2 months later
It was official, Anastasia Steele was sick of being pregnant. Her due day had been and gone a few days ago and she was tired, cranky and frustrated. She just wanted to meet her daughter. She was desperate to. She just wanted to hold her in her arms instead of waiting for her. Ana sighed and went to the sitting room where Teddy was eating his lunch. She'd officially moved in with Christian and Teddy after she sold her place a month ago, a girl in her class had needed somewhere to stay and had offered to take over the tenancy. She slumped down on the sofa feeling like an elephant and smiled when her little boy immediately went to her and put his hand on her bump.
"Hi sissy," he squealed. Ana giggled and kissed his hair. There was a thump from inside her stomach and Ana giggled when Teddy backed away from her in awe, as he always did when his sister kicked.
"You'll get to say 'hi' to her in person soon, sweetheart," hopefully. Ana smiled when his face lit up.
"Mama, I can't wait to see her," he squealed excitedly. Ana put her arm around him and kissed his forehead.
"Me neither, sweet boy," Ana sighed. Christian, Grace and Dr Green had tried to reassure her that lots of women went over their due date and she understood that it was normal but that didn't make it any easier. She had tried everything to try and induce labour - eating spicy food, herbal remedies, doing yoga with Kate and Lauren and having sex and none of it had worked. She had sobbed to Christian last night telling him how worried she was about the fact that their baby wasn't here with them yet.
"Baby, it's fine. She's just not ready to see the world yet," Christian stroked his hand down her back. "She'll be here soon, just imagine how amazing it will be to meet her after waiting so long,"
"I'm tired Christian," she rested her head on his shoulder, "I just want to hold her in my arms. I'm tired of waiting," he kissed away her tears and held her close to him.
"I know you do, I want to meet our angel too but it won't be much longer now. You're so strong Ana, I'm so proud of you for coming this far and I know you can wait a couple more days to see her. It will be worth it," he told her. She nodded. She could always rely on Christian to make her feel better.
But now, as she sat on the couch with her hand on her bump she couldn't help but get impatient. Why isn't she coming yet?
Christian arrived home 5 o clock and received kisses and hugs from his fiancé and son.
"How are you?" he asked softly, placing his free hand on her bump as he held Teddy on his hip. He noticed her eyes fill with tears and her hand clutched his as it lay on her bump. He gave her a gentle smile that didn't meet his eyes and kissed her lips.
"I'm fine, just …" she didn't need to finish the sentence. Christian could see the pain, the impatience, the longing in her eyes. Oh baby, I wish I could take away your fears. He knew that Ana was scared right now of the fact that something was wrong with their baby, he had also been told by his mother that she was bound to feel like that and probably would until the baby was born. He had been told numerous times that the baby was fine and would come out when she was ready but he just couldn't seem to reassure Ana.
Phoebe, you're worrying your mother so much, she's beside herself.
"I know," he put Teddy down and pulled her into his arms and smiled when she sniffed his shirt taking in the comforting smell of his aftershave. She'd told him that it was her favourite scent and sometimes, before he left for work he would see her snuggle up against his pillow in her sleep and take a deep breath of the scent he'd left behind.
"I'm sorry Christian, I know I'm being irrational," she whispered against his neck. "I don't know what to do. We've tried everything and she still doesn't want to come out," her tone was defeated and he knew she was tired. The last month or two of the pregnancy had been hard for her and he'd done everything he could to make it better for her. He wanted to see his daughter just as much as she did.
He ran his hand down her back to sooth her and kissed her forehead.
"I love you," he whispered not knowing what to say in that moment.
"I love you too, so much and I love the fact that we made a baby together," he felt her smile against his neck and knew she was feeling a little better just from hearing those words.
"Right," he said gripping her face in his hands and landing a smacking kiss on her lips when she pulled away from him slightly, "Ted and I are going to make dinner whilst you go and have a nice hot bath." Christian announced. Teddy perked up at the sound of his name moving his eyes away from the television screen to look at his father.
"I'll be down in a minute Ted, I'm just going to help Mama for a minute," Christian called to his son.
