Troy pulled himself together and walked to the nurse's station. Dr. Lewis looked up and smiled sympathetically at Troy.

"She's awake" Troy said.

"Alright, let's go check it out" Dr. Lewis said.

The two men walked to Lucille's hospital room. Dr. Lewis looked at Lucille and smiled.

"Hi Lucille, I'm Dr. Lewis. Do you know what happened?" Dr. Lewis asked.

"Tr…o….y to…ld me" Lucille said.

Gabriella saw how frustrated Troy was when he listened to Lucille speak. She stood up carefully and wrapped her arm around his waist supportively. Troy put his arm around Gabriella and looked at her, grateful that she had come to the hospital.

"I'm going to check you out and see the magnitude of the stroke okay?" Dr. Lewis said.

"K" Lucille said simply.

"You guys can wait in the hall for a minute" Dr. Lewis said.

The couple nodded and walked out of the hospital room. Once they were sitting down, Gabriella looked at Troy.

"Baby, talk to me" Gabriella said.

"What if she doesn't recover from this?" Troy asked.

"You have to believe that she is going to Troy. You have to be strong for her. I know that it's hard to watch, but it's the best thing for her" Gabriella said.

"Did you feel the same when your dad died?" Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded.

"I was in denial for a long time. But, I knew that above everything, he would have wanted me to be strong for him because he couldn't do it himself" Gabriella said getting choked up.

Troy wrapped his arms around Gabriella and cried himself. A couple minutes later, Dr. Lewis came out of the room.

"You guys can go back in" Dr. Lewis said.

"How bad was it?" Troy asked.

"It hit her pretty hard. She's going to need assistance for a while" Dr. Lewis said.

"Do you think she will recover from this?" Troy asked.

"It's possible. Only time will tell" Dr. Lewis said.

Troy nodded.

"Thank you" Troy said.

Dr. Lewis nodded. The couple saw Jack walking back towards Lucille's room.

"What did I miss?" Jack asked.

"Doctor just checked her out and said that the stroke hit her hard and she needs to have assistance" Troy explained.

"Will she recover?" Jack asked.

"Hopefully with time" Troy said.

Jack ran his fingers through his hair.

"So what do we do?" Jack asked.

"We need to get some sort of assistance to come to the house" Troy said.

"When is he going to release her?" Jack asked.

"I don't know" Troy said.

"Let's sleep on all this information and talk about it tomorrow" Jack said.

Troy and Gabriella nodded. The couple and Jack left the hospital. Troy and Gabriella drove home and walked into the house.

"How is she?" Maria asked.

"She's slurring her speech. We don't know what else has been affected yet" Troy said.

"Are you okay?" Maria asked.

"I think I just need some sleep" Troy said.

Grace walked over to her father and smiled.

"Daddy" Grace said.

Troy smiled and kneeled down.

"What's up baby?" Troy asked.

"Is mama going to be okay?" Grace asked.

Troy smiled slightly.

"She's going to be fine. Don't worry okay?" Troy said putting a stray hair behind her ear.

Grace nodded.

"Come on, let's get you in bed" Troy said.

Troy took his daughter's hand and walked upstairs. Once out of earshot, Maria looked at Gabriella.

"It's really bothering him" Gabriella said.

"As it should. When your dad died, it bothered you too" Maria said.

Gabriella nodded.

"All you can do is be there for support, Gabi" Maria said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I just hate to see him like this. He puts on a brave face but I know that he's hurting" Gabriella said.

Maria smiled slightly.

"Both of you get some sleep. You especially. You are carrying my grandchild" Maria said.

"Thanks for watching them" Gabriella said.

"No problem. Call me if you need me" Maria said.

Gabriella nodded. Maria left the house. Gabriella walked upstairs and went into Grace's room and saw Grace in bed and Troy lying next to her, on top of the covers.

"What are you guys doing?" Gabriella asked.

"Talking about mama" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"Can I go to mama and papa's house tomorrow?" Grace asked.

"Baby, mama is in the hospital and papa has to take care of her" Gabriella explained gently.

"I miss mama" Grace said.

"I miss her too bug. You know what would make her really happy though?" Troy asked.

"What?" Grace asked.

"She loves when you draw her pictures. Tomorrow you can draw her something and I can give it to her. How does that sound?" Troy asked.

Grace nodded.

"Okay. But before then, you need to go to sleep" Troy said getting off Grace's bed carefully.

Gabriella kissed her daughter's head and Troy did the same.

"Night Grace. We love you" Gabriella said.

Gabriella turned off the light and the couple walked out of the bedroom and into their bedroom. Troy took his shirt off and fell onto the bed. Gabriella smiled. She knew that Troy was physically and emotionally exhausted from the day's events. Gabriella changed into her pajamas and saw Troy still in the same position on the bed. She climbed onto the bed and straddled him. Gabriella started massaging her husband's back and smiled when she heard him moan in pleasure.

"I needed this so much" Troy mumbled.

"I know" Gabriella said continuing to massage his back.

Ten minutes later, Gabriella got off of Troy and lied down next to him.

"You okay?" Gabriella asked.

