Chapter 10 – Black Hole

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

Royals: 12-18

Gabi's POV

"And the Royals lose their 18th game of the season, falling to 12-18." Casey sighed on the other side of me as we went too commercial, "This team is dying," Casey said slowly, I nodded as my eyes ventured to the dugout. Troy wasn't inside due to the fact that he was at home with a sick Logan.

We had another screaming match between the two of us before the game because he didn't understand why he should stay home with her. Alyssa took the day off almost a year ago and we figured she could just hang out at the stadium with somebody. No big deal.

Until she came down with a fever this afternoon and Troy didn't want to stay home and I certainly couldn't stay home on that short of notice. He was pissed off at me and that is how the past six weeks had been.

Troy and I fought more than we had a civil conversation and we just kind of stopped talking. Nights had become my favorite because no matter what we laid in the same bed and breathed the same air. We didn't change rooms and we didn't yell at each other when we were in our bedroom. It was just…us. Sometimes we would cuddle, sometimes we had forced sex that was terrible but it was sex that we weren't having very often.

Sometimes we just turned our backs to each other and we didn't speak. Logan was babbling and giggling along with her life not too affected with our bickering with each other but she was freaked out at our fight today.

My parents and the twins took a trip down to Florida for a week to get away and his parents were out of town with Luke. Emily was taking summer classes to complete her degree early so that left…Troy.

"I have to get home, do you mind?" I asked Casey, my voice quiet. Everybody in the clubhouse and organization knew Troy and I were having problems. It wasn't a secret with the tension that was evident between us.

"Are you guys doing okay?" I shrugged my shoulders and I let out a heavy breath, "I wish I knew Casey,"

He gave me a big hug and I thanked him as I gathered up my stuff, I went to my office and closed my laptop out and finished what I was doing. I walked down to the parking lot as I went down under into it. I thought about the moment when I was pregnant with Logan and those women who were evil.

My phone rang and I answered it, "How's it going?" Ellie's voice quiet, "So far so good," I answered, I started my car and she sighed, "Are you?"

"No, not until then."

Ellie sighed, "Fine, call me tomorrow?"

"You know it,"

I hung up and when I walked down the hallway, I breathed a sigh of relief. I took the time away as I drove into the neighborhood and I parked my car. I played with the keys as I sat in the garage, not wanting to actually go inside the house. I breathed when I finally found the courage to go inside.

Opening the door, I groaned as I went into the kitchen. A pizza box was lying up, soda bottles and beer cans from Troy. Ice cream was sitting on the counter and Skip was sitting on the counter eating ice cream. I dropped my bags and I walked into the living room. Troy's eyes looked up, "I'm going out." He answered as he got up, my mouth dropped slightly.

"What is that kitchen?" Troy walked through it, "I don't know, I have to go. I'm meet the boys tonight."

"Oh, just like last night?"

"Like you care?" he asked turning around to face me, the stone cold eyes. I shuddered and I shrugged, "Whatever," I breathed, "Let me clean your damn mess up,"

"Logan asked for it,"

"Doesn't mean you can't clean it up. What is that teaching her?"

Troy flared his nostrils, "You are teaching her what exactly?" I frowned, "You know, I don't mind if you leave now."

"Good,"

He picked up his jacket and stormed out the door. He spent four hours every morning working out and rehabbing his elbow with the PT's. It was going well from what he would tell me. I rubbed my face and I walked around cleaning up everything. I cleaned the pizza up, the ice cream, and the cans of soda and beer.

I then went to straighten up the living room and I jumped when I saw Logan at the top of the stairs. "Where is daddy?"

She had gone down to the basement to try and find him. "He left. He went to see the boys." I answered, the honest truth. She frowned, "But,"

"Can mommy have a hug?" she nodded and ran over to wrap her arms around my waist. "How was your night with daddy?"

"He was grumpy."

"I'm sorry baby,"

"Are you guys mad at each other?" I kissed her forehead, "No,"

"Mama, you lie."

