Chapter 10

One Year Later

CPOV

"Babe when are they delivering the balloons" I ask Ana.

"At one o'clock Christian calm down. Everything will go as planned, plus she's only turning one. Its not like she's going to remember this day anyway". Today is Bella's first birthday and I just want everything to be perfect for her. It has been pretty tough balancing my last year of high school and being a full time father but I did it. I graduate tomorrow which is also my birthday, and I couldn't have asked for a better present. I decided after much consideration to not attended college at all. I got accepted into all eight universities I applied to including Harvard. Ana was so excited for me until I told her I wasn't going to attend.

Flashback

"Baby your mail is on the kitchen table. There are several from the colleges you applied to" Ana says to me excitedly.

"Alright babe I'll open them in a few. Arabella needs to be fed, I already changed her". I hand her the baby and go to the kitchen to retrieve the letters. One is from Harvard. I have already decided I wasn't going to attend even if I got in because I will not leave my daughter and Ana behind. I walk back into the room where my girls are and start to open the letters. First one Stanford University: We are pleased to announce... I skip the pleasantries and see the word Accepted.

Princeton... Accepted

Yale:... Wait listed. I never wanted to go there anyway. I just wanted to try my hand. I move on.

Washington State University:... Accepted.

Columbia University:... Accepted

Washington State University Vancouver:... Accepted

Pennsylvania State: Wait Listed. I pick up the last one. The number one ranking school in the world with a stellar business program. Harvard University. I open the letter... We are pleased to...... ACCEPTED. I can't believe it. I got into the top college in the world. After being kicked out of school after school because of my behavioral issues they are willing to give me a chance. Granted my grades have always been great but still. The point is I got in. I whoop so loud I startle Bella who was being rocked to sleep by her mother. She starts to cry loud. Ana glares at me and tries to calm our screaming daughter. After about five minutes she calmed down and is on her way to sleep again.

"Baby, I got six acceptance letters and two I was put on the waiting list because their business program is full."

"Wow congratulations sweetheart" she leans over and place a soft chaste kiss on my lips.

"I got accepted into Harvard" It was her turn to squeal this time but her was more quiet careful not to wake Bella.

"Wow Christian, I'm so excited for you. I can't wait until you go and get settled. You get to live the college life. Me and Bella can visit, and we can buy her cute little Harvard gear. SHE'S GOING TO BE SO CUTE!" Bella jumps in Ana's arms from Ana's loud ranting but settles back into her sleep when Ana notices she woke her up. "Christian I can't wait. This was our dream to attend Harvard together. You in business and me in publishing..." she continues on for about five more minutes then I interrupt her.

"Ana I'm not going" it takes about a minute for her to register what I just said then she responds.

"What do you mean your not going. Of course you are. This was the plan" she's starting to get upset so I cut her off.

"How about I take Bella to the nursery. We'll talk when I come back". Ana hands her to me, and I go to lay her down. I come back into the living room where I see Ana is in deep thought.

"What do you mean you're not going Christian. This is your future we're talking about here." She says when I sit next to her.

"Baby, this was the plan before Bella arrived. I don't want to be on the other side of the continent watching my daughter's milestones through Skype" I say softly.

"I get you want to be here to see all of Bella's first baby and I love you for it. But what about you Christian. You have always wanted Harvard. We can move to Boston after I graduate. You live in the dorms for your first year, then for your second we can get an apartment close to campus. "

"What are we going to do with our daughter while we are in class Ana, or when it's finals week and you have to study and deal with a fussy baby. It will be to stressful and I don't want that for you ". I know she sees my point and is trying to think of a rebuttal so I continue. "Baby I know we had a plan, but the man upstairs had a different life for us in mind and he sent us our Bella. Ana what if I would have gotten to Harvard and decided it wasn't for me and dropped out. Everything changed when we got pregnant, and honestly I was only going to Harvard to make my father proud. I know I can make it without their business degree". I pull her into my arms in kiss her head. "After graduation my grandfather is going to give me the money to start my company, and because I am not attending any college he'll be with me for the first six months. I won't fail us baby".

