Another update! (Gasp) Well, I really felt like writing, so I sent Reese and Daniel into the other room to play a little kiddie game with Jessie. He is good with them ...except when he gets them all worked up. Then I would liek to shoot him. Anyway, I love you all for reviewing. I better hurry up and write before Reese and Daniel get tired of playing Uno Attack.

And Kessie's talking is all messed up because she is supposed to be only two.

P.S. I have no beta. All mistakes are mine.

For Disclaimer, see Chapter 1.


It was six A.M when Troy finally pulled himself out of his bed and walked into Deigo's room to rouse him for school. He looked at the sleeping child. His head was turned to the side, a small line of drool sliding down his cheek. Careful to be quiet, Troy shook Deigo until he opened his sleepy eyes. Troy automatically put his fingers to his lips, signaling for Deigo to be quiet. Gabriella and Kessie didn't need to be for an hour, and Troy liked the time alone he spent with his son. Deigo yawned and climbed out of his bed. He was wearing a two peice set of pajamas. They were green and covered in aliens making all sorts of different faces. Deigo had a likness for aliens. Pushing him toward the bathroom, Troy stripped his son and got him in the bathtub.

"Do I gotta take a bath?" He asked, leaning his head against the wall as Troy started running the water, filling the tub.

"Yup. Now come on, hurry. We gotta go in..." Troy glanced at the watch that was every present on his wrist. "An hour." As soon as the bath was full enough, Troy shut off the water and sat on the toilet. Deigo insisted on washing himself, but he still liked to put his face under the water, so either Gabriella or Troy had to be with him the whole time to make sure he didn't drown. As soon as he washed himself, he got out and dressed in the light blue long sleeved shirt and kakhi pants that Troy had brought him. Then, Troy grabbed a comb and attempted to tame his son's hair. Once that was done, both padded barefoot out of the bathroom and into the kitchen where Troy grabbed two bowls and poured the Lucky Charmes cereal into them.

"I like lotsa marshes!" Deigo announced, grabbing one and shoving it into his mouth, smiling up at Troy.

"I know. They're good, aren't they?" Deigo nodded and continued to eat his cereal without milk, and without a spoon until Troy grabbed both and gave them to him. Just then, the quiet cooing from Kessie's room anounced that she was awake. Troy smiled and walked into the pink bedroom. She was laying on her back, looking up at the ceiling. Although she was almost two, she still didn't like to act like it.

"Hey, Sweetie." He picked her up and walked over to her dresser, grabbing some shorts and a T-Shirt. The shorts matched her brothers and were Kakhi, while the shirt was pink with roses, beautifully done, flowing down the side. Quickly dressing her, he laid the sleepy girl against his shoulder and walked back into the kitchen. As soon as he was about to sit down again, the doorbell rang. Getting up, he sighed and tried to put Kessie down. She wouldn't let go. She seemed unusally clingy this morning.

"Fine." He walked to the door and opened it.

"Hello, Troy. Do you always greet your guests in your boxers?" It was the kind of greeting Troy had gotten used to from Gabriella's mom over the years.

"Nope. Just been busy with Deigo and Kessie this morning. Come on-" He was cut off when a large blob of cereal hit him in the back of the head. He turned to see Deigo standing on the couch over the fish bowl, throwing his soggy cereal around it, trying to get it in.

"Oops." He said, smiling widely.

"Deigo, what are you doing?" Troy asked, whiping cereal off his head.

"Feeding the fishies!" He exclaimed, throwing another handful. This time it hit Kessie. She started wailing loudly, big fat tears making their way down her face. At this Deigo giggled. Troy walked over and took the bowl from him and gently but firmly, took Deigo from the couch and set him on the ground. Kessie continued to scream loudly. Suddenly another voice cut in.

"Hi, mom." It was Gabriella. She was standing in the doorway of her and Troy's room. She was wearing a green longsleeved shirt and jeans. Her hair was done nicely and her feet were bare.

"Hello, Dear. Is it always like this aroung the Bolton household?" Deigo spoke up.

"Who's the Boltons'?" Everyone started laughing.

"Yea, pretty much. Troy, please go get dressed." Gabriella said. He grinned and passed Kessie to her, walking into their bedroom and closing the door behind him.

"Well, I am here to take Kessie."Ms. Montez reached out to the little girl, but Kessie wouldn't go.

"I wa sway wif Mama." She said, burying her head in Gabriella's shoulder.

"But Honey, I got to go to work. You need to go with Grandma," Gabriella tried.

"No!" She yelled, tears still falling from her face.

"Why not?" Gabriella asked softly.

"I had a bwad dweam wast night," She said.

"What kind of dream?" Gabriella asked, remembering the time that Deigo had had bad dreams as well. He had been three, and had been scared for weeks.

"Swomting bwad happened to me at Gama's." Gabriella hugged her tight.

"It's OK, sweetie, it was just a dream." Both mom and Grandma tried for over ten minutes, but Kessie refused to go with Ms. Montez.

"Well, I guess she is going to work with me today. Normally, I would just make her go with you, but when Deigo had these dreams, it was horrible. He was scared to death." Ms. Montez nodded. "Sorry you had to drive out here for nothing, mom."

"No it's fine. Where is Troy?"

"Um..." Gabriella looked around, noticing for the first time that Troy hadn't come out of the room for over fifteen minutes. Just then, a head poked out from the brown door.

"Gabi? Where a my socks?"


Well, what do you think? I am thinking of making the nightmares into something, and I am going to (Eventually) make a chapter of them trying for another baby.

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