A year later, not much had changed. The couple had followed their "no sex" rule and had been counting the days until they could. One day, Gabriella was waiting for Troy to meet her at Dr. Brand's so that they could find out if everything looked okay. There was a knock on the door and Troy poked his head into the room and smiled.

"Hey, did I miss anything?" Troy asked.

"No. You are right on time" Gabriella said kissing Troy's lips.

"Good" Troy said.

Troy had quit working at the auto shop and had gotten a job for a big company as an accountant. Gabriella was so proud of him.

"How was work?" Gabriella asked.

"Clients were going crazy over tax returns. Tax season is nice and all, but clients just call and ask stupid questions" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled slightly. There was a knock on the door and Dr. Brand came into the room.

"Hi guys. I am assuming you are here so that I can give you an all-clear for sexual activity" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella nodded.

"Were you counting the days?" Dr. Brand asked.

"Yeah. We wanted to have another baby close in age with Grace and Logan" Gabriella said.

"I see. Let me check you out and we will take it from there okay?" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella nodded and lied back on the exam table. Dr. Brand washed her hands and put on a fresh pair of gloves. She turned on the ultrasound and waited for it to heat up. Once it heated, Dr. Brand took a wand and squeezed some gel onto Gabriella's stomach. She moved the gel around with the wand and looked at the screen.

"It looks clear. I don't see any problems internally. But, let me examine you just to be sure" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella nodded. Dr. Brand wiped the gel off of Gabriella's stomach. Gabriella spread her legs apart and Troy took Gabriella's hand.

"Take a deep breath for me, Gabi" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella took a deep breath and Dr. Brand started her exam. Troy smoothed Gabriella's hair back and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Just breathe baby" Troy said.

Gabriella took deep breaths as Dr. Brand examined her. A couple moments later, Dr. Brand looked up and smiled.

"Your exam looks good. Everything looks normal. There is no inflammation. I think I can give you the all-clear to start trying again if you still want to" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella smiled and nodded. The couple left the office happily. They couldn't wait to start trying to add another member to their family. A couple weeks later, Gabriella was driving Troy to the airport. He had signed with a team in California.

"When will you be home?" Gabriella asked.

"Four days. I'll call every night to say good night to them" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"When you get home, we start trying" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded. Gabriella pulled into the parking lot of the airport and parked the car. The couple got out of the car and helped both Grace and Logan get out. The little family walked into the airport.

"Alright, I have to go check in" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

Troy kissed Gabriella's lips softly.

"I'll call you when I get there" Troy said.

"Okay. I love you Troy" Gabriella said.

"I love you too Brie" Troy said.

Troy kneeled down and Grace ran into his arms.

"Be good for mommy okay?" Troy said.

Grace nodded. Troy kissed Grace's cheek.

"I love you Grace" Troy said.

"I love you too daddy" Grace said.

Troy smiled. He turned to Logan.

"Bye buddy. Take care of the girls for me okay?" Troy said.

"Okay daddy" Logan said.

Troy opened his arms and Logan walked into them and hugged his father.

"Okay. I need to get going. I'll call you when I land" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded. Troy walked into the line to check in his bag, when he heard Grace cry for him. He looked over and smiled slightly. Troy kneeled down and Grace ran into his arms.

"Baby, don't cry. I'll be back before you know it" Troy said.

"I don't want you to go" Grace cried.

"I know you don't Grace. But daddy has to go to work" Troy said.

"I'll miss you" Grace said.

"I'll miss you too sweetheart. So much. I'll call you every day. I promise" Troy said.

"Pinky promise?" Grace asked.

Grace had a knew thing of making everyone pinky promise when they told her something.

"I double pinky promise" Troy said raising his eyebrow.

Grace smiled.

"Alright honey, you need to go with mommy okay?" Troy said.

"Okay" Grace said.

"Give me a kiss" Troy said.

Grace kissed her father's lips.

"I'll call you later, Grace" Troy said.