"Mama!" Teddy ran to give his mother a cuddle, touching her baby bump before giving her a beaming smile. Ana gave him a kiss before letting him run back to take his spot on the couch, his eyes once against glued to Elmo on the screen.
"Come on baby," Christian said taking her hand in his and pulling her up the stairs. His fingers stroked her ring and he grinned as he thought about the fact that this woman would one day be his wife.
"Christian, you don't have to make dinner, you've been in work all day, I can have a bath later," Ana said gripping his hand tightly as they went up the stairs. Christian stopped and turned to look at her when they reached the top.
"Baby, you're growing a baby, minding Ted most of the time whilst trying to keep up with your class." He said giving her a knowing look. He already thought that she was doing far too much but getting her to stop working at the café had been hard enough. He knew once the baby was born she'd want to spend as much time as possible with her before going back to work and to her classes and that was fine with him. Anything was fine with him as long as Ana and his children were healthy and happy.
"Stop being so perfect Christian, its annoying," Ana griped jokingly wrapping her arms around him from behind them they reached the bathroom. He turned and lay a kiss on her hair before running the water.
"Relax for me? ok? when your out of the bath Ted and I will be waiting for you with something to eat, is there anything you fancy?" he asked.
"Hmm apart from you?" she asked with a smirk touching the fabric of his dress shirt. He gave her a soft smile and raised his eyebrows, "something easy and delicious, just make sure Ted stays away from the stove," she said giving him a knowing look. Christian shrugged sheepishly remembering the time he'd let his son help make Ana breakfast in bed and he'd nearly burned his hands off by going too close to the 'pretty lights' of the stove. It was only Christian's quick thinking to turn off the stove that stopped Teddy from potentially losing all of the skin on his hand.
"I will," he turned off the taps once the water was perfect and helped her take off her clothes lingering on her stomach and her breasts a little too long but Ana didn't mind his ogling, in fact she loved it. He made her feel desired and wanted even when she felt she couldn't look any worse. Everything in her body ached and felt bloated and swollen but he still couldn't keep his hands off her. He left her with a kiss and then headed down to make dinner.
Ana had a relaxing bath before heading to their bedroom to put on some comfy pyjama bottoms and a tank top. She found that she could only wear clothing that stretched a lot because of her growing bump. She dried her hair before heading down to meet her boys. She could hear Teddy's inquisitive voice from the kitchen so followed the sound and the delicious smell of whatever Christian had made them and stopped at the door, her heart melting at the sight of Christian standing over the stove stirring a put whilst Teddy was resting against his shoulder asking him questions about the food.
"It's hot," Teddy announced proudly when he felt the steam coming from the pot.
"Yes it is, it's very hot. So we don't go near the pretty lights do we?" Christian asked and Ana smiled when Teddy nodded.
"Something smells delicious," Ana said making her presence known. Two identical pairs of gray eyes turned to look at her. Teddy reached for her so she sat down at the table so that he could be placed into her lap.
"Thanks baby, it's onion soup and some heated bread. I know you like that," he said with a wink. She felt her insides flutter - or was it the baby? either way damn this man and his sexiness. He put a bowl of the delicious soup in front of her and a plastic bowl in front of his son who had now moved from his mothers lap before sitting at the table himself.
"Nice bath?" he asked loving the relaxed, glowing look of her face after bathing. She looked so much happier than she did when he had walked in as all of the stress had gone from her and been replaced by warm water and bubbles.
"Amazing, thank you," Ana replied digging into her soup, "everything ached before but it's a lot better now,"
The rest of dinner was spent with Ana and Christian talking and occasionally Teddy chatting about his day. Christian washed up and went to bath Teddy and put him to bed whilst Ana went to lie down on the bed and did a little bit of work. She was still reading one of the book chapters that Kate had said she had to read when Christian came in, smiling at her as he closed the door. She looked so beautiful.
"He's asleep," he said referring to Teddy before starting to unbutton his dress shirt. His tie and jacket had long gone but he was still wearing most of his suit.