"A lot of things going through my head. A lot of decisions that I have to make" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"If you need help with any of that babe, just ask me" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled.

"I don't want you to get stressed out over it too" Troy said putting his hand on Gabriella's expanding bump.

"I won't. She's my mom too. I want to make sure that she has all that she needs" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded.

"Thank you. If you hadn't come to the hospital I would have been a wreck" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled slightly. She put her hand on the side of Troy's face.

"I would never let you do it alone" Gabriella said.

Troy kissed Gabriella's cheek.

"I just can't believe it was a stroke" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"You need to get some sleep baby. You are going to have another long day tomorrow" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded. He leaned in and kissed Gabriella's lips.

"I love you Brie. Thank you for everything" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled.

"I love you too" Gabriella said.

The couple fell asleep. The next morning, Troy's phone rang, waking him and Gabriella up.

"And so it starts" Troy mumbled.

Troy got out of bed and saw that Gabriella was awake.

"Go back to sleep babe. I just need to take this call" Troy said.

Gabriella closed her eyes. Troy walked out of the bedroom.

"Hello?" Troy answered.

"Hey, Dr. Lewis called and said that he did a couple more tests" Jack said.

"What did he find?" Troy asked wiping the sleep from his eyes.

"He said that she has a little trouble walking. He called and set up physical therapy for her" Jack said.

"Is her speech still slurred?" Troy asked.

"A little bit" Jack said.

"Are they going to discharge her?" Troy asked.

"Yes. Whenever you are free, we can both go over there and pick her up" Jack said.

"Okay. Let me get dressed and I will be over there" Troy said.

The two men hung up the phone. Troy walked back into the bedroom. Gabriella opened her eyes and looked at Troy.

"You are supposed to be sleeping" Troy said lovingly.

"I couldn't sleep anymore. Who was on the phone?" Gabriella asked.

"Dad. He said that Dr. Lewis called and he did some more tests. She is having trouble walking so he set up physical therapy for her. They are going to release her today" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"Do you want me to go with you?" Gabriella asked.

Troy shook her head.

"You spent all day at the hospital yesterday. Today you need to rest" Troy said.

Gabriella leaned in and kissed Troy's lips softly.

"If you need me to come down there, I will" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded.

"I just need to figure this out on my own right now. I have so much- "Troy started.

"Hey, I understand Troy. I know you are scared out of your mind right now. That's why I want to help. Even if it's just sitting with mom. I will do it" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled and nodded.

"When we get her settled at home, I will call you okay?" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"Thank you sweetheart. For understanding" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled.

"It's kind of my job" Gabriella said.

Troy kissed Gabriella's lips.

"I love you. If you need me, call" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I love you too" Gabriella said.

Troy left the house and drove to the hospital. A couple hours later, Jack and Troy sat in the living room of the Bolton home, exhausted of what they had just endured.

"Are you okay?" Jack asked.

"She can't even walk. How does that happen?" Troy asked.

"Troy, we didn't know how bad it was going to be. With time and therapy, mom will be strong again" Jack said.

"I think I am still in shock" Troy said.

"As to be expected. You are only twenty-two" Jack said.

Troy nodded.

"I didn't think I would have to think about these types of things for a couple more decades" Troy said.

"Me either, but it's happening" Jack said.

"Brie wanted me to call her when we got her settled. She wanted to come see mom" Troy said.

Jack nodded. Troy called Gabriella, who came over immediately.

"Hi dad. How was getting her home?" Gabriella asked.

"It was rough. But we did it" Jack said.

Troy nodded.

"How are you feeling today? Did you go back to sleep?" Troy asked placing his hand on Gabriella's stomach.

Gabriella smiled.

"I feel fine. I went back to sleep until Logan crawled in bed with me" Gabriella said.

"It's either one or the other" Troy said.

Gabriella giggled.

"Is she in the bedroom?" Gabriella asked.

Troy nodded. The couple walked into the bedroom. Troy pulled a chair from the desk in the room and put it next to the bed for Gabriella to sit down. Gabriella sat down and looked at her second mother.

"Hi mom" Gabriella said sweetly.

Lucille turned slowly and smiled at Gabriella.

"Ga..bi" Lucille said.

Gabriella smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm here. How are you feeling?" Gabriella asked.

"Like…I've…be…en hit….by…a…tr..uck" Lucille said.

Gabriella felt tears come to her eyes. She put her hand on top of Lucille's.

"Grace told me to tell you that she misses you and wants to come and see you and dad soon" Gabriella said.

Lucille smiled.

"I…miss…her….too" Lucille said.

"I'm going to let you rest okay?" Gabriella said.

Before Gabriella could get up, Lucille took Gabriella's hand and kissed it.

"Love…you" Lucille said.

Gabriella smiled.

"I love you too" Gabriella said.

Gabriella walked out of the bedroom. Troy followed her and took her into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head softly and sway side to side slightly.

"It's okay" Troy said softly.

"I don't know if this is partially the hormones or the fact that I'm upset about all of this" Gabriella said.

"You're pregnant. But it's also overwhelming" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I love you" Gabriella said.

Troy kissed Gabriella's head.

