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Sorry for delay the wedding scene took longer to write than I imagined it would!

This is short and sweet as will the next few chapters as we are coming to the end of this chapter in their lives...


CHAPTER 53:

Ana's POV:

As I sit and ponder Jose's words; I realise I have been a shity part time friend, especially since meeting Christian. I can't take back the past; but I can try to change her future, her doctors need to know everything, and that includes everything that she has been hiding, and hopefully her mother's there, she can hear a few home truths too. I take out my phone.

"Luke, can you meet me outside with Jason please?" I pull on my clothes and shoes, then I head down and I pass by the crowd I go unnoticed in all the commotion. I get to the front door and there are two worried faces are waiting for me.

"Ana, are you leaving him?" Jason looks so worried.

"No, I'm never leaving him, but I have something to do and it something I should have done years ago, can you tell them not to worry. I only need an hour and I am coming back, but this needs doing and before I leave on honeymoon. Jason, can you make sure he knows I am coming back? I have to see Kate's doctors, and I need to speak to her. I should have spoken out sooner."

"You have two hours Ana, before I come and throw you over my shoulder and drag you back here, okay?"

"Duly noted Mr Taylor, I only need a half an hour at the hospital and to and there time, and then I will be back. Luke get me to Kate's hospital room, as quickly and as safety as you can please?"

"Ana, here let me help you in, fasten your seat belt. I have to get you back preferably before Christian knows you're missing." I smile and relax and take out my phone, on it are the messages from Kate. I am outside her room before I realise I am not sure of all the facts, because she kept a lot of things to her dammed self, I'm pacing the floor, when her doctor comes out, I must look a sight because he eyes me up and down.

"Hello, I'm Anastasia Grey." His face shifts from utter disgust, to how far can I stick my tongue up your butt, with the mere mention of the Grey name, I hate using it but needs must and all that. "Which doctor are you, brain, spine, lady bits or other?"

"Brain, Dr Wilcox how can I help you Mrs Grey?" I shuffle uneasily.

"Up until six weeks ago, Kate was on a very strong type of pill for her condition. What would happen if she suddenly stopped taking it?"

"It all depends on what condition she has, what pills she was taking and how long she has been taking the pills, why what was up with her, tell me all you know and we can then discuss, if, and I stress if this will affect her recovery?"

"During our second year at university she was diagnosed with a type of bipolar disorder; she was supposed to tell her parents, and for my shame I always presumed she had. Her mother would ask her if she was doing okay with her psychotherapist, and she would ask her about her tablets, so rightly or wrongly, I presumed she had told them. Anyway Kate occasionally, when she was stressed, forgot or didn't take her medication, when she wanted to let her hair down, they made her forget she was supposed to have a good time, she said. I have no reason to suspect she has changed much, Kate liked to party at university and whilst there, she was her own worst enemy. In the main though she studied hard and worked towards her dream job. I did my thing and had my jobs so wasn't there one hundred percent of the time. When I started working and living in my own place we'd meet up and she was fine, we'd have a few drinks, and she wouldn't be too wild.

However, she has been distant in the past couple of months, I put it down to going and finally working in a war zone, she was perhaps working too hard, and I have been too wrapped up in my life to think about her. I should have seen the signs; she has been drinking an awful lot more than usual, she is snappy and not like her usual medicated self. I should have asked if she was forgetting to take it, but I didn't. She was so not herself at a party I threw; I put it down to worrying about the baby. She was too happy about it, and that's what confused me, because she never wanted a child and I mean never, she oh god I hate this, she disappeared a couple of times, and when she got back, she would drink, not a lot, but enough to tell me she had been to a clinic, and had an..."

"I get the gist, she partied whilst drunk and got pregnant?" I nodded my head. "It seems you may be right; because she had a massive chemical imbalance when she was admitted, and her blood alcohol limit was enough to kill her. We presumed the drugs that showed in her blood works, she had been using to come down of the other drugs in her system, do you know what she was taking, as not all the test are back yet?" Other drugs what other fucking drugs, crap I never suspected her of drug use, crap.

"Yes these here, these are the medication scripts I had on my phone and reminders for her to order them and pick them up, occasionally, I used to pick them up for her, however, I noted as I drove here she hasn't filled the last two."

