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CHAPTER 7
"Dip a toe in…ooh is it warm? Go on dip a toe in…" Gabi played with Fiona as she bathed her the next morning.
Troy was making breakfast ready for an early meeting he had with Greg and Gabi dried and dressed Fiona, taking her out into the living room where she laid her in her carry cot on the floor as she wandered over to Troy who was dressed in jeans and a shirt and finishing up scrambled eggs with toast.
"Hey babe" he greeted, kissing her, handing her a plate and a cup of coffee as he shoved his food in his mouth, looking for some socks as he haphazardly put his drink and plate on the coffee table so he could join her on the sofa once he found socks and pulled them on.
"In a hurry?" she checked lightly
He smiled "Yeah, I'm running late, sorry I couldn't bath Fiona" he apologised and Gabi stroked his arm "It's okay" she assured him "Good luck for today" she added
He nodded as he sat back on the sofa, shoving toast in his mouth "I'll be back later. You going out?" he asked, his mouth full
"Mmm. Might avoid the paps" she said "But if we do, it'll be to the park"
"Okay" he kissed her again "I gotta go, see you later babe"
"Bye bunny" she called after him, talking with Fiona gently as she stared up at her, her little arms lifting and dropping as Gabi watched her.
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"Okay baby, shall we go to the park huh?" Gabi asked Fiona "Mummy's going mad stuck in here all day" she muttered, packing up all the bits she needed for a walk in the park, which surely took longer than the walk itself.
She manoeuvred around the photographers and headed out, her mobile ringing as she made her way down the road
"Where you at girl?" Karen asked
"Hey Karen, I'm just going to the park. Are you in town?" she asked
"Yeah I'm at the apartment being interrogated by the paps" she mused
"Oh, I'm sorry. Come quick and meet us" she said and Gabi waited until she saw Karen hurrying down the path toward her.
"Hey!" Gabi smiled, hugging her
"Hey, you look well" Karen smiled "And how is my angel?" she asked, scooping Fiona from the pram and cuddling her
"She's good, too. A real daddy's girl" she said with a smile
"Your daddy has one hot butt" Karen said "We are all your daddy's girls" she said and Gabi grinned at Karen's comment.
"You know, if we weren't married, I swear you'd be living with Troy instead of me" she frowned
"Honey, he wouldn't have me." She lifted a brow, cupping Gabi's face with a hand
"Maybe" she conceded
"So what's up with all these paps?" she asked
"Oh, Troy's record deal got dropped" she whispered, conscious of anyone over-hearing them "And he's having a meeting about it today"
"About what? Getting a new deal?" Karen asked
Gabi turned to look at her "About if he wants a new deal. Or if he wants to give it up so he can be home with us"
"Oh wow." Karen was shocked
"I know, I couldn't sit in the flat while he's out there doing this today"
"I'm not surprised. Listen honey, I'm here for you, call me huh?" she asked.
"Okay, thank you. Listen, we better head back" Gabi said then as the sky greyed and she feared it might rain
"Sure thing, want me to come with and make sure those paps don't bombard you?" she asked
Gabi smiled gratefully "That would be wonderful, thank you" she said
As it turned out, the paparazzi were running down the street toward her before she even got near the apartment. She bristled, fearing for her daughter's safety as she plucked her from the pram and held her to her chest as Karen packed up the pram and followed her, shouting at the photographers.
Gabi put her head down and tried to pass through the crowd but they were jostling and pushing, and she began to panic "Please!" she called "Let me through, please my baby!" she called, tears filling her eyes as Fiona began to cry too, sensing her upset and the crowd around them.
"Why's Troy calling a press conference?" they shouted
"Move, ugly butt!" Karen yelled, elbowing her way through the crowd to help Gabi inside.
Once in the flat, Gabi collapsed on the sofa, cradling a screaming Fiona and burst into tears, her breaths short and ragged.