Grace nodded and walked back to Gabriella. Troy looked at Gabriella and winked at her. She blushed. Troy smiled. Still after all these years, he knew how to make her blush. Troy was called to check in his bags. He checked them in and left to find his gate. A couple hours later, Gabriella had just given both Grace and Logan a bath. They walked downstairs when the phone rang. Gabriella picked up the phone.

"Hello?" Gabriella answered.

"Hi baby" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled.

"You landed?" Gabriella confirmed.

"Yeah. I just got to the hotel. How are you and the kids holding up?" Troy asked.

"They are okay. Grace I think is still kind of upset, but Logan doesn't have a clue" Gabriella said.

"Alright. What are you guys doing?" Troy asked.

"I just gave them a bath and I was going to find a movie to watch. What are you doing?" Gabriella asked.

"I'm going to take a shower and get in bed. I have an early practice tomorrow" Troy said.

"Oh. Do you want to talk to them?" Gabriella asked looking at her children, who were trying to find a movie to watch.

"Sure" Troy said.

Gabriella held the phone to her chest.

"Grace, daddy is on the phone" Gabriella said.

Grace's face lit up. She held out her hand. Gabriella gave Grace the phone and smiled.

"Daddy!" Grace said.

"Hey Grace, how are you sweetheart?" Troy asked.

"When are you coming home?" Grace asked.

Troy smiled.

"In a couple days. Remember what I told you?" Troy asked.

"That you will call every day" Grace said.

Troy smiled.

"Yeah. Every day. I promise. What were you guys doing?" Troy asked.

"Going to watch a movie" Grace said.

"Okay baby. I'll call you tomorrow okay?" Troy said.

"Okay" Gabriella said.

"I love you Grace" Troy said.

"I love you too daddy" Grace said.

Troy smiled.

"Alright, can you give the phone to mommy please?' Troy asked.

"Yeah" Grace said.

A couple moments later, Gabriella's voice filled the phone.

"Troy?" Gabriella asked.

"I'm here. Is Logan okay?" Troy asked.

"Yeah, he's okay. He's still kind of confused what happened and where you are" Gabriella said.

"Okay" Troy said.

"I'll let you go" Gabriella said.

"Alright. I love you and I miss you" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled.

"You haven't even been gone a day. But, I love you and I miss you too. Maybe I'll have Grace sleep on your side of the bed tonight" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled into the phone.

"Whatever makes you guys feel better, do it" Troy said.

"Bye Troy" Gabriella said.

"Bye baby" Troy said.

The couple hung up. Later that night, Gabriella had put Logan to bed and she had told Grace that she could sleep in her and Troy's bed tonight. Grace and Gabriella walked into the bedroom. Grace climbed into the bed and Gabriella sat on the edge.

"Good night Grace. I love you" Gabriella said kissing her daughter's head.

"I miss daddy" Grace said.

"I know you do honey. But he will be home in a couple days" Gabriella said.

Tears ran down Grace's cheeks. Gabriella climbed into bed and Grace snuggled into her mother's chest.

"It's okay baby. Don't cry" Gabriella said as she rubbed her daughter's back.

Grace cried herself to sleep that night. The next morning, Gabriella was at work when the phone rang.

"Hello?" Gabriella answered.

"Hey honey, how's it going?" Troy asked.

"Grace slept in our bed and cried herself to sleep last night" Gabriella said.

"Poor baby. I feel horrible" Troy said.

"You can't do anything about it, babe. If you were going to leave for work, with Chad, or for something it would have been the same situation" Gabriella said.

"I know. I just wish I could make it easier for her. She understands what's going on. Logan doesn't" Troy said.

Yeah, but she will be okay. I'm going to take her to see mom later, hopefully that makes her feel a little better. If she just sees a part of you maybe it will make her happy" Gabriella said.

"Yeah" Troy said.

"How was your early morning practice?" Gabriella asked.

"Rough. I am still getting used to this team. Red Hawks were a lot different" Troy said.

"Red Hawks were college basketball and these people are the real deal. You made it to the NBA babe" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded.

"Luckily, these guys have families and kids so everyone gets where the other person is coming from" Troy said.

