A/N: Thank you guys for all the feedback. I'm leaving what Bainbridge's daughter's going to have a secret until the she has the baby. Names are appreciated and helpful!
Disclaimer: Same as always!
March 23, 2016 8:00 am
Troy and I left the house early to meet Jenny, Dr. Bainbridge, and our lawyers to get Jenny to sign over all custody rights. Troy and I drove separately due to the fact that Troy was leaving right from the hospital to go to the restaurant.
"Are you sure you don't want to tell anyone about us adopting this baby?" I asked Troy for the third time.
"I think we should keep it a secret until he or she gets here and then surprise everyone. Is that ok with you?" Troy asked me grinning.
"That's fine but I might just let it out to a couple of people." I told him grinning.
"You better keep that mouth of yours shut. We're going to have to explain to Mack that she's going to be a big sister again." Troy told me.
"I know but she's so use to telling everyone she meets about her whole life story. What if she tells our parents or friends?" I asked him.
"We'll just deal with it and tell our family and friends that she heard it from one of her little friends or something." Troy told me as we walked up the stairs of the hospital.
We walked towards the Emergency Room and walked into total chaos. I laughed at Amy's face when we entered.
"I wouldn't be laugh missy. You're going to have to deal with this in a little while." Amy told me as I walked over to Bainbridge's office.
"Not for a long time. Have fun m'dear." I told her opening the door and walking inside.
"Good morning, Troy and Gabriella. Now that you're here, we can sign these papers." Bainbridge told us as we sat down.
Once everything was checked over by the lawyers, we each took turns signing our names on the dotted lines. Troy and I held hands as Jenny signed over her legal rights as a mother.
"Now Jenny you do know that this means you have no rights as a mother once the child is born correct?" Our lawyer asked her.
"I know. May I please sign this now?" Jenny asked as the lawyer nodded his head.
We watched her and then the lawyer picked up the paper and turned to Troy and I.
"I will get you guys a signed copy in the next few days. Any questions?" The lawyer asked as we shook our heads.
"Good I will be in contact, Troy, Gabi. Good day to you all." The lawyer said as we all left the room.
Troy and I walked out hand in hand and I grinned at him. I leaned over and kissed him.
"Have a great day at work and I will see you later on." Troy told me.
"I was thinking of having Lily stay with the kids until 7 tonight so you and I could have dinner alone. How does that sound?" I asked Troy grinning.
"I think that sounds wonderful my lady. What time can I expect you?" Troy asked me.
"I get done here at 5 so probably 5:30. You don't mind if I wear the scrubs do you?" I asked him grinning.
"Nah the scrubs are pretty sexy on you." Troy whispered in my ear.
"Down boy and I will see you later on." I told him giving him another kiss and walking towards the nurse's desk.
I watched Troy walk away before picking up a chart and looking at what I had to deal with.
"You look pretty happy today, Mrs. Bolton." Amy told me coming up to stand beside me.
"Troy and I are having dinner tonight, just the two of us." I told her grinning.
"That sounds nice. Have you told anyone about you adopting a baby?" Amy whispered to me.
"Our parents and friends do not know and aren't going to know until we bring that baby home with us." I told her.
"You aren't going to keep a secret for another 6 months. Sooner or later someone is going to find out." Amy told me.
"I've been told to keep my mouth shut and I'm telling you the same thing." I told her pointing my finger at her.
"Ok I won't tell a soul! Now how are you going to decorate the room in secrecy?" Amy asked me.
"That's going to be the tough part. I think we're going to buy a 'big girl' bed for Mack and put Mack's crib in the baby's room. We've got all the neutral baby gear so I don't think that's going to be that bad." I told her.
"That's good that you have both girl and boy clothes just in case. Did you keep all of Mack's clothes when she was that small?" Amy asked me.
"It's all put away but yeah we have it all. I didn't have the heart to give it away." I told her.
"That's good. It'll come in handy. Now how are you going to deal with three kids under the age of 3?" Amy asked me.
"I have no idea. I haven't had time to sit down and really map it out. Having two under the age of 2 isn't that bad. But by the time this baby is born, Mack will be 28 months and Aidan will be 10 months old." I told her.
"You'll have one every age. Mack will be two, Aidan will be 1, and this baby will be a couple of months old." Amy told me.
