Dear Friends:
Never did I expect so much support and love from so many people when I expressed my frustration the other day! Wow- you really made me feel great- loved and appreciated. So I am taking your advice and forgetting about the negative comments and moving on. I am truly grateful to all of you!
With that said, I have moved forward six weeks- I hope it doesn't feel to rushed and that I covered most of the topics left open.
Lilly
Chapter 21- It's a ?
Tuesday – Thanksgiving Week
Christian's POV
It's 4:00 am and I can't sleep. I look at Ana nestled deep in the covers all curled up, mostly on my side of the bed and wish I could sleep the way she does. She looks completely peaceful. I on the other hand feel like a kid on Christmas morning and couldn't sleep at all. Today is the day we find out if Blip is a Mr. Blip or Miss Blip, Mr. Gummy Bear or Miss Gummy Bear.
Ana really has no preference. I want a son. Of course I will love the child if it is a girl. But I will just be out of my mind with worry as she grows up. If we have a daughter, I hope she is an ugly little sweet cow that only her parents will love. How would I protect a daughter without locking her up and buying her a chastity belt? I truly can't stand the thought of some guy wanting to fuck her and she doesn't even exist. It will make me insane. Why Ana doesn't understand that is beyond me. I want a son to wrestle and hang out with, work side by side with me. Someday, maybe I could deal with a little girl, but I have my heart set on a son and I can't sleep because I am both anxious about finding out the sex of the baby and worried that I will end up hurting Ana with my response if Dr. Greene tells us we are having a daughter. Please God, if you give me a son, I will be really good about having baby number two be a girl. There that should count for something.
It has been six weeks since we have actually seen Dr. Greene. I expect she won't be too happy about that. We have been traveling non- stop. We made the trip to Taiwan and professionally it was successful. We accomplished everything we set out to do. Personally it was very memorable in that Ana and I were able to sight see and have a vacation out of it. Probably more than anything we both loved how much fun Gail had on the trip. She hasn't really been anywhere and she told us it was the trip of a lifetime for her. She was a great companion for Ana while we were in meetings and they were able to go sightseeing. We shopped in Taipei, visited the Taipei 101 Tower, the second tallest building in the world for some spectacular views although Ana couldn't even look out without getting dizzy. Taylor and I hiked in Taroko Gorge and it was breathtaking. I insisted on taking Ana and Gail back to see the waterfalls although I certainly didn't want Ana hiking. We went to Kenting to an amazing beach. Ana's baby bump was obvious in her bikini and a local native woman touched her belly and told her she was having a daughter. That fucked with my mind for a day. Probably the most memorable day we had was when we were without any of our Taiwanese host and Taylor, Sawyer and I had a little contest to see who could eat the most bizarre foods before calling uncle. We were in this outdoor market area with Ros, Gail, Gwen and Ana and there were some really great delicacies but I lost it on the zhūxuègāo, which was blood pudding on a stick and I had to wussy out. That left Taylor in the end as the victor. That fucker can eat anything.
We were in Sydney for last week and returned on Saturday sleeping all day Sunday and most of yesterday. I presented as the key note speaker at the Shipbuilders Association's International Conference. It was a one day commitment so we vacationed the rest of the week and Ana loved Sydney. We had an over the top suite at the Shangri-La and used that as our base. We flew to the Gold Coast for one day, but for the most part hung around Sydney. We would like to go back when Ana isn't pregnant and hit the Hunter Valley and go over to Perth as I have not been there.
In between travel Ana has been working overtime and trying to prove her worth to Anne Burnway. She is a much better manager than Roach and I wish I had moved her into that position sooner. She holds Ana accountable, almost too much but I think Ana has learned a lot more about the business side of publishing. She is starting to understand that publishing can't be all about the emotions of loving a book, it has to make money. I notice she comes home and ask me a lot more questions about the financial side of running a business and asked me to teach her how to really understand what to look for in a P & L and balance sheet. I showed her the GEH balance sheet and she was so confused. We have about a thousand page balance sheet at the end of each quarter so I figured if she could learn from the GEH financials she could read anything. It didn't quite work out that way. I got impatient with her and she got pissed and said I was a terrible teacher. She ended up locking herself in the library for the remainder of the night. I threatened to knock the door down and she ended up crying. First lesson learned: probably not a good plan to work with your wife. Second lesson learned: not a good idea to ask your wife where she learned to fucking add.
I decide since I can't sleep to make some coffee and do some work in my office. I pick up the sealed large manila envelope that my dad gave me six weeks ago and hold it yet again. It contains my biological father's medical history and heritage. I have not opened it, and probably won't unless it is needed or someday my children want to know. My dad said there is a personal note in the envelope and I almost asked him to remove it and throw it out, but so far it has stayed intact. My dad said he received a few calls after the 60 Minutes show from McTiernan but never returned his call. He said he didn't need McTiernan to tell him what a great son he had, he knew that already. It's strange, ever since my parents told me about McTiernan I am closer to my dad. We call each other a lot more and have gone fishing a few times. We are more at ease with each other and I think it is because I finally realized he has always loved me unconditionally and he didn't even have to. He wanted to and he took me in by choice. That is extremely powerful and I am trying to be a better son to him now.
