2 MONTHS LATER
Gabriella was approaching her 9th month of pregnancy with their little girl Grace,experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions and they were getting a little irritating for her,she just wanted her baby girl out and in her arms.
It was 3:45 in the morning when another wave of BH hit her and she closed her eyes and started her breathing exercises.
"Babe" Troy heard her breathing getting heavy and stronger.
"Yes" she managed to get out between breaths
"You good?" He asked still half sleep but getting up on his elbows looking at her.
"I don't know...these pains are getting worse my back hurts"
"Turn over" he told her so he can massage her back
She couldn't even move she just started getting very uncomfortable with her back she started crying aloud.
"You need to go to the hospital baby?" He ran a hand through his hair,he hated seeing her cry.
She couldn't talk, she just nodded
Troy got out of bed and came around to her end of the bed, looked down at her and kissed her forehead and continued to rub her back until her contraction subsided.
"Okay come on babe" he pulled her up gently out of bed
"Oh my God my water just broke!!"
"Oh shit!" He curse with big eyes
"Can you call my mother please Troy" she whined "I need my mom"
"Ok I'm on it,let's get you to the car,I'll call her on the way to the hospital okay?"
"Okay" she responded
20 MINUTES LATER
Gabriella was already set up in a room getting hooked up to an IV when Maria walked into the room, gave Troy a hug and headed to her daughter's bedside.
"Mommy" she cried hugging her mother "I'm so scared mommy"
"It's okay baby you can do this,Troy and I are by your side,in a few hours you'll meet Gracie and it'll be all over,ok" Maria reassured her
"It hurts so bad"
"If you get very uncomfortable,and you need to get the epidural.. let the doctor know ok?"
"I hate seeing her like this" Troy said running his hand through her hair
"I know you do baby" Maria told him "the natural stages of childbirth"
"Troy..." she said panting
"Yeah baby what is it?" He asked her moving closer to her face
"Can you put my hair in a ponytail?"
"Sure" he smiled and felt more than happy to satisfy her at this tough time while taking the hair tie from her wrist and gathering her tresses and putting her hair a neat bun.
"I just want to sleep" she closed her eyes leaning against Troy's hand.
3 HOURS LATER
The doctor checked Gabriella to see if she dilated enough.
"Owwwww!" Gabriella winced as her doctor checked her. She was at a full 10 centimeters and ready to push.
"Ok sweetness ready to meet your daughter?" Dr Sherran asked her. All Gabriella could do is nod, she was so drained.
About 3 more doctors came into her room prepping for her childbirth
"Somebody get her out!!" Gabriella cried
"She's coming babe?" Troy asked her getting to her eye level.
"Yessss...I feel her...I feel her head!"
"Hey doc can you check her?" Troy told Dr Sherran "she said she can feel her head"
Dr. Sherran ran over to Gabriella and lifted the sheet from her legs and see the top of Grace's head.
"Oh wow someone's ready to be born" doctor said "on your next contraction I need you to give me a big push ok?" She put Gabriella's legs into the stirrups.
"Yeah..."Gabriella said tiredly
"It'll be over in seconds baby" Maria said
"Okay you ready? Here's another contraction"
Gabriella lifted her head holding Troy's hand with her right hand and Maria's with her left and gave all her energy into the next push.
"AHHH!!..OWWW...I CANT DO THIS!!...IT HURTS SO BAD!!" She screamed and stopped pushing
"Gabriella you got this Mija" Maria said
"Come on babe she's right there" Troy told her
She began to pushed again and she started shaking
"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10" dr Sherran counted "one more push Gabriella"
Gabriella pushed and screamed to get her daughter into the world when she heard Dr. Sherran say
"Happy birthday sweet girl!" As she sunctioned out her nose and mouth before pulling her all the way out and laying her on her mother's chest
'Waaaah waaaah waaah' cried a hollering Grace
"Oh my God she's beautiful!! Hey Gracie!!" Gabriella couldn't stop the tears she was finally holding her daughter in her arms.
Troy felt a tear roll out of his eye as he got a closer look at his daughter.
"Hey Grace" he cooed grabbing her little hand and she wrapped her fingers around her daddy's finger.
Maria got a closer look after snapping a few pictures of Gabriella and Troy interacting with their baby girl.
Grace calmed down and looked up at Gabriella
"Troy she has your eyes!" Gabriella got overly excited at her daughter's gorgeous eyes
Grace looked exactly like Gabriella with a splash of Troy's features with His eyes and a head full of dark wavy hair with olive skin like her mother's.
"I see" he smiled as his daughter locked eyes with her daddy.
Dr.Sherran took her shortly to be weighed and get a vital check and she hollered again knowing she was away from her mother. "7 pounds and 5 ounces,20 inches long, mommy and daddy"she told them and handed her to Troy
"You want to hold her?"
"Of course!" Troy held out his arms and started rocking his baby and she became fussy again and he began to sing ed Sheeran 'perfect' to her to calm her.
"I found a love for me
Darling,just dive right in and follow my lead
Well I found a girl,beautiful and sweet
Oh,I never knew you were
The someone waiting for me"
He sang as she looked up at him like she knew every word was for her and a tear fell from his blue eyes,he was deep in love with another girl.
"Welcome to the world Grace Lucille-Maria Bolton, I'm gonna take extra great care of you girl" he said holding back tears as he kissed her forehead.