Disclaimer: I do not own Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

This is my first attempt at a fan-fiction.

I was born and raised in England, so some of the words may be spelt the English way and not the American.

I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 21

Phoebe's POV

It's Frankie's 19th birthday, and as is usual for our birthdays, we are all going out for a meal. Well, when I say all of us I mean Frankie, Ava, Larissa, Spencer, myself, Austin, Dan and Frankie's new boyfriend who we have yet to meet. Ava decided to come over here and get ready here and then we would meet everyone at the restaurant. I can't for the life of me remember what the name of it is even though I would normally. That's baby brains for ya. It's no good asking Ava because she wouldn't have paid attention to where we are going, more focusing on the fact she is going to get some food. She even admitted to it. So I'm glad that Patterson knows where we are going.

Ava comes out of my bathroom looking all dolled up. She does look amazing; a short long-sleeved blue dress with a black belt, black tights and black high heeled pumps. Her hair is pulled back in a sleek ponytail; she looks so amazing and jealously creeps up. I'm almost at the 8 month mark in my pregnancy so trying to look nice has been a challenge. I settled on my maternity black skinny jeans, black flats, grey vest, white blazer and a big pearl embellished necklace.

"Ready to go Pheebs?" She asks.

"Yeah, I suppose" I say. She comes over and helps me to stand up. I scowl but accept her help. She just laughs at me. We walk downstairs and into the kitchen where I see Mom, Dad, Uncle Elliot and Aunt Kate. They're all drinking wine and talking to each other. As soon as we walk in however, they stop talking and stare at us. I see Uncle Elliot shake his head slightly when he looks over Ava's outfit.

"Girls, you look amazing" Mom comments and Aunt Kate nods along.

"Thank you" we say simultaneously. I walk over to the table and put my coat on. It's a nice warm military type coat which is very much needed in the middle of January. Ava tells us she is going to put our bags in the car. We've both spent a lot on Frankie's presents, we always do. But I know she'll love whatever we have gotten her. I put my coat on and go and hug my family. Mom hugs me and tells me to have fun. I then go to hug Dad. He hugs me and then pulls away.

"Be careful… with the cold" he says, as always.

"Of course"

"You better behave yourself. If you get what I mean" he says. I instantly mean that I have to behave myself with Austin.

"Not a problem, Daddy" I say smiling sweetly up at him. He puffs out an exasperated sigh and then shakes his head. He kisses me on my forehead and then sends me on my way.

"Okay, have fun princess, be back before 10:30. You need rest" he says sternly. I nod and then head off to the car. We pull up outside Canlis restaurant and myself and Ava get out of the car. Well Ava gets out of the car and then insists on coming to help me. I accept the help but I feel like slapping her. We walk inside and see Austin, Dan, Spencer and Larissa sat down at a big round table, with some helium balloons with '19' on them. There is a smaller table with some presents and shopping bags on. As soon as we walk through the door, their eyes shoot towards us. We walk towards the table and they get up to greet us. Austin is first to come and greet me while Dan, umm, 'greets' Ava. Well inappropriately making out is a better description. Austin hugs me with one arm and kisses my cheek, while the other hand is resting on my bump.

"Hey" he says, as he pulls away. I have to say he looks far too sexy for his own good. He's wearing a grey suit jacket and grey dress pants with a crisp white shirt, with the collar open. You can really see his lean but fairly muscular shape under the suit and when he's this gorgeous it does not do good things for a hormonal pregnant woman.

"Hi, how are you? I ask kindly. We've had a good month, after everything with Elena we've had a nice month were we can just relax and focus on the baby, which is what I've wanted to do; no drama just have a nice easy pregnancy.

"I'm great" he says. "You better be fine as well" he warns me. I giggle and nod to ease him.

"And how are you, little one?" he questions the baby. We wait a few seconds and the baby gives a satisfying kick. We both laugh in response. The baby has been kicking a lot lately.

"I do believe that was 'I'm great, Daddy. I'm spending all day tiring Mommy out'" I say.

"Your son is wearing Phoebe out, must be a good baby" Ava jokes and I just snort in response.

"How many times have I told you…." I start

"I know, I know. It could be a girl. But my tuition tells me it's a boy and I'm never wrong" she says.

" . Right" I say not believing. I walk around to Larissa and hug her.

"How are you feeling hun?" she asks.

"I'm okay, I guess. Just getting a bit anxious and irritated right now. I'm ready for this baby to be here now" I say.