My dad seems as excited about the baby as anyone. He is on me to make sure that I change my will soon so that if something were to happen to me before the baby is born, my unborn child would be protected. As he pointed out, my child is a billionaire and its not even born yet. I think I will have a trust fund set up for the baby and have my dad be the executor on it. I wouldn't want Ana to deal with that.
Ray is back home now and Ana's Aunt Maggie has been staying with him. Something is definitely going on. They will be coming for Thanksgiving as well so we will get some idea if they have gotten a bit cozy. He is doing much better but still going to physical therapy. Ana still refuses to talk to Carla. My mom has been working me over to get them to patch things up. I think Carla has called my mom looking for help with this.
It took some effort and a payoff of $200,000 to make Logan's brother drop the assault charges. The police watched the video and eventually dismissed the charges as well. However, I still don't trust Logan and he has kept his distance. We make sure we are not in the garage when he is down there if possible. I haven't seen him at all. Taylor has seen him a few times, and we are keeping an eye on him, but we are out of here soon and so we are just trying to prevent another run in. Sawyer is the unknown here because he is really suspicious of Logan and Taylor worries it wouldn't take much for Sawyer to knock his ass out.
Taylor and Gail are getting married on January 1 at the new house. They have about twenty family members coming along with the Grey's. Taylor has been going at it with his ex to have Sophie here for the wedding and she is being a bitch about it. We are going to Aspen for five days after Christmas with Elliot, Kate, Mia and Brady. We were going to stay for New Year's but need to get back now for the wedding.
Mia and Brady. Now there is a story. They are never apart. Elliot and I have had to accept they are a couple and probably doing the same shit we are doing in our bedrooms with Ana and Kate. God, that hurts. But Brady treats her really well and I'd say they are in love. Brady asked Mia to go back to Indiana with him for
Thanksgiving. When Elliot found that out he got pissed because I made him change his plans so today the GEH jet is going to Indianapolis to pick up Brady's parents for Thanksgiving. They are coming to my parent's house for dinner and staying with Brady at his place. Mia hasn't met his parents yet and she has called me several times to tell me to be nice when I meet them. What the fuck? I asked her if she called Elliot and told him the same thing, but evidently I am the only brother that needs coaching on how to be nice to people.
I heard from Ana, that Mia and Brady are thinking of moving in together. That doesn't sit too well with me. I know it is a complete double standard, but I want to know what his intentions are with her. Shit, see this is why I shouldn't ever have a daughter. I can't even let my little sister grow up.
Mia is working on the radio station that I have some ownership in. She doesn't know that I have a stake in the broadcast company that owns that station and several others. There is no way she would have ever gotten the job without my connection. But with that said I am hooked and listening to her on the way into work each morning. She is part of a four man morning team. They are pretty raunchy but she is the social connection. She gives them the local Seattle gossip, upcoming events and they are using her to do all the celebrity interviews. Next week her picture will appear with the other DJ's on some local billboards and she is having a blast. She is actually good at it. With her great personality, she seems really comfortable with it. They tease her on the air all the time and try to get her to say stuff about me and Ana, but she hasn't screwed up yet. The pay is shitty but now that she is showing some responsibility I have started putting money in her account again so that she has plenty to live on. I discussed it with Ana and made sure I had her blessing on this issue. I was reluctant to bring it up because I was worried Ana would think I was spoiling my sister. But as usual Ana surprised me by telling me that since I make over one hundred thousand dollars an hour and two million dollars plus a day, including weekends; what is an hour of income in the scheme of things to give to my sister. So, when she put it that way, I decided to put twenty thousand a month in her account. What the fuck am I going to do with all this money?
Lately I feel like I can't give my money away fast enough. Last week I made thirty eight million dollars on one deal. That was after I paid off the acquisition cost, gave bonuses to Ros and her team, and paid the taxes. Ros is making so much money right now I feel like she will never leave me. She is a wealthy woman and probably makes more than any other female in the state of Washington.
We are hoping to get in the house by the first of December but Elliot said I will have to get Kate Upton to give him a blow job first. Meaning that was how impossible it would be to get in the house. Since I had no idea who she was he Googled her on his phone and I had to admit she has a nice rack on her. Bottom line he doesn't think he can finish by December 1. So probably by the 15th. I told him we want to be in there for Christmas no matter what.
