AN: Here is the next chapter. Sorry it took awhile, I was having trouble deciding where I wanted to go with this story. I still am not 100% sure where I want to go but hopefully it all comes together. Truthfully, I want to end this story because I have other ideas I want to write but there are just too many loose ends to tie up that it's going to be awhile before the story ends. I will still continue this story until the end though so don't worry.
I am sorry I am not updating as often as I like. I was going to start and finish the chapter last week but I got sick suddenly but I finally sat down and typed up this chapter today. With school, and real life it's getting difficult to sit down and write the updates, but please remember that I will finish this story.
The next chapter will be the dinner, and maybe some more drama thrown in. ;)
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Christian
It has been a couple of weeks since Ana's parents found out about our relationship. After my talk with Frank, we all ate dinner together, and her parents let us spend time together in her room before I had to leave to go back to Seattle.
The last few weeks have been hectic at school, and Ana and I haven't seen each other since the talk with her parents. I am currently driving to go pick up Ana at her house. We are going to Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house. They invited Ana and her parents over as well, and thankfully her parents accepted. Ray couldn't make it since he is currently out of town on a fishing trip with Jose Sr. Fucking Jose tagged along much to my relief.
I am pulling up to Ana's house when I see the front door open. I smile when I see Ana running out of the house, just like she did the last time I came over.
I turn off the car and get out. She reaches me and jumps into my arms.
"Miss me baby?" I laugh.
"Of course, I missed you," she giggles.
I hug her tightly and bury my nose in her hair.
We pull back, and I take the opportunity to kiss her on the lips.
"You ready to go?"
"Yeah, but I'm kind of nervous," she says nervously.
"Why are you nervous?" I frown.
"Because this is our first Thanksgiving together Christian. Your parents or the Grey's still don't know about our relationship. I'm just worried is all," she sighs.
We decided to tell the rest of our family about our relationship while we are there. I suspect my father knows, but the rest are unaware that we are together.
"It's going to be okay baby. My mother and Grace love you. They are going to be happy for us okay?" I kiss her forehead.
"Yeah, but what about your sisters?" she arches an eyebrow.
"What about them?" I sigh heavily.
"What about them? Christian, your sister, hates me. Seriously, every time I go to her house she glares at me the entire time I am there. She even gives Arabella dirty looks," she shakes her head and steps back.
"Ana…Mia is just upset right now. She's having a hard time with everything. She doesn't hate you or Arabella. Trust me, baby; she will come around eventually," I explain.
"No she won't Christian. She has been like this for over four years. If she hasn't let it go by now, then she's never going to let it go," she scoffs.
"You don't know her like I do Ana. Believe me; she will let it go," I pinch the bridge of my nose in agitation.
"Whatever Christian. Let's just go okay," she throws her hands in the air.
She walks over to the passenger side and gets in and slams the door. I sigh and run my hand through my hair. I get in the driver's seat and close the door and stare at her apologetically.
"Babe, I'm sorry. Please, let's not fight okay," I tuck a piece of her hair behind her ear and caress her cheek.
She closes her eyes and kisses my fingers. I smile and notice how beautiful she looks right now.
She is wearing a long white sweater, black leggings, and black wedges. Her hair is down and wavy with some of her hair tied back in a knot at the back of her head. White diamond stud earrings shine from her ears that I bought for her last year. I am wearing a black and white sweater and black jeans.
She opens her eyes and gives me a warm smile. I place my hand on the back of her neck and pull her towards me and kiss her.
It starts out slow and gentle. Soon our needs take over, and our hands are all over each other. I moan into her mouth when she runs her hand through my hair. I place my hand on her thigh and run my hand up over her hip and to her firm ass. I squeeze and pull her closer to me.
Suddenly there is a knock on the car window. We break apart quickly, both panting heavily. I look over my shoulder to see her father glaring at us from outside of the window.
"Excuse me. What are you doing young lady?" Frank narrows his eyes at her.
"Nothing daddy," she fixes her hair and gives him a nervous smile.
I turn on the car and roll down the window.
"I'm sorry sir, we were just," I start to explain, but he interrupts me.
"You were just making out with my daughter in front of my house," he narrows his eyes at me.
"I'm sorry sir," I run my sweaty hands down my jeans nervously.
"It's not the time to make out with my daughter Christian. I'm I making a mistake in letting you date my daughter?" he places his hands on the open window and stares at me intently.
"No Sir," I say firmly.
"Oh, Frank lighten up will you? There not going to have sex right in front of the house. Let them have a minute," Carla shakes her head while walking over to us.
"What am I going to do with you three?" he sighs and let's go of the window.
He turns around and glares at his wife. She stops in front of him and raises her eyebrow. Ana chuckles. I look over at her and smirk.
He throws his hands in the air in defeat. He quickly kisses his wife and turns to us.
"Were following you to your parents right?" he asks.
