Gabriella laid in bed with Troy the next morning. Tori had already gotten up with a long time ago and was probably downstairs playing her DS or getting into Temperance's hair. But if she was annoying Tempe, Troy was sure they would have heard about it by now. But it was quiet out there. Neither of them had even come to ask about breakfast yet. It was a quiet morning and no one had even said anything. Even Troy and Gabriella were just laying in bed this morning just holding each other.
Troy was worried he'd make her cry if he said one word. Gabriella didn't even want to move out of the bed. She knew she'd have to help her sister with all the legalities and all the mortuary responsibilities that were coming along with the deaths, and she wasn't looking forward to it, but she could put it off. She had to do it. She couldn't let her sister do this all by herself. But the more Gabriella thought about all the arrangements that needed to be made, the more she wanted to stay in Troy's arms. And she knew he'd let her. But she needed to just get up and start her day. She couldn't avoid it any longer.
"I need to get out of bed," she said, no conviction held in her voice.
Troy held her closer, kissing the back of her head. "Yeah. Shower?"
She nodded her head, even though the sound of that completely wore her out. "Sí."
He helped her sit up and helped her slide off the bed. "Come on, babe. Let's go."
If he didn't know her any better, he'd think that she was mourning her parents death, but that's not what this was about, and he knew that. He wrapped his arm around her waist, walking with her into the bathroom. He pulled the door shut behind them, helping her pull her nightgown off her. She barely smiled, turning to face him.
"Gracias, T."
He smiled down at her, rubbing her back softly. "It's ok, babe. Just relax. You've got a long day ahead of you. Just let me take care of you right now."
She nodded and let him undress her, stepping out of her panties and into the shower as he turned on the water, testing the water.
"Bueno?"
She nodded and stepped into the running water, letting it run down over her head. It felt so good to just let it soak through her hair and over her naked body. Troy stepped in behind her, taking her in his arms. She turned around to him, taking a deep breath, trying not to break down.
"I don't know if I can do this, T."
He shook his head.
"No, no, no, no, no! Don't do this. You're strong. You can do this."
He kissed her forehead softly, holding her in his embrace. She nodded her head, letting it fall against his chest.
"I know," she mumbled.
She knew she could, she just really didn't want to. She didn't feel anything for those monsters who didn't care for her, who hadn't cared anything for her her entire life. He kissed the top of her head.
"I can come with you," he suggested, rubbing the small of her back, hoping he was relaxing her.
She pulled her head back, shaking her head. "No," she smiled softly. "I think it should be just Temperance and me. I don't think Tori should be there."
Troy nodded, running his fingers through her hair. "That sounds good. Maybe I'll take her down to the stadium, shoot a few hoops."
Gabriella nodded, reaching for the shampoo.
"Here, allow me." He took the shampoo from her and she looked up at him.
"I can wash my own hair, T."
He poured some into his hand, putting the bottle back down, lathering it up between his hands before turning back to her. "I said I told you to let me take care of you, I'm going to take care of you." He started to lather up her long locks and she relaxed to his direction.
She closed her eyes, enjoying his fingers in her hair. It wasn't sexual. He was doing it purely just to help her. He pressed his lips softly to the side of her mouth and she smiled up at him.
"Thank you for helping me. I don't know what I'd do without you."
He smiled, tipping her head back under the water. "You never have to find out, babe."
She smiled up at him as he rinsed the soap from her hair. She closed her eyes, enjoying his fingers and the water in his hair.
"T..."
She wasn't going to let her get turned on. She had far too many things to think about today to get turned on right now. Troy knew that. He wasn't going to let himself get turned on either, but sometimes certain things triggered responses in both of them, like his fingers in her hair, like her soft moan...
He leaned in closer to her ear, whispering heavily, "Not now, baby."
Gabriella felt his hand slide between her legs and she gasped. "Not now," she moaned.
He shook his head, sliding a few fingers inside of her, rubbing at her clit with his thumb.
"Too much to do today." She found her breath speeding up. "You're not playing fair."
He smirked, pushing her up against the wall. "Really now?"
She nodded, looking into his eyes, breathing deeply as he continued to move his fingers in and out of her, rubbing her clit more and more.
"Don't tease me, please."
He shook his head. "No teasing," he whispered against her lips, slipping one more finger inside of her tight pussy.
He moved closer to her, letting her feel how hard he already was for her. She leaned her head back against the wall of the shower, moaning softly.
"Dios mio!"
