Chapter 36 – Blessed

I spun my chair into a circle as I looked at Liam, he grinned as he crawled towards me. "Is this your new obsession?" I asked him, every time I spun around in the chair he would laugh, it must have been my hair that spun in a circle.

Taylor was slowly becoming her old self. Chad had to get back to basketball after about four days with Taylor. She spent a lot of time alone and researching about everything. Chad had not been playing like himself for the last week being back on the court, being pulled out more than three times.

She had been living with me since everything had happened and when Sharpay found out a day later she had exploded with fire, we all feared she was going to have her baby in seconds. She was anger at us for not telling her sooner but then she hugged Taylor for a while.

Taylor did admit to me that she was jealous of both Sharpay and I of having kids soon. Sharpay was overdue to have her baby and she is gripping at everybody who comes near her. Troy had been home for the past two days with the home games.

I wiggled my toes; Liam was growing up so fast. He was mostly eating solid goods, I had been giving him some juice and he would eat something Troy and I ate at dinner. "What are you two doing down here?" I stopped as Troy stood in the doorway, Liam giggled and I laughed.

"You are both giggling; it must not be very good." Troy teased, he was in his Laker tshirt and his tennis shoes tied crisply. "I am heading to the gym for the shoot around. I thought about taking Liam with me since it's only an hour."

"What is he going to do but get in the way?" I asked smirking up at Troy, "I thought more of you would be getting a break you never get, and I mean I did leave you with Maggie last week and then the whole Taylor deal."

"Troy, none of that was your fault, I said yes to Maggie coming over as much as you did. The Taylor deal that was upsetting and everybody was upset over it. Nobody was happy that it happened, I don't think that was fine."

"Don't you think you are so busy with everything else in your life?" Troy asked propping Liam onto his hip. "Troy, I promise I am fine. It's been a stressful ten months," eyeing Liam, he grinned before turning his head into Troy's shoulder. He was not talking yet, I mean not real words like some babies are at this age but it was fine, he was advancing in everything else so far.

"If you say so but I am still bringing Liam," squinting, my eyes locked with his. "Why are you really taking Liam?" Troy shook his head, "Why don't you believe me?" he asked, his face had a hint of amusement hidden within his features. His eyes smiled and his lips were perfect.

"Because, its you." Troy laughed and then went over to kiss me, "Your right, you shouldn't believe me." He pressed his lips against mine and I giggled into the kiss. "We will be back in about two to three hours." He said kissing me again. "Alright, you two better be good." I warned, Troy snorted, "Whatever you say momma Bolton." Rolling my eyes, they both walked out. What in the hell was I going to do now?

Tapping my fingers against the desk, Oreo came flying down the hallway jumping up into my lap. She lapped her tongue onto my face as I yawned. "Or, should we take a bath oh or should we go take a nap?" I asked her, she wagged her tail back and forth as I laughed.

"Really, I don't think you helped much with my choice." She thumped her tail harder against my leg as I first decided to do some laundry, followed by the dishes, and then maybe I would relax in my bed to read a book that I had been trying to read since I had Liam.

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks, it sounded like a wonderful book but I just could not make it past the first three chapters at any one point in time. I then officially gave up.

I pulled on a pair of baggy sweats with a simple tshirt before doing all of the chores. I peaked in on Taylor who was sleeping; she had been doing a lot of that lately too. A lot of sleeping but it was helping her out, I think she has been really worn out. She had made a trip to go out to Florida to see some of her family and to get away for a little while.

I was the one who suggested she do it so she could get a fresh start. Chad was a little hesitant but since she was going to be joining her whole family for Thanksgiving it worked. Unfortunately, the boys did play on Thanksgiving this year. I was going to be in South Carolina with Troy's family. I had already told my mom that I was not going to make it to New Mexico until Christmas.

Scrubbing off Liam's tray on his high chair the house finally looked clean. I pulled some of Liam's toys into a little area and into his little play box.

I then grabbed my book, turned on some music before settling into my big comfy bed, I stuck my nose into the book and began to read away.

Scanning over the words on the page I felt a sob creep up into my throat as I felt my heartbreak as I read the story. My fingers slipped under the page for it to flip to the next page. I sat back up in the bed as I shut the book before I could read anymore.

It was heartbreaking but you were rooting for a certain thing. It was hard to read only due to you wanted to see the two people love each other again like they use to and were brought together over one person.

Wiping at my eyes, I stood up as I went to fix my contacts, more like to take my contacts out and put my glasses on. I had been reading for the past three hours. The garage door had opened and slammed shut but nobody ever came up the stairs. It made me think Chad had arrived at the house to coax Taylor back to there house.

They were going to be home up until the day before Thanksgiving. Troy was going to catch a flight out with me to South Carolina then he was catching another flight to go down to Florida.

I hugged my body as I walked down the stairs to smell a faint smell. I walked closer to the kitchen to see Liam was in his highchair playing in his food while Troy was cooking something. I wrinkled my brows as he stirred something before his eyes flickered to the doorway feeling my presence.