"I know you won't baby, and I can see how bringing Bella to Boston can be a bad idea. I just hoped we could raise our daughter and be successful. I was thinking about proving every stereotype and your parents wrong". I can hear her starting to tear up so I pull her into my lap and hold her tight.

"Forget about proving anything to anyone and lets focus on becoming who we know we can be. Parents that our daughter will be proud of".

End Flashback

I head downstairs towards the living room where I see my two favorite girls playing peekaboo on the floor. Ana spots me and smiles. That catches Arabella's attention and she too turns to look at me. She's grins proudly displaying her for teeth. Two at the top and two at the bottom. She starts crawling towards me and I meet her halfway. "Happy Birthday Beautiful" I say to her as I pick her up from the floor.

"Dada" she responds smiling she's so beautiful. She has the most mesmerizing eyes. They are the perfect mix of mine and Ana's. I plant a huge kiss on her cheek and blow a raspberry. She loves it when I do that. She laughs and tries to do the same to me although I always end up with a very wet cheek. I act as though she did it correctly and laugh just as hard as she did.

"Dada" she says again and lays her head on my shoulder, and I place a kiss on her head. I love this little girl so much. I see Ana starring at us.

"You guys are the cutest people on this earth" she gets up and kiss my lips and Bella's hair. She tries to take her from me and Arabella makes her opinion known.

"No Dada" she says and snuggles closer into my neck. I chuckle at Ana as she pretends to be hurt, and go to sit on the couch with my daughter. Her vocabulary consist of four words. Mama, Dada, No, and baba meaning her bottle when she's readying to eat. I lay Arabella across my lap and Ana comes to sit next to us.

"Do you think we should put her down for a nap before her party" I ask Ana.

"Well the party starts a three it's only noon. If we put her down now she will wake up in the middle of the night wanting to play. If we keep her up she will sleep though the night".

"If she doesn't nap though she won't be in a party mood. She'll just cry the whole time." Ana looks like I just asked her to solve the Rubik's Cube blindfolded. To her defense we do need to cover all the outcomes if Bella takes a nap. We learned the hard way when I put her down in just when I was about to impale Ana on my dick Bella woke up thinking it was playtime. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.

"If we put her down now and wake her up at two then we should be okay tonight" Ana says to me.

"Alright two hours won't hurt her" Ana hands me a bottle and when Bella sees it she automatically starts reaching for it. "Here you go sweetheart". I hand her the bottle and she starts guzzling down the milk. I love that she has a healthy appetite. When we took her for her six month appointment the doctor told us she weighs more than she should and I was beaming. My baby will never know whats its like to be hungry. Bella starts to slow down and I feel Ana curling into my side. I open my arms so she can rest on my chest opposite of our daughter.

"It looks like mommy needs a nap also" I kiss her forehead.

"Yeah between my daughter and her daddy they wear me out" I chuckle.

"Well get your rest baby because daddy needs you ready to go when our daughter goes down for the night". I squeeze her ass to get my point across. Ana moans and close her eyes. I look down and see Bella's eyes are closing also. I pull Ana in closer, take the bottle from Bella, I settle deeper into the couch and my eyes start to close as well. I wake up to Bella being moved in my arms. I immediately think she's falling and I jump awake. When my vision clears I see its Ray taking a giggling Bella into his arms. She woke up before me and just laid content in my lap. She's the most perfect little girl, or maybe I'm just biased because she's mine. Ana is awake also now because I scared her when I jumped.

"The deliverer with the balloons were leaving when I drove up because no one opened the door. You're lucky I should up when I did our this would have been a balloonless birthday party." Ray laughs and shakes his head.

"Thanks Ray. What time is it" I ask hoping its not almost three.

"Two thirty" he says looking at his watch.

"OH MY GOD" Ana screams next to me and grabs Bella from her father to get them both bathed and dressed. Ana darts upstairs and I go outside to the backyard to start the decorations. I don't know how much I can get down in thirty minutes but I'll try my best. I go outside and see everything decorated and a pink princess cake as well. I turn to look at Ray I must look crazy because Ray laughs when he sees my face.