I walk back into our bedroom and see that it is a little after 5:00 am. I sent Taylor a text that I want to go work out so he is meeting me in a few minutes. I want to time my workout so I get back when Ana is getting in the shower. I feel like a nice slow fuck in the shower will get my day started right. I love feeling her bump. She has really popped out and she called me the other day because she was sure she felt the baby move. She said she felt this fluttering sensation but hasn't felt it since. We are starting her 20th week tomorrow.
Ninety minutes later I strip off my clothes and smile as I have perfectly timed my workout to jump in the shower with Ana. I don't want to scare her so I yell out to her as I am coming in.
"Baby, make room, I'm joining you." She is rinsing her hair and looks over giving me that gorgeous smile. She is always so fucking sweet. She makes my mornings great with her smile and willingness to make love most mornings. I look at her sweet ass and think she has probably gained at least seven or eight pounds this month, but my mom didn't raise a fool. No fucking way after the last time I said anything will I point out that her ass looks a tiny bit bigger. And by bigger I mean it looks really good to me. She was too thin before and now I can't keep my hands off her ass; it is perfect.
Someday when I get bored I am going to write a book as the new self acclaimed expert on horny women in their second trimester. I can honestly say I have never fucked so much in my life as I have in the past month. Coming from me, that is saying a lot. I had to actually tell Ana I was tired the other day and didn't think I could even get it up again if I tried. That was on Sunday when we stayed in all day catching up from our trip. I got three times while watching the Seahawks game. Jesus Christ we fucked nine times that day. Starting at seven am and going until after eleven at night. My dick was on fire by the time we went to bed. Christ, that is all she thinks about. I am thinking I might need to keep her knocked up for the next twenty years. Elliot asked me the other day if I was getting deprived because Ana was pregnant. I started laughing when he said that and told him I was looking forward to our rafting trip in two weeks just to give my dick a few nights off. He doesn't believe me but she is insatiable right now.
As I step in the shower Ana is biting her lip which pretty much means come fuck me. "Good morning handsome. How was your workout?" She steps on her toes and puts her arms around my neck to give me a kiss? "Did you get up early? I think I woke up about 4:30 but you were not in bed or did I dream that?"
"No I couldn't sleep. Too nervous." Ana rolls her eyes at me. "Oh someone is asking for it this morning I see. Rolling their eyes at me. Not nice." I turn her around and start kissing her neck and nibbling on her ears. I rub her belly and she forces my hand down between her legs. My once shy wife no longer exists when it comes to sex.
"Please fuck me hard Christian. I am so horny this morning." Soon she is bent over with one leg on the tiled bench and I am inside of her, fucking her slow and hard per her request. I gyrate my hips hitting her g-spot as she pushes herself against the shower wall giving us added friction. I prolong coming so I can give her a couple of orgasms and keep her happy until tonight.
"Now I am dirty again," Ana tells me this as we both catch our breath. We wash up and as she gets out of the shower she yells out to me. "Hey, I have an appointment at 6:00 with Jade so I will be going there after our appointment, okay?"
"Why are you getting your haircut again? You just cut it a couple of weeks ago." She knows I like her hair long. I will be pissed if she cuts it short. She takes a towel off the warmer and wraps herself in it and doesn't respond. "Ana?"
"Christian I want something new, more chic and stylish. I want to cut it shoulder length. You will like it I promise."
"No. I won't." I don't want her to cut her hair. It is beautiful, wavy, thick chestnut hair. I play with it all the time. Call it my security blanket. She doesn't need to cut it. "Seriously Ana, don't cut it, I will be pissed." God damn it she just rolled her eyes at me again, only this time I am not fucking smiling.
"Christian, I want to try something new and I can always grow it back out if we hate it. It is just my hair for god's sake."
I walk over to where she is standing and pull her close to me. I kiss her nose and lips softy. Against her lips I murmur, 'Don't fucking roll your eyes at me Mrs. Grey and don't even think about cutting your hair." I don't let her go and she looks up at me and starts laughing. Fuck, I have no control over her. A year ago, if a sub did that to me I would beat their ass black and blue. She is fucking laughing. "Ana, I am serious."
"I know you are Christian, and so am I. I need to get ready. Will you please let me go sir?"
"Oh now your all submissive. I mean it Ana, cancel the hair appointment or I will be fucking pissed." I stare at her so she knows I am not joking about this.
"Whatever." Okay that pisses me off almost as much as when someone rolls their eyes at me. I follow her into our closet and pick her up and carry her to the bed.
"Christian, you can't spank me I am pregnant." She didn't say that the other night when she was begging me to spank her then fuck her.
"Watch me Ana." I hold her standing up between my legs and hold her by the waist. She tries to move but, if I don't want her to move, she isn't going anywhere. I reach across and smack her a good one on her bare ass and she laughs again. Fuck she is pissing me off this morning. "Something funny Ana?"
"No, I just think I have more padding because that didn't hurt that much."
