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"Goin' to the chapel and your gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel and your gonna get married
Gee, he really loves you
And your gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel of love"
"Mia, honestly you have been singing this song for the last two hours, please stop." Grace says as she gets her hair curled. Mia has been singing The Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love
all morning and it has slowly driving us all crazy. We are all in the middle of getting our hair done and Grace finally snapped.
To: Christian Grey
From: Ana Steele
1 hour until I get to see your handsome face. Look for me, I'll be the one in white!
Love you to the moon and back.
Love, Ana soon to be Grey XX
Within a minutes I have my reply
To: Ana Steele
From: Christian Grey
Longest hour of my life. I missed waking up beside you.
Can't wait to see you and start our life together as Mr and Mrs.
I'll be the one at the end of the aisle with the massive smile on my face.
Love you to the moon and back too.
Love, Your soon to be husband! XX
"Ana" I turn to see my mom, Grace, Mel and Mia all standing with wrapped boxes.
"This is your something blue." Mia says as she hands me her box
"Wow, Mia thank you!" I hug her and she places the Tiffany blue and pearl anklet around my ankle.
"I made this for you. It's your something old" Mel hands me a box I recognize from our childhood. When I open the box I see that it's a pearl bracelet but in between each pearl has old bead from the friendship bracelet she and I made each other.
"I can't believe you did this. I will cherish this forever." I hug her while trying to keep the tears away. There is a reason we have been friends since we were in Elementary school. We think alike and appreciate the small things."I love you, Mel. You will always be my best friend. No man, nor beast shall destroy what we have created." We both laugh as I repeat our old friendship pact.
"Your great grandmother made these for your grandmother wedding. She gave them to me on my wedding day and now I get to pass them along to you and you will pass it along to your child. This is your something borrowed. I love you so much baby girl. Your father and I couldn't be more proud of you." I have 4 antique hair pins.
"I can't wait to give these to my daughter" They all look at me shocked and I just shake my head saying not yet.
"Ana dear, I know Melanie has given you something old but I wanted to pass this on to you. My mom and I both wore this on our wedding day and I wanted to give it to you." I unwrap the box and find a beautiful comb.
"Thank you so much. I'll wear it with pride and like the pins we will pass them down."
"Okay that's something old, something borrowed and something blue but.. Who was suppose to get the new?" Mia looks around panicked but my mom smiles and hand me a box.
"Christian asked me to give this to you. It's your something new." She smiles while I ripe the paper.
Inside is a pearl and Tiffany blue necklace with matching earrings.
"I remember us looking at Tiffany's last time we were in New York and I told him how much I loved these. Is it time yet? I need to marry my man." I say as I try to keep the tears at bay.
"30 minutes and counting!" Mia and Mel squeal together.
Now I'm in my dress with all my presents and the makeup artist did last minute touch ups, we are making our way towards the deck. My dad looks handsome in his black tux.
I'm so glad everyone liked the Tiffany blue color scheme because I've lived my whole life planning my Tiffany blue wedding. My mom and Grace both have a darker blue that match Carrick and my dad's tie color.
On my side there is Leila, Mia, Abby and Mel who is my maid of honor. Abby's 3 year old daughter is our flower girl while CJ is our ring bearer. He looks so adorable in his little suit being carried down the aisle by Sawyer.
On Christians side he asked Ros, Carrick, Aaron and Elliot is his best man.
He and Aaron have become extremely close since he and Mia got married and now are gonna be parents. I'm hoping that when we leave from our honeymoon we will have a little one that won't be to far behind Mia and Aaron's babies.
"You know when you were born I just couldn't take my eyes off you. I knew you would be my baby girl for life. I wanted to wrap you in bubble wrap to keep you from harm and my biggest fear was you falling in love and being broken hearted." He touches my cheeks and sighs before continuing
"I could not ask for a better man to marry my daughter. The way Christian looks at you has put every single fear I ever had about you being heartbroken to rest. The love you and he share will transcend time and I can't wait to see your love grow with a family. I could not thank God enough for blessing me with the most amazing daughter and then blessing her with the love of her life. I love you Annie." He kisses my cheeks and wipes away my tears. Mia screams for the makeup artist to fix my makeup that is now ruined but I don't care.
"I love you dad. You have always been who I compare men to. If they didn't treat me the way you treat mom, I knew the worth it. I can't thank you enough for being the father every girl should have. You have and will always be my daddy." I kiss him and we turn to see the makeup artist Beth running towards me. My dad shakes his head and laughs at how serious her face is.
"You ready baby girl?" I look to my dad and take one last breath before I nod my head.
"I am beyond ready to become Mrs. Christian Grey" I watch as each of my bridesmaids walk down the sand towards our arched alter and I feel calm come over me as I realize in just a few minutes I'll be married to my man.
