Chapter 28

3 Months later

I stare at Kate in awe, she looks gorgeous in her dress, Kate had started planning her and Luke's wedding straight away, and now the big day has arrived, Kate's dress is a strapless diamond encrusted corset with a lacy floor length skirt that fans out and moves with her, her hair is curled and tied back in a neat bun with a few tendrils left loose to rest against her cheeks, her veil wraps around her bun and reaches down to the floor, There's a knock on the hotel room door and Ethan walks in to announce its time to go.

"Ready then" I say to Kate.

"As I'll ever be" she replies with a nervous smile.

"Come on you look Beautiful sis" Ethan comes forward and kisses her on the cheek.

"Where's dad he's supposed to be giving me away" Kate asks sounding worried.

"He should be here any minute now, just calm down" Ethan chuckles.

There's another knock on the door and Kate's dad walks in.

"Oh Kate, you look like amazing sweetheart" he says and hugs her.

"We ready to go then don't want to be late" Kate's mum asks.

"Yes, let's get going we're all ready" Kate agrees.

We gather our things and leave the room walking down the hallway towards the stairs, we walk to the exit of the hotel where the wedding cars waiting, once we're all in we drive off towards the venue, its being held in a historical castle, it has a chapel and a ballroom that's being used for the disco later on, it doesn't take long to get to the castle, we get out of the car and head inside, we can hear the piano playing a soft tune and the chatter of the awaiting guests, when the song ends and the wedding march starts up we get ready to ready to walk down the stairs leading to the chapel, Kate's mum being the maid of honour goes first and then Mia and I follow her since we're the bridesmaids, we walk down the aisle one after the other, I stand beside Christian and Ethan who are both Luke's best men, Christian has the rings, the pianist restarts the wedding march and all eyes turn to the stairs, a few seconds later Kate appears at the top looking like a princess and an angel all rolled into one, she descends the stairs with her father by her side, they walk down the aisle and Kate's eyes lock with Luke's, a bright smile spreads across her face and I look at Luke to find he is also smiling brightly, I'm so glad they have found happiness together.

The ceremony starts and its not long before everyone in the room has tears in their eyes, its not long before they are asked to recite their vows, both of their vows are filled with such love and passion, Christian gives them the rings and they put them on each others fingers, it feels like no time has passed at all when the priest pronounces them husband and wife and they kiss, Luke picks her up and carries her down the aisle and up the stairs, there's a room upstairs that the castle are allowing them to change in, They're keeping their wedding clothes on for now then getting changed when they want to leave for their honeymoon.

All the guests start to leave the chapel and make their way to the ballroom where the reception will be held, Christian and I link hands as we walk up the stairs of the chapel, Christian is getting excited about the baby which makes me really happy, he's really protective and is always rubbing or kissing my stomach, I couldn't be happier, we enter the ballroom and the DJ puts some music on, the dance floor quickly fills up as we wait for the bride and groom to show up, Christian leads me to the dance floor and I put my arms around his neck as we sway to the music.

Once the songs over everyone sits down at their tables and the DJ announces it's time for the first dance, and Kate and Luke walk in, they walk to the dance floor and their wedding song Elle Gouldings love me like you do blares through the speakers, they move to the music lost in each others eyes, they smile at each other and Kate rests her head on his shoulder, it's not long before the song comes to an end and its time to sign the marriage certificate and cut the cake, Kate and Luke sit at their own table and sign their certificate to make their marriage legal, next to waiters bring the cake, Kate and Luke hold the knife together and slice the cake, everyone cheers and the cake is taken back out the room so it can be cut into slices and served up.

the DJ starts the music again and the dance floor fills up, the room is filled with laughter and cheering, Christian and I dance together several times enjoying being in each others arms, after a few minutes of dancing everyone is asked to take their seats again so the speeches can start, being Luke's best man Christian is first up, Christians speech is sweet and heart warming, he talks about Luke being a good and trust worthy man, and that no man would be better for Kate, once he's finished, it's time for the maid of honour Kate's mum to say her speech, It brings tear to the whole rooms eye including her own, as she talks about her little girl finally growing up and settling down, she remembers old memories from when Kate was a baby and her childhood, by the time she finishes the whole room is crying.

With the speeches done the waiters start to make a spare table into a buffet with lots of snacks and drinks, there's paper plates that can be filled as many times as a person pleases and a mixture of alcohol and juice, even though there's no children at the wedding Kate made sure that there would be plenty of juice for me to drink since I can't drink whilst pregnant, the now sliced up wedding cake is also placed on the table for everyone to help themselves to, everyone switches between dancing and eating as the night wears on, it's nice to be with the family and friends again, having fun, Christian squeezes my hand and I smile back at him, time flies and before long Kate and Luke are getting ready to leave for their honeymoon, they leave the room to go upstairs to change, Kate's mum is taking their wedding clothes home for them after they change into more comfortable clothes for travelling.

