A/N: I apologize now for this chapter if it seems choppy. It's not my best, but I tried to highlight their trip to New York. I wanted them to have some fun. Enjoy the city. Show that they really are a happy little family. I hope you enjoy. The next Chapter is all Detroit, it will be a tough one. I have about two chapters left in this story. I want to thank you all again for your loyalty and support. Without you and your support this story would not have become what it is. It would have stayed a one chapter deal. I hope you all continue to follow me I do have thoughts for another fifty story but I am going to put some more focus and time into my original work: A Moment in Paris. Thank you again. I love you all so much. I hope you enjoy New York.
We have pulled up in front of The Plaza, in New York and I am sure my face is full of shock and awe.
"What are we doing at The Plaza, I thought you had an apartment in New York?" my face is full of confusion when I turn to look at Christian.
"WE do have an apartment here. It's here the Plaza is both a Hotel and has condo apartments. When I first came here on business, I made myself a promise to have an Apartment in this hotel. It was about two and a half years after I started my business that I bought 3 of the apartments here and had them remodeled so they were one. I wanted to have space so each family member could have a room and security could stay close as well."
I am completely stunned with what I am hearing. My husband really does have more money than sense sometimes.
"Come on baby, let me show you OUR apartment." He smirks.
Christian climbs out of the car and comes around to my side, I have gathered Teddy from his car seat and Christian helps me out of the car and curls his arm around my waist and lead me into the lobby. This place is simply gorgeous. The lobby is spacious, with white marble tiles and walls, strong marble pillars stand firm and there is the most beautiful grand staircase I have ever seen. This hotel screams elegance, and I suddenly feel way out of my league.
"Relax you deserve to be here." Christian whispers down to me, reading my thoughts yet again.
He leads me over to the elevator and explains that this elevator is exclusive to the 3 apartments turned one giant apartment that he bought so basically this is our own private elevator. I can't help but smirk at that thought. I smile up at him and his answering smile lets me know we have the same thought. We arrive at the apartment. Christian takes out the key and opens the door.
"Hold on to Teddy" he states as he picks me up while I am holding our son and carries me into the apartment.
"Yet another threshold Mrs. Grey." He kisses my forehead before lowering me back to my feet. I am stunned by my surroundings. This apartment is bigger than Escala not as big as our house but wow.
"Holy Shit!" I gasp and I hear Christian chuckle at my reaction. We are currently standing in a very spacious living room, to our left is the security office and staff quarters which consists of 4 bedrooms, a small living room and kitchen and 3 bathrooms and the laundry room. To our right is the kitchen not quite as big as the one at Escala or the house but plenty big. Down the hall in front of us is an office for Christian and a bathroom.
Christian take my waist and leads me up the stairs, the first floor has, four spacious guestrooms each with their own en-suite bathroom. At the back of the guestroom floor is another staircase, almost hidden. Christian leads me up those stairs, there are only two doors up here he opens the first one and we step into a nursery that is an exact replica of Teddy's from the house. Everything is same from the lay down to the furniture, colors and décor. I am shocked. I glance up at my husband who is shifting a bit nervously. He gives a shy smile down to me.
"I wanted it to be familiar for Teddy. I wanted him to be comfortable." His voice unsure and soft.
"Christian it's amazing." I lean up and kiss him gently. "You are such a wonderful father going to this length to make your son happy and comfortable just goes to show how much you love him." I smile at him and I am rewarded with his bright and proud Christian smile.
"I am going to feed him, and then you can show me our room." I smirk at him.
"Deal baby, I am going to go make a few calls and check in with Taylor. I will be back shortly." I receive a chaste kiss before he leaves. I settle down with Teddy and feed him. He is sleepy. He did not sleep much on the plane and I know the flight wore him out. He barely finishes eating before he falls asleep. I burp him and place him in his crib. I look around the nursery and I can't believe that Christian did all of this. We have diapers and blankets and clothes here. My husband is amazing.
