily making his parents laugh.
"You're right there buddy, you are a big bother," Gabriella said, as she turned her attention to the quietest member of the family. "What do you think Matty? Do you think you'd like to be a big brother again?" Matty simply nodded his head before cuddling himself against Gabriella and closing his eyes.
"I think that's him telling us he wants to go to bed," Troy said, as he stood up with Oli in his arms. "Chloe do you want me or Mummy to give you your bath tonight?" Oliver and Matthew had already had their baths and were already in their pyjamas, so whoever didn't help Chloe with her bath, would be the one to tuck the boys in and if they didn't fall asleep straight away, read them a bed time story.
"Mummy please," Chloe answered, as she got up from the couch and started to make her way upstairs followed by the rest of her family.
"I think that went pretty well," Troy said, as he and Gabriella carried the boys upstairs.
"I think you're right, if anyone was not gonna like me being pregnant it would be these three, so with them told, everyone else should be easy."
TGTGTGTG
Gabriella was feeling absolutely rotten, she'd been up in the night being sick, she'd woken up and had thrown up and on the car ride to Harold's she'd thrown up twice, today was simply not her day. Troy had told her that they didn't need to tell Harold today and that they could simply tell him tomorrow with everyone else, but Gabriella had insisted and Kelly and Oscar had already arrived so there was no backing out now.
Today was indeed Kelly's twenty eighth birthday and although there were plenty of things she could be doing today, she and Oscar had offered to baby sit the littlies, knowing that if a member of the family did it, the children were likely to let slip on Gabriella's condition.
So now, after Gabriella had been sick again, she and Troy sat cuddled on Harold's couch as he got her a glass of water.
"Not that I don't like seeing you two because I do," Harold said, as he came back with the water. "But you really look like you should be in bed Gabi."
"I'm fine Grandpa, me being sick is actually part of the reason we're here today, we've got something to tell you."
"Okay," Harold sat up and looked more closely at the young couple in front of him, there was definitely something different about them today. "I'm all ears."
"Grandpa," Troy began slowly. "Gabriella's pregnant, we're expecting another baby."
Harold didn't have an answer to this, of all the things Troy and Gabriella could've said to him, this was the last thing that came to mind and he needed some time to let it sink in. The room was silent as Harold let the news settle in, until Gabriella shot from her seat and headed for the downstairs bathroom.
"I'm sorry Grandpa," Troy apologised, as he got up to follow Gabriella. "She's having a really rotten day today."
"I understand Troy, go and take care of her." Harold smiled softly at his Grandson, as he rushed from the room to take care of his wife.
Five minutes later the couple arrived back in the lounge and Harold stood to meet them, bringing Gabriella into a hug when she reached him. "Congratulations guys, I'm so happy for you and I know that your Grandma would be as well."
"Thanks Grandpa," Gabriella said, as they pulled back from their hug. "We wanted to tell you first before everyone else, it just felt right, but now I really wanna go home and go to bed, I know that seems kinda rude."
"Gabi that's not rude at all, I'm surprised you even managed to leave your bed today, you go home and rest and I'll see you at Jack and Lucille's tomorrow?"
"We'll be there Grandpa, we need to tell the rest of the family tomorrow, there are only you, the littlies and Kelly and Oscar who know so far, although to bed fair, Kelly did guess." Troy admitted laughing.
Harold chuckled softly as he led the pair to the door. "I'll see you tomorrow then guys and congratulations once again," Harold hugged his guests as they left and watched as Troy led his wife to the car, his protectiveness over her, more obvious now than ever.
TGTGTGTG
It was quiet in the main Bolton household, as everyone settled in the lounge to watch the children play and to chat amongst themselves, but today was different, they could all feel it. Gabriella was looking off colour and had barely touched her meal and Troy was being incredibly protective over her, even more so than normal, little did they know Troy and Gabriella's children were about to help them out.
"Grandma," Chloe began as she made her way over to Lucille. "I'm a big sister, right?"
"Yeah that's right sweetie," Lucille answered, as she pulled Chloe up onto the couch in between her and Jack.
"Me a big bwother," Matthew said, as he too approached Lucille and was pulled up onto her lap.
"That you are Matty," Lucille answered, not sure what her Grandchildren were getting at as Oliver made his way over as well.
"Me too," Oli said, as he pointed at Matty and was pulled up join him on Lucille's lap.
"No sweetie, you're not a big brother."
"He will be Grandma," Chloe said while sneaking a look at her parents. "In November." Lucille looked at her Granddaughter, then at her Grandsons, then over at her son and daughter-in-law, who were cuddled up in the bend of the couch. She looked at how they were sat, Gabriella cuddled into Troy's side, with his arms wrapped around her, resting securely on her stomach.
Troy had to laugh at his Mum's expression as the penny seemed to drop. "Yes Mum, before you even ask, Gabi's pregnant, a little over two and a half months."
Over the next ten minutes everyone congratulated Troy and Gabriella on the pregnancy and their inventiveness over getting he children to announce it.
Everyone was happy for the family and Gabriella realised, now that everyone close to them knew, they were opening a new chapter in their lives, one they were more than willing to start.
TGTGTGTG
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