"Hey," he said softly, his white smile beamed and he threw his hands out. "I am making you dinner." He stated, "I see that," I went over to the barstool closet to Liam and sat down. "Why didn't you come upstairs?" I asked him, Liam poked his orange covered finger onto my hand. "I wasn't sure if you were sleeping or not. If you were I wasn't going to disturb you."

"No, I was reading. I only get so much time with you," I teased gently, "Yes, I know but I have been cooking dinner for the two of us, maybe even Liam." Troy's eyes wondered to Liam as he dropped his stuff before walking over towards where we enter from the kitchen.

He then brought over a thing of red roses. I bit on my lip as he handed them to me, his lips greeting mine. "Thank you," he whispered gently against my lips.

"For what?" I asked him, he pulled one of his arms around my waist before he kissed me again. "You are so strong, for always being there for your friends, and raising Liam so well." I let my head rest on his chest as I smiled. "Thank you for being an amazing dad and cooking dinner." I teased hitting his shoulder lightly.

Troy separated from me as he went to check his dinner, "I love how random you are," Troy smirked as he stirred whatever was in front of him. Liam screeched and I turned to look at him. He crinkled his eyes at me and I laughed, "What?" I asked him, he huffed as he threw his arms up.

"He is so animated; I swear he is going to be like Chad."

"Is that a bad thing?" Troy shrugged his shoulders, "I don't need him carrying around a basketball that has a name." I snorted as grabbed a paper towel to wipe up his very dirty face. "Was he trying to feed himself?" I asked laughing, "Yes, yes he was. So when I let him try it on his own he just looked at me if I was crazy."

"So what are you cooking me for dinner?" I asked peering over the edge of the stove. "Hey, no peeking. You will find out soon enough, I didn't know if you wanted to put Liam to bed first or if you wanted him to be with us."

"I think I will give him a bath, do I have time for that?" I asked him, Troy glanced at the clock and then nodded. "Yup, you have plenty of time."

Giving Liam a bath was becoming easier and easier every single time we did it. He loved it all and he would play for a few minutes before I pulled him out.

Wrapping him tight into his ducky towel, he curled against my chest. He loved his soft PJ's at night with the little footie. I brushed back his hair and he looked so professional, I grinned and he smiled back at me. "Do you want to go downstairs with mommy?" Glancing at the clock I decided he could come down for a little while but he will have to go to bed at around eight thirty.

Carrying him downstairs Troy was putting finishing touches on his meal when he spotted us. "Somebody is nice and clean," Troy said, "He smells good too," I took a small whiff as he smelled just like baby soap. I let him down as he began to crawl all over the place.

I leaned over Troy's side to see what he had prepared and did it look mighty yummy. He had brown rice with steamed veggies, with some meat and a glass of wine sitting in front of that. "Yummy," I said, Troy smirked as he took both plates and sat them down at the table. I grabbed both glasses of wine as we both slipped into the chairs. Liam rubbed his eyes as he reached up leaning against my chair.

Taking only one bite from my plate, I picked him up to place him in my lap. I fed him a piece of my rice as I took another bite of my rice and veggies Troy took a drink from his wine glass. "Somebody is looking very tired," Liam rubbed his eyes again as I looked at Troy. "I got it, you start to eat." Troy said taking his napkin to his face before clapping his hands to pick up Liam.

Taking him upstairs I took a long sip of the drink. Troy appeared about ten minutes later as he slipped back into the chair. "He was out." Troy mentioned, "Good, maybe he will sleep until later tomorrow morning."

"Mm…must be nice to get up so early." Troy joked; I rolled my eyes as he poked his fork towards me. "I miss these dinners," Troy said giving off a half smile. "Trust me, I cherish every minute of these dinners with you." Sipping at the wine, I blinked back before letting my own yawn come through my mouth.

"Man, I was hoping for me," I shot him a look and he laughed, "I love you too," I snorted as I got up from my place as I went to sit in his lap. Only eating about three fourth of my food and most of my wine, I locked my lips to Troy's as he gently pushed his plate away.

"Is Taylor and Chad still here?" Troy shook his head, "Chad finally got her to go home." Troy's kiss deepened even more as he locked his fingers in with mine. "I am pretty sure this is what you wanted out of this, isn't it?" Troy smirked and I got up from his lap. I simply flipped off my shirt as I dashed up the stairs.

Troy's fingers gently ran over my spine as I cuddled into his chest. "God, I love you." Troy whispered into my ear, I smiled as I tapped my fingers gently against his chest. "I love you too Troy."

Liam's cry erupted out complete silence that we were enjoying. "How about I go and get him and then he can just lay in bed with us until I have to leave for the gym."

"Sounds fantastic." I mumbled, "I just don't want you to move," Troy wiggled from underneath the space as he leaped from the room. I laughed rolling over as I grabbed my shorts and Troy's hoodie before pulling them both on. I climbed back underneath the covers as Troy came back.

Troy set Liam down on the bed and then frowned. "I like it when you are naked," I snorted, "Only you do, I don't think Liam would enjoy it as much."

"He won't remember." Troy said, "What if he did?" I asked raising my eyebrows; Troy frowned and then shuddered, "Ew. I would knock him out and hope he lost his memory."

