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Chapter 21- Butterfly
"Gabi…" I heard the voice but I didn't want to wake up, I didn't feel horrible just lying here, asleep.
"Hmm" I said, I heard his laugh
"Hey come on wake up" He said, I opened my eyes to see him standing there.
"Good Morning sleeping beauty, it is almost afternoon" He said, my head started to pound.
"My head hurts" I said, Troy then instantly frowned, and his lips went to my forehead, followed by his hand.
"Gabi, you are burning up" He mumbled, he then reached for the phone.
"No doctor" I mumbled, I turned over a little bit.
"Brie, I don't know what to do anymore, you have a headache and you are burning up, you can't have any medication what am I suppose to do? I hate seeing you like this" Troy said I only nodded weakly and then sat up a little, but Troy's arms reached behide me and held me up.
"I want to go downstairs" I mumbled, Troy nodded and then picked me up bridal style and carried me downstairs, I heard the TV on and I could hear Lucille and Jack talking.
"We'll look who is up" Lucille said as Troy stepped into the living room.
"And look who still has a fever" Troy said, I only buried my head further into his chest.
"She does? Headache too?" Lucille asked, her concerned mother side kicking in, Troy then started setting me done but I whined a little bit.
"What?" He asked me, I only looked up at him for a second.
"Please hold me" I whispered
"Ok, as long as you want to" He said, I nodded my head and he sat down, I was curled up in his lap.
"Gabi, do you think you should see a doctor?" Lucille asked I shook my head fast, I didn't want to.
"Baby, you need to go see a doctor" Troy said, I saw Jack and Lucille beam at their sun.
"But I don't want to, it scares me, if I still am sick Friday then you can take me" I said
"Gabi" Troy warned, I wimped and then got out of his lap, I stood up and almost fell on my butt if it wasn't for Troy who stood up and held me in the standing position.
"Gabi, please" He whispered, I looked up at him, his eyes pleading for him to take me.
"Why Troy? What are they going to do?" I asked
"Gabi, you can't walk, you have a headache, you have a fever and you are miserably cold" Troy said, I looked down to see Troy's sweat shirt with some sweats and I was still cold.
"Fine, but later today, not right now"
"No, right now"
"But I have to get ready" I protested
"Baby, you look fine, no you look more like beautiful" He whispered, he then kissed me on the lips.
"Troy don't kiss me" I mumbled, he then looked at me as if I had twenty heads.
"What? I don't need you sick too" He only laughed a little.
"I can have drugs" He said with a smirk, I only smack his chest.
"Ok, you two go to the doctor and when you come back, Gabi we can look through ads for Christmas" Lucille said, I smiled and then Troy walked me to the car, I had to admit I was dizzy.
"Thank you Gabs" Troy said as we started our drive to the hospital, I only nodded my head. It was quiet for a little while, California Gurls playing through the stereo. I then felt an all too familiar acid in my throat.
"Troy pulls over!" I said, Troy then pulled over and I jumped out and threw up nothing, it was clear. Troy was by my side in a second.
"Hey, you okay?" He asked as I stood up, I wiped my mouth and I leaned against the car, my head spinning, I wasn't ok.
"Ya…no" I mumbled, we stood there for about five minutes before Troy helped me into the car, he buckled my seatbelt and we drove the rest of the way to the hospital. When we got there Troy pretty much carried me in the building, his arms were wrapped around my waist firmly, and my feet just kind of shuffle along the path. My belly stuck out a little, my Uggs tucked into my sweats.
When we got to the front counter the lady looked at us "Hi, how may I help you?" She said
"Gabriella Montez, she is pregnant and has had a fever, headache, has been extremely dizzy to where she can't walk and threw up on the way here." Troy said, the nurse looked me over, I pretty much confirmed that I was sick.
"Ok, follow me" she said, we started to walk after the nurse and she led us to a room in the back.
"The doctor will be with you momentarily" She said, she then walked out; Troy helped me onto the bed where I closed my eyes. Troy stood there stroking my face with his fingers; I let my hand lay in his.
"Thank God you aren't practicing" I murmured, Troy head nodded up and down.
"I love you Troy" I said, I yawned and closed my eyes.
"I love you too Brie" Troy said, I smiled and we stayed like this for what seemed like forever, Troy kept stroking my face.
"Why hello" Troy jumped a little and I opened my eyes to see Dr. Kelly.
"Dr. Kelly?" I said, she smiled and nodded.
"But I thought I would see a normal doctor? Not that I don't want you" I said with a small smile, Troy was still standing next to me.
"Oh, since you are pregnant they ask me to check you out first and if I need another doctor I go get one" She said with a smile, I nodded and closed my eyes.
"So how are you feeling?" She asked
"Horrible" I mumbled
She laughed "Let's make sure the baby is okay" She said, she pulled out an ultrasound machine, I grasped Troy's hand and I took a deep breath.
"No blood or anything?" She asked, my face paled, the first thought to my mind scared me.
"Do you think I miscarried?" I whispered, tears sprung into my eyes, I heard Troy suck in a breath.
