HI EVERYONE

THIS IS BASICALLY 2 CHAPTERS IN ONE, YOU ALL SEEM TO LIKE IT SO I DONT WANT TO LEAVE YOU HANGING AS I MIGHT NOT BE ANLE TO UPDATE TOMORROW.

I HAVE STARTED A PINTEREST FOR THIS STORY AND I WILL POST THE LINK ONTO MY PROFILE IN A LITTLE WHILE.

I WAS TOTALLY BUMMED THAT FIFTY SHADES SLOW AND STEADY FINISHED, AND FIFTY SHADES NEW YORK :( HOWEVER...IS ANYONE ELSE READING "INDEPENDENCE?" IF YOURE NOT, YOU SHOULD BE, ITS FAB!

NOW ON WITH THIS ONE, THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS

CHEERS LORNA X

ANA'S POV

Good god I feel helpless as I look around the room at my family.

Carrick has been ill for only a few weeks but in the last 24 hours he got rushed in because he had pains in his chest, he was rushed to the operating theatre straight away and only came up about an hour ago, the operation was a success but the doctors said the next 24 hours were crucial, get him over that and he stood a very good chance of making a full recovery.

Grace has been at his side holding his hand since he came back, Mia is an emotional wreck, the normally cheeky Elliott is silent in the corner being held up by Kate and his children and Christian has ran his hands through his hair so much that I am positive he has made a bald patch.

I see Taylor put his hands to his earpiece, he looks up at me and gives me a small nod, I know he is telling me Phoebe is here but I would have known anyway, the air is charged and I know it is stupid but I can feel her. Taylor walks out and closes the door behind him, I get up and walk across the waiting room to another door which is Carricks room. I slowly push the door open reveling Grace holding Carricks hand talking to him softly. He has been in and out of consciousness for an hour now. Christian, Elliot and Mia keep drifting in and out the room but Grace has not moved for hours. It breaks my heart to look at them and I don't know what I would do if it were Christian and I were in this situation.

She looks up when I enter the room

"Hey" she whispers to me

"Hey. Umm Grace I thought I would let you know Phoebe is here"

She stands up immediately and wipes her eyes, leaning forward she places a kiss on Carricks head.

"I will come and meet Phoebe and bring her in here. I know this is not the reunion that we all wanted with her but she needs to be reminded that we are family and she is always welcome anywhere we are" she grabs my hand and squeezes and we walk out to the waiting room just as the two doors open reveling Phoebe and what can only be described as her entourage.

She look good, great in fact, she is dressed in all black with red accessories, she has her left hand in Luke's right, they look like a power couple, no more are they the 2 teenagers they looked like the one and only other time I saw them together. I have to admit, he is a very very handsome man and his 2 brothers are just as handsome only in different ways.

Phoebes eyes immediately lock with mine and she gives me a small smile. What do you say to the daughter you have barely seen in 4 year? I don't say anything, instead I walk over and reach out to her at the same time she reaches for me, I pull her into a hug and just hold her, she sniffles quietly in to my shoulder but both of us manage to keep our tears at bay, I pull back to look in her eyes

"Its good to see you baby girl"

"Good to see you too mama, I missed you"

Grace walks over and engulfs Phoebe in a hug. I see the pain in my daughters eyes but still she refuses to cry. Luke is stood behind her with a brother at both his sides but he has a hand on Phoebes back rubbing smoothing circles

"I will take you to your grandfather" Grace holds her hand and turns to walk into Carrick's room. Phoebe follow's Grace, but she turns around and plants a small kiss on Luke's lips and he kisses her forehead. I hear him whisper that he is here for her if she needs him. It's sweet, the kind of thing that Christian would say to me. She follows behind her grandmother and they disappear into Carricks room.

Let the awkwardness commence!

I turn to the 3 Luciano boys, who have not moved an inch.

"umm why don't you all take a seat, there are vending machines over that side of the room if you need anything" I point to the other side of the waiting room to some un occupied seats, I think it would be best to not sit them anywhere that Teddy or Christian can make eye contact with them.

"Thank you Mrs Grey and I just want to say I'm sorry for the situation your family is in" Luke tells me sincerely

"Thank you Luke" he turns with his brothers and walks over to the empty seats. I go and sit next to Christian. He has been watching me like a hawk the whole time, he takes my hand in his and kisses the back of it.

"You ok?" I ask him softly, we are the only people on this side of the waiting room, I think waiting room is the wrong word for this room, it's like an apartment, it has a small kitchen area, lots of comfy sofa's, 2 private bathrooms and a flat screen TV.

"I don't know Ana...I knew Phoebe would come but I did not expect her to bring the whole fucking Luciano clan! Why did she not come on her own? Why bring them? Just to make a statement?" he is getting angry so I get off my seat and sit in his lap. This has always soothed him and I stroke my hands through his hair calming him even more.

"Christian, think of it from her point of view, a late night call telling her to fly to the other side of the country because her grandfather might not make it through the night ... Baby.. Luke is her boyfriend so of course she was going to bring him and as for the other 2...well she has been with them a long time so I guess she views them as brothers" he snorts when I say this

"Brothers! She has brothers Anastasia, 2 of them in fact that she has not bothered with in years"

"Yes and at least one of those brothers has refused to so much as say one word to her because he was following the footsteps of his father and as for Matthew I don't know if they talk on the phone, he never mentioned it"

He shifts a little under me and looks up at the window where we can see the reflection of the 3 Luciano boys in the glass, they all look to be in deep conversation. Teddy walks in and comes to sit in front of us.

