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Heart to Hearts

Troy laughed; as Ebonnie tried unsuccessfully to fit three pieces of banana in her mouth in one go. Upon realising she no longer wanted, or could cope with that much banana, Ebonnie spat it all out onto the table of her highchair.

"You won't be doing that again, will you little girl?" Troy questioned his daughter, as he wiped her mouth and cleaned up her half chewed banana.

Ebonnie shook her head and laughed at Troy with a look that told him, she had no idea what he had just said.

"Da!" A second baby Bolton made themselves know, to the happenings of the family's kitchen.

"That's me buddy, I haven't forgotten about you, I was just cleaning up your messy sister over there." Troy told Oscar, as he ruffled his son's hair, making his laugh.

"Okay guys, it's time for you to play in your play pen, while I go wake up, your Mum, sister and Aunt, lets go." Troy stated, as he picked the twins up and took them through to the lounge, where their play pen was already set up, with their favourite teddies and toys.

"Okay, you have everything you need to keep you entertained for half an hour; I'll be upstairs, so play nicely and no fighting over toys, okay?" Ebonnie and Oscar looked up at their Dad momentarily, before turning their attention to the toys around them.

Troy kissed them both on the head, before heading upstairs, to wake up three of the most important women in his life.

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As Troy reached the top of the stairs, he was met with the sad face of his eldest daughter.

"Hey princess, what's up?" Troy asked Anna, as he bent down to her level.

"My tummy hurts, and my throat."

"I think your tummy hurts because you're hungry, you didn't have your lunch or dinner yesterday, did you?" Anna shock her head, as Troy pulled her towards him for a hug. "And I think your throat hurts because you're coming down with a cold, so you need to stay wrapped up warm, okay?" Anna nodded, as Troy left her momentarily to get her a sweatshirt.

"Here you, put this on." Troy said as he helped Anna put the hoodie on. "Now, how about you come with me, and we go and wake Mummy up, yeah?" Anna nodded, and pulled on Troy's hand to get him to come quicker to wake up Gabriella.

"Anna, we need to be quiet, we need to wake Mummy up nicely." Troy said, as he opened the master bedroom door, and let Anna go in first.

"We don't need to be quiet Daddy, Mummy's awake." Anna told Troy, as she ran over to his side of the bed, and climbed under the covers next to her Mum.

"Before you even tired to protest, you didn't wake me up, I just woke up, so don't worry." Gabriella told Troy, as she pulled Anna close to her for a hug.

"Well that's good, you were really restless after we woke up last night, I wanted you to get as much sleep as possible, today's not gonna be easy."

"I know, is Katie awake yet?" Gabriella asked, as Troy sat next to Anna on the bed, wrapping his arms around them both.

"No, I didn't wanna wake her up, I didn't know if I'd scare her or not, I wanted you to be there, the twins are awake though, have been since about eight, they're downstairs in their play pen."

"What time is it now?"

"Erm, half nine, why?"

"We need to wake her up, and at least make sure she eats something, we need to have a serious talk with her today, and I bet you that Mum and Dad will be round here before half ten, so we have under an hour, and I just wanna go back to sleep. How are you today sweetie?" Gabriella asked Anna, who was cuddled contently between her parents.

"She has a sore throat and she's hungry, but other than that she's good. You on the other hand aren't, after we've spoken to Katie you're coming back to bed, you're starting to worry me now. Anna, why don't you go downstairs and play with your brother and sister, we'll be down in a bit, okay?" Anna nodded, as she climbed over Troy, and jumped off of the bed, and skipped out of the room.

Troy moved across the bed, until he was able to pull Gabriella into a hug. "Why did you come and see me at work yesterday Brie? It wasn't just because you were feeling down, was it?"

Gabriella shook her head. "I was putting the washing in the machine when I went all dizzy; I had to sit down for ages, and then when I did get up I felt sick, I tried to play with the twins and forget about it, but it didn't work, I was sick in the end. I know what you're thinking Troy, I'm not pregnant, I can tell you that for nothing, I think I'm coming down with something, I think it's what Anna's got, but I don't think she's as bad. I came and saw you because I wanted to see you and get you to come home early. When Anna's teacher had told me she wasn't herself either, I brought her to come and see you, I knew there wasn't much you could do, not in front of the boys, but I just wanted to see you, I don't like feeling like this."

"Brie you should have told me, I would've cancelled practise, you know the boys love you. You haven't been sick again since yesterday, have you?"

Gabriella sighed. "I'll just tell you, you'll get it out of me in the end, I was sick when I came home with the children, and then last night before we went to bed, I didn't want to worry you, especially since you were worried about Anna and Katie."

"Gabi, sweetheart, I hate it when you don't tell me things, but I'm not gonna argue with you over it, lets get up, wake up Katie, get some kind of food in you both, and then we'll go from there, okay?"