I busted out into laughter, "Troy," I exclaimed, "Kidding! I would never do that," Troy slipped back underneath the blankets as Liam sat in-between us on the bed. He leaned forward and I tickled his stomach.

"He was chewing on his foot when I got into the bedroom." Tickling his toes he fell backwards as I pulled him closer. Troy smoothed his fingers over my forehead as he kissed me lightly on the forehead. "Mmm…" I smiled as I gently pushed him off. "Hey, that was really rude."

I lifted Liam to sit on my chest as he bounced up and down, "You are so cute,"

"So what do you want to do today?" I asked him, he babbled and he covered his fingers across my lips. "Mmm," his lips kept forming m words, "You know he is going to say mom first, I can just feel it."

"No, he is going to say dad first because he loves me more." I gasped as I hit his shoulder, "He does not!" Troy smirked, "Oh yes," Troy picked him up from my chest, "I am the one who plays with him, I don't give him a bath that often, I feed him and I don't put him to bed every night."

"Shut up, just because you are not home to do all of that stuff?" Troy grinned, "Oh, I am home you just offer to first." I shook my head, "Fine then, you get to bathe, feed, and put Liam to bed tonight and the night after that." I crawled onto his lap as Troy smirked, "If that is how this game is going to be played then fine, you can cook dinner tonight."

I laughed, "Fine! I will cook dinner and then I am off to bed." I leaned forward to kiss Troy's lips. He squeezed my hip as I kissed the back of Liam's head. "I can not believe how much hair he has."

"We should probably be thinking about his first haircut," I told him, "Eh…how about we wait until he is over one. He only has about three months left." Liam's hair was always going to be shaggy, he is living on the West Coast, and it was like some code.

Liam played with my finger as I kissed his chin. "Fine, we can wait but I want it cut."

Troy rolled his eyes as I felt Troy squeeze my fingers. "So, I should be getting up,"

"Liam probably would like to eat something." Troy nodded as he kissed my temple, "Probably. So I am going to go get ready,"

"Don't you have to feed Liam?" I teased, "Not until tonight."

"Mmm…" I said shaking my head, Troy laughed before he got up. I rolled over to grab my phone as I kept one hand on Liam. I noticed I had a text from Sharpay but I threw my phone off to the side as I sat up.

Liam babbled sticking his hand into his mouth, "Well, well, you must be hungry!" He giggled as I stood up grabbing him, also reaching for my cell phone. I put Liam onto my hip as I checked my message from Sharpay.

Was induced into labor this morning, sitting in the hospital waiting for everything to happen, Call me ASAP

Letting out a gasp as I lowered Liam's body down into his highchair, I called Sharpay as I paced through the kitchen, then I decided I should feed Liam as he was growing angry.

"Hey Gabs," Zeke answered, "Hi! I just saw the text message, how is she doing?" I asked as I picked up a spoon and some bananas. Troy's arm wrapped around my waist as he kissed the back of my neck, "Doing okay, they are expecting a long day, we are trying to hold out and wait for epidural and all but it is going to be a long day."

"I will come up in a little while," I started, Troy gently sucked on the back of my neck and I tried not to gasp. "That's what she wanted to know is if you would be here. Her mom can't catch a flight until later tonight from Mexico somewhere, so it will be late, so she wanted you to come and be with her."

"Zeke! Of course I will be there with her! I know I enjoyed having Lucille there with me. She knew what was happening most of the time, I just, I don't want to get in the way of your special moment."

"No, Gabi, she wants you here. You are one of her best friends, she really wants you here." I looked at Liam as my lips became dry. "I probably won't be able to come up until after Troy's practice. I don't want to bring Liam up, so do you think she can wait for me until about two?" I asked, "Def., she was basically induced into labor, during her appointment yesterday they asked if she wanted to be induced since she is about three days late."

"So she has a long way to go,"

"Yes, she does. So I will keep you updated okay? No need to rush up here, she is sleeping right now." I smiled as Troy looked at me, "I will be there as soon as possible. Did you let Taylor know yet?" I asked, Zeke didn't answer for a moment, as he hesitated to find words.

"No…we were not sure on how to handle that. We will take care of it though, its not you problem to deal with."

"Alright, I would maybe tell Chad first and then maybe have him tell her. It might just be easier unless Sharpay wants to tell Taylor."

"Yea, we will talk more about it when Shar wakes up from her little nap,"

"Let her sleep as much as possible BTW, this takes a lot of your energy and then it doesn't get better." Zeke snorted, "Can't wait,"

Zeke and I hung up as I looked at Troy, "They induced Sharpay this morning."

"Awh! We are going to have baby Baylor today!" Troy said with a smile, he leaned forward to kiss my lips as he hugged my waist towards his. "So I am guessing from the conversation I heard, you are going up to the hospital after I get home." I nodded kissing his chin softly.

"Yea, I don't really want to take Liam to the hospital to wait. I know everybody was there for me but with Liam, I don't want to do that."