"We're going to be a five ring circus." I told her laughing and turning back to the chart.
"But you will have fun, just watch and see." Amy told me as an ambulance pulled into the drive.
"Here's comes the glory job." I told her running out to see what I could do.
May 21, 2016 2:00 pm
"So how does it feel to have a 2 year old in the house?" Taylor asked me coming into the house.
"Ask me in a few hours and I'll tell you. I can't believe she's two all ready." I told her walking over and giving her a hug.
"You're getting older and so is your daughter. Speaking of your daughter, where is she?" Taylor asked me.
"I resent the older part. And I think Troy's got her playing on the basketball court aka our driveway." I told her opening the door.
"Mack could you come here for a minute?" I yelled watching Troy and Chad play two on two.
"Come momma!" Mack yelled running in from the driveway.
"Hey birthday girl. How are you doing?" Taylor asked Mack as Mack ran into her arms.
"Good. Daddy and Cwad playing ball." Mack told me as I laughed.
"Are they letting you play, birthday girl?" I asked her.
"Yeah. I scored." Mack told me getting down from Taylor's arms and running outside.
"Is that the next East High Wildcat?" Taylor asked me grinning.
"If her dad, uncles, and grandfather have anything to do, then yes." I told her laughing.
"Where's Aidan at?" Taylor asked me.
"He's asleep, thankfully. He didn't sleep very well last night, which left me up. Where is Josh at?" I asked her.
"He's at my parents. They haven't seen him in a while so we took him over there earlier." Taylor told me as we walked outside.
We sat in the lawn chairs by the driveway. We watched our husbands play two on two.
"Don't you dare come by me, Troy." I told him grinning.
"I won't hunny. Is everything set up for the party?" Troy asked me.
"Yeah everything is set up and we're just waiting for everyone to show up." I told him grinning.
"Who's all coming over?" Chad asked as I watched Mack play in her sandbox.
"Kelsi, Jason, Sharpay, Zeke, Ryan, Brooke, my mom, Brian, and your parents." I told them.
"So what time did you tell them to come?" Chad asked me grinning.
"I told them 2 just like I told you guys. They're just late and for once in his life, Chad's early." I told them laughing.
"Hey I can be early a couple of times in my life." Chad told us as a car pulled up and I heard Aidan screaming from upstairs.
"You go greet our guest while I'm going to get our son from his bed." I told him watching Mack run up to Kelsi, Jason, and Brandon.
I went into the house and walked upstairs to see Aidan screaming from his bed. I walked over and picked him up.
"Hey buddy. What's wrong?" I asked him placing him on my shoulder and patting his back.
I got him calmed down before changing his diaper. I picked him up and made a face which caused him to giggle.
"All your aunts and uncles are here and they're waiting to see you." I told him walking downstairs.
"Hey guys what's going on?" I asked the yard full of people as Troy took Aidan from my arms.
I walked over to where Sharpay, Brooke, Taylor, and Kelsi all stood. I gave each of them a hug.
"So what are the girls talking about?" I asked them.
"We're just catching up on what everyone's been doing." Sharpay told me.
"Speaking of which, there's something going on with you and Troy. You guys can't keep a smile off your face." Kelsi told me.
"We're happy because our daughter is turning two and Aidan just celebrated his 6 month birthday." I told them.
"I don't think so. There's something going on with you two and I'm going to find out." Taylor told us.
"No you won't. You guys aren't going to find anything out." I told them walking away.
"They're defiantly hiding something." Sharpay whispered as I walked away.
"They're on to us." I told Troy whispering walking over to him.
"How do you know?" Troy asked me grinning.
"They told me that we're acting weird because we can't keep the smiles off of our faces." I told him.
"Remember to be strong. We're not going to tell them anything." Troy told me as we walked into the house.
"Hello where is everyone?" Amanda yelled walking in the front door.
"We're in here. Come on in." I yelled walking towards the front door.
"Hey mom, dad. You guys are late." Troy told them grinning coming into the living room where we were.
"Hey blame your mother. She had to finish wrapping Mack's presents." Jack told his son laughing.
"Sue me. We got here before the party really started." Amanda told her husband and son.
"Well at least you made it. Everyone's outside." Troy told them.
"Where are our grandchildren?" Jack asked us as I laughed.