"Yes sir," I nod.
"Then let's get on the road," he nods.
He takes his wife's hand and guides her to their car. I am about to close the window when Frank stops me.
"No funny business you two," he glares at me.
"Understood Sir," I nod.
He nods back, and they walk to their car and gets in. I roll up my window and breathe deeply.
"Well, that was fun," Ana giggles.
I shake my head and back out of the driveway and start the drive towards Bellevue.
We get there close to two hours since there was hardly any traffic. I drive up the long driveway and park next to the garage with the other cars. It looks like everybody is her already.
"You ready baby?" I look over at Ana, and she is biting her lip nervously.
"Ready as I'll ever be," she nods.
I kiss the back of her hand and get out of the car to help her out. We both walk up the front steps and just when I am about to open the door, someone yanks it open. It's Grace.
"Welcome you two!" she beams at the two of us.
"Hi Grace," I smile and kiss her on the cheek.
"I missed you baby boy," she cups my face in her hands and smiles at me lovingly.
"I missed you too," I smile.
She winks at me and lets me go, and gives Ana a hug.
"Ana, how are you dear?" she says.
"I'm fine Grace, how are you doing?" she smiles.
"I'm doing wonderful sweetie. I'm so happy everybody could make it this year," she beams.
"Where are your parents? They couldn't make it?" she looks behind us.
"There were right behind us actually," Ana frowns and stands on her tip toes and glances around the driveway to look for her parents.
I forgot they were following us. I am about to head down the driveway to look for them when we see their car pull up the driveway.
"Oh, there here," Ana says.
I walk over to their car and open the passenger door to help Carla out.
"Thank you, darling," she smiles.
"Your most welcome," I say.
Frank gets out of the car and shakes his head at me in annoyance. He walks around the car and guides her to where Grace and Ana are standing.
They all welcome each other warmly, and we finally step inside the massive house.
"Where's Carrick Grace?" I ask while walking into the foyer.
"Oh, he's in his study. He was finishing up some last minute paperwork," she explains.
I nod, and we all follow Grace into the living room. Everyone is sitting down and talking quietly to each other.
"Christian!" Arabella spots me and lunges off the couch.
I laugh and take my little sister into my arms.
"How are you doing kid?" I ruffle her long copper-colored hair.
"I'm fine you punk," she swats my hands away and laughs.
"Hey, Ana!" she says to her and gives Ana a giant hug.
"Hey Belle," she giggles and returns her hug.
My little sister looks beautiful in her low-cut brown sweater and black high wasted skinny jeans.
I see my mother get off the couch and head towards me also looking beautiful in dark blue skinny jeans, a black and white button up with a white sweater and a plaid scarf around her neck. She looks tired.
"Hey baby," she gives me a hug.
I pull back and study her face. She has dark circles under her eyes; I can see she tried to hide it with her makeup but wasn't too successful.
"What's wrong mom?" I rub under her eyes with my thumbs.
"Nothing baby, just a little tired is all. Nothing to worry about," she gives me a weak smile and kisses my forehead. I frown but leave it for later.
I glance at behind her and see her boyfriend smiling at us from the sofa. I give him a tight smile in return. He gets up from the sofa and heads towards us.
"Hello, Christian. Nice to see you again," he says in his strong English accent.
He offers me his hand to shake. I nod and shake his hand firmly.
"You too Mr. Wright," I say.
"Jackson Please," he asks.
I nod but stay quiet. Ana's parents greet my mother and her boyfriend warmly.
"Hello son," my Dad pats me on the back.
I turn around and notice him and Elena standing behind me. Mom looks at him nervously and quickly looks away when he looks right at her with some unknown emotion. I frown at the two of them. We all stand there in silence. My mom and Jackson walk back over to the sofa and sits down. He takes her hand and kisses the back of it. My mom smiles warmly at him in return. Ana's parents sit next to them on the couch, and they all fall into a conversation.
"How are you, son?" My dad asks
"Everything is going good, and you?" I say.
Elena walks over to him and takes his arm and places it around her waist. He gives her a smile and kisses her temple. Elena smiles at him lovingly rubs his arm that is around her waist.
She is wearing her signature outfit. She has a pair of black leather skinny jeans, with a black low cut blouse, a long tan sleeveless blazer, and brown strappy high heeled shoes.
"Were doing fine as always," he gives me a smirk.
"Glad you can make it today. It's weird having everyone here for Thanksgiving," I look around the room at everyone in awe.
Ana and Arabella are sitting by our parents on the couch. They are both happily chatting and laughing away. Mia is sitting by herself on a single chair in the corner. She is typing on her cell phone, apparently ignoring me. Grace has disappeared, probably checking on the food.
I glance at Mia again and see she is staring at me in annoyance.
"Hey Mia," I wave and give her a polite smile.
