Chapter 28 – Big Sister

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 – 13 weeks pregnant

Tears filled my eyes looking at the date on the calendar and the big circles telling me that we were past the first trimester and that made me so happy. I picked up my phone and I pressed it to my ear as it rang a couple of times. "Everything okay?" his voice was sleepy and I laughed, "Happy 13 weeks," I whispered, Troy laughed on the other end of the phone, "Oh God Brie," I laughed sitting up and I put Troy on speaker as I pulled up my shirt.

"Troy, you should see my belly," I said, "Shh…I don't get to see you for a while." Troy stated, I laughed, "I am telling our friends today because Troy, my belly is getting big at thirteen weeks!" Troy laughed from the other end. "When are you telling them?" Troy wondered, "Today."

"When are we telling our daughter?" I bit down on my lip; "I want to do that with you."

"It could be until April,"

"We'll make a weekend trip out or something," I suggested, "Soon. I really want her to know."

"I miss you guys,"

"I am sending you a picture of my belly," I told him as I clicked the picture, I pushed his name into the contacts and I sent it to him. I heard him receive it on the other end and he put my on speaker. I smiled as he groaned, "Brie," I laughed, "I am huge!"

"How are you going to tell our friends?"

"I figured I would just tell them,"

"That's not fun," Troy, said, I laughed, "I don't know, I thought Logan wearing a shirt but Logan doesn't even know yet."

"You could write on a board and take pictures of her, she can't read,"

I laughed, "I have an idea, I'll send them too you."

"I love you,"

I paused and I smiled, "I love you too Troy, thank you,"

"No, thank you,"

"13 weeks is quite impressive," my mom said, I nodded and I laughed, "I am breathing a hell of a lot easier right now." My mom squeezed my shoulder; "During lunch today with the girls I am telling all of them." My mom smiled, "How exciting! How?" I pulled out my envelope that I got this morning.

"Logan and I had some work to do this morning," I said, I slipped them across to my mom and she opened it up. She smiled at the first picture of Logan that was holding up a sign that said Guess What with Logan's big smile, and then the next picture had her holding the sonograms that I had written on saying Baby A and Baby B circled. "Does she know now?" my mom asked looking up at me, "No, we went through a series of question of what she was holding but I just said they were funny pictures."

"You are waiting for Troy," I nodded, "Yea, we might go see him this weekend." I told her and my mom flipped to the next picture and the board said 'I'm going to be a big sister!'

I smiled, as the last one was my due date. "Those are really cute Gabs,"

"Thank you, I can't wait for them to know and Logan will know this weekend. We'll probably announce it on twitter this weekend as well for everybody to know or Instagram." I said with a smile, I looked at the clock and knew lunch was soon. "I gotta go, I'll talk to you later." I gave my mom a hug and she smiled, "I am so excited Gabs,"

"Me too," I laughed and I grinned, "I am pregnant, I am thirteen weeks pregnant with twins," she could wipe the big smile off her face, "This is what I like to see, you happy," I smiled and I hugged her again. "I'll see you later momma," I walked out of the door and I got into my car because I was so excited. I turned up the music in my car because my nausea was slowly disappearing but my energy was still a flat zero.

We were meeting at a little deli downtown to eat while everybody had a moment. Ellie had the day off along with Mallory. Alex and Melissa were both on lunch breaks and Becca's school was on Spring Break. Some how Cody had kept it a complete secret from Becca, which was amazing. Troy ended up telling me that Zach had found out before the whole hospital incident and he kept it from Alex. I grinned as I pulled into the restaurant.

I parked my car as I grabbed the pictures and pushed them into my bag. I slipped out of the car and I made sure my t-shirt wasn't hugging my frame. I pulled my jacket while I walked inside to find almost all of them seated but Ellie. I waved as I walked up with a big smile, "Well look at you in a good mood," Mallory said, I hugged her and then Alex and Melissa. "Oh you know,"

"Girl, did Troy like sweep in and surprise you?" I laughed and shook my head, "No. I am just in a good mood." Becca waved and I waved back with a smile. Ellie came barreling through and she huffed, "My new manager is a whack," we all laughed as she took a seat next to me. "She asks me a million and ten questions and I know she knows what she is doing!"

"She is making sure she is doing a good job, she wants to impress you." Mallory mentioned, Becca nodded, "My students do that when they want extra credit." We all laughed and we talked while we ordered appetizers and they started to see if wine was a good idea. I bit on my lip as they all ordered a glass and I opted out because of Logan, which was doable. I was going to burst though if I didn't share soon. "Okay, okay, I have something to share about Logan, it was the darn cutest thing."