"Oh, Gabi, are you okay?" Karen asked over the noise of the crying baby, rubbing her back
"Shh" she said to her baby, her own racking sobs only making matters worse.
"Oh jeez, Troy, hurry your cute back" Karen murmured.
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Troy fought his way through the crowd, surprised the paps already knew about the press conference.
He jogged into his apartment block, opening the flat door to a wall of noise, Gabi bent over on the sofa crying, Fiona bawling in Karen's arms and Karen struggling to calm both Gabi and the baby
"What on earth happened?" he asked, rushing over with wide eyes, not sure if he should take Fiona or Gabi first, choosing Gabi and kneeling so he could cuddle her, looking at Karen, bewildered.
"They did" she lifted her chin, describing the paps
Troy's jaw twitched in anger briefly "Karen, could you take Fiona into the bedroom for me? I'll come change her in a minute" he said
"I'll change her, superman" she smiled, taking the baby out of the equation and Troy sighed gratefully, sitting next to Gabi on the sofa and she turned, burying her head in his shoulder
"I thought they were going to hurt her" she bawled against him and he rubbed her back soothingly
"I'll call the police; they'll set up some barriers. I promise you, this will NEVER happen again" he swore silently
She curled into him some more and he couldn't get his arms around enough of her but he tried, his heart beating painfully at the thought of her being mauled by those animals outside, and the thought of his daughter being in danger, too.
"Where's Fiona?" she panicked, pushing him away to look round
"It's okay" he soothed "Karen's changing her in the bedroom"
"I'm gonna go check on her" she said vacantly and Troy sat on the sofa, forlornly as she stood.
Gabi turned to him, stroking his face "I love you" she said softly
He smiled against her hand, kissing her palm "I love you too" he returned as she went to check on their baby.
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Fiona settled, Gabi changed into comfy pyjama's and sitting on the sofa with Troy's arms around her as his legs framed her body and his back rested on the arm of the sofa, Gabi murmured as she leaned back against him, sipping her hot chocolate.
"How was the meeting?" she asked "The paps said something about a press conference?"
He sighed, stroking her hair. "Turn round, babe" he said gently and she did, frowning.
"I'm having a press conference on Friday and I want you to be there. I'm going to announce to the media my withdrawal from Cola records, and my wish not to re-sign to any record label. I need you to support me on this" he said
Gabi looked into his serious blue eyes, taking a breath "Of course I support you. I'll support you no matter what you do" she said "But what about the album?" she asked
He rolled his eyes "Well I still have to release it because I was under contract when I recorded it. But I have to record the three songs I should have last week and I am adding another song, which will be my last single. And I'm dedicating it to you" he said, holding her close, kissing her forehead.
Her eyes watered "You know your fans will hate me" she said with a smile as she wiped her tears
He chuckled, hugging her "This is right for me to do" he said, decided
Gabi nodded slowly "I don't want you to do it, but I am proud of you for doing it" she said.
He nodded, swallowing "I will look for something else" he promised
"What's the new song you're releasing then?" she asked nosily and he grinned
"Mm well I can't possible tell you, it might leak out" he said
"Aww please bunnykins" she pouted
He gave her a squinted look "Please don't call me that" he said
"Please sing me the song" she begged, running her hand down his chest
"Mm let me think…no" he grinned
"Please?" she said again, cupping his jeans and gently stroking him through the fabric until he was hard in her hands and straining against his jeans
"Hey…" he complained lightly "You expect me to concentrate now?"
"Okay well let me just see to this, then you can sing to me okay?" she suggested and he smiled as she led him to the bedroom.
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Troy roused from his post-sex snooze as Fiona started to cry and he moved to change her and feed her, leaving Gabi in bed.
He climbed back into bed with the baby, crossing his legs as he hummed to her, the noise seemingly helping her to settle as she suckled on the bottle.
Gabi stirred, her curly hair drowning her until she swept it all back and smiled at him, stroking his leg.