"I can watch him; I am the one who has to put him to bed and everything." Troy winked, "Mhm," Troy picked up his bag, slinging it around his shoulder. "I will try to get home as soon as I can. Rushing through traffic you know," I shot Troy a glance and he laughed. "I promise to be on my best behavior, now bye," shaking my head he walked out.

Feeding Liam, I thought back to when I gave birth to Liam. How boring it really was, I mean you laid there to wait, having these really painful moments every now and then.

Liam rejected a bite of bananas as it spilled over his lip. Reaching for the rag near by, wiping his chin up, free of bananas. I finished off the container as I then gave him some yogurt bites.

He picked them up with his fingers as he poked them into his mouth. For being about nine months, he was sure as hell going to put those yogurt bites into his mouth.

Sighing I looked through the pantry looking for food, I tapped my foot against the ground as I glanced through the pantry to find something to eat.

This was going to be a long day!

Liam cried as he sat on my lap, "What do you want burger?" I let his head face my shoulder as I knew it was past his nap time but I wanted some time with him before I was gone for the rest of the night.

I had called Zeke twice and he told me to relax that progress was slow. He didn't want me to rush and it wasn't my problem if I was late or if I missed anything. They didn't want me to worry and stretch myself; they didn't want me to freak out over it. Troy had called saying they were let out of practice late and traffic was backed up.

Liam rubbed his eyes roughly as I finally resented grabbing a bottle and heading upstairs. Liam pressed his fingers on to my skin while nestling into my body.

Gobbling down his bottle he quickly fell asleep, his eyes luring shut. Laying him back down into his crib he blinked before tossing his head to the side. "See you later little guy," I kissed his forehead before going to get ready. Troy was thinking I was being stretched thin with everything but what else would I do with my life?

I smiled as I grabbed a long sleeve UCLA shirt with a pair of jeans. I slipped on my tennis shoes before letting my hair fall naturally onto my shoulders. I so wanted to be there with Sharpay, I want to be part of that moment so much. To be on the other side of it will be amazing and, oh.

Grabbing my bag I made sure I had everything to last me a while before I collapsed onto the couch. My phone began to ring and Taylor's picture turned up. I slide over the answer call before pressing the phone up to my ear. "Hey,"

"So Sharpay called me telling me she was induced into labor." Taylor said quietly, "Chad is at practice and I really want to go, do you think you could pick me up?"

Not responding quickly she began to ramble, "You don't have to but Chad talked about going out later with some of his friends to let loose because he has been really stressed lately and I feel so bad so I don't want to bug him about it and I just…"

"Taylor, please take a deep breath. I will come get you but I am waiting on Troy. Are you sure you want to come up there though?" I asked her gently, "Yes, I don't want to let this drag me down Gabi. I feel like shit, I hate feeling like shit. I am incredibly jealous of you and Sharpay but I know I will have kids. I will defiantly have kids, I don't care how it happens, and I will have kids."

This was a different Taylor I was listening too. After only one week, I was not so sure about this. Guilt rocked through my stomach, "Taylor, I don't know, isn't this a little soon?" my lips chapped as I did not want to disappoint her. "I was there for you Gabi,"

"Okay, okay, I will come down and get you okay? I just have to wait until Troy is home," Taylor sniffled as I knew she was crying. "Thank you,"

I hung up the phone with Taylor as I quickly dialed Chad. He answered after the third ring, "Chad, how is Taylor really? She called me asking to go see Sharpay in the hospital, I don't know how she really is but I don't think after a week she is all better." I fought, Chad sighed, "Gabi, I don't know how Taylor is. She is locked up like a hard shell. She won't talk to me like she did when it happened. Little words have come out of her mouth; I don't think she is either."

"She said you were going out for drinks, Chad, what the hell?" Chad didn't talk for a minute, "I wish I was kidding when I said that but I wasn't. Though, thinking about it now, I should probably go home to be with her."

"If she wants take her to the hospital but I want you to be there Chad. You are her support system but she might shut down for a few days, even weeks but she will get back onto her feet, ready to rumble again. You can only be down for so long; she just has to get through this first. My mom said she had a miscarriage before me, she said it took her a while for her to recover."

Chad blew out a long sigh, "I don't know what to do if she isn't going to talk to me,"

"Chad, I know Taylor, I have been friends with Taylor forever. She is never one to quickly open up about her feelings, Chad do you remember how long it took for her to admit she actually loved you?" Chad snorted as I smiled, "She told me about it before she told you, about two months in advance. She didn't want to seem 'weak'…" I paused as I thought about the words, "and Chad, if I was Taylor, I probably would be just like her."

"Thanks for telling me Gabi, we will probably be up there. I know it would be kind of out of you way. I am glad Troy married you or else I am not sure how I would do a lot of this. You are now my go to person,"

"Chad, whenever I have a question about Troy, you are my go to person. I promise you, nobody knows Troy better than you or me."

"Oh, sure," I giggled as I nodded, "I'll possibly see you later,"

"Possibly."

After hanging up with Chad, I let out a long sigh. I was leaving Wednesday to go to South Carolina. My life was becoming a tad crazy but it will eventually slow down, maybe Troy was right. Sitting down in a chair I heard the garage door lift and Oreo began to bark.