I quietly sneak out of the nursery and I am very curious about our bedroom. I walk down the hall to our door I step inside and am completely stunned. The room is huge, but really what else did I expect. There are huge floor to ceiling windows with a view that overlooks central park, and a private balcony. In the center of the room is a large four poster bed. To the right of the bed is the door that leads to the bathroom, I walk in and as I expected it's huge too, all black marble and has a large sunken jet tub, a large shower and his and hers sinks. Connected to the bathroom is a large walk in closet, probably the size of mine at the house, which is perfect as this is just a vacation home so to speak, I notice that Christian has some suites and clothes here and I am even more surprised to see some identical outfits of mine here. Fifty really has more money than sense, but it's such a sweet gesture from him that I won't protest having duplicate clothing. I walk back out of the bathroom and gasp. Across from the bed sits a dresser and hanging above the dresser are two large black and white photos. One is of Christian and I on our wedding day it's an up close candid shot of us dancing. It's clear we only have eyes for each other and maybe it's just me but I can see the love we had for one another on that day passing in our eyes. The second is a family picture taken of Christian, Myself and Teddy on the day we brought Teddy home from the hospital. I am sitting on the couch with Teddy cradled in my arms, Christian has one arm wrapped around my shoulders pulling me to him the other playing with Ted's tiny hand. I sit at the bottom of the bed and just stare at these pictures. I can't stop the tears welling in my eyes, these pictures a beautiful.
"I wanted you and our son to be where I am always even if all I can have are pictures; I sleep a little better when I away know I can look at you two whenever I want to. It's like just having your pictures present is like you actually being here with me." Christian kneels in front of me. My eyes lock with his and I fall deeper in love with the man before me. There is nothing I would not do for him. I want to stop all his pain, take away all his worries, and love him with every fiber of my being, every single day for the rest of my life.
I lean forward to seal our lips and pull him to me, leaning back pulling him with me, so he now half on me in the middle of our bed. I increase the intensity of our kiss, my tongue dancing with his, exploring every inch of his mouth, claiming him, telling him he is mine. My hands roam his back, his arms, my fingers dance in his hair. My hands move to either side of his face, I pull back and look into his eyes which match mine I am sure, shinning with nothing but unconditional, undying, hardcore love for each other. No words pass but then none need to. We both just know and can feel it. I claim his lips again as his hands run down my body. I feel the warmth of his hands through my jeans as he reached my apex. He applies pressure between my legs making me moan into his mouth, I reach down and grab him hard; his growl breaks our kiss leaving us both panting.
"Christian please baby I need you." Those 6 words are all it takes for my husband to have our clothes off in seconds and lost in our own world pleasure and passion.
After a very refreshing shower, I am dressed in light blue top, black Capri pants and black wedge sandals. I dry my hair quickly and go to find my son. He is not in his nursery so I head downstairs. I find him in Christian's arms and Christian is on the phone talking to whom, I have no idea but he is telling them he will hold a meeting with Clark tomorrow at 8a.m.
"No I will not come in later in the afternoon. Tell Clark that I will be there at 8am tomorrow morning, if he refuses then the negotiations stop, the offer is gone forever."
"As I thought." He hangs up the phone. "Taylor we are going to CYNC tomorrow. Meeting is at 8 am, I don't expect to be there long, maybe an hour."
"Yes Sir sounds good to me Sir."
"Nobody messes with your daddy Teddy. We will put them in their place or we walk. Isn't that right buddy?"
I slip my arms around Christian from behind. "It's True Teddy. Your daddy is a pretty, exceptional man."
Christian spins around in my arms and gives me a smile.
"Are you ready to go explore baby?"
"I am." I reply with a huge smile. I grab my bag that has our camera in it. Gail meets us in the living rooms ready to go as well. We all head out. We are actually going to walk around Central Park I am so excited.
Central Park is gorgeous. So many different hidden aspects. We have come across an Alice in Wonderland statues playground area. I walk over and have my picture taken here with Teddy. This was one of my favorite stories growing up. We walk a bit more into the park and I find a Carousel I walk over there.
"Ana what are you doing?"
"Getting in line to ride the Carousel of course."
"No you are not."
I stop and gape at my husband. "What do you mean I am not? Christian its safe, thousands of people have ridden this and I am going to be one of them and so is your son. Nothing is going to happen."