"#Girl
I love to watch you
You're like candy to my eyes
Like a movie
that you've seen
But you gotta watch just one more time
But
that smile you're wearing
It's a beautiful disguise
It's just
something you put on to hide the emptiness inside
And you seem so
lonely
But you don't have to anymore..
If you're a
heart without a home
Rebel without a cause
If you feel as
though
You're always stranded on the shore
Like a thief in
the night
Let me steal your heart away
Baby if for reasons,
what you're looking for
I'll be yours
I'll be yours
I'll be a new sensation
One you never had before
I
got a feeling if I gave you some
You'd probably want some more
Did you know that Baby
You're the bluebird in my sky
I
only wanna make you happy cause
I love to see you fly
And
if you feel lonely
You don't have to anymore
If you're a
heart without a home
Rebel without a cause
If you feel as
though
You're always stranded on the shore
Like a thief in
the night
Let me steal your heart away
Baby if for reasons,
what you're looking for
I'll be yours
I'll be yours, I'll be yours
I'll be the raft in the tide
I'll be yours
I'll
be the truth in the light
And what's more
When no one opens
the door
I'll be the hope that you're looking for
If
you're a heart without a home
Rebel without a cause
If you feel
as though
You're always stranded on the shore
Like a thief in
the night
Let me steal your heart away
Baby if for reasons,
what you're looking for
I'll be yours
I'll be yours...#"
Gabi had sat up in bed while Troy sang and she was cross legged diagonally to him, able to reach out to stroke his hair and kiss him while he cradled Fiona.
"That's beautiful" she said awed "I am so lucky" she was amazed at his song to her, once again touching her heart with the words.
She looped her arms around his neck, their daughter between them and she felt his smile
"Help, I'm being mauled by a crazed fan!" he joked
Gabi pulled back "What would your wife say?" she wondered
"Mmm, I dunno. Maybe she would say I have a sexy butt and she wants to maul me herself" he suggested as he lay Fiona back in her crib gently, touching her forehead and her hand before he came back to the bed, naked and uninhibited.
"I'm not sure…she might be going off you. I mean you have been married for almost two years now" she shook her head
"Going off me?" he pulled a puppy dog face, huge begging eyes and a sad mouth "Am I not cute enough?" he asked
Gabi took in his naked body, his magnificent naked body she amended mentally and his mussed hair, his soulful eyes stirring something in her tummy.
"Bunny, you are too cute." She smiled
"And someone once told me I have a large…" she cut him off before he could finish
"Aha- not in front of the baby" she put a finger over his mouth, leaning to whisper in his ear "And you do have a lovely mini-Troy" she said, kissing his neck
He rolled her beneath him, his weight forcing him to drop between her thighs "I love being married to you" he said
"It's our anniversary in three months" she pointed out
"And last year I took you to Corbin's basketball game. Wow" he rolled his eyes
She giggled, grabbing his backside from their sexy position on the bed. "And I loved every minute of it"
He smiled, remembering when they had got home after "And I enjoyed every minute of when we got home" he said
"There you go then, everyone was happy"
"So, what shall we do this year?" he said, beginning to kiss her slowly, his assault on her senses sneaky and intensely arousing.
"Have pancakes at Joe's?" she said on a desire-ridden sigh
"Mmm" he considered, taking her nipple into his mouth as his hard hotness teased her at her entrance.
"Oh Troy" she moaned, her body aching for him once more.
"How about Paris? I hear it's beautiful in the autumn" he licked his tongue over her other nipple as her hands rode over his muscles, pulling at him to fill her yet he remained aroused and gently hovering, nudging against her folds.
"Okay…" she agreed, anything to get him to complete this crazy teasing of her
"Are you sure now, if pancakes are what you want…" he whispered, groaning as her hands worked down his torso and played across his belly. She knew all his weak spots.
"I'm sure" she said and then he filled her, slowly, completely and she moaned just as he did with the delayed pleasure it brought them.