I grabbed the envelope and I began to randomly hand them out as they all shot me a look of confusion. "Ellie, share with Mal," I instructed and they all began to turn them over and Melissa got it first as she must have had the big sister one as she shrieked. "Oh my god!" she looked at me while Malloy and Ellie shared a look with her. They had the guess what. Becca and Alex both looked at me and I smiled. "WHAT?" Mallory yelled, "Gabi's pregnant!" Melissa burst.

"With twins!" Alex finished as she flipped her card around and Ellie and Mallory both looked at me as tears filled their eyes and tears were filling my eyes. "Oh my god Gabi," I stood up and they both grabbed me in a really tight hug as we were all crying. Becca, Alex, and Melissa all got a hug in as the waiter came over and gave us a look like we were all hormonal. I wiped away my tears and we all settled as they all looked at the photos.

I pulled out the sonograms and they cooed over them, "Twins?" Alex asked I nodded my head with a smile, "Indeed, Troy and I are thirteen weeks pregnant." I finished, they all shared a look and more tears came as we all hugged and laughed again. "Oh Gabi, we are so happy for you." I nodded and I wiped my eyes as I took a deep breath, "We are very, very excited. Logan actually doesn't know yet and won't know until I am with Troy again because we obviously want to tell her together."

They laughed, "How did this go?" they asked, I smiled, "She asked what it was and I told her it was just a funny picture and she bought it. She just did as I told, I love that girl." They all squealed and laughed again as they talked about the prospect of babies. I smiled, "Troy is telling Josh today," I said and Alex glanced over at me, "What about Zach?" I laughed nervously, "He found out about a month ago." Alex stared at me and Becca sighed, "Cody knows too?" I laughed, "Cody has known about as long as us."

"How does this work?" Ellie pouted, I rubbed my hands together, "Well Cody is my second husband," I joked, "and Troy just needed that person he felt comfortable knowing just in case anything happened. It was good for him because Troy also had a sound board and Zach figured it out." I said looking over at Alex, "When I went down with Logan to visit Troy and well…what is the one thing I always did with Logan when I was pregnant?"

"Slept," Mallory said, I nodded, "and I guess Logan said something along the lines of mommy is always sleepy and sick so Zach figured it out. Later that night I did actually end up in the hospital for some spotting so he watched Logan for us and well that deserves and explanation." Looks of concern came my way and I smiled, "We're okay, it was just light spotting. Both babies have a very strong heartbeat and are doing very well. It was some really rocky weeks though because we found out at four weeks."

"Oh damn," I nodded, "I have been counting down the days until I could tell you guys." I said with a smile, "You could have told us earlier," Mallory pointed, "We have been down that road with you before, we know how to have your back." I smiled and I messed with my hands, "I know and I love you guys for that but just with Troy's and I marriage problems this year because of miscarriages and all of that shit, we decided to just take it slow."

"How is Troy with all of this?"

"Troy is very, very excited." I said with a smile, "He cried when I told him we were having twins and it could have been because it was the morning of my appointment, my nine week appointment and I basically found out we were having twins and then hopped on a plane to go see him. He saw me and he quickly thought I had a miscarriage but when he found out it was twins he cried and it was so freaking sweet. He is excited."

"I can't imagine Troy Bolton crying,"

"Well I was crying when I found out I was pregnant. I was deathly scared." Becca squeezed my shoulder and I smiled, "but some of my anxiety has eased and I really want to enjoy this pregnancy. I want to have fun."

"Right now, we are taking guesses on what they are having," Alex said, I laughed and they all grinned. "When do you find out?" I shrugged, "Not sure, they will probably do an ultrasound at my next appointment in a week so I might see if they can tell."

"Gender reveals party,"

"The season starts soon,"

"Okay but you are having a gender revel party." I shook my head with a laugh, "You guys can plan one but I will be telling Troy and I can provide it to whoever if you guys don't want to know but you're planning it." They all agreed and the guesses started to be thrown out.

"They are having one of each," Ellie said, Mallory laughed, "Ha! Troy Bolton is made for girls. They are having two girls," I looked at her, "Identical or fraternal?" I threw back, she raised an eyebrow, and "Don't you already know that?" I shook my head, "We are having di/di twins so they have separate everything but Dr. Jo said if they split within the very first couple of days they could be identical if they are the same sex. We have the possibility for anything."

"Oh that is exciting." Mallory said, she grinned, "fraternal," she echoed back; I nodded my head as Ellie was writing all of them down. Becca tapped her chin, "I think you are having two boys, identical." I nodded because that would be interesting, Alex grinned, "Two girls, identical, all the way."

Melissa shook her head, "No freaking way, boy/girl. That is the most common type of twin."