I am not trying to hurt her just make a point. But then stupid husband –that's me- opens his big mouth without thinking. "Yes, you do have extra padding there, so maybe I should spank you harder."
"What? Seriously. You think I have a bigger ass?" She turns around and tries to look at her butt. "Like is it huge? Do I look like Amanda?"
"Who?"
"Amanda, my friend Amanda who dated Sawyer for awhile. She has a big ass."
"For fucks sake Ana, I don't know what her ass looks like and your fine. Don't change the subject. This was about your hair not your ass." Then I start laughing because I can't believe we are having this conversation at 7:00 am. I get up and get dressed.
Ana's POV
I am trying to look at my butt in the mirror. I see Fifty's handprint, and I know my ass is getting bigger. I know I need to gain weight but I don't want a big butt.
"Christian, do you think you could ask Claude to come work out with me? I stopped working out after the Hyde incident and I am getting flabby don't you think?"
"No." He is lying.
"No I am not getting flabby or no to working out with Claude."
"No to both. Ana, you're supposed to get a little bigger when you're pregnant and you look fucking hot right now. I I like your butt and you don't need to start working out when you're almost five months pregnant. Are we dropping you off and picking you up for the appointment."
Oh here we go. I was going to have Sawyer take me and meet Christian at Dr. Greene's because I have the hair appointment right after. I sigh. "I am driving with Sawyer."
"You can drive with Sawyer if you want but I am telling him that if he drives you to get your haircut tonight then he will be looking for another job. Just so we are clear on this Ana."
Ohhhh he makes me so mad. Who does he think he is? I stomp around the bedroom and feel like throwing my shoe at him right now. Damn him. He is smirking at me which is even making me madder. I watch him as he puts on his watch, straightens his tie and winks at me before walking out for breakfast. Hairgate is not over!
My day at work is pretty routine. I called Grace to remind her we had our appointment today and to ask for moral support.
"Grace, I know he will be so disappointed if the baby is a girl. I am worried."
"Well Ana, he will have to get over it won't he, and he will. Once he holds that baby in his arms, he will be in love no matter what sex it is. He doesn't know that now, but he will. Don't worry sweetie. Are you going to call me as soon as you find out?"
"Well… no. We are going to tell everyone on Thursday at Thanksgiving. Christian said he wanted to surprise everyone and tell the family together in some grandiose way. But I doubt we will be able to keep it a secret that long."
"That is what I was thinking, I know I will be going crazy. Please call after you're appointment." She wishes me good luck and tells me she will be waiting by her phone.
Gosh my stomach has been in flip flops all day because I am so excited. Christian has called me three times and then made me laugh when he had someone photo shop a really hideous picture of me with a short butchy style haircut. "The picture was taken in Taiwan and my eyes are crossed and I look like I have buck teeth and we always laugh about it. "This better not be the woman I sleep with tonight." He wrote on the subject line of the email.
Sawyer pulls up behind Taylor in the SUV and Christian jumps out to greet me. Taylor is driving a new Denali SUV. He has decided he doesn't really like it. But Christian wanted to switch up our cars because everyone knows we had all Audi's. He gives me a big kiss and takes a deep breath. "You realize our future is about to be revealed. I am either going to be having a lifetime of arguments about hairstyles, too much make-up, dating boys, and shit I totally no nothing about, or I am going to come out and head straight over to the sporting goods store and stock up."
"Christian. We might have an athletic daughter. Then what?"
"Can we go in please and find out what the hell is growing in your stomach?" His hands are actual clammy. He pulls me under his arm and stops on the walkway. He kisses me softly then a bit more passionately.
"What is it Christian?"
"Nothing really. I just felt like kissing you and letting you know that I am madly in love with you and I have never been so fucking nervous in my life. I know this is crazy and who knew finding out the sex of my baby would make me this excited. I love you Ana and either way, you are and will always be my talisman, my everything. Thank you for being my wife, the mother of my baby and the best fuck west of the Mississippi." I elbow him for the last comment.
We walk into Dr. Greene's office and it looks like a child care center. There are pregnant women and children everywhere. We are supposed to be the last couple in but evidently Dr. Greene had an emergency earlier putting her really behind. We sit in the corner seats and there is a newborn baby on the floor in a car seat next to Christian and a child about three years old sitting on the floor next to the baby crying. There is a couple across from us that look about as pregnant as we are. On the other side there is a couple that look like they should have had the baby weeks ago. She is huge and when they call her name her husband has to pull her out of the chair. Fifty looks at me and tries to hide his smile. Be nice!
The three year old keeps using Christian's leg to pull himself up and wiping his nose with his hand and then getting snot on Christian's pants. My husband is not a happy camper. He looks so uncomfortable around small children. I giggle when the new born whimpers and then we hear a huge rumble coming from the baby's bottom. Christian's eyes become huge. "Did that come from that little baby?" I start laughing. He is in for some surprises.