I sighed, "Yes, daddy and mommy are mad at each other but we'll be okay." I answered for her, she sighed, "I don't like it when mommy is sad," I smiled softly, "We'll be okay,"

I put her back into her bed when I decided I wanted her in my bed tonight. Troy wasn't here to protest and honestly, maybe that would be good. I carried her to our room when I settled her in the middle of the bed.

"I'm going to change for a minute okay?"

She nodded as I changed out of my dress clothes and into a pair of shorts with a t-shirt. I rubbed my make-up off my face and then I joined Logan in bed. She cuddled into my chest and I pressed my lips to her forehead and I sighed.

Troy's POV

I shut the garage door and I stumbled slightly over my feet. I was coherent and aware of my surroundings but everything was fuzzy. I moved into our bedroom and I stripped my jeans from my body and crawled into the bed, I reached over for Gabi but I was met with…Logan.

I opened my eyes to see her sleeping in Gabi's chest and I groaned, I twisted over onto my other side but then I realized she probably didn't feel good and Gabi was just being a mom.

My shoulders relaxed as my eyes focused on her as my elbow held no pain any longer but the rehab was slow and boring. Logan turned onto her back and she opened her eyes, "Daddy?" I nodded my head, "Hi baby," she smiled and pulled away from Gabi. "Daddy, mommy is sad," I sighed, "I know baby,"

"Why are you making her mad?" I frowned, was this what she was telling Gabi? "I'm not making her mad," I told her quietly, "We are just disagreeing." I told her quietly, "You need to get your rest."

She smiled and then rolled back over to Gabi, Gabi wrapped her arm around her tightly without even waking up, just the second nature of being a wonderful mother. I sighed gently as I rolled back onto my back. I breathed out as I tried to think how I was making Gabi mad. I rolled onto my side away from my girls and I shook my head, Skip jumped up and I ran my hands over his fur. He curled against me because his normal spot was filled with a four-year old.

Saturday, May 4th, 2024

Gabi's POV

I smiled as Logan was smiling at me, we had both woken up and I loved waking up with her in my arms. She was the bright light to every day. Especially since Troy and I were fighting. I looked over Logan's shoulder to see that Troy had already disappeared. His four hours on the clock as he worked out and did all of his rehab, biting down on my lip, I pushed off the bed and Logan whined. "I'm sorry baby girl, we have to get ready for the game today."

"No," she buried her face into the pillow and I giggled, I pulled her bouncing curls away from her hair. "Alyssa will be with you tonight. I promise. No grumpy daddy,"

"I wasn't grumpy," I jumped at the sound of Troy's voice and I turned around to face him, "That's what she said," Troy eyed Logan, "You said that?" she nodded her head, her face turning red and she buried herself into the pillows. Troy crawled onto the bed and began to tickle her, the wild giggle escaping her mouth and I couldn't help but smile at the two of them. "I was not grumpy last night!"

"You were!" she giggled, Troy smiled, "Okay, maybe a little bit." Logan smiled and she kissed Troy's cheek, "I love you daddy,"

"I love you too, I love you more when you sleep in your own bed."

"That was me," I answered, "I was lonely."

Troy turned around to face me, the stone cold making my spine shiver with fright. "I guess I am the one making you mad so I shouldn't talk." I frowned, "Who said that?"

"Apparently you told her that?" Logan glanced and me and shrugged her shoulders but this didn't call for a tickle fight. This called for me to walk away. "You know what, Casey, Joel, my friends, don't make me mad. I am only mad around you so maybe it's true."

Troy laughed, baffled, "Ridiculous."

"Troy, I don't want to fight this morning."

"Then don't tell our daughter lies."

"What was I lying about? That I am angry with you? That you won't listen to me for five minutes?" Troy shook his head and he continued into the bathroom. The shower turned on and I ran my fingers through my hair, frustrated, "Come on sweetie, let's get dressed and we will go visit Ellie and Emerson at the bookstore."

