Ana

"Oh my gosh, mom you were such a pretty bride, I can't wait to get married, too" Mireya gushes while she is looking at Christian's and my wedding album.

"How about you graduate first and go to college, before you think about getting married, baby girl" Christian says and I can't help but giggle seeing the alarmed expression on Christian's face. He does not deal well with the fact that Mireya is starting to think about marriage and having babies, but she is 17 and as much as he doesn't like it, there is the possibility that in the not too far future she will meet her Mr. Right and they will get married.

"I fully intend to, Daddy. Don't worry. So, I've got to go, Vana, Suki and I want to go to the mall." she says hurries away.

"You won't get married any time soon, no you won't" Christian says smiling at our other daughter Phoebe who is sleeping peacefully in her moses basket next to the sofa.

Phoebe Anastasia Grey is the most wonderful surprise Christian and I ever received. Three years after Teddy was born we decided to have one more child. We tried for months, but I just didn't get pregnant. We tried everything, but it just didn't happen until a year later I got pregnant and miscarried. I was so heart-broken I told Christian that I didn't want to try again.

I just couldn't, thinking about going through this again just scared me too much to try and so we decided not to try again. Secretly though I knew that Christian wanted to have one more baby and I felt terrible that I couldn't give him the third child he wanted to have so badly.

And then a year ago a visit at Dr. Greene's office changed everything. I still remember that day like it was yesterday...

-Flashback one year earlier-

"You can wait here, Sawyer" I say as I get out of the car. In the nearly sixteen years since Sawyer is my CPO we have come to an understanding. While I don't mind him following me to most places, he is not allowed to follow me inside Dr. Greene's office or a lingerie store. That's where I draw the line and I think he is very happy about this arrangement, too.

Today, I need to get my new shot, but I also want Dr. Greene to examine me, because lately I have these light cramps and I just want her to check that it is nothing serious. I haven't told Christian, because he would freak out, but I am also a little worried that there is something wrong with me. Grace had a cancer scare two years ago and Christian nearly lost his mind thinking that his mother might have cancer. Thank god it turned out to be nothing serious and she is as healthy as a horse, but still, I don't want to scare Christian when there is nothing wrong with me.

Inside Dr. Greene's office I have to wait and try to calm my nerves by flicking mindlessly through a magazine. I nearly burst out laughing when I see an article with the headline 'Help, my husband likes to spank me' ... maybe he doesn't do it right when you need help, I think to myself.

"Mrs. Grey, Dr. Greene will see you now." says the help and I follow her into the office.

Dr. Greene isn't in yet and I am so nervous my palms are sweating.

"Mrs. Grey, it's good to see you. You are here for your new shot, right?" she asks as she walks in and we shake hands.

"Yes, well actually I have a little issue."

"Oh?"

"For the last couple of weeks I am experiencing light cramps in my lower abdomen from time to time."

"I see, have you experienced any other symptoms?"

"No, just the cramps, the feel like mild period cramps."

"Well, you know the drill" she says and points to the curtains in the corner. I change quickly and get on the exam table. Urgh, I hate this part, but I just close my eyes and try to relax while she examines me.

"I am going to do an ultrasound, Mrs. Grey" she says and I nod. Please don't let this be anything serious, I have a husband and two children who need me...

"Oh well, this is unexpected" I hear Dr. Greene's surprised voice and prop myself up on my elbows to look at the monitor.

Oh. My. God. Is it... can it... how?

"Congratulations Mrs. Grey, you are pregnant and for quite a while I may add, you are 12 weeks along."

"I... I don't understand... the last shot?"

"It looks like the shot you had before ran out early, but it was too early to find out when you came in for your last shot."

"Is the baby alright? Is it possible that the last shot harmed it?" I ask my thoughts running wild.

"Please, calm down, Mrs. Grey. Everything looks just fine. Yes, there is a higher risk for a miscarriage for women who had a shot in the very early stage of a pregnancy, but you are already past that high risk stage. So, please don't worry too much."

"Can you print a picture for my husband?" I ask too overwhelmed to even try to comprehend that I am really pregnant again. Oh my God, I have two teenagers and now a new baby...

Dr. Greene goes on about me having to come in for regular check ups and that because I am 38 I should have some extra tests done. I need to read the brochures she has given me later. Right now, my brain is not able to comprehend everything she is telling me.

In my mind I try to backtrack the last weeks... how could I not notice that I am pregnant? I wasn't sick once... okay, so I gained two pounds, but Christian and I have been away for a week and he took me out for dinner every night, so I wasn't surprise to find that I have gained some weight. Other than that there is nothing, I wasn't overly tired, didn't have dizzy spells, my boobs didn't feel sensitive and with the shot I get my period rarely if ever, so I wasn't alarmed when I didn't get my period. There was nothing out of the ordinary besides those light cramps, but now I remember that I had those with Mireya and Teddy, too.

I am still deep in thoughts when I reach the car and Sawyer jumps out to open the door for me.