He smiled, nodding his head. "Sí, baby," he groaned, pulling his hand from her, sliding his hands to her hips, pulling her against him, lifting her slowly against him. She wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling her tighter against him.
"I need you, T."
He kissed her chin softly. "I need you, Lily," he whispered against her lips. "I need you." He lifted her and slid himself deep inside her and she arched her back, helping him slide all the way inside.
"Sí ...!"
Troy pressed his lips against hers, pushing her up against the wall, his hands holding her up. She wrapped her legs tighter around him, pulling him deeper into her. He pushed more inside of her, groaning against her moving hips. His lips moving to her ear. "Lily. Te quiero, baby."
Lily moaned softly, turning her face against his lips. "Mmmm..." she moaned, pushing against his hips. "Te quiero, mi amore!"
She grasped on to his shoulders, holding onto him tightly, using them to help her move up and down on his cock. He groaned, kissing her earlobe.
"Lilllllly..."
She smiled, turning her head down to suck on his neck. "Te quiero! Te quiero, siempre!"
He pushed more and more inside of her, picking up the pace even more. He was usually gentle with her, and even though he was still gentle, it was rougher than usual. Troy pulled back, looking into her face and she looked at him, breathing deeply.
"Sí, T! O, sí!" She pushed her pussy down against his cock harder, feeling her clit brush against the base of his shaft. "Jesucristo," she moaned out, her head leaning back.
She was trying to stay quiet, but she knew she was getting loud. Troy reached up, taking the back of her head in his hand, pulling her head to his, kissing her roughly, taking her moans and yells into his mouth. Her nails dug down into his back and he grunted into her mouth as well. He felt her walls clamped down around his cock and he started to tremble slightly, knowing his release was coming as well. He picked up the pace, leaning his head down, kissing her lips again. He felt his ejaculation shoot deep within her and her walls pump it deep within her. He leaned his body against hers, pushing her against the wall.
"Lily!" he grunted, leaning his head against hers.
They were breathless, but neither of them cared. They were both content to stand there, or rather Troy was content to stand there, holding her, as they enjoyed the aftermath of their lovemaking.
"Te quiero, T," Gabriella murmured, her breath still erratic.
Troy whispered deeply, lifting his head back, looking deep into her eyes, "Te quiero, Lily."
She smiled, taking a deep breath. "O, T," slowly lettign it out, "quiero que todo el tiempo."
He laughed lightly. "Yo también."
She hugged him, letting her legs drop down to the floor of the shower and he slid out of her as she turned away from him, picking up her loompha to clean her body, deciding it better if she cleaned herself. If she let Troy do it, they'd never get anything done in here. He leaned over, pressing his lips to the back of her shoulder. She looked back at him, smiling at him.
"We need to shower, Troy."
He nodded, picking up the soap, putting some in his hand and putting the bottle back down where he had picked it up from. "I know, baby. I just can't keep my hands or my lips off of you."
She slightly giggled, shaking her head. "Or any other part of me."
He chuckled with her. "Or any other part of you."
She smirked back at him. He laughed, smirking down at her.
"Watch it, woman. You said we need to shower."
She giggled a little more. "Woman?"
They laughed together as he leaned down, pressing his lips to hers.
Ten minutes later, they walked down the stairs together, finding Tori and Temperance sitting on the couch together... not attacking each other. Troy and Gabriella shared an amazed look before turning taking the last step.
"Isn't anyone hungry down here?" he asked. "Neither of you have been up to bother us about breakfast this morning."
Tori looked over the couch from where she and Temperance were watching TV and nodded. "Yeah, but we didn't want to bother you."
Troy looked back down at Gabriella, mouthing "We?" Gabriella shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know," she whispered.
"What do you two want para el desayuno?" Troy asked, walking with Gabriella into the kitchen.
"What you want to make is good," Tori answered, still being unusually quiet. Troy and Gabriella shook their heads at each other.
Gabriella looked over at Temperance. "Tempe, is there anything you'd like?"
She shook her head. "What Tor said. Whatever."
Troy and Gabriella sighed heavily together and Troy leaned over the island in the kitchen. "Ok, you two, what's going on?"
Tori turned around, kneeling on the couch and resting over the back of it. "Temperance told me Abuelo y Abuela Montez died yesterday. I'm just trying to make things easy on everybody. Even Temperance. Especially Mama, even though Tempe told me they weren't close."
Troy looked over at Gabriella who looked down at the stove top, biting her lip. He stopped closer to her, wrapping his arm around her. Pulling her closer to him, he kissed the top of her head.
