3 months later

"I'm getting so, fucking tired of sitting in bed!" Gabriella shouted loudly she could've woken the dead.

"Gabi it's called bed rest,quit screaming abs swearing, you'll get your blood pressure up mija, you don't want to go into labor"

"Sometimes I do, I keep having pains but nothing happens

"Gabriella stop" Maria said propping her feet on top of a few pillows.

"Mommy I do, I'm not used to this" Gabriella whined

"You used to sit in your room for days at a time and read book after book you wouldn't get out of bed except to use the bathroom, bed rest is just like that sweetie" Maria stated

"Ma, she's hurting me, I shouldn't feel pressure this soon should I?" Gabriella said wincing in pain

"How much pressure are you feeling?"

"Enough to where it's noticeable and uncomfortable"

"Gabi I hope you're not going into early labor, just lay back and try not to strain I'm going to call your doctor"

Gabriella laid back and slowly rolled to her side frowning in pain.

"Okay"

A few minutes have passed since Maria gotten off of the phone and she walked back into Gabriella's room.

"Hey sweetie, Dr.Dawson said if the pains are getting stronger, it could be early labor...Gabi?"

Gabriella took the covers off of her head and her mom saw how bad she was in pain.

"Oh God Baby is your pains getting unbearable?"

Gabriella nodded her head.

"Have you lost your membrane?"

"I don't know, what is that?"

"It's the piece of mucus that holds the water the baby is surrounded in, you'll feel it when it comes out"

"Oh...no I haven't, mommy I'm not ready for Gracelyn she'll be too early I'm only 7 months pregnant mom, I can't do this!"

"Sweetie just relax, you can do this, if Grace decides to make her appearance, you will be ready, yes she may be early or may need a little attention afterwards but she will be ok" Maria stroked her daughter's hair.

That made Gabriella feel awful she already felt like the worse mom for causing her body to go into early labor.

"I want Troy and daddy" Gabriella was feeling extra needy she just wanted the people that completed her security.

"Ok baby I can call them" Maria stated beginning to dial Troy's and her dad's phone number.

"Mmmm...here's another one..OWW!!"

"Baby relax. Just breathe" Maria rubbing Gabriella lower back as she called Troy "hey son...can you get off work early, Gabriella is going into labor...yes I know...can you come over to the house, she's here until she can't take the pain any longer...ok son...ok bye bye"

"Now call daddy" Gabriella ordered with her eyes shut in pain

"I'm calling him baby hold on"

Gabriella sat up in bed and walk towards her adjacent bathroom.

"Where you going baby?"

"I have to use the bathroom" Gabriella stopped and told her

"No that's the baby putting pressure on you"

"I don't like this"

2 hours later

Troy and Gabriella's dad Victor was already at the house trying to make Gabriella comfortable.

"I want to go to the hospital" Gabriella cried "I can't take this pain no more,I need to go NOW!"

"The doctor told us to wait until your water breaks mija" Victor told his daughter.

Gabriella was a spitting image of her father the only thing she had of her mother's was her cute button nose.

"Daddy you don't understand, I have to go!"

" hey babe you're almost there" Troy told her

"My back hurts so bad I need to sit in a hot bath"Gabriella moaned trying to arch her back for a contraction.

"Ok, I'll run the water in the downstairs bathroom that has the nets so it'll feel better on your back, ok babe"

Gabriella nodded,she could only say a few words ever so often.

After a contraction passed Maria helped her into her bathing suit and to sit in the bathtub downstairs.

Troy stayed in the bathroom with her making sure she was comfortable as the pulsating jets hit every spot on her back.

She looked up at Troy with so much hurt in her eyes which hurt Troy to his soul.

"Aw I love you babe, you can do this"

"It just hurts so much I didn't expect it to feel like this...feel my stomach" Gabriella said taking Troy's hand and putting it on her belly.

"Damn it's tight as hell, why?"

"My uterus is contracting, it gets tighter and releases"

"Oh wow, the woman's body is amazing"

"Yeah"

Poor Gabriella she was exhausted.

"If Grace is going to be born today, will she make it? I mean, will she be big enough or healthy enough to come home" Troy sounded extremely worried.

"I think she'll be fine,Doctor said she was 5lbs 13oz as of last week"

"Okay as long as she's healthy enough to survive, it's a scary feeling" Troy stared at her as she struggled to breath thru a contraction and she was more in pain this time. "Just breathe, Gabriella. Don't hold your breath"

"I...can't...it hurts so bad...it feels like my insides are turning inside out" Gabriella cried through another contraction

"You need to go to the hospital?" Troy asked as he rubbed her lower back

"I need to push"

"Noooo no no no, don't push Gabi" Troy panicked "ms. Montez!"

Maria came running into the bathroom when she heart Troy call for her and Gabriella's cry.

"I'm here sweetheart" Maria said stroking Gabriella's sweat drenched hair

"Mommy, it hurts! I need to push, I feel so much pressure I want her out!" Gabriella cried.

"Okay, we can get you to the hospital now" Maria said "Troy help me get her up"

Troy grabbed one of her hands and wrapped his arm around her waist,while her mom took her other hand and helped her out of the tub.

Then a gush of water ran down Gabriella's leg

"My water just broke!"

"Okay stay calm babe just breathe" Troy said making her feel at ease while breathing steady with her.

Victor started the car as Maria and Troy helped her to the car, victor hated seeing his daughter in so much pain he almost shed a tear, she was his babygirl his only girl, he also had 3 boys prior to Gabriella with a previous marriage, so everything was a big deal when it came to Gabi.

"You're ok,princess" her dad asked turning around in the front seat to look at her after she was settled in the car.

Gabriella nodded.

"I'm just nervous, I hope she's going to be healthy enough to come home, she's still early"

"She will be darling, she has Montez in her blood" he smiled at her.

"Thanks daddy"

Everyone hopped into Victor's car and he sped off on his way to the hospital.