I heard Dr. Kelly sigh, she then stopped what she was doing "It is a possibility" she said, I let the tears run down my face, Troy started to wipe them away.
"But you haven't had any blood of knowing of so I think you are fine" She said with a soft smile, I nodded and let my tears fall from the fear of the upcoming news.
She put the cold gel on my stomach and I didn't even wince this time, she started to rub it in with the wand, I didn't even want to look. She was quiet and then she started to speak.
"I can't find the heart beat" She murmured, I got even more scared as she kept looking, tears raced down my cheeks, It couldn't have happened.
Then the most beautiful thing came through the machine. The heartbeat, echoed through the room.
"The baby looks just fine" She said, I rebursted into to tears of relief, I looked at Troy who was smiling, he wiped a few of my tears away and he kissed my forehead, which was pounding. When Troy pulled back he looked at Dr. Kelly.
"This doesn't explain the fever or any of that" Troy said, I must still have a stupid fever.
She sighed again and then looked at me "Gabi are you stressed over anything?" She asked I bite my lips and slowly nodded my head.
"What about?" She asked I shifted a little in the bed; I didn't really want to talk about this.
"Thanksgiving, and Christmas" I mumbled, then she shot Troy a look, Oh God my secret was blown.
"Gabs, it is also your mom" Troy mumbled, I slapped my hand to my forehead which hurt very much.
"Really? What's going on there?" Dr. Kelly asked, she handed me tissues to wipe off my stomach, I sat up and scarped it all off before I began.
"She doesn't want me to have a baby yet, I mean I didn't want a baby yet but now that I am I want to so bad, I love this baby and she wanted me to get an abortion but I am over 18 and she can't do anything about it and she keeps leaving nasty threats on my phone about how she will kill the baby or how she will kidnap it and…" I couldn't even go on anymore, I started to babble and Troy brought me into a hug.
"So you mom isn't supportive?" She said I shook my head no.
"She is against sex before marriage" Troy said, Dr. Kelly then looked at the two of us.
"Is she crazy?"
"A little bit" Troy rubbed my back and I cried into his white t-shirt. Dr. Kelly excused herself after a minute.
"Gabi, I didn't know about the phone stuff" Troy whispered, I swiped a few tears away and looked at him in the eyes, they made me melt.
"I didn't want to worry you anymore that you already are Troy, between me and basketball you are going to be sick." I said I rubbed my hands on his arm, goose bumps traveled up and down my arms.
"Brie, you are going it to yourself, you need to relax and tell me everything, bottling everything up isn't good for you or the baby, promise me you will tell me everything?"
I bite the inside of my cheek and slowly nodded my head; Troy kissed me on the lips and pushed my hair back a little bit.
"Ok, so are we ready to talk?" Dr. Kelly said as she came back into the room, I nodded my head and she smiled at me.
"Ok, Gabi what your mom is doing is illegal and do you save her messages?" She asked I slowly nodded my head.
"Gabi you can report her"
"But she is my mom" I said weakly, Troy grabbed my hand and squeezed it.
"Gabs, she is doing bad things"
"I know it's just…" I started to say, Dr. Kelly then waved that off.
"Gabi, you are going under strict bed rest for the next two weeks, more if we have to" I gaped at the doctor, she wasn't serious right?
"What?" I asked
"You are stressing yourself out, you need to rest." She explained I nodded my head, not believing that at 18 weeks that I am already on bed rest.
"But Gabi, you can come off of it if you relax and take care of everything" I nodded my head; I had to do something with my mom.
"Troy, are you able to help out?" She asked Troy rubbed the back of his neck.
"Until Sunday, yes, then I get Saturday's off" Troy mumbled, Dr. Kelly starred at him for a moment.
"So you aren't home very much?"
"I leave for the gym at 6:00 am and then I get home around 4:00pm on all day workouts, on half day it is only till noon." He said
"And those days are?"
"Wednesdays and Fridays"
"Ok, so do you have anybody else living with you?"
"My best friend Taylor and her boyfriend Chad"
"Are they around?"
"Chad is with Troy and Taylor has school, which I have moved to online classes for the time being." I said, she nodded and wrote down on my charts.
"I suggest you guys find somebody, Gabi isn't allowed to get out of bed unless it is to the bathroom, and she can go eat with you guys and be in the living room but no cleaning, no running around, no nothing but sitting and resting" she said, I frowned, I hate being that way. I am an active girl, not some lazy person.
"Ok, I will work on it" Troy said, I stared at him for a moment before I knew exactly what he was going to do.
"Troy, no!" I said
"Gabi, I can't just leave you home alone"
"That doesn't mean you need to quit the Lakers" I told him, he sighed and rubbed his hand to his face.
"Troy, she is right just you need to both relax, so I am going to send you home and you are ordered to a bed or couch" Dr. Kelly said, I nodded and then looked at Troy, he did look a little stressed. Troy helped me down and he wrapped his arms around my waist, holding me up.
"Will this stop the dizziness and headaches?" I asked
"Hopefully" She said, I nodded and walked through the hallways, leaning on Troy, my rock.
Once we got into the car and situated, Troy pulled out.
"Troy, you need to stop worrying" I mumbled, I looked out the window not wanting to see his look.
