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P.S.x2: Who's looking forward to meeting Gabriella? Not Eliza. Muwhahaha. Read to find out what happens :P Oh and there's a few quotes from the movie Anchorman thrown randomly in this chapter. Props to whoever recognizes them!

Chapter 15

"Do we have to go? Why can't we just order pizza and play video games like last night?" Andy whined as Reid buttoned up his jacket.

"Yeah Dad, I don't want to go." Ahna chimed in, screaming at the top of her lungs.

"I don't know what we're yelling about!" Ava came prancing into the kitchen, her red pigtails bouncing with every step, her smile wide and her eyes full of excitement.

"We had pizza last night, so tonight" Reid reached for his keys, cell phone, and wallet and stuck them in his back pocket, "we're going out."

The kids didn't argue. Reid silently thanked God for that as they made their way to the car waiting outside for them. A tall brunette wearing a purple cocktail dress got out of the back seat.

Reid brought his kids over to her and kissed the mysterious bombshell on the cheek. "Gabriella, I'd like you to meet my children."

The kids looked up at her with confusion. Reid pointed to each kid as he spoke. "This is Ahna and her twin brother Andy. And this little tiger" he lifted Ava up into his arms, "is Ava."

The kids stood there frozen and unsure of what to say.

"Hi, I'm Gabriella, but you can call me Gaby." She spoke with a heavy Spanish accent. "It's very nice to meet you all." She said in a baby voice.

"It's very nice to meet you too" Ava said, mocking Gaby's baby voice. Andy and Ahna snickered. Reid blushed in embarrassment.

Gaby looked annoyed when Reid finally spoke up. "Shall we get going?"

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"And when you go to sleep tonight, I'm going to punch you in the face." Ahna's face lit up as she mentally pictured what she had just said.

"Well, when you go to sleep, I'm going to suffocate you with my pillow." Andy replied nonchalantly, shoving a chicken finger into his mouth.

Gaby watched the interaction with the twins in absolute horror.

"When you guys go to sleep, I'm going to call Plankton (Spongebob) on my phone, and he's going to cut your hair." Ava giggled, squirting the entire amount of ketchup from the bottle onto her grilled cheese sandwich.

Reid quickly took the bottle away and wiped the ketchup away with a napkin. Ava gazed up at him as he did so.

"How are you going to call him? On your Barbie phone?" Andy teased. Ava kicked the table, causing Gaby's wine to spill all over her dress.

"Oh no!" She cried out, and Reid stood up to help her. He brought a napkin up to her waist but Gaby swatted his arm away. "This is vintage Zac Posen, you're only going to make it worse." She ran towards the bathroom in a hurry.

Reid sat backed down and stared at his kids in disbelief. All three of them had Reid's smirk plastered across their face.

A few minutes later Gaby came back to the table, a look of disgust on her face.

Ava was the first to speak. "Hey Gaby, where'd you get your dress?"

Gaby looked at the four year old across from her coldly and didn't answer.

"At the toilet store?" Ava giggled, causing the twins to laugh uncontrollably.

Reid placed his head in his hands. He had never been so embarrassed in his entire life. A second later, he took that back.

"Hey Gaby?" This time it was Andy who spoke. "What does 'ese' mean?"

Reid nearly choked on his iced tea. Now, he had never been so embarrassed in his entire life.

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The waitress came by and set Reid's receipt on the table next to him.

"Dad we want dessert!" Ahna yelled four feet away from him.

"We want dessert! We want dessert! We want dessert!" All three kids chanted, causing a few other people at the other table to turn and glare at Reid.

Gaby downed the rest of her wine in one gulp.

Reid was about to answer when his cell phone went off. He checked the caller Id and reluctantly answered. "I'm in the middle of dinner Tyler, what do you want?"

Reid listened to the voice on the other end of the phone. His reaction went from annoyed to concern in a matter of seconds. Finally, he spoke again. "We'll be there as soon as we can." He hung up his cell phone and looked around the table.

Ahna, Andy, and Ava were mixing sugar packets and coffee creamer into Gaby's water while Gaby watched with pure hatred plastered across her face.

"Hey guys, Mommy had the baby." He nearly choked on his words. The kids cheered as Gaby looked at Reid. Reid whispered to her, "You can leave if you want to, but my business partner said I need to be there, so I really should go."

Gaby looked annoyed. "So if your business partner tells you to jump off a bridge, you'd do that too?"

Reid was taken aback by the sharpness in her voice. Finally, he spoke again. "He said it was an emergency so I'm assuming something happened."

"What did I just do? What did I just do?" I kept repeating to myself as I paced the entire length of my living room. The thought of Tyler's body pressed against mine flashed in my head once more. I started to cry. I didn't notice the front door open and close behind me.

"I love you." A strange voice sounded from behind me.

I jumped in surprise and turned around. Tyler was standing in front me. I started to cry even harder.

"I've always loved you, even in High School when you dated that queer Bordy. I hated him after I had heard he cheated on you with Kira." He walked forward and I took a step back. "Reid takes you for granted, Eliza. I know you love him, but he treats you like shit, especially since you've been married."

