Well, here you go. Sorry for it beging so short! I am still on my trip, and I am having fun. Turns out, my mom invited my boyfriend, Jessie. Anyway, we just got done swimming and I am updating really quick before we go to dinner.

P.S. Thanks to all my reviewers and to my beta, Monica.

Troy dropped his keys on the table and dropped down on the couch.

"Hard day?" Gabriella asked, coming into the room with a half asleep Lily.

"Yes. Now I know how my dad felt. Those kids can't even throw the ball in a straight line, although Gregory sure surprised me by making two hoops." He grinned despite himself.

"Well, in a few months, I am sure you will have shaped them up. Oh, Chad called today, he wants you to call him back." Gabriella sat down beside Troy. Lily reached out to him, wanting to go to him. Troy grinned and kissed her head, pulling her into his lap. She started making shapes with her hands. Gabriella laughed. "She is doing better. She is learning to do some simple letters now. I am surprised she could even do that. Maybe Haven was right. She is good at what she does. Lily can do the letters A B and C already. And she understands us perfectly now, thanks to the hearing aids.

"Great. Lily, do A." Lily took a second, but made her small hand into the sign for A. Troy grinned again.

"You do know we have to teach it to Raine and Rocket so they can talk with her, right?"

"Yea. It shouldn't be hard." Just then Raine came into the room. She was wearing Kahki shorts and a purple T-shirt. Her hair, which was curly like Gabriella's, but about the same color as Troy's, was hanging down. Gabriella hadn't bothered to put it up.

"Mommy? Can Lily pway wif me?" She was three and a half, and still had trouble forming some of her words. Not uncommon for a young child.

"Sure, Raine. But be nice." Raine jumped up and down, taking Lily's hand once she was ont he ground and leading her into their room. Troy and Gabriella decided to have them share, as they were both girls. They had moved Lily into Raine's room a few days ago, she was to old to be sleeping in their room.

"She looks like you." Troy said, watching them go. When he had met Gabriella, he really didn't expect to have three children four years later.

"Yea, I guess she does."

"You guess? She is going to look exactly like you. She will need Rocket to keep all the boys away." Gabriella swatted his arm, he just smiled.

"Well, thank you. I should go start dinner." Just then the doorbell rang. Gabriella pulled herself up off the couch. "I should answer the door." She walked over and pulled open the door. It was Chad and Taylor. The wind was blowing, and she was glad that Troy had decided to get an apartment that had only four apartments to it. They were all conjoined, one beside the other, and shared the large front yard. Everyone was nice, some even had kids. It was a large area, large enough to play in. Just then, Rocket abonded his large mud pile in the front yard and ran up to Gabriella.

"Mommy! 'ad and Taywor are here!" He jumped up and down. Troy, who could see the mess he was going to cause if he got inside, shot up and grabbed him around the waist, holding him at arms legnth.

"Hey Chad, Taylor. Rocket, what on earth have you been doing?" He asked his son, who clearly wanted down.

"Lemme down and I show you!" Troy did let him down, and the secone he did, Rocket grabbed his hand and dragged him off and into the large mud puddle he was playing in in the dirt driveway. It ha rained recently, and, althought the grass had dried, the mud had not.

"What is it?" He asked, looking at the crude mud structure. It was limping slightly to the side, for it was still wet.

"It's a mudman!" He was grinning, his eye's shinning with happiness. Troy could see that he wanted him to like it, so he did.

"Wow! It's great. How about a bath?" Rocket did not object to this, for in the next moment, he was trying to pick mud out of his ears. They walked back to the apartment, hand in hand. Troy knew that if he could go back in time, have the chance to change things, he wouldn't do a thing. Rocket, Raine, Lily and Gabriella were his life. He wouldn't give them up for anything. When they arrived back in the house, Lily was showing Chad and Taylor her sign laungage. When Troy arrived, he immedatly steered Rocket toward the bathroom and gave him a quick clean up. Man, this boy needed more baths in a week than Lily and Raine put together. Oh, well. Boys will be boys. When thye were done, they joined everyone in the living room.

"OK, now that were all here." Taylkor paused as Lily climbed off her lap and walked to Troy, grabbing onto his leg and trying to pull herself up. Once she was sat down, Taylor continued. "Me and Chad have news." SHe smiled widly, and as if she couldn't contain in anymore, she burst out, "Chad asked me to marry him!"

"Wow! Congratulations!" Gabriella said, grabbing Taylor and pulling her into a hug. Troy just smirked.

"Finally. I was getting worried Chad would never get his butt moving."

"Ah, shut-up. At least I did it. Now, Jason on the other hand..." He trailed off and everyone laughed. Lily laughed as well, although she didn't even know what she was laughing about, and soon got the hickups.

"When is the wedding?" Gabriella asked, excited.

"Um...June. That would make it in...four months." Taylor said. The four talked for hours, ending up boring the kids into an early nap. It was two in the afternoon before Taylor and Chad said that they had to leave. Just before they walked out, Lily walked up to Taylor, her fingers in her mouth. She held out a piece of paper, looking at the gorund. Taylor took it from her, smiling.