I can see the inner battle my husband is having with himself and I see him relent. "Fine but I am coming with you and I will hold Teddy." He states and I know it's not an option but I don't care I am so excited. Christian buys the tickets and we get lucky and are able to walk on. We find two horses next to each other I climb on and then watch Christian climb up with Teddy. I can't help the grin on my face. I find Gail on the side and motion for her to get the camera. As the ride starts, my grin gets wider. Chrisitan actually looks slightly terrified. I have to giggle. He looks at me and glares but that just causes me to stick my tongue out at him and giggle again. He relaxes and allows a smile to creep across his face. By the end of the ride we are both laughing. The ride comes to a stop and I see Gail race around to where we are.
"Smile" she calls out both Christian and I look up at her, Chrisitan turns Teddy so he can be seen in the picture.
"That was so much fun!" I gush as we make our way back out.
"Yes Ana it actually was. Thank you." He smiles widely at me and I melt.
We place Teddy in the stroller, which Gail asked to push, and we continue to walk and find our way out of the park and I see FAO Schwarz.
I look to my husband with pleading eyes; I have always wanted to come here. He smiles and shakes his head in resignation, I jump with glee and we head over to the world famous Toy Store.
This place is huge! I am so excited I can barely contain myself. We are greeted instantly by an associate and Christian asks to speak to a manager. The manger comes over and Christian introduces himself. By the time the conversation is over, we have our own personal sales associates, whatever we decide to buy is to be taken to a separate register and held and will be delivered back to the apartment.
"Well Mrs. Grey, go spend some money." I smile widely at my husband and throw my arms around him and kiss him.
The first place I want to go is over to the American Doll section. I have always wanted one but never asked for one growing up because well they are expensive and I never wanted my mom and Ray to spend that much money.
I create a doll, for myself, Mia, Kate, Grace and my mom. Gail creates on for herself and we both create one for Sophie. The guys just stand off and watch Gail and I get excited over every detail. I know I am like a little kid but I keep my doll with me, the rest the sales associate's helper takes them away. Next we find ourselves in building section, Christian takes a slight interest, and he finds a really cool 3D 50000 piece set of the Empire State building he picks it up for Elliot.
"I think my brother will really like this." He smiles at me.
"Well get it then. I am sure he will love it." I smile back and he nods and hands it to the sales associate.
I found a smaller set it actually has, The Empire State Building, Staten Island, The Statue of Liberty and Central Park. I hand it to the associate in secret. I don't want Christian to see it.
We leave and find ourselves in the instrument section, the large floor Piano that you see in all the movies is there. I go over and start jumping on it with the kids and other adults that are there. I turn to see Chrisitan smiling and he comes to join me. Even though he can play the Piano for real, he just has fun with me. We are laughing uncontrollably when we finish and make our way back to Gail and Taylor who are smiling and so are Sawyer and Ryan. Christian has found a miniature Piano for Teddy that he adds to the purchases. Our final stop is the Wonderful World of Stuffed Animals. I drag Christian over and we make a baby teddy-bear for Teddy and we make one for each of us. We leave the area with our one little bear family which I insist stay with us. I take Teddy's bear and lay in the stroller next to him. He instantly snuggles against it. Making both Christian and I grin widely. We make a brief stop at the register, Christian signs the bill and give the address of where to deliver our purchases. We leave the store and make our way back to the apartment.
We decide to have dinner brought up to the apartment, so that everyone can relax. Once Christian and I put Teddy to bed, Christian goes downstairs to do a little work before bed. I decide to take a hot relaxing bath. Pouring in some jasmine and lavender oils. I sink down and sigh, the hot water feels heavenly. I feel myself completely relax and soon I feel like I could fall asleep, knowing that my husband will have a heart attack if I do fall asleep in the tub, I reluctantly climb out of the bath. I wrap myself in a towel, and do my nightly routine of brushing my teeth, washing my face, adding the fact that I have to dry my hair. Once finished I slip on a pair of panties and one of Christians shirts and climb into bed, I had not realized how exhausted I was until my head hit the pillow. I barely remember feeling Christian climb into bed and pull me into his arms.
It's Tuesday morning, what time I have no idea. Turning over I notice Christian is missing from bed but I expected him to be since he has his meeting early this morning. I glance at the clock and see it's almost 10am. I never sleep this late, ever. I fly out of bed and dress quickly and rush downstairs.
