A/N: Here's the next chapter! Thank you for all the feedback; I really appreciate it!
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December 25th, 2010 5:30 am
Sitting in a lonely hospital room, Troy's eyes kept glancing over to the bed. He had tried sleeping in the chair next to her bed but the constant beeping and nurses coming in and out interrupted his shut eye.
They had been in that room since 2:30 when the doctors finally admitted her for observation. No word had come on what was wrong with Gabi or the baby.
"Mr. Bolton?"
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is...
You
Picking his head up, Troy saw a nurse standing in the doorway with an unreadable look on her face. "Yes?"
"The doctor is ready to speak with you and your wife. If you could wake her up . . ." The nurse trailed off as Troy nodded.
Taking a step closer to the bed, Troy placed a hand on her arm before gently shaking her. "Gabi . . . Gabs it's time to wake up. The doctor wants to talk to us."
Blinking her eyes, Gabi looked up at Troy with confusion. "Huh?"
"We're in the hospital, remember?" Taking a moment, he let her mind readjust to waking up before smiling. "The doctor wants to talk to us."
Stretching, Gabi's hand instinctively went to her stomach before looking up at Troy. "What do you think is wrong?"
"Whatever it is, we'll get through together." Sitting on the edge of the bed, Troy leaned over and kissed her forehead before smiling reassuringly. "I love you."
"I love you too." Gabi whispered before hearing the door open.
"Good morning, Mr. Bolton, Mrs. Bolton."
Nodding, the two looked at the doctor with worry in their eyes. "First off, the baby is fine. She's right on schedule and everything looks great."
"Then why was Gabi so ache and in pain?"
"What your wife was experiencing, Mr. Bolton was false labor pains or what we call Braxton Hicks Contractions. It's basically your wife's body preparing for the birth of your daughter. It is perfectly fine."
Troy smiled at Gabi as she took in the information. "What can I do to stop the pain?'
"You can go for a walk, drink hot tea, trying eating, or get a massage. It varies from woman to woman but typically those four things will help reduce the pain." The doctor looked at the chart before looking at them.
"Anything else doctor?" Troy asked squeezing Gabi's hand.
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
"There was one thing that stood out when you brought your wife in, Mr. Bolton." The doctor looked at the chart quickly before looking at the anxious couple. "Your wife's stress level was higher than we'd typically like to see six month pregnant women at."
Troy nodded. "What should Gabi be doing?"
"Well for one, she should be relaxing a lot more than she currently is. Secondly, she should cut back on what goes on. Taking more time to herself and cutting back her priorities."
"What do you suggest, doctor?" Gabi asked looking up at the two men.
"Try to cut out as much stress as possible. You should be sleeping an average of 10 hours a night now that you're this far in your pregnancy. Also, you should be resting on the couch and chilling out much more during the day." Pausing, he looked at Gabi. "I'm going to inform Dr. Richmond of this and if your stress level has not come down, I'm afraid you might have to be restricted to bed rest for the remainder of your pregnancy."
Gabi's eyes went wide hearing that. Troy chuckled while glancing at his wife. "I assure you Gabi will chill out and bring her stress level down."
"That's all we ask. We want to keep your baby safe and healthy and with stress, that just not possible." Closing the file, he shook hands with Troy and Gabi before smiling. "You're doing excellent and you should be right on time for a March 17 delivery."
"Thank you doctor."
"I'll sign the release papers and you two can be on your way. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas to you too Doctor."
After the necessary papers were signed, Troy and Gabi headed to the car and got in. Starting the car, Troy looked over at Gabi. "Do you wanna go out for breakfast or just go home?"
"Go home." Her voice gave him a pretty good idea of how tired she really was.
Pulling into the driveway, Troy helped Gabi into bed before climbing in behind her. He knew the doctor scared her with his talk of bed rest; he just hoped Gabi would listen to his words carefully.
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby
12:00 pm
The persistent ringing of the doorbell caused Troy to throw the covers off of him and head downstairs. Duke, who was excited by the commotion, was standing at the door with his tail wagging excitedly.
"Go lay down, buddy." Troy said trying to pull the dog back so he could open the door.
Rolling his eyes, he opened the door only to see his parents and Gabi's mom standing there with joyful smiles on their faces. "Merry Christmas, baby."
Hugging his mom, Troy could only nod. Yawning, he moved onto his dad before hugging Anna and allowing the three to come in.
"Where's Gabi?"
Looking towards the stairs, he shook his head before walking into the living room. "Sleeping, hopefully. We were at the hospital at 1:45 this morning."
Anna and his own mom looked at him with scared eyes. "What happened, Troy?"