"Come here," Ana beckoned wanting to strip him of his clothes herself. He was unable to deny her anything and happily walked towards the bed. She slowly unbuttoned the rest of his shirt before placing a kiss on chest. She went to unbuckle his belt but he quickly stopped her.
"Just wait one second baby, I need to pee," he said quickly and Ana giggled as he walked into their en-suite. She heard him finish and then flush before walking back into the room with a smile on his face and his pants in his hand.
"Did you wash your hands?" Ana asked eying the view of her fiancé in nothing but his boxers. He was all muscle and definition and she found herself getting wet from just looking at him.
"Yes darling," Christian replied sarcastically before throwing his pants on the floor and crawling onto the bed. Ana grinned widely wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him a kiss. It was practically impossible for him to be on top of her without kneeling so he pulled her up and spun her around in his arms so that she was between his legs with her back to him. He rested his hands on her bump and kissed her neck as she sighed against him.
"I can feel her kicking," he whispered in her ear taking her lobe between his teeth.
"She knows her daddy's with her, she's excited," Ana said stroking his forearms, "Mama's excited too," she added making Christian chuckled.
"Mmm how excited is mama?" he asked, his hand moving from her stomach to stroke up her thighs. She had taken off her pyjama pants whilst he was in the bathroom leaving her in a pair of panties and a tank top that had him drooling.
"Why don't you check?" she asked bringing his hand a little higher. He moving his hand into her panties feeling her slick folds and moaned. The effect he had on her was the biggest turn on to him. He was already straining against his boxers and he'd barely touched her yet. She opened her legs a little further and leaned back into the crook of his neck closing her eyes as he circled her clit with the tip of his finger.
"Does that feel good baby?" he asked playing her like a finely tuned instrument. She nodded and moaned when he rubbed a little harder. She reached back and grabbed the fabric of his boxers pulling on them until his erection sprung free. She grabbed it in her hand rubbing him up and down as he continued his movements in her panties.
"Take them off," she moaned wanting him to have more room to manoeuvre. He did as she asked, pulling her panties down her legs so she could kicked them off and she climbed into his lap mounting his erection. Christian dipped his fingers inside her for a moment loving the shudder of pleasure that went through her body at his touch.
"Take me in," Christian panted as she grabbed hold of his stiff member and lowered her body onto it, moaning as he slid deep inside her. The feeling of him never got old, the first thrust of his dick always made her shiver with desire and when she heard him moaning behind her, his face buried in her hair and his hands on her thighs she knew he felt the same.
"You're so wet," he groaned.
"Mmm you feel so big and hard," she breathed loving the way his breath hitched at her words.
He couldn't love this anymore, couldn't be anymore turned on and he didn't have a clue how he was going to cope going 6 weeks without being inside her. It gave him an unbelievable amount of comfort and happiness, she was his safe place and he never wanted to go without this but he always couldn't bare to hurt her. He would wait until she was ready for him again of course but that didn't mean he wouldn't relish in being able to still do this now or that he wouldn't miss it. What sane man wouldn't miss being inside this beautiful woman.
She moaned and he felt his dick twitch inside her. He knew it was hard for her to raise herself off him when they were in this position due to the weight of her bump and how easily tired she was but she was more than happy to help. He gripped her hips tightly and aided her movements starting off slow at first.
"Christian I want you too.." she stopped whatever she was going to say to let out a loud moan when he tilted his hips slightly making his dick hit just the right spot inside her. The spot that made her back arch and her fingers claw at his forearms until they scratched through the skin.
"You want me to what baby?" he panted kissing her neck as his hips moved a little faster. The feel of her tight, wet walls around him was making him feel lightheaded and close to the edge.
"Touch me," she moaned.
"Where do you want me to touch you?" he asked, his hands squeezing her ass as they moved harder and faster getting closer to their peak with every movement.
She moved her fingers down to where they were joined touching his dick as it moved in and out of her and making him squeak in surprise. He always blew his load then and there.
