Starstruck

Colt nodded not so sure. "Alright, if that's what you think it is. But if it continues for a couple days we'll go to the doc."

"I don't think we'll need to do that." She said hurridly as water flowed, she was probably cleaning her mouth.

"we'll see."

"I already went." Journey said. "Dr. Gordan said it was stomach flu." she said as she came out alarmed that he was leaning against the door frame.

"You went to the doctor?" he asked.

"Yeah, I forgot to tell you about it, when I went to buy Trent's shoes." she said, she felt herself going paler and paler.

"You dont' look so good." he said reaching out to support her. She leaned against him.

"I don't feel to good either." She muttered. HE scooped her up carrying her up to their room.

"Here, I'll put a trash can by the bed." He said as he laid her down gently and kissed her forehead. "Your not getting up til your better."

Journey looked up at him. "What are you going to do?" she asked when he put the trash can next to her, and was leaving.

"I have to get some things done." he said.

"OK. I'm sorry." she said. Apologizing for being sick.

"Don't be, you didn't know it was going to happen." he smiled and kissed her cheek. Then he left the room.

Journey rested her hands on her belly. Guilt starting to flow in her blood, of course she knew it was coming. She just couldn't tell him, not yet at least.

**I think Dr.Gordan should call sometime soon, and then Colt answers the phone and finds out she's pregnant then like confronts her, i dunno just ideas**

***That was my idea. Like he runs into the Doc, at the grocery store or something and he asks how she and the babies are doing. How soon do you want that to happen?***

Colt walked down to his work shop and worked on Trent's birthday present. He was making a new bed. Colt ahd always loved working with wood and to make a bigger bed for his son would make hima nd Trent happy. Trent was growing fast and he needed a bigger bed.

Colt smiled as he remembered getting the crib Trent still slept in. Journey had been moody as ever that day and couldn't figure out which bed she wanted. He almost bought the whole store just so that she could interchange everything until she found what she liked the best. But she had finally picked the one bed and he bought it before she could change her mind. She about did too, but he managed to get her out of the store with the bed and then back to the house where they put it up and she went to sleep. The rest of the shoping for Trent had been like that.

Part of Colt wanted Journey to be like that again so that he could see her eyes light up when she saw the room was done.

"Maybe it's time to get a new house so that she can redo it the way she wants. We can have more rooms so that we can have some guest rooms an dthen she can feel that we have space for more kids when she is ready." He smiled at the idea. He might just talk to her about it. He wasn't sure yet.

**Yeah, puuuuurfecto whenever your ready you could do it whenever.**

Journey drumed her hand against the babies, then she went to their bathroom and looked in the mirror, lifting up her shirt to see her stomach, it was getting big. She pulled her shirt down. She was pregnant. Again.

"I'll protect you. I promise." she whispered her fingertips touching the small swell.

A week later Journey was barely around COlt. He was getting worried. She didn't talk to him much and was always laying down pale as all get out.

"I'm going to the store." He said poking his head in her room. "I'll take Tren twith me."

"Ok." SHe replied.

"I love you." He said looking at her gently.

"You too." That's all he got out of her. She never said she loved him, never looked at him. He swallowed the lump that seemed to be in his throat all the time back down and walked to the door scoooping up Trent.

"What's wrong with mommy?" Trent aske for the hundreth time.

"I dont' know tike." He sighed as he got in the car.

*~*~*~*

It was a short ride to the store. He pulled ou the list he'd made and started walking around getting the differen thtings on his list.

"Colt!" He heard a voice call. He turned around and smiled at Doctor Grayson.

"Doc." Colt smiled.

"How's Journey doing?" Doctor Grayson asked. "She should be about a month along now with those triplets. You shoudl really get her in to the office soon." Colt swallowed hard. Triplets, Journey was pregnate and didn't tell him. Pregnate with TRIPLETS

"I'm not sure, she's been under the weather for a while." Colt managed to push out.

"That's understandable. But she should be passing the sick stage now, it'll be over in about a day or two, make sure she makes it in this week, please."

"I'll do my best." Colt said. The doc nodded and left.

"Trent, your momma's been keeping secrets." Colt said to Trent as he walked to teh check out

"Mommy said secrets can be good too." Trent said.

"Ya, but not one like this." Colt replied.

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After they checked out and got home Colt put the grocriers up and then followed Trent up the stairs. Trent ran into Journey and Colt's room before COlt could stop him.

"Mommy! Daddy says your secret is a bad one to keep!" Trent said jumping on the bed.

Journey was starting to feel better, just a little bit she had a headache and was starting to feel tired rather than sick. Trent ran in and started jumping on the bed, close to Journey.

"Sweetie, can you please not jump on the bed."

"Daddy says your swecrets aren't good." Trent stopped and fell on a pillow.

"Well which secret. I've got plenty of them." she smiled kissing his cheek.

Colt sat on the bed grabbing Trent to stop his constent movement.

"Oh, the one about little triplets." Colt said.

***Wanted you to write her response***

Journey's smile disappeared and she looked down. Trent noticed the silence.

"I wanna go play ideo ames daddy." he said.

"Go ahead, son. Mommy and I need to talk." Colt said.

Trent waddled off.

"Well?" he asked.

"How did you find out?" she asked. "Nobody knew."

"Doctor Grayton was at the store. Came up to me and asked how you were doing. Said that with the triplets you'd be sick up til about tomorrow. He wants you to come in this week for a check up." Colt replied. "When were you going to tell me Journey?"

"When I knew I wouldn't lose them." She muttered.

"Journey, I love you. I want to help you with stuff. I can't do that if you don't let me in. Here I was worried to death you were dying on me, and your just pregnate. Why didn't you tell me?"

"You didn't need to know." she said, shrugging.

"Didn't need to know? Didn't need to know?" he asked looking at her. "What do you mean I didn't need to know."

"You didn't need to know. It just happened, Jesus, Colt. I bearly just found out." she said.

"Didn't need to know?" he repeated.

"You didn't need to know!" she said again.

"Triplets, Journey, three innocent lives, and you say I didn't need to know? What- how- What am I suppose to think?"

"It just, I dunno." she shrugged.

Colt felt his shoulders sag. "Journey....why are you doing this?"

'Doing what?" She asked.

"PUlling away from me. Not talking to me. Acting like I'm a nosey neighbor."

"Well, Colt. I can't deal with this right now, I have a damn headache." she said. "And I don't know which one is more horrible that we don't plan children and just have them, or the fact that we aren't married, or the fact we have the worst luck." she said.

"Journey your not telling me everything. Please, talk to me." he reached for her hand, she pulled it away.

"What do you want to know?" she asked.

"Anything." he said.

"OK, anything? well lets see, I was really pissed at you that one time you blew me off for your friend but then I got a voice mail saying that our got a flat tire. I broke a nail a coupleof days ago it hurt like hell... Oh on my thirteenth birthday my two best friends got me the same type of make-up kit..."

"Stop it, Journey! Just stop it!" Colt said, frusterated.

Colt shook his head getting up. "You know, I wish I could account your treating me like hell because your pregnate. But if I didn't know any better I'd say you hated me!" He growled. "If you really wanted to know, that date I had planned for this weekened was to purpose. But how you've been acting thses past few days I have a weird feelig that you'd laugh at me and leave. Now, I need to get a few things from the office. IF you need anything just call me."He said turning and storming towards the door. He wanted to marry her, he wnated her to love him. But she didn't seem like she did anymore.