I know this is a short chapter and I'm sorry for that. Like always Pins are up for this chapter so go have a look.
APOV
Everyone is getting impatient waiting for Elliot and Kate. Our tree that I have picked out had been brought to us over twenty minutes ago. Christian has been non-stop texting the two of them but we still haven't heard back from them. Ava has been complaining that she's starting to get hungry. I bought her a donut to tide her over until we get back to the house, but that's only going to last for so long.
I know what they're doing, Christian knows what they're doing. Grace and Carrick doesn't want to admit what they are doing and Mia, well Mia is grossed out by what they are doing. Only thing is where they are doing it.
"Christian maybe we should have your parent's and Mia take Ava back to the house and get lunch ready and you and I can stay here and wait for Kate and Elliot?"
"The two of you shouldn't have to stand around and wait for those idiots, we should make them walk back to the house. It's only ten miles" Mia says.
"Mia just stop. Christian we'll see you back at the house" Grace scolds Mia and tells Christian.
"We'll be there soon. I hope" He tells her.
We both wave to everyone as the one SUV drives away.
"This fucking sucks. I swear to god I'm going to kill my brother for pulling this shit. You would think at his age he would have the decency to take Kate somewhere warm and fuck her there"
"Christian!"
"What? It's not like anyone heard me"
"I think it's romantic. Both of them sneaking off somewhere and making love in the snow" Yes it would be cold and they most likely will get frostbite in places they shouldn't but still it's a very romantic moment.
"Hmm I have something very romantic for you"
"Oh you do?"
"Yes but you have to wait. I told you it's a surprise, one that I hope you like"
"Anything that has to do with you I'm sure I'll like it. But why do I have to wait" I kiss him. We stand like this for a while, his one arm behind my back holding me close to him while the other one is holding the side of my head. He kisses the top of my head over and over again.
"You have to wait because I want it to be perfect and romantic"
We stay close to each other for the next ten minutes to keep warm. Yes we could have went into the barn and stood next to the heater but we wanted to make sure we kept an eye out for Kate and Elliot. I swear I am going to kill them now, I hope they got frostbite in places they shouldn't.
"Finally!" Christian yells. "Where the fuck have you two been?" He yells again not caring who is around us to hear him cuss out his brother.
"Sorry bro we got…um lost. Yeah we got lost"
"Bull shit. We have been fucking waiting an hour for the two of you, we sent everyone back to the house, so that your daughter could get something to eat and stay warm"
"Bro I said we were sorry. Shit calm down would ya"
"You know Elliot I'm not sure at the moment who the youngest really is in this family because you sure the fuck act like a child sometimes. Now both of you move your asses to the car" He scolds at the two of them as if they were his own children.
The ride back to the house was a quiet one, neither Elliot nor Kate said anything to us. They both kept their eyes out the window. When we walk into the house we find boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations all over the living room floor.
"We're back" Christian announces
"It's about damn time" Mia states
"Listen we're sorry ok. We got lost"
"Yeah right" Mia huffs out.
"Alright that enough, you four look hungry would you like for me to have Mrs. Shaw make you all a couple of sandwiches?" Grace asks and we all say yes.
After we ate our sandwiches and had a glass of hot chocolate that Mrs. Shaw swore that it would warm our body from head to toe and that is exactly what it did.
While Carrick, Elliot and Christian took care of unwrapping the tree from the string that the farm put on. Kate, Grace, Mia, Ava and myself took care of the decoration throughout the house. You would think an almost three year old would break anything she touches when it came to Christmas decorations, but Ava was ever so gentle about it. Even with the fake Christmas wreaths she was careful handling it. I hope that one day when I have children they are as well behaved as Ava is.
When the men were finished they came to tell us that we had to wait a few more hours for the tree to warm up and let the branches fall naturally. So while we were waiting everyone pitched in and helped and in almost no time at all Christian's house looked very festive.
When we all finished dinner we went into the living room to start on the lights for the tree. I guess before we had dinner Christian made a phone call to Sawyer and had Sawyer run to the nearest store to pick up brand new lights for the tree as well as some ornaments too.
As we all stood around the tree hanging the ornaments while Frank Sinatra's Have yourself a merry little Christmas plays over the sound system. Everything was going so nicely until Mariah Carey's All I want for Christmas is you comes on and both Mia and Kate start to freak out and grab the closet thing that looks like microphones and start to dance and lip sing to the song. Lord help us.
"And you asked me if I was the one on drugs" Christian jokes as he comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my upper torso.
"You kids and you're Rock & Roll. I swear what happened to enjoying the classic, you know Dean Martin, and Bing Crosby those type of singers"
"Mom we just listened to Frank, wasn't that good enough for you?" Elliot says and Christian and I both laugh.
"He did not just go there did he?" I whisper to Christian. I can feel Christian body shake from laughing.
"Oh yes he did"
Because of Elliot and his big mouth Grace Let him have it, and it went on for a good ten minutes until Carrick had suggested a glass of eggnog with a hint of rum in it for Grace.
