Here is chapter 13 of 'You Stay With Me' entitled 'Walk Away'. Please review if you liked it!
It was 2 am and nerves were running raw. Gabriella was cussing in every language she knew; English, Spanish, and Italian; which she took the past year in school. And poor Troy could do nothing to soothe her pain. Gabi insisted on doing it natural until she couldn't anymore. And Troy was sure that the breaking point was coming soon.
"I hate you! I hate you! I HATE YOU!" Gabriella cried, wined, and yelled all through her contraction.
"Its okay baby and it will be over soon." Troy repeated the same words he'd been saying for hours.
"You've been saying that for the last twelve hours Troy!" Gabriella heaved loudly and took a deep breath before continuing.
"We are never making love again! And you are getting neutered after all of this is over!" Gabriella breathed through the last few moments of her contraction.
"Excuse me?!" Troy asked surprised jumping up from his seat next to Gabi's bed.
"OW! This hurts like hell!" Gabriella shouted gripping tightly onto the rails on her bed.
"You need to get the epidural now Brie. You can't keep going like this darling." Troy sighed rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
"I don't want the cesarean Troy! I can't!" Gabriella shrieked loudly and hoarsely.
"You need it though honey…" Troy groaned knowing Gabriella was set on not having it.
"I'll only do it if one or all of the babies are in trouble Troy." Gabriella replied after gulping hard on the water glass Troy had gotten her.
"Well, right now it's a touchy situation babe. They don't know if any of them are going to be okay, or even you." Troy sighed and Gabriella's eyes went tearyed and wide in one second.
"I want to see them grow up, graduate, get married, and have babies. And I want to lay with you the rest of my life; I love you all that much. I'll do it Troy, I want the c-section." Gabriella caved knowing all the trouble she'd had with her pregnancy was putting her babies in danger.
Three hours later Troy found himself staring at three small infants, all his and Gabi's. Each one had already developed a personality, and in Troy's opinion they all looked like their mother. Christian the oldest was born at 10:40 pm, and weighted 8 pounds, 7ozs, and 19 inches, he was also the biggest. Capri came next at 10:42, she was the smallest at only 6 pounds 4ozs and 16 inches, and she instantly became Daddy's little girl. Caden was a little slower at coming into the world, at 10:46 the 7 pound 7ozs 17 inches youngest Bolton was born. All three were loved from the beginning, but that didn't mean it wouldn't be hard.
Four months later
Demi Lovato was heard playing throughout that four bedroom home, as Gabriella was getting ready for the day. Troy watched his wife sing along at the top of her lunges as she slipped on a pair of sweatpants and one of his shirts, three giggling babies in the crib next to their bed. They had about twenty minutes until Andrea and Sharpay came over to help Gabi while Troy was at college. They learned early on to plan their help wisely, Troy's parents, Sharpay, Ryan, Taylor and Chad were the biggest helpers. Yes, Sharpay changed diapers. They figured having two other sets of hands helped when they first were home and Gabriella was still recovering from surgery. And once she was well it became one extra set, until last week when Troy started classes at U of A.
"Good morning wife…" Troy lazily smiled as Gabriella placed a morning kiss to his cheek.
"Same to you husband." Gabriella giggled as Troy rested his hands on her rear, his favorite body part of hers in other words.
"What are you doing today?" Troy queried pulling Gabriella down on the bed with him.
"Taking care of our kids and planning Tay's shower." Gabriella smiled stroking Troy's bare chest.
"Wow, don't strain yourself too much babe." Troy joked as Gabriella sighed at the sound of their front door bell chiming.
"And my day begins." Gabriella unhappily got off the bed to walk downstairs and answer the door.
Once Gabriella got Andrea and Sharpay settled and giving the boys their baths, she skipped upstairs to get Capri and check on Troy.
"Look there's mommy!" Troy exclaimed pointing over to Gabi as he cradled Capri tightly to his shoulder.
"Hi baby girl!" Gabriella cooed taking the little baby into her arms.
"She was crying for you." Troy smiled watching his wife and daughter interact with each other.
"Yeah, I know. She's mommy's girl." Gabi threw Troy a playful smile over her shoulder, which he flirtatiously returned. They often fought over who little Capri loved more, since she was the only girl and got a certain amount of attention from her parents.
Troy walked up behind Gabriella, placed his hands on her behind and huskily whispered:
"Be glad my mom and Shar are here…" his warm breath hit Gabi's neck, sending chills up her spine.