"Home, Mrs. Grey?" he asks pulling me from my thoughts.

"No, Grey House" I mutter and get into the backseat. Once Sawyer pulls into traffic I start to cry. Happy tears.

"Is everything alright, Mrs. Grey?" Sawyer asks concerned and I quickly wipe the tears away.

"Yes, I am fine." Damn it, I can't stop to cry, Sawyer probably thinks something bad has happened, but there is no way I am going to tell him or anyone else for that matter that I am pregnant before I have the chance to tell Christian.

At Grey House I take the elevator to the top floor where Andrea greets me.

"Mrs. Grey how nice... oh has something happened?"

"Can I go in?"

"Yes, but Mr. Grey is in a meeting."

"Please tell him, I'm in his office and that it is important." I sniff and make my way into his office. I try to compose myself, but the moment Christian comes running into his office I am crying like a baby again.

"Jesus Ana, what is wrong? Has something happened to Teddy or Mireya? Is it Ray? My parents?" he asks frantically trying to find out the reason for my tears.

"No, everything is alright, they are all okay."

"Then why are you crying? Oh fuck, you had your appointment with Dr. Greene today, are you sick, please don't tell me it is bad."

"I am pregnant" I blurt out and he stares at, frozen to the spot with his mouth hanging open slightly.

"What?" he asks in disbelieve.

"I am pregnant" I say again, look at Christian who is still staring at me in complete disbelieve.

"How?" he asks completely dumbfounded and I start to giggle through my tears.

"Do you want the birds and bees story or the dirty truth in its glory details?" I ask and he smirks. Over the years he has learned to really enjoy my smart mouth, even if it makes his palms twitch.

"Are you sure?" he asks next and I realize that he is scared that I might be wrong, he wants a third child so badly he is not going to allow himself to be happy unless he has proof. So, I open my purse and get the picture Dr. Greene printed for me from my purse.

"Here, your child" I say and he takes it, looks at it and starts to blink. In all these years I have known Christian I have seen him cry maybe four times, and it makes me cry even harder to see the tears that are rolling down his face now.

"This is real?" he asks and I laugh through my tears.

"Yes, I am pregnant Christian, we are having another baby" and with that he finally wraps me in his arms and we just hold on to each other for the longest time.

"I love you so much baby. Oh man... a baby... I'm so happy, baby"

- End of Flashback -

"Hey earth to Ana" I hear Christian's amused voice and look at him.

"Sorry, what did you say I was deep in thoughts."

"I know, what were you thinking about?"

"The day we found out about Phoebe" I say and he smiles.

"One of the best days of my life. I can't wait until we can tell everyone about this little one" he says and rests his hand on my belly.

After Phoebe was born Christian and I talked about having one more child, so Phoebe could grow up with a sibling close to her in age. After talking to Dr. Greene about it we agreed that I wouldn't go back on birth control and just see what happens, if I wouldn't get pregnant within a year we wanted to look into adoption. Now Phoebe is nearly five months old and I am eight weeks pregnant with blip number 4. Everything looks just fine and so we are only waiting for the second trimester to start so we can tell our family.

"They are going to be pretty surprised" I giggle.

"Yes. Oh Mia called earlier, Zach has a conference in Seattle this weekend and I've offered them to stay with us." he says and I smile.

After dating Ethan for a while Mia moved on to enjoy her life as single, but I always thought that there something going on between her and Zach. Six years ago they surprised us all and got married after dating for less than a month. Their daughter Hannah is three and Mia is six months pregnant with their second child, a boy.

Zach is now a surgeon at a famous hospital in Boston, but they try to come to Seattle to visit as often as his busy schedule allows. They are really happy and in love, though Christian sometimes jokes that he had no idea Mia had a dominant bone in her body. We both know that Zach is no longer interested in the lifestyle, but both Christian and Zach enjoy to tease each other with their former lifestyle... call it BDSM humor...

Elliot and Kate's marriage didn't last. Just like my friendship with Kate. We still talk when we see each other, but I guess she will never forgive me for telling Elliot that she was cheating on him. It was almost seven years ago when Elliot and Christian went on a fishing trip with Ray, Carrick and Teddy. I was home with Mireya and around midnight Reynolds woke me up because he found Ava crying outside the front gate.

He took her into the house and when I got to her she was sitting on the sofa in her night gown crying her eyes out and hugging her doll close. She had just turned six back then and I was scared something had happened to Kate, but what she told me had my blood boiling. Ava had woken up when she heard weird noises and had found her mother and a stranger having sex in the living room. Kate told her to go back to bed and never tell anyone what happened or her Daddy would go away and she would never see him again.

Ava as the daddy girl that she is started to cry and Kate lost it and slapped her. That's when Ava ran away to come here. In that moment I wanted to go over to Kate's and really let her have it, but I had to take care of Ava and because she was so upset I let her sleep in bed with me that night. The next day I went over to Kate's and we had an awful fight which to me was the end of our friendship. She didn't see anything wrong in slapping her child, telling her lies and cheating on Elliot. I told Kate she had a week to come clean with Elliot and left her house.