Gabriella nodded and allowed Troy to help her out of bed, and into one of his hoodies, before they left their room, ready to wake Katie, and start their already gruelling day.

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Alex held his sister in his arms, as the tears continued to fall from her eyes. They'd been talking for almost an hour now, and Katie just couldn't take anymore. She felt bad for lying to Jack and Lucille, she felt bad for not listening to Troy and Alex, she felt bad for being so horrible to Bella, and she felt really bad for putting her sister through all this, especially when she could see Gabriella wasn't at her best.

Jack and Lucille, had arrived with Alex and Bella just before half past ten, just as Gabriella and Katie came downstairs after getting dressed, both in sweats, both looking pale, both for very different reasons.

They'd all sat down to talk, and although Lucille and Gabriella had said it was fine for Bella to be there, she still said she'd feel more comfortable being somewhere else, this was a family moment, and she didn't want to be in the way. So, she'd offered to play with the twins and Anna, who of course couldn't have been happier about this.

So while Bella was pulled upstairs to the twins' room by Anna, the Boltons, Alex and Katie, all sat down for a serious heart to heart.

"Katie sweetheart, we aren't trying to upset you, we just want you to realise we're here if you need to talk, when you need to talk, because if you don't talk to us and keep things bottled up inside, then something bad will just happen again."

Katie lifted her head from Alex's shoulder, and turned her head to look Lucille in the eyes. "I'm scared."

Lucille stood up from her seat next to Jack, and walked over to crouch down in front of Katie. "What are you scared of?" She asked, as she took Katie's hands into hers.

"That you'll tell me off, or I'll get in trouble, or that I'll just sound stupid."

"Kati honey, you would never sound stupid, you hear me, none of us would tell you that, you wouldn't get in trouble either, because by talking to us you're stopping yourself from getting in trouble, or being told off, you understand?"

Katie nodded. "I'm sorry, what are you gonna do about yesterday, your not just gonna let me get away with it, are you?"

"No honey we're not, but because we've talked and everything is out in the open, we'll be less harsh with you. You're grounded, that's as simple as it gets, but you are still allowed to leave the house, as long as someone else is with you. It doesn't matter who it is, as long as you aren't by yourself. So, Alex will give you a lift to school, and Gabi will come and pick you up after she's gotten Anna, you'll come back here with her, do homework, help with your nieces and nephew, whatever, but you'll wait here until Alex picks you up on his way home, understood?"

"Yeah, what about weekends?"

"You'll get a choice, you can be with any one of us, as long as you are with one of us, we aren't going to make you do something that you don't wanna do. But, if you step out of line once Katie, just once, you'll be in so much trouble, you'll be scared to breath. All of this lasts for two weeks, but if you can prove to us, that you truly are sorry then things will get slightly easier from your birthday onwards, is that clear?"

"Crystal."

"Then we're sorted." Lucille stated, as she straightened herself up, and kissed both Katie and Alex on the head before sitting back down.

"Katie, do one more thing for me?" Gabriella asked her sister.

"Yeah sure, anything Gabs."

"Go upstairs and talk to Bella. She's having a tough time right now and she needs her friends around her, she's got Alex, but he can't always be there even when he wants to, so go talk to her, for me, please?"

"I'll go talk to Bella, if you do something for me, go back to bed Gabs, you look horrible, rest while there are other people here to look after the little ones."

"I second that Katie, come on wifey, let's get you back to bed." Gabriella didn't protest, as Troy wrapped his arms round her, and carried her, bridal style, up the stairs, and back to bed.

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"Dude, I can't believe we just lost against girls, how on earth did you become the coach of the basketball team?

"Dude, how on earth did you become the captain of the basketball team, huh?"

Katie and Alex had gone and spoken to Bella and everything had been cleared up, there were no hard feelings between anyone anymore. During the talk the girls had discovered they had a lot in common, and for some weird reason after that decided that they would challenge Troy and Alex to a game of two-on-two.

The outcome of this game had been that the boys had lost badly against the girls, and were now questioning how they got to be in the positions on the school team that they were currently in.

"Boys!" Jack shouted from across the garden. Troy and Alex glanced at each other, before jogging over to Jack.

"How did you just loose that game, I trained you both to be able to play at championship level, what on earth happened?"

"No idea Dad, that's exactly what we've just been asking ourselves, but we gotta admit the girls won fare and square, nice playing girls."

"Thanks Troy."

"Yeah, thanks."

"Dada!" Ebonnie exclaimed, as she sat on Troy's foot in an attempt to get his attention.

"Hey baby girl, what's up?" Troy asked, as he scooped Ebonnie up, and rested her on his hip.

"Mama?" Ebonnie asked, her hands playing with Troy's hair.

"Mummy's ill sweetie, she's in bed, she can't play right now."

"Do you know what's wrong with her Troy? She didn't look too bright earlier." Alex asked, as he picked up his nephew, who sat himself on his Uncle's foot.