Please Please Please don't trip, feet. I mentally say as I walk down the aisle for the last time as a Steele. Looking into my Christian's eyes takes my breath away. I have seen this man in every type of clothing but seeing him in his tux and knowing he's gonna be my husband soon make it all the more special. His eyes show nothing but love and adoration.
"Who gives this woman to be married?" The official says
"Her mother and I do" My dad says with so much emotion. I turn to him and hugs him hard whispering that I love him. He nods and places my hand into Christian before saying 'Welcome to the family'.
The ceremony flies by and I can hardly remember it. The moment our eyes met at the alter it seems like we were in our own bubble. No one else was around.
"This dress Mrs. Grey although the second most beautiful piece of clothing I've ever seen but I would really like take it off." My wedding dress was a sweetheart white lace and nearly backless on top and flowy at the bottom. I wanted a dress that didn't have tulle but that was also perfect for a beach wedding. For our reception I changed into a shorter lace backless knee length dress. I wanted to have more freedom to dance but also I didn't want to ruin my dress walking in the sand to much. Christian had fun removing my first dress, but before we could make love Elliot started banging on our bedroom door. Asshole..
"I love you Mrs. Grey. Thank you for making my dreams come true." Christian says as he thrust into me for the first time as a married couple.
"AWWWW, Yes Mr. Grey" We make love all night and I am thankful that he made reservations at the hotel he stayed at for his family because I know my parents would hear me moaning.
"Did you set up the decor surprise in here?" I ask him because when we left our bedroom for our reception, it was completely different then when he carried me into the room after our family left. Now there is roses and candles everywhere. Chilled champagne and strawberries. It was amazing and screamed Christian Grey heart and flowers.
"I asked the wedding planner if she could create a romantic room for us. I think she did fantastic." I nod before attacking him
2 months Later
"It's a good thing you own a jet now. I'm not sure if all this stuff would fit on a commercial flight." I laugh because we have now filled a second SUV with all the items we have purchased over the last 2 months. If I even mentioned I like something he would buy it.
While on our honeymoon GEH hit 500 and as a present to himself he purchased a second private jet but this one is more for family business instead of GEH. He only had to take half a dozen work related calls throughout our stay which made me so happy. Sometimes it's hard for him to disconnect from work but he tried his hardest and I made sure he was rewarded for the good boy he was. So far we haven't gotten pregnant but we are still enjoying trying.
"I can't wait to rejoin the mile high club on the way home." He kisses before a clearing throats stops us from getting passionate
"Sorry sir, the bags are all in the car. We are ready when you are." We nods and head towards the car away from our own piece of heaven.
"Damn girl, look how tan you got." When we weren't inside "having fun" we spent most of our time outside and I must say I look good with a tan.
"Married life looks good on you." Mel says as we sit down for lunch. I missed my girls so I invited everyone out for lunch a couple days after our return.
"Mia, have you thought of any names for the babies?" She texted me a couple times telling me how Elliot keep teasing her about teaching her son about becoming a man and she was not to happy. I had to get Christian to call Elliot to tell him to knock it off because he was causing Mia so much stress.
"We were thinking about Annabella Grace and Charles Alexander. Aaron's grandparents names are Bella and Alexander. We are using Charles for my great grandfather and Grace for my mom and the Anna part is for..." She looks at me and smile
"We want to name her Annabella for you and his grandmother. We love you both and want to name our babies after people we love." I smile and hug her tight.
" I completely understand because Christian and I want to name our children after people we love. I am honored to be included in your daughters name."
"So tell us what you guys did on your honeymoon?" Abby ask as she bites into her pizza. Mia being 7 months pregnant has been craving pizza so we all agreed.
"We hiked, snorkeled, swam with dolphins again, we found a zip lining, the best part was the 3 hour turtle snorkel sail.
"We also visited Pearl Harbor's and went on the Arizona & Missouri with Punchbowl Tour. That was heartbreaking and also eye opening experience. We spent the last few days shopping and sightseeing. It was the best 2 months of my life. Just me and my love."
Christian had a last minute meeting so Mia and I decided to go shopping for baby stuff. I thought Mia could shop for her own clothing but dear God I was exhausted when I got home.
2 Months Later
"Baby... I need you to wake up." I feel someone shaking me
"Chris, what wrongs?" My eyes finally adjust to the bedside light and I see worry on his face
"Mia's in labor." I jump out of bed and grab jeans and a sweater before throwing on some boots and running with Christian to the elevator stripping along the way.
"Careful baby." He wraps his arms around me and rubs my still flat stomach. We found out about a month ago that we were expecting a little one. We haven't told anyone because I'm only 6 weeks along and we want to enjoy it for a while.
"Let's go meet our niece and nephew. Just think in a little under 8 months this will be us." I smile at Christian. He is so excited to welcome Annabella and Charles into our family and he already has play date planned out for our child and Mia's. He is gonna be an amazing dad.
Life has been great and I can't wait for our next chapter.