"You're not making things difficult on anyone, Tori," Troy looked over at her, nodding his head matter of factly. "You can tell us what you want to eat. That's not a problem. But yes, they. It's going to be really difficult around here for the next few days, but that doesn't mean that you have to try to make things easy on us, Princess. You and your Aunt Temperance are still our number one priority. I don't ever want you to forget that, ok?"
Tori nodded her head. "Sí, Daddy."
Troy nodded again. "Now, what did you want for breakfast?"
Tori smiled brightly. "Can we have waffles and bacon?"
Troy nodded again, smiling over at his daughter. "Waffles and bacon it is! Is that good with Señorita Tempe?"
She turned her head to look at him from the couch. "I said whatever, Señor Stormy Eyes."
He chose not to take what she was saying and her sarcasm as an annoyance and laughed. "Waffles and bacon it is."
He looked over at the TV as Tori turned around to watch it again. "Whatcha watching there, Angel?"
Tori turned her head up to talk to her dad. "Shrek!"
Troy smiled as he looked down at Gabreilla as they both began to move around the kitchen to make breakfast.
"I love that movie." Troy looked at the TV again, and started repeating the lines with the television. "'Can I stay with you?' 'What?' 'Can I stay with you, please?' 'Of COURSE!' 'Really?' 'No!' 'Pleeeease! I don't wanna go back there! You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak... Well, maybe you do... And that's why we gotta stick together! You gotta let me stay! Pleeeaaasssee!' 'OK! Ok! But one night only!' 'Oh, thank you!' 'What are you-?' 'Man, this is gonna be great! We'll stay up all night! We'll swap manly stories, and in the morning, I'm making waffles!'"
Tori cracked up laughing on the couch and even Temperance snickered a little.
"Daddy, you're funny!"
Troy laughed, looking down at Gabriella as they started mixing the waffle batter together. "Gracias, Angel. I try."
Temperance shook her head. "How many times have you seen this movie?"
Troy looked down at Gabriella, smiling. "A few times. It helps I'm a fan of both Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers."
She shook her head. "It's not that great of a movie."
Troy shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I think it's quite good."
Gabriella smiled up at Troy. "Can you get the waffle iron, funny man?"
He winked down at her. "And in the morning, I'm making waffles."
She giggled slightly, nudging him with her elbow.
About an hour later, Troy and Gabriella were back upstairs in their bedroom and Gabriella was getting ready for the day.
"Are sure you don't want me to come with you, baby?" Troy asked, sitting down behind her at her vanity as she was putting on her makeup.
She looked up at him through the mirror and shook her head. "No, baby. I think it's best if it's just Tempe and me. Besides, I don't want Tori down there."
Troy kissed her shoulder, hugging her to his body. "I agree. She doesn't need to be around that. She'll have more fun down at the Staples center and a little game of one-on-one."
Gabriella smiled back at him, leaning back to kiss the side of his newly-shaven face. "She'd love that, baby! Thank you." She looked back in the mirror to put her mascara on. "I just think that Tempe and I need to handle all the duties we have today."
Troy agreed, kissing the side of her neck. She took a deep breath.
"I love you, T," she whispered, trying to keep her eyes open so she could put her mascara on.
He laughed slightly. "I'll let you get your makeup on and I'll get dressed."
She smiled back at him. "Thank you, baby." She smiled at him back through the mirror and he stood up off of the bench, walking over to the closet.
Gabriella finished putting her makeup on and saw Troy coming out of the closet, dressed. He sat down on the bed, pulling on his socks. She walked over, standing in front of him.
"Thank you for being so amazing, T."
Troy put his foot down, looking up at her and pulling her closer to him. "You're amazing, Lily," he said, rubbing her lower back softly.
She smiled down at him, running her fingers through his hair. "Te quiero, T."
He turned his head up to her, pulling her head down to kiss her, whispering, "Te quiero, Lily."
She ran her fingers through his hair, standing up straight. "I need to get dressed."
Troy nodded, letting his hands slide down over her ass before dropping his hands. "I'll be downstairs with Tori and Tempe."
Gabriella smiled and walked into the closet. She pulled a dark violet dress off the hanger, pulling it on over her shoulders, starting to button it up on the front. She leaned down, picking up her pumps, walking back out to the bedroom. She sat down on the bed and pulled each of them on before smoothing her nylons and standing back up to smooth down her dress. She stood, smoothing down her dress and walking over to the armoire. She checked her appearance in the full-length mirror on the inside of the door. After finding her approval, she shut the door and grabbed her purse before walking out of the bedroom.
