Hi Readers, sorry for the delay in between Chapters 97 and 98. But I am back now, and ready to add another chapter to this nice story that I am writing for you guys. So, I am not going to delay this story longer than I need to. Here's Ninety-Eight.
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She was currently sitting on the rooftop deck of her and Matt's Hawaiian home, clad in some comfortable shorts and a sports bra as she drank her morning tea. The reason? She woke up before her husband this morning, and just didn't have the heart to wake him up. He looked so comfortable (and adorable) in bed, and she just couldn't find it in herself to wake him up. However, that didn't mean that she wasn't just taking it easy this morning. She was just taking her time, enjoying the tea that she was drinking, while also taking in the view of the city that the couple had from their rooftop deck. But little did the wife know, that she wouldn't be alone in sitting on the rooftop deck this morning. Rather, she was going to be joined by her best friend who had a tea of her own. Quietly walking up the stairs, Stella turned her head to see that the bedroom door was open; and that meant that she needed to be even more quiet, especially when she saw that Matt was still fast asleep in bed. Gabby? She wasn't so sure, as she could be hidden by her husband quite easily apparently.
At least, that was what her best friend's mom told her when she asked how to go to the rooftop deck this morning. So, at least she's been quiet enough so far that she didn't wake up the couple as she made her way past the bedroom and onto the rooftop deck. And she soon learned that wasn't even going to be a problem when it came to her best friend, as she was already awake; but what she wasn't aware of, was that she wasn't going to be joined by her husband...but she was going to be joined by her best friend. "Sorry I didn't wake you up when I got up Matt, you just looked so adorable to wake you up." Stella snickered a bit when she heard Gabby say that, well aware that Matt was still asleep now that she knew Gabby was awake. "I swear, you take the boys out of the city for like a day; and then they sleep hard a rock, don't even wake up when we move out of bed." Turning her head, Gabby was a bit surprised when she saw that Stella was there. "I hope that I'm not intruding. If this is yours' and Matt's spot then..." Setting her tea down, Gabby shook her head before getting up.
"Hey, don't even think that way." Getting up, Gabby smiled as she proceeded to walk over to her best friend this morning. "How are you doing?" Stella took a breath when Gabby asked her that, awkwardly hugging her while trying not to spill on her white shorts. "Sorry, I know that it's awkward; but you're wearing white shorts." Gabby laughed. "Honey, don't even worry about it. These are like $20 shorts from Target that I bought to be cozy around the house. Trust me, I get a lot more stuff that isn't as..." Gabby then thought about what she was saying. "You know what, never mind you don't need to hear about..." Stella then took a breath when she heard Gabby start saying stuff like that. "You're talking about pregnancy stuff." Gabby took a breath when she heard Stella say that. "Listen, come sit down with me so that we can talk. I want to be there for you Stella. I hope you know that I can be here for you during this hard time." Stella smiled, agreeing with her friend. "I know you can. Anyways, Kelly is like fast asleep in bed; and I just need time to get away from him for a bit."
Gabby took a breath when she heard her best friend say that, hearing something in her voice that made her feel like she really needed to talk to her; talk to her about something that she knows all too well, the guilt that you can feel in a relationship. And Gabby knows full well how to deal with it. "Listen, those chairs over there are really comfortable. Go sit on the one on the right...." Gabby then put her hand on her left side. "I need to sit on the one on the left, as that's where I need support. I swear, he's the heavy one." Stella laughed a bit when she heard Gabby say that. "Don't mind if I do." Gabby smiled when she heard Stella say that, grabbing her hand as they both started to make their way over to the chairs that they have out here on the patio located right off the primary suite of her and Matt's room. However, it wasn't long before Gabby soon heard her loving husband call out for her. "Gabby?" Gabby then went to yell out. "Rooftop patio baby." Matt agreed with his wife when she said that, proceeding to make his way up to the rooftop patio, thinking she was alone.
Walking up there, Matt smiled when he saw Gabby standing here; until he realized that Stella was there too. "Oh shit." Gabby just laughed when she heard Matt say that, turning to look at Stella. Turning around to look at Matt, she just laughed as she watched the man cross his hands over his junk. Just laughing at him as he did that, the girls smiled as they looked at the husband. Turning her head, Gabby smiled as she looked at Stella. "How about you sit down Stella? I'll get my husband on his way to make us some nice breakfast this morning." Stella agreed with Gabby when she said that, smiling as she went to go sit down on the chair that Gabby was just sitting on this morning; meanwhile, Gabby made her way over to Matt.
