Troy and I were waiting in the restaurant for Taylor and Chad to get here. I had a feeling I knew what their little surprise would be. I played on my phone and Troy was telling me a story about something that happened at work before he left. He stopped talking all of a sudden.

"Hey Troy! Hey Gabi!" Chad said holding the hand of his pregnant wife. She was very visibly pregnant.

I smiled at them. "Hey! Taylor, you look great."

She huffed out a breath and sat in the chair across from me. "I feel like an elephant and all I want to do is sleep and eat. I don't remember the last time I went number 2."

"Taylor." Chad said, nudging his wife.

I laughed. "I know how you feel. One day you won't be able to stop. You seriously look beautiful. How far along are you now?"

"Twenty-nine weeks. Thirty weeks on next Friday." She said, picking up her menu.

"Wait, when did you get pregnant and why didn't anybody tell me?" Troy said, looking over Chad and Taylor. "Did you know about this?" He asked me.

"Surprise!" Chad said, smirking.

I rubbed Troy's back. "When she was here after New Years I kind of guessed." I said shrugging.

Troy looked at everybody then grinned. "Congratulations man! You're going to be a father."

Chad smiled. "I know, it hasn't really sunk in yet."

I looked over at Taylor. "Do you know what you're having?"

Taylor shook her head. "Nope, and we won't know until it's born. Chad's dying to know. I want it to be a surprise."

I smiled. "Surprises are always nice. I knew Syd was a girl. When I was pregnant with the twins Sadie was the only one in the right position so we knew we were going to have one girl but we weren't sure about Sawyer until she came out. Her name was going to be Sawyer anyway."

"Sawyer is a cute name for a boy or a girl." Taylor said. "We haven't even thought about names yet."

"I'm sure everybody will give you ideas." I said, looking up at her.

She stared back at me blankly. "Everybody already has. Emily is a nice name. You know your great grandpas middle name was Percy." She rolled her eyes.

"And once you give them your ideas they 'don't like it'" I said, rolling my eyes with her.

"Exactly!" She laughed. "That's why we are picking it and not telling anybody until the baby is born."

"Smart idea." I said, giving her an encouraging smile. "Are you excited?"

"I was terrified at first. I still am but I'm more accepting of the idea now. I thought I'd never have kids. I thought I was going to be a workaholic. I am still but I think this baby will change me for a better. I'm already married so baby is the next step, right?" She asked, biting her lip.

I laughed a little bit. "Don't ask me. I had a three babies before I met someone I think I'm going to marry. I guess you're doing it right."

She shrugged her shoulders as the waiter came over. We ordered our food and started eating when it came out. I listened to Chad, Taylor and Troy talk. They stated reminiscing about high school. I didn't mind. I loved hearing how Troy grew up and what he was like in high school.

They made me less nervous about meeting Troy's parents. Everyone said they would like me but I just wasn't great with people sometimes. After lunch we said our goodbyes to Chad and Taylor and headed back to Troy's parents house.

I sat on Troy's bed, texting my sister Stephanie. The girls had to go to the dentist today and she was telling me how it was going. I told her about Chad and Taylor. I put my phone on my chest and Troy jumped up on the bed.

He pulled me close to him and kissed my lips slowly. My phone vibrated and I reached over for it and read the message. Troy took the phone out of my hands and kissed me again slowly. "What are you doing?" I asked as I pulled away from him.

"Giving you a kiss." He said, kissing me again.

I pulled away. "I was busy." I reached for my phone.

"Steph can wait five minutes so I can kiss you." He said, pulling me against him.

"Or you can wait five minutes while I text her back before I kiss you." I said, kissing his lips slowly, grabbing my phone. I rolled off the bed and finished my message to Stephanie. I put my phone on the dresser and looked over at him. "Was that so hard?"

He smirked, sitting at the edge of the bed. "That was excruciating."

I walked over to him and kissed his lips slowly. "When are your parents going to be home?"

"Mmmm, not for a while." He said, kissing my lips slowly.

I smiled against his lips. He put his hands on my butt pulling me closer to him. He pulled me on top of him, kissing his lips firmly. He put his hand behind my head, deepening my kiss. His tongue brushed against mine. I pressed my chest against his.

His hands ran up and down my body slowly. They froze when we heard the garage door open. I giggled and pulled away from him. "Or sooner than we think."

"Man, this is like high school all over again. Their sixth sense is cock blocking." He said, sitting back up. I planted my feet on the floor and I kissed his lips gently. "I love you."