"Ohh, now. Our anniversary is next Saturday, and you can wait until then." Gabriella turned to Troy bouncing Capri in her arms.
"Anniversary? The last I checked we got married in February." Troy confusedly looked at Gabriella as she changed Capri's diaper.
"We met and fell in love the first day of senior year, just one year ago." Gabriella smiled at Troy, and he returned it big and happy.
"That's right, we did." Troy smiled remembering the sweet memory.
"Now I have to go get ready. I have errands to run, and you have to go to school." Gabi kissed Troy before disappearing down the stairs, with Capri cradled in her arms.
It's not like they didn't want to be intimate, it's that they couldn't. Between the babies, Gabi's recovering from the surgery, and Troy starting school. Being intimate just wasn't an option, but both were determined to have a night alone next weekend.
"Will Taylor like it? That's all I want to know Chad!" Gabriella huffed over the phone as she was standing in the bakery picking up the cake for Taylor's baby shower.
"Yeah, as long as it's chocolate." Chad answered a loud clanking coming from behind him.
"It is, and says 'Welcome to the World Baby Danforth!'" Gabriella read off the front of the cake as louder clanking came from Chad's end.
"Good, she'll love it." Chad sighed distracted as the sound of papers rustling was heard.
"Cool, now what are you doing?!" Gabriella queried writing a check to pay for the cake and cookies she bought.
"Putting together a 'Four-in-one Bugaboo Stroller', that's what it says on the box anyway." Chad sighed annoyed reading off the box.
"Oh, Troy and I got those for the babies. He put together all three, and yes they were all pains in the ass to put together." Gabriella giggled at the memory.
"And something tells me you and Tay are one in the same saying 'it grows with them, this will be the only stroller we'll have to buy'?" Chad smirked at the look he was sure Gabriella was giving him.
"Of course not! We moms just think alike!" Gabriella laughed defending herself.
"Sure you do!" Chad chuckled looking for his drill.
"Just call Troy to come over and help you, I'm sure he will." Gabriella sighed as she loaded the cake into her car.
"I will, thanks Gabs." Chad smiled slamming the top on his toolbox.
"Anytime." Gabriella giggled before hanging up the phone.
Gabriella finished her errands and headed home. Once there she began decorating for Taylor's shower while Andrea and Sharpay helped with the babies. Troy got home at six, ate, helped bathed the babies, made his mom and Sharpay go home, helped put the babies to bed, and then finally at almost nine he got to have a real conversation with his wife.
"How was school?" Gabriella asked folding laundry while sitting on her and Troy's bed with a glass of wine to her right.
"Fine, the professors really understand about the fact I have a family and need a little extra time on assignments. And my study partner's really cool too." Troy sighed helping Gabriella fold towels.
"That's nice, are you going to take the boys to your mom while I get ready in the morning?" Gabriella sipped on her wine as Troy took the laundry to the linen closet across the hall.
"Yeah, then I'll come back and help you with Capri." Troy walked into the room smiling as the sounds of their sleeping babies came through the baby monitor on the nightstand.
"Isn't it nice to have our room back to ourselves?" Gabriella giggled as Troy pulled her into his arms.
"Yep, I'll have to thank my mom for moving stuff around today. I was going to do it Sunday though." Troy watched Gabriella finish her glass of white wine, and he noticed for the first time that evening she was drinking.
"Yes, I'm allowed to have this." Gabriella answered as if she read the question on Troy's mind.
"You getting drunk for me?" Troy asked with a sly grin on his face.
"No, I'm just a cheap drunk. You know that firsthand babe." Gabriella giggled, and for a moment Troy saw the little girl in her turn into a woman, but it was gone just as quick.
"What are you staring at me for?!" Gabriella exclaimed looking at Troy like he was an idiot for gawking at her.
"Nothing, I just saw my future." Troy ducked his head embarrassed as Gabriella giggled at his blush.
"Well, I see my future every time I look at you…" Gabriella sighed happily as her voice was calm and loving.
"I love you Gabriella." Troy smiled pulling his bride into a loving hug.
"I love you too Troy." Gabriella whispered sweetly against Troy's neck.
They fell asleep in each others arms, until, like clockwork, the babies woke up for their 2 am feeding. But they didn't care; it was part of their lives, caring for their little creations.