Four days later Elliot came over to talk to us. He was worried about Ava, because she seemed to be afraid of Kate and would cling to him much more than usual. And I just couldn't do it. I couldn't lie to Elliot, so I told him what had happened. That same day Elliot and Ava moved in with us for nearly four months until the divorce was done. He took full custody of Ava and Kate has visitation rights, but she rarely sees Ava. She has moved to New York and works for a newspaper, last I've heard is that she is dating some reality TV star.

Elliot re-married three years ago and his new wife Summer is great. She lost her first husband in Afghanistan and has a boy just a couple of months older than Ava. Together they have a daughter called Madison and we are all happy that Elliot has finally found a woman who makes him happy instead of miserable.

Speaking of miserable, I guess karma really does exist. My mother thought she had hit the jackpot when she married some rich guy from Europe. Since he had a lot of business in the states I had to endure running into her at charity functions and some other events, where she always tried to bad mouth me for being a terrible daughter. Luckily for me no one seemed to believe her and her marriage ended with her getting beaten by her husband after he found her cheating on him with the pool boy. Due to an iron clad prenup she only got very little money out of the divorce and is now living alone and bitter in a tiny apartment somewhere in the south. I know Christian knows where exactly, but I've decided long ago not to care anymore and just focus on the people I love instead of a mother who never really cared about me.

I still have my Dad. Ray turned seventy just a few weeks ago and we were finally able to convince him to retire and move to Seattle. We've bought him a small house right at lake union. It's perfect for him, close to us and he can go fishing every day or built things in the garage. Especially Teddy is thrilled to have Ray live closer to us and when ever he has free time he goes to visit Ray and they spend some time together. To make things easier for Ray we've hired a housekeeper for him. She doesn't live at his place, but she stops every day to cook and keep the place nice and clean. Ray wasn't too happy about it at first, but I guess her cooking has won him over pretty fast.

Carrick and Grace still live at Bellevue, Grace retired a while ago and is now even more involved with Coping Together, while Carrick is still working as a lawyer, though he is slowly stepping back more and more, and quite often he visits my Dad so they can go fishing together.

"How about we ask Gail to watch Phoebe for a while and have some fun, baby?" Christian asks me and I smile.

"Well, you are lucky, because I'm feeling really good, right now."

"I'll get Gail!" he says and is up so fast I can't help but giggle. Sometimes it is hard to believe that this is the same man who once told me that he doesn't do love. But in the end it was him allowing himself to be loved and love back that really made him the man he is today. A loving father, husband, son, brother, uncle and friend. He gave the position as CEO of GEH to Ros when Teddy and Mireya were still little. Since then he has never missed a single school event, soccer or baseball game, he attended all of Mireya's school productions and one time he even helped her bake cookies for the girl scouts. We don't talk about that little event and I like the new kitchen very much... but at least he tried.

Our relationship is still strong, sometimes we argue when his control freakery gets a little too much, but other than that we are happily in love and I know we will continue to be a strong and loving family, because neither of us could live without the other. To me Christian is the best husband in the world and even now after knowing him for nearly 20 years I still find myself just looking at him, wondering how I got so lucky to find him.

"We'll be back in about an hour Gail." I hear Christian say and before I can say anything to Gail he takes my hand and to my surprise he leads me to the patio.

"I thought you wanted to take me to bed, Mr. Grey" I ask and he smirks down at me.

"Well, it's been a while since we've been to the boathouse and of course Ted is home and that boy has the worst timing." he says and I giggle.

Yes, our son uses the intercom or knocks at the door to our bedroom very often when Christian and I are just about to get hot and sweaty or right in the middle of us making love.

"I'm glad at least you think that's amusing Mrs. Grey, because I have half in mind to put security on him once he moves out solely so they can inform me when he is about to get laid, so I can call him and ruin his plans." he says with a wink and I laugh, though I am not sure he is entirely joking.

"Are you going to do the same to our daughters?" I ask to rile him up a little and he groans.

"You just had to say that, right? First, I am sure both our daughters won't have sex until they are married and if they have before their wedding, I will be living happily oblivious in my own little bubble where my daughters will never have sex."

"Can I visit you there?" I chuckle and he smirks and pulls me close in his arms.

"How about I'll give you a little demonstration of what life in my little bubble would look like for you?" he whispers into my ear.

"I'm pretty sure I can guess, but I would love a demonstration anyway." and with that he scoops me up in his arms and carries me to the attic of our boathouse where he makes slow sweet love to me...

- THE END -

Since this is the last chapter I want to thank all of you for reading this story and for keeping up with my less than frequent update schedule. I was always really anxious about letting anyone read something that I have written, but thanks to all of you and your great feedback that's no longer the case. So a big thank you for that and see you all in one of my other stories :-)

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