Gail is in the living room with Teddy.
"Gail I am so sorry I slept so late." I apologize to her.
"Oh Ana don't worry about it. Mr. Grey, was up with Teddy this morning and fed him before his meeting. He said you were exhausted and to let you sleep. It was no big deal I was up anyway to get Jason going, besides I like my alone time with this little fella, and it's wonderful to not have to worry about anything but him." She smiles warmly at me and I know that my life would be more complicated and non-functional without this woman. She is a saint.
"Thank you Gail. I honestly do not know what I would do without you." I smile and settle down next to her and Teddy.
"Any word from Christian or Taylor? Christian expected his meeting to be over by now."
"Nothing yet. I am sure it went fine Ana. You know Mr. Grey He does not like to lose and usually gets his way." Gail chuckles and so do I.
Sawyer comes out of the security office. "Ana, Mr. Grey and Taylor are on their way up."
"Thank you Luke!" I jump up and race to the front door fling it open just in time to see the Elevator open, I fly down the hallway and see the smirk on my husband's face and I jump into his arms my legs instantly wrapping around his waist and seal my lips to his. I barely hear Taylor chuckle and leave us to enter the apartment.
"Well that was quite a welcome home baby, not that I am complaining but what's the occasion?" He grins.
I just smile at him, not wanting to explain that a very small part of me is still a little shaken from the other night. "I just missed you that's all. I fell asleep before you came to bed and slept in way to late today so I did not even get a chance to say good morning or wish you luck at the meeting." I pout a little.
"I am sorry Mrs. Grey. You were just so peaceful, I did not want to disturb you. Forgive me?" He smiles playfully
"Only if you kiss me again and tell me how your meeting went." With that he seals his lips to mine and walks us into the apartment. He settles me on a barstool in the kitchen and grins.
"The meeting went well. CYNC is now officially apart of GEH, Inc. I simply went into the meeting, the entire board was there, I re-stated my offer and the board agreed, as it turns out the bastard I have been dealing with never presented my offer to the board he was trying to get them to agree to a lower deal mean-while trying to make my offer larger and he was going to walk away with the difference. Needless to say he has been terminated without his severance package and will not be paid out on any of the shares he once held with the company."
I am stunned, First that the guy would try to do that, but secondly, because my husband figured it out and closed this deal in less than two hours.
"Wow baby I am impressed. All they needed was your presence here and you got the job done. I guess that's why you are where you are in your business you know your stuff. I am proud of you." I give him a chaste kiss.
"Thank you baby." He smiles in return.
"Well since your morning went so well. We need to get going. I have a surprise for you."
"Oh really Mrs. Grey? What have you been up to?"
"You will see go upstairs and change, jeans or shorts, and a white shirt. Now go. I swat his butt." He grins and head up to change. Once he is out of earshot I turn to Taylor.
"Are the bags in the car?"
"Yes ma'am"
"And the meeting and box has been confirmed?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Excellent. Thank you so much for your help Taylor. He is going to be so excited. I expect all you to enjoy yourselves. I know that none of you will drink, because you will still be on alert but please try to have some fun."
"I get matching smiles from Taylor and Luke."
"We will Ana." Taylor replies.
"Ana where are we going?" Christian asks as he re-enters the kitchen.
"I will tell you once we are on the way. Now Come on."
We head down to the car. Taylor and Gail up front, Christian and I in the back with Teddy and Sawyer and Ryan following in the car behind us.
After about 15 minutes, Christian looks to me again. "Will you tell me now?" he grins
I giggle and nod. I turn to the back and grab one of the bags and hand it to Christian. He looks at me puzzled.
"Open it." I smile
He un-wraps the bag and his eyes widen as he pulls out the Jersey. His face whips to mine, and I practically jumping in my seat.
"Do you like it?" I ask
"Yes I do Ana, I love it, but I think I am still a bit confused what do the Seattle Mariners have to do with the surprise?"
"Baby we are going to the game today. They are in New York playing the Yankees. I thought it would be fun for us all to go. When you told me we were coming here I asked Taylor to check into it because I would have no idea where to begin. We have our own box, and I made arrangements for you to meet the teams. I even packed Teddy's Jersey, so that he would be prepared. Now you can enjoy your first baseball game with your son, and you both have a jersey to wear."
