"Christian?" I call from downstairs. "Christian we're going to be late!"
"Coming, Ana!" He shouts back in a frustrated voice.
"You okay baby?" I shout again, more concerned now.
"Yeah I'm good, just coming." He replies, more calm now; I take my foot of the bottom stair and walk back to the kitchen where Mrs Jones is cleaning, I'm glad she came with us to the big house, it would be so odd if we had a different house keeper. I hear Christian enter, he comes behind me and kisses the top of my head.
"Hey baby." He whispers in my ear, sending a shiver down my spine.
"Come on Taylor's waiting!" We are going to be late for a concert at Phoebe and Teddy's school. "Mrs Jones, can you make sure that Celia and Tommy get to bed by 8, thanks." I give her a smile and she returns it. Celia is just 4 and Tommy is 10 but when I'm not here I like to send them to bed together or Mrs Jones has a terrible time trying to get Celia to settle first. I have decided no more babies; Celia came as a shock – well not much of a shock I suppose, blushing at the thought. We get in the elevator and I'm still red.
"Blushing, Mrs Grey?" Christian asks seductively, of course this makes me blush even more. I giggle and he tickles me.
"Stop Christian!" I say with mock seriousness. He laughs at me and I pretend to ignore him, folding my arms and turning away. He coughs and says 'popsicle' which makes me burst into laughter, when the lift opens I feel dishevelled and I'm bright red. Taylor pretends not to notice and just nods at me, I feel myself blush again, shit why do I always do that? We get into the Audi and drive off.
Teddy is there waiting for us when we arrive with his girlfriend Caroline, I hug Teddy and Caroline, Christian shakes his hand kisses Caroline on the cheek, I role my eyes. Boys are so scared of affection with one another in public. We let them lead us to our seats, on the second row; it's funny what bestowing the name Grey can get you. A flicker of smile appears on Christian's lips and I wonder if he's reading my mind again. Of course we're on the same row as Kate and Elliot who have a child in the year below Teddy and one in the same year as Phoebe. I place myself in between Christian and Teddy, second chair in. I blow a kiss to Kate and the concert starts.
The concert is wonderful as Phoebe gets up time and time again playing her flute, clarinet and the piano, what we're really waiting for is her to sing at the end. Teddy only plays piano recreationally; he wouldn't play in the concert even though I asked him to. Christian didn't really care as Teddy is sporty and academic so he doesn't need to be musical too. I roll my eyes again and Christian glances down at me and cocks his head to the side, presumably wondering what I am thinking about.
"Look." I whisper "She's coming on stage." Christian turns his head to Phoebe who looks beautiful in her black dress and silver sparkly heals. Well I think she looks beautiful but I assume that Christian thinks the tight material hugging her amazing figure and the hem inches up her thighs is very inappropriate, I go to roll my eyes again, stopping midway. People are going to think that I have some kind of eye deficiency.
The music starts to play and Phoebe starts to sing, a beautiful rendition of Eva Cassidy's 'Somewhere over the rainbow.' I smile and close my eyes, resting my head on Christian's shoulder and holding Teddy's hand. I'm going to cry. No don't cry, I can't stop myself, tears role down my cheeks and threaten to ruin Christian's Ralph Lauren shirt. Well at least it's only $100 dollars and not 800 – refreshing really. The music stops and everyone stands to clap our beautiful daughter. It really is wonderful, being a Grey.
Phoebe's POV
A standing ovation! I squeal and bow and search for my family. Second row seats, I roll my eyes. It's supposed to be alphabetical order and unless we spell Grey starting with a silent A then I think Dad paid someone. I find mum, she's clapping and cheering whilst crying. I run off the stage and into James' arms. Mum and Dad don't know I have a boyfriend, I would tell mum, but she'd tell dad, and well… I kiss James long and hard, twisting my hands in his hair, then I see Lucas standing at the side talking to my friend Rosa. Lucas is my best friend tall, light brown hair, much like James really. They're coming back to mine tonight, well that is the plan, I haven't actually asked my mum yet and well, when I ask my mum she'll have to ask my dad. Grr he can be so frustrating sometimes.
"Hey Luke!" I say bounding up to him and hugging him, James follows with an impassive expression on his face.
"He Rosa." I say we squeal jumping up and down. "You were so great Pheebs!" She says smiling as I pull her into and embrace.
"So guys, I want you to come over tonight but I haven't actually checked with my parents and my dad's kind of psycho about guys." I say glancing at James who smiles at me. "So hopefully we can get him drunk at the drinks party in a minute and I can ask my mum, she's good at persuading him to do stuff." I smile but shudder inside at the thought of what she does. James puts his arm around me as we walk down to the hall, Luke and Rosa walk beside us, I wonder briefly why they don't go out. But the thought makes me angry and I wonder why. Why should I care? I love James… I frown at myself and glance up at him as he kisses my forehead. I see my mum and dad and Teddy looking around for us. They see me and my friends and my dad glares as he sees James' hand inches from my boob. They walk over to us. Caroline is with them, how come Teddy can have a girlfriend and I can't have a boyfriend. A smirk plays on Teddy's lips as he sees James. James is oblivious as he replies to a text on his phone. I remove James' arm and his eyes widen in shock when he sees my dad. I smile ruefully at him and he goes and stands next to Luke and the three of them start a conversation. I blush and my dad sees me, he looks down at me with a furrowed brow. For a second there's an awkward silence but it soon wears off as my mum pulls me into a hug. Dad places an arm on her shoulder but continues to glare at James. Teddy is laughing to himself as he puts his arm around Caroline's waist. I hug my dad and glare at him.
"Stop glaring at James, Dad." I whisper.
"He's called James. Huh. What's his last name?" He asks me. I cock my head to the side and sarcastically reply.
"Like I'm going to tell you." Then I let go of him and go back to my friends. Luke smiles at me and pulls me into an embrace. I can feel the eyes of my father boring into the back of my head.