Logan slowly nodded her head, her eyes wide after watching Troy and I fight two days in a row. I felt bad because I didn't want her to ever see us fight because we were supposed to be happy. Troy and I were the romantic love story from high school. I escorted Logan to her room as I tried to fight back tears, "Lolo, I'm sorry you had to see that," I said quietly, Logan looked at me quietly, "Why did daddy yell?"

I looked up at the ceiling to keep it together and I breathed, "Um, he is just a little mad at me. That's all," Logan frowned, "I don't like it when daddy yells,"

"I don't either but I think that we should change and leave okay?" she nodded her head as I picked out a dress and some leggings to go underneath since it was going to be a little chilly tonight. I then pair it with a pair of flats. "I'll do your hair when I am done okay? Don't forget to brush your teeth." I instructed, she nodded and took off running to the bathroom. I went back to our room as I pulled out a pair of gray slacks and a blue blouse.

I dressed quickly and pulled me hair into a messy bun, it would have to be down for the broadcast but for now, I just wanted it out of my face. I decided on glasses rather than contacts because I didn't want to wait for the bathroom. Yet, Troy stepped out in a pair of shorts and a long sleeve shirt. His eyes casted towards mine. "Where is she?"

"Her room," my voice low as I brushed past him, he grabbed my arm, and "I don't want to argue in front of her." My eyes shot to his, "Like I want too? I had to answer to the fact of why you were yelling at me. I had to not fall apart in front of her because I want to know why you are so god damn angry. I am the one who has to answer her questions, why is daddy grumpy? Geez, Lo, I wonder why daddy is grumpy because he wont fucking tell me."

Troy looked surprised by my outburst and he let go of me, I stumbled into the bathroom and I firmly shut the door. I had nothing more to say to him. I just wanted to shut him out as I brushed my teeth. Tears flowed down my cheeks and I grabbed my make-up bag, as I would do my make-up at the stadium later. I exited the bathroom as Troy was tying his tennis shoes onto his feet. I picked up a pair of heels and slipped them on.

"Where are you going?"

"To the bookstore," I grumbled, "I don't really want to be here."

"What's so wrong with here?"

"You're here. That's what's wrong."

Troy and I both looked at each other, his stone cold eyes softened and then he looked down. "I think the group is going to the bar tonight,"

"I know," I clipped, "Melissa told me,"

Troy grabbed the back of his neck gently, "Are you going to go?" he asked, I shook my head, "I think I want to spend the night with Logan. She isn't going on the next road trip, you can go."

"Why isn't she going on this road trip?"

"Pre-school, I would like her to continue her education." My remark was bitter but it was needed. I felt the need to be bitter.

"Okay," he answered, the fight ending there. "Okay,"

"Gabs,"

"El?"

"You need to say something to him."

"No." I replied, "It's not happening." Ellie looked me in the eyes and I shook my head. "No."

"It might help you two!"

"No," I replied again, "I am waiting. It worked last time."

Ellie sighed and she played with her pencil in front of her. Emerson was giggling as she ran around the shop with Logan. I swung around in the chair, "Logan has seen us fight twice now and it is miserable. I hate that she sees us fight, I hate that we are fighting,"

"If you would just tell them,"

"Ellie, I am not telling him. I am not telling my parents. I am not telling anybody. You are the only person who has a right to know, understood? Please stop asking me to do something I am not ready to do yet. Please," Ellie was taken back by my snapping but apparently that is something that we should all get used too. I was a bitch.

"He is going to be even more pissed at you."

"I guess I don't really care."

"Are you going to the bar tonight?" I shook my head, "I think I am going to spend the night with Lolo,"

"Is it because Troy is going?"

"No, I spend every night with him. I can handle going places with him."

"Okay," she answered, not fooled with the answer I provided. "Why do you think we are fighting?" I asked, she shrugged, "You are both dealing with a lot,"

"I wish that was the answer. We have been through more than this,"

"I don't know I wish I could tell you."