The mother looks at me. "Nursing babies. You know what that is like. Come on Christian, let's go see if we can borrow a room to change your diaper?" I start giggling really loud and Christian frowns. The mother picks up her car seat holding her baby and looks at me and tells her other son to follow her.
"Did you say your baby is named Christian?" She smiles at me and confirms this. "My husband's name is Christian."
She looks up and sees Christian's face and about passes out. Yes, my husband is hot, feel free to look away lady. "Come on Elliot, let's go change your brother, we can come out and play in a minute."
Christian's head comes up. "Oh no damn way! Is this one of those TV jokes?" Christian and I are both sitting there with our eyes and mouths open. The woman looks at us like we are crazy.
"My older brother's name is Elliot and I'm Christian. Are you serious your kids are named Christian and Elliot?"
"Mommy he said a bad word and I have to go pooooop!" Christian starts laughing. "That would be my brother." I don't think the lady believed us. While she was changing her baby's diaper and taking her older son to the bathroom Christian and I couldn't stop laughing. It was like this nervous laughter and everyone in the room kept looking at us because we couldn't stop. A few minutes later the woman and her children come back out and she is smiling at us.
"You're Christian Grey, now I recognize you. We actually named the baby after hearing your name, I loved it. And we actually knew you had a brother named Elliot, because when our Elliot was born we read something about your brother in the paper and we liked that name too. I can't believe I am meeting you. Please don't think we are stalkers or anything, we just loved the names Christian and Elliot. If Christian had been a girl we were going to name her Grace." Oh too weird. "Would you mind if I put the children on your lap and took your picture with them. We stop laughing and we are both kind of freaked out. I look up at Christian and then I burst out laughing again and he is trying to stay composed. Finally thank god, she is called into the room before Christian tells her no damn way to the picture. We just look at each other.
"Did that creep you out at all?" Christian whispers to me putting his arm around the back of the chair and pulling me in close.
"Yes, a lot. You're not going to do the picture are you?" I whisper back.
""Fuck no. It would be all over the internet by tonight." I look up to see people staring at us. I guess Christian dropped the F bomb too loud. He is so not use to being in a room with people he doesn't know and without his security. I am starting to realize he has behavioral problems in public. This makes me giggle yet again. I bet after this appointment he either demands Dr. Greene comes to see me at home or we get a totally private visit with no waiting.
We wait another forty-five minutes and I think Christian is going to come unglued. He is making me absolutely crazy. I am wondering if he has an attention deficit problem. Fifty does not wait. He is acting a bit pompous if you ask me. He is shaking his leg in the chair so hard and fast that he is moving my chair. I reach over and hold his knee still. "What is wrong with you Christian? Sit still please." He gets up about five times and stares at the receptionist. He sits back down each time and says the same thing.
"This is fucking unacceptable. Well at least you will miss your hair appointment." He almost smiles but he is now in a bad mood. I grab a parenting magazine and read it with Christian looking over my shoulder. I am reading an article about how to save for your child's college fund. I forget we are billionaires and as I am reading I am taking mental notes.
"We should do this Christian." I point to the paragraph that states if you save 5% of your annual revenue when your child is born you should have enough by the time they are eighteen to pay for four years of college. Christian smiles at me.
"Do you want me to buy Blip his own university or something? Do you know how much we would have saved if we saved 5% of our annual income in eighteen years." No, I am not that quick with numbers that big.
"Okay."I whisper. "I forgot how stinking rich you are."
"We, Ana. We."
"Mr. and Mrs. Grey." We stand up and Christian murmurs "about fucking time" to the now empty waiting room.
"Hi Megan how are you," I tell her.
She smiles at me. "Great. You have a little tummy. You look so cute. Let's get you on the scale." She opens my chart. "Wow, Mrs. Grey, we can't let you go six weeks in between visits again. I didn't realize it has been that long. Okay let's see if you have gained any weight." I about die when I see her moving the bar on the scale. She keeps moving it, and moving it and no way. "Your weight is 120.5 . Nine and a half pounds. That's, wow, well yes, okay then." I feel embarrassed.
"I suppose that is a bit much huh?" I ask feeling like a cow. Christian tries to hide it but starts laughing. "Shut up Grey. Its' all those damn Milky Way bars you brought home." She tells me I can pee for her after the ultrasound. Easy for her to say, we have been here over 90 minutes. She takes my blood pressure and tells me that it is perfect. I stick my tongue out at Christian. She turns on the video for us to watch about what your baby is doing at 20 weeks. Christian is glued to the video like it is an Epic Movie. Wow, I can't believe the baby is almost seven inches long and is a mini person. Christian rewinds the video and we watch it again.