The grin on my face is so wide that if I cared, I would notice my cheeks hurt.
"Ana….wow thank you baby." He is stunned and surprised. He leans over to kiss my head and grasps my hand.
"Thank you Taylor for helping Ana."
"My pleasure sir. Enjoy."
Twenty minutes later we pull up to the Stadium. Christian has not stopped grinning the whole way over. I get Teddy out of his seat and jump out of the car. Sawyer opens the back of the car for me, and I pull out the bags and hand them out, they all have their own Jerseys to wear and I pull out Teddy's and hand it to Christian who has slipped his new jersey on and he helps me put on Teddy's before taking him allowing me to slip on mine. I pull out a baby baseball cap for teddy and put it on him then grab the camera I love this. I snap a few pictures of father and son before the camera is stolen from me and family pictures are taken.
We head into the stadium where I meet with Mr. Duncan who is head security for the teams and whom Taylor spoke with for the meet and greet. The teams are out on the field warming up and practicing. He leads us out to the field and even I get the significance of standing here. We meet several members of each team and even the Yankee players have a soft spot for little Teddy in his jersey.
We are told that we need to exit the field as the teams are off the locker rooms and they are opening the gates. We head up to the box and order lunch. I am starving. I get scolded by my husband for not eating breakfast but I explained that I woke up late and knew about the surprise, so it really wasn't a big deal. He was still a little upset with me but the promise of punishment later tonight satisfied both of our urges. I have convinced my husband to take the guys and tour the stadium. I told him we would not leave the box or answer the door for any reason. Gail and I would stay put. I wanted to feed Teddy and have him nap for a bit before the game starts. Christian was very reluctant but I explained we were perfectly safe and to go enjoy himself.
After feeding Teddy, and putting him down for a nap. Gail and I just sit and chat and play some cards. It's really relaxing. I am so excited that Christian is excited about his surprise. It's just over an hour when the guys make their way back to the box and I can see the excitement in Christian's eyes. He really has enjoyed himself with the others and I am so glad.
I am wrapped tight in his arms and receive a kiss. "Thank you baby." He whispers so only I can hear him.
Teddy wakes up half way through the 3rd inning; Christian gets him and brings him to sit in his lap. I smile as Christian starts explaining the game to Teddy. Telling him about the different positions and about the players on the Mariners. He also promised Teddy he would explain the game as often as he needed to and to teach him how to play when he gets older. I am able to sneak several more pictures of father and son watching the game. My heart swells watching Christian with Teddy, for someone who claimed he did not have a heart when I first met him; it's blindingly obvious that he does and knows how to use it. The love I see for his son is overwhelming. The game ends in our favor with the Mariners winning 8-5.
We get back to the apartment and Christian tells me to change into jeans and a sweatshirt, he too has a surprise for me. Teddy is staying with Gail and Taylor. Saywer accompanies us, we eat pizza at a small restaurant almost hidden. We stroll down the street hand in hand, the sun is beginning to set and Christian starts to move us along faster and soon we are in front of the Empire State Building. We head in side and are greeted by the tourist manager. He and Christian exchange a few words and we are lead to the first elevator, I am surprised that there are not more people here.
"Christian why is this place empty I thought it would be busy." I am met with his arrogant smile.
"I wanted this to be special so I donated a large sum of money to make sure we had privacy."
I smile and shake my head as he pulls me in front of him and wraps his arms around my waist.
We exit the elevator only to enter another one across the hall, we do this once more before we are at the top. Christian leads me out onto the observation deck. I am amazed by the view. Christian leads me to the rail, looking out we can see the skyline, the water and yes far off in the distance the Statue of Liberty, which we will also see up close tomorrow as well but I feel as though I can see all of New York from here.
I feel Christian's arms wrap around me pulling me tight to him, my back to his front. His nose nuzzles my hair and neck.
"Well what do you think?" his voice soft
"Christian is beautiful. Thank you so much for bringing me here."
"I am glad you like it. I love you Ana, nothing is ever going to change that, nothing you do will ever stop me from loving you. I used to think it was not possible to love women, other then family, now I know it's not possible for me to love any other woman besides you. I promised I would show you the world. I promised to lay the world down at your feet. You saw all of Paris from the Eiffel Tower, now I lay New York at your feet as well." I can hear the sincerity and emotion in his voice.