After about five large glasses of eggnog Grace was feeling…..well let's just say she was feeling happy, maybe a little too happy because she is groping Carrick at every chance she gets when she thinks none of us are looking. But the thing is we are all looking and Mia, Christian and Elliot all look as if they are ready to toss their cookies. What child would want to see their mother or father groping each other?
Just before it was bed time for little Miss Ava Elliot placed his daughter on top of his shoulders and handed her the star to put on top. As soon as it was on we killed the lights and watched as the tree sparkle in the darkness.
"It's beautiful"
"You're beautiful"
We sat on the couch for some time until I started to feel myself drift off now and then. Noticing that I am tired Christian lifts me up in his arms and carries me into our bed room.
The next morning Christian and I both wake up bright an early. Today is going to be another very busy day for the Grey/Ana family, because today we are going skiing. Something I have never done before in my life and have always wanted to do.
"Good morning Beautiful" Christian says with his eyes still close. How the heck did he even know I was awake I didn't even move or make a sound.
"How do you do that? Know when I'm awake even when I haven't made a peep or moved a muscle?"
"It's the way you breathe. I have spent many countless night watching you sleep, so I know when you're awake or asleep"
"Why would you watch me while I'm sleeping?"
"Because sometimes I'm so afraid that this is all a dream and when I wake up in the morning you'll be gone"
"Christian it's not a dream, I'm not going anywhere" I promise him. And if this was a dream I would rather die in my sleep then not being able to wake up next to him.
Thinking for a moment I remember I never packed any kind of snowsuit for skiing, well how could I pack it I didn't even have one?
"Christian?"
"Hmmm"
"I don't have a snowsuit"
"I know. That's why we are going into town after breakfast"
"You mean buy me a suit?"
"That would correct"
"No I don't want you spending any kind of money on me Christian. I could just ask Mia if she brought an extra one or maybe Kate has an extra one I can borrow"
"Anastasia. What did I tell you while you were packing for Aspen?"
"You said if I forgot anything we could just buy it while we are out here. But Christian I didn't forget a snowsuit, I just don't own a snowsuit"
"Well you will now, and I don't want to hear you argue about it. Got it!"
"Yes Sir" I pout.
"Good, now get your sweet ass in that shower because you need a good washing" He winks at me, and I bite my lip.
After spending an hour in the shower with Christian making sure every inch and I do mean every inch of me was cleaned, we exit out of the shower and into his walk-in closet to get dressed. We join the rest of the family in the kitchen and grab some breakfast. Since everyone else had snowsuits they went ahead of us to the slopes, while Christian and I went into town to pick one up for myself.
"What color do you think I should get?" I ask Christian while looking at the manikins. I know he could care less what color my suit is but it's always good to get a second opinion.
"Baby it doesn't matter what color you get as long as you're warm and I get to peel them off of you later"
After trying on several different snow suits and jackets I op for a regular black suit. While Christian was taking care of the bill I went into the dressing room and put everything on. Aspen ski sloops here I come. Please don't kill me. I laugh to myself.
Sawyer pulls into the parking lot next to the other SUV. I'm so nervous right now, what if I do something wrong or twist something or not be able to see where I am going. Maybe I should just sit on the sidelines and watch everyone else.
"Relax" Christian says to me as he helps me out of the car.
"How do you know? I mean seriously how the hell do you know how I am feeling. You know that is freaky right?"
"I can see the worry in your face and I can feel your body tense when I hold your hand. You'll be fine"
Christian send a text off to his family asking where they are. A few minutes later he gets a text back saying they are near the ski lodge outside enjoying a glass of champagne.
We walk through the ski lodge and all eyes are on Christian. Mostly the women are eye balling him licking their lips and sticking out their chest, as well as a few men too. I stay as close to him as I possibly can.
"It's just a face baby"
"Yeah, with a rocking body and a dick that would make a straight man gay"
"Yeah but I only have eyes for you, remember that" He kisses the top of my head then makes sure my hat is covering my head and ears.
"Mom and dad are waiting for us, they have our skis"
"Ok"
We make it outside and sure enough Grace and Carrick are both standing there with a glass of champagne in one hand and two sets of skis in the other. Bless them.
"You guys are here. Elliot is already going at it and Kate is over there with Ava and Mia. Do either of you want something to drink?"
"No thank you Grace I better keep a clear head. I've never done this before"
"Well Christian is the perfect teacher. He taught Mia and Ava how to ski"
While Grace and Carrick finish their drinks Christian takes me over to the side where he tries and teaches the basics of skiing. How to stop, how to turn left, how to turn right, how to get back up if I fall and so on and so forth. After everything was said and done I was officially skiing. I wasn't the best at it, I fell down more times than I could count but it was fun.
This was a lot of fun, there was this guy who was skiing dressed up as Santa. Ava got a kick out of it so much that she started to chase after to him on her skis. You know for a little girl she is pretty fast.
The next few days went by in a heartbeat. Everyone got their last minute Christmas shopping done, even me. The one person I had a hard time shopping for was Christian. What do you get a man that has everything or can get everything for himself? So what I did was go to the craft store and picked up a scrapbook and had all the pictures I had saved on my phone of the two of us developed. It's not much but I hope he likes it, plus I have the soap box for him as well.
Next chapter "LOVE" is in the air I promise.