Gabby's POV:
As I walked over to Matt this morning, I smiled as I just looked at him because he was really making me laugh. The way he was trying to hide himself from my best friend was adorable, and I just loved the sight that was in front of me; especially when he was shirtless. God, the way he looks when he's shirtless is incredible; and I just love how truly muscular my man is. Walking right up to him in his boxers, I smirked when he wrapped his arms around me. "Stella, turn your head for a moment. I want to have a semi-alone moment with my wife, to do the husbandly things." I just looked at my husband when he told me that. "Oh hell no. I told you when we bought this house, you are never getting sex from me up here." I just heard Stella laugh her head off when I said that, which made me smile. "Oh sorry, but I can totally see Matt wanting to do that." Matt then turned to look at Stella. "Careful. I can still just make you an employee of the clothing line instead of..."
I just looked at my husband, stepping closer to him before putting my hand on his briefs to get him to stop talking. "Gabby!" I then smirked as I turned to look at Stella. "Stella, turn your head please." Stella agreed with me, doing just that; at the same time, I put my hands on Matt's chest and smiled at my incredible husband. Afterwards, he wrapped his arms around me; which prompted me to do the same, wrapping my arms around his neck shortly afterwards. Leaning down, Matt smiled as he kissed me softly this morning. "Hi you." I smiled when I heard Matt say that. "Sorry I wasn't in bed with you this morning. I've been up for like an hour, and was getting bored out of my mind." Matt agreed with me as I told him that. "Of course. Just leave me a note next time?" I agreed with Matt when he told me that, smiling at him. "Listen, I want to spend time with Stella today; can you maybe..." Matt smiled at me when I asked him that, kissing me softly as he held me close.
"I wanted to spend time with Kelly anyways, I can distract him with some work that we can do on the company; get that all started for us." I agreed with Matt when he told me that, smiling at him. "Just the basics okay? Just set stuff up. I am not sure about...." Matt then put his hands on my arms and smiled at me. "Hey, look at me." I agreed with Matt when he told me that, proceeding to do just that. "Baby, let me take care of the legal stuff; you just take care of what you want to create. I promise, it'll all work out. I'll do the paperwork, and you just concentrate on thinking about things that you want to do. How does that sound?" I agreed with Matt when he asked me that, smiling at my loving husband when he asked me that. "Listen, so you have 2 things to do for me right now." Matt smirked as he stepped close to me. "Is one of those things give you another kiss?" I laughed when Matt asked me that, putting my hands on his arms before kissing him softly.
"God, I love you so much." Matt agreed with me as I told him that, smiling. "I love you too." I then laughed a bit. "But the first thing is get showered and dressed, we're not getting sexy until tonight." Matt agreed with me when I told him that we aren't getting sexy until tonight, which also made him smirk. "And then, go make me some breakfast; and bring me up another tea. I already made one, but I think I might want another one with breakfast." Matt agreed with me, smiling as he leaned in and kissed me softly. "48 hours until our last Christmas as just husband and wife." I smiled, agreeing with Matt when he asked me that. "As much as I hate that it means that I get to spend less alone time with you, I can't help but smile at that fact." Matt agreed with me as I told him that. "I'm smiling at the idea too, because I want to be a dad." I nodded, agreeing with Matt when he told me that. "Now, get out of here and go get me my things." Matt agreed, smirking.
He then stole one last kiss from me, before turning around and going to walk away in his tight boxers. At the same time, I slapped that ass of his. Turning around to look at me, Matt was shocked. "Gabriela!" I just smirked when he said that, proceeding to walk back over to Stella while swaying my hips. "Oh, you're going to pay for that later Ms. Casey!" I just laughed when he said that. "Shut up, before I make you stay dressed when I rest in bed later." Matt laughed. "Yeah, because that's going to happen." I was about to say something when Stella said something. "Matt, get out of here and go make your wife breakfast...before I max our your Credit Card buying baby things with her!" Matt agreed with Stella when she said that, unaware of the fact that we now have a much higher credit limit; however, he smirked as he walked away. And let's just say that made Stella confused as I walked over to her at the chairs. "Ok, why did that not scare him?"
