Chapter 4:

The Next Day

The next morning Troy woke up from what he thought was a terrible dream.

"Gabi, I just had the worst dream. I dreamt that you died in a car crash, but then that night I talked to you on IM," he said turning to his wife, then realizing that she wasn't there.

He sat up in bed with his head in his hands trying to let reality kick in that his one and only true love was actually gone. He felt his eyes start to water as a tear fell from his eyes down his cheek, when he heard a light know on the door.

"Come in," he answered.

The door slowly opened more, (it was left open a little so he would be able to hear if he was needed) to reveal his youngest daughter. He patted the spot net to him, as she ran to her father. He could tell she had already been crying that morning, for her eyes were red and puffy.

"Good-morning Zoe," he said, kissing her on the forehead.

She didn't say anything; she just jumped into her father's lap, and buried her face in his chest.

"Daddy," she said, "I miss mommy."

"I know you do sweetie, I do too," he replied hugging her tighter.

"Will I ever get to see her again?" Zoe asked, hugging her teddy bear.

He looked down at her and smiled lightly, "Someday you will hunny, I promise."

Just then, he saw three more heads in the doorway of the bedroom.

Sam, Zac and Tyler walked over to their fathers bed, and sat down still silent.

Troy looked at them, just thinking how he was going to raise the four of them by himself, and how much they looked like Gabi.

He looked over at the clock on the bedside table and saw that it was 10 o'clock.

"Kids, it's time to get showered and dressed, your grandparents and aunts and uncles will be here in about an hour," he told them, as they started to get off the bed and head to their rooms.

"Zoey, stay here, I'll give you a bath," he said to his youngest.

"Okay daddy," she replied heading to the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom.

About an hour later the five of them were down in the kitchen. Sam looking at her parents old high school yearbook, and photo album with Zac, Tyler eating a bowl of cereal, and Zoey coloring, while Troy was doing the dishes and thinking.

He was suddenly interrupted from his thoughts when he heard a knock at the back door.

Behind the door stood his parents and Karen, (Gabi's mom), Chad, Taylor, Jason, Kelsi, Sharapy, Zeke, Ryan, and Lauren.

As each one entered the house, they gave him a reassuring hug, while telling him they were extremely sorry.

"Grandma! Grandpa! Abuela!" all four kids exclaimed in unison.

The grandparents had brought the four upstairs to put in a movie for them, while everyone else talked in the living room.

"We're so sorry Troy," Kelsi said.

"Yeah man, we know how hard this must be for you, it's hard on all of us," Chad told his best friend.

"What exactly happened?" Lauren, Ryan's wife asked.

"She was on her way back from the store stopped at a red light, a drunk driver was on the wrong side of the road went through the red light and hit her head on. She died instantly," he explained, tears forming in his eyes, and everyone else's.

"Oh Troy, that's horrible. Do the police know who the drunk driver was?" Jack asked, hoping that he was in jail.

"I'm not sure, but if they haven't found him yet, I hope they find him soon."

"Troy, would you like us to take the kids tonight?" his mother asked.

"No mom, that's ok. I want them to stay here," he replied.

Karen looked at the clock over the fireplace and saw that it was 12 o'clock, and she heard her stomach growl.

"I'm sure everyone's hungry, why don't we barbeque?" she asked.

"Yeah, Zeke and I will cook so you don't have to Troy," Jason volunteered.

"Thanks guys, you now where everything is. I'm going upstairs to get the kids," Troy told them, standing up and going upstairs.

Chad just shook his head a Troy.

"Man, he's miserable. I wish there was something that we could do," he said going into the kitchen.

"Of course he's miserable. You would be too if you lost Taylor," Ryan said.

"Hey Man! Don't say that!" Chad said pretty loud.

"The only thing we can do right now is just be there for him, and help him with whatever he needs," Jack told the group.

"Yeah, Jack's right. We just have to be supportive," Kelsi agreed.

Upstairs…

Troy walked into the playroom where the kids were watching T.V.

"Hey kids," he said, "what are you watching?"

"The Pacifier daddy," Tyler answered.

"Well, how about you pause it, we're going to have lunch in a few minutes," he said to them.

"Okay dad," Sam said taking the remote from Tyler, and putting the movie on pause.

"What are we having dad?" Zac asked.

"Well, Zeke and Jason are cooking hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill," he answered his son.

"Dad, you remember the last time Jason used the grill don't you? He almost burnt the house down and you're letting him cook?" Sam exclaimed.

"That's enough Samantha," Troy said to his oldest daughter.

"Yes dad."

About two hours later everyone had left, the kids went up to finish their movie, and Troy went to the computer.

"I hope she's online," he thought to himself.

Sorry to just stop there, but I wanted to get this chapter up soon. I start school on Tuesday and I'm not going to be able to update very much because I have soccer after school. Hope you liked this chapter. Reviews are wanted and appreciated, and any suggestions are great as well.

Thanks!

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