"Mel, this isn't all common," I said with a laugh, "We all have different guesses,"

"Well with that damn fraternal or identical,"

"We are taking guesses at the shower," they all announced, "And we will hold the pot until they are born." I smiled as my friends began to plan a gender reveal, we all ate lunch and our conversation was over taken by baby talk. After we were done eating and a couple more glasses of wine and water we all began to gather our things. I pulled my keys out to look at the time and I smiled, "You guys haven't even seen the best part."

We walked outside and I lifted my shirt to show off my belly, "Holy cow! Gabs!" Ellie said, I laughed, "Guys, I was showing at eight weeks and if I wear a tight shirt,"

"Damn girl!"

I smiled, "Troy is in love with it and can I say how much I hate being away from him right now," they all laughed and we all shared more hugs. "Congrats girl, you deserve this." I smiled and they all congratulated me and then we went our separate ways. I got into my car and I then had texts from Josh and half of the clubhouse. I laughed thanking all of them as I took a deep breath and I called Troy.

"Did they freak?"

"Freaked," I said with a smile, "I can't wait until we tell Logan,"

"Me too,"

I traced a pattern on my jeans, "I miss you."

"I miss you too baby,"

Thursday, March 27th, 2025

"It has been reported that Troy Bolton will not be ready in time for opening day," I glanced up at the TV and I sighed as I continued to clean the living room. I picked up most of Logan's toys and folded her blanket as I took it down the hallway to her room. I smiled leaning in thinking about the new nursery that would be in here. I put her blankie down and I took a deep breath as I pushed off the wall as Skip went running underneath my feet.

My phone vibrated and I smiled seeing who it was, "Hey stranger," I answered, "I hear this rumor flying around that there are going to be two more Bolton babies?" I laughed, "There sure is Dylan," he laughed, "Congrats! I am so excited for you!"

"Thank you! Did Troy tell you?"

"No, I haven't seen him today. You are just the talk of the clubhouse." I smiled, "Go figure,"

"I'll be up for the home opener with my two kiddos, we'll come see you."

"I'll be there working so good!"

"Good, miss you!"

"Miss you too!" I smiled hanging up the phone because Dylan and I talk occasionally but we both had very busy lives. He was an assistant GM for the Dodgers and I was broadcasting here. He came up for some Royal stuff and this year would be nice. I smiled as I went downstairs to finish doing the dishes when the front door opened. "Hello?" I called, I dried my hands off and I walked out and I stopped dead in my tracks.

Troy gave me a smile and I laughed as I met him halfway in a big hug, "Oh my god what are you doing home?" I asked him, I pulled away and I squished his face, he laughed, "Well they are giving me a couple of days rest and I'll be at the home opener before being shipped out to Arizona for about two weeks to continue to work on things and then to Triple-A for three to four starts." I frowned because that meant a lot of time apart. Troy read my mind though, "Don't worry. When I am back in triple A I will be coming home after every single start and won't go back until the night before my start."

"Even on the road?"

"Yes, I'll meet up with the team." I smiled and hugged him tightly; "They are hoping I am ready by the beginning of May."

"Good, I want you back with me all the time and on the field." Troy nodded as he kissed me and I breathed against him. His eyes looked into mine, "When does Logan need to be picked up? I was going to surprise her," I smiled as I kissed him again, "Two," I replied, his eyes lifted to the clock behind me, "That gives us a good hour and half," he pushed his lips against mine again and I moaned against him. He picked me up and carried me down the hall.

He put me down and I knew exactly what he was going to do so I just helped him out. I peeled my shirt off my body and he groaned, "Fuck, Gabi," he let his hands frame my growing belly as he started kissing it from the bottom all the way to the top, his lips went over my chest and underneath my jaw as he then worked around my face causing me to moan again. "Troy, I am very, very hormonal right now and you have been done and you need to speed this up." I was gasping for air by the end of my sentence.

Troy didn't say anything as he eased me on my back, the mattress pressing into my back as Troy eased off my leggings and then my panties came off after that. Troy leaned over to kiss my belly again and then his lips locked with mine. I locked my hand with his and his free hand started to unbuckle his jeans, "You're so beautiful," he whispered, I heard his jeans hit the ground and he pulled away for a minute to get himself completely free of his shoes and jeans. I tried to breathe as my legs hung off the bed but Troy was back within seconds. His lips were pressing to mine again causing all things to go to hell.

Troy exhaled and I tried to get my breathing pattern to return to normal. "Damn, so Logan isn't allowed in our room during this season…" Troy said, I laughed as I rolled on my side to face him, "We need to get ready to get Logan." I answered, Troy kissed the top of my head and he pulled me close to him. "I love you," he whispered, "I know I don't tell you enough," my breath stalled, "You tell me everyday," I said while my fingers did a circle on his chest.