"Oreo, come on, Liam is sleeping." I snapped, her head turned to me and I let her outside into the backyard. I heard Troy's feet climbed up the stairs and then the garage door opened.

"Hey," he said, I got up from my chair as I went over to press my lips against his. "I am leaving now," Troy smiled softly as he hugged me, "Okay,"

"How was practice?"

"Fine, what is Liam doing?" I glanced at the clock before I rubbed my eyes, "Uhm, he has been sleeping for about twenty minutes, not long. He ate just before that, you know when he is hungry."

"Yea, I know his schedule from here. I am his dad," Troy joked gently, "Yes, I know. He is off about thirty minutes though, so he might not want to lie down until later."

"Mkay, text me a picture and the name quickly okay? I am very jealous of you." I smirked as I kissed him once more. "You should be Bolton; I get to go see a brand new baby."

"You are going to leave our nine month old in the dust?" I smirked shaking my head, "Naughty Bolton,"

"You too Bolton!" I picked up my bag before kissing him once more. "Be back later." Opening the door quietly, I shut it behide me with a small force when I opened the garage door back up.

A strong smell of rain hit me, walking out of the garage I knew it was about to storm. The sky was a blooming grey and the wind began to pick up faster and faster.

Licking my dry lips I grabbed a bottle of water and broke the cap. I started my car as I backed out as the rain began to pour on to my hood. Great, I get to deal with the twenty minute drive to the hospital.

I turned on the windshield wipers as I moved through the streets before working my way to the highway. Pushing my blinker on as I merged into traffic.

Dialing Zeke, he answered. "Hey, I am on my way. How is she holding up?"

"It is moving very slow," Zeke complained, "Very slow. She is only about four centimeters dilated."

"Do you guys need anything before I come up? I know she can't have food right now but do you want any food?"

"Actually are you too far here? I was wondering if you could stop into the restaurant and pick up some cookies that I made for Sharpay for after the birth. I havent been able to pick them up yet, I will call them to tell them you are on your way. If you could also pick up a muffin or something for me, I am starved."

"I can, does she want anything? Magazine, book, cards?" I asked, "Shar, do you want Gabi to pick up anything?"

"Uhm, I don't know. I think I have everything, I just need somebody to talk to besides you." Sharpay grumbled, I snorted as Zeke sighed, "You can see my princess is doing very well." I tried to keep my giggles inside but I couldn't help but laugh harder.

"Yea, yea, just if you could pick up those things."

"Will do," I eased onto my brakes as I turned off at the nearest exit since I would be passing the store if I went on any farther. "I will be there in about thirty minutes or so, tell Sharpay to hang in there."

"Go fish," I said flipping a look over to Zeke, "What, you think I have it?" Sharpay glared at him and he looked down, "Go fish," he mumbled quietly, Sharpay huffed before picking up a card from the stack.

"Yeah! I got my two!" she squealed, Zeke and I shared a look as I glanced at the contraction monitor thing, "Good for you Pay, now how are you talking through a contraction?" I asked as my eyebrows winced together as I remembered that pain. "I only feel it a little bit; I mean it's there but not that strong. I have had some strong ones that made me cry."

"No epidural yet?"

"We are waiting until about five, which seems to be taking god damn forever."

"I read when I was researching for mine that they sometimes help move the process along. You can sleep for awhile and go at it when its time to push."

As I finished my sentence Sharpay's doctor walked in and then he smiled, "Sharpay, would you like to see how far along you now?" he asked with a perky tone, Sharpay groaned and I cracked a small smile. I had only been here for about an hour and very little progress had been made.

It was coming closer to five, eleven hours since she had been admitted to the hospital. The doctor checked her and then he sighed, "You are barely a five." Sharpay threw her head back slightly before she looked at Zeke. "I want an epidural," she quickly said. The words left her mouth as she gripped onto the bed, the doctor checked it out and he nodded.

"I will get the guy to come up here and see you. I have to have you sign a few papers and then we will be a go."

The next thirty minutes was a buzz with people. In and out of the room, signing papers and then she was up and they were slowly giving her the epidural. She freaked out over the needle but Zeke sat in front of her whispering things into her ear. Once it was all finished they relaxed Sharpay into the bed.

Sharpay yawned as she rolled her head to the side. "I think I am going to take up Gabi's idea and take a long nap." She yawned again before slipping her hand into Zekes.

"Take as long of a nap as you would like Shar, you have a lot of hard work ahead of you." I told her quietly as I pushed back some of her hair that was covering her face.

"Gabi, can you later put my hair into a messy bun. Not right now, but later," Sharpay babbled, "Yes, Pay, I can put your hair up into a messy bun."

"Thank you mate," stifling the giggle that wanted to leave my mouth, I looked at Zeke. "Do you want anything? I am going to call Troy and see how dinner time went and then call Chad…"

"Coffee, please," Zeke begged, "Defiantly. I will bring you a coffee back."

"Thank you, you are such a big help." I smirked, "I just know how she is feeling and if you left her side, she might snap." Zeke rolled his dark brown eyes before nodding his head.