I just laughed when Stella asked me that, proceeding to sit down on my chair this morning; turning, I smiled as I looked at my best friend. "Because he raised our credit limit, and we really only use the credit card for things that refuse to take debit cards." Stella just looked at me as we both sat on our chairs, shaking her head. "Great, now I have that threat gone." I smiled when she asked me that. "Girl, you have other ways to threaten him; including you threatening to make me tell you about the last sex session that we had." Hearing that from our room, Matt yelled up to me. "Gabby, if you do that; I put a limit on your first year expenses for your clothing line!" Gabby laughed. "Yeah, because you're going to do that when I'm going to mostly be making baby clothes; clothes that we don't have to buy." Matt then shut up as I looked at Stella.
"So, you're thinking of doing a clothing line?" I shrugged. "I don't know. I am still trying to figure out. But you know me, I am not going to be able to just do nothing. I need to do something to keep me busy, and Matt's going to have his thing; and I want something that I can do with my best friend while our guys are busy." Stella smiled when I said that. "I can already see Kelly and Matt doing a bunch of stuff to start his company, like Kelly being his right hand man." I shook my head. "I'm his right-hand man. We spoke a bit about how we're going to do stuff together, not apart. But listen, I am not giving you everything about me and Matt's marriage." Stella agreed with me when I said that. "Except when you have sex, because we know when that happens." I was shocked. "Really?" Stella nodded. "Gabby, we heard you because we were in the pool."
I blushed a bit when I heard Stella tell me that, pushing a strand of hair behind my ear. "Sorry girl." Stella shook her head when I said that. "No, I like the sound of it honestly; it seems like you and Matt are in a much better place, I mean compared to 7 months ago. And I'm not talking fina..." I just stopped her. "Girl, take a breath and relax; I already know what you're talking about. You're talking about, and I am well aware of that. Just take a breath and relax okay?" Stella agreed with me when I said that. "Sorry, I just feel so awkward sometimes when it comes to talking about this." I was confused when I heard Stella tell me that. "Why do you feel awkward talking about it?" Stella took a breath when I asked her why she feels awkward about it, pushing a strand of hair behind her own ear (like I just did). "I mean, you're our hosts..." I then stopped her. "Hey, we're also your best friends, who are here to talk to you. I mean that Stella, forever."
Stella took a breath when she heard me say that she's here for her, and she was also quite glad that was the case. "God, you have no idea how much I like the sound of that. Things have just been horrible in Chicago." I was a bit confused (and worried) when I heard her say that things have been horrible in Chicago, and I was starting to get worried. "Hey, you better talk to me about what you mean girl. I want to know what's going on." Stella took a breath when I asked her that, proceeding to talk to me. "I just...I feel like since Kelly's dad died, things haven't been the same. I want to connect with him, but I am just worried." I agreed with Stella when she told me that, well aware that was the case. "Yeah, I know what you're talking about. There were times after Shay died, that me and Matt really had some trouble communicating. I ended up having to go to therapy because it was so hard." Stella just looked at me when I said that. "I still hate that it happened."
I took a breath. "We switched seats in the Ambo." Stella just stared at me when I said that. "Wait a second, you mean that..." I nodded, agreeing with my best friend when I asked her that. "Had things turned out the other way, I would've died rather than Shay." Stella just seemed really shocked when I said that. "Oh god, I can't even imagine how you feel Gabby. I hate that you even have to deal with this." I agreed with Stella when she told me that, hating that I have to deal with it as well; as it's just really hard to even deal with, as it brings up a lot of memories. I then just took a breath, looking at my best friend. "Listen, this is not the time to talk about that; especially not when I'm not the one that's hurting the most right now. Girl, how are you even doing? I meant to ask you?" Stella took a breath when I asked her how she's doing. "I'm better." Stella took a breath. "Oh, who am I kidding; I'm a mess. It's only been like 4 days." I agreed with Stella, sighing.
"Well, you are taking this much better than I was; because I was bedridden for a week." Stella sighed when I said that. "I hate that we both have this experience together." I agreed with Stella when she told me that, as I felt the same way. "Trust me girl, I feel the same way; we shouldn't have had to deal with this. And God, I hate to say this but...our guys don't deserve it even more." Stella was confused when I said that. "Okay, how do you figure that?" I took a breath, looking at him. "Well, I can only speak for Matt. I mean, his dad was murdered, which caused a strain in his relationship with his sister because he supported his mom, he was abused by his father...which led to his mother murdering his father, then she went to jail; afterwards, he lost his best friend, his first fiancé, and he lost his first baby with me." Stella just looked at me when I said that, shocked that was what Matt's been through in life. "Holy shit. Matt's gone through ALL of that...just since 2012?"