I looked Tyler in his bright blue eyes. He looked sincere. "I've always wanted you Eliza." He stepped forward again but this time I didn't step back. He wants me? "Reid has had you wrapped around his fingers since you were kids." He brought his hand up to my face and cupped my cheek. "He doesn't treat you the way you should be treated." He leaned in closer, now he was only inches away from my face.

"And how should I be treated?" I asked, my voice breathless with fear and anxiety.

"Like a queen." Tyler wasted no time and pressed his lips to mine. And for once, in a long time, I felt important, needed, and desired.

I couldn't stop staring down at Alex. He had his fists balled up, waving them around in the air while scrunching up his nose, and cooing all at the same time. Tyler had left the room, claiming he needed some fresh air.

I had no idea how to react. Obviously, this baby wasn't his, and I could understand his disappointment. But was I disappointed?

Relieved was more like it. But why?

My head lifted as I heard the door open. "MOMMA!" Andy and Ahna came running into the room. I sushed them as best as I could. Truthfully, no matter how many times I could sush them, they'd never shut up.

"Can I hold him?" Andy crawled onto the bed and sat next to me.

"No, me first!" Ahna shouted, making Alex start to cry.

I was too busy trying to calm the baby and the twins that I didn't see Reid, Ava, and what I assumed to be a fancy nanny in a stained cocktail dress, stroll into the room.

"Oh, hi" I said awkwardly when I noticed Reid staring at me.

"Can I see my new baby brother?" Ava asked sweetly.

"Momma, he looks just like dad!" Andy shouted before I could shut him up. Reid's eyes locked with mine and I instantly looked away.

"Ahna, Andy, Ava I'd like you all to meet you're new brother; Alexander Lee Garwin."

Reid's mouth dropped open. So did the nanny's.

"Oh, hi" I introduced myself. "I'm Eliza. You must be the nanny. It's nice to meet you." I stuck my hand out towards her.

"I'm not a nanny!" She snapped at me, not bothering to shake my hand. I heard Andy snicker beside me.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were." I was confused.

"That's Gaby, Momma!" Ava exclaimed.

"Yeah she's a street walker" Andy chirped and Gaby gasped in surprise.

Reid stood there, in shock, unable to move or speak… even when Gaby stormed out of the room.

xx

Reid paced briskly outside of the hospital, his cigarette dangling from his lips. Was this really his child? He didn't know what to feel. It had destroyed him when Eliza admitted to having an affair with Tyler, but it was the fact that she was pregnant with his ex best friend's child that threw him over the edge. And it had been his child all along? Eliza was amazing at playing mind games.

"Hey man." Reid turned around to face the voice that had just come from behind him. It was Tyler.

"Hey." Reid responded coldly. He had known that Eliza's affair was partly his fault. He had neglected her, taken her for granted, and had acted like an asshole the last few years of their marriage. But the fact that she had been seeing Tyler only made it that much worse. Tyler was his best friend. His brother. Tyler knew how much Eliza had meant to Reid, yet he still went after her. He stabbed his best friend in the back and had broken his heart all at the same time. Reid didn't think he could ever forgive either of them.

"It's yours, you know. The baby." Tyler looked at the cars passing by on the busy street in front of them. "Congratulations."

Reid suspected a tinge of bitterness in his voice. Still, Reid remained silent. If Tyler wanted to talk, then fine, he could talk. But Reid didn't feel like talking. Or listening for that matter, but he was too chicken shit to walk back into the hospital room and meet that new baby of his.

"She still loves you."

Reid closed his eyes as Tyler mentioned Eliza. He couldn't do it. Reid tried so hard to push Eliza's memory out of his mind. But he couldn't. She was so much a part of his life. Of his children's life. "I came out here for a cigarette not a life lesson." Reid didn't regret using the harsh tone in his voice. Hopefully Tyler would get the message.

"I'd tell you I'm sorry but I'm not."

Reid looked at Tyler who was staring at him. He was trying so hard to refrain from punching him. "Eliza's a wonderful person."

Reid looked back down. He didn't like how Tyler had said her name. He spoke with so much affection, Reid wanted to vomit.

"I'm leaving her."

Reid choked on air. "You're what?"

"I can't do this. I can't. I thought when she had my baby she'd change. But it's not my baby and I can't change who I am for her." Tyler avoided Reid's eyes. He felt guilty for everything he had done. He felt guilty for starting the affair with his best friend's wife. He felt guilty for persuading her to leave him. And he felt guilty for ruining Reid's life.

"You can't just leave her man." Reid didn't know why he was encouraging his ex best friend to stay with his ex wife. "She just had a baby not to mention she just started her life with you." Reid was getting angry, for reasons he did not know. "You can't just walk out on her."

"You don't understand do you?" Tyler was speaking quietly, obviously thinking about what he wanted to say next. "The only person that ever made her happy was you. Not Bordy, not me, but you."

"Why are you telling me this?" Reid let his cigarette drop from his mouth and he used his shoe to put it out.

"Because she just had your baby."