Leaving the room I called Troy, I jumped down the stairs until I came to the lobby. "Hey, do we have a baby Baylor yet?"

"Nope. She is only half way there; I mean how many hours of this and only half way? This is insane, I am glad Liam came fast."

"No joke. How is Zeke man holding up?" giggling I pulled on a bag of chips, "Well he is dealing with a very in pain Sharpay,"

"True, true," he mentioned, "How did dinner time go?" I asked, "Fantastic! We had a bunch of fun being airplanes," I grinned as I heard him say this. My smile grew as I wish I had been there, "I can imagine this by the way," I smirked, "It was fun! He laughed at me and then he slammed his fingers into the food…"

Snorting I burst out in laughter, "Wow, that's funny. How did bath time go?"

"Ehh…that was a little bit more difficult. Would it not just be easier to get in the bath with him?" Scrunching up my face I looked at the coffee in front of me. "What the hell did you do?" I asked him, "I mean all he did was want to splash water!"

"That is new! All he usually does and throw the toy duck around."

"Oh and Chad called me, he told me that he was with Taylor. They aren't going to make it up there. He talked her out of it until maybe later like tomorrow. He didn't want you to call; I told him I would let you know."

"Thanks, I was getting ready to call. I feel bad for Sharpay. She has nobody up here; Zeke's parents were just here for his big grand opening. Sharpay's parents are flying in from Mexico but they aren't here. I just, I had everybody here to welcome baby Liam into the world."

"You are her everything, Sharpay doesn't want everybody on the planet to see her sweaty and in pain. I think she is just fine," sighing, I filled up the coffee cup. "Well, have fun putting him to bed. That is my favorite time, I love putting my little guy to bed."

"I will. Call me when you have a chance."

"I will."

Going back up to the floor, I opened the door quietly and I saw Sharpay was fast asleep. Zeke was sitting in a nearby chair, a yawn falling out of his mouth. Handing Zeke the cup of coffee he nodded a thanks.

"My stomach is growling I'm pretty sure it's going to die from starvation." Zeke joked, "Go grab some food downstairs. I will be right here and if she wakes up I will send you a 911 text, just make it fast."

"Are you sure? I don't want you to have to feel responsible."

"Zeke, has Troy been talking to you? You all act like I do everything for everybody."

"You do a lot for everybody. You have been helping Sharpay, taking care of Taylor, taking care of Liam, being Troy's wife…" he dragged out the last one as I smiled. "The last one isn't that big of a deal," i stretched the ending out. "Well, no probably not but everything else."

"I have decided that I want/need to help. I have nothing in my life to do besides be there for everybody. My friends need my help, they want my help. I didn't finish college and I keep saying I am going to, I just, I don't want to. I have Liam; I just want to be with Liam. Then the thing with Taylor, I had to be there for her and you and Sharpay that is something special I am glad she wanted me here to be with her."

Zeke smiled, "That is what I basically told Troy. That is why you like to be, the helper. You always have been you were always the one to help everybody study in college and in high school. It didn't matter if you were in that class or not! You sure as hell helped anyway. I swore I only passed English three because of you."

My cheeks turned a bright red as I looked down. "Am I annoying?" Zeke laughed, "No. You are a lifesaver, a blessing. I am getting ready to have a kid and I want to spend so much time with him. Teach him basketball and how to cook."

"You are going to make a great dad Zeke, a fantastic dad."

"Thanks and you are one hell of a badass mom Gabi. If I didn't love my mom, I would totally want you for my mom. Liam is a lucky kid, he has one cool mom."

"Well this little one defiantly has me as an aunt that will always be there for him. Only nine months apart from Liam, they will be best friends."

Zeke got up to head for the door, "I will be back in about fifteen minutes if not short. Just a small something to eat, I am starved."

"You could probably bring it back here if you want to Zeke."

The door snapped shut as I looked at the sleeping Sharpay. Contractions came and fell through the machine and Sharpay never flinched. You gotta love the drugs.

As the clock approached eight thirty at night, the doctor gently woke Sharpay up so they could check her. They were very much hoping to be very close for it to be time to deliver.

Sharpay snapped out of sleep, I mean snapped at the doctor. Zeke and I laughed out loud as she was dead in sleep. They checked her to find her so much closer. Only about a centimeter left, "Really? I am almost there?" Sharpay asked coming out of her sleeping state.

Zeke beamed as they began to prep her. They transferred to the labor and delivery to actually have her baby. We helped her switch to 'the' bed and make herself comfortable.

Sharpay grimaced, "Wow, I slept through this?" she panted quietly, "Wow, I mean seriously, these hurt." She groaned and then held onto my fingers. "They are becoming stronger, longer, and becoming more frequent." The doctor began to explain to her. She huffed quietly and then whimpered.

"The pain has only begun Pay," I whispered quietly to myself. They got her into the stir-ups which she wasn't crazy about, covering her lower half with sheets as they checked her once more.

"Are you ready Sharpay? It's just about time to push," She gripped onto Zeke's hands tighter. This is probably why guys had big hands and not left with my wimpy small one.