Oh my. What a declaration. Any doubt I had this morning, his words have just mad them vanish. The tears pour down my cheeks as my eyes lock with his and my arms slide around his neck.
"Christian I love you too so much. I love all that you do for me. I love that you never want me to miss out on anything. I love that you take care of me and our son. Know that no man will ever compare to you and I could never love you any less. I love that you want to show me the world, give me anything I could ever want, but baby all I ever wanted is you. You are my world, and by you being mine. You have given me everything." I reach my tip-toes to seal our lips.
"Thank you." I whisper against his. Safe in each other's arms we watch the sunset over New York City.
I wake up early Wednesday morning. I feel completely satisfied from last night. When we got back from The Empire State Building we all just hung out and watched a movie. After putting Teddy to bed Christian and I went to bed early and indulged in some kinky fuckery. It was delicious.
The thoughts from last night are making me squirm and I turn over to face my husband, he looks so peaceful. I hate to wake him but I need him to satisfy this aching in my core. I place gentle kisses on his chest moving upwards to his neck. I lick and suck that soft spot that I know drive him crazy. He groans and I can see he is starting to harden beneath the sheet. My lips move to his ear.
"Wake up Mr. Grey. I need you this morning." I whisper in his hear and run my tongue over it and gently bite down the lobe pulling it into my mouth and sucking softly, while slipping my hand beneath the covers to stroke him. His hips sway with my movements and he growls. "Ana" his voice rough with sleep, but his eyes open and meet mine.
"Good Morning Mr. Grey, This is your wake up call."
"Mmmm what a fantastic way to wake up." He grins and glides his body on top of mine. His mouth latched to mine claiming me possessively. My body responds instantly bursting into flames. I need this man, like I need air to breathe. His lips move across my face, down my neck he spends time in the hollow of my neck making me writhe. His hand runs down my side and between my legs he groans when he feels my arousal. His finger slide in and pump slowly and gently exploring my inner walls, his thumb gently circling my clitoris and my hips buck up to his hand.
"Please" I whimper and cling to his body, holding him to me feeling his skin against mine. He removes his fingers and sucks them into his mouth with a heavenly look on his face. I feel his erection against my folds and he thrusts sliding against me but not in me yet. Feeling him hard and hot against my core rubbing me, causing me to cry out.
"Christian" I cry out. "I need you. Please"
"I know baby." His voice husky as he seals his lips to mine again and gently thrusts into my core, my walls wrapping around him, pulling him in as far as he can possibly go.
"Oh God." I groan. My hands on his ass holding him inside me not wanting him to move just yet. I just need to feel him. He has filled me completely. His body is pressed into mine, he is resting on his forearms, sensing I need him close. His eyes lock with mine and we just gaze at each other. I feel my pleasure increasing and he has not started moving yet. Christians breathing matching mine, growing harsher. He rolls his hips slightly, causing me to arch my back to him and moan.
"I love you." I state as he begins to move soft and slowly. The slow movement building my release steadily, I feel his torso undulating against me. His pelvis hitting mine with each movement stimulating the bundle of nerves that is set to explode.
"I Love you Ana." His voice gruff with passion, his lips on mine again.
"Come on baby you are close, I can feel you Ana." He whispers against my lips. He continues his slow and steady movements. My hands digging into his ass. I feel the coils begin to snap.
"Christian." I gasp as my body hits its release and I come around him. My core clenching him tightly my hands gripping him to me. This man has complete control over my body. His strokes stay gentle as he brings me down from my orgasm, how he manages to control his release still amazes me.
"You are so beautiful, and all mine." He grins and I smile back as no words are forming. Christian starts to move a little faster and harder his breathing becoming harsher as he races towards his release bringing me with him again. I am building quickly I don't even try to control this. Christians thrusts faster and faster. He buries his head in my neck. His moans and growls vibrating against my skin and to my core, his sounds of pleasure push me higher.
"Fuck Ana." He growls again before possessing my mouth. I whimper into his mouth I am close again and he knows it, he increases his pace his strokes becoming harder.
"Ana….Come on baby….."