"Ana, fuck, stop," he growled pulling her hands away. "You're going to unman me baby, I'm always hard enough to cut glass," She rested back against his shoulder and grabbed his hands moving them to cover her breasts.
"Play with them," she demanded and he was more than happy to oblige. He loved it when she told him what she wanted.
"Like this?" he asked pinching her nipples lightly. He was worried they might still be sensitive, she'd been saying they were sore the last couple of weeks and sometimes when they were having sex she'd hiss in pain if he tried to kiss or touch them effectively warding off his wandering hands but from the way she was moaning he was sure he must be doing something right.
"Harder," she whimpered, "I wish you could bite them. I miss your mouth on me,"
He gulped. So did he. He missed being able to face her during sex and feel her breasts against his chest, he missed being able to look into her eyes as he thrust inside her.
"Me too baby. The next time we do this I'm going to suck the skin off those pretty pink nipples," he growled making her giggle. She was close, she was clenching down on him and all he needed to do now and rub one finger over her clit and she'd be gone but he didn't want to. He didn't want it to be over yet. This could be the last time he made love to her for months, he didn't want it to end. He wanted to savour every second of being inside her.
"Christian, I want to come," she moaned circling her hips a little.
"Not yet baby, not yet," he said nipping at the skin of her neck. She was so close, she could feel her body reaching boiling point but he wouldn't let her go over the edge. Something was stopping her.
"Please Christian," she went to move her fingers down between her legs but he grabbed her hand before he could. He shook his head against her.
"Don't.. just..." he moved a little faster and then slowed his rhythm taking them both to the edge before bringing them back. He did so until Ana was tense with frustration and he was beading with sweat. He did it until he could not longer take it before moving his hand down and bringing her over the edge into a screaming orgasm. He felt her come and followed shortly after before liquid gushed from her so fast that it push him out of her. He couldn't stop himself coming and ended up spurting the rest of his seed on her back before catching her as she fell back against him once more.
"Christian," she was panting and he detected fear in his voice that immediately had him on edge, "I think my waters just broke," he stilled and then quickly jumped up on shaky legs.
"Fuck, Ana I'm sorry, shit," he grabbed his hair and looked at her painfully his heart beating out his chest but all he saw was her smiling back at him.
"What are you apologizing for babe? I'm so happy. We finally get to meet out girl," she smiled. He kneeled down in front of her and took her hands in his.
"Are you feeling ok? any contractions yet? any pain?" he asked bringing her hands to his lips and laying kisses along her skin. She shook her head.
"Not yet but I suspect they will start soon," she replied, "I'm so excited Christian," she beamed making him smile at her.
"So am I," Christian said, "so we need to wait until your contractions are about 10 or 12 minutes apart and that's when we head to the hospital," he told her. She nodded her head. She was glad he had already been through all of this and knew what to do. It was nice to have an experienced father by her side.
"Ok," she nodded before suddenly her whole face contorted in pain and her body stiffened. She whimpered and gripped his hand as siring pain travelled throughout her whole body. It didn't last too long but she wasn't expecting the first contraction to be as painful as it was.
"Are you ok?" he asked. She nodded breathing out a long breath of relief that the pain had passed. "We just have to see when the next one comes now."
"I need to have a shower," Ana said going to get up.
"Don't worry about that baby, just relax for a minute." Christian said laying his hands on her thighs and stroking her skin.
"Christian I need to go and shower. I don't really want to explain to Dr Green why your semen is inside me when she's trying to examine me," she told him knowing she was going to have to clean up and pee before she left. Christian nodded.
"Well how about a bath? you might not be able to hold yourself up if the contractions come when your standing in the shower," Ana agreed and let Christian help her to the en-suite. She couldn't help the giddy feeling inside her. She couldn't believe that she was going to have her daughter tonight.
Christian threw on some boxers and Ana ran her bath before he helped her into the tub. The second she sat down she felt another contraction and clenched Christians hand as she braced herself for the searing pain.
"That's 26 minutes after the last one," Christian said clearly surprised.
"What?" she asked. He shrugged sheepishly.