She doesn't say anything. Instead, she rolls her eyes and looks back at her phone. I sigh heavily and turn back around to my dad and Elena. Why is she acting this way today?
My dad gives me a tight smile and shrugs his shoulder. I give him a look that says It's okay.
I suddenly notice Elliot is missing. I look around the room again and do not see him anywhere.
"Mom, where is Elliot?" I ask my mother.
"Oh, I think he is upstairs," she nods to the stairs.
I nod. Grace comes back into the room with Carrick behind her.
"Dinner is ready everyone!" she announces.
I walk over to them and Carrick, and I shake hands.
"Hello Son," he smiles.
"Hey, Carrick. It's good to see you," I smirk. He pats me on the back and turns to everyone else that has gathered over to us.
"Ana, good to see you," he gives Ana a kiss on the cheek that makes her blush.
"It's good to see you too Carrick," she smiles.
"Carla, Frank, Welcome," he greets Ana's parents.
"Thank you for having us Mr. Grey," Frank shakes his hand.
"You're always welcome here," he smiles.
"Carrick," Carla offers her cheek.
"Carla," he kisses her and smiles.
"Hey, hotshot!" Elliot says while he runs down the stairs.
"Dick," I laugh and let go of Ana and walk over to him.
We shake hands and hug while patting each other's back.
"Good for you to make it little bro," he smirks.
"Of course, I was going to make it," I scoff.
He raises his hands and laughs. I smirk.
"Hey, their pretty lady," he smirks at Ana causing her to blush deeply.
"Hello Elliot," she murmurs.
I walk back to Ana and place my arm around her shoulders and kiss her temple. She blushes and looks down at the ground.
It looks like now is the time to tell them about our relationship. I look around the room when I hear collective gasps coming from my family.
"Something you want to tell us, little bro?" Elliot smirks and gestures around the room.
"There is something I want to say. Everyone, I want to let all of you know that Ana and I have been seeing each other for a couple of months now," I announce.
Grace gasps and clutches a hand to her mouth. Carrick looks stunned. My mom looks wide-eyed at us, while her boyfriend gives us a confused look. My dad stares at us smugly. Yeah, he knew all right. Elena looks disappointed and disgusted at the same time. Elliot is smiling and rocking on the balls of his feet. Arabella is jumping up and down and squealing in delight. Mia scoffs at us. While Ana's parents are smiling at us. They knew that we were going to announce our relationship tonight.
"Oh, Christian," Grace is the first one to break the silence.
She walks over to us and gives us both a hug at the same time. She pulls back, and she has tears in her eyes.
"I'm so happy for you too," she sniffles and then smiles.
"Thank you, Grace," Ana murmurs.
"You can't possibly think this is okay Grace?" Elena scoffs.
Grace turns to look at her with confusion.
"Why wouldn't I be okay with this?" she frowns.
"Elena," my dad says to her in warning.
"I'm sorry darling but isn't she a little young for him?" she scoffs again.
I am about to say something to the bitch when Carla steps in first.
"Excuse me!" Carla scowls at her.
"It's okay mom," Ana steps in, but Carla has none of it.
"No Ana. How dare you get to judge their relationship," she glares at Elena.
Elena just stands there and looks Carla up and down in judgment. She scoffs at her but tries to cuddle closer to my dad, but he shrugs her off.
"Apologize, Elena," he demands.
Elena stands there stunned. Everyone is looking at the two of them in apprehension. My mother shakes her head and finally speaks.
"That's wonderful baby," she smiles and walks over to us while my dad continues to glare at Elena.
She gives us a hug and Ana relaxes in my mother's embrace.
"That's wonderful," my mother reassuringly whispers to Ana. Ana smiles gratefully at her.
"Well now that we have that settled let's go eat everyone," Carrick coughs and directs everyone to the dining room.
Arabella runs over to Ana and gives her a bear hug.
"Ana, this is so great! We're going to be sisters!" she claps her hands.
Ana looks at me in surprise. I shrug and chuckle at her enthusiasm. Oh, I guarantee we will get married someday baby.
Mia suddenly stomps past us while bumping Ana's shoulder hard.
"Ow," she yelps.
"Mia," I say dumbfounded.
"Whatever," she mumbles.
"Watch where your going," Arabella scowls at her.
Mia just scoffs and stomps out of the room and into the dining room.
Grace just sighs and gives us a contrite smile. Elena tries to smother her laughter behind me, and I whip my head around and glare at her. She looks at me and gives me a sweet smile. I scowl at her while my dad yanks her arm and leads her out of the room, looking furious.
I roll my eyes and take Ana by the hand and lead her into the dining room.
"Well, that went well," Ana says sarcastically.
"It's okay baby," I kiss her hair and smile down at her.
She nods and cuddles into my side. I glance at my mother once more time; she gives us another reassuring smile, and I know I have her approval along with everyone else.
Today is going to be one interesting dinner.