"That's good right? Red Hawks kicked your butt and didn't let you have important days off" Gabriella said.

"Yeah. So that's a good thing. Hey baby, I have to get going okay? I'll call you tonight" Troy said.

"Okay. I love you Troy" Gabriella said.

"I love you too Brie. Give a kiss to the kids for me" Troy said.

"I will" Gabriella said.

Gabriella hung up the phone and went back to work. A couple hours later, Gabriella had picked the kids up from Maria's and drove to the Bolton home.

"Mommy, is daddy home yet?" Logan asked.

"Not yet buddy. You still have a couple days. We're going to see mama and papa" Gabriella said.

"Yay!" Grace and Logan said.

Gabriella smiled. She pulled into the driveway and parked her car. Gabriella got out of the car and helped Grace and Logan get out. They walked to the front door and rang the doorbell. Lucille opened the door and smiled.

"Hi guys" Lucille said.

"Mama, daddy is gone" Grace said.

"He will be back soon" Lucille said as they all walked into the house.

"What are you guys up to today?" Gabriella asked.

"Just hanging out honey. What are you guys doing today?" Lucille asked.

"The same. I was wondering if you wanted to take Grace for the night. She's been having a hard time with Troy being gone and I think someone that reminds her of him will help her relax" Gabriella said.

"Of course. When is he coming home?" Lucille asked.

"Three days" Gabriella said.

"If you want, I can keep her until he comes home and you can focus on Logan" Lucille suggested.

"Are you sure, mom? I don't want to put all of that on you and dad" Gabriella said.

"She's our granddaughter that misses her daddy. If she needs to be somewhere that reminds her of Troy, I would be happy to take her" Lucille said.

Gabriella smiled.

"Thank you. I know that Troy was worried about her too and he would appreciate it so much" Gabriella said.

"Grace, come here honey" Lucille said.

Grace walked over to the adults. Lucille lifted her granddaughter onto her lap.

"Do you want to stay with papa and I until your daddy comes home?" Lucille asked.

Grace nodded. Gabriella smiled.

"I will have daddy come and pick you up when he gets home okay? I'll call you every night to say good night" Gabriella said.

"Okay mommy" Grace said.

"Give me a kiss" Gabriella said.

Grace kissed her mother's lips.

"I love you" Gabriella said.

"I love you too" Grace said.

Gabriella and Logan said goodbye to the Boltons and Grace and left the house. Three days later, Troy flew back to Albuquerque.

"Hello?" Troy called as he walked into the house.

"Daddy!" Logan said running into his father's arms.

"Hey Logan, where's your sister?" Troy asked.

"With mama" Logan said.

"She's at mama and papa's house?" Troy asked as he caught his son in his arms.

"Yeah" Logan said.

"Come on, let's go find mommy" Troy said.

Troy and Logan walked into the living room.

"I told Grace you would pick her up at your mom's when you got back" Gabriella said.

"Okay. I forgot she was there" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled and walked over to her husband.

"Welcome home baby" Gabriella said kissing her husband's lips.

"I missed you" Troy said as he hugged Gabriella.

"I missed you too. Go pick up Grace. She's waiting for you" Gabriella said.

"Did you tell her that I would be picking her up?" Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded.

"I'll be back in a little bit" Troy said.

Troy left the house and started driving to his parents' house. Grace was a total daddy's girl and Troy loved that about her. Troy arrived at his parents house and parked his car. He got out of the car and walked to the front door and rang the doorbell. Lucille opened the door and smiled.

"Welcome home" Lucille said.

"Thanks mama. Where's my baby?" Troy asked.

"She's watching a movie" Lucille said.

Troy and Lucille walked into the house and went into the living room. Grace heard footsteps and saw her father come into the room. Troy kneeled down and opened his arms. Grace ran into Troy's arms and started crying.

"Hi baby" Troy said lifting Grace into his arms.

"Daddy" Grace cried wrapping her arms and legs around her father.

"I'm home. Don't cry" Troy said rubbing his daughter's back.

Grace continued to cry. Troy smiled and kissed her head softly. He walked to the couch and sat down with Grace.

