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Chapter 8: Miracles
31st October 2015
Dr Muse waved his key card at the sensor and the most protected part of the hospital began to open up. He wheeled Gabi down the lengthy hallway littered with incubators and medical equipment. He could see Gabi starting to get nervous as she saw all of this "Gabriella, it's fine. Your babies are healthy and safe!" He reassured her. Gabi nodded still trying to look through every door trying to see if she could see her babies. Eventually she came to a stop in a large, nicely lit room.
"Ogghh." came from behind her as Troy had just bumped into her wheelchair.
"Watch where you're going!" She hissed quietly at her oblivious husband. He was too busy to notice as the noises and smell engulfed him.
"Ok. Gabriella, before you meet them we need to write out their names to put on their beds."
"Alright." She sighed. All she wanted to do was meet her babies. "Baby A: Annabelle Maria, B: Breelan Elizabeth, C: Cameron Luke, D: Chad Dylan, E: Joshua Troy and F: McKenna Rose." She listed impatiently.
"Great, beautiful names." Dr Muse said while handing over the last bed tag to the nurse. "Now you can meet them, would you like to go round in birth order?" Gabi nodded - she didn't care she just wanted to see them.
She got to Annabelle who was situated at the front of a line of three. "Hey baby girl, how are you?" She asked. Annabelle tightly gripped Gabi's finger and smiled. "Aww baby girl." She then turned around to Troy standing behind her "Isn't she cute, it looks like the dark hair and brown eyes!"
"Yes it does. She's going to be so pretty, just like her mommy!" Troy remarked while placing a kiss onto the top of Gabi's head. She quickly moved away from the incubator as she could tell that he really wanted to see his baby girl properly. "Sweetie, you hang in their right!" He told her while stroking the thin strands of hair on her head. He then kissed his little finger and placed it on her forehead "Keep that for me, I want it to see it in a few years." He whispered to her.
Next, they moved onto Breelan, who's bed was right behind Annabelle's, this time it was Troy's turn to see his girl 1st. "Gabi, it's another dark hair and brown eyes." He whispered behind him - he then heard a small content sigh. Just as he was about to turn around to see Gabi's face a small fist bumped him on the hand. "We also have a fighter here!" Again Gabi laughed at his comment.
"Let me see my little fighter then!" She laughed while getting up out of the wheelchair. "Hey. Pretty girl!" She whispered. "I love your brown eyes - can you show me again?" Then Breelan flashed her eyes and looked into Gabi's identical ones. She gasped and smiled as Gabi tickled her pink stomach. "I'll see you later. I need to go and visit your brothers and sisters." Gabi whispered again while stroking the warm wrinkly skin of her small hand.
Moving down the 3 incubator line, the heart-warmed parents arrived at their 2nd little boy. "Camey." Gabi whispered into the arm holes. His head whipped around at the sound of his mother's voice. "Aww. Baby boy - your so big!" She teased while lighting poking his stomach. "It also seems you will be just like me."
"Let me look at my man, Gabs." Gabi rolled her eyes as this comment came from her husband. "Gabriella!" He said again getting slightly impatient.
"Alright - your worse than my mother on sale day." She hissed while moving out the way for him.
"Little man" Troy cooed "Mommy wasn't kidding when she said you were big, do you think we have a football player here?" Troy questioned the 4 hour old. The only response Troy got was a turn of the head back to it's original position.
"Hahaha, omg I'm guessing he's already frustrated with your pushiness!" Gabi tried to quietly say in between small chuckles.
"Not funny - my boys WILL be athletes!" Replied an angry Troy who still couldn't believe his new son turned his head away from him. He then sighed I hope ALL my boys won't be like this.. he thought.
Gabi and Troy then travelled to the next row of 3 to welcome their other babies. 1st up was Chad - named after his daddy's best friend. "Buddy! Uncle Chad will be very pleased to know you have his name." He said through the arm holes. A tiny giggle came from the rosy pink baby. "You and him will play basketball together won't you?" Troy asked hoping he wouldn't turn away too, the response he received was a huge grin plastered against Chad's small face.