"Leila's first contractions were over an hour apart, I think this baby is going to come a lot quicker than Teddy did," Ana nodded. She hadn't asked Christian much about Leila's pregnancy or about her labour but now that she was in the same position she wanted to know. After all, they'd both become pregnant by the same man so there must be some similarities in the labour process.
"How long was she in labour for?" Ana asked, lounging against the back of the tub as Christian cupped his hands with water and poured it over her stomach gently.
"16 hours," Ana winced, "Teddy was a big child, he had a huge head," Christian said making Ana giggle.
"He's perfect," she reprimanded.
"He is now, but let me tell you, he was a big baby, 9 and a half pounds," Christian grinned as he remembered his boy first coming out and the distinctive voice of a nurse saying he was a 'big boy'. Ana gulped. She hoped her little angel wasn't going to be that big.
During her bath, Ana had one more contraction 23 minutes after the last one and by that point Christian knew that they needed to start getting their things together. He phoned his parents asking them to come to the hospital before waking Teddy up. He was going to phone someone to come and look after his son but he was sure his parents wouldn't mind looking after him in the waiting room. He texted Elliot and Mia telling his brother to bring Kate before grabbing Ana's labour bag from the sitting room. She'd had it prepared all week ready for this moment. When Christian got back upstairs Ana was lying on the bed wearing an oversized jumper and some comfy leggings.
"Is it time to go yet?" Ana asked. He knew they should probably wait until the contractions were a little closer together since the hospital was only a few miles away but he couldn't leave his wife-to-be waiting any longer.
"Yes baby, it's time to go," Christian let Teddy run ahead to the car before helping Ana down the stairs and outside. He sat her down in the passenger seat before strapping Teddy in the back and putting the bag in the boot.
"Are you ok, mama?" Teddy asked, his voice clearly mixed with sleep but very concerned all the same.
"I'm fine baby, mama is going to have the baby," she said. That perked a sleepy Teddy up and all the way to the hospital the little boy was asking questions about his new sister.
When they arrived at the hospital, they were greeted by the very excited Grey family and Kate. Teddy went to Carrick and Grace and Christian went into the room with Ana whilst the rest of the family waited outside for any news. Ana was greeted by doctor Green who told her they would have to wait until the contractions were just a few minutes apart before she could start to push.
"You're doing so well baby," Christian said as he helped Ana change into a medical gown. She'd been given a room on the maternity wing and they could hear other mothers giving birth. One was clearly having a terrible time and was screaming a lot and Christian could see from Ana's face that she was scared.
"I'm nervous Christian," she told him looking up at him with heart melting blue eyes. He helped her into the bed and kissed her forehead.
"Don't be, I'm going to be with you this whole time. I'm not going to leave you and just think, we're going to meet our little girl soon," he said softly knowing it would perk her up.
"Oh you two are so adorable. I'm so excited," Grace said clasping Ana's other hand. Ana had wanted Grace in the delivery room with her. Not only had she experienced giving birth three times but Ana also saw her as a mother figure. They had grown close and Grace had been over the moon when Ana asked if she wanted to be there and help her through it.
"So am I," Ana giggled.
"A granddaughter, my first granddaughter. Oh you two will make such a beautiful baby …" Grace rambled on for a while and Ana and Christian looked at each other the whole time, big smiles on their faces … until Ana had another contraction. It was longer than the last few and it made her eyes water in pain. The next few contractions were closer together and even more painful.
"It hurts," she managed to breath as burning pain coursed through her body.
"I know baby, I know," he said brushing her hair off her face.
"You don't know Christian, you have no idea," she griped back. Christian had been warned about this by his mother when Leila was pregnant and she had warned him again this time around. The mood swings due to the pain. He expected it, he didn't care if she wanted to snap at him, he just hated that he couldn't take her pain away.
"You're right, I can't but I know how strong and brave you are." He replied, his voice calm and soothing even as pain surged through her.
"I can't do this,"
"Yes you can," Christian replied, kissing her hand.
Dr Green came through the door a second later with another nurse at her side.