"These a pretty strong, and even if she was taking them, being continually drunk would only have exacerbated her condition and made her more manic with the other drugs we found in her system. She has nothing in her notes, not that I have seen anyway."

"So it's my fault for not speaking out then, and my fault that she is like this?"

"No, I wouldn't say it was your fault at all, you could have told her parents she had been diagnosed however, but again she is not a child, did you go with her to her appointments and do you know what else she was doing maybe therapy, counselling or alternative healing?"

"Ethan her brother knew, and I can only imagine her mother's face had I asked her about her daughter, 'oh hello Mrs Kavanagh, your daughters nuttier than a nut roast, is on meds and will kill me literally for telling you this?' She swore she had told them, she had too have, because her father was posting her abroad, so they were doing a full blood work up, tests and you know everything for insurances and medication out there, in the war torn places she wanted to go and work in. It was all she has ever wanted to do; she lived for it and needed it. On her medication she was fine, she was more focused and driven, she was the best friend I could ever have, then off them she turned into a psychotic bitch, her brother Ethan had her sectioned for a while, and she came back like nothing had happened. He may have told his mother, because he went with her for the initial tests, she had an upset on holiday, got drunk and well more drunk than normal and she took all of her sleeping pills, that was all they told me, and that they had sorted her out. She was seeing a psychotherapist, or that's what she told her mother any way?"

"So you are not totally to blame, her brother must bear some of this guilt you have, where is he?"

"Bora-Bora, to get away from his mother, and for another two weeks, so you see I had to come and tell you. I leave later today, and yesterday I had more to worry about than Kate and if she had or hadn't taken her medication, I was in my own pit wallowing, in a pit she put me in again."

"Again...?"

"Yes again; she and I went out one night, and she got really drunk. She had a great story published and I had need of a friend to listen to my woes, and after a row about taking her other friend away from her, and me being a drama queen. I walked away, and yes, I was just as drunk, I might add, as her. I screamed I was telling her mother she was off her meds. To stop me, she sort of tried to drown me in the Puget Sound; she pushed me off a pier and stood laughing. I was drunk uncoordinated and a mess, I'd just lost my baby and we had gone out to talk, I didn't realise in my own depression that she was acting weird, we got drunk, and well it got messy, the war of words. She just flew at me and the next thing I knew I'm in the water, in a thick coat and drowning. A man passed by luckily, and helped me out, but by then she was gone. I went away for a while to deal with my own grief, and Ethan booked her into the clinic again. She came back and well things weren't the same again, we were still friends. but I didn't know what to say to her so we pretended like it never happened, then five weeks ago she started displaying the same symptoms, drunk, sleeping around and generally not being Kate, but I have had my own things to deal with."

"It seems, we need this doctors report, this is not the doctor on record."He studied Kate's records and I felt so fucking guilty of not speaking out sooner.

"It won't be, she has more money than sense and pays him from her own money, but he's on the script. Did I do her more harm not telling you?"

"No; but had she come out of the coma without this information it could have been a problem, and her brother knows all this, yes?"

"Yes, he found the original clinic and the doctor, here's his number, good luck he's enjoying the time away from all this and his mother. Can I go in and see her?"

"No, as much as you are her friend, and no matter who your husband is and even given how much he pumps into this hospital, who is mother is and how much you care about her, you are still on her mother's proscribed list and therefore cannot be admitted, I'm sorry Mrs Grey." I was so pissed off with her mother right now, Kate was on her own...

"Christian is paying for all this." I flicked my arms in the air and stomped my foot.

"That is why I have listened to you, as a courtesy and told you more than I should have. Please Mrs Grey she is heavily sedated, and will be for at least a month, until all her brain and spine swellings are resolved. Now go and get married, and when you come back, she will still be here. I have no doubt at all, that this will not be a quick fix."

"And Doctor no go in that area... How did you know I am getting married?"

"Your husband is stood behind you looking worried, and he looks dressed for a wedding, as does the big guy at the side of him." Crap I'm in so much trouble.

"How mad does he look, on a scale of one to ten please Doctor?" I whispered, crap he''s gonna kill me make way for an extra bed, he will have a heart attack...