"I know but I should tell you fifty times a day," I laughed shaking my head as I kissed him again. Troy took it a step farther and I pulled away from him, "No, we have to go get Logan." Troy whined as I slipped out of the bed. "C'mon, we can tell Logan about the babies," Troy sat up and I pulled on my leggings, "What shirt are you going to wear?" Troy asked me; I turned around to look at him, "Why?"

"I want to see this," he said, I laughed and I shook my head, "No," he kissed it again, "Fine, but no shirt when we sleep tonight." I rolled my eye at him, "You are obsessive," he laughed as he pulled on his shirt. I pulled on a sweatshirt and I glanced at Troy, "How are we going to do this? Do you think she'll understand?" Troy sighed, "I guess we'll find out." He answered, "Do you think she is going to be excited?"

"She asked about a sibling a while ago,"

"Yea, but still, she hasn't mentioned much." I looked at him, "I think that she loves being Logan and us."

"Well she will love siblings as well." Troy pulled on his jeans and his hat. He then came over to wrap me in his arms, "I love you." I smiled leaning up to kiss him, "I love you too. C'mon, there is one little girl who is going to be very excited to see her daddy." I grabbed his hand and he reached for his car keys. He got into his car and I laughed, "We have so much to think about," Troy sent me a glance, "Like what?"

"Travel? Nanny? Cars? Sleep?" Troy laughed and he looked at me, "Wow, we might just need two won't we," I nodded my head, "For away games and that will out number us on flights and there is no way that both babies do well with flights. Our cars can't fit two car seats and a booster seat,"

"Your car could,"

"Tightly," Troy bit on his lip, "So a new car is in order,"

"No mini-van," I threw out quickly, Troy laughed, "We can find an SUV or something," I pouted, "I love my Audi," Troy looked over at me, "I mean we could do a total re do with our cars. Turn both of ours in and getting two new ones, a car and an SUV that are both Audi's or we can keep my car and get you a new SUV that is an Audi if that makes you happy."

"I just want something that will fit two car seats and a booster seat for Lolo in the back."

"I can work on that and look at it. All-star break we can look into buying a car."

"Okay," Troy drove the rest of the way to Logan's pre-school, "We'll figure out the whole travel thing." He said quietly, "Don't worry about that stuff yet. Let's just tell Logan and then we can start hacking the logistics." I nodded and I got out of the car while Troy came around to pick up my hand. We walked through the doors together and ventured off to her classroom where many parents were lined up to get their children.

When I got to the front, Troy put his back against the wall and Logan was grabbing her backpack while stuffing a paper inside. I signed her out and she came over to greet me in a hug, I kissed the top of her head, "Somebody is waiting for you outside the door," I instructed, she looked and me and then went out the door when Troy jumped out at her. She gasped and then squealed as she threw her arms around Troy. "Daddy's HOME!" she yelled, Troy laughed as she knocked him over with the force.

"My Lolo," Troy said squeezing her, I smiled with a shake of my head, "C'mon you two," I waved good-bye to her teacher and Troy stood up with Logan still attached to him. His arms wrapped her and Logan giggled, "Mommy! Daddy is home!"

"I know big girl,"

Logan giggled; Troy got her settled in the back of his car as I slipped into the front seat. Troy glanced over at me, "Do we want to do this at the house or somewhere else?" I looked at Troy and then back to Logan, "The house," Troy agreed and he turned on some of Logan's favorite songs as he went back to the house but not without a stop at Sonic first to grab some drinks during happy hour. Logan happily sucked down her slushy when we pulled into the driveway.

Logan unbuckled herself and after I opened the door she skipped inside the house. She went greeting Skip and Troy smiled as he locked his hands with mine. "Lolo, come down stairs!" I called; Troy arched an eyebrow as Logan came running down the stairs. "Mommy," she said bouncing, I smiled, "Lolo, if you could move your bedroom to any room downstairs, which room would it be?" She put her finger on her chin to think about it. She ran to the first room on the right, the closest to the stairs and she pushed the door open.

Troy looked at me and I smiled, "This one!" I followed her in as I sat on the bed. "Would you want this to be your room?" I asked her quietly, she looked between Troy and I, "I like my room upstairs,"

"You do? We could make this into a big girl room," I told her, "You could pick whatever color you wanted on the walls and we can do whatever you want to it," I bribed, she thought about it for a minute as Troy sat down on the other side of her. "You see Lolo, you are going to be a big sister," I started, she looked at me with a funny look and I smiled, "Momma is going to have a baby," I told her and she looked over at Troy.

"Like Ben and Anna and Ryan," Troy told her, Logan gave us another confused look, "Like a baby brother," she said quietly, we nodded, "Yes, but we don't know if it will be a baby brother or a baby sister," Logan nodded, "Where is the baby?" she asked, I stood up and I lifted my shirt and she looked at my belly, Logan giggled, "Mommy you have a belly," Logan stuck her gut out and Troy laughed clapping his hands, "Oh Lo," he said shaking his head. Logan giggled, I laughed as well, "Yes and mommy is going to have a big belly in a couple of months,"

"Why?"