Saturday morning came with Gabriella waking to find both Caden and Christian in bed with her. Confused, she placed them in the crib they kept in their room and went to find Troy.
"Why were the boys in bed with me?" she asked finding Troy in the living room holding Capri.
"Cappie got sick, and threw up all over herself this morning. And if she was contagious I didn't want the boys getting it." Troy explained as Gabriella pulled Capri out of Troy's arms upon hearing the news.
"Is she okay?" Gabi asked looking the little girl over.
"Yeah, she's fine. Fussy, but fine." Troy sighed running a tired hand through his hair.
"Think she'll be okay come time for Tay's baby shower?" Gabriella inquired while walking into the kitchen with Capri in tow.
"Yeah, she hasn't gotten sick anymore after I fed her." Troy answered tiredly pouring a cup of coffee for himself and Gabi.
"Well, maybe we could take her to your moms'. I don't want her getting anymore sick than she already is." Gabriella took a sip of her coffee, after pouring half of the sugar bowl in it.
"Want some cream with that sugar babe?" Troy chuckled watching his wife stir her cup.
"Ha-ha very funny. I'm serious though about taking her to your mom." Gabriella sighed rocking Capri in her arms.
"Sure, it'll be better." Troy yawned walking towards the stairs.
"Good, can you take her?!" Gabriella yelled up the stairs, knowing Troy was planning on going back to bed, until she'd pour water on his head, like she did almost every Saturday morning.
"Yes dear!" Troy yelled back stopping at the top of the stairs, knowing there was more.
"When?!" Gabriella bellowed, sounding impatient.
"Before the shower Brie!" Troy sighed, a little too loudly, giving away his frustration.
Gabriella gave no reply, she just charged up the steps, handed Capri to Troy, and stormed into the bathroom, closing the door with a slam.
Since the babies had come along Troy and Gabi were more distant, and it hurt them both. But neither would say a word about it, so silently, their love was dying. They loved each other when no stress was interfering, but that rarely happened. Just like the chances of having a snowstorm in the middle of August, there would never be a stress-free day for the 18-year-old parents of infant triplets.
Gabriella was wrapping Taylor's present when Troy came back from taking Capri to his moms', and tension was hanging.
"You get Capri settled?" Gabi smiled as Troy found her sitting at the dining room table.
"Yeah, my mom said if anything happens she'll call." Troy sighed looking complexly at a large pink and blue decoration in the middle of the table.
"It's a Baby Wisher…" Gabriella once again answered Troy without him even asking his question.
"And what the heck is that?!" Troy exclaimed looking inside the baby wishing well.
"It is where the guests write down their wishes, hopes, dreams, and good joy for baby Danforth." Gabriella sighed as the doorbell chimed.
"Oh okay, I'll get the door." Troy replied annoyed at the attitude Gabi was giving him.
"Hello Troy!" Sharpay exclaimed happily as Troy opened the door to find she, Ryan, Kelsi, and Zeke.
"Hey Shar, come in." Troy put on a friendly face and let his guests in.
After that more guests began arriving, and then fifteen minutes before the party started Taylor and Chad got there. Let the fun begin!
"Okay, everyone has a piece of paper with questions on it about the hopes and wishes for the baby. Write down how you think Taylor and Chad would answer them." Gabriella got a game started just as the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it honey!" Gabriella smiled over at Troy as she was closest to the door.
"Hello?" Gabriella questioned the bleach blonde with daring emerald eyes in front of her.
"Yeah, is Troy home?" the blonde asked with that smile Gabi always hated getting from the popular girls in high school.
"Um, we have guests. What's your name?" Gabriella questioned keeping her anger in check.
"Tabitha, I'm his study partner." The girl answered and Gabriella felt like the chick was intruding.
"We're hosting a baby shower for our best friends. Can he call you?" Gabriella was really getting upset now.
"No, it's important. I need some notes from yesterday." Tabitha was getting impatient now, and making Gabriella very angry.
"Wait here, I'll get him." Gabriella gave her best smile before retreating into the living room to find Troy.
"There's someone at the door for you." Gabriella stated annoyed as she found Troy sitting with Zeke, Jason, Ryan, and Chad.
"Okay, take Christian he sip up all over his onsie." Troy stood up handing the little boy to his wife.
"I'll change him; you tend to your visitor." Gabriella snippily remarked as she walked up the stairs and Troy walked out into the hall.