"I get it. Mariana was that way with both of her two" she says understanding a little. I don't think that she'll understand properly until she has a baby. Spencer stands up to say hello to me next. I shake his hand and we share a friendly smile. He and Larissa have been going strong for a few months now, and he makes her happy. Happier than I've ever seen her. I sit down at the table and I'm not surprised when Austin sits next to me.

"What do you want to drink?" he asks me.

"Uh... Guess I'll just get a coke" I say and pull my purse out. He puts his hand on top of mine.

"Forget it. I'll buy it" he says and pulls some money out to buy me my drink. I decide to not argue with him because it's a sweet gesture. I blush at his kindness and look down at the table. At this point Frankie walks through the door with who I'm guessing is Leon. We all stand up.

"Happy Birthday" we shout and start clapping.

[-xXx-]

The cold air hits my face soon as I open the door; I wrap my coat around myself tighter. I stand outside with Ava and Dan. We're waiting for Patterson and Cohen to bring the SUV round to take us home. The dinner was great, we all had a good time and Leon introduced himself. He seemed like a nice guy, and just like with Ava and Larissa; as long as he treats Frankie right I have no problem. He asked about the pregnancy, and he didn't seem judgmental. I will say that judging by how all the guys acted tonight, I'm assuming they may be having a few guys nights out in the future. They were all talking as if they've been friends for a long time. It was really sweet.

We're all stand outside and I wonder idly what is taking Austin so long in the bathroom. I swear he takes longer than me. I'm brought back to reality when I hear a voice that grinds on me.

"Well, hello slut" I turn around and see Lauren stood behind me. I decide against rising to her verbal jabs. I just ignore her, and turn my back to her.

"What's the matter, steal anyone else's' men lately" I just continue to ignore her.

"Lauren, why can't you just take the hint and fuck off?" Ava steps in.

"Not talking to you, I'm talking to this slut" she continues to jab. Irritation starts to get the better of me and I slowly start to simmer.

"Seriously Lauren. Piss off" Dan now steps in, he sounds angry.

"Mmmm… I can't, gorgeous, got unfinished business with the slut over here. However, on a side note, when this arrangement with this piece of trash ends, call me" she says, trying to flirt with him. Referring to Ava as a piece of trash was nearly the last straw for me. I heard Dan growl, so it evidently hasn't go over well with him either.

"I'm warning you Lauren, fuck off now. Or it won't be pretty when Austin gets out here" Ava's voice is so controlled. But I know what that voice really means. It betrays how angry she really is.

"Good. When he gets here I'll be able to convince him of what he should be getting and bring him out of this pathetic daze this messed-up, knocked-up bitch has him in. Seriously Phoebe, is this brat even his?" and I snap. I whirl around and face her. We're the same height so I am definitely not imitated by her.

"Lauren? Seriously? Can't you get it through to your brain that he doesn't want to be with you? Maybe all the plastic surgery has affected your ability to think and all you can think about is how to make yourself more desperate!" Ava's eyebrows lift up and I can hear Danny stifle a laugh. "I know for a fact that you did not sleep together months ago and the one time you did sleep together, he wasn't thinking straight. Has he ever called you saying he wants to be with you? Given you Christmas presents? Come to see you at work begging you to talk to him? Well he has done those things with me. I don't know for certain whether or not we will end up together. But I do know for a fact that in about a month's time I am going to have his baby and I also know you will never, ever get another chance with him. Just because he won't lower himself to match your standards. No-one would" I look at her in disgust.

Her face has gone completely white, her eyes and mouth open wide, and I think if they could, Ava and Danny would have they would have pom-poms in their hands chanting "Phoebe, Phoebe." I take a few breathes and start to take a few steps away from her. Me getting worked up, won't be good for the baby. I take three steps away from her and look up the road to see the SUV coming down the road. I jump when I hear what can only be described as a banshee screaming.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" I turn just in time to see a mess of blonde hair in my face. Lauren pushes me, and I lose balance as I go off the side of the pavement. I hit my head on something as I go down. I hear Ava scream my name before everything goes black.

A/N

Sorry for taking so long to update; our internet got cut off for a few days. Another disaster; I lost my memory stick that I had written future chapters on. It all went to shit this week! So I have to write more than I was expecting to. Unfortunately, it means I won't be able to update as often as I used to. But, I will update when I can.

Thank you for everyone who follows, review, views and favourites. It means a lot to me.

Danielle xX