I sighed softly and I tilted my head back as a customer came strolling through. They said something to Ellie and Ellie grinned as she moved around to help the customer. I sat up and I looked over at Logan who was teaching Emerson something. The door opened and Chase entered. Emerson smiled and went running to her dad. He picked her up and then greeted Ellie with a kiss and a squeeze. Something Troy did.

I longed for that touch and that need for him but I also longed for the stone cold eyes to go away. I longed for the fighting to stop. I know I played a part in it but he knows how to push my buttons. He knows how it works and it pisses me off.

I waved as Chase noticed me and he then greeted Logan, I tilted my chair back a little bit more. My eyes gazing the ceiling, I was exhausted and all I wanted to do was sleep. I thought about returning home to just sleep for a couple of hours but I knew that would set off alarms. "Logan," I called, "Are you ready to go find Alyssa?" she nodded her head and I stood up. I grabbed my bags and I thanked Ellie, "Call me if you need me, okay?" I nodded, "Will do."

"Bye Lolo,"

"Bye Ellie!"

I walked out of the store and down the street with Logan's hand firmly placed in mine. She looked up at me, her eyes blinded with the son. "Where is daddy?"

"Working out," I replied, my voice angry, "Why?"

"Because, he needs to stay in shape for next year."

"I wish Daddy was here,"

"Maybe after we get home we can do something fun, like go to the movies or the park."

"Together?" her eyes batted and I wondered how at four she knew so much, "Maybe," I told her quietly, "Momma,"

"What?"

She shook her head and mumbled something, "Alrighty then,"

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

14-22

I sighed as my eyes traveled out the window, the bright lights twinkling underneath of me as somebody slid into the seat next to me. I turned to see Troy sitting down next to me, his body worn out and exhausted as mine was too.

"Hi," he said quietly, I nodded in his direction, "Do you need something?" Troy sighed, "I need to actually talk to you."

"Oh? You don't want to yell at me?"

"Brie, please,"

My nickname fell out of his lips so casually like he hadn't said it in weeks because he hadn't. He hadn't uttered that word in weeks. It was always either Gabi or Gabriella. My eyes flickered up to his, "I'm tired of this. We are both barely sleeping and it is causing both of us to not do as well at our jobs."

I bit my tongue asking why he thought I was doing a bad job but I kept it back. He was trying to make-up here and I didn't need to add fuel to the fire that was already burning brightly. "Okay, so what do you want to do about it?"

"Can't we just make-up?"

"Do you even know why I am angry with you?"

"No, you never told me." I laughed, "Troy, I told you a thousand times."

"Because I won't talk to you?" he questioned, his voice went from sympathetic to annoyed real quick. "Part of it," I announced, "Another part would be that you just get angry about the stupidest things, you are mean to everybody, uhm let's see you also think this world is about you."

"This world is not about me."

"Oh, I seem to forget,"

"Gabi," the Brie was gone, "Please, I just wanted to for once in weeks have a civil conversation with you. I miss the hell out of you but we are both biting each others heads off."

"Maybe Troy, you need to rethink how you are acting."

"How I am acting?"

I groaned, "I would rather not do this on a plane okay? I just…I don't have the energy for this today. I'm sorry."

"Do you want to know why I am angry with you?"

"Yes, please, tell me,"

His eyes looked into mine, they seemed softer than the stone cold but quickly they froze and became a wall. He locked up. "Never mind," he got up and he retreated to a different part of the plane. My head was pounding and I reached for the book in front of me. He then collapsed in the seat next to me again, "I'm angry because I feel like something is lost between us and nothing has been the same since the previous miscarriage. Something is missing and I am trying to find what it is but you seem so short tempered and angry. You are frustrated. Logan is the only thing that can get you to really smile. I used to be able to do that and I can't."

I looked up at him as his eyes were back to the soft blue. I quickly turned away from him as my throat filled with tears and I tilted my head back into the seat. "I don't know Troy,"

"You don't know?"

