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Chapter 7 Part I: That's impossible

April 2015

Gabi and Troy walked in the doctor's office. "You go sit down, I'll register, okay?" Asked Troy who was already making his way over to the front desk. "Gabriella Bolton." He told the young receptionist while motioning over to Gabi sat on the chairs with a magazine.

"Fantastic, just take a seat and she will be called in soon."

"Thank you." Troy said while walking away to join a nervous Gabi in the chairs by the water fountain. He sat down and rubbed his hands on his blue denim jeans. "I'm slightly getting nervous now Brie." He remarked.

"Your the one getting nervous? I'm sitting here possibly pregnant with the most wanted baby ever!"

"Now you put it like that - I'm not as nervous." Gabi laughed a tiny bit but it soon turned into embarrassment when his phone went off and all the offices occupants looked over. "I'll just get this." He said, then placed a kiss on her head and walked outside. "Hey mom? What's up"

"Troy don't panic we have this sorted. It's nothing major I just thought you should know so you can go to the store afterwards."

"I should know what mom?" He asked getting panicked more by the second.

"Urm.. Freddie and Logan both have chicken pox!"

"Oh god.. I have had it?" He rushed.

"Yes." His mom said sounding quiet annoyed that he had forgotten. "Remember. You were 16, went to Chad's house came back. That night woke me up saying the cat had fleas and showed me the red dots on your neck. I screamed and made you sleep in the tub filled with oatmeal, in the end it turned out you got a bit peckish during the rest of the night and ate it all..."

"Nope. It's gone don't remember any of that!" He could feel his mother rolling her eyes at him. "Well what do you want me to pick-up?"

"Oatmeal and some treats for them."

"Ok. Well I'll do that and see you soon." Troy ended the call and headed back inside to his wife.

"Who and what?" She asked still with her head stuck into reading the magazine before her.

"My mom, Freds and Lo have chicken pox. She was just asking us to pick-up some stuff."

"Ok. Cool."

"Aren't you a bit scared Brie?" Troy asked, he was shocked at her casual response to the news.

"Not really - most people get it and it's better if they have it now." Her knowledge seemed to calm Troy. As he got up to get a drink they were called into the doctors office. They walked through the same door that Gabi had walked through in the early pregnancy days with Freddie and the nurse took her weight and height. Then she walked the couple into the doctor's room and instructed Gabi to remove her clothes, put the gown on and get settled on the ultrasound bed. 5 minutes later when she was all prepared the doctor walked in.

"Hi. Gabriella your weight and height seem normal. So now we will just put the gel on and see your baby." Gabi nodded and moved her body into a more comfortable position before tightly gripping Troy hand.

"If you would like to look at the screen now... there is the baby." Gabi and Troy gasped at the slight of their new family member. "Wait!" The doctor suddenly said. The couple looked at each and the grip between their hands became tighter. "Gabriella, Mr. Bolton, it looks like you are having triplets." A pin could be head in the room. Gabi and Troy were so shocked they couldn't speak. As the doctor cleaned Gabi up - he told her to come back in a week to make sure everything was fine. The couple then left the office and went to the store to pick-up the Oatmeal and treats for their two sick kids.

A week later they were back in the doctor's office and went through the same routine - this time with no calls from parents about chicken pox. One text was sent from Lucille to Gabi asking if it was wise to allow Freddie and Logan to bake. But other than that the waiting time went quite slowly - finally they were called in by the same nurse and taken through all the steps until the doctor came in.

"Welcome back. I assume you would have looked up the triplet situation on the internet?" He asked. Gabi slightly nodded feeling a bit stupid for looking it up. "Don't look to guilty, it's normal." Gabi's face then changed into relief that both the men didn't think she was crazy. "Ready to see you 3 babies?" He finally asked and witnessed Gabi nodding again. He spread the gel and turned the screen towards the couple with hands laced to each others. Gabi went silent when the image appeared it was only Troy that spoke in the room.

"Is very good doctor?"

"Hmmm. This is very unusual!"

Gabi shoot up "What?" she asked panicked.

"It seems you now have quadruplets, congratulations." He said plainly.

"What? How is that possible?" Troy asked - getting just as panicked as his wife.