I smiled, kissing his lips again. "I love you more."

He ran his hands against the back of my thighs slowly. "You're so beautiful."

I smiled at him and kissed his lips slowly. "You're handsome."

"Troy, are you home?" I heard a mans voice say from down stairs.

Troy and I looked at each other. "Yeah, dad." He stood up. "We'll be right down. Come on."

He laced my fingers with his and lead me down the stairs. I watched my step and we stopped at the bottom of the stairs. "You must be Gabriella." Troy's father said. "Wow, Troy didn't tell me you were this beautiful."

"Dad." Troy said, looking at his father.

I giggled, blushing at him. "It's so nice to meet you…"

"Jack." He finished for me. "Welcome to Albuquerque and our home. I hope Troy showed you around."

"Yeah, we walked around a little bit. You have an amazing home." I said, looking around the living room.

"I'm sure Lucille will be happy to know that. Are you guys settled in okay?" He asked, looking at the both of us.

"Yeah, we had lunch with Chad and Taylor." Troy said, squeezing my hand.

"She's getting big now. Chad showed me an ultrasound picture of the baby a couple days ago when he was teaching at East." Jack said. "Your mom should be here soon, we're going to go out to dinner tonight."

"Sounds great." Troy said, looking over at me. "We're going to be in the living room."

"Alright. I'll be down in a minute." Jack said as we walked around him towards the couch.

"I told you they would like you." Troy said.

"You don't know if he liked me. He just met me. What if I tell them everything and they don't like me?" I asked him as he sat down.

He just sighed. "Brie, Baby. Listen to me, they will love you. You need to relax." he encouraged, pulling me down with him.

I sighed and leaned against him. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay baby." He whispered against my ear. "I love you so much, I know they will love you too." He pressed a soft kiss to my head before wrapping his arms around me.

I leaned up kissing his lips firmly. "Hey! I'm- oh hi." Troy pulled away when we heard a woman's voice.

He wiped his mouth. "Hey mom! I thought you weren't going to be home till later." He stood up, wrapping his mom in a tight hug.

"I told my boss that my baby boy was coming to town and she let me off early." She smiled at him, kissing his forehead before she turned to me. "You must be Gabriella."

I gave her a small smile. "It's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too honey." She reached out and wrapped me in a hug. I hugged her back. "You can call me Lucille. I'm so glad you guys came down here."

"I missed you ma." Troy said, reaching over for my hand again.

"Well I'm going to go get changed and then we'll all get to know each other." Lucille said, walking up the stairs past us.

I looked over at Troy nervously. "You'll be fine." He said, kissing my hand.

Jack took a seat next to us on the couch. "So how was the flight?"

"Wasn't that bad." Troy put his arm around my shoulder. I leaned against him. "How was work?"

"Long." Jack said with a sigh. "I'm happy you're home, even if it's just for a weekend. Me and your mom miss you."

"I miss you guys too." Troy replied.

They talked amongst themselves and Lucille came down the stairs, with her purse. "Are we ready to go?" She asked.

"I need to go get my purse." I said, looking over at Troy.

"Go get it." He encouraged, kissing the side of my head. I headed up the stairs and grabbed my purse. I grabbed Troy's wallet on the way out and walked back down stairs. "Thanks baby." He said after kissing me lightly, shoving his wallet in his pocket.

We headed over to the restaurant. We sat in a booth and talked quietly as we waited for our food. I glanced down at my phone, there was a picture of the triplets Charlie just sent me. I smiled to myself. They were so beautiful. I nudged Troy and showed him.

Troy grinned. "Look at them."

"Look at who?" Troy's mom asked.

I tensed up, quickly taking back he phone. "Um," I looked over at Troy.

"It's a story for later, Ma." Troy said, rubbing my back to calm me down.

"So Gabriella, tell me about yourself." Troy's mom said, crossing her fingers together, resting her wrists on the table.

I licked my lips. "Um well, I'm 26. I have a bachelors degree in Child Education. Right now I'm in between jobs but I'm actually thinking about opening up my own daycare." I said, looking at Troy.

He looked at me surprised. I hadn't told anybody about my plans of opening up my own day care. He grinned at me. "I think you should." He said grinning.

"What about family sweetheart?"

"I have two sisters. Stephanie is older, she has twin girls. Kendall is younger, she lives with me. I also have a daughter. She was adopted by Dominic and Ed. My whole family lives in California pretty much." I said, taking a quick sip of my water.