"I don't know what you want me to say, do you want me to say that this is all my fault? That I can't carry a child?" Troy frowned and by the lack of response I knew that was it, my stomach clinched with fear, "I would like to be alone, please," the words cracked against my tongue, my jaw trembled because I just wanted off this damn plane. I just wanted to get the hell away from here. He did as I asked and he didn't come back. The plane suddenly felt like it was going in slow motion, we couldn't be back in Kansas City soon enough.

"He didn't," Mallory, said, I nodded my head; I had let Troy go get Logan from his parent's house while I scurried off to my friend's houses. I needed somebody. "He didn't object, he just looked at me and I knew, I knew that is what he wanted to say. He is angry with me because I can't have another child for him." The tears were ridiculous, snot was running down my face and the tears were pooling underneath of me.

Becca shared a look with Mallory and Ellie sighed from across the counter. I darted my eyes to look at her because I didn't want her spilling anything. Nothing could be spilt out onto the table and she slowly nodded her head, as I looked back at the other two. "It isn't you fault."

"I keep putting off the doctor though,"

"Infertility?" Becca asked, her bump eight months along, I nodded my head, "I just…I would feel embarrassed by it and it isn't because I can't get pregnant, I just can't stay pregnant." Another look came from Ellie and I avoided her gaze. "But there could be something else."

I shrugged my shoulders, "It is my body and I had Logan, so I must be doing something wrong."

"Don't let him make you believe that. You don't deserve that."

I frowned, "I guess, maybe, I need a night away from him. I just need a break." I said quietly, Becca and Ellie shared a glance and Mallory smiled, "How about you stay with one of us? I have a room open,"

"Logan misses me."

"Go home, put her to bed, and come over here for the evening. A girls night."

I bit my lip, I wanted too but I didn't want Logan to think that things were horrible between Troy and I. "I can't," I said quietly, "That is setting Logan off, she already knows that we are fighting. I don't want to make it worse by mommy not coming home or being there in the morning. She sometimes has nightmares so I can't leave her. Not tonight."

Becca nodded her head, "I understand. Logan is smart, she'll figure it out and no need to make her upset as well."

"Thank you,"

I got up as I hugged each of them, "Thank you guys,"

Cody's POV

"Anna, it's bedtime," she giggled and ran towards Ben's room, Ben was sitting on his bed coloring something and I shook my head. "Anna, come on, mommy wanted you in bed a long time ago." I picked her up and I laid her down again. She twisted and laughed, I had no idea how we were going to add a third kid to this mix but we sure were.

"Good night daddy,"

I smiled as I brushed her hair back, "Good night sweet girl," I kissed her forehead and got up, I turned on her nightlight and then shut the door behind me. "Ben, get ready for bed," I called; he nodded his head and started to put his things away. The door to the garage shut and I knew Becca was home from something Gabi needed. Grabbing laundry from across the house, I dumped them into the laundry room.

"Hey," I said as I walked into the kitchen, "You need to have a talk with your best friend," my eyes jumped too her, "Why? What's wrong?"

Becca rubbed her face and Ben came into the room, he wrapped his arms around her legs and then he rubbed her belly. She laughed and kissed him goodnight, "I'll be there in a couple of minutes to tuck you in." she said, he nodded and I leaned against the counter as I looked at her. "Apparently, they tried to talk it out on the plane back from Baltimore. The conversation was going well when the conversation went south. She asked why he was angry and he couldn't answer, he left, and then he came back a couple of minutes later. He told her that something is missing from their relationship. He said a couple of other things and brought up the last miscarriage."

My fingers gripped the counter, "Cody, are you okay?"

"Finish, please," I encouraged, my eyes met hers and she sighed, "She said, I don't know what you want me to say, do you want me to say that this is all my fault? That I can't carry a child?" My eyes snapped to her, "Did he say something back?"

Becca sighed, "That was the problem. Troy said nothing. He just looked at her, he never disagreed and Gabi took that as that was the problem." I covered my mouth feeling like I could get sick at any moment. I then grabbed my keys, "Cody, where are you going?"