I nodded, agreeing with my best friend. "Oh, and then he almost lost his life twice, he thought he lost me forever, and then he learned that he's a millionaire because of the man who abused him." Stella just shook her head when I said all of that, before going to look around (which confused me). "Okay, why are you looking around?" Stella just stared at me. "Sorry, I was just making sure that this is legit...and that this wasn't like a SOAP OPERA or something. I mean, I hate to say this but...this is like..." I just laughed when she said that, hating that I was laughing. "God, I hate that I'm laughing about this because there's so many tragic parts to this story; but you are so right, our life is like a soap opera. Love triangles, deaths, lost babies, marriage problems, separations, inheritances...God, what has my life turned into. A telenovela?" Stella just laughed when I said that. "All that's missing is the evil twin who tries to take over his life!"
I just laughed when I heard her say that, unable to resist the chance to laugh. "I'm sorry, but you can't make this up! This is just way too much!" Stella then went to add on. "Oh, add in the family drama from the in-laws; and the backstabbing bitches who sleep with your brother, and you really got it all. God, I swear...I better not hear a peep about Sylvie getting pregnant with your niece or nephew." I just stared at Stella in horror, not wanting to have to think about that. "Thanks for putting that idea in my head! God, I swear...if my brother did that, I don't think I could ever forgive him; because then, I would be stuck with that bitch in my life for the rest of my life." Stella agreed with me. "Oh, trust me girl, you wouldn't have to do that. I would make sure that something happens to her, on the condition that you pay my legal bills!" I agreed with Stella when she said that. "Or we just fake play nice with her, take a nice swim in the ocean and make sure that..."
Stella smirked. "God, have you ever done that?" I looked at Stella when she asked me that. "Done what?" Stella smiled. "Thought about all the ways that you could kill Sylvie?" I sighed when Stella asked me that, before shaking my head. "I don't want to, because I need positivity in my life. I'm pregnant, I need positivity as I get further into this pregnancy. It starts getting harder, the further you go into a twin pregnancy; and I am not loosing this pregnancy this time, not when I am ready to finally make Matt a dad." Stella agreed with me as I told her that, just smiling at me. "Okay, enough with this conversation. How about we go onto something nicer?" I smiled when Stella asked me that. "What's that?" Stella smirked. "What'd you get Matt for Christmas?" I smiled when Stella asked me that, starting to daydream about what I have planned for Matt on Christmas night. And let's just say that it's going to be absolutely perfect for Christmas this year.
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Daydream: Christmas Night 2018
She was currently naked in her and Matt's bed, with nothing but the sheets on top of her this evening; the wife prepared to give her loving husband his last Christmas gift after a long day. But, after having taken a quick post-supper nap; she ended up feeling perfect so that she can do this for him. And God, she can't wait to do it for him. Watching him come out of the bathroom, his evening; she smiled at the sight of her man clad in nothing but his tight boxers as a way to tease her. And let's just say that it was exactly what she wanted to see this evening, as she is very turned on by the man of her dreams. She wants to take it easy with him and just enjoy the feeling of him in bed. That's when she saw Matt look at her. "Someone looks comfortable in bed." Gabby agreed with Matt when he asked her that. "Oh, I am definitely comfortable alone; but I am going to be much more comfortable when I have my husband in bed with me." Matt agreed with his wife, smirking.
Walking over to his side of the bed clad in nothing but his tight boxers, Matt was going to get in there; well, that was until Gabby spoke to him. "Actually, I have a surprise for you baby if you come into bed on my side." Going to set his phone down, Matt turned his head and looked at his wife; and while he was confused, his interest was also peeked as his wife was looking quite sexy at the moment. And when she looks sexy, then he wants to take the woman he loves in his arms much more often. Making his way over to his wife, Matt smirked as he walked around the bed while staring at her. "I have this feeling that somebody wants to have some attention tonight." Rolling over while keeping the sheets on top of her, Gabby smiled because that was exactly what she wanted from Matt this evening. Making his way over to Gabby, Matt smirked as he proceeded to sit down next to her on the bed and then put his hand on her stomach. "Hi beautiful." Gabby smiled as she heard Matt.
