Gabriella felt like she was driving forever but it was only two hours from her new home to her mother's house.
She pulled up to her mom's driveway and honked the horn to let Maria know she have arrived. Out came Maria smiling ear to ear practically running to the car to greet her daughter and granddaughter.
"Hola mija" she spoke in her native language to her daughter.
"Hola mami,como estas?" Gabriella said getting out of the car and greeting her mom with a big smile and hug.
"I'm fine baby, just getting some work done to the house, where's my grand baby?" She asked looking in the car "there she is" she spotted Gracelyn in her car seat sound asleep.
"Yeah she fell asleep, she was crying majority of the drive here" Gabriella claimed
"Oh no!" Maria said concerned "what's the matter is she sick?"
"Yes...sick alright...and my breast is the cure" she laughed.
"Oh my poor baby" Maria cooed grabbing the sleeping baby out of her seat and putting her on her shoulder slightly bouncing.
"Mommy teach me how to wean this baby off me" Gabriella sighed "there has to be a way, she's addicted"
Maria laughed while she walked towards the house with Gabriella walking beside her.
"You just have to give her the breast at night" Maria suggested.
"I tried that, she just takes it herself" Gabriella said fingering one of Gracelyn's curls away from her sweet sleeping face.
"Aww let grandma's baby, feed from her momma as long as she likes" Maria told her sitting on the couch now cradling Gracelyn in her arms.
"Mommy" Gabriella whined "no!"
"Feed her more food during the day and nurse her during the night" Maria suggested.
"I tried that" Gabriella told her mom "she wants to during during the day, when I'm taking a shower, when I'm eating ...she eats all the time"
Maria just laughed at Gabriella.
"Mom it's true" Gabriella claimed "there's no breaking her off of me, and she will only take the bottle when I'm not home,she's greedy"
Just then, the doorbell rang, Gabriella stood up to see who was at the door.
"Expecting anyone mami?" She asked puzzled.
"I don't know" Maria replied "why don't you see who it is"
Gabriella walked up to the door eyeing the silhouette at the other side of the frosted glass door.
She opened the door and saw her father standing before her.
"Daddy!!" She emphasized with excitement
"Hola mamita" he spoke in Spanish to greet her as she jumped into his arms wrapping her arms around his neck.
She haven't saw her father in such a long time he worked all the time, he was a pilot of his own airline company and he was barely at his house or visiting family.
"How are you?!" She smiled with glee.
"I'm doing just fine baby" he replied grabbing her hand "I had to call Maria, to tell her I was gonna surprise you today"
"Oh mom knew?" Gabriella asked with a puzzled stare looking over at her mom who was staring back at her smiling.
"Yes baby, everyone just love surprising you" Maria exclaimed bouncing the baby as her wide blue orbs started to flutter open.
"Well this is a great surprise" she smiled clenching her father's hand.
"Is that my nieta?" Victor gushed walking over to Maria with the now awaken baby. "My my how she have grown"
"Hasn't she?" Gabriella agreed "all she do is eat"
"Hi sweet baby" Victor said picking up the baby from Maria's arms and holding her in mid air in front of him so that they are eye to eye.
"Hey granddaughter, you're getting so big" victor told little Gracelyn as she smile big at her grandpa before he cradled her and turned to Gabriella "She gets more beautiful every time I see her Face, she looks just like you as a baby mija"
"Yeah she does" Gabriella smiled "thank you daddy"
"But where she get these blue eyes from?" He asked puzzled.
"Daddy, Troy has blue eyes" Gabriella laughed.
"Oh he does?" He asked "I was always trying to run him off to never see you again, I didn't catch him long enough to see an eye color"
"And look where it got you, he didn't keep running"Maria chimed in laughing. "But we would'nt have it any different, thank you for making me an abuela"
"And thank you for making me an abuelo"
Both Gabriella's parents were both smiling ear to ear, they loved cooing over Gracelyn with any chance they've gotten.
