A couple weeks later, Troy came home from work and smiled when he saw Gabriella lying on the couch with a blanket over her body, watching a movie with tears running down her face. Troy walked over to his wife and placed a kiss on her cheek.

"Why are we crying?" Troy asked carefully moving Gabriella so that she was leaning against him.

"It was so sad" Gabriella cried.

Troy smiled and tried to hold in his laughter. Gabriella was too cute when she was having a mood swing. Troy looked at the screen and sighed.

"Titanic? Baby, it's just a movie" Troy said.

"I did my research and it was actually a real thing. They have a museum and everything. Rose and Jack actually died and they were head over heels in love with each other" Gabriella cried.

Troy wrapped his arms around his emotional six-and-a-half-month pregnant wife. He kissed Gabriella's head softly.

"It's okay Brie" Troy said.

"If we were-" Gabriella started but was interrupted.

"Babe, I wouldn't let go of you even if I was in freezing cold water" Troy said.

Troy watched her expression and smiled when she wrapped her arms around him.

"How about we don't watch this until after she comes?" Troy suggested.

"Are you trying to say I'm too hormonal to watch it?" Gabriella asked.

"No sweetheart" Troy said realizing he just had to let her mood swing pass.

"Then what did you mean?" Gabriella asked.

"I don't want you to sit here and cry over a movie. I don't want you to be sad" Troy said.

"Why do you care so much?" Gabriella cried wrapping her arms around Troy's shoulder and burying her face into Troy's neck.

"Why do I care so much? I love you more than anything, Brie. I don't want you to be sad baby" Troy said rubbing Gabriella's back in small, soothing circles.

This continued for a half an hour. Gabriella had left to go to the bathroom and then came back downstairs. Troy looked at Gabriella, wondering if the mood swing had ended.

"You okay?" Troy asked.

Gabriella's face turned red from embarrassment.

"Was it really bad?" Gabriella asked.

Troy chuckled. The mood swing had finally ended.

"Do you remember what you said?" Troy asked.

"Something about Titanic" Gabriella said.

"You lectured me for forty-five minutes about me caring and loving you in relation to the movie. Then you thought about what would happen if we were stuck on an iceberg and died the way Rose and Jack did" Troy said.

Gabriella looked down in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled.

"Come here" Troy said.

Gabriella walked over to Troy. Troy wrapped his arm around Gabriella and put his free hand on her bump.

"I think out of all the mood swings you have ever had, that one was my favorite" Troy said.

"Troy, that's not funny" Gabriella said.

"I'm not saying it was funny. You were very passionate about it. You told me you did research on the real Titanic too" Troy said.

Gabriella sighed. Troy moved Gabriella's chin up with his index finger so that she was looking at him. He leaned in and kissed her lips softly.

"I'll never let go, Brie" Troy said.

"Okay, I get the point" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled.

"Anyway, how was your day besides watching Titanic?" Troy asked.

"Starting to have cramps" Gabriella said.

"When did that start?" Troy asked.

"A couple hours ago. I was doing laundry and I started having them. So I stopped doing laundry and came in here and watched Titanic" Gabriella said.

"Are you feeling better?" Troy asked.

"They are still there, but it's gotten better" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded.

"Do we need to-" Troy started but was interrupted.

"I called Dr. Brand already and she said to just rest" Gabriella said.

"Okay. Do you want me to do anything?" Troy asked.

Gabriella shook her head.

"Just sit here with me" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded. Gabriella leaned her head against Troy's chest.

"Where are the cramps?" Troy asked.

"My back" Gabriella said.

Troy rubbed Gabriella's back in small, soothing circles and watched her body relax.

"Anything else hurting?" Troy asked.

Gabriella shook her head.

"You sure baby?" Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded.

"You haven't had cramps like this since you were pregnant with Logan" Troy said.

"That means she is going to be hyper like him" Gabriella said.

Troy chuckled.

"Maybe" Troy said.

Gabriella moaned.

"Pain?" Troy asked.

Gabriella shook her head.

"Keep rubbing that spot please. That's where it hurts the most" Gabriella mumbled.

"Okay. Let me know if it hurts too much and I'll stop okay? When did you call Dr. Brand?" Troy asked.

"When they started" Gabriella said closing her eyes.