"Did you miss me? Is that why you are crying?" Troy asked.

Grace nodded.

"Don't leave anymore" Grace cried.

Troy smiled and swayed side to side and kissed Grace's head.

"I won't for a while. Did you have fun with mama and papa?" Troy asked.

"Yeah" Grace said.

"She drew a picture for you" Lucille said handing Troy the picture.

Troy looked at the picture and smiled. Grace had drawn what Troy thought to be himself and Grace with a caption "I love daddy" on it. Troy smiled.

"You made this for me?" Troy asked looking at Grace.

Grace nodded.

"I love it. Thank you" Troy said.

"There's you and there's me" Grace said pointing to each figure.

"I'm going to hang it up at home" Troy said.

"Okay" Grace said.

"You ready to go see mommy?" Troy asked.

"Yeah" Grace said.

"Alright. Go give mama and papa a hug and a kiss and we will go" Troy said.

Grace got up and walked over to Lucille and gave a hug and a kiss. She then walked upstairs to say goodbye to Jack. A couple moments later, Jack and Grace came downstairs.

"How did it go?" Jack asked.

"Fine. We were just about to head home. Thank you for taking her" Troy said.

"It was our pleasure. If Gabi needs a break, tell her to call and we will take her" Jack said.

Troy nodded. Troy and Grace left the house and drove home. Troy unlocked the front door and let Grace walk in first. Gabriella smiled when she saw Grace walk into the house.

"Hi baby girl. Did you have fun?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah" Grace said.

"She drew a picture of her and I" Troy said handing Gabriella the picture.

Gabriella looked at the picture and smiled.

"I love it. Are you happy that daddy is home?" Gabriella asked.

Grace nodded. Troy sat down on the couch and Grace sat next to him and snuggled into his chest. Gabriella looked at the clock.

"Baby, it's bed time" Gabriella said.

"Come on, I want to see you brush your teeth" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled. The couple and Grace walked upstairs. Gabriella helped Grace change into her pajamas and the walked to the bathroom.

"Alright, show me" Troy said.

Grace brushed her teeth and rinsed her mouth. She looked at her father and smiled.

"Good job" Troy said.

Grace held her arms out.

"Do you want daddy to carry you?" Gabriella asked.

Grace nodded. Troy lifted Grace into his arms. Grace leaned her head against Troy's shoulder. Troy and Gabriella walked into Grace's room. Troy carefully placed Grace into her bed and put her blankets over her.

"Good night Grace. I love you" Troy said kissing his daughter's head.

"I love you daddy" Grace said.

Troy smiled. Gabriella did the same. The couple walked out of the room and went into their bedroom.

"So, now that you have the all-clear, what do you want to do?" Troy asked.

"Do you still want to try?" Gabriella asked.

"I want to hear it from you, Brie. What do you want to do?" Troy asked.

"I want to. But only if you want to also" Gabriella said.

"I want to. I just have been thinking about the season and how I may not be home all the time. I don't want you to feel like you are doing this alone" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I don't want you to be pregnant and alone with Grace and Logan" Troy continued.

Gabriella nodded.

"So what are you saying?" Gabriella asked.

"Maybe we need to think this thoroughly and really see what we are getting ourselves into" Troy said.

"Don't you have your schedule?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, but that's beside the point right now, sweetheart. We need to figure out if we really want this and if you are willing to do it in the case that I'm away" Troy said taking her hand in his own.

Gabriella swallowed hard.

"I'm not saying that I don't want to, Brie. You know that I do. We just have another factor to think about here" Troy said.

"You are going to let your career tell us when we can try to have a baby?" Gabriella asked.

"No, that's not what I'm saying. I am saying that maybe we need to think about this. Maybe tomorrow we can figure this out. Sleep on it and see how you feel tomorrow. Is that okay?" Troy asked.

Gabriella sighed and nodded. Troy smiled slightly.

"Just sleep on it" Troy said.

The couple went to bed that night and thought hard about their decision to try for another baby. They hoped that they could both come to an agreement on something.