"when are you going to tell those fuckers to go?" he says this with so much venom it makes me flinch

"Theodore! Watch your language and don't you dare cause a scene in here"

"Mom I am sorry but they have no right to be in here! Imagine what I thought when I got off the elevator and saw not only our security but 5 Yankee grease balls, Lining the wall looking at ME like I was a threat! One of them tried to stop me from getting in here until Sawyer told him to back off!" Ted is clearly pissed

"Your mother is right Ted, leave it for now, but if they make one wrong move they are all being thrown outta here on there ass's" Christian smirks at him.

Just then Carrick's door opens and Phoebe comes out with tears streaming down her face, she is crying so hard she is having trouble breathing but before I can even leave my seat Luke and his brothers are to her. Luke takes her in his arms bridle style and sits in the nearest seat, he is shushing her and rubbing his hands across her back trying to sooth her.

What I noticed though is that when Christian saw her crying he moved to go to her but stopped himself, he will probably tell me I imagined it but I know what I saw.

It makes me happy and sad at the same time to see Phoebe being comforted by them. Happy because it is nice to see she has a support system but sad because that should be us, comforting our daughter.

PHOEBE'S POV

As soon as I walk out of my grandfathers room I break down. Luke has me in his arms before I can even think. He is rocking me and trying to sooth me but it just makes me cry more.

My tall, strong and kind grandfather looks so weak and feeble it was a shock to my system. When I held his hands he opened his eyes and smiled, he cant talk but he looked like he was listening so I told him everything that had happened in my life over the last 4 years, my grandmother held my hand as I told my story and she gasped at some parts and cried at others, grandpa smiled and gripped my hand tighter while I spoke.

I got up and kissed his head and walked out but as soon as I did I caught sight of my parents and I could not help it, I cried my heart out.

I stop crying and just sit in Luke's lap getting strength from him. I don't care that every eye in the room is on us and that none of them, apart from Ava, have ever seen me with Luke or any man like this before. Luke was my one and only boyfriend, before he came on the scene I was so quite and shy so it must come as a bit of a shock that I am brazenly sitting on a mans lap, but he is MY man so I don't give a fuck

"You ok now baby?"

"Yeah i'm ok, just a shock ya know, I didn't expect him to looks so..so.. Ill... I know that is stupid but it was still a shock. Can you get me a water and some Advil please baby I have a headache"

"Yeah sure, Danny, Frankie" Frankie starts to text someone on his phone and Danny gets up and walks over to the vending machine, he comes back over with a shy smile and hands me a bottle of water and a twinkie

"I know that you love them" he shrugs. The sweetness of his gesture touches me deeply

"Thanks D-Man" I smile, using the nickname that I gave him the first time I met him.

One of our security guys walks in with Sawyer hot on his heels, he walks over to me and holds out his hand that has a packed of Advil in it

"Frankie said you needed these Mrs Luciano" I hear a gasp around the room but ignore it

"Thanks Ben"

"You're married?" my mom gasps and has a very hurt look on her face from across the room and for the first time I look at my father and we make eye contact but he turns his head straight away so I direct my answer at my mom instead

"Yeah mom I'm married" I hold up my left hand showing her my 8crt Harry Winston engagement ring and my wedding band. She looks at it stunned like the rest of the room and then in a very hurt voice which cuts my heart she offers her congratulations

"Congratulations to you both, when did you get married?"

"A week after I left Seattle, we just celebrated our 4th anniversary" I tell her.

The fury that comes across my fathers face makes me lean back towards Luke's chest, he gets up and storms out of the room, my mothers gives me an apologetic look and follows him

I look up and Elliot, Kate, Mia, Ethan, and my cousin Ava are stood around me, I'm a little worried about what they are going to say to me, what if they tell me to leave? I look and and blink a few times

"umm..Hey"

"hey Pheebs, congratulations, you gonna get out that mans arms and come give your old uncle a cuddle?" I grin up at him and unwrap myself from my mans arms and hug my uncle, I am then hugged and kissed and congratulated by my aunts and Ethan, when I get to Ava my grin is as wide as hers, we stand both with mega-watt smiles

She looks me in the eyes and greets me like she has for the last few years but I know she means no harm by it

"S'up slut?" she smirks so I follow up with my greeting to her

"S'up bitch?" we both break out in giggle and hug each other, she then turns to Luke with a shit eating grin

"Hows it going Luciano? Still a sore loser?" she laughs

"Miss Grey, as always it's a horror to see you" he pouts and pulls her into a hug and gives her a kiss on the cheek, then Frankie and Danny walk over, Danny gives her a kiss on the cheek but Frankie picks her up and swings her around

"How's it going slugger? Did you ever hear from that Brian boy again?

"No! thank god I saw the light, I don't know what I was thinking when I started dating him!" she huffs. We all sit down and Ava pulls me into conversation but we are interrupted by Kate

"Ava I didn't know you knew Luke and his brothers?" and here goes the Kavanagh Inquisition. Ava and I look at each other and both burst out laughing, I know it is not the time or place to laugh but we can't help it

"Yeah I know them mom"

"How?"

"Vegas" we both say in unison