Disclaimer: I own nothing except my imagination and the kids names.
a/n: I want to thank everyone who left a review on the last chapter and I want to apologize for not updating faster but real life has been CHAOTIC and so it hasn't left me all that much time to write but I finally managed to find a little bit of time to do so so here's the next chapter, enjoy.
Gabby's eyes fluttered opened and she stretched, finding the sheets next to her empty. She propped herself on her elbows, pulling the sheets around her upper body and scanned the room in hopes of seeing Matt but the room was still basked in darkness even though she figured it was early afternoon with the tiny rays of the sun seeping through the blinds. She sighed contently and laid back down with a smile.
"If I knew it would have made you smile like this I would have proposed sooner." Gabby finally sat down with the sheets around her body and found Matt standing in their doorway wearing nothing but a pair of black briefs, a sexy smile and a tray of food.
"And I would still have said yes." Matt walked into the room and set the tray down on the bed. "Morning." He leaned down and captured her lips in a tender kiss.
"Morning babe. How'd you sleep?"
"Well some guy proposed to me in the most romantic way a girl could ask for and we made love all, night, long. I'd say I slept one of the best." She turned to eye her clock. "Almost six hours of my life." She giggled. "What down have here?" She looked down at the tray.
"Well I figured you'd be hungry when you woke up so I prepared some fresh fruit with some of the muffins you made yesterday morning and, some coffee." He took one of the cups and gently placed it in her hands.
"Well I did work up an appetite." She winked at Matt, taking a sip of the hot liquid in her cup. "So tell me, for how long does Shay get to keep the kids before we have to go pick them up?"
"We got the whole day to ourselves. What do you have in mind?" He grabbed his own cup of coffee and took a sip.
"I don't know, spend a little bit more time here and maybe start by telling my parents and go with the kids for dinner at the restaurant?" She shrugged. She really had no real intention of getting out of the bed at the moment.
"How about we first start by eating and shower together." He kissed her neck. "Then we can think of picking up the kids and what about dinner with your parents to tell everyone at the same time."
"What about Christie? I don't want her to think that we're pushing her out by not telling her right away."
"We can plan lunch with her tomorrow, tell her then. She'll be happy to see all the kids." Gabby nodded so Matt stretched to grab his phone, sending his sister a short text inviting her over for lunch with Violet and Kelly the next day. "Now where were we?" He placed both of their cups on the night stand and pinned a giggling Gabby against the mattress, peppering her neck with kisses.
"Who would have thought that we'd end up here." She mused as they lay tangled in the sheets a little bit later.
"Engaged?" He ran his fingers though her hair.
"Engaged, happy."
"You deserve it." He kissed her forehead.
"So do you Matt and I'll keep reminding you for the rest of our lives." She propped herself against his chest. She loved him for always putting her above himself but he needed to know that him being happy was at the top of her list as well.
"I love you." He simply said with a smile
"I love you too." He brushed her hair out of her face before she pulled away. "Where are you going?"
"I need a shower." She winked at him and he watched her completely naked back walk into the bathroom before he decided to follow her. They made out under the hot stream of water before they washed each other. When they walked out, the bathroom was filled with steam and the miror was misty. "I think we stayed in there too long." She laughed as Matt pulled her to him.
"I won't complain." He kissed her. "Did you tell your parents that we're coming over for dinner?"
"I thought we'd surprise them."
"We're seven extra people Gabby. We can't just drop by and expect extra food to be ready."
"We wouldn't be dropping by. We'll go there after lunch and if anything I can help my mom with the extra food."
"You're sure that she won't be mad?"
"Nah. She loves having a lot of people around."
"If she gets mad, I'll say I had no idea about this." He smirked.
"Thanks for having my back."
"Oh I do have your back." He lowered his hands and ran them under her towel, Gabby closing her eyes at the contact. He pulled on her towel and let it fall to the ground as he kissed her hard. He easily lifted her frame and placed her on the vanity, pushing his body against hers as he held her close to him. By the time they left the bathroom, the steam was practically non existant and the miror was back to its original state.
Gabby closed her eyes as Matt wrapped his arms around her waist while she pulled her shirt over her head. "Matt, you have to stop doing that. We need to go get the kids."
"We have more than enough time." He moved her shirt aside and pressed his lips to her shoulders.
"Need I remind you that we're well past lunch time and if you don't want my mother to get mad, you need to keep your hands off of me." It took everything in here to pull away from his grip, her will faltering when his fingers found her hips.
"Fine. I wouldn't want to get Esmeralda Dawson's bad side." He pulled away, raising his hands in surrender and proceeded in getting dressed. As soon as they were ready, Gabby texted Shay to say that they were on their way.
She was happy when the kids were all ready to go with all their back packs by the door.