"Zero, he looks really calm. I will see you upon your return Mrs Grey." I slowly turned around, how did I not see or hear him stood right behind me, the sneaky bastard.

"Anastasia Grey..."

"Who spilled?"

"I saw you drive off, Taylor told me where you were heading and I came to make sure if her mother was about, she kept her hands off you. Elliot here wanted to see Kate too. Hearing all that though I'm very surprised you are her friend."

"We were kindred lost souls, who looked out for each other, on her meds she was the best friend ever. I think me with my dark past, and her with the ever present dark clouds, we had a sister hood of the mentally challenged? Do you remember what I was going to do to you on that first night, and remember, I had a gun, not a set of stairs? We sort of looked out for each other in a weird crazy way, but when I met you, I forgot about her in our madness. Ethan is as guilty as me in all this, but Kate, she should have told her dad and mom, it wasn't my place to. Jose doesn't know all of it; he just thinks she takes a pick me up now and again."

"Do you want to stay here, and I will speak to Kate's father?"

"No, I want to be blessed and away on honeymoon Mr Grey, I need that holiday like you wouldn't believe."

"I would Baby I need it too. So, Sawyer get my wife and me home please, Taylor has gone to pick up Gail and Sophie."

"Do I get a lift back too?" I see Elliot just standing there, and he looks lost.

"I suppose there's no show without trouble, how's the head Elliot?"

"Better than it deserves to be, thank you Ana for asking. So she's in a bad way then?"

"Apparently so, I would like to wake her and tell her she was stupid for not taking her medication, and I was equally stupid for believing her when she said she had told her mother. God it feels good getting that secret off my chest. I hope when we get back she is up and walking and is being sorted out properly, can you see she has the best Christian?"

"All ready on to it. Now, let's get ourselves blessed. I have a wedding night to look forward to." I'm such a shitty friend; I should have said something. I will try to make it up to her when she wakes up, and when she does I will be there waiting.

C POV:

My darling wife has been keeping a secret, and blames herself. Kate knew what she was doing, and Kate was the one who stopped taking the medication. It's done, but far from forgotten, by either Kate, Ana or Elliot. We drive to my parents home, and when we get back there's only an hour and a half to show time. I wrap Ana in my arms and kiss her slowly and tenderly, and as we break away, I see her blue eyes, the same blue that attracted me to her the first time I saw the model Sarah Harper...

"I'm going to be so romantic now, but Mrs Grey I fucking love you."

"God hearts and flowers all the way Grey. I will see you in a short while, you can't miss me you picked the dress."

"I did and Ana thanks for these, they are beautiful."

Ana's POV

He kisses the cuff links I bought him, they are just simple ones, they have our initials entwined on a gray polished slate, the exact colour of his eyes, and yes did take ages just getting the shade right, because what do you get the man who has everything? A family to love him, check, a life with a little more clarity, check, a woman who will love him forever, check. All the boxes I can check for now have been crossed out nicely, this little one in my stomach is just the icing on the cake... Oh god I want some cake...

I get in the shower wash dry and moisturise, paying particular interest to the belly area, I do not want stretch marks, but if I get them this time I will wear them with pride, they are my baby stripes. I didn't get any with Hope, so fingers crossed we don't get them now. My beauty team have been pacing the room and as I get in I scream for quiet, then I sit down and let them work their magic. I am relaxed; I am calm and then I need the dammed toilet, I do the necessary and get back, I sit and sip orange juice, it hasn't worked yet and I hate to bother Grace. Really, I'm getting married in an hour and all I'm thinking of is not pooping, how bizarre is that? I wonder too, why Grace is stood grinning by the door, then I see her look to my left and as I do I see Jose, he came...

"Right, start at the beginning, when did she start with her illness?"

"How..."

"Elliot came and dragged me out of bed, told me what you told the doctor, it all makes sense now, I actually knew she was sniffing the white powder for a while, she didn't say a word Ana, not a single world." I explained everything, and certain things started to fall into place. "So, we need to sort our friend out then, no wonder you were up and down with her, they say a problem shared Ana..."

