Authors Note: This is my view on the story of the Christian Grey and his family from his wife to his extended family. I do not own these characters and would never want to change them or their story…well in this one anyway. I have total respect for EL James and for her sharing this with us. I am new to and would appreciate all feedback and your honest opinions. I have always wanted to be a writer and I think that this is a good place to start. It will be told from many points of view and I hope that you can make sense of it all.
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Christians POV:
Well it's been 15 years since I married the most beautiful woman in the world…well she is to me anyway, my life has been turned upside down and around and around since she first fell into my office on that fateful day. Yes I just said fateful and I am sure that is what it was. Anyway I am still one of the top 10 businessmen in Seattle; I am now a father of 3, Theodore Raymond, Phoebe Grace and Katarina Ella. It has been full of trials and happy times. Teddie is now in 10th Grade and Poppy is in 9th grade (which means that yes she was smart enough to skip a year and that to me is a disappointment but the school said it was a good idea) and they are both at Seattle Preparatory School, while Katarina is enrolled to start at Bellevue Children's Academy when she turns 5 which much to my disappointment will be in a year and a half. All of our children have attended BCA.
Now to my beautiful wife…she is now Editor and CEO of Grey Publishing and has taken it in her stride even with giving birth to all our incredible children and still finding time to help out my mother with some charity events and articles. She takes Katarina to work with her and I can't help but be a little jealous that she is spending more time with our youngest then I am but then again they do surprise me on the odd occasion at work and I get to be there for her after I've finished giving Anastasia a much needed break. With our growing blood family our honourable family has grown as well, Jason and Gail have been now married for 12 years and Sophie is now in college studying to be a music teacher. Gail also had a baby boy who is amazing and so much like Jason it's scary and he is 7 years old. We have hired more security to be able to protect everybody and to my surprise Ana has shown me that it's okay to treat them like human beings rather than employees after knowing them so long.
Kate and Elliot got married a year after we did and they have 3 children, Avalon Haven who is the same age as Phoebe, and twins Lukkan Carrick and Pascal Jane who ironically enough are the same age as Rina. They now live in Escala and have made it into an incredible family loft and the children love the views. Elliot's business if booming and Kate is editor of The Seattle Times much to her family's joy, which now brings us to Mia and Ethan…they are engaged and still have yet to set a date to get married and are in no hurry to start a family. Mia has started her own business with a start up from me after talking to Kate and Ana (more them begging me) which allows her to design and plan events whether it be small or large and she has done an amazing job so far, Grace and Carrick are still going strong and still working full time and love being grandparents.
Now where was I…..oh yes I have zoned out in one of my many business meetings thinking about how much my life has changed and I would not wish anything to be different, of course I wish some of the trials hadn't happened because then we wouldn't be where we are today but I still hope that we can have a happy life together as a family and also in the business….I was brought back to the present by a question from one of my staff.
"Mr Grey….Mr Grey…what are your thoughts on the docks in Thailand?" Ros said as she was waving her hand in front of my face. I cleared my throat and looked at the full board room. "I think that we are definitely on the right track, but I will have to call them and you and I Ros will probably have to visit and make sure that everything is still in working order…." I replied as I stood up from my chair. "I don't mean to be rude and cut this meeting short but I promised that I would have lunch with my children today…" I added as I smiled. "Ros….talk to Andrea and check when both our schedules are free and then arrange the company jet to take off to Thailand as soon as possible…" I said on my way out of the boardroom heading back to my office to grab my keys.
I reached the underground parking garage and see Taylor leaning against the wall no doubt waiting for me as he knows how much I'm still all about being on time. "To Seattle Prep Taylor…I have a lunch date that I cannot miss…" I say before climbing in the back. It seems that time has gone so quickly and I feel like only yesterday Teddie was running around the house with Ana and Sophie chasing after him and Phoebe was quiet and cuddle always sleeping against me on the couch. Soon they will both be heading to College and they will no longer need their parents so Ana and I plan on spending as much time as possible with them.
Taylor pulls up outside the school 5 minutes before 12:30pm and both Theodore and Phoebe are waiting outside talking and laughing. I open the door and call them over and they come running. It's good to know that they are embarrassed to be seen with me. The climb in still talking and dump their bags on the floor of the SUV and both look at me. "Well hello….I see we have remembered our manners…" I said laughing as I hugged my daughter first and then my son. Phoebe is the splitting image of Ana….the same blue eyes and brunette hair with waves, petite and fair skinned and my Theodore was definitely a younger version of me…except a much better version…he wasn't fighting in school and he's doing everything he can to look out for his sisters. His grey eyes are slightly darker though and his hair more copper toned as well although according to my family, he would definitely not change much in his features.
"Daddy are we having lunch with Mommy and Rina today?" Phoebe asked as Taylor pulled out of the parking lot at school. "Unfortunately not today baby girl….Mom has had to have a business meeting with a new author but she promises to be home in time for dinner…with the entire family." I say as I put my arm around her shoulders seeing the disappointment spread across her face. "But I have made special lunch reservations at your favourite restaurant for lunch today.." I add hoping this will perk them both up as I know that they both have the same favourite place to eat which at times makes my job easier. "Café Campagne? But I thought that we weren't allowed to go there during the day?" Teddy said as the car pulled up outside the restaurant. "Not normally no…but I thought today I would make an exception…I know that I have been busy with work lately and you haven't seen that much of me so I thought that I would treat you to a surprise…" They both grin and I know that I am forgiven for being absent the last couple of weeks and they both jump out of the SUV and run to the door. As I climb out I see Taylor trying to hide his amusement at their excitement. "Why don't you join us?" I say to him as I reach the door.