"I told him to not do one damn thing and he did it. So I am going to go talk to him."

"I think Gabi said something about him going to Swings once she got back,"

"I'll be back later,"

I moved through the room and I got into my truck, I called Gary, "Is he there?"

Gary sighed, "Just got here."

"Don't let that asshole leave,"

"You actually sound angry at him."

"I'm pissed,"

"What happened?"

"You'll hear, I promise."

I hung up as it took me twenty-five minutes to reach Swings and once I did, I sloppily parked my car and I went inside. My eyes scanning everywhere for him when I found him talking to one of the boys on the older team. I walked over to him and I pushed him backwards, he was caught by surprise when I pressed him up against the wall. "What the hell do you think you are doing?" my voice rose causing a lot of attention to be diverted to us.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," he tried to move but I pressed him back harder, "So the thing on the plane today, the one damn thing I asked you NOT to do?" Troy stopped struggling against my hold so I relaxed it, "She said it first! I didn't say anything,"

"Exactly Troy, you said nothing. Becca came home to tell me that she was upset, why is she upset Troy? Why are you making her life so god damn difficult right now?"

"You think her life is difficult? With all of the money that I making by sitting on my ass, she sits in a booth and talks baseball, that's all she fucking does,"

"Why are you so angry with her?"

"Why are you even questioning things about my marriage?"

"You know Gabi is like my second wife, my sister, she is somebody I protect and when you cross the line I am going to get involved. Bring her miscarriages into this is uncalled for. Telling her that this rough patch in your marriage is her fault because she had a miscarriage. She wants another kid just as bad as you do so don't put this on her. She feels horrible Troy and I don't even know why she lets you in the damn house."

"How about you just leave us the hell alone,"

"How about you get your head out of your ass."

Troy reached for me and I grabbed his hand, "Troy, don't fight me. Just don't because we have been through too much with each other. You are like my damn brother and I don't need this right now. I just need you to man up, apologize to her for how rude you were, because she doesn't deserve that. She does more than just talk baseball because if you want to push that through then you throw a ball to another guy every five days."

I pushed off of him, "Don't make me do this again Troy, you are my brother."

Gabi's POV

I stared at the ceiling when the door opened and closed, "Why are you telling people our business?" I sat up and I looked at Troy, he was taking his shirt off and replacing it with a ratty one. "I'm not allowed to get upset here so I might as well go to my friends."

"Who said you couldn't get upset here? Why are you even upset?"

"Troy, why are we going in circles? You told me it was my fault that I can't have kids." Troy rubbed his face and leaned against the wall, he placed his arms around his chest, folding them tightly. "I didn't mean it Gabi, I'm sorry okay? I am frustrated."

"Why?" my outburst caused him to stumble backwards a bit, his back was pressed against the wall. "My elbow is a piece of shit,"

"And my uterus is a piece of shit. That doesn't mean you get to be a damn jackass to everybody."

"You,"

"I fall apart, yes, I do. I fall apart for a week and then I am back on my feet. I let you do whatever you want to me, I am your damn ragdoll until I can get back on my feet. The last one? I was suffocating Troy and I just needed a break but I was gone for a little over a week. I came back and we worked it out or I thought so, I thought we worked it out but apparently you can't get passed it." Troy frowned, "You won't talk to me, you won't look at me, you barely touch me."

Troy shifted his jaw back and forth; the raw power as I looked at him tears filled my eyes. "I'm sorry I am not the perfect wife that you married. I am, I am truly sorry." Troy reached forward and he sighed, "Don't be sorry, please,"

"I don't know what else you want me to be."

His eyes looked sad and he shook his head, "Get some sleep," he said quietly, he turned off his light and the bathroom light as he went out of the bedroom. The door shut quietly and I sank down into the bed, my tears flooding as I buried my face into the pillows. I was so over all of this.

Saturday, May 11th, 2024

15-23

"The Royals seem to be in a funk," I announced during the post-game interview. "They are missing their lively hood, they are missing something about the team that we saw last year."