Temperance looked up from the couch where she sat painting her nails. "Took you long enough," she said, smiling up at Gabriella.
Troy looked up at her from where he was sitting, watching Tori play his game on her DS. "And it was worth it. She's absolutely breathtaking."
Gabriella blushed slightly as she came to the bottom of the stairs. "Gracias," she said, winking at Troy.
He winked back, nodding his head slightly at her. Troy looked up from her game, pausing it for the moment. "Muy bonita, Mama."
Gabriella smiled brightly at her. "Gracias, Mija. Muchos gracias!"
He smiled brightly back at her before looking back at his game. Troy and Gabriella shook their heads at each other before Gabriella looked over at Temperance.
"Ready to go?"
Temperance nodded her head, standing up and twisting the lid back on her nail polish. "I was ready while you and Steamy Eyes were upstairs doing the Horizontal Mambo."
Tori looked up at Troy for a moment. "You were dancing before breakfast?"
Troy was surprised Tori didn't catch onto that reference, considering she was always asking about their sex life, but then again, that reference was so old or he thought maybe Esmeralda never spoke like that or he never picked it up anywhere. It was highly likely.
"It means they were having sex, Victoria."
Both Gabriella and Troy looked over to Temperance, their eyes and mouth wide. Tori nodded, looking over at Temperance. "They're trying to have a baby."
Temperance looked over at Gabriella. "You're trying to have a baby? Won't that ruin your career?"
Gabriella shook her head, not wanting to have this conversation with her little sister. It was one of the reasons why she let Esmeralda raise Tori. It was one of the reasons she was afraid to tell Troy she was pregnant in the first place.
"Vamanos ahora, Temperance!"
She walked over to Troy, leaning over the back of the couch. "I'll call you later!" She smiled down at him. "Te quiero!"
She did love him, more than anything, and she wanted him to know that. Even if Temperance had brought up something so horrible, and even if he didn't know how what Temperance had said had made her feel, she wanted him to know how she felt.
"Te quiero, Lily." She smiled softly, rubbing his arm softly before looking over at Tori. "Have fun with your daddy, Mija. I'll talk to you when I call later, ok?"
She nodded up at her. "Te amo, Mama!"
Gabriella smiled down, kissing the top of his head. "Te amo, sweetie."
Walking out the door, Temperance turned to Gabriella, still fanning her nails to get them to dry. "Do you seriously want a baby?"
Gabriella turned to her sister, nodding. "Yes. Troy and I have always wanted a family, Temperance."
Temperance shook her head. "I don't understand. That will completely ruin your career. I thought your career was your life."
Gabriella looked her sister straight in her face. "No. Troy and my family are my life, Temperance. That includes you."
Temperance stopped fanning her nails for a moment, taking a short breath. "Mom and Papa always said you were selfish. Even when they said they were bringing me to come stay here with you, they said you were selfish. I asked them if they thought you were selfish, why were they were bringing me to stay with you, and they said because you were still family and family always stays together, even if you ran away. I don't think you were selfish, Bri, just for the record, after all they did to you."
Gabriella turned her head away from Temperance, not wanting to talk about this, hating to talk about this with anyone but Troy.
"I overheard them talking about the way they used to treat you, Bri. They swore they never would treat me that way because of the way they treated you and they swore if you ever came back, they'd make it up to you. They were sorry, very sorry. They did love you, Bri."
Gabriella shook her head taking a deep breath, leading Temperance up the sidewalk to a smaller house next door, knocking quietly.
Temperance looked around. "What are we doing here?"
Gabriella smiled even though she didn't feel like smiling, in light of the conversation they were just having. Dominick opened the door, holding his coat, ready to go.
Temperance looked up at him, smiling. "Hi!"
He smiled down at her, nodding. Temperance looked over at Gabriella, hugging her arm.
"Why didn't you tell me he lived down here?"
Gabriella shrugged. "Maybe because I didn't want the two of you having mid-night macking sessions."
Nick stepped out onto the stairs with them, shutting the door behind him.
"Macking?"
Gabriella looked down at her little sister. "Make-out."
Temperance looked up at Dominick, blushing at him. "We wouldn't do that. Dominick is very strict."
Gabriella looked up at Dominick as well, knowing that for a fact and thankful for that.