They didn't condone Gabriella getting pregnant at sixteen but they had no choice but to support her decision to be a mother and so far, she's been doing a damn good job.
"Y'all are so welcome" Gabriella said gleefully "now mommy...what's for lunch, I'm starving" she began to walk to the kitchen.
"That's definitely your daughter when she does that" victor told Maria. "She get the brains and book smart from me"
"No I think you have it switched around" Maria laughed playfully hitting his shoulder.
Gracelyn stuffed Victor's tie in her mouth and began to drool all over it.
"No no no, mija" Victor laughed gently removing the tie from her hands and mouth. "This is pure silk, dry clean only"
Gracelyn just gave him the most serious stare like he took her favorite toy away.
"And that look" Maria pointed to the baby "she got from Gabriella"
The both laughed and walked to the kitchen to eat lunch with their daughter who was already helping herself.
AT THE GYM.
Troy and Chad in the gym running on the treadmill, watching the tv ahead of them and carrying on a conversation with each other.
"What's good later hoops?"chad asked his brother "wanna play some ball"
"I don't mind dude" Troy answered still watching tv "your house or mine?"
"It don't matter to me" Chad replied "Taylor kicked me out the house man.
"What!" Troy laughed "what you do?"
"I think I got her pregnant man, she's been this emotional" chad complained.
"Gabriella too" Troy shook his head "I asked her was her period coming or if she was pregnant, she was about to cry because I didn't grab Gracelyn's car seat from my car instead of putting it in her car for her"
"Man they crazy" Chad continued running on the treadmill. "How's my little niece doing, she's probably the only sane female I know"
"Even she's a little crazy" Troy laughed "she's doing good though, she's standing now, ready to walk"
"That's awesome!" Chad clapped "we're gonna be keeping up with her on the court soon"
"Oh I'm definitely getting her on the court" Troy claimed with a serious look "and leave those boys alone"
"Oh yeah, with you and I around, she's not gonna wanna bring any around" Chad laughed.
"Especially growing up as beautiful as she is now, I can't bear it man" it nearly broke Troy's heart that eventually his infant daughter will be a young woman and want to date, most of the boys running behind her to try to own her heart. "I hope the boys that eventually are interested in my daughter will not be anything like me"
"Nah man you turned out great" chad applauded
"Man, when I reached high school, all the girls were like fresh meat" he smiled at the thought of his alter ego "then this little Hispanic girl crossed my path and I been hit by cupid"
"I knew what you had up your sleeve when you hit eyes with Gabriella" Chad recalled.
"What?!" Troy said sarcastically "and what was that?"
"Dude, come on" chad nudged his arm smiling hard.
"I really went for her heart though man" Troy reminisced on their high school days. "Sex came naturally.I didn't know I would be getting her pregnant shortly after"
"Did you strap up any of those times?" Chad asked.
"Maybe one or two times but she told me she was on birth control, that shit failed probably on my second round with Gabi"
"Man I know how it can be when you feel everything they got, you don't want no rubber blocking it" chad laughed. "That's why I think Taylor is knocked up, I been hitting it before her period, after her period, in the shower on the couch and her he counters"
"Dude!" Troy chimed in. "I always sitting on that couch when I come over, I don't wanna be sitting in any nut"
"Same for you and Gabriella at y'all place" chad argued still laughing hard.
Next Troy and Chad moved on to the weights as they continued their conversation.
"So what are you doing g later on man?" Chad asked his best friend while lifting the seventy-five pound barbell with his right arm.
"I didn't have any plans, might just plan a night with some peace and quiet with some movies while Gabriella and Gracelyn isn't home" Troy laughed while lifting eighty pounds with his left arm"why what's up?"
"Hoops, you're crazy man, my little sister isn't causing that much havoc" Chad laughed
"Well you don't know your little sister, Gabi is a monster behind closed doors, al you see is the sweet smile and hair styles she wears, deep down she has horns man" Troy laughed again shaking his head.