Megan finishes up and comes back a few minutes later with the ultrasound machine and walks in to see Christian kissing me and pushing my hair behind by head. We wait for another twenty minutes and Christian has picked up the ceramic model of a uterus and put it down about ten times. He did the same thing the last visit only we were in another room and I think the model was a cervix. He has made a paper airplane out of a brochure that is on a counter, he has snooped through my purse and played with the switch that lowers the table so many times I have gotten up and sat in the chair. He seriously has a problem. Next time we are bringing his lap top with us so he can work.
"Christian, you are making me so nervous." I can tell from his sheepish smile he has been doing this on purpose to annoy me. It has worked. Finally, the door opens. Thank fuck as Taylor would say.
"Hello Mr. & Mrs. Grey. I am sorry about the long wait. We had an emergency c-section today. How are you feeling?"
"Good. Really good." I tell her waiting to get yelled at about my weight gain.
"Dr. Greene, what do I need to do to make sure we don't wait like this again? I of course will compensate you for any inconvenience, but sitting in your waiting room amongst patients who haven't signed an NDA doesn't work for us. It will be all over the Seattle Nooz tonight that we were here and we set up the last appointment of the day to protect our privacy, not sit in a room full of people." Oh Christian, don't start out our appointment being all Fifty. I am embarrassed.
"Well Mr. Grey, my time is worth more than money to me. If you're asking for me to give you special private appointment on weekends, I won't do that. Perhaps we should schedule you for the first appointment of the day and see how that works. We can allow you to leave through the back door if that is preferred. But, I deliver babies Mr. Grey. They come when they want to which means I am often late for my appointments. You will need to accept that." She stares Christian down.
"We will schedule our next appointment for a morning visit." I tell her this trying to get the two control freaks in the room to move on.
"Very well. Now let's see how baby Grey is doing. Wow, good to see you are eating." She winks at me. "Okay well you certainly needed the weight gain, but let's try to keep it to normal eating now. If you gain two –three more pounds at your next visit, that would be good." She smiles at me. In other words, nine pounds was a bit much. "We don't want to see you be at risk for gestational diabetes. And I don't think you are, but if you gain nine pounds a month you are looking at gaining another forty five pounds. We wouldn't want that."
"Fuck that's for sure. I mean Ana wouldn't gain that much, right baby?" I am going to kill him.
Dr. Greene asks a few more questions and then asks if we are sure we want to know about the sex of the baby.
"Yes!" We both say at the same time. While she is typing in the date and general information she tells me I will need to have the blood test this week to check for Down Syndrome. Fifty freaks out.
"Why does Ana need that?"
"It's routine Mr. Grey." She stares at him again. I have noticed every time she sees him that she stares at him like she doesn't like him much. Granted he is rather pushy, but I don't think he is that bad. I wonder if it has something to do with the way he demanded she come to Escala when we first started dating. I will need to ask him.
"Okay let's see what we have here. There is the babies hand as you can see. Oh we have a thumb sucker here." Oh my god there is blip's little hand. We see the baby put its thumb in its mouth and can see its little nose. Oh my god, this is unreal!
We both have huge smiles. I decide to capture this moment by watching Christian's face. He is grinning but he has his one hand on his cell phone filming the screen and his other hand is on my shoulder. "Okay you see there," she points with an arrow on the screen, "those are the baby's legs. Come on baby Grey give us a view, open up those… oh there we have it ….do you see those two little white dots? Those are testis and there you go, he has his finger on his penis. And that Mr. and Mrs. Grey make's it official. Congratulations, you have a boy. It's like he is saying, hi mom and dad, here is proof, I am a boy." I am staring at Christian and he brings his hand up to his forehead and pushes his hair back. I see his lip quiver a bit and then he puts his thumb and forefinger across his eyes. He is murmuring and I know he is happy because he is crying real tears. He bends down and kisses me right in front of Dr. Greene over and over again but still says nothing. I can tell he can't even talk he is ecstatic.
Finally he is able to speak. "Oh baby. Ana. Oh baby. A little boy …so happy. " He takes my hand and kisses it over and over again while she finishes and tells us to meet her in her office.
Once Christian finds his voice he can't stop talking about how the baby was playing with his dick already, his little balls, his cute nose, how he hopes the thumb sucking is temporary and on and on. He pulls me up off the table and into his arms kissing me like he hasn't seen me in years. I can feel his heart racing as he hugs me and I burst into happy tears once it has sunk in. I am having a son. When Christian sees me crying he pulls me in closer and tells me over and over again how much he loves me and how happy he is. "Baby, I can't tell you how sorry I am about how I responded when you told me you were pregnant. There isn't a happier man in the world than me right now. Thank you, god thank you so much."
"Christian, I know you're happy and you have apologized so many times, please never bring it up again. Let's forget it, we don't want our son to ever hear this and he doesn't need to as you are going to be the best daddy ever." I kiss him then I touch his face softly. "A son, Christian, we are having a little boy." He just grins and keeps kissing me.