"Could it be the missing star pitcher?"

"I don't know, he is in the locker room everyday,"

"But he isn't on the mound."

I sighed, "It could be the missing component to this team, Troy ate innings and pitched firmly every outing. He was a presence and most of the time it felt like the Royals would win with Troy out there. It gave them something more and it made it a competition between the pitchers. Right now? These guys don't have anything to strive for."

They went on with their talk and I pulled my headphones off my head. I went into the bathroom and when I sat down, a daunting red streaked down my underwear. I gripped the wall tightly as my chest clutched with pain. I stood up quickly as I could as I went to my office. I dug through my bag and when I couldn't find my cell phone there, I tore my office apart until I found it in my chair. I called Ellie sobbing, the pain unbarring.

I didn't know if it was the stomach pain that I had suffered from all night or the pain of another loss. "Gabi, sweetie,"

I tried to respond to her, I tried to tell her but I could only cry.

"Gabi?"

I glanced up to see Troy, I saw fear in his eyes, I saw how scared he was but I just leaned over and cried until it all became came too much. The black hole had been dug too far and the pain went down with it, my body seizing with it. I just couldn't do this anymore.

Troy's POV

When I heard the sobbing from down the hallway, it sound like somebody had died. A couple of Royal executives were glancing towards Gabi's office and my stomach dropped. I rushed towards her office and she was curled over on the floor "Gabi?" she looked up at me but she only collapsed into more tears.

"Gabi?" her sobs were scaring me as I looked at her cell phone to see Ellie had called her, "Ellie?" I asked, "What's wrong?"

"I have no idea. She called me sobbing,"

I looked at her, "I'll take care of her," the words audible between my lips as I hung up the phone, I pulled her close to me as she was so upset. She clutched closer to me and then she passed out in my arms, "Gabi?" my heart raced as she fell limp in my arms, the cries automatically stopped. I stood up with her in my arms as a couple of people exited the building and looked at her. Alyssa and Logan were coming our way.

"Alyssa, I need you to take Logan back to our house." Logan looked at Gabi in my arms, "Mommy?" she looked at Gabi, tears welled in her eyes, "Daddy, I want mommy,"

"Mommy is sick," I told her, she started to scream, "I want my mommy!" Alyssa picked her up and wrapped her arms tightly around her; she whispered as I brushed by them, "I'll call you when I have more?"

"Is she okay?" I only shrugged my shoulders and moved past everybody until I caught Zach walking out, he turned towards me to see me rushing with Gabi; he dropped his bag, "Dude, what happened?"

"I have no idea. I found her sobbing in her office and then she just passed out. She was clutching her stomach and I think I am going to have her go checked out at the hospital room."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

I shook my head, "I'll be fine. Logan is kind of freaked out. Will you check on her though?"

"Yes,"

'Thank you,"

I got Gabi into my car and I buckled her in, I then raced to the closest hospital. My heart was racing as Gabi was starting to wake up again, she grabbed her stomach and she started to cry again. "It's okay baby, it's okay," I answered. I reached over to squeeze her knee and I exited the highway as I came to KU hospital. I pulled into the parking lot near the ER as I picked Gabi up, as she was asleep again.

"Sir," a nurse or med student greeted me, "My wife keeps passing out, I found her crying and then she passed out and I don't know what the hell is wrong. She seems to be clutching her stomach. I don't know," the nurse nodded as they had me placed on a gurney. They whisked her away while I gave them information on her when my phone buzzed in my pocket. I reached for it and I saw Ellie's name.

"Hello?"

"Troy?"

"Ellie?"

There was a long pause and she took a deep breath, "She asked me not to tell you but this may be the reason to what is happening,"

"Ellie just spit it out."

"She was pregnant Troy,"

Oh man…you guys are going to hate me MOSTLY because there will NOT be an update for about three weeks. I am leaving for the UK on Tuesday and will be gone for two weeks so no update and I just left you on a cliffhanger.

OUCH.

Anyways – I hope you guys enjoyed!

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