"Don't they all, I was wondering if you wanted to come over my house and play some ball, Zeke and Jason was coming into town later on, maybe we can play some two on two" chad stayed.
"I'm game, maybe we can do a little three on one" Troy said cockily.
"Ok mr. cocky don't strain yourself" chad playfully tapped Troy's arm that was bearing the barbell.
"You know that's how I got my nickname" Troy smiled. "Let's do it, what's there to lose?...you know, other than the game"
"Oh okay, that's how you want it Bolton, that's how we can do it" Chad stated challengingly.
"I'm ready"
AT MARIA'S HOUSE.
As the Montez was enjoying each other's company they decided to pop in a movie after they've eaten dinner. Gabriella was curled in the arms of her dad with his left arm and his right arm was holding Gracelyn who was trying to wiggle her way out of his arms. Maria was lounging on the chaise end of the couch with a blanket covering her lower body eating a bowl of popcorn.
"Gracelyn no!" Gabriella said sternly as her daughter crawled over to the tv and began banging on it like a drum.
Gracelyn turned around as she heard her mommy's voice.
"Come here little girl" Gabriella said wagging her finger in a 'come here' motion but little Gracelyn shook her head no.
"Oh wow!" Victor Exclaimed "what else is she doing?"
"I told you she's bad daddy" Gabriella told him "Gracie come here!"
Maria reaches over to hit Gabriella's thigh.
"Ow mom what's that for?" Gabriella gasped.
"I told you about calling my grand baby bad" Maria told her in Gracelyn's defense.
"Mommy she is!" Gabriella laughed.
"No she's not. Watch this" Maria said getting into sitting position holding her arms out and used a high pitched baby talk. "Gracie, come here baby, come to grandma"
Gracelyn smiled at her grandma and immediately began crawling over to Maria's waiting arms.
"That's not fair! Mom you used that baby talk with her, that's why she came over..all grandma's cheat"
Victor just bursted into laughter.
"And what about grandpas?" He asked nudging his daughter's arm.
"You guys cheat too" Gabriella laughed. "She's the same way at Troy's parents house, she'll totally ignore me until she hears one of their voices then she's all smiles...total angel"
Gabriella turned to her daughter and smiled.
"That's why you're not getting any boobie" she said gently squeezing her breasts.
"Gabi stop, don't tease her" victor told his Daugher laughing "you know she'll attack you and you'll be complaining that she won't wean herself off"
"I know...Gracie got that craziness from her daddy" Gabriella told her father. "I need to call him and see what he's doing"
"You miss him already?" Maria asked bouncing the baby on her knee "it doesn't take long"
"Yes I do..and it doesn't, that's my prince soon to be my future king" Gabriella blushed.
"Oh man I can't believe I get to walk my baby girl down the aisle soon" victor said
"I know...I'm kinda nervous" Gabriella stated.
"What are you nervous about mija?" Maria asked.
"Because I won't know if I'm still missing out on my life as a young girl before I'm someone's wife, Troy is my first real boyfriend, how will I know he's really the one?"
"Awe mija, I think you're making the right choice in marrying Troy, every relationship has its ups and downs but I think Troy really loves you unconditionally, he gave you a daughter, he bought you a house and makes all the money so you don't have to work unless you want to, which is materialistic but everything else he does for you should show you that" Victor stated
"All true daddy that makes me feel a lot less nervous and a little better" Gabriella agreed "but Gracie came because we were young and dumb and not using protection, but we don't regret it"
"Yes so don't worry Mija, you'll be just fine" Maria tapped Gabriella's thigh "now when are we going shopping for your dress?"
"Ummm soon, maybe next year sometime, all my friends wanna be there to help pick out my dress and try on their bridesmaids dresses too, it should be the time of my life...I can't wait actually" Gabriella swooned