"I figured you two could use a little help with the decorations so I hired a few people to set it up while the three of you slept".

"Thank you. This would have been a disaster if you didn't help out. I also want to thank you for all you did to help us with Bella during her first year of life. From watching her when we both had big test in school to study for to just taking her to give us a break. You are a great father to both me and Ana and an exceptional grandfather to my daughter. I don't know how we could have gotten through this year without you ". I shake his hand.

"You're welcome son. I would have done anything to see you two finish high-school. In this day you can't get anywhere without a high-school diploma so I have to make sure you both get one, but I think you are giving me too much credit. The two of you are excellent parents with and without my help. You would have done just fine without me" he pats my shoulder and goes back inside. Its three o'clock now and I hear the doorbell. I go to see who's at the door. I open it and its my grandmother and grandfather.

"Hello grandmother" I greet her kissing her on the cheek.

"Where is my great granddaughter" she says automatically. I laugh

"Ana took her up to get dressed. Hello grandfather". He pats my shoulder.

"Hey son, hows my great granddaughter" he asks me.

"She's great" I reply. "She's crawling now and getting into trouble"

"Yeah she's at that explorer age now. You have to keep a close eye on her. All things go in her mouth now"

"I will grandmother". Just then Ana comes down with Bella. They are absolutely breathtaking. They are both wearing all white. Ana is in a white chiffon summer dress with thin spaghetti straps. It hugs her delicious breast and falls loosely all the way to the floor. Arabella's dress looks like Ana's but not as long with ruffles and has on a pink birthday girl pin clipped to it. They both have pink hair accessories. Ana's a pink bow pinning her curls back on one side and Bella has a pink headband with a big pink bow on the side keeping her curly hair out of her face. "You look beautiful baby" I kiss her lips.

"Dada" Bella clearly wanting some of the attention. She reaches for me.

"You look so pretty Bella" I saw holding her in the air. I bring her down for a kiss and as usual its a very wet one. "Go to mommy so daddy can get dressed baby"

"Mama" she says reaching for Ana who was greeting my grandparents.

"Come on baby girl lets go party" Ana tells Bella while walking towards the backyard.

I am halfway up the stairs when I hear the doorbell again. I run to answer it. It's Elliot.

"What's up little brother. Where is my favorite niece"

"Hello Elliot. She's outside with Gramps and Grams and her mother. And of course she's your favorite niece because she's your only niece". We laugh.

"Yeah man. You're right but she's still my favorite."

"Sure El. Why did you bring two gifts Bella is already spoiled enough and plus you have no competition in the favorite uncle department because you're her only uncle" I tell him laughing.

"Well one is from mom" I immediately stop laughing.

"Tell her thanks but Bella doesn't need anything else. The party is out back" I say turning to walk up the stairs to change.

"Are you ever going to forgive them. I honestly think mom's apology is sincere" Elliot says before I make it all the way up.

Without turning around I reply."It's a little too late for apologies. Please don't give the gift to Ana take it back to your house and tell Grace thanks but no thanks. Bella doesn't need anything else". I continue up the stairs to take a quick shower and change. I put on a white fitted shirt and some khakis. I get the pink pin Ana wants me to wear that says Father of the Birthday Girl and clip it to my shirt. According to Ana we all had to wear a touch of pink. I finally make it to the backyard and survey the gifts. Elliot did listen and did not bring the present Grace sent. Did she really think I was kidding when I told her we couldn't come back from the damage that was done. I hope she doesn't think I sent the gift back to her out of spite because I didn't. I honestly am done with them and my daughter doesn't need anything from them. Especially since they wanted her gone. I wipe all those thoughts out of my mind because this day suppose to be about my daughter. I look around and spot her with Elliot and Ana smiling. My girls are beautiful.

"They really are something. You did good son" my grandfather says to me.

"Yes they are. Thank you. I wanted to talk to you about GEH"

"What about it son"

"Well I graduate tomorrow and wanted to know how soon I would be able to get started" I say to him.

"Well, I guess you can start as soon as possible. You'll be eighteen tomorrow so everything can be in your name. I will wire you the money Monday after your graduation" He turns to look me in the eyes. "Christian I know you can do this, but I will be there to shadow you for you first six months just in case something goes wrong. I want you to secede" he ruffles my hair the way he use to when I was younger.