"Well…when the baby grows inside of me, it will make my tummy bigger," Logan looked over at Troy and Troy smiled, "And do you know what is even better? Mommy is having two babies," Logan giggled, "When will the babies be here?" she asked me, I sat down, "In September so right when daddy is almost done with baseball," Logan nodded her head in understanding and she smiled, Troy showed Logan his phone, "This is mommy when she was getting ready to have you,"

Logan scrunched her eyebrows together and giggled, "Momma, you pretty," I laughed, "You are so much like your dad," she smiled and Troy then showed her another picture, "This is how small you were when you were born and we will have two of those babies after mommy has them,"

"And I'll be the big sister?" we nodded and she squealed, "I want to be a big sister!" she hugged me and I laughed along with Troy. "So what color do you want your new room to be?" she giggled, "Purple! Or pink! Or Blue!" Troy laughed, "A rainbow," he corrected, Logan shrugged, "We can wait on that for a little bit but are you excited to become a big sister?" she nodded her head, "Good," I smiled as Troy and I shared a look with each other.

"Do you want to tell anybody that you are going to be a big sister?" I asked, she nodded her head, "I want to tell Papi! Will he be excited?" I nodded my head, "I sure bet," I pulled out my cell phone and I called my dad as I put him on speakerphone.

"Gabs!"

"Hey dad, Logan has some news for you," I announced, "Oh yea? Lolo, what do you want to tell me?"

"I'm going to be a big sister!" she cheered, my dad laughed, "Is that so? That is amazing Lolo!" Logan giggled, "Mommy said she is going to have two babies,"

"That's a lot of babies, are you going to help her?"

"Yes!"

"Good,"

"Do you want a baby sister or a baby brother?" Logan looked at both of and tapped her chin, "I want a brother," she narrowed her eyes, "but I also like Anna and Audrey," I laughed, "Maybe you'll get one of both," she giggled and I pulled her into my lap, "Do you know how Cam and Lilly are twins? They were born on the same exact day,"

"I like Cam and Lilly,"

"Me too, and I hope you love your siblings like I love mine and Troy loves Uncle Luke and Aunt Emily,"

She nodded with a smile and I hugged her, "I love you Lolo,"

"I love you too mommy,"

Troy smiled as he rocked Logan in the rocking chair in the room while reading her a story about being a big sister. I had picked it up last week and was waiting for this. Logan was sleepy but was interested in the book. She twirled her hair around her finger; after we were done with the whole baby business I had Logan help me make dinner. She asked a few questions every now and then but she was mostly excited that Troy was home.

Troy finished the book and he whispered to Logan, she spouted off another question and Troy answered it. She was having a hard time wrapping her brain around a baby coming into the picture. She asked about all of the other kids who had siblings, which was only Audrey and Ben in her world. Troy then picked her up and laid her down into her bed. He tucked her in and kissed her forehead. I went into the room and I tickled her toes.

She giggled and I smiled, "Good night baby girl,"

"Can we still cuddle in the morning?"

"Well of course," I said, I kissed her forehead, "But not until the sun comes up." She nodded and Troy kissed her forehead. "I love you Lo,"

"I love you daddy, I love you mommy,"

"I love you too Lo girl," I kissed her cheek and Troy and I walked out. Troy turned on her nightlight and then shut the door. He sighed running his hands through his hair and I saw the exhaustion etched into his feature. I rubbed his shoulders and he tried to relax but I could feel the stress. "C'mon, let's take a bath together. You could use some relaxing." Troy kissed my neck, "That sounds like a lovely plan,"

"Are you okay?" I asked him, Troy went into the bathroom while turning on the water and I sat at the edge of the bed. Troy shrugged, "I'm fine," he responded, I nodded my head as I looked at him. My eyes turned to the hallway, I checked Logan's blood sugar on my phone and seeing that it was stable I put my phone away. Troy came into the room after taking his shirt off, "I'm just tired."

"Good, then we can just relax because I am tired too." Troy smiled as he kissed me softly, we both undressed. Troy got into the tub first and then I followed while he secured me against him. He breathed into my hair that I had put on the top of my head, "Maybe I am starting to stress out a bit," Troy admitted, I laid my head on his shoulder. "Yea?"

"I mean I was ready for one baby but two? And you are right, we have this whole new situation with a nanny and crap…" I rubbed his hand, "Well Andy is going to be good, she is young and is excited to watch Logan. Logan already likes her from the two times she has baby-sat and I like her. We talked to Katy about always being our back-up but we can call her back and say starting next year she has a full time job in the summer."