His dad had voiced the question they were all thinking. "Gabi was really uncomfortable and in pain. She was crying and it was bad to see her like that. I asked if she wanted to go in and all she could do was nod. So we went in and the doctor didn't see us until 5:30 this morning and she's got Braxton Hicks Contractions."
"Is she all right? And the baby?"
"Both are fine, thankfully. The doctor also mentioned that Gabi's stress level is higher than it should be. He told her that she has to start calming down or they're going to put her on bed rest for the remainder of the pregnancy which scared Gabi." Troy chuckled lightly.
"So what's the plan of action now?" Jack looked at his youngest son before taking his wife's hand in his own.
"Um . . . trying to keep Gabi calm down and less active, I guess." Looking up the stairs, Troy smiled. "I think we're going to start having taking it easy days. Today we're just hanging out here at the house."
The three parents nodded before hearing noises from upstairs. Pushing off the couch, Troy headed for the stairs. "That's my cue; stay here. I'm sure Gabi would love to see you guys."
Jogging up the stairs, Troy headed down the hallway before pushing open the bedroom door. Gabi was standing by the mirror examining her belly.
"Good morning, baby girl."
Turning, Gabi smiled at her husband. "Good morning to you too. Merry Christmas."
"Same to you babe. We have company downstairs . . ." He stated as she started kissing him.
"Damn . . . who is it?"
"Parents. I told them about this morning so they all ready know." Groaning, she rolled her head back.
"Thanks Troy!"
"No problem babe." Pulling her close, he kissed her quickly. "After they leave, we'll exchange presents and do the whole Christmas thing."
"Sounds good." She changed quickly before meeting him out in the main part of the room. "Let's go; the sooner they leave, the sooner we'll do presents."
I won't ask for much this Christmas
I don't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
Gabi was quiet as the two headed downstairs. Sitting against Troy, she listened to the parents talk to Troy while she was lost in her own little world. Putting her hand on her stomach, the little girl inside her was making her presence known.
Without a word, Gabi picked up Troy's hand and placed it on her stomach. Troy smirk grew wider as he felt the soft thumbs. "Love you, babe."
"Love you too." Gabi smiled as he turned back to the conversation with her mom and his.
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
3:00 pm
Feeling Gabi snuggle into him, Troy looked at his parents and her mom. "I think someone needs to go back to sleep."
"Troy . . ." Groaning, Gabi looked up at her husband with a pout. "I don't wanna. I'm not even tired!"
"Oh but you are." Troy said looking at his wife as his parents and her mom got up.
"Don't go you guys . . . he's gonna make me go to bed!" Gabi pouted in the parents' direction as they laughed.
"It's for the best baby girl." Anna laughed before kissing her daughter's head. "Take care of that little girl."
"I will mom . . . but Troy wants to keep me guessing on what he got me for Christmas." Looking up at her husband, Gabi couldn't keep the smirk away. "He wants to gloat about it for a few more hours."
"Be nice to your wife, young man." Meghan threatened before giving Gabi a hug. "You take care of our granddaughter."
Gabi smiled. "I will. Merry Christmas and thank you for coming over."
"Don't let Troy bully you around." Jack said as Gabi accepted a hug from him.
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
Laughing, she shook her head. "I won't. I'll manage to stand my own ground."
Watching them leave the room and once the door was shut, Troy came back into the living room. "Finally; I didn't think they'd ever leave."
Gabi giggled. "Me either. But they were the concerned parents . . . wanting to make sure everything was fine with us."
"All right." Troy sat down. "You and I are going to do presents but afterwards you're going upstairs and going to sleep."
Nodding her head, Gabi silently agreed with that. "Ok . . . so who's going first? You or me?"
"Why don't you go first, babe?" Troy asked sitting down on the couch.
Crawling under the tree, Gabi emerged with three brightly colored boxes. Going to sit by her husband, Gabi placed the three on his lap. "There you go."
"Any particular order?"
Shaking her head, she watched him pick the green and blue stripped box before giving it a quick shake. Tearing through the paper, Troy was soon left with a brown t-shirt box. Finding the flap and sliding his finger under it, the top was off leaving him with the bottom and tissue paper.
Smiling, Gabi watched her husband painstakingly take his time as he searched through the tissue paper. Finally throwing it open, Gabi smile grew as she watched his reaction.
"Gabi . . ." Speechless, Troy looked up at his wife with a small smile on his face.
"When did you get this done?"
"The last ultra scan you missed. I asked for a 3-D picture and the nurse was only too happy to agree." Gabi said taking the silver frame from his hands.
With new technology working in her favor, Gabi had gotten a 3-D ultra scan done and in picture form, you could see full features of the baby still growing inside of her.
"Gabi I love it." Stealing a quick kiss, Gabi smiled.
