Wow, you guys did NOT make this easy for me, LOL. But I have come up with something, since my vote has to count too. Also, I have done some research on this recently, so I'm not an expert, but I know more now than I did then.

A/N: Oh, and I made a little mistake; Larissa's birthday was not in two weeks, like I had said in the previous chapter; since she and Ana are only 2 years apart, this would be making them 3 years apart…so, her birthday is yet to come!

A/N: #2: Get the tissue box out.

Disclaimer: Same as always.

Raising Kids is Hard to Do, Ch. 26

One Month Later…

Sharpay was now 4 months pregnant and of course, still on bed rest. She had been having a dull pain in her lower back for the past several days, which had been worrying Troy an awful lot.

"Larissa I need to talk to you, honey," he said, coming into the den where she was doing some writing homework.

She looked up at her dad, "Okay."

He sat down, "Honey I know that mommy and I said that we were going to put an addition on the house for your room, but…"

"You can't," she asked, not at all shocked.

He shook his head, "I'm sorry sweetie, but no, we can't; at least not right now. Because your mom is having some pain I think that would be one of the worst things to do to her right now. I wish we could, but we just can't…I'm sorry."

She took a deep breath, "Okay daddy," she said after a minute. She had really been looking forward to having her own room, but she also wanted her mom to be healthy. She looked at him, "Will mommy be okay?"

Troy didn't know how to answer that question since he didn't know the answer himself. "Yes, she'll be fine; she just needs all of our support these next five months, okay?"

"Okay," she said quietly.

He smiled softly at her, "You really are growing up, you know that? Thank you for understanding sweetie."

She shrugged, "I don't want mommy to be sick," she said softly.

"I know you don't." He kissed her head, "I'll let you get back to your homework now." He walked to the door and just watched her for a minute. Larissa's reading and writing had improved so much over the last few months; her teacher said that if she wanted to, she could move into the 1st grade a little early, since her math skills were up there as well. Yet Troy and Sharpay had decided that it would not be good for her socially to move up a grade, leaving her classmates behind.

She looked up at her dad, "Are you okay daddy," she asked, still seeing him in the doorway.

He smiled, "Yeah, I'm fine honey." He walked out of the room and went to check on Kayleigh and Zachary, both of whom were in the family room watching a movie. "Hey guys, how's the movie?"

Zachary turned around, "The Sea Witch got hew," he said, referring to the movie they were watching: 'The Little Mermaid.'

Kayleigh looked at her dad, "It sad daddy," she said, walking over to him and gesturing for him to pick her up.

He did so, "I'm sure that everything will work out for her in the end," he said to Kayleigh who had tears in her eyes; she had proven to be a rather sensitive little girl.

She nodded and laid her head on his shoulder, "But she sad wight now."

"I know, but…just keep watching." He kissed her head and set her back down next to her brother.

He then walked into Ana's room; she was still asleep; the night before she had woken up with a 103.2 fever, a stuffy nose, and a cough; Troy and Sharpay, having gone through this many times with the other kids, diagnosed Ana with a case of the flu. He pulled the covers over her so she was not cold. He then kissed her forehead and quietly exited the room.

"Troy?"

He walked into his and Sharpay's room, "What is it," he asked, sitting down next to her.

"Can you please get the heating pad for me? My back is sore again," she said as she rubbed it softly.

"Are you sure you don't want to see the doctor," he asked as he found the heating pad, plugged it in, and handed it to her.

She nodded, "I'll be fine honey. I just need some rest," she said, clearly in more pain than she was letting on.

Two Days Later…

"Do you have everything for school," Troy asked Larissa.

She nodded, "Look at my writing first," she said proudly.

He opened her bag and found her writing notebook and opened it, "Larissa this is great," he said with a smile. "You are really doing a great job here."

She smiled, "Thanks daddy."

He was about to put it back when he found a crumpled up piece of paper. "What's this," he asked, taking it out.

"Uh…it's nothing," she said, trying to take it from him.