"Thanks Gramps for everything" I smile. Tomorrow I will officially start my journey to becoming Christian Grey CEO of Grey Enterprises and Holdings. The party continues until Arabella crashes and just can't keep her eyes open anymore. She will definitely sleep through the night tonight. She was so adorable we we all sung happy birthday. We decided to get her a smash cake and a different one for everyone to eat. Ana blew out the candle and Bella wasted no time putting her chubby hands in the cake and eating it. Everyone has gone home Bella is bathed, asleep, and in her nursery. I made sure to turn on the monitors before returning to Ana. Ray told us he was okay with us sharing a room but the minutes he hears odd noises coming from the room it was over. Lets just say we have mastered being quiet. I find Ana in bed waiting for me.

"If I remember correctly you said I should be rested so you can have your way with me when our daughter went to sleep" Ana says crawling towards me.

"I'm pretty sure that's not what I said but thats exactly what I meant". I pull her into my arms and kiss her hard only the lips. She opens her mouth and I roughly push my tongue in. She pulls off my shirt and place kisses on my scars and all across the rest of my chest. To this day she is still the only one who can touch me like this. She grabs my dick through my shorts and starts rubbing it.

"Take them off baby I want to feel you". She doesn't have to tell me twice, I unbutton my shorts and push them off along with my underwear. I pull off her night shirt and see she's naked underneath. I latch onto her right nipple and suck hard.

"Oh God baby, I couldn't stop starring at these in that dress you had on today. All I wanted to do during to party was pull you to the side pull the straps down on that dress and suck on these pretty nipples" I move to the next one and show it the same attention. I move her to the middle of the bed and reach down to rub her wet pussy. Feeling her wetness on on fingers I smile and pull my fingers out to lick them clean. I moan savoring her taste. I look down and see Ana's eyes darken with lust.

"Please Christian I need you inside" she whispers. I want to play a little longer. I love the many ways I can make her cum without penetration she's so responsive. I massage her thighs getting dangerously close to where she wants me to touch her most. Instead of continuing I lean down to kiss her, and she wraps her legs around me. The kiss intensifies and she feels my dick at her entrance.

"Give it to me baby." she says to me.

"No, not yet." I reply I need to get her a little wetter before I go inside. She whines so I start to tease her. She feels me against her opening but I pull away and rub her clit with my dick over and over again. She arches her back trying to get me to slip in.

"Please Christian, I need you". Looking into her eyes intensely I slip inside, and we both moan. I thrust into her like my life depended on it, and she's loving it.

"Yes baby. You feel so good" She gets out in between moans. I am in total control of her body and she knows it. I can feel she's about to explode, and I want it as badly as she does. Her moaning and the sounds of her wetness is turning me on more by the second.

The build-up is unreal. I can tell this orgasm is going to be a strong one for the both of us. I know she feels her pussy keeps spasming in mini orgasms, and the sounds she's making are proof also. I'm trying to hold on, but I know I'm failing miserably. I scream out her name, and thrusts harder.

Cum with me baby." I manage to get out before I blow. With that she fulfills my request. Her back arches, and we cum together, and I pounded her hard until the end. We kiss lovingly, and she wipes the sweat from my forehead. We both lay there trying to catch our breaths. I rest on top of her, and wonder how shes supporting my weight. She never complains about me being too heavy, and lets me lie there for as long as I want. As the mood settles I stroke her face, look her in the eyes, and say "I love you." She smiles at me and replies.

"I love you too baby. Always and Forever."

"Always and Forever". I say moving off her and pulling her close to me so she's laying on my chest. I gather the duvet and cover us up.

"Goodnight baby" I kiss her forehead and drift off to sleep praying Ray didn't hear us.

Author's Note:

Because it took so long for an update I did a longer chapter! I hope you enjoyed. Thank you for all the reviews, follows, and favorites I received last chapter. You guys are awesome. As always please tell me what you think and I will see you all next update.

Sorry for all mistakes.

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