"...Is still a problem Jose, you were busy, you were watching my back too, we didn't tell her everything we should have done, we kept her in the dark, we whispered in silence, to her it was all about her and she became unsettled."

"That's a very pleasant term for her attitude, these past three months she has been, well different, hence me thinking she was doing the stronger drugs, why did she flip yesterday Ana?"

"Karen and I were bonding, she must have seen us, and heard me not exactly sticking up for her as a friend should, but Karen was worried and felt threatened by Kate. The chat we had in the changing room and she overheard was unfortunate, and as you say she had been wild for some time, so I would say the unfilled scripts were right, she has been off her meds. She then went to get drunk; I guess to drown out laughter, and I feel shity it seems to have gone down like that, but I did not know she was there. We could have sorted it, but no she ran and did what she did best, like me when I was being paranoid, I drank to forget, and she did too, she drank herself into oblivion, and we have all been there Jose."

"Yeah, but to do that, you know the stairs thing..."

"It was her condition Jose, and I know a Kate on her meds would have been different, I mean she wouldn't have been so 'look I'm pregnant too' at the party, I should have seen it then, but with my head so far up my own backside, I didn't see it. Kate would have told me first, the old Kate anyhow, then talked in private to Elliot, not announce it and rub Karen's nose in it, not like she did, and thinking back, I think that's what she did it for, knowing it would upset Karen, that she would have had Elliot's first child, not his wife."

"Miss Kate has some explaining to do when she wakes up, she is gonna hear some Jose home truths and I am gonna make sure those pills are shot in her ass ever frickin day."

"I'll hold her down and you stab her butt." We laugh but then we hug, and apologise, I say a silent prayer for forgiveness for being a shity friend.

"So, get the dress on, what are you lot wait around for? I don't need my make up fixing, I look fab do I not?" He swirled his arms around, slapped his hands and the make up team started to pack up. He seemed fine and better for our chat, it made me sad she wasn't here though.

"Umm, so your tux matches the bridesmaid dresses Jose?"

"What else does the bestgaybestie of honour wear?"

"Stop trying new words out Jose, how did fabulousness work out?"

"Great, they used it on Today, in a fashion segment, and Miss Kelly used it on Fashion Police, it will be fabulousness all the way on there." I went to my room and Grace and Jose helped me unzip the gown of mysteries bag.

"Jose, this is the one..." I cry, its the dammed expensive dress I wore, oh hell how romantic, and he says he doesn't do romance, I beg to differ...

"The one what... Ana, did my son not choose well?" Grace's face looks sad.

"Oh Mama Grey, the man did very well, he fell in love with her in that dress, she fell into his arms, and I caught it all on camera, let me tell you Mama Grey, it was smoking hot." Jose fans his face and gives me the look...

"Can I have a copy Jose dear? I want to see the moment my baby boy finally fell in love?"

"Sure thing, I have it on a four foot canvas, ready for the show!" They hugged as I put on the same underwear, the same shoes and then the dress. I was fastened up by Grace and as she did, Jose wiped her tears away and then his own.

"Babe, you are stunning and I'm lucky to have you as a friend, don't ever keep me in the dark about anything, pinkie swear?"

"Pinkie swear Jose, Grace are you all right?"

"Happy very happy I'm going to get Ray and get to my position, you look beautiful so very beautiful." She disappeared, and Jose fluffed the blusher over his face.

"Oh and whoever said you can't improve on perfection never used this powder, there, I am full of fabulousness, see it's catching on. Whose dumb Idea was it to have two hyper kids running around in a wood truck?"

"That would be Mia; she wanted them to ride down on a pony together!"

"Crazy bitch comes up with some crazy assed ideas. Do you remember you and her fiancé naked in a hammock, with the water backdrop she said was so perfect, with all the trees trunks in the water? Then insisted you get out quickly, there was a fucking crocodile in the water, and all it was a another floating tree trunk, she could have done it to see the Jay's junk more clearly? That was a smoking hot shoot too..."

"It was funny, and don't tell Christian, he thinks we wore body stockings."

"Naive or what, you were a model and they were all tasteful. So I better take them out of the show then?"

"Yes please... Will I do?" I turned and smiled at my daddy, I saw his smile from the mirror, good its all good and it happening, I'm nervous as hell and late all ready.