Troy sighed, "Our lives are becoming complicated with new nannies…" I nodded, "I know, I wish Alyssa was still helping us out. She did offer to watch Logan during some home games if we wanted her too. I thought about having Alyssa walk Andy through a typical day."

"That's a good idea, it could help Andy,"

"I am just nervous with the road trips,"

"She'll do fine and it won't be until the end of May anyways,"

I sighed and Troy rubbed my shoulder, "Everybody will get the hang of this," I nodded my head and looked at the wall, "Have you been thinking about baby names?" I asked Troy nodded with a laugh, "Too soon?"

"Of course not, what have you been thinking?"

"For girls my top five names have been Layla, Remy, Baker, Kate, and Hayden." I smiled as I pulled at his hand and I squeezed it, "I like those, I was thinking about Violet, Langston, Adalyn, Emmy…" I paused, as I couldn't think of many more. "Langston is really interesting." Troy said, I nodded, "I like Remy and Baker,"

"Those are cute, what about boys?" Troy asked me, I sighed, "I don't know, Eli, Kruse, Ronan, Liam," I told him, "Oh I really like Kruse and Ronan."

"Not together though," I said with a laugh, Troy chuckled, "Right, uhm, I was thinking Zane, Miles, Cole, Ty, or Teddy,"

"Those are cute, Miles, Cole, Ty," I let it continue and Troy sighed, "Fuck, when can we find out what sex we are having?" I smiled as I turned over as I kissed him lightly, "Soon, the girls want to throw a gender reveal but I want to tell you first in person and then we can tell our friends that way."

"Isn't a gender reveal supposed to show us?"

"We can keep it a secret from Logan," I told him with a nudge, he laughed, "If that makes you happy." I leaned back against him, "I just want us to know first,"

"When is your next appointment?" Troy asked me, "Monday morning," Troy sighed, "What time?"

"Ten thirty," Troy groaned, "I can't go," I frowned, "Why not?"

"I have to be at the stadium at ten thirty," I pouted, "No," Troy rubbed my leg with his hand, "I'm sorry," he kissed my neck, "Then maybe you can find out through a gender reveal," I teased, Troy laughed and he kissed my neck. We both just relaxed as I shut my eyes and leaned back against him. The candles flickered and once the water started to chill, I opened my eyes, "C'mon, that's move this party to the bed." Troy agreed while I got out wrapping a towel around my body and Troy followed suit.

We both changed and I slipped on a tank top. Troy crawled onto the bed and he collapsed face down. I straddled his back and I gave him a massage, my hands worked down his back as I pressed in to it. "You are a saint from above," he whispered, I dug my fingers into the back of his neck and released a pint of stress, I massaged his arms and I let my fingers rub his scar on his elbow. I then worked my way back up to his back again. He was almost asleep when I lay down next to him. I turned off the lights in the room as I rested on my side. I reached across to mess with Troy's hair and to stroke his face but he was out. I knew he had been going hard down in Arizona and he deserved a break.

I snuggled underneath of the blanket and I got closer to Troy because I just wanted to be close to him. "You okay?" his words were barely coherent, "I just want to be close to you." He didn't respond but he pulled me closer to him, my nose breathed into his bare chest and the smell of his fresh scent caused goosebumps to travel down my body. I loved my life.

Friday, March 28th, 2025

Brushing my fingers through my hair I pulled back into the house after dropping Logan off at pre-school. Troy was still out when I left and I sent him a text on my way back seeing if he wanted a drink from Starbucks with no reply. The man was exhausted.

I eased into the garage; I shut the car off and walked up the stairs. I tossed my keys onto the table as I took my jacket off. I started to do dishes and I turned on music to sing along too. I cleaned off the dishes from dinner last night and put them into the empty washer. I shut it and started it; I wiped down the counters and cleaned up Logan's breakfast area. Chewing on my lip as I looked around for something else to do.

I went down the hall and went into the bedroom. Troy was still sleeping and I smiled as I kicked off my Nikes. I crawled onto the bed next to him because the man had been sleeping for almost fourteen hours at this point. I played with the hair on the nape of his neck and he turned his head, "Logi go to bed," he mumbled incoherently, I laughed as I kissed his cheek, "Logan is at school already," Troy opened his eyes to look at me.

"Fuck," he swore, he closed his eyes again while pressing his face into the pillow; "I promised I would take her to school." Troy mumbled into the pillow, I sat cross-legged, "I know, I heard about it all morning. She kept asking me why daddy wasn't taking her to school." Troy lifted his head and he rubbed his eyes, "What time is it?" he mumbled, "Ten thirty," I told him, "And you crashed at eight last night," Troy moaned lying his head back down.