"Whats this?" Lily just shrugged, still looking at the ground. Taylor looked at it. It was a picture of a kitten with a dog. "It's pretty. Thank you." She hugged Lily. Lily squrimed with happiness, looking up at Taylor proudly. She gave Lily one last hug and stood up.

"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you. By the way, Lily looks exactly like you, Gabriella." And with that, Chad hauled Taylor out of the door, whining about being late for work. Troy turned to Gabriella.

"Told you she did."

Lily was now a year and three months, and still hadn't spoken a word. The doctors were concerned. It could be she was just a late bloomer, but it could be several other things. Troy and Gabriella were at Haven's office, the specilist in children's disabilitys.

"So why isn't she talking yet?" Lily was sitting on Gabriella lap as she said this.

"I don't know. When was the last time she cried, screamed or just made a noise." Gabriella thought for a minute, then looked over, frightened.

"I don't know. She hasn't cried much ever, even as an ifant."

"I am going to assume that, along with her disability to hear, he cannot speak as well. She was crying when she was young, though not much. It is probably been like this from the start, but not so bad. If she does not start talking within the next week, or make noise or cry, I want to run more tests. For now, I think it would be best if we continued to teach her sign lanugage. Her hearing aids are still working?" Gabriella nodded. Troy placed his arm around her waist as she sat Lily on her own chair in between them and Dr. Haven.

"OK, Lily, can you hear me?" Lily nodded, having gone through this rutine each time she was there, and knowing what she was supposed to do. "Please go through the letters we have learned so far." Lily made the hand signals, and although some of them were a little off, she did them fine. Altogether, she had learned eleven letters. "I am surprised she is learning so fast. Most children I work with do not do as they are told, and it is hard to get them to learn. Lily is goos, though.

"Thank you." Troy said. They worked on the letters L, Mand N for the rest of the day. They also taught her the signs for some simple words, like food, mom, dad and some more she would need until she could learn how to spell what she was saying. When Troy and Gabriella brought her home, she immedatly fell asleep. Raine and Rocket were with Gabriella's mom, and Troy left to go pick them up. When he got there, they were both happy to see him.

"Hey, guys!" He picked Raine up as Rocket refused to let go of his leg. He then turned to Ms. Montez. "Thank you for watching them. Lily tends to get distracted when they are there. It is best if it is just me and Gabriella."

"No problem. We made cookies, didn't we?" Raine nodded, placing her still sticky hand on Troy's shoulder.

"Well, I am glad they had fun."

"How is Lily doing?" Ms. Montez asked, moving aside so Troy could come in.

"Good, I guess. She learned three more letters today and some simple words like food, mom, dad, hurt, stuff she would need. Me and Gabriella are teaching Rocket and Raine sign laungage so they can talk with Lily when they all learn how to spell. I am just glad they we caught this when we did. The doctor said that once she is older, it will be harder for her to learn. Learning young is better." Troy said, not quite wanting to tell Ms. Montez agout the possibility that she couldn't speak either.

"Troy, is something wrong?" He decided to get it over with now. If she learned that he didn't tell her later, she wouldn't be happy.

"There is a possibilty that she cannot speak as well." Ms. Montez gasped. "Yea. We won't know more for a while now. I was talking with a vocal cord specialist today, after the appointment, and he said the reason for her inability to speak, if that is what it is, could be from one of the drugs they gave her when she was born. She was on many medications for a long period of time, and one, or a mix of two, could have damaged her vocal cords. That would explain why it happened over a period of time, and not as soon as she was born." He took a deep breath, looking across the room to where Rocket and Raine were playing with building blocks.

Troy only stayed for a little while, Gabriella had called and asked if he could be home soon. She had finished dinner and was waiting for them, and it was close to the twins bedtime. He said good-bye to Ms. Montez and packed the twins into the car, driving back to their apartment. When he arrived, Gabriella was trying to get Lily to eat.

"Has she spoken yet?" Troy asked hopefully.

"Not a sound. She hasn't cried, laughed, or said a word." She sighed and took the spoon, whiping food off of Lily's mouth and trying again. Troy placed the twins in their spots and sat down as well. After dinner, they put the children to bed and went out to watch a movie.

"What do you want to watch?"Troy asked, looking through the movies they owned. They had now had a large amount of kids movies, including Finding Nemo, 101 Dalmations, The Lady and The Tramp, and Rocket's favorite, Buzz Lightyear and Star Command.

"I don't know. How about...Finding Neverland?" Troy smiled and popped the tape in.

"You're a hopeless romantic, you know that?"

"So? You're just as hopeless." Troy smiled and setteled back, Gabriella curling up into his side, to watch the movie.

Well, here you go. What should happen? Should Lily be mute(Not able to speak)? Should she not be? Should I finish this up? I am running out of ideas, so unless you can give me some, or I can think of some, I will end and make a sequel sometime.

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