Stolen Innocence and Lost Voice
Troy's Pov:
Soon summer had past and it was now December, which meant Lexi was now 8 months old. With each passing day she was looking more and more like Gabi which I thought was the most adorable thing in the world. She was starting to get curly hair, just like Brie. Even though she looked like Gabi she was a total Daddy's girl.
Each day I looked forward going into the nursery before work when Gabi was still sleeping. My daughter learned how to pull herself up to stand in her crib, although she had to hold on to the bars to stay up. Every morning Lex would smile at me when I entered her room. Now you are probably all thinking, she attempt to stand before crawling, right? Well that's a funny story.
Flashback:
"Troy enough with that camera already, at least wait till I am ready." Gabriella said while holding her hand in front of her while shielding her face from the video camera. I caught her in the bathroom curling her hair.
We had just purchased a now video camera so I was just trying it out. Our parents were supposed to come over for dinner.
"And who's watching our daughter, wildcat?" she asked me while turning back to the mirror, finishing her hair.
"I put her downstairs in the playroom with some toys." I told her while she shut the curling iron off and started to walk downstairs with me.
"Let's go tape her then!" she told me as she jumped on my back after we got downstairs. Giving Gabi a piggy back ride we went into the play room. Not seeing my daughter she jumped off my back.
"Troy I thought you said she was down here. You lost our daughter?" she yelled while I was busy looking around the room.
"I swear I put her down on this mat." I told her as we both rushed out of the room. We looked in each closet and bathroom. Before turning the hall I noticed tiny sock covered feet and a small little body in the living room.
"Babe, I found her." I mumbled, still mesmerized by my daughter crawling for the first time. Brie and I both went further into the living room and found my daughter chasing a car around.
Rushing over to her, I went behind her and I picked her small form, catching her from crawling any further. This caused her to squeal in delight.
"Peanut you did it!" I was so excited. Once Lexi laid her eyes on Gabi she reached her arms out to her. Handing her over to Brie she spun Lex around.
"Did you think it was funny to play a joke on Daddy?" she smiled at her daughter.
"See? I didn't lose her." I told her while placing a kiss on both my girls' heads.
End of flashback.
Not wanting to wake Gabi, as quietly as I could, I got out of bed and went into the shower. After I was out, I got dressed, kissed Gabi's head, and started off to see my daughter.
I walked into her room, turned off her night light, and found her holding onto the bars of the crib, standing up. This never got old. She was a good baby. Lex only cried once now at night because she was hungry. In the morning she didn't wake Gabi up; instead, she waited until Gabs got up herself.
"Hi peanut." I said while lifting her out of the crib. She immediately laid her head on my chest, which I thought was odd, she usually laughs when she sees me.
"What's wrong still tired?" I asked her. Of course she didn't answer me. Putting her back in her crib, she lifted her hands up indicating that she wants to be held again.
"I'm sorry peanut, I have to go to work." I rubbed her back and gave her a kiss on the top of her head.
Checking on Gabi once more, I found her still sleeping. I walked out of the door and went to work.
Gabi's Pov:
Opening my eyes, I looked at the clock and noticed I had woken up a half an hour after Troy left. I immediately closed my eyes. My head was throbbing, my nosed stuffy, and my throat was sore. I couldn't even bring myself out of my bed. I was freezing and couldn't get warm. I kept thinking back to my daughter and how she probably was standing in her crib waiting for me to feed her and take her out.
I reached over to my phone that was by my bedside table and retracted my hand once I grasped it. That was a bad idea. My body felt even colder letting new air in. I hated doing this, but I was desperate. I started texting the blue eyed boy that was always there for me.
Troy,
Need you home. Can't take care of Lexi.
Sorry,
Brie
Flipping my phone closed, I set it next to me and attempted to get warm back under the covers. It felt bad making him come home.
Troy's Pov:
I had just finished up serving about 20 customers when I got a text message from Gabi. Reading it, I went to Zeke.
"Zeke, something's wrong with Gabi, she can't take care of Lexi. I need to take the day off." I told him while grabbing my coat.
"No problem we have plenty of help here."
Upon hearing this, I rushed to get home. Entering the house I heard my daughter crying, but my first instinct was to go to Gabi.
I found her still in bed, wrapped up in blankets, but shivering. Walking over to her side of the bed I pulled the blanket down to see her face. She whimpered as heat was let out of the blanket.
"Brie, it's ok." I whispered as I felt her forehead.
"You're burning up. Come on." I lifted her out of the bed and settled her into my arms.
She whimpered as I took her from her warm bed. Walking into the bathroom, I turned on the water. She put up a fight when I took her clothes off, not wanting herself exposed to more coldness. As soon as she was undressed, I put her into the tub which was filled with luke warm water. I kissed her head before I left to go tend to my daughter.
My daughter had tears running down her face. As I went over to her she sneezed. "Oh peanut, not you too. I felt her head, and sure enough, she had a fever. How do you give a baby medicine that doesn't eat solid foods yet?
I carried her downstairs and took out a bottle from the fridge. Going into the cabinet I took out the baby liquid medicine and mixed it with her milk. As it approached her lips, she pushed it away. Holding her hands down, I finally got her to drink it. Getting out two pills for Gab, I also took out a bottle of water.
Walking back upstairs I put Lexi back into her crib and went to get Gabi out of the tub. As soon as I got her out and dressed, my daughter started crying.
"I'll be back in a minute." I told Gabi while giving her the pills and a blanket.
Going into my daughter's room I took her out her crib and settled her into my arm. I walked around the room with her, rocking her gently. After a half an hour, I finally got her to sleep. Placing her back into her crib, I went back to Brie.
"Come her baby." I lifted her off the bed and settled her on my lap in the recliner. She whimpered in my arms which made me feel even worse that she was sick.
"I know you don't feel well baby, you'll feel better once the medicine kicks in. Try and get some sleep." I stroked her hair as she closed her eyes.
Two hours later I felt Gabi start to stir and heard Lex cry. "Feel better Hun?" I asked her as I felt her forehead.
I was glad to know she didn't have a fever. "Yea, I'm sorry you had to come home." I pushed some hair out of her eyes.
"Babe you were sick, don't worry about it. Lexi was sick too." She took her head off of my chest. She had no reason to feel guilty.
"She was sick? Oh my poor baby!" she got up from my lap and went into Lexi's room.
When Alexis saw her she immediately stopped crying. I saw Gabi lift her out of her crib and feel her head.
"Does she still have a fever?" I asked while walking over to them.
She shook her head no. Going over to them, I wrapped my arms around both my girls. Lexi looked up at me and smiled. "Dada" she said while reaching her arms up and laughing when Gabi tickled her.
Hiding her face in Gabi's neck she pushed her mother's hands away from her stomach. "Mama" she giggled.
"Two words in one day! Good Job peanut." I exclaimed while kissing both Gabi's and Lexi's head. Our baby girl was growing up so fast. I'll have to remember to put this in the baby book later.
Major writers block. Please review and leave suggestions. Can't update unless I have something to write about. Thanks guys, hope you liked this one.