"Tabitha?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Troy was surprised to find who was on the opposite side of the door.
"Well, I thought you said I could stop by anytime?" Tabitha questioned as Troy was fuming.
"I said it just to be nice! I didn't mean it. If you needed something I told you to call, not come on over!" Troy was upset she'd shown up.
"That's no way to treat me…" Tabitha was pushing it now. Being flirtatious and seductive with a married man.
"I'm married! I've got Gabi, and three kids! Does that mean anything to you?!" Troy questioned taking a firm grip of Tabitha's arm.
"No, my last boyfriend was married too." Tabitha smiled as if it were a major accomplishment.
"Get out of my house!" Troy barked practically throwing Tabitha across the room.
"You don't mean that…" Tabitha hurried over to Troy and brought him into a reluctant kiss, just as Gabriella came down the stairs.
"Damn it! Leave now! Please?" Troy pushed Tabitha out the door and locked it behind her.
"You're sleeping with that slut?!" Gabriella yelled loud enough that everyone heard.
"No I'm not!" Troy defended himself as their friends rushed over to see what the commotion was about.
"Well, it certainly didn't look it!" Gabriella began to sob handing Christian to Kelsi and running upstairs.
"Gabi!" Troy yelled getting ready to follow her, but he was stopped.
"I don't think so." Chad stepped in front of Troy, blocking the way.
"Man, come on. Let me talk to my wife!" Troy tried to run passed Chad, but he was stopped again.
"No." Chad said simply, his eyes full of anger.
"Chad…" Troy pleaded, but it was in vain.
"Are you cheating on Gabi?" Chad questioned Troy over something they never thought would happen.
"Tabitha has got a crush on me. I don't really like her." Troy answered the question, but Chad wasn't happy with the answer.
"Yeah, right." Chad's anger boiled over and he took a swing at Troy, and it got him in the gut.
No one knew what happened they just started taking punches at each other. Zeke held Troy back, while Jason tried to get control of Chad. Gabriella had heard the noise and rushed downstairs, to find her husband in a fistfight with his best friend.
"Troy stop it!" Gabriella yelled coming into the hallway with everyone else.
Both boys stopped and looked up at Gabriella, with red faces and heavy breathing.
"Sharpay please take over for me, Troy our room, and Taylor & Chad I'm sorry. If you need anything Chad just ask." Gabriella sighed taking her husband by the arm and pulling him up the stairs.
"Are you sleeping with that girl?" Gabriella asked calmly as she closed their bedroom door.
"No, I'm not Brie." Troy answered locking tense stares with Gabriella.
"Well, you must have done something to give her the impression you were interested." Gabriella spoke her voice wavering with sadness.
"I flirt, I admit that. But I'd never have an affair with her!" Troy exclaimed not sure how to feel right at that moment.
"That's the problem! You're a flirt! I knew that the first moment I met you, but I still fell anyway." Gabriella took a breath knowing she had to get it out in the open.
"Love isn't about what we do at night in this room, it's about being able to get up every day and face the world with that person. I believe we can do that, once we grow up a little bit. So, I'm gonna walk away, take the kids and go somewhere to clear my head. I have a lot to think about Troy, and I don't want to do it here because I may do something I'll regret." Gabriella's words cut Troy deep, but they made sense at the same time. He knew she needed time, but that didn't mean he wouldn't fight for her.
"Gabi please stay?" Troy pleaded touching Gabriella's arm trying to close the gap between them.
"Let me walk away…" Gabriella sobbed as Troy cried into her stomach.
"I love you Brie…" Troy cried looking up into Gabriella's tear filled eyes.
"I love you too Troy…" Gabriella sobbed her tears falling onto her dress, leaving stains.
"Come back to me…" Troy hoarsely spoke trying to regain control.
"I will baby, I promise." Gabriella pulled Troy up off his knees to hug him as tightly as possible.
Sometimes we have to let go of something to figure out just how much we need it. And for Troy and Gabriella it was the only way to bring clarity to an unclear situation.
Please review if you liked it. Anyway it 11:19 at night, I'm listing to the HSM 3 soundtrack (it's AWESOME!) and typing this for you all, hoping to update tomorrow. I have to get up in about 7 hours so I better turn in! And on a side note, I have two VERY important notes up in my profile so please be sure to check those out!
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Peace 'Mrs. Jonas'.
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