Taylor's POV
"Fuck they have been in there for what almost two hours. I hope everything is okay." I look at Sawyer who is sitting with me in the front seat.
"What do you think the baby is?"
"How do I know? Do I look like a fucking clairvoyant?"
"Just curious. Shit, I hope for everyone's sake the baby is a boy."
"You got that right, for many reasons. But the first being he doesn't even pretend he would be okay with a girl. And he is definitely one of those guys that would do better with a boy first. You will know the minute they walk out the door if that baby is a girl or boy." I smile. "If it's a boy he will be walking so fast he will almost be dragging Ana. He will be in a great mood and you'll just know. If it's a girl he will be quiet and really sweet to Ana but will be walking with his head down." Luke looks at me and shakes his head.
"You think? I thought they might keep it a secret?" Sawyer tells me playing with his key chain. "You sure know that fucker well." I get a text from the boss. "Grey said you can leave that Ana is riding with him and they are headed to their parent's house. They will be out in five minutes."
"Shit I kind of want to see how he walks out now." Luke gets out of the car and we are talking by the passenger side. I look up and see the boss open the door for Ana, practically pull her down the walkway, kiss her about ten times and he can't even contain his smile. Luke and I look at each other.
"Boy" We both say under our breath at the same time.
Luke nods to the Grey's and tells Ana he will bring her brief case up when he gets back to Escala. I open the door and they both slide into the car. I walk around and as I get into the driver's side I have to smile because the boss has his head down by Ana's stomach and he is kissing her belly singing Elvis Presley's "Won't You Be My Teddy Bear?" Grey whispers something to Ana and she smiles and says, "Of course."
"Taylor my man, you can be the first to know because if I don't get to tell someone I am going to burst. It's a boy."
"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Grey. That is fantastic. And permission to speak freely sir, Mrs. Grey?"
"Yes, go ahead Taylor." Grey looks at my eyes in the rear view mirror.
"Thank Fuck Sir."
Grey burst out laughing and reaches over to shake my hand. He knows I know how much he wanted a son. Ana is enjoying seeing him this happy. Hell, I am enjoying seeing him like this, and I couldn't mean anything more. Thank fuck!
"Taylor you know we could actually see his little nuts. It was awesome." I can't even pretend not to laugh.
Grace's POV
Christian just text and said they were coming by. Oh my goodness, I guess he is going to tell us the sex of the baby and not make us wait for Thanksgiving. I am so excited I can barely contain myself. The house phone rings and I pick it up surprised to hear Elliot on the other line.
"Hi honey, why did you call the house phone? You usually call my cell."
"Mom, I have been calling your cell you didn't pick it up?" I look around and I can't find it and then I start laughing. I had the damn refrigerator opened when Christian called and I was so excited I put it in the refrigerator when I hung up. For gods' sake that is something my mom would do.
"Oh, sorry I left it in the refrigerator." I am laughing now as Elliot doesn't say anything. "It's nothing honey I was distracted."
"Yea okay. Been hitting the sauce or what? Anyway, Christian just told me to pick up Kate and come over. He knows what they are having and wants to make it a family announcement. Shit I have so much to do, but I better get over there. Anyway, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving."
I smile. Elliot is always hungry. "I will send Mia out to the store. We can whip up some salad and pasta or we can order up some pizzas. What sounds better?"
"Surprise me. We will be there in about an hour." I call Mia from upstairs and she tells me that Christian called her too. I give her a list and she runs out to the store. A few minutes' later Carrick and Arthur return from a walk and Brady shows up. Well, I guess I will be cooking for eight instead of three tonight.
An hour later Elliot and Kate walk in. He gives me a kiss hello and I whisper in his ear. "Oh, oh. Christian and Ana are really quiet and he hasn't said a word. So you make sure that when he tells us they are having a girl, you don't tease him or say anything to make them feel bad."
"I won't mom. Give me some credit. Shit. He really wanted a boy." Elliot looks like he feels bad for Christian.
"Well he will just have to adjust. A little girl might be good for him and she will have him wrapped around her little finger in no time."
I walk into the family room and Christian is playing with the TV. Ana is sitting in a chair and they aren't saying a word. I will be furious with him if he hurt her when they found out the baby is a girl.
"Are you okay Ana?"
"Oh yes Grace, I am fine. Just a bit tired today." She doesn't look at me and she sure doesn't look happy. Honestly I am getting angry now. A baby is special no matter if it's a girl or boy. I will not have them act his way about my granddaughter.
Everyone gathers in the family room and Carrick brings a bottle of Champagne with him. Well good, we are celebrating this news no matter what. A little granddaughter will be just lovely.
"So, everyone you know Ana and I went to see Dr. Greene today. Everything is going good, Ana gained her weight back…. and then some." Oh Christian I am going to smack him if he doesn't shape up.