"They're outside with their aunts and uncles. Mack's in the sandbox and Sharpay has got Aidan." I told them walking outside.
"Let's go see the birthday girl and her brother." Amanda told us as we walked outside.
I pushed open the door and walked outside to see our backyard full of friends and family. I walked over to the sandbox and saw Mack and Brandon playing.
"Hey Mack. Your grandma and grandpa are here and they want to see you." I told her grinning.
"Ok momma. Bran will be back." Mack told Brandon as I took her hand and walked over to where Jack and Amanda were.
"Grandma, grandpa." Mack yelled running over to where her paternal grandparents stood.
"Hi Mack. How are you doing?" Jack asked picking her up and spinning her around.
"Good. Daddy, Cwad, me played ball today." Mack told her grandpa proudly.
"You played basketball? Are you going to be the new superstar wildcat like your daddy was?" Jack asked her as I shook her head.
"Yeah I'm gonna play ball." Mack told her grandpa excitedly.
"See they're all ready trying to get her to play ball at East High." I told the girls walking over to them.
"Jack all ready working on her?" Sharpay asked me.
"Yeah. I don't like it one bit. She's two for heaven sakes. She's got 13 years until she'll be at East High." I told them.
"You married a 'lunk head basketball' star and a father-in-law who played basketball at East high too. Your going to have to get used to the idea of your husband and father-in-law pushing Mack to play." Taylor told me.
"Yeah. You would think after almost 7 years of marriage, I would be used to the 'lunk head basketball' star and his father-in-law but I'm not." I told them laughing.
"It had been 7 years all ready? I can't believe it." Kelsi told me laughing.
"Can't believe what?" Troy asked as he, Ryan, Chad, Jason, and Zeke all came over to where we were standing.
"That you've been a married man for almost 7 years." I told him laughing.
"That's right. June 27th right?" Troy asked me grinning.
"That's right. Good job buddy." I told him laughing.
"How do you remember that?" Chad asked us as I rolled my eyes at him.
"I've learned a couple of things while being married. One is that I know our anniversary and her birthday with no questions asked. Also I know Mack and Aidan's birthday's too." Troy told them.
"When's Aidan's birthday?" Sharpay asked him laughing.
"November 4 and before you ask, Gabi's birthday is January 5." Troy told them as Mack came up to us.
"Presents?" Mack asked me as I picked her up and placed her on my hip.
"Ask your daddy." I told her laughing and handing Mack to her daddy.
"Daddy presents?" Mack asked as Troy tickled her tummy.
"Sure princess. Go round up all your aunts and uncles and get them inside." Troy told her putting her on the grass.
"Presents inside. Presents inside." Mack yelled running around the yard.
"Come on inside before the princess has a heart attack." I told our friends and family laughing before walking towards the house.
"Come on Mackenzie. We're going inside." I told her grabbing Aidan from Amanda's arms and opening the door.
We walked inside and I watched Mack run in the living room and jumped on the couch.
"No jumping on the couch young lady." I told her walking in and leaning against the wall.
"Come on people." Mack told her aunts, uncles, and grandparents as they walked in.
We spent the next few hours watching Mack open her presents and eating cake. She thanked everyone as she opened their gifts. Troy and I laughed as she paid more attention to some than others.
August 24, 2016 5:00 pm
"Can you finish feeding Aidan while I go answer the phone?" I asked Troy handing the spoon to him.
"Hello Bolton residence?" I asked answering the phone and watching Mack sing while eating.
"Is Gabriella Bolton available?" A familiar voice asked as I watched my family talk happily.
"This is here. How can I help you?" I asked turning my attention to Troy.
"We need you and your husband up at the hospital immediately." Dr. Bainbridge told me.
"What's wrong?" I asked fearing the worst.
"Something's wrong with Jenny." I heard before hanging up the phone and turning towards Troy.
"We need to go to the hospital immediately." I told Troy while hanging up the phone.
"What's wrong?" Troy asked me getting up and walking over to where I was standing.
"Something is wrong with Jenny. Dr. Bainbridge just called me and told me." I told him picking up Mack and rushing out to the car.
What's wrong with Jenny? I still want names for the new Bolton baby. I'm having a little trouble coming up with a name. FEEDBACK and REVIEWS are always welcome and appreciated!