"Christian let go baby…let go…" I pant needing to feel him release himself into me.
"SHIT…FUCK…ANA!" he calls out roughly his body tense, his head tossed back and his face flush with passion screwed up in pleasure as I feel him jump and jerk inside me and explode, his release causing me to reach mine and I fall over the edge to join him calling out his name.
We both bask in the afterglow of our lovemaking session. I am curled against him. My hands are playing in his chest hair his hands stoking my back, just enjoying each other, when Teddy starts fussing over the monitor. I kiss Christian softly and rise to gather my son. I have just finished feeding Teddy and begin to change his diaper and dress him for the day when Christian joins us. He bends down to kiss Teddy and tell him good morning. He then moves to gather his clothes to dress him. I move so that Christian can finish getting him ready with a kiss to each of my men I head to the shower.
About an hour later we are all ready for our day. We drive over to the Staten Island Ferry, we decide to just float past The Statue of Liberty we don't really need to go to liberty island this time, maybe on the next trip. We all pile on the ferry and float across we are able to get several pictures, group, family and individual ones with the Statue behind us. We find a nice little restaurant for lunch and then head back. Our Next stop is ground Zero, we walk around the site. The whole memorial is overwhelming. I have cried most of the afternoon; it's just emotional being here. I even saw all the men shed a tear or two, which I won't point that out to them. The last stop we make of the day is to the New York Public Library. Christian knew that I could not visit New York without stopping here. I spend over an hour looking around, browsing the different sections seeing the old books on display all the History that is here is just amazing. Not wanting to keep everyone waiting on me. We leave, with Christian promising we can come back and I can spend as many days as I want roaming through all the sections of books. I smile and agree.
It's Thursday and my mood has taken a slight downfall. We are leaving today and it's not just that I am sad to be leaving New York I am getting increasingly nervous about Detroit. Christian's voice pulls me out of my thoughts.
"Baby you ready? Teddy is with Gail and Ryan. Taylor and Sawyer are coming with us."
"Yeah but where are we going?"
"It's a surprise, Come. Let's go." I take his hand as he leads me downstairs. After kissing Teddy good bye, we had to the car. Taylor drives and they still will not tell me where we are going.
Reaching our destination, I suddenly realize where we are. 5th Avenue.
"You did not think I would let you leave New York without shopping 5th avenue, did you?" his grin is wide as my mouth just hangs open in shock. He exits the car and Sawyer opens the door for me while Christian helps me out.
"Time to spend our money baby." Grabbing my hand and leading me in to the Prada store.
"Ana I do not want you to look at the price. If you like it, get it. If I catch you looking at the prices then I will just buy it anyway. Baby you can have whatever you want do you understand me?"
My eyes water a bit. I know that he just wants to give me everything I could ever possible need. I kiss him again and allow myself to get excited. I head straight for the shoes. After about an hour I have picked out several pairs of shoes, and purses. We head next over to Armani, both Christian and I have picked out several new items, I have new work clothes, and Christian has picked out several new suites. I have picked out and all dark grey one for him that makes me weak when I see him in it. After Armani, Christian takes me to Cartier; I am very uncomfortable in here. All this jewelry is way expensive. What catches my eyes however, is a platinum heart shaped necklace with three stones, a green emerald, a soft white pearl and a blue sapphire. It's stunning and then it dawns on me. This has all three of our birthstones. This is not a coincidence. I whip my head to my husband and he just smiles but looks a bit nervous.
"Do you like it?" The sales associate already has it out of the case and Christian places it around my neck.
"So we are always together." He shrugs and smiles.
"Christian it's stunning. I can't believe you. I love this. Thank you so much. It's perfect."
We leave the store with a few more purchases and the car is waiting for us. I snuggle against my husband as we make our way back to the apartment.
"Thank you Christian. I have really enjoyed New York. I can't wait to come back."
"You are welcome baby. I am glad you enjoyed yourself. I had a great time to thank you for my surprise and thank you for enjoying our shipping trips. It gives me great pleasure, joy and happiness to see you so happy and enjoying yourself."
Two hours later we are all loaded back on the GEH, Inc. Jet preparing to take off. I know I am not the only one on the plane who is nervous about the next couple of days.
Next stop, Detroit.