"Christian, that's not appropriate. Be nice to the mother of your child." I let my son know that I will not put up with snide remarks about his wife's weight. She is so damn tiny she needed to gain and she looks wonderful right now.
"No its okay Grace I gained nine pounds. That is kind of a lot."
"No kidding Beluga!"
"Elliot Grey say you're sorry." Kate lets Elliot have it.
"Yea Elliot say you're sorry." Christian says this but starts laughing. I sure did something wrong when I raised those two boys. Well nine pounds is quite a bit in six weeks. I hope Ana is not going to have problems with this.
"Anyway, we also found out the sex of baby Grey and rather than tell you, we thought you would like to watch it as I had my phone video going on during the ultra sound." Christian is being so serious. I just know it's a girl by the way he is acting. I guess it could be a ruse but, my son isn't much of a joker. So, since he wears his emotions on his sleeve, I think we all know what is coming. He presses play and we see Ana laying on the table and then the monitor and Dr. Greene's voice comes on.
""Okay let's see what we have here. There is the babies hand as you can see. Oh we have a thumb sucker here."
Oh isn't that the sweetest thing." I can't help it I am crying. I look over at Mia and she is jumping up and down.
"Okay you see there, those are the baby's legs. Come on baby Grey give us a view, open up those… oh there we have it ….do you see those two little white dots? Those are testis and there you go, he has his finger on his penis. And that Mr. and Mrs. Grey make's it official. Congratulations, you have a boy. It's like he is saying, hi mom and dad, here is proof, I am a boy."
We all scream, "A BOY!" We are kissing and hugging and laughing. Oh those two played us all.
"Dude, I thought by the way you were acting it was for sure a girl." Elliot is shaking Christian's hand and hugging him.
"Yea, Ana and I knew if we came in here all quiet you would think it was a girl. Taylor told us we should act that way because he knew the minute we came out of the doctor's office we were having a boy." Christian is smiling and he is so happy I crying my eyes out. I look over and Carrick is crying too. He hugs Ana and it occurs to me that he has never really experienced this since our children were adopted. As a pediatrician I am close to this all the time.
"Oh honey, play it again." I tell him as I want to see my grandson again. We watch the video several times.
"Hey Christian, your babies dick is already bigger than yours." And on it goes all night between Elliot and Christian.
Goodness we had more laughs during dinner and such a good time. What a little baby will do for a family.
My mother is getting over a bad cold and they were not up to joining us for the big news. Christian decides he wants to call them, so we all gather around so we can hear their response.
"Hi Gramps, Ana and I are at my parents house. Everyone is here and you're on speaker phone."
"Oh I am. Okay. Well hi everyone. What's the occasion?"
Christian tells him to get Gram and he brings her to the phone. He tells her that everyone is listening and it takes her a few minutes to understand what is going on. Finally she figures it out.
"Okay Gramps, Gram, Ana and I found out today the sex of the baby and we want to share that with you as well."
"Oh you had the baby?"
"No Gram, we found out what we were having."
"Adelaide, Ana isn't due until the spring." My poor dad gets frustrated with my mom. I understand how he feels.
"So what are you having, what's my first great grandchild going to be?" My dad sounds excited.
We are having a boy Gramps." I can tell by Christian's voice he is getting emotional. I wonder why telling his grandfather is making him choke on his words when with us he was beaming from ear to ear. He pulls Ana over to him and whispers something in her ear.
"A boy. Well that is fantastic news isn't it. A little boy Addy, Did you hear that?"
"Oh, a boy a sweet baby boy." My mom is crying. Christian nods to Ana.
"Hi Gramps, its Ana. There is something else we want to tell you." She looks at Christian. He nods again.
"We wanted you to hear this along with the rest of the family. But Gramps Christian and I will be naming our son after someone we both love with all our heart. His name will be Theodore, after his great grandfather. And little Teddy Grey will always know that he was named after the best grandfather ever."
I grab Mia's arm who is next to me and for the tenth time Mia and I are crying like babies. I see even Kate is shedding a tear and she is rubbing my back. We are all smiling but silent waiting for Gramps response. Christian couldn't tell his grandfather this without getting emotional but what a wonderful tribute. Of course the baby will be named after my dad, I should have known. No boy has ever loved his grandfather like Christian has loved his.
"Gramps you there." Christian asks wiping a tear away from his own eye.
"Yes, yes I am, I am. Well hell I am an 87 year old blubbering fool right now. I am so honored. Thank you, thank you" We hear him blow his nose loudly.
"Jeez Gramps," Mia giggles at how loud he is blowing his nose.
"That was me honey." My mother announces and we all start laughing.
Did I forget to tell you hanky alert? Lol – Next we will have a fun Thanksgiving. Thanks again everyone for all your support!