"Annie, my baby looks so dammed sweet, come to Daddy, oh my heart skipped a beat, you look so beautiful, Pappy and Grams would love this day, here something to keep them by you today." He passed me a locket. "I had their photos put inside and it goes with this, your husband gave it to me and said can you get a move on you're running ten minutes late?" I opened the box, whilst my father fastened the locket around my neck. The box contained a pair of earrings that matched the locket, and there was a bracelet too, there was a small locket on it and in it my one picture of Hope, he'd had it placed in it. I was passed a tissue before I cried again, Jose put it on the pot free wrist, which is throbbing a little, but I will be dammed if I am wearing the bloody big blue sling thing.

"He is a thoughtful kid all right, Dad always said he saw good things in his future, and he has, he has you. Now are we getting you hitched Mrs Grey?"

"We are Pappy Steele. How about it Bean, are we ready to see your Daddy?" I made my way down the stairs and as I got to the bottom, the room went silent, okay I can do this I can get through the next hour and I will do it without crying.

I see my ''madman of honour' and smile as he and Karen are stood waiting. The music is playing outside and I know that in two minutes I get to see him, I'm married all ready, but this feels like the real deal.

I head to the patio; the music plays, and it's the song from Twilight and this has been my only contribution to this shin dig. I shake a little; knowing what I have been planning to do next is coming soon. I see our flower girl Sophie, as she starts the line heading down the make shift aisle; she scatters the petals, to eww's and awes, as James pulls Nell in her pretty flower filled buggy, along the now rose petal festooned pathway; they look so cute and have done their job perfectly.

I see there are wicker love seats all the way down, and at the end of each row a massive vase with a church candle flickering away, there is it seems, a meadow full of wild flowers everywhere, and it all makes by heart pound in my chest. The gathered family are waiting, as Karen and Jose head down next... They get to their positions, and now it's my turn... The recorded music stops playing, and the cellist, the violin and the pianist play the same song, but as I make my way to Christian, it's my voice he hears as I sing to the love of my life the song that reminded me of him, my father smiles and holds my arm. I sing loudly and hopefully I do this thing right.

"The day we met, frozen, I held my breath. Right from the start, I knew that I found a home for my heart beats fast, colours and promises, how to be brave, how can I love when I'm afraid, to fall but watching you stand alone, all of my doubt, suddenly goes away somehow...

One step closer...

I have died every day waiting for you, darlin' don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years; I'll love you for a thousand more..."

He is crying as I reach him and he sings with me, I just stare into those gray pools and sing. I don't think Christian and I are the only ones crying ,Grace and the aunts are joining in, as we continue, I know this is where I was always meant to be, and Like Bella, I have found my Edward and wish it could last a thousand years too...

"Time stands still, beauty in all she is, I will be brave, I will not let anything take away what's standing in front of me every breath, every hour has come to this...

One step closer...

I have died every day, waiting for you, darlin' don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years; I'll love you for a thousand more.

And all along, I believed, I would find you, time has brought, your heart to me, I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more...

One step closer...One step closer.

I have died every day, waiting for you, darlin' don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years; I'll love you for a thousand more...

And all along, I believed, I would find you, time has brought your heart to me, I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more..." My father makes a dignified retreat to my left side.

"Hello Mrs Grey, you look better than I remember in that dress..." Kisses are given and received, the celebrant officiating is Christians Uncle Jacob, he smiles and coughs, he is Grace's elder brother and a retired Reverend, I wonder if he knows his mother pole dances and twearks? Really Ana stop and smell the roses, you're with the fairies again, and you are getting married, I snap back and smile. As we are legally married, so this is just for Grace, my dad and his grandmother, and I guess to bring everyone together to celebrate, he coughs...

"Sorry, but it's been over an hour since I last saw her, you understand Uncle Jacob?"

"I do Christian, now can we start?" I am blushing ad being held in Christians arms. He nods and I step away.

"We are gathered here today in the face of this company; to bless the union between Christian Trevelyan Grey and Anastasia Rose Steele Grey. Marriage joins two people in the circle of its love, it's a commitment to a shared life, the thing that two people can find