"I wish I could scream at you Gabi saying you have no idea how this feels but you do and son of a bitch," she choked out; I threw my head back in laughter as she did not find it as funny.

They told her to push on a count of three and she did, holding it out for about ten seconds before flattening back against the pillows. Once again, after about a twenty second break she did it all over again. A groan slipped through her lips, she tried to squirm away from the pain.

"Pay, just think about our baby boy. What he will look like and how he will cry. If he will have your nose," Sharpay cried, only if her brother was here. Kelsi and he were in New York doing something for Broadway but they knew and were flying back as soon as they could.

This went on for about thirty minutes, not much progress was made. "Let her rest for just a few minutes and then we will try again." Sharpay had tears in her eyes as Zeke leaned to whisper into her ear. "What if I can't push him out? I don't want to have a C-section," Sharpay cried quietly.

I squeezed her hand, "This is the hard part Shar, and this isn't supposed to be easy. I promise you, it will hurt but once its over and your little baby boy is squirming on your chest, all of the pain was worth it." I squeezed her hand and Sharpay only nodded her head. "I'm ready, I need him out of me, I need him out of me."

Her hair was falling out of the messy bun I had provided for her, the grey headband sticking her hair. Sweat beads formed over her face and she squeezed Zekes hand tighter.

Sharpay took in a long drawn breath when she began to push again. "Keep going Sharpay, you are doing wonderful, don't stop, and don't stop."

She whimpered out in pain as I rubbed her hand, "You can stop when you need to," I told her quietly, she fell backwards when I said the words. She had basically been crying the whole time but now she was determined to get this little body out of her.

"One or two more pushes Sharpay; we can see the top of the head. He is right here," the doctor told her as he positioned himself. Sharpay went up and at it again, she squeezed my hand tighter and tighter until she broke the grip falling backwards. "One, two, three," somebody said and she was back up and pushing again.

"You got this Sharpay, you have it." I whispered to her, her face turned redder and redder until she finally let out a cry. "One more big push Sharpay, the baby is right there, all we need is one more big push."

"It hurts so much," she cried, "Just do it baby girl, you have it. Think of him, he will be in your arms in a matter of minutes."

Pushing forward again she cried out loudly before the sob creped out of her throat, "We have a boy!" the doctor shouted, the wail of an infant carried out of the room as Sharpay began to sob heavily. They placed the baby onto her chest as her fingers glazed his back.

Zeke cut the cord as I smiled; I took a picture with my phone as the told Sharpay they were going to take the baby. Zeke hugged her and kissed her forehead while I went to escape over to the baby.

I stood right next to the nurse when I saw them weighing him. Eight pounds two ounces. My eyes widened as he was a bigger baby. I guess Liam did come pretty early.

The baby was still crying, his eyes clinched closed, I took a picture as they wrapped the baby up into the blanket and put him into the hat they had provided.

He cried harder as I covered his eyes from the light. He opened them for a brief moment, Zeke came over to see all of the commotion, and "He is beautiful Zeke,"

"He is mine Gabi, he is mine." I hugged Zeke tightly as I knew that was in the back of his mind all day. "She said that guy was white, pale white and look at my baby boy! He is black, he is half black!" I smiled and laughed with Zeke. "He is wonderful,"

The nurse picked up the baby as she took him over to Sharpay. "Everybody had to be out of town when I had him," she said softly, her eyes were attached to the baby boy.

"What is his name? Or do you have a name yet?" I asked them, the nurses and doctors were still around making sure everybody was healthy and in a good mood.

Sharpay was in a more comfortable position holding the baby in her arms. "Zeke, do you still want that one name?" Sharpay asked him, "Yeah, I loved that name."

Sharpay smiled and then tapped his little nose, "Bentley Austin Baylor," Sharpay said softly, Zeke beamed with a smile as I grinned at the both of them. "That is so cute, I love it Sharpay."

"Zeke, do you want to hold him and Gabi…" I looked at her and she threw out her arms. "Please give me a damn hug!" I giggled as I walked into her arms. We hugged each other tightly, "Thank you so much for being here, you didn't have to."

"You were there for me,"

"I know and I know that Zeke we decided something else but I really think Gabi needs to be the Godmother." I felt my throat tighten up. "Sharpay, you can do whatever you originally planned to do." Zeke shook his head as he swayed back and forth with baby Bentley. "Gabi you were such a help, a blessing. You helped Sharpay probably more than I could."

"I don't want somebody to feel bad,"

"We were going to give it to Kelsi but I can give her the next one, you deserve to have Bentley." I smiled as I hugged her tighter, "Thank you,"

"No, thank you."

I bit down on my lip as I crossed the room and grabbed the box of cookies Zeke told me to grab. "These are from Zeke, he told me to pick them up earlier. You must be starving so," Sharpay's eyes grew wide and she threw open the box. She picked up a cookie and bit into it.

"Oh my, is this new?" she asked chewing, "The Bentley cookie, a mix of a sugar cookie with a chocolate chip cookie, a mix of our two favorites." Sharpay blinked her eyes as she waved her hands for him to come closer.