After a few minutes we all gather in two lines outside to see them off, it doesn't take long for them to appear and they walk down the line towards the car while everyone showers them with rice, the family including Christian and I are standing at the bottom, once they reach us they hug each of us goodbye and we wish them luck, getting in the car, Luke in the drivers seat they leave, we wave until they're out of sight and then go back in to enjoy to enjoy the rest of the party, Christian and I decide we'll stay for a few more hours then head home.

I feel something gently shaking me, I open my eyes to see Christian beside me, we're in the car in the apartments underground garage, I must have fell asleep on the way home, I'm so exhausted, I love going to celebrations and parties but they really do take a lot out of me, I look at Christian sleepily and he chuckles lifting me out of the car he carries me to the elevator, I expect him to put me down once we're in the elevator but he doesn't, he keeps me in his arms and even carries me through the apartment to our bedroom, he sits me on the bed and grabbing a night gown he helps me change, then he helps me into bed and then gets changed into his own pyjamas, we snuggle down together and fall into a peaceful sleep.

Another 3 months later.

Christian pov.

I took the day of work today because I have a surprise for Ana, she's six months pregnant now and I can't wait for the baby to get here, talking to mum really helped me and I'm a lot more confident about being a father, Now that she's six months and we don't have long until the baby arrives, Ana has been wanting to sort out the babies room, but I've been avoiding it, not because I don't want to but because its part of my surprise, its took a while to sort it out and its finally ready, I was so relieved to find out that it was finished, it was something I could do myself because I don't know how to so I needed some help, and I've just found out from the people helping me that its finished, which is good because I think I'm starting to hurt Ana's feelings by putting off doing the babies room, I'm sitting in the living room waiting for her to finish getting ready, I hear footsteps and I turn around to see Ana walking towards me, I get off the couch and go to greet her.

"Are you ready to go then" I ask her.

"Yeah are you going to tell me where we're going yet" she asks.

I smile at her, "Not yet baby" I say.

She pouts cutely and I grin.

"Come on baby, you'll see where we're going soon enough" I reassure her.

We link hands and take the elevator down to the underground garage, I look over at Ana, she looks beautiful today in loose fitting summer dress, she has to wear loose clothing a lot lately since her bump grew, none of her other clothes fit her, she still looks gorgeous though, we get in the car and I drive out the garage and through the streets of Seattle, I'm driving towards the sound which is where the surprise I have for Ana is, I feel a bit nervous, I hope she likes it, finally after what feels like forever we reach the sound, I drive along the street full of houses until I reach the right one, I pull up in front of the gates to the property and press the button on the intercom, I say my name and get granted access, I continue to drive up to the house and park outside, a women comes out of the house and greets us once we get out of the car.

"Hello Mr and Mrs Grey, would you please follow me and I'll show you how the house is coming on" she says and Ana looks at me confused.

"Sure lead the way" I say.

She smiles and turns around walking back into the house, I take Ana's hand and we follow her, we walk round the house looking at each room.

"So as you can see the construction crew have done as you asked and kept the house the same as it was, just fixed it up and made it more up to date, so how about we go and see the upstairs" she says and walks out, again we follow her, she shows us the master bedroom which they've made similar to the one at Escala, then she shows us the nursery, since we don't know the babies sex, I asked them to make the colours cream and white, they've done everything I asked them to and made it really nice, I turn to Ana to see her gazing around the room.

"Ana do you like it" I ask her.

"The house is beautiful, and the nursery is amazing but I don't understand why you're showing me it" she says.

I turn to the women, "Could you give us a moment" I ask her, she nods her head and walks out.

"Ana the reason I brought you hear was because this is the surprise, I bought this place for us, I thought it would make a better family home than an apartment, especially with the size of the property, it's plenty of room for the baby to play and explore as they grow" I explain.

"That's why you were putting off doing a nursery at the apartment because you were having this place done up for us and putting a nursery here" she says catching on.

I nod my head and a massive smile spreads across her face.

"Oh Christian I love it thank you so much" she hugs me and kisses me on the lips.

"Are you sure this is what you want Christian" she asks me.

"Of course it is, at least here our baby will be able to go and play in the garden whenever they want, whereas if we stay at Escala they would have to play on the balconies, which doesn't seem very safe to me, this is a safe place with endless room for our baby to play in, it's a proper family home" I tell her.

"Ok, so when do we move in" she asks excitedly.

"Well I thought we could start moving in straight away, since all the furniture's here all we need to bring is our personnel items, which we can do in one journey, we can be moved in by tomorrow if you wanted, pack up tonight and then move tomorrow" I tell her.

"Ok sounds good to me" she agrees and we head back downstairs where we find the woman showing us around.

"The constructive crew did well, this is perfect, there's no more changes needed, we'll move in tomorrow" I explain.

"Ok then that's fantastic" she says and Ana and I get ready to leave so we can start packing, our future is looking bright and I've never been happier.