"Good now open the rest."
Placing the frame down, he picked up the snowman and penguin wrapped paper before tearing it open. Once again, remaining was a box which Troy slowly opened.
"Come on grandpa . . . I don't have all day. Besides your other girl is getting antsy." Gabi teased as Troy rolled his eyes.
Throwing the box top aside, Troy pushed his fingers through the paper before coming up with another picture frame. Troy's mouth dropped as Gabi observed him. "You like?"
"I love it . . . again when did you do this?" Troy's eyes looked up from the picture and landed solely on those of his wife's.
"Sharpay and Taylor were telling me of their friend who went and got photographed while being pregnant and I thought it would be a cool thing to do. So I took off of work one afternoon and went and did it. There's a lot more photos but I decided that was my favorite and figured I'd get it framed for you." Gabi smiled.
"Thank you Gabs." Leaning over, he kissed her lips. "You're absolutely gorgeous in this photo just like you are now."
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me...
Blushing she motioned him to continue opening his presents. However, with this box, it was much smaller than the other two. Eagerly, Troy tore off the paper before revealing the box. Opening it, all that was inside was a 3x5 index card with writing in red permanent marker.
"Hi Troy!" He smiled as he read. "In the hallway is your next present. It's kind of a joint present but I hope you love it. Merry Christmas!"
Stealing a glance at his wife, Troy stood before walking to the closet. "I don't see anything Gabs."
"You're going to have to dig." Came her reply as he rolled his eyes.
In the way back of the closet stood a box with a green bow tied around it. Grabbing it, Troy drug it out before his mouth dropped open. "Gabi?"
"Yes Troy?" Her voice was full of annoyance as she came into the hallway.
"Is this my present?" Gabi giggled listening to his voice which sounded like a five year old.
"Yes Troy that's your present."
Before she knew it, he had his arms wrapped around her waist and spinning her around. "I love it Gabi. Now I can kick your butt in foosball anytime I want!"
Laughing, she shook her head. Troy had picked up the game and managed to get her to play during their college years. Once they bought the house, Troy said they should get one and his dream now came true.
"Thank you Gabi!"
"You're very welcome. It's all set up downstairs." Walking back to the living room, she rolled her eyes when he wasn't following. "When I'm asleep you can go down and play it Troy!"
He came back into the living room before disappearing under the tree. Grabbing her three gifts, he placed them on the couch next to her before sitting down.
"Any order?"
"Nope go ahead and open them."
Picking up the pink and orange strip wrapped one, Gabi slid her finger under before coming to the box. Opening the box, all she saw was a white piece of paper that looked like it had been folded and refolded many times.
Opening it up, she got tears in her eyes once she realized what it was. "Troy?"
"Remember this?" He motioned to the piece of paper that only had seven words written on it.
Nodding her head, Gabi smiled. It was the Christmas wish-list she had made out while laying on the Duke Basketball court. She had written All I Want for Christmas is You on the piece of paper before giving it to Troy.
"I decided it's time for this to be returned back to you."
She wiped her tears away before smiling at Troy. "Thank you."
With his hand, he motioned her to continue with the opening of her presents. She pulled the next one to her and smiled when she saw the box.
Tossing aside the top of the box, Gabi gasped when she saw the picture frame inside the tissue paper. It was a fairly recent one. Gabi was leaning against Troy and they both had their hands resting comfortably against her baby bump.
"When was it taken?" Gabi looked over at Troy with tears in her eyes.
"My mom gave it to me and I figured it'd be a good one to give to you for Christmas." Troy shrugged before Gabi leaned over and kissed her.
"I love it. Thank you, Troy."
"You're most welcome . . . you have one more present. Go ahead and open it."
Picking up the much smaller box than the previous two, Gabi smiled at Troy before ripping the paper off. The brown box was opened to reveal a black velvet jewelry box. Looking up at her husband, Gabi gasped.
"Open it . . ." Troy stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Her fingers shook as she tried opening the box. Finally her fingers gave it a push up and the box opened to reveal a silver necklace with a triangle charm on it.
"This is your mom necklace . . ." Troy said taking it out of the box. "I got you the little girl with March's birthstone in it. I figured as we keep adding to our family, we'll keep adding to the necklace."
Tears clogged Gabi's eyes as she leaned forward. "I love it Troy."
Kissing him, she snuggled against his side. "I love everything Troy. And more importantly, I love you."
"I love you too Gabi. Merry Christmas."
The song is "All I Want for Christmas is You" By Mariah Carey. So everything's all right with the baby. What do you guys want to see in the upcoming chapter? Let me know. I might just skip to the birth . . . we'll see though. Reviews will be awesome! Thank you to all my readers!!