"Alright" Troy said.

Troy continued to gently rub Gabriella's back until he heard her even breathing. He looked down and smiled when he saw that she had fallen asleep. Troy kissed his wife's head softly and stopped rubbing her back knowing the cramps had stopped.

"Baby" Troy called softly.

Gabriella opened her eyes slowly. Troy smiled.

"Feeling better?" Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded.

"Thanks" Gabriella said sleepily.

Troy smiled.

"No problem. Take it easy today" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded putting her hand on her expanding stomach. A month later, Gabriella woke up and got out of bed. She had her seven-month appointment with Dr. Brand today. The couple had dropped the kids off at Maria's the night before so they wouldn't have to be running to get everything done in the morning. Gabriella took a shower and got dressed and saw Troy waking up.

"We have to get going or we will be late" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded. The couple left the house. Troy started driving to Dr. Brand's office.

"Are you nervous?" Gabriella asked.

Troy smiled slightly.

"I would be lying if I said that I wasn't" Troy said putting his hand on Gabriella's leg.

"I'm glad that you could come this time" Gabriella said.

"Me too. No matter what happens, everything will be okay" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded. Troy pulled into the parking lot of the office and parked the car. He got out of the car and went to Gabriella's side and helped her get out.

"She's getting so big" Troy said putting his hand on Gabriella's stomach.

Gabriella nodded. The couple went into the office. Gabriella signed herself in and sat down next to Troy. A couple minutes later, Gabriella's name was called and the couple went into a small room where Gabriella's vital signs were taken and then escorted into an exam room. Gabriella was given a gown and told to change and that Dr. Brand would be in shortly. The nurse left the room and Gabriella changed into the gown and sat on the exam table.

"How are you feeling today baby?" Troy asked.

"Tired and ready for her to come out" Gabriella said.

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

"Hi guys" Dr. Brand said.

"Hi" the couple said simultaneously.

"How are you feeling, Gabi?" Dr. Brand asked.

"Tired and achy" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled slightly.

"Have you been resting?" Dr. Brand asked.

The couple nodded.

"I've been making sure she takes a nap in the morning and one in the afternoon" Troy said.

"Good. So, when we talked last month you wanted to wait until Troy was here to discuss the delivery. Do you want to do that today?" Dr. Brand asked.

Gabriella nodded nervously.

"As for right now, she's still in the same position as she's been in for the past seven months. What would you guys like to do?" Dr. Brand asked.

Troy looked at Gabriella, who looked back at him.

"I want to try and push her out. If I push and nothing happens, I'll do the c-section" Gabriella said.

Dr. Brand nodded.

"Okay. I think that's a good plan and I would do that also if I was pregnant with a baby that was breech" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella nodded. She looked at Troy, who took her hand in his own.

"I'm just kind of nervous about it" Gabriella confessed.

"That's perfectly normal and okay. Do you have any questions that I can answer?" Dr. Brand asked.

The couple asked Dr. Brand questions about anything that came to mind. An hour later and after an ultrasound and exam, the couple left the office and got into the car. Troy looked at Gabriella.

"Are you feeling better about everything?" Troy asked.

Gabriella had tearstains on her cheeks. She had gotten a little emotional when they were talking.

"Yeah. I'm still nervous, but I feel better knowing the process of how it's going to go" Gabriella said.

"Me too. You know that you can talk to me if you are worried about it right?" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I'm glad that you could make it today. If I had to wait another month to find out everything I think, I would have freaked out" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled.

"Thank you for thinking of me and wanting to wait until I was available to talk about it with the two of you" Troy said.

Gabriella smiled and leaned in and kissed Troy's lips.

"I love you Troy" Gabriella said.

"I love you too baby. Come on, let's go home" Troy said.

"Wait, can we stop by mom's?" Gabriella asked.

"We can if you want to" Troy said.

"I want to. I just want to take advantage of not having the kids with us and just go" Gabriella said.

Troy nodded. He drove to his parent's house and the couple visited Lucille. A couple weeks later, Gabriella was seven and a half months pregnant and very clingy and hormonal. One day, Gabriella walked into the bank that Troy worked at. She smiled at the associates and the manager that she knew.

"Looking for Troy?" Bob, the manager asked.

