Chapter 13

Oh mother mother

Soooooo I'm fat. like really fat! I thought i was fat when i was pregnant with Chris, boy was i wrong! I'm 7 months pregnant with the girls. everything is ready for them. It's February and my doctor said they could really come at anytime, so we got it all set up early. Troy is doing a lot of business at the shop. I'm still working on my lines which are a big success. next September all of us are going to California for a vacation, that we all need. Plus i have to handle some business there.

today its just me and Chris hanging out. He's so big now. He runs around everywhere! but still my little momma's boy. He's excited about his sisters. Sammy is too. He's my helper again, always by my side when he's home and making sure im OK. He's in basketball and they made it to there leagues play-offs. just like his daddy. Sammy has straight As in school so he has my smarts. thank god!

Right now I'm on the couch watching Chris play with his cars on the floor when someone walked in the door. i debated whether i should take all the effort to get me and my two babies up off this couch...or yell.

'WHO IS IT?"

"its me john" he said coming in.

"oh good i don't have to get up" i said sitting up.

"hey sissy..." he said kissing my cheek.

"what's up?"

"i need you and mami to make up so all of you can come to this weeks dinner please!" he said really fast.

Mami and i haven't talked since that day we got in that huge argument. Sammy and Chris go to the dinners, and me and troy stay home. i miss her...i mean she is my mami! but she said she regretted us! i mean c'mon its not so easy to just forgive and forget when your mom calls you and your siblings the biggest mistakes of your life!

"why?"

"because Gabi she's our mami! you guys can't be fighting like this! you guys have to just stop being stubborn and make up!"

"i don't mean why we should make up! i mean why do we have to be to this weeks dinner?"

"...oh...well because...i can't tell you that but just trust me..please"

"fine...I'll call"

he let out a sigh of relief. "thanks sis" he said hugging me.

"i gotta get back to the shop troy only let me leave because he misses mami's food!" he said walking out.

"bye! and tell troy to pick up some Italian tonight!" i said.

"OK"

he left the house and i looked at Chris who was smiling.

"you happy mami and abuela are gonna be nice again" i said picking him up.

he laughed. "baby mami not gonna be able to pick you much longer your getting so big!"

later on today i called mami and she's about to be here. i find myself on the couch again...and Chris on the chair sleeping. exactly how i like it. when i heard her car pull up i got up slowly but surely.

"mami!" i said when i opened the door

"oh mija!" she said and hugged me. it's cold outside so the door wasn't open long.

we went into the kitchen and talked.

"mija im sorry for the stuff i said. i didn't mean it that i regretted you guys...i guess i just wish i could've achieved more before i had all of you."

"mami...i have achieved so much already. i know that im still young...but i did a lot of stuff young. I've followed my dream and i was a superstar, i have my lines that are soo famous! and now i have my growing family!"

"i know mija...i see that now."

"i love you mami"

"i love you too baby" we hugged each other and a baby kicked.

"soccer players in there huh" she said and we laughed.

"definitely." i said.

Shortly after she left troy and sammy came in.

"Mom!" Sam yelled. i was in the kitchen setting the table.

"hey lil man"

"i got my report card!"

"lets see" i said taking it out of his hand. straight As...yep another brain.

"Sammy i am so proud of you!" i said kissing his head.

"thanks"

"Sam while me and mom set dinner up go get ready for practice" troy said. Sam went up to his room. troy looked at me and smiled.

"nice talk with your mom" he said getting the food out of the bag. since I've been pregnant there's been a lot of take out because i hate being up on my feet for a long time.

"yep" i said.

"you guys OK again?"

"yep"

"anything go wrong?"

"nope"

"then whats with the one word answers?"

"i know you guys already know everything because she told me she had to go up to the shop and get you boys lunch"

he smiled after i said that and came over and kissed me.

we ate dinner and then they left for Sammy's basketball practice.

i put Chris to bed then i sat in bed and watched TV.

"La chica's are working there way back on top!" the headliner guy said. i stayed on the channel.

"we're here with one of the La chica members, Lana" he said and they showed Lana.

"hiii" she said with her smile

"Lana, how do you like being back with La Chicas?"

"it's fun to be back in it all you know and being near our fans again just the electricty that goes through me...I'm glad to have it back"

"is anything different from last time?"

"hell yeah! a whole lot is different! i mean we're all older and experienced a little bit more in life and now we know how to reach out to everyone not just youngins or the Hispanics, we not just musica to the habla espanols! we music to everyone" she said in her Spanish accent coming out.

"is it really different without Gabi?"

there's the question i been waiting for!

her face completely changed.

"yea it really is different without her. Gabi was...i don't know how to explain it. anytime one of us had a problem we always went to her, she was the one that wasn't scared to be blunt and straight up with us, she knew what we had to hear and she would tell us but she would always make sure she hugged us and told us she loved us and said it would all be ok"

"do you know where Gabi is today?"

does she?

"yeah i actually do...she is married and has two boys and she has two more on the way"

"you guys talk?"

"no...but we might start back up soon...if everything works out like i want it to"

"will she come back to the group?"

"probably not, i mean maybe a concert or two, but gabi is really in her element right now. she is devoted to her family and that's where her heart is. Gabi up and left a lot when she first came to L.A and i honestly don't think she actually knew what she left so when she went back she just didn't see the group important anymore."

"do you resent her for that?"

"oh no god no! Its the best thing that happened to her...i mean if you guys saw her and her family you see a whole new light in her that we never really saw when she was with us. so she's happy and leaving the group was the best thing that has happened to her"

how does she know all this stuff? before i could really think i heard the boy walk in.

troy and Sam walked upstairs.

"Sam get in a shower and do your homework then get to bed" i said.

"Kay mom" he said. then troy came in.

"how'd he do?" i asked.

"he was good..." he said while taking his clothes off and getting ready for bed.

"playoff ready?"

"yep" he got into bed with me and i layed on his chest.

i soon fell asleep on him...i was so comfortable in his arms. i guess i can say my life is happy right now...i don't miss the group, that Lana was right about. she was all around right about everything, but how is what i don't know. but bet...i will find out.

soo i know i promised this a long time ago! and im really sorry! so i know how this story will go now and hopefully i will be able to finish it soon! so i hope you liked this one! =]