"Right. Sydney is such a sweet girl." Lucille said with a smile. "How did you and Troy meet? Troy told me but I want to hear it from you."

I furrowed my eyebrows slightly before taking another drink. My palms were a little sweaty so I wiped them on my jeans. "We first met in the salad dressing aisle of Safeway. We ran into each other again a couple weeks later in the produce aisle. Then we ran into each other again at the hospital that Troy works at. I had a doctor appointment and Troy was working. He invited me to a concert and we went. We didn't talk for a couple weeks after that."

She frowned. "Oh how come?"

I looked over at Troy worriedly, he put his hand on my back. He leaned over and kissed my ear gently. "It's okay."

I licked my lips, gaining the courage to release my baggage on my boyfriend's parents. "We didn't talk for a while because I told him I was pregnant." I said, looking at her. Her face turned kind of pale. "I was a surrogate for a couple in Arizona who couldn't have children."

"I overreacted and jumped to conclusions, but we're past that now." Troy defended giving me a smile.

"You wer serious about that? I thought you were joking." She said.

Troy glared at his mother. "Why would i joke about something like that?"

Jack grinned at me. I could tell he was the more laid back parent. "That's very courageous of you. Healthy baby?"

I nodded. "Yes, they were healthy. I gave birth to triplets… Two girls and a boy."

Both of their eyes grew wide. "Triplets?" They asked simultaneously.

I nodded again. "Yeah."

The rest of dinner was awkwardly quiet. It reminded me of the car ride home with Troy after the concert. When we got back to the Bolton household I said a quiet goodnight before rushing up to Troy's old room. I got changed and climbed into bed.

I texting my sisters, giving them the details about dinner. Troy hadn't come up yet. I curled up under the blanket and put my phone on the charger. I felt out of place again. Something in their eye told me that I wasn't worthy of Troy. Maybe I was just being dramatic but I just wanted to go home. I closed my eyes, sighing to myself.

Troy came in a couple minutes later, closing the door behind him. He shuffled around a little bit but I didn't stir. "Brie, are you awake?" He asked me quietly. I didn't feel like talking, not tonight. He climbed into bed with me, wrapping his arms around me. We laid there for a minute. "I know you're not asleep. I want to tell you I talked to my parents. They were rude and I'm sorry."

"You reacted the same way… and I didn't even tell them about the twins." I swallowed. "I don't want to talk right now." I said quietly.

He sighed. "I love you."

"Goodnight, Troy."

"Goodnight."

I took my time getting ready in the morning. I skipped breakfast to avoid the awkwardness and took my time curling my hair. We didn't really have anything to do today. We had a whole day before we left tomorrow. I put some light make up on before I packed up all of my things.

"You alright?" Troy asked me, walking in the door. "We were worried about you."

"I'm fine." I said, pushing my hair back. "I was just getting ready."

He frowned a little bit. "You missed breakfast."

"I'm not really hungry." I said, unplugging my phone. I checked my messages, sending a quick text to my sisters. "What's on the agenda for the day?"

"Not really sure." He said, looking at me.

I put my phone in my pocket and took a seat on the bed to put my shoes on. "Alright." I said, pulling on my shoes.

"I think I might show you around Albuquerque for a little bit." He said, walking over to me. He leaned down to kiss me. I gave him a quick peck before I got up.

"We should get going or something." I said, putting my sunglasses on my face. I grabbed my purse and waited at the door for Troy. He sighed, grabbing his wallet and keys. He walked down stairs with me. His parents were sitting on the couch. "Good morning." I said quietly.

"I'm going to give Gabriella a tour of Albuquerque. I'll call you to see what you want to do for lunch." He said to his parents.

"Alright son." Jack said, looking at us. "Have fun."

I gave him a small smile before we walked out to the truck. I got in and closed the door, sighing to myself. Troy got in the truck and started it. "Where are we off to first?" I asked him.

"My sanctuary." He said, giving me a grin.

I give him a soft smile. "I can't wait to see it." I looked out the window as we drove through his home town. Albuquerque was a beautiful city. The red dirt reminded me of Arizona, where Abby and Charlie live. We let the breeze roll in the window. I closed my eyes, feeling the wind against my face.

He showed me around East High and all his favorite places in it. We went out to lunch with Taylor, Chad, Troy's parents and Chad's parents. Chad's parents were really nice. I spoke mostly with Taylor because I still felt a little awkward with Troy's parents.