She then watched as he leaned over her and started to kiss her softly. Taking things nice and slow with Gabby, Matt smirked as he was really happy this evening. "I can't believe that tonight is our last Christmas night without kids." Gabby agreed with Matt when he told her that. "And the last Christmas night where we're guaranteed a chance to celebrate without interruption." Matt just looked at Gabby when she said that, before having a feeling that he needed to tug the covers down. Doing just that, he smirked when he saw that Gabby was naked under the sheets. He then went to get up and just went to take off his boxers tonight, not wanting to waste time this evening. "Someone isn't wasting time with wanting their wife in bed." Matt agreed with Gabby when she asked him that, proceeding to climb into bed with the woman he loves more than anything in the entire world. "Nope." Gabby smirked as she felt Matt climb into bed with her this evening.
Tugging the covers up on top of the both of them, Matt smirked as he put his hand on Gabby's neck and then proceeded to start kissing his wife softly. Putting her hand on Matt's neck, Gabby smiled as she soon moved it to his back and just went ahead and made love to her husband this Christmas night. And let's just say that it was absolutely perfect, and just what she wanted to do this evening with the man of her dreams; her loving husband, Matthew James Casey.
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Stella's POV:
Seeing that Gabby's head was in the clouds; I went to get her attention back. "Hey, Gabby!" Gabby then snapped back into reality, turning her head to look at me. "Sorry, what were you saying?" I just looked at my best friend, a bit confused as to just where she was right now. "Hey, where were you girl? You seemed to have your head in the clouds for a bit." Gabby laughed as she went to push a strand of hair behind her ear. "Sorry, I was just dreaming about something." I looked at my best friend when she asked me that. "Is it something that you care to share with your best friend?" Gabby smiled when I asked her if she wants to share what she was dreaming about with me. "Unfortunately, I think my husband would kill me if I shared these details with you." I just smirked when I heard Gabby tell me that, well aware of what she was just dreaming about; and that was sexy time with her husband. "Of course, I promise not to pry." Gabby then smirked at me.
"Let's just say that I have an idea now for Christmas Night." I raised my eyebrows when Gabby said that, well aware of just what she was talking about. I mean, who wouldn't know what she was talking about when she wants to make it obvious to everybody that she wanted sex from her husband? She's so hormonal now a days, that it's just obvious that she always wants Matt in bed; heck, there are times where me and Kelly make bets as to just how long they're even going to stay with us. And so far, I've always been right. Just something about me being able to read Gabby perfectly makes me know that she wants her husband more than anything in the entire world allows me to believe that they are always in bed with each other. They just love each other so much, that they want to have each other's hands all over each other as much as they can. And the truth it, it's adorable; and I would never want me best friend to stop having her husband's love because of me.
"So, do you guys think that you're ready for the twins?" Gabby smiled when I asked her if she thought that they were ready for the twins. "I think that we're getting closer to being ready each and every day, but we do still need to make some nurseries; so that's something that we definitely need to figure out." I smiled when she said that. "We could always plan that out if you want today girl." Gabby took a breath when I said that. "Are you sure girl? Because I don't want you to..." I then looked at my best friend. "Hey, just because I miscarried...doesn't mean that I don't want to do those things with you. Girl, I can have another baby sometime in the future." Gabby agreed with me as I told her that, just smiling at me. "I love you girl." I agreed with her, smiling as she told me that. "I mean, unless you want to work on designs?" Gabby laughed when I asked her that. "I was thinking that we can maybe start a logo for Dawson-Kidd Apparel."
I looked at Gabby when she said that, smiling at her. "Are you sure that you want it to be Dawson-Kidd Apparel? Not Casey-Kidd?" Gabby bit her lip. "It's the CK thing. I mean..." I agreed with Gabby. "Girl, do you want to use your married name? Or do you want to use your maiden name?" That's when we both heard Matt come upstairs. "I thought we already established that you were going to start going by your married name now?"
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Matt's POV:
As I came back up to do one last check on Gabby after taking a shower, I was a bit confused when I heard Stella ask Gabby whether she wants to use her married or maiden name? But I thought that was something that we already established, back when we were still on the road trip. "I thought that we already established that you were going to start going by your married name now?" Turning her head, Gabby looked at me and smiled. "Baby, we're not talking about in life; we're talking about for our clothing line that we want to start. You said that we might have trouble getting CK Apparel because Calvin Klein, so I was just talking about Stella with doing Dawson-Kidd Apparel instead." I then realized that. "Oh." Gabby just smiled at me when I asked her that. "Baby, my name is Gabriela Casey now; and it's not going to change. I am just thinking for legal reasons, when it comes to our brand name." I then thought about something that they might like.
"Why don't you go by the name 'ELLA' Apparel?"