He held it up and read it, "Honey it says here that since you did so well with the play that your music teacher (at school) wants you to try out for this," he said, pulling the little note off of the actual piece of paper.

"I'm not going to," she said, taking the paper and placing it back into her bag and walking out to the garage.

He sighed, "Kayleigh, let's go," he called into the family room where Kayleigh was watching the Wiggles on Disney.

She and Kayleigh got up and walked over to Troy, "Whewe Zachy," Kayleigh asked.

"Right behind you," Troy answered, causing Kayleigh to jump when Zachary touched her shoulder.

He giggled, "I scawe you."

She frowned, "Not funny!" She pushed him down and stomped away…or tried to anyway.

Troy stopped her, "Hey do not push your brother down, Kayleigh." He then looked at Zachary, "And you, you may not scare your sister like that," he said firmly to both of them.

"Okay," they said in unison as they walked out to the car where Larissa was waiting. Ana was still sick, so she was staying home. Since Sharpay couldn't really take care of her, Troy said he was going to take the next couple of days off work to be with Ana so Sharpay wouldn't have to do any extra work.

As he pulled up to Larissa's school, he walked around to the other side to unbuckle her, "Honey, are you sure about that play? It looks like it could be a lot of fun."

She shook her head, "I don't want to do it," she said, getting out of the car and walking into the school.

Before she got a chance to, Troy stopped her, "Why not?"

She shrugged, "I just don't," she said, getting out of his grasp and running inside.

Troy sighed, "Come on Larissa," he said to himself before driving to the preschool to drop off Kayleigh and Zachary.

"I'm home," Troy called once he put his things away.

Ana came running down the stairs, "Mommy doesn't feel good, daddy," she said, clearly upset.

Troy picked her up and headed upstairs, getting faster and faster as he walked towards their bedroom. "Sharpay, what's wrong," he asked, seeing his wife keeling over in pain.

"It…hurts," she barely got out.

Troy looked at Ana, "Honey, why don't you go into your room for now?" She nodded and did as she was told while Troy hurried over to the bed and pulled the covers off of Sharpay. "Oh my…" He looked away for a moment, not wanting her to see his face.

She nodded, "I already…know," she said. "Troy my stomach…I can barely breathe," she said, clearly in more pain than she had ever been in.

"Come on, we're going to the hospital," he said, helping her out of bed.

"Ana," she said. "What about Ana?"

"She'll come with us and then I'll call my parents or something…someone will pick her up, okay? Don't worry about that right now." He ran into Ana's room, got her dressed in 5 minutes flat, and ordered her to go downstairs. He then ran back into his room where Sharpay was now sitting on the floor in agony.

"Come on, you can do it," he said, helping her up.

"It hurts," she said so softly that he could barely hear her.

He then decided to simply carry her down to the car. He put her into the front and Ana into her car seat and drove as quickly as he could to the hospital. Once there, he took Ana out and told her to stay put and then carried Sharpay, who was now crying from the pain into the ER. "You need to help us…now!" He yelled at the woman behind the desk.

She nodded and called for an orderly to get a gurney to place Sharpay on and bring her to one of the rooms.

As she did this, Troy called Dr. Jacobs who said she'd be there in 5 minutes and then he called his parents to pick up Ana. They said they'd be there as soon as they could.

Sharpay was taken to one of the exam rooms. At the same time, Dr. Jacobs hurried down to the ER, "Where is she?"

"Exam room 6," the woman said.

"Thank you." Dr. Jacobs looked at Troy and then down at Ana, "Is someone…"

Before she could finish, Troy's mother came bursting into the hospital, "What happened," she asked, picking Ana up and then hugging Troy. When Dr. Jacobs saw this, she hurried into Sharpay's room.

"We don't know, but I need…I need to…" He pointed to the room.

She nodded, "Go."

He hurried into the room Sharpay was in. Dr. Jacobs had been examining her, careful to not hurt her. After doing an ultrasound, Dr. Jacobs slowly turned the monitor off and wiped the jelly off of Sharpay. "I'm sorry," she said quietly.