Troy showed me around a couple more places before we went back to his parent's house. I set my stuff up stairs before taking a seat on the couch in the living room. Troy sat down next to me. "So what's the matter?"

I shook my head. "Nothing."

He frowned at me. "You've barely said a word all day."

"I was talking to Taylor." I said, looking over at him.

"Fine, you've barely said a word to me all day."

"I have nothing to say." I said simply. My phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and took a peak at it. It was Steph. I pressed ignore, setting my phone on my lap.

"I know that's not true. You always have something to say… Can you just get that, please?" He asked.

I looked down at my vibrating phone again. I sighed, answering it. "Hello?"

"Gabi!" Stephanie said quietly. She sounded like she as crying. "Sawyer…"

I sat up immediately. "What about Sawyer? What happened?" Troy looked over at me, alarmed.

"We were eating a late lunch and there was something in whatever she ordered… her face turned blue. First I thought that She was just choking but her throat closed up and she fainted and Sadie was freaking out and I was freaking out and Sean was at work so I sped over to the hospital. Mom had to pick Sadie up and I haven't seen or heard about Sawyer since I got here and I'm shitting myself Gabi." She burst out in sobs. She was already talking quickly in the first place.

"Why haven't they told you anything?" I asked her. My chest tightened and I felt like I was about to cry myself.

"I don't know! Sean is on his way. He was in a meeting and I needed to talk to someone. I haven't called Kendall yet. I needed to call you Gab. I don't know what's going on."

I got up quickly. "What hospital are you at?"

"Stanford." She said. "We went to Ikea than we went out to lunch and Stanford was the closest hospital."

"I'm coming." I announced to both Troy and Steph. "I'm getting the first flight over there."

"Oh Gab, you don't have to." She said, sniffling.

"I know you might not understand but she's my baby too, okay?" I said, getting all choked up. I was already crying. "I'm going to go."

"Hurry." She whispered before hanging up.

I put my phone in my pocket and sniffled. I walked up to Troy's room and grabbed my things. Troy was following me. "What's going on?" He asked.

"I have to go." I said, making sure I have everything.

"What happened?" He asked me.

I made my way down the stairs. "Sawyer is in the hospital and my family needs me right now."

"What happened to her?" He asked, concerned.

"She ate something… I guess she had a really bad allergic reaction and she passed out. Steph hasn't even heard from the doctor."

"What's going on?" Troy's Dad asked. I looked over at Jack and Lucille. They were eyeing my bag.

They looked up at me. "My daughter is in the hospital and I have to go."

"Is Sydney alright?" Lucille asked concerned.

"It's not Sydney. It's Sawyer. One of the twins. I gave birth to them too. I don't have time to explain, I have to go." I said, picking my bag up.

"I was just about to start on dinner." Lucille started.

"Mom, please." Troy said, grabbing his keys. "I'll be back, Come on El."

I rushed over to the truck. Troy drove quickly over to the airport. I gave him a quick kiss and ran into the airport. I bought the first ticket leaving to the Bay Area. It was landing in San Jose but that was better than waiting for three hours to get to San Francisco. I was a little nervous about turning off my cell but I had to. I waited anxiously to get to California. I ran off the plane when I landed, grabbing the first cab I could find. I called Stephanie.

"Hey." She said breathlessly.

"Hey, I'm on my way. Have you heard anything yet?" I asked her.

"Yes, they stabilized her. She's awake. She's on some kind of drugs that are making her feel sick. Kenny just got here. Sean got here right when you texted me that you were taking off. She wants you." Steph said. "She keeps saying 'Where's Nina? Where's Nina?'"

I frowned. "My poor girl. Tell her I'm on my way okay? I'm about a half hour away."

"Alright." Steph took a deep breath. "Thank you for coming."

"My weekend wasn't going that great anyway." I admitted. "His mom doesn't really like me I can tell. His dad is nice sometimes. I just think he doesn't want to stir the pot, ya know?"

"Yeah…" Steph said, trailing off. "She'll be here soon baby, just try to rest. I know you do baby. I wish I could take it away." Steph spoke softly to her daughter. I bit my lip. I wish I was there already.

"What floor and room?" I asked Stephanie.

"Fourth floor, room 18A" She said, taking a deep breath. "Oh, god. She's throwing up. I'll see you soon."

"Bye." I said, hanging up.

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