"Gabi, my pregnant girlfriend is sick because she is so stressed, your mom is doing bad things, and I am working long hours, I am scared Gabi" The was the first time he admitted this; I turned and looked at him.
"Troy, I am also scared, I am so scared. Look at all the problems we are already having and the baby isn't even born, Troy you will be gone the first 3 or 4 months, I will be here with Taylor who can escape to school when she needs to, I am scared I will be one of those girls on Teen Mom who never sees her boyfriend and it leads to fights and stuff like that" I said, Troy looked at me.
"Gabi, I will be home but I could be gone for weeks at a time yes"
"What if you miss something important?" I asked
I saw him frown a little bit "I don't want to miss a thing" He said, I nodded.
"Ok, well that's good, I guess"
He sighed "This is harder than it sounded, I should have never signed" Troy said, he was starting to beat himself up over this.
"Troy, please, this is hard for me to hear that you regret something you love. Go out there and thrive Troy, we will figure this out, we may not have had good timing, no but we can do both if we put our minds to it" I told him, Troy looked at me for a brief second before pulling into our drive-way.
"Ok, but as long as you are okay with this"
"Troy, I am fine with this! I didn't tell you first thing because I wanted you too but don't make that backfire on me" I said, he laughed and then walked around to my side of the car and helped me up and then picked me up.
"I think I could get used to this" I mumbled, Troy laughed as we entered the house.
"Couch or bedroom?"
"Couch, I can hang with all these lovely people that came to my house" I said, Troy nodded and headed towards the living room. When Lucille says us, she jumped up and ran towards us.
"Hey mom can you go grab a blanket for Gabs in the closet over there?" Troy asked her, Lucy nodded and she walked over, Troy put me in the lounge, it was comfortable, and I could lean back or sit cress-cross. I could do anything in it. Lucille came back and handed me my blanket that was soft and a light pink color.
"So…what happened?"
Troy groaned and I looked away "Bad?"
"Very, at first she thought I miscarried, then we had to talk about my mother and ugh" I said, Lucille looked at me concerned.
"Miscarried? Oh Gabi, but what is it?"
"Stress" Troy piped up, I sent him a smile.
"Oh, Gabi…so what are you doing?"
"Bed rest for two weeks or longer" I said, I let out a long dejected sigh.
"But Troy you go back Sunday to all day practices and then Taylor has school and Chad is with you so…" She started to say, she then popped up from her spot on the couch. "I can stay with her! Jenni and Jack would have to go home though for school but Troy I could stay!" Lucille said, I looked over at Troy and nodded.
"If you want to mom, just until Gabi is off bed-rest maybe even after that" Troy mumbled, I shot him a look.
"I will just stay till after Christmas and then a little while after the baby comes" She said, I smiled already liking this idea.
"That sounds wonderful"
"I am going to get some water, anybody want some?" Troy asked I nodded my head softly.
"I will go get some ads we can look through" I smiled and then laid down to rest, I then felt a something hit my stomach, I gasped and then put my hand up to it, I screamed and then I saw Troy running into the room, when he saw my hand on my stomach he got concerned.
"Gabi! Are you okay? Is the baby ok?" Troy asked I looked up at him; I gave him a watery smile, tears in my eyes.
"Troy put your hand here" I said, I put Troy's hand there and it then kicked again. Troy gasped and sat down on the edge.
"It feels like a butterfly" I said, Troy chuckled and it kicked again.
"That is amazing" Troy said in a whisper, I looked up at him.
"I can feel it, I can really feel it, I can feel my baby" I said, Troy then leaned down and kissed my stomach.
"Gabi! Troy? Are you guys okay?"
"Ma! Come here you have to feel this!" Troy yelled I then saw Jack and Jenni running down the stairs.
"What?"
"Wait for mom" Troy said I only smiled at the two.
"Troy what?"
"The baby kicked" Troy said slowly, all three of them looked at him confused.
"The baby kicked" He repeated, Lucy then squealed along with Jenni, "Let me feel!" They both cried, they raced over
"Put your hand here" I pointed, Jenni did first and she gasped when it kicked, I giggled and then Lucille did, she smiled warmly.
"I remember the first time Troy kicked, I swear Jack was going to kill me" She said laughing, I then let Jack touch my stomach.
"Cute, I miss those days" Jack said, I smiled and put my hand there, I could feel my baby.
"It feels like a butterfly, just a faint kick" I said, they both smiled.
"It just gets harder" Lucy said, I gave her a crooked smile, Troy's hand then pushed mine away.
"Hey!" I exclaimed he only smiled at me, his evil smile.
"Come on, you feel it every single time!"
"Ok, far enough" I muttered, he smiled.
"This is wonderful" I said
"Amazing"
"It makes all the hard work worth it" I said to him, he smiled and then kissed my lips, when he pulled back I leaned my forehead against his "I love you, Troy"
"I love you too, Gabi" I then felt the baby kick three times, almost as if saying it loved us too. It made me smile and Troy felt it too.
"That was amazing" We both said at the same time, we laughed and relaxed and looked at ads the rest of the day.
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