"Let's see how far you are along, when was your last contraction?" Dr Green asked.
"A few moments ago," Ana managed to say, gritting her teeth. The doctor nodded. Ana was given something for the pain and then Dr Green checked her.
"You're ready," she said popping her head up and looking at Ana, "you can start pushing in a moment." The doctor got ready and Christian and Grace both soothed Ana.
"Okay, push," Dr Green instructed. Ana started to push as hard as she could. She felt beads of sweat and exhaustion overcome her after a few moments and stopped for a rest.
"You can do it baby, keep going sweet girl," Christian said kissing her temple.
"Shut up! you are never coming near me ever again Christian Grey," Ana spat glaring at him. He knew it was the pain talking but that didn't stop his heart from falling in his chest. He looked up as Grace started to laugh.
"That's my girl," she said winking at Ana.
"Do you think you can push again now Ana?" asked an amused Dr Green. She'd heard that from soo many pregnant mothers but it still never got old seeing the look on the fathers face. Ana barely nodded and then her face contorted again as she started to push.
"Good, you're doing brilliantly. I can see your little ones head," Dr Green beamed, "It's a big head so we're going to have to help you a little,"
Ana glared at Christian who looked at her sheepishly secretly wishing he hadn't told her about Leila's pregnancy.
"So it's you with the big head gene. I should have know judging by the size of your dick," Ana growled. The whole room went silent and then Grace, Dr Green and the nurse started to laugh. Oddly enough it was a compliment but it didn't feel that way. In fact he sort of wished he could run out of the room right now. His fiancé had just told a room full of women, including his mother, something about himself that they didn't really need to know. He blushed beat red.
He went to open his mouth to defend himself but was cut off by a glare from his mother telling him to shut up and just forget about it. So he let out a breath and the silence was broken by Dr Green telling Ana to push again. She gripped Christians hand and pushed hard and the next thing they heard was a wail as their little angel was pulled out of her and into the world.
Christian cut the umbilical chord and Ana got to hold her for a moment before their baby was taken to be cleaned and charted whilst Christian sat by Ana's side holding her hand. She was exhausted, weak and unbelievably happy. As soon as she heard the wail of her baby she'd been relieved beyond belief and although she barely got to glance at her, she knew that she was beautiful. Grace had gone with the nurse to make sure Phoebe was ok whilst Christian stayed with her.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you before," Ana mumbled, reaching out to stroke the stubble that coated his jaw.
"It's fine, although I don't think I can ever look Dr Green in the eye again after what you said about my dick. Next time we're here we'll have to get another OB," Christian said with a smirk.
"Let's just enjoy the one's we have before we think of having anymore," Ana sighed. She'd just pushed a child out of her and wasn't particularly looking forward to ever having to do it again.
"I'm so proud of you Ana," Christian said leaning down to peck her lips.
A moment later the door opened revealing Grace holding a little bundle in her arms. She was in tears and looking at the bundle with so much love.
"Here she is, isn't she beautiful?" Grace asked handing the baby to Ana. Christian and Ana both gasped when they saw her up close. It was one thing to see her when she was covered in blood and screaming and another to see their fresh, clean baby.
"She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," Ana breathed, her eyes filling up with tears as she looked at the life she'd created. She was looking around the room in awe at her surroundings and her hands were reaching out for Ana. She had a head of thick brown hair and her fathers eyes, she was absolutely beautiful.
"Oh Christian, she has your eyes," Ana said looking between two sets of identical gray eyes.
"She has your hair colour and pouty lips," Christian replied stroking a finger town his baby girls face and then kissing her forehead.
Ana felt tears rolling down her face before she even realised and her heart was pounding out of her chest. She never thought she'd have this - a family, a husband, a child of her own but now, as she looked down on the beautiful face of her daughter, she felt complete. Nothing else mattered now. She had everything she could ever hope for. Phoebe Grace Grey was the missing piece and now that it had been filled, she'd never been so happy.
A/N - I hope you enjoyed the chapter, next up is the final chapter and epilogue :)