Before I knew it I had baby Bentley in my arms. Zeke kissed Sharpay as I looked down at Bentley. His eyes were shut tightly as he was probably ready to eat but I held him. He was so much lighter than Liam was at the current time.

"You guys are going to make great parents, you know that right?" Zeke smiled down at Sharpay as I looked at little Bentley. "Without you, probably not." I shook my head, "You will do just fine without me. I just, I am backup."

"My babysitter?" Sharpay asked hopeful, "Possibly,"

Sharpay smiled and I gave her back the baby. "Do you guys want real food? I can give you some alone time,"

"Yes, I would love some McDonalds,"

Placing orders, I grabbed my bag and I got a wristband from the hospital making me legal to get in and out. I gripped onto my steering wheel texting Troy a picture of Bentley.

I sent out a blast to everybody, one to Chad to show to Taylor. Well, I asked him if I should send on to Taylor and then he said yes, so I did. Driving through the drive through I picked up the food.

I ate a few fries on my way back to the hospital. Getting back in was easier said then done but I made it back to the room. It was approaching ten at night and I was becoming tired, I had no idea how Sharpay did this.

Liam did not take that long but they usually said the first was the worst and it became easier after that. Opening the door quietly into the room I heard Sharpay grumbling.

My eyes looked for Zeke and he found mine, he walked over. "She is having a little trouble with the breastfeeding. Something about Bentley won't do this but he will, I don't know." Zeke finally said, I snorted, "That is not my department. I did not breastfeed but I did bring back food."

"Thank God," Zeke said stealing the bag; I followed him in as I flipped my keys into my hand. Sharpay finally sighed, a smile coming across her face. "So I will be back tomorrow with Troy and Liam or would you like me to wait until you get home?" I asked, "When do you leave again?"

"Wednesday, just the day before. I will be the last one down there but…" Sharpay smiled, "Uhm, I mean you can come tomorrow but everybody else will be here tomorrow."

"How about we play it by ear, I will text Zeke at some point. I have to work with Liam's naptime and schedule. He is older and I don't want to keep him away from his schedule too much."

"No, that sounds great. My mom said she will be here tomorrow morning along with my dad."

"I won't see my parents until Thanksgiving but he won't be that old," Zeke said with a smile, "Are they all coming up here?" I asked, "Yup. Since it was going to be close to her due date, we invited everybody up here."

"Good. I will see you guys later,"

"Wait, say goodbye to baby Bentley, Bentley say goodnight to auntie Gabi," I picked him back up as I burped him gently and then kissed his temple. "Bye," I said giving him back to Sharpay.

"Once again, thank you Gabi. You were so much help."

"No problem, I had a lot of fun."

Sharpay snorted, "Fun…"

"Rewarding," I finished for her. She nodded and smiled, "Yea, rewarding."

I yawned as I pulled into the driveway. It was eleven thirty and I was tired, I saw the living room glow from the driveway as I pulled into the garage.

Shutting my car off, I sat there for a moment. I pulled up all of my bags and then opened my car door. Walking up the stairs, I let out a long yawn.

Cracking the door open I dropped all of my bags at the top of the door before shutting it. Walking towards the living room, through the kitchen, I saw Troy lying on the couch watching a movie. He turned his head and he smiled, "Hey how is the baby?"

"Fantastic, beautiful, Zekes," I finished as I stripped off my jacket. I rubbed my eye as I went over to collapse onto Troy's lap. "Mph." Troy groaned I closed my eyes as I leaned back against him. "He seems pretty cute, do I get to see him tomorrow."

"We are going to play it by ear, to see how it goes." Troy's arms wrapped around my waist as I curled into him, "Seeing little Bentley makes me want another baby."

"Right now?" Troy asked, I shook my head, "Not right now, I want Liam to be a little older but soon. Very soon." I said to him, "You want to be in labor again?"

"No but I want that moment when they put the baby onto my chest for me to see." Troy smiled as he kissed my forehead. "I love you baby girl,"

"I love you too Troy, I really love you and I just want to be with you forever."

"You will be with me forever, I am not going anywhere."

"You will have another baby with me?" I quietly asked him, "I will have hundreds of babies with you Gabi," I smiled as Troy gripped my waist. I heard the TV turn off as I snuggled my head into his neck when he stood up. He hugged my waist as he kissed my temple. "How did bedtime go?"

"Good," he said back to me, my legs draped over his arms and then he smiled. Troy gently laid me down onto the bed as he kissed my temple. He stripped my jeans off of me as he then replaced them with shorts. He placed kisses onto my stomach as he then kissed my lips.

"Would you like me to change your shirt?" I shook my head as I pulled him closer to me, "Hold me." I slipped my feet underneath the blankets and Troy followed. Oreo curled up at my feet as Troy kissed the top of my head.

Awh. We have baby Bentley now! (: Yay! So I hope you all liked this chapter and we only have ten chapters left with this story! Whoa! What happened? …I know, crazy. Like I have said before, there will be ANOTHER story! My Laker Boys will be the next stories in the series so get excited! :D

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