And now she was stood in front of me in nothing but a white fluffy towel. I resisted the urge to run over and touch her. But I had to do something. We just stood staring at each other. I slowly walked over to her and kissed her forehead. She smiled at me, her first real smile in a long time. I left the room and let out a sigh of relief. I grinned to myself knowing that we were getting closer, little did I know, she was doing and thinking the same thing on the other side of the door.
That night Troy slept in the spare bedroom. He didn't want Gabriella to feel like he was forcing himself on her. That Friday night he couldn't sleep. All he could think about was Gabriella getting out of the shower and they way he was feeling about her. He longed for her touch but he knew it was too much to ask for the time being. There was a huge thunderstorm tonight. It was raining heavily and the loud cracks of thunder came at least every three minutes.
Troy began to doze off at about midnight but twenty minutes later he still wasn't fully asleep. He was laid with his back to the door, which he heard creak open. He didn't know what to do. His initial thought was that someone had broken into the house, but then he heard a snuffling noise as the door was closed again. He could hear someone getting closer to the bed. It was Gabriella. Troy stayed still and closed his eyes; he wanted to see what she would do when she thought he was asleep. He felt her quickly jump into the bed beside him as another crack of thunder was heard. He had completely forgotten that she was terrified of these storms. He could feel her tear stained face against his bare back. She was cuddled up to him like a small child. He turned slowly and pulled her into his strong, warm arms.
"Don't cry Brie, it's ok." Troy soothed her gently. His actions had startled her at first but she knew it felt right. And it was ok now that she had Troy with her. It was just going to take some time for her to remember the reasons why she loved him. Troy held onto the young brunette until her tears stopped and she fell into a peaceful slumber. They slept holding each other, together as one.
The next morning Troy wok to find Gabriella still curled up in a ball in his arms. He brushed a stray curl away from her eyes and watched her. She was still pale from all her time in hospital. He stroked her back and felt her protruding bones. She hadn't been eating a lot and it was definitely taking its toll on her body. Her eyes began to flutter open and Troy quickly moved backwards. He didn't know if she knew how she got there and he didn't want to move too fast for her. She looked around the room, taking in the different surroundings. She looked up, making eye contact with Troy, however she quickly looked away when she saw his blue eyes gazing at her.
"Troy…about last night…I'm sorry." Gabriella said as she pulled herself up and began to get out of the bed.
Troy touched her arm gently and she stopped, she sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him. "Brie…tell me honestly…why did you come in here last night."
Gabriella sat in silence for a few minutes before answering. "I…I was scared. Ad I just felt like I needed to be safe and I don't know why but it made me think of you." Gabriella pulled herself back onto the bed and hugged her knees.
"Gabriella look at me." Troy spoke sternly. She turned slowly and revealed the tears that were forming in her eyes. "Please don't hate me for this."
"For wha…" Gabriella didn't get chance to finish her sentence before Troy pressed his lips to hers while cupping her face with his warm hands. Then something happened. The spark that had been missing came back. But it was different. She felt things all over her body. They were strange things; things that you wouldn't normally feel when you were being kissed like this.
She felt a lump rise in her throat as if she were about to burst into floods of tears. Her heart was beating faster than the speed of light. She felt searing pain in her abdomen and she could hear faint screaming. She was screaming inside her head. But at the same time she could feel Troy's touch. She could feel how his hand had moved across her body during those intimate moments they had shared together.
Troy pulled away and Gabriella slowly opened her eyes. Troy was searching her face for any type of reaction. He was terrified that he might have pushed her away.
"Troy…It's all coming back to me…where's my baby!"
Troy looked at her with a confused look on his face. Surely he remembered that the kids were with his parents. He only told her yesterday…
"Troy…I need my baby…please give me my baby!" she said in between sobs.
"Gabi, Daniel and Lily are with my parents all weekend…remember? I told you that yesterday." Troy said softly while rubbing her back.
"W-why only Lily and Daniel…I-I have three babies." Troy stared at his girlfriend for a moment before the realization dawned on him. She was talking about Lily's twin. The one that didn't make it. He pulled her close and thought for a moment before speaking.
"Gabriella I have to tell you something and it's very important and you have to know that I'm here for you no matter what ok?" she nodded into his chest. He sighed deeply before continuing. "Gabi…Daniel is the oldest and Lily was a twin. But the other twin hadn't developed properly. She died inside you weeks before Lily was born." There was silence for a moment before Gabriella howled in emotional pain. The tears began to fall from Troy's eyes too. He couldn't believe that he hadn't told her about it. But if he was completely honest, he had practically forgotten about it himself, because part of him believed that the baby hadn't really existed because he had never seen or held her. It's not that he didn't want to remember his other daughter; it's just that pretending that she was never there was his own personal way of coping.
2pm Saturday Afternoon – No one's POV
Gabriella had been a mess since she had found out about her other child. She already knew she couldn't have any more but it was the fact that her last one never made it. She was beginning to blame herself and Troy wanted to get her to think straight and fast.
"Hey Brie. How you feeling?" He was trying to be supportive but he didn't know what to say.
"I have two amazing children, but I could have had three. You have three children and could have had four. What's the point in me even being a woman if I can't provide the one thing that I'm supposed to!" She threw her arms up into the air in frustration before burying her face in them.
"Gabriella, now you have to listen to me. The other baby had stopped forming from roughly 27 weeks. It would never have survived. And we didn't name her because we said it would be harder to let go. We have two beautiful children together who desperately want their mum back. And babies aren't what I want from you."
Gabriella looked up at him with her tear stained face. "There not?"
"Of course not! We have two children. We don't necessarily need any more. The things I want from you are love and friendship…and breakfast in bed would be nice." He gave her a cheeky grin that finally released a small smile.
"Troy, I can feel it now. I know that I love you but I don't fell like I can truly love you yet, because in my heart there's a piece missing and it hurts." Gabriella lay against Troy's chest and he wrapped his arms around her. He was now dreading meeting his daughter Alice, later on this evening….
Hi Everyone!
So here is chapter 21! Like I've said a lot I have exams beginning the 10th of January so I do have to do some work for them but this story is due to end at about the same time.
I am already on chapter four of my new story and ill post that up while i do my exams so your not waiting for me to write a chapter and update it because the will all be written.
Incase I don't have another update before...
Have a Happy New Year!!!!
Love
Hannah
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