"I think last time we possibly didn't pick-up the fourth sac or it wasn't developed enough. Anything could have happened but it is positive that you are pregnant with Quadruplets." The rest of the doctor's visit was a blur to Gabi, all she could think about were the triplets turning into quadruplets and how this could have happened. They only wanted one more to complete their family, now she was talking with 4 more making them into a family of 8! She came out of her thoughts to hear the last sentence said by the doctor before he left. "Just like last time, I would like to see you next week to check and make sure everything is fine." The couple nodded and said they're goodbyes.

Driving to Lucille's house they were silent, both were in deep thought about the news they had heard a short time earlier. Once they got to her house and walked through the door, they were bombarded with tiny hands wanting to have a hug. Troy picked both his kids up and walked into the living settling down on the sofa next to his dad. He placed 4 year old Freddie and 3 year old Logan on his lap and turned to watch the basketball on the TV.

Meanwhile, Gabi had walked into the kitchen to help prepare her kids bags with Lucille. "How did it go?" She asked.

"Bad." Replied a solemn Gabi.

"What's up?" A concerned Lucille asked.

"Triplets last week, today quadruplets."

"omg, Gabi." Lucille hid her shock behind a hand covering her mouth and went to embrace Gabi in a tight hug. She only let go when Troy appeared in the doorway. "What is it?"

"Just coming to see how long it's going to be, the kids need there beds, Gabs." Gabi responded with a nod. "Plus I need a snuggle with my lady."

"TROY!"

"What mom? It's pretty obvious, we have 2 kids and were trying for another for a long time and..." Troy's speech was cut off when Gabi shot him a dirty look and his mouth closed. "Well hurry up!" Lucille handed a pink bag and a green bag belonging to her grandchildren to Gabi.

"You'll be fine." Lucille encouraged Gabi before giving her one last hug.

"Mommy, when we get home me and daddy are going to play a game!" Freddie excitedly told the surrounding adults.

"No Freds, You are going straight to bed!" A whine was then heard from the front door. In front of her parents-in-laws Gabi wanted to show her barganing parenting skills that Troy always praises. "How about if you go straight to bed tonight, you and daddy can go to the cinema tomorrow?" A sharp squeal was heard from the young boy.

"Go supermom!" Troy said while lifting his hand for a high-five - she left him hanging. "Nope. Okay. I think Lo is well and truly passed out!" He said motioning to the heavy breathing coming from the 3 year old hooked to his hip.

"Aww. She's so cute. This reminds me of the 1st night when she was sleeping." Lucille reminisced as she lightly stroked Logan's cheek. "Well, sleep tight everyone." Lucille finally said while making her rounds of kisses and closing the door once the small family had left the driveway.

*One Week Later*

"Back again" The doctor laughed with a small 'Hm' from Gabi. "Let's hope nothing has changed and there is still 4 babies in there." He spread the gel over Gabi's growing stomach and told the couple to look the grey fuzzy screen. "It looks like the 4 are safely all there and there is no change. They are all more mature now so we should be able to hear the heartbeats." The doctor turned on the heart equipment.

Thump Thump Thump, Troy looked down at Gabi, tears were start to form in her eyes, he smiled at her joy and the sound of their new babies. He then turned his attention to the doctor and his smile dropped. He was staring at the fuzzy screen, pale; he then filmed the picture and the sound and turned towards the scared couple. "Get dressed and sit at my desk, I'll be back in a second." He said while passing a towel to Gabi and walking out the room. She got dressed and sat in one of the chairs, Troy took up a place in the other. Gabi could feel him getting nervous, his hand beneath hers was beginning to sweat.

A moment later the doctor walked back in with a older colleague and sat down on the other side of the desk. He showed the video to Troy and Gabi and watched their reactions.

The door was then closed and through the slim squared window the passers by could see Gabi bursting into tears and Troy doing his best to hold his tears and comfort his wife. The couple left soon after, Gabi's face red and blotchy.

As they pulled out the parking lot, the doctor dialled a number he had hadly used before. "Hi. Dr Muse - haven't spoken to you for a while. I have a referral."

"Ok, go on." Said the 35 year experienced doctor at the local general hospital.

"I am referring a couple to you with a pregnancy complicated by sextuplets."