"I love you too baby. We just have to give her the help she needs" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"Let's go home" Troy said.

"Okay" Gabriella said.

The couple went into the living room and said goodbye to Jack and drove home. The couple walked into the house and smiled when they saw Grace running towards them. Gabriella carefully lifted her onto her hip.

"Did you have fun with grandma?" Gabriella asked.

Grace nodded.

"Did you tell mama that I want to go visit her?" Grace asked.

"We did. She said that she wants you to come over when she's better" Gabriella said.

"I want to go now though mommy" Grace said starting to cry.

Gabriella put her hand on her daughter's head and looked at Troy. Troy walked over to the two girls and kissed Grace's head softly.

"Baby, mama is sick and she needs to get better before you can go over to her house" Gabriella said trying to explain Lucille's condition in a way that a five-year-old would understand.

"Can she take medicine for it?" Grace asked.

Gabriella shook her head.

"No baby. She just needs to take a lot of naps and be with daddy and papa right now" Gabriella said.

"When will she be better?" Grace asked.

"I don't know. But I bet that she will get better faster if you draw her some pictures and make her a nice card" Gabriella said wiping the tears from her daughter's eyes.

"Really?" Grace asked.

Troy smiled slightly.

"She loves your pictures and your cards, Grace" Troy said.

"I want to draw one right now for her" Grace said.

The couple smiled. Gabriella put Grace back on the ground and watched her run to the kitchen and start drawing her picture.

"Maybe I will bring her with me later when I go check on mom" Troy said.

"Do you think it's a good idea?" Gabriella asked.

"Mom may get better or she could get worse. I don't want Grace to not be with mom if this is the beginning of the end" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"But she is also five, Troy. We have to consider that part. She's attached to mom and if she sees her like that, she may freak out" Gabriella said.

"If it was you-" Troy started.

"I held my dad's hand when he died and it gives me nightmares. I don't want Grace, who is five, to have to deal with that. I'm not saying that I don't want her to see mom, I just think we should wait a while and see what the situation is" Gabriella said.

"She's not going to understand why she can't go see mom. Can't we just see how it goes and take it from there? Grace will keep asking and you know that she will" Troy said.

"I just don't want her to get hurt. That's all" Gabriella said.

"I know baby. She has a relationship with mom and I don't think that we should take that away from her because this happened. I don't want her to get hurt either. But we have to figure this out sooner or later" Troy said.

"If you want her to see mom, then you can take her to see her. I'm just trying to explain how I feel because I was close to my dad and was there when he died and the pain was something that I could never go through again. That's why I didn't want Grace to go" Gabriella said.

"I'll talk to her about it and make sure that she understands what is happening" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"So I can take her with me?" Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded. Troy smiled slightly and kissed Gabriella's cheek. An hour later, Troy was driving to the hospital with Grace in the back seat.

"Baby, we need to talk about mama for a minute" Troy said.

"We are going to see mama" Grace said.

"Yeah. Grace, mama is kind of sick right now and she may not look or act the same as she used to. But she loves you and she isn't doing it on purpose okay?" Troy said.

"Okay daddy" Grace said.

"If you get scared, let me know okay?" Troy said.

Grace nodded. Troy pulled into his parent's house and parked his car. He got out of the car and helped Grace get out. The two walked hand in hand to the front door. Troy unlocked the door with his spare key and he and Grace walked in.

"Dad?" Troy called.

Jack walked into the living room and smiled.

"Hey big girl!" Jack said.

Grace jumped into Jack's arms.

"Miss me?" Jack asked.

Grace nodded.

"Where's mama?" Grace asked.

"She's upstairs. Do you want to go see her? Troy, is that okay?" Jack asked looking at his son.

"I was going to take her up there" Troy said.

"Okay. Let me know if you need anything" Jack said.

Troy nodded. He took Grace's hand and the father daughter duo walked upstairs to the master bedroom. Troy looked at Grace and kneeled down to her level.

"Remember what I told you baby. If you get scared, let me know" Troy said.

Grace nodded.

"Alright, let's go in" Troy said.

Troy and Grace walked into the bedroom.

"Mom, I brought a special person with me" Troy said.

Lucille looked at Troy and then at Grace and smiled slightly.

"Gr..ace" Lucille said.

Grace looked up at Troy, who smiled at her. Troy sat down in the chair that was next to the bed and lifted Grace onto his lap.

"She wanted to come see you" Troy said.

"Th…an..k y…ou f..or com..ing ho..ney" Lucille said.

Troy looked at Grace, who looked at her grandmother with scared eyes. He kissed her head softly. Grace looked at her father.

"Can I go with papa?" Grace asked.

Troy nodded. Grace left the room.

"I..did..n't me..an to sc…are he..r" Lucille said.

"She's a little girl, mom. She sees something that she isn't used to and got scared. She's okay" Troy said.

Troy talked to his mother for a few more minutes and went downstairs.

"You okay?" Troy asked sitting next to his daughter.

"She can't talk" Grace said.

Troy nodded.

"She's just sick baby. Once we get her better, she won't talk like that" Troy said.

Grace nodded. Troy and Grace talked to Jack for a little while longer. Troy hoped everything would turn out fine.