A/N: Sorry for the long wait. You guys are awesome. 30 reviews last chapter! I feel so happy. I am now at 600 reviews! It's a very accomplishing feeling. Thank you everyone. Here's chapter 27!
Same night when they brought them home from the hospital (except Dylan):
"Okay, bye mom," Gabriella said, closing the door as Ms. Montez was leaving. She went back over to Troy on the couch with the babies.
He looked up from Abby's face, "Hey."
"Hi," she kissed his cheek, then kissed Luke's nose. "They are too cute."
"I know. Do you think we should put them to bed now?" He asked.
"Yeah, let's do that. They need some sleep in their new beds," she smiled and picked Aiden up, while Troy held the others. They carried them up to the nurseries. Gabriella put Aiden in his crib as Troy put Luke in the crib next to it. They kissed them on the forehead and then took Abby to her room.
"Do you think she'll be okay being alone?" Gabriella asked.
He shrugged, putting the baby into her crib, "I think so."
"Okay," she sighed. They spent a few more minutes looking at her, then going back into the boys' room, and then finally going into their room.
She sighed as they lay down and put the covers over themselves, "I cannot believe they are finally home."
"Well, most of them."
"He'll come home soon... I hope," she snuggled closer to his chest.
"He will," he kissed the top of her head.
"Well, do you think he'll be okay?"
"Of course. The others are aren't they?" He asked, as though nothing was wrong.
"Yeah, but why did Dylan have to stay longer?"
"He's just taking his time," he let out a soft laugh. "Don't we all at times?"
"I guess you're right," she tried to smile. Just then, they heard a faint cry.
"And I guess that's my cue," he said, getting up.
"Yep," she smiled, "if you want."
"Okay, I'll be right back," he walked out of the room and into the boys' room, which is where he heard it coming from. It was Aiden that was crying. He picked him up.
"Hey there, little guy," he rocked him back and forth, but he continued to cry. "It's okay."
Aiden subsided his tears, but his eyes were red.
"See, isn't that better?" Troy looked at him. "Now you won't wake your brother up."
He let out another cry. Troy bounced him on him against his chest for a minute. He slowly stopped crying.
He held him in his arms and stared at his little face, "You know, you have your mommy's eyes."
"Yeah, well, Abby has your eyes."
Troy turned to find Gabriella in the doorway, holding Abigail. He walked over to them with Aiden still in his arms.
He saw Abby yawn, "Hey there, sleepy head."
"She wanted to visit you boys," Gabriella said, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "and so did I."
"I think Aiden calmed down," he said, rocking the little baby in his arms as Gabriella was rocking Abby.
"That's good," she said, eyeing Aiden. Just then they heard a shrill cry come from the other crib holding Luke.
"Here," Troy said, kissing Aiden's head and then set him in his crib. He then made his way over to Luke's crib. "Come here," he said, picking him up, trying to calm him down, but he wouldn't stop.
"Troy, why is he crying?" She asked, rushing over to them. "He's crying really loud."
"This is the exact same way Aiden cried. They all are crying like this," he said, rubbing her back with one of his hands while the other supported Luke's tiny body.
"Yeah, but he's just so... loud," she giggled.
"Gabriella, he's a baby," he said, kissing Luke's forehead, as he stopped crying.
"Okay," she said, hesitantly. "Well, let's go back to bed. I think we finally managed to quiet them down."
"Alright," he said, putting him in the crib, then went back to their room, as Gabriella put Abby in her room.
"Ah, I'm so tired," she yawned, and got under the covers, resting her head on his chest. "Today has been a long day."
"Yes, it has," he put his arm on her back, holding her close, "and tomorrow is going to be even longer."
"I'm just glad you took it off. Well, I'm glad you took the whole week off," she smiled, burying her head into his warm neck.
"How could I not? I think you'd be living hell."
"Hey, how bad could it be?" She asked, knowing that babies were really hard to take care of, but trying to sound independent.
"I'm not even going to answer that," he said, leaning behind and turning off the light.
"Fine," she stifled a laugh. "Good night."
"Night. I love you," he pressed a light kiss on her lips then leaned back against the pillow, ready to fall asleep. It was perfect silence until... they heard a soft whimper come from the other room. It was soft, but then turned into a louder cry.
They both let out a groan, getting up as Troy turned on the lamp next to their bed.
"Here we go again," he sighed.
"What do you expect on our first night?" She said, walking out of the door, trying to tell which room it came from. It came across the hall, which was Abby's room. She put a hand to her head and walked in the room. She picked up the screaming infant. "Hey, baby. It's mommy." She calmed down a little bit then started up again. Just then, Troy walked in.
"What's going on?" He asked, leaning against the wall.
"Our baby is crying. That's what's going on," she said, sitting in the chair next to the crib, and started breast-feeding her.
"Well, what do you want to do?"
"I don't think she likes sleeping in here by herself. Especially on her first night. Can she sleep with us?"
"Of course she can," he said. When she was finished feeding her, she held her and brought her into their room. She set her in between them, and just stared in her eyes.
"Troy, I just... don't believe this," she said, still looking at her baby girl.
"Believe what?"
"That we have kids!" She exclaimed. "It's like... a miracle. The miracle of life."
"Yeah... it is pretty cool," he said, letting Abby entwine her little fingers around his index finger. They both smiled at the baby, before hearing another cry from the next room.
"I'll get that," he said. He got up, and then came in with Luke. "He wants to sleep with us too."
"Well, I'm sure we can make some room," she smiled. He set Luke down next to his sister.
"I'll be right back," he said once again, and left the room, and then came back with Aiden. "I just couldn't leave him alone," he smiled, innocently.
"Well, we can't leave one anyway," she grinned as she made room for him.
"Here's our family," he said, looking down at all their faces.
"Yeah, but all we need is Dylan."
"And we will soon. I promise," he whispered.
She nodded, looking down at the little faces looking back at her.
"Good night," he turned off the light.
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The next morning, Gabriella woke up. She stretched her arms out and felt a warm object. She looked over and saw Luke turned over, smiling at her.
"Hi," she smiled and touched his stomach. He giggled.
"What's so funny?" She laughed, lightly tickling him. Being with her child made her so happy inside. She wanted to stay here forever. She didn't want him to ever grow up. It was perfect right now.
"Hey," a voice said from the door. She looked up and saw Troy.
"Morning," she grinned.
"I thought you might want some company waking up."
"I'm glad you left him. Where are the others?"
"They were getting restless so I brought them downstairs. I fed them some milk," he sat on the edge of her bed.
"Good. Last night was so cute."
"I know. I think they liked sleeping there last night."
"Yes. Maybe they weren't used to not have the feeling of being close to their mom."
"Maybe," he said. "Do you want me to take Luke downstairs?"
"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute," she said.
"Okay," he slowly picked up the smiling baby and brought him downstairs. He set him in his carrier next to the others. He put a small bottle in his teeth less mouth, letting him suck on it.
"How are they?" She stepped off the stairs and stood next to him, feeding them.
"Good. Aiden and Abby are done, but I'm giving Luke his bottle now."
She laughed, "That's good."
"Man, they get very hungry," he chuckled.
"Yeah, well they are babies," she smiled, looking at Troy, realizing what a great dad he is. You know when you were younger and you picture your perfect family? This is exactly how she pictured it. Except, it's even better.
A/N: There you go! Sorry it was kind of short. I'll try and update sooner since I know what's planned for next chapter. Okay, please review!