"Vamanos. We have appointments."
She kept her sister's arm wrapped around hers, leading both of them down the stairs to Dominick's car, Dominick walking behind them.
When Gabriella got back to the beach house later that evening, she was worn out. The place was quiet. She had let Temperance spend some time next door with Dominick. She was still rather emotional over their parents dying, and she didn't blame her. If she had been closer to them, she'd be upset too, but right now, Gabriella was just exhausted from meeting with the lawyers and the morticians, she just wanted to go home, have dinner with Troy and Tori, crawl into a hot bath and take it easy for the rest of the night. But when she didn't hear anything, she thought she was home alone and decided to do things a little backwards.
First she'd call Troy, just to find out where she was. He hadn't said he was going anywhere after spending time with Tori at the Staples Center, so for peace of mind, she wanted see where he was. She pulled her phone out of her purse and speed dialed his number with the two. She heard his ring tone for her go off upstairs and smiled softly, starting to walk up the stairs toward it.
"Bueno, Lily! Donde esta?"
She smiled, walking up the stairs, keeping her voice quiet. "Yo estaba a punto de hacer la misma pregunta." She wanted to surprise him, not let him know she was there until she saw him.
"Estoy en casa, waiting for you."
She smiled, walking down the hall. "Estoy muy cansada, T. Do you think you could run me a bubble bath? Maybe join me in it?" She bit her lip, trying to stay even more quiet the closer she got.
"Sí, babe. Will you be home soon?"
She walked in the door to the bedroom, turning off her phone, sliding it in her purse. "Sí."
She smiled at him as he put his phone on the bedside table and closed his play manual, standing up off the bed.
"Why didn't you tell me you were home?" She giggled as he came over to her, wrapping his arms around her. She smiled up at him, accepting his gentle kiss.
"Are you ok, baby?"
She nodded softly. "Estoy cansado, no más. That bath still an option?" He nodded down at her. "You get ready and I'll go run it for you." He leaned down, brushing his lips across hers. "Just let me take care of you."
She smiled up at him and he tucked her hair back behind her ear. "Gracias, T."
He kissed her again, smiling softly. "De nada, baby." She turned, walking over to the closet to get undressed as he walked into the bathroom.
A few minutes later they were laying in the bathtub, his arms wrapped around her from behind, her back against his chest. Her hair is piled up on top of her head, a few ringlets falling down from the messy bun. She looks around, not lifting her head from his chest.
"Where's Tori?"
He kissed the side of her head, rubbing her arms softly. "Chad called not too long after I got off the phone with you and came down to join us while Taylor spent the evening alone with Reggie. Tori asked if she could spend the night with them and I told him he could. I was sure you'd be exhausted tonight, so I thought it would be good if it was just the two of us."
She turned her face to look back up at him. "Thank you, T. But it would have been alright if he would have been home with us."
He shrugged. "I know. I just wanted you to really get your rest."
She smiled softly. "Gracias, T. Muchos Gracias."
She turned her head back more to kiss him softly. He pulled her back more against him, holding her back against his chest more as he relaxed more against the back of the jetted tub. They weren't using the jets tonight, but they were there when they wanted them.
"Where's Temperance?"
Gabriella took a deep breath, closing her eyes and relaxing more in Troy's arms. "She's next door with Dominick..."
Troy arched an eyebrow. "Are you letting her spend the night?"
Gabriella thought about it for a while before shrugging her shoulders. "I don't know. I just thought she might need him. Today was hard on her. If I had cared anything for them, it would have been hard on me." To Gabriella, everything was very cut and dry about this. "They split everything equal, but I don't want anything. I don't need anything from them."
Troy nodded because he understood. "Then don't take it."
Gabriella shook her head. "I'm not going to. But Temperance can't take any of it until she's eighteen, so I'm executor until then."
Troy nodded again. "Is she alright with that?"
Gabriella slid her hands down Troy's arms. "Temperance and I have started getting along. I don't know how long it will last, or if it's just an act, or what it is. But she's not upset about being here. She feels like she belongs here, like we're an actual family."
Troy kissed the side of Gabriella's head. "I'm so glad, baby!" he whispered.
He was glad they were finally getting along. Gabriella needed that. It made her happy and maybe that would help her relax more. He knew how stressed out she was, and maybe they could get pregnant more easily. Maybe it was a selfish thing for him to want, but he felt like they had been trying for a long time and nothing was happening. Hopefully soon they'd be able to get pregnant and the stress would be alleviated.