"I hope that you guys behaved for auntie Leslie." The kids all looked up as Gabby hugged Shay, the blonde even more excited now that the sparkler was sitting on Gabby's left ring finger.
"Thanks so much for doing this Leslie."
"Seeing the two of you this happy, anytime."
"Come in guys, everybody in the van." The kids put their bags on their shoulders while Gabby took Valentina's bag and Matt hoisted her up on his hip. The little girl could run now but to save time, this was easier. The drive wasn't all that long but with the kids excitement of knowing they heading to the Dawson's, both adults were more than happy when they arrived at destination.
"Oh good, Antonio is there." She turned and looked at Matt. The fact that the family of four was there meant that her mother had already planned for more food. All five kids rushed to the door and the fastest one there rang the doorbell. Matt wrapped his arm around Gabby's waist as they watched the kids run around.
"This is perfect." She leaned her head against his shoulder.
"That's good because you're stuck with us." He kissed the top of her head. She pulled away and slapped his arm.
"I'm not stuck with you, I love having you guys around." She laughed, barely getting away from him as his hand slapped her butt. They made it to the door just in time for Antonio to answer.
"Gabby, what are you going here?"
"Surprise dinner crashing." She smirked as the kids pushed past him in the doorway.
"Eehh yeah."He moved out of the way to let them in, hugging his sister and shaking Matt's hand.
"What's wrong with you Tonio?" Gabby looked at him strangely for a few seconds.
"Nothing is wrong Gabs." He finally smiled at him.
"You're hiding something and I'm going to find out what it is."
"I just wasn't expecting you."
"No one is." She slapped his arm as they walked farther inside the house. They found their parents in the kitchen, their mom cooking and their father now swarmed by all the kids.
"Gabriella, you didn't call." Esmeralda wiped his hands down on her apron and hugged her daughter.
"Surprise?"
"I told her to call before coming." Gabby glared at him.
"So much for having my back." She narrowed her eyes at him, Laura laughing at them from next to the stove.
"Oh no! We have more than enough food for everyone." Gabby thought her mother was acting strange but didn't say anything about it.
"Dad." She leaned down to wrap her arms around his shoulders and kiss his cheek.
"It's good to see you honey. Matt." He extended his hand for Matt to shake.
"Edouardo, how's it going?"
"Now that I'm surrounded by three lovely women, I can't complain too much."
"Where are Eva and Diego?" Gabby looked around not to find her niece and her nephew.
"In there." Laura pointed towards the living room. "Teenagers." She sighed. She hated when the two of them were on their phone and games because they didn't talk to anyone.
"I'll take care of that." Gabby walked with a determined step towards the room that harboured both teenagers. She walked in and waited for some kind of reaction but both of them seemed more interested in what was in front of them than the new visitor. She walked up to Diego and pulled the video game out of his hands.
"HEY!" He stood up, ready to argue with whoever was there for taking away his game but when he saw who it was, his bright smile lit up like it usually did when he saw her. "Gabby." He wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Hey buddy." Up until now, it had always been auntie Gabby but she guessed it was just part of growing up.
"What are you doing here?"
"We came over for dinner."
"Is Matt there too?" He looked up hopefully.
"Yeah, he's in the kitchen with everyone else." He gave her an extra hug before bouncing off out of the room.
"Hi Eva." Gabby tried but she simply looked up from her phone and looked back down at the screen without so much as a word to her aunt.
"Eva Marie Dawson! Is this how your parents raised you?" The young girl stood up and put her phone away in her pocket.
"Hi Gabby." They shared a smile, the same smile they always did and Eva finally came to hug her aunt before they went into the kitchen to help get dinner ready. After everything was in the stove and everyone waited for it to be ready, Eva, Diego and the two sets of twins helped set the table with everything they were given to do that task.
"Thanks for having us over for dinner mom even though it wasn't planned." Gabby sat at the counter with her mother, Laura and Eva.
"We always love having you and all the kids."
"There's actually a reason why we stopped by unexpectedly." She eyed Matt who returned her smile. "Matt and I have some news for everyone." He was now standing next to her with his arm around her waist, giving her a squeeze to give her courage. "Matt asked me to marry him last night." She smiled broadly.
"And she said yes."
"Abuelo Carlos, Abuela Isabel!" Everyone looked in the direction the boys ran and hugged their paternal grand-parents. Gabby's eyes locked with her in-laws and she turned white as a sheet.
"Gabriella, what is this?" Isabel said.
a/n: Uh oh. On an unexpected visit to her parents, an even more unexpected surprised was waiting for them. Is Gabby and Matt's engagement bliss about to blow to little pièces with the arrival of Alberto's parents? I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and please leave a review before you leave, I love to know what you guys think. - Sarra