Sharpay's crying turned from tears of agony to tears of sadness, "What? No!" She buried her head in Troy's shirt.

Troy tried to be brave, but felt a few tears of his own fall down his face. "How…how did this happen," he asked.

Dr. Jacobs sighed, "Well since Sharpay has had two miscarriages before, her chances of having another baby were rather slim; having the twins was an absolute miracle, but her body just wasn't strong enough to keep this baby. She had basically gone into labor when you brought her in." She put a hand on Sharpay's shoulder, "I'm sorry Sharpay."

Sharpay's cries subsided as she caught her breath, "Did the baby suffer?"

She shook her head, "From what I saw on the screen, it seems as though the baby died when you started having the back pain; so no, he didn't suffer."

"Wait, did you say 'he?'" Troy asked.

"Yes; had Sharpay's body allowed her to carry to term, you two would have had another son," she said with a sad smile.

"Can…can we see him," Troy asked, carefully.

Dr. Jacobs looked at Sharpay who simply nodded. "Okay, but I must warn you that since not every organ was developed…"

"I don't care," Sharpay said; this was still our son," she said.

The doctor nodded, "All right." She took the incredibly small baby and placed it in a blanket. "This is actually good closure," she said as she handed the tiny baby to them.

Sharpay held the baby in her arms. Even though he wasn't any larger than a fist, she and Troy still loved him. "I'm sorry that you're never going to meet us," she said sadly to the baby in her arms. "We miss you already."

"Did you two have a name picked out, by any chance," Dr. Jacobs asked.

Troy shook his head, "No, we hadn't gotten that far yet," he said, wiping a tear from his face. He just looked at the baby in Sharpay's arms.

Sharpay had to stay in the hospital for a few days, just to let her body heal from miscarriage. This one had been worse than the others. Troy called their family and friends to let them know what happened. They came to visit and told Sharpay and Troy how sorry they were and that if they needed anything to just call.

Ana was told that her baby brother went to heaven early and that he was in peace. Kayleigh and Zachary didn't understand what had happened; all they knew was that their mommy and daddy were very sad.

Larissa, however, knew exactly what had happened and was afraid to go see her mom. Troy walked over to her, "Why don't you go into the room now honey," he said as he walked into the hall where Larissa and Troy's parents were.

She shook her head, "I can't. It's my fault that they baby died," she said, tears coming down her face.

Troy picked her up, "What are you talking about?"

"That night of the storm…I should have followed you into the bathroom but mommy had to come looking for me…" She sobbed into his shoulder.

He brought her into the room. Sharpay looked up, "Larissa? Honey what's wrong?"

Larissa looked at her mom and simply cried harder, "I'm sorry mommy! I'm so sorry," she cried.

"For what," Sharpay asked, stroking Larissa's hair.

"I made the baby die," she said quietly.

Sharpay motioned for Troy to set her down on the bed. She sat up and held Larissa close, "What do you mean?"

"When you were looking for me…during the storm…I should have followed you…" She once again started to sob.

Sharpay wrapped her arms around her, "This is not your fault honey. I promise you, this is not your fault; it's not either of your sisters' faults, nor is it your brother's fault. This just happened," Sharpay said as tears came down her face. The last thing she wanted was for her 5 year old to think that she caused her sibling's death.

Larissa simply cried into her mom's lap. "I'm sorry mommy," she said softly.

Troy rubbed Larissa's back, not knowing what to say or do.

Yes, I know you all want to kill me now…I had to put some sort of drama in though; I didn't want this to be cheesy. So how do you think Larissa will do after Sharpay gets home? What about that play that Troy found out about? I have another poll for you and please let me know in your review what you want me to do:

Should I: A.) End the story soon

B.) Keep going (if I do, I would love to hear your ideas)

I don't want to do a sequel yet, hence the reason I didn't put that for a choice. If you have ideas for this story, please let me know! Thank you for reading.