"Is this why I feel like a truck ran me over?" I rubbed his back, "Maybe," I answered, "Do you need a kiss to make it all better?" Troy nodded his head into the pillow and I smiled lying on my side, I draped my arm over him and leaned in to kiss his temple. He moved his head and I pressed my lips to his. He pulled my body close to his and I deepened the kiss, "This was worth waking up for," Troy said pulling back. I ran my fingers through his hair, "Good."

He massaged the back of my neck with his hand, "I think I am going to take a hot shower, do you want to join me?" he kissed me again while pressing his lips up and down my face. I closed my eyes and let him, "Uhm, no, I already took a shower and I finally dried my hair. If you shower we can go get lunch and maybe we can go look at buying another car seat and some of that stuff today. I kind of want to do everything baby right now."

Troy pulled away and he smiled, "I think that sounds like a good day that I can handle." I smiled as he sat up and reached for his phone. I put my shoes back on as i went into Logan's room to make sure that her bed was made like I had asked her to do. I picked up her dirty clothes and tossed them in the hamper. I took her hamper to the laundry room and started a load of laundry when skip jumped onto the dryer.

"You want some treats bud," I opened the bottle to give him some and let my fingers run through his fur. I finished the laundry and Troy came into the room looking for a shirt. He took it off the hanger and leaned over to kiss my cheek. "Want to make an announcement that we are pregnant," he whispered into my ear, I nodded, "Does everybody know?" I questioned, Troy nodded his head, "Yea, I called Emily and Luke to tell them. You told your siblings right?"

"Over dinner the other night,"

"All of our friends know?" Troy questioned, "I told all of the girls,"

"I told the clubhouse and the guys,"

"Joel and Ted know,"

I smiled turning around to face him, "I think we can make the announcement."

"Are you comfortable with that?" I nodded my head, "Yes, I am." Troy smiled and he kissed my forehead, "I love you."

"I love you too,"

Troy finished getting ready while finished laundry. We met at the car and I slipped my hand into his while he drove, "Uh…what do you want for lunch?"

"You can pick. Something light because I still get some morning sickness in the afternoon." Troy nodded his head and he drove around for a bit until we were in Westport. He parked the car and I followed him into the restaurant. He quickly caught people's attention as we strolled through the restaurant, Troy claimed the back booth as ours and he slid his back to the public. I took the other side because they didn't have as much interest in me but interest.

Troy looked at the menu as did I and once we gave our order, Troy pulled my hand to his lips, "Do you want to do the honors?" I nodded as I pulled out my cell phone. I picked the pictures that I took of Logan and put them together.

Troy and I are SO happy to announce that in September we will be adding to our family by not one, but two babies! Logan is very excited to get siblings and we are excited to add new additions to our family! The past year of our life has been very up and down but Troy and I fought through our weaknesses and ended up on top of the world. We can't wait until September to meet our two beautiful babies that already have us wrapped around their finger.

Love,

The Bolton's

Troy read it over and he smiled, "That's good, I can't believe you'll be fifteen weeks on Tuesday,"

"Time is flying," I agreed, Troy rubbed my hand and I pressed send as he got onto his phone. I then got a notification on Twitter and I smiled picking up my phone. Gabi_Bolton and I are so excited to add to our family in September! Love you G!

I shook my head with a smile after I retweeted it and I put my phone away after that. Our food arrived and we shared a look with each other, a smile in both of our eyes because our life was going the right way after going the wrong way.

Saturday, March 29th, 2025

The group all laughed and Mallory raised her beer, "Tuesday, you boys have an off day and we are going to have our party to find out the sex of Gabi's babies!" she announced, I laughed, "I don't even know if we'll be able to find out the sex on Monday," I told them, "Oh you will," Mallory said with a smile, "And the party is going to be bad ass. Ellie and I have been planning since Tuesday and the invitations have been sent out,"

Troy laughed grabbing my knee, "You guys,"

"Also we said on the invite that they could bring a small gift or no gift at all. Nothing expensive. We figured with two babies you could use some extra stuff." Mallory rolled her eyes at the next part, "and for some reason Ellie had your old registry and just put small things on there for you. A lot of the Royals wives are coming along with the players; all parents were invited, along with your siblings. We basically got in contact of everybody you know for Tuesday,"

I laughed and I looked over at Troy, he smiled squeezing my knee, "You guys, that isn't necessary," I said, "Gabi, will you please, please wait?" Ellie begged, I looked at them and I tried to protest but they all jumped on me. "It will be SO cute to see your guys reaction!"

"That way we can find out together," Troy said squeezing my knee, I looked at him and I sighed, "Fine," Ellie and Malloy squealed, "Just have the tech write it down and seal it Gabriella, you can wait twenty-four hours. You will drop it off at the book shop and I'll take care of it."

