A\N: Okay so this chapter is short but it's important. Hope everyone likes it. Italics are flashbacks.

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Spoilers: None

Warnings: None

Gone but Never Forgotten

"Sell the house?" Antonio was just as surprised as his younger sister, "Mom you just got back and-"

"Antonio," Esmerelda cut of her son, "Antonio I can't live in this house I can't do it. That's why after… after…well after… your father's funeral…." Tears flooded Esmeralda's face

After taking a few minutes to collect herself Esmeralda addressed her children again. "I went to Barcelona because I thought that was the solution. It wasn't. I missed to two and I missed the children."

"Mom," Gabby was still trying to process all of the information, "What about all of the things I mean surely you can't fit all of that into a condo."

"You're right I can't, some if it I'll take with me, but most of it. I'm going to sell. Your rooms though, the play room, downstairs, the attic and well basically anything you want you can have."

"When are you moving?"

"As soon as the house sells."

"Are we the first ones to know?"

"Yes, I wanted to tell you first and then tell everyone else, that's why I asked you both in to the kitchen."

Gabriela leaned against the now almost empty reminds of her childhood bedroom. For the past two weeks everyone had been busy helping clear out the house and move her mother into her new condo in downtown Chicago in two days.

"Gabby," Antonio poked his head into her bedroom, "You ready to tackle the attic."

"Yeah I guess most of the things are cleared out."

"Those the boxes you taking home?" Antonio observed the row of stacked boxes, each three boxes high, "Nine boxes?"

"No, that's the undecided pile, I don't know what to do with those yet.

"Well we can worry about them later. Right now we have an attic to clean."

"Uh-huh, right because you didn't have to do any work you're letting Diego and Freddie pack boxes of things they wanna have and then you'll evaluate the rest.

"You can have Carla and Maria do the same to your room."

Carla who was cleaning out the playroom with Maria and her mother ran up to Gabby.

"Can we Tia Gabby?" She begged, "I want to see what you have."

"I'll tell you what after we finish with the attic you and your sister can go through my room with me, alright?"

Carla wrapped her arms around Gabby, "I love you Tia Gabby, you're the best."

"I love you too," Gabby kissed the top of her head and watched her skip back into the room.

"Come on Gabby," Antonio reached up and pulled down the stairs that led to the attic.

"You know when I was little you used to tell me monsters lived up their," Gabby approached him, "It wasn't very nice."

Antonio shrugged his shoulders, "For you maybe."

Gabriela shoved him backwards, a playful smirk on her face as she climbed up the stairs.

"How do you want to do this?"

Gabriela looked around the cluttered space and let out a deep sigh.

"Lets just start on each side, and see where we get."

"Good of a plan as any," Gabriela nodded her head taking a few boxes and went to a corner.

Shifting through the attic boxes was hard work and most of the things were old toys and clothes from their youth. Sometimes however they would find something that held meaning to them. For Gabriela this was her old dollhouse that was tucked into a dusty corner.

"I forgot about this. I can't believe its still here," She dusted off the cobwebs and dust and dragged it out onto the floor.

Putting his hands on his knees and pushing himself up Antonio smiled fondly, "Do you remember who gave that to you?"

"Of course, Grandma did, it was her mothers. You know what, Maria would love this, you should have it."

"No way, you keep it give it to Serena when she's older."

"And let it sit around for three years. Maria will use it until she's at least seven or eight. Then Serena can have it. Besides it might get her to talk again, even if she is just playing with the dolls."

"Okay," Antonio rubbed his face, "Anything that'll get her to talk."

Gabriela studied her older brother's facial features. He was exhausted and stressed but mainly devastated, devastated that he couldn't help his daughter and for the first time in her life Gabriela knew how he felt.

"You know her teacher says she'll have to re-take SK if she doesn't talk again soon."

"She'll talk," Gabby lifted up the dollhouse, "Can you take the box of the things that go in the dollhouse.

"How about I take the dollhouse and you take the other box?"

"Antonio I can-" But Antonio had taken the dollhouse out of her hands and began walking down the attic stairs with it.

"Maria, Tia Gabby has something for you!" Antonio walked into the playroom.

Maria turned around and smiled. Running up to her father she reached for the dollhouse eagerly.

"Na-uh, not yet," Gabriela took her hand, "You have to hear the story first."

Maria frowned and pointed to the dollhouse.

"You can play with it after, "Gabriela sat down on the carpeted floor and placed Maria in her lap. "You see that dollhouse is very special because it belonged to your Abuelo's Mommy.

Maria looked in Gabriela in awe.

"That's right, you see when I was just a little bit younger then you are now she gave me that doll house. It's what is called an heirloom, which means it's belonged to your Abuelo's family for years and years. Your Great-great-great Grandmother made it herself. Now I'm giving it to you but you have to promise to take care of it for me, can you do that?"

Maria scrambled off of her aunts lap and turned to face her, she opened her mouth like she was going to say something but then closed it again. She looked around forcing everyone else in the room to look away.

"It's okay sweetie," Gabriela comforted her niece.

Maria took a few steps closer to Gabby and opened her mouth,"What about Serena?" She spoke.

The entire room went silent, that was the first time Maria had spoken since mid-November.

"Well," Gabriela took her hands locked them with Maria's "Serena's too young to paly with it now so I'm giving it to you."

"Can I give to Serena, when I'm like Carla and I….I don't like dolls anymore?"

"You know what? I think that would be great, I think she'd really like that."

"I'll tell her the story about Abuelo's family." She wrapped her arms around Gabriela, "I love you Tia Gabby."

"I love you to sweetheart," Gabriela lifted Maria into her arms and hugged her tightly.

"Can I play with it now?" Maria pointed to the dollhouse that Carla was currently examining.

"Of course you can," Gabriela set her on the floor.

Antonio and Dani both sent Gabriela appreciative smiles as they both went to hug Maria.

TBC

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Up Next: Gabby and Matt host Easter at their house, may be two-parts, not sure yet.