"Look, now you have your basketball player babe." Gabi joked - why he was asking less than 5 hour year olds what sport they will play was beyond her. "Troy, let me see my child.." said an impatient Gabi who was poking his back, wanting to see who her 3rd boy looked like. "Aww he looks like you!" She said fondly. "Uncle Chad will be very pleased that his little him will look like his best friend." Gabi stood there for a while looking at the miracle she and Troy had created, plus with a bit of help. "He's beautiful!" She gasped finally.
"Come on, I'm sure the other 2 will be just as beautiful and they also deserve some attention." This came from the impatient yet correct man standing behind her.
"Ok, see you later little guy!" She whispered again while moving up the line to her last son - Joshua.
"Joshy, my man. What's up brother?" Troy said with all seriousness.
"Quit shortening their names to make them sound older, I want them to stay like little babies for a long time!"
"But he's my man, says so here!" Troy pointed out the name label on the incubator 'Joshua Troy Bolton'.
"Exactly, does it say Joshy?"
"Well nope, but it's easier to say." He whined.
"Stop being a baby, and when he's a bit older you can say it!" Remarked a slightly angry Gabi.
Wow, she needs a sleep! thought Troy.
"I know what your thinking Bolton, and no I do not need a nap."
"Not the exact thing I was thinking." Troy played. An angry slap came from the woman as she pushed him aside to see her baby.
"Joshua. Don't listen to your daddy, he wants you to grow up now. I want you like this for ever." Gabi played while stroking the velvet skin of his cheek. "This is very creepy.."
"What?" said an alarmed Troy.
"Well, when he IS older I'm going to get very confused between the two of you before you get wrinkles"
"Haha, very funny." Said a sarcastic Troy "Why are you saying that anyway?"
"Babe, he is the spitting image of you, look at the hair, face and eyes!" Quickly Troy pushed her aside and took a deep look at his child.
"See you were so busy trying to argue with me, you made me miss my mini me."
"God.. you'll get over it!" Gabi joked again while pulling him in for a long and tight embrace ended with a lengthy kiss. Just as the kiss was going to end and small cry could be heard from the incubator.
"What is it, Joshy. Don't like us not paying attention to you?" Gabi slapped his arm again. "It's going to happen, jus accept it." Troy then said his goodbye and slowly walked Gabi over to the last bed. "Do you want to get your wheelchair to sit on?"
"Nope. I'm fine" Said Gabi obviously struggling with all the walking and standing around. "I want to see my little girl, then I want a nap."
"Yes! I was right." Troy enthusiastically said punching the air.
"Mmhh... Ok here she is." The two had arrived at their baby girl, the youngest of their family, little McKenna Rose. "Omg, isn't she the cutest little girl!" Said a shocked Gabi and a small tear made it's way down her cheek.
"She looks like me Gabs."
"She does. Look the blue eyes!" Gabi whispered out trying to get Troy to see the eyes that kept flashing to see who was there.
"Told you, some would have the blue eyes." Troy said while deeply looking into Gabi's chocolates. The couple had just enough time to stroke her tiny belly before visiting time was over and Dr Muse was calling them into his office.
"So, happy?" Dr Muse asked them once they were settled in his office.
"Unbelievably happy!" Responded a tired yet excited Gabi.
"Ok. We need to go over a few things before you can go back." The couple nodded. "1st, we have done the testing on all of them and it seems like Annabelle and Breelan are identical and Chad and Joshua are two. So that's great news.." He continued "They all are doing wonderfully well but it's still only within the 1st 24 hours so we''ll have to see tomorrow but due to the fact they were born just before 40 weeks, that was fantastic Gabi I must congratulate you. You are now in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest pregnancy with sextuplets." Troy laughed at his embarrassed wife. "Still continuing, If all is well tomorrow they should be able to go home this week, because we don't keep 2 week premature babies in the NICU, this was just a precaution." An extremely happy couple nodded, thanked Dr Muse for all he and his team had done and walked out the NICU. Only to take a small glance back at their babies because they knew if they stood there for a while it would be harder to leave.