"Will you know?" I asked, they shook their heads, "No, it is going to be a surprise for everybody. We are just going to drop it off, eleven here,"

"How are the parents pulling that off?" I asked, "Jack said he would come by at lunch, your parents don't work and Lucille has Tuesday off," Mallory said, Troy and I laughed, "Well look at you guys go."

"Your party is going to be bad ass,"

"Boys, you guys need to guess," Mallory said, the kids were all downstairs watching a movie together as Troy laughed, "They guessed already?"

"At lunch," I pulled my legs up as I leaned into Troy, "Two girls," Cody started first, and Troy laughed, "No way," Alex leaned across for a high five from Cody, but she held up, "Wait, identical or fraternal," Alex asked, Cody narrowed his eyes, "We are guessing on that as well?"

"As a family we all put ten bucks in, five for each and whoever gets it right will win the pot."

"We won't know if they are identical or fraternal until after birth if they are the same sex," Troy added, "Oh I'm keeping the money. We are letting anybody at the party in on this as well." Cody sighed, "Identical." He offered, Alex finished the high five, "Good guess," Cody laughed, "Troy is MADE for girls," Troy rolled his eyes while taking a drink of his beer. "I think its boys, fraternal." Troy said looking at all of them, Troy threw down a ten and I laughed grabbing his fingers. "I guess we should let Gabi in,"

I smiled, "Both,"

"Josh?"

"Girls, fraternal"

"Same," Zach said, "Troy is just destined for the girls," Troy titled his head back, "Fuck all of you," the group laughed, "Both," Chase said, "Yea, I'll get in on that business, both,"

"Okay, so we have Ellie, Melissa, Gabi, Chase, and Collin for both. Mallory, Josh, and Zach for fraternal girls. Becca is the only one with identical boys and Troy is the only one who has fraternal boys," Troy leaned across towards Becca, "I don't care if they are identical or fraternal, boy party!" the group laughed and I squeezed Troy's knee. Mallory continued reading the notes that Ellie wrote down. "And finally Alex and Cody have identical girls."

"Every possibility," I said, I laid my hands on my belly and Troy smiled kissing my temple, "Well thank you guys," I said, "We are pretty excited,"

"You guys should be, out of everybody here you guys deserve this the most." I smiled and played with my hands, "You guys are going to do great, we're all so happy for you," I felt the tears come and I smiled, "I am going to go check on the kids," I said standing up, I walked inside the house when I heard the chatter return to a normal level. The door clicked behind me and I wiped the tears away. The door opened again and I knew who it was before it shut.

"You okay?" I nodded as I wiped tears away, "Yea, I am just really happy," Troy smiled and he pulled me into his arms rubbing my back, "I like hearing those words from your mouth." I tilted my head back and he kissed me. "I just got overwhelmed. I love our friends." He squeezed me, "I really am going to check on the kids." Troy nodded letting go. We both went our separate ways as I went down to the movie room.

I opened the door as Ben and Logan were sitting on the floor giggling together. Emerson, Hanson, and Drew were all passed out on the floor, as they were the youngest I wasn't surprised. Audrey and Anna were playing with a set of toys in the corner. Ryan and Brooke were upstairs sleeping in a pack n play. "You guys being good?" I asked quietly, Logan faced me with a smile, "Momma! I was telling Ben I am going to be a big sister!"

I laughed as I walked in to sit next to her, "You are, did Ben tell you that he is a big brother?" she nodded, "He has a little brother and a little sister,"

"You might have that too." I told her, I kissed the top of her head. "Do you guys need anything?" Ben and Logan shook their heads and went back to playing, "Audrey, Anna, do you girls need anything?"

"No," Audrey said, Anna smiled at me and I smiled back, "Come upstairs if you need us okay, I will start another movie. Ben would you like to pick?"

"Cars!"

"I can do Cars," I switched it on and I quietly left as the kids attention went back to the movie. I went back upstairs, Becca was comforting an upset Ryan and I smiled. Melissa came through the door as well to check on Brooke who was already getting so big. I stopped at the door as I heard Troy talking, "She is excited but scared, you know, nothing can really calm those fears but she is happy." The group mumbled something and Troy laughed, "Honestly, we both want two healthy babies and we are looking at pre-term labor which is scary enough. I don't know, I don't think she has thought much about that."

I finally made my appearance with a smile, "Ben, Audrey, Logan and Anna are the only ones awake down there. They were all playing and I started another movie." I sat down next to Troy again and he wrapped his arms around me. His hand lay on my belly and I held his hand there, "So who is ready for Tuesday?" the group laughed and I closed my eyes resting against Troy.

Happy Sunday! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Also - if the Royals win the World Series this week i'll update the next day. So cheer loudly for the Royals :) #TakeTheCrown

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