"Yeah, is he is in a meeting?" Gabriella asked.

"Let me go check for you" Bob said.

"Thank you. Please don't say that I'm here when you go check" Gabriella said.

"I won't" Bob said.

Bob walked away and came back a couple minutes later.

"He's not with a customer. You can go on back" Bob said.

"Thank you" Gabriella said.

Gabriella walked back to Troy's office and saw the door closed. She knocked on the door.

"Come in" Troy said through the door.

Gabriella opened the door. Troy looked up and smiled.

"Hey sweetheart. Close the door" Troy said.

Gabriella walked into Troy's office and shut the door.

"Are you okay?" Troy asked.

"Just missed you" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled.

"I missed you too baby. Are you feeling okay?" Troy asked.

"A little hormonal" Gabriella said.

"Where are the kids?" Troy asked.

"With my mom" Gabriella said.

"You caught me at a good time" Troy said.

"Can you come home with me?" Gabriella asked.

Troy smiled sympathetically. He knew Gabriella had become very clingy in the last few weeks and he tried to meet her either half way with what she needed or wanted or fully depending on what it was.

"Honey, I'm working. I can't go home yet" Troy said putting his hand on top of hers.

"But-" Gabriella started.

"Brie, I can't leave my office. I know that you want me to be home right now and I want to be. But, I'm working and I need to do my job or else I will get in trouble sweetheart. I promise when I get home, we can do something. Just the two of us" Troy said.

Gabriella sighed. Troy smiled.

"You look really pretty today" Troy said.

Gabriella blushed.

"Don't distract me" Gabriella said.

Troy chuckled.

"Brie sweetheart, I have an appointment in five minutes. I want you to go home and curl up in bed and watch a movie okay?" Troy said.

"Fine" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled.

"Give me a kiss" Troy said.

Gabriella walked over to Troy and kissed his lips passionately. Troy pulled back slowly and looked at his wife.

"I love you. I'll be home soon okay?" Troy said.

"I love you too" Gabriella said.

"Bye baby" Troy said.

Gabriella left the office. Troy sighed. He shook his head. Gabriella had never come to his office in the middle of a mood swing. He knew that she needed him right now. Troy had his meeting and then put down what he was doing and left his office to go talk to his boss. By the time Gabriella parked her car in their driveway, Troy was arriving. Gabriella got out of the car and waited for Troy to get out.

"I thought you had to stay" Gabriella said.

"I did. But, I talked to Bob and he let me leave early to spend more time with you" Troy said.

"It was a-" Gabriella started.

"I know. I'm home now though and we have the house to ourselves for a couple hours" Troy said.

"I'm sorry Troy. I feel bad" Gabriella said looking down.

Troy's face softened.

"It's not your fault. Our baby girl just likes to play with mommy's emotions" Troy said putting his hand on Gabriella's bump.

"Now what do we do?" Gabriella asked.

Troy raised his eyebrow.

"I have some ideas" Troy said.

Gabriella blushed. Troy held out his hand and Gabriella took it. The couple went upstairs and went into the bedroom and shut the door. That night, Gabriella was in the Jacuzzi tub trying to soothe her back and stomach cramps. Tears ran down Gabriella's cheeks. She had never felt this much pain before. Not even when she was in labor with Grace and Josh. There was a soft knock on the door and Troy poked his head in and was instantly concerned by the look on Gabriella's face.

"What's wrong?" Troy asked.

"I need to go to the hospital" Gabriella cried.

"What happened Gabriella?" Troy asked.

"I couldn't sleep because my back started hurting and then I got really bad stomach cramps. It hurts really bad" Gabriella cried.

"Okay baby. Just relax as much as you can alright?" Troy said.

Troy helped Gabriella get out of the tub and get dressed. He called Jack and asked him to watch the kids. Troy helped Gabriella walk downstairs and sit in the living room.

"Baby, just breathe through it. Try to get your mind on something other than the pain okay?" Troy said.

Gabriella's face was red from the pain and the tears running down her face. There was a knock on the front door and Troy opened it and let his father in.

"You guys go. I have everything under control" Jack said.

"Thank you for doing this dad" Troy said.

"Those are my grandchildren. I would do anything for them. Don't worry sweetheart, everything will fine" Jack said rubbing Gabriella's back gently.