"I'm not sure, she said she went dizzy yesterday, and then she was sick, she came in before practise to ask me to come home early, it wasn't just a social visit, she was sick another two times after she came home, I'm not sure what's wrong with her, all I know is that she doesn't like it, I think it reminds her of when she was attacked and the meds made her sick. I think I'm gonna go check on her, Mum, take Eb for me please?"

Lucille happily took her Granddaughter from Troy, who grabbed his bottle of water from the garden table, before running up the decking steps, and making his way inside.

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When Troy opened his bedroom door, he expected to find his wife still snuggled down in bed, she wasn't. The door to their en-suite bathroom was open, and he could hear that Gabriella was in there, and it sounded like she was being sick.

Troy made his way into their bathroom and knelt down behind Gabriella, he pulled her hair back from her face, his free hand rubbing soothingly up and down her back.

Gabriella finished throwing up a few minutes after Troy had appeared behind her. She leant her body back against his, feeling weak and horrible as tears slowly made their way from her eyes.

"Hey now sweet lady, no crying, it's gonna be okay, shhh. Lets stand you up, clean your teeth and get that horrible taste gone, then we'll put you back to bed and you can rest some more, I think your stomach is empty now, so you just need to rest and build your strength up, okay?"

"Will you stay with me? I want to be in your arms right now."

"Oh sweetheart, of course I'll stay with you, we need to clean you up first though."

For an hour after that, Troy held Gabriella in his arms and simply just laid with her, as she rested and tried to gain back her strength.

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"Yes Mum, okay Mum, yeah she's fine Mum, I'm not being cheeky Mum, yes Mum I will, Mum I'm thirty four I can handle this, okay love you too, bye."

"You should be on her end of the phone call; it's even funnier than being here." Katie told Troy, as she switched the telly off, deciding there was nothing else to watch.

Troy just chuckled at his sister-in-law's comment. "Yeah, well I'm not intentionally trying to be funny here, she just hasn't realised that I can look after my wife and children, I've been doing it for long enough."

Jack and Lucille had left with Alex and Bella and hour or so after dinner was finished. Anna had perked up a bit since this morning, but Gabriella had stayed in bed, claiming that if she ate, she'd only be sick again.

Katie had opted to stay with Troy and Gabriella saying that she wanted to stay and help Troy, because if Gabriella was sick he'd have to look after her, and therefore she'd be there to help look after the children.

"You know I'm not here because I don't think you can cope, I'm here because it'll make it easier for you with me here. Gabi's sick, and you and me both know she gets down when she's sick, especially when it's our birthday and Mum's anniversary next week, you need to be there for her Troy, and you can't do that easily with the little one's around, so you have me, it's simple really."

"You sure you aren't just trying to work down the time you're grounded for?"

"Eh, maybe, but seriously Troy, I love Gabi and I hate seeing her ill, so if me being here helping with the children makes her get better quicker, than that's exactly what'll happen. I'm going to bed, you coming?"

"Yeah, you know what to do if they wake up, right?" Troy asked, as he walked over to put the phone back in its holder.

"Yep, give Anna one spoonful of medicine and sit with her 'til she goes back to sleep, and either change the twins or feed and change them, I can do it Troy, go look after Gabi."

"Okay, thanks Katie." Troy said, as he turned to give his sister-in-law a hug, once they'd reached the top of the stairs.

"No problem, night Troy."

"Night." Katie made her way into her room, as Troy quickly checked on his children and then made his way into his room, only to find his bed empty, like he had in the afternoon.

"It's okay, I wasn't sick, I had to pee, don't panic, you've been making me stay hydrated and rest, but I'd have to pee at some point, so…"

"So, now you've peed back to bed, Katie's here to look after the little ones, so I've been instructed to look after you." Troy told Gabriella, as he got into bed, and held the covers up for Gabriella to climb under.

"So, Katie's still here, but everyone else has gone?" Gabriella asked, as Troy switched off the bed side lamp, and she snuggled against him to use him as her pillow.

"Yep, I think she's partly here to work off some of her grounded time, but she's worried about you, Mum's really worried about you, heck, I'm incredibly worried about, you haven't been sick again, have you?"

"Nope, there's nothing left to throw up anymore, I just need to rest, I don't know what's wrong with me, I'm just glad I got you to look after me." Gabriella told Troy, as she rested her head comfortably on his chest, and closed her eyes, ready for sleep to take over.

"You'll always have me to look after you baby, we'll always have each other, and the little ones. Now you Mrs Bolton, sleep, and whatever tomorrow brings, tomorrow brings." Troy stated, as he placed soft kisses into Gabriella's hair, his hand soothingly rubbing her back, slowly, but surely lulling her off to dreamland.

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There it is guys, chapter two, hope you liked it!

I saw Charlie St Cloud today, all I can say is wow. It got me really emotional, and really made me think, and cherish my younger brother, like I hope all of you do too, most of the time, anyway :)

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