The couple left the house. Troy occasionally looked at Gabriella as he drove. Gabriella was gripping the hand rail of the passenger seat door. He called Dr. Brand on the way to the hospital. After he made his call, Troy looked at Gabriella and saw her gripping the handrail of the passenger seat door. He pulled into the emergency room parking lot. Nurses came to the car with a wheelchair and helped Gabriella sit down. They all went into the hospital. The front desk gave Troy a clipboard with forms to fill out while the nurses brought Gabriella to a room. Twenty minutes later, Gabriella was settled in a hospital bed, sweating because of how much pain she was in. There was a knock on the door and Troy poked his head in and smiled sympathetically. He walked into the room and closed the door behind him. Troy walked over to the bed and smoothed back Gabriella's sweaty hair.

"Baby, is the pain still the same?" Troy asked.

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

"Hi guys. What happened?" Dr. Brand asked.

"So much pain" Gabriella cried.

"Where?" Dr. Brand asked.

Gabriella pointed to her stomach and her back.

"Okay, let me check you out first and make sure you aren't going into pre-term labor" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella nodded. Dr. Brand conducted her exam and threw out her gloves and washed her hands.

"They are Braxton-Hicks. I'll start you on some medication to stop the contractions and for the pain okay?" Dr. Brand said.

Gabriella nodded painfully. An hour and a half later, Gabriella was finally sleeping. Troy sat in the chair next to the hospital bed. Gabriella slowly opened her eyes and looked at Troy, who smiled.

"How are you feeling baby?" Troy asked softly.

"Better. Do we know what caused this?" Gabriella asked.

"Dr. Brand came in while you were sleeping and she said that they happen to some women before they are going to give birth" Troy said smoothing Gabriella's hair back.

"So that was normal?" Gabriella asked.

Troy nodded.

"Kind of" Troy joked.

"I'm sorry if I scared you" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled slightly.

"I'm just glad you aren't in pain anymore. You need to rest" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"Did you call my mom?" Gabriella asked.

Troy nodded.

"She said she would come in the morning. Dad called and said that he was going to bring the kids to the house so he could make sure mom was okay" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I love you" Gabriella said.

Troy smiled. He put his thumb on her chin.

'I love you too. Dr. Brand also said that she is filing the paperwork to discharge you" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded.

"I'm really tired" Gabriella said.

"I know. When we get home, you can go to bed" Troy said.

"Okay" Gabriella said.

A couple hours later, Gabriella was discharged and at home sleeping in bed. Troy would occasionally check to make sure that she was okay and not in any pain. He heard the doorbell ring and went to the door and smiled when he saw Maria. Troy opened the door and smiled sympathetically.

"Is she okay?" Maria asked.

"She's okay for right now. Dr. Brand said that she was having Braxton-Hicks but they weren't like when she had them with Grace or Logan. It scared her more than anything and they looked like they were more painful. I've never seen her in that much pain from a contraction" Troy said.

Maria took a deep breath and released it.

"Where is she now?" Maria asked.

"She's in bed because she didn't get any sleep. So she's trying to catch up" Troy said.

Maria nodded.

"I've been checking on her every twenty minutes just to make sure that she's okay" Troy said.

"Okay. Thank you for calling me, honey. When she wakes up, tell her that I will call her later" Maria said.

"I will. Thanks for coming" Troy said.

Maria smiled.

"No problem. I'll see you later. Love you Troy" Maria said.

"Love you mom" Troy said.

Maria left the house. Troy walked upstairs and poked his head into the bedroom and smiled when he saw Gabriella sitting up in bed.

"How are you feeling?" Troy asked sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Fine" Gabriella said.

"No contractions?" Troy asked.

Gabriella shook her head.

"Okay. Mom came while you were asleep. We didn't want to wake you up because you haven't slept so she told me to tell you to call her when you woke up" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded tiredly.

"Still sleepy?" Troy asked.

"I think just all my emotions are releasing themselves into my sleep. When I woke up, I had tears on my face" Gabriella said.

"You are home safe in bed. You haven't had any more contractions so that's good. You need to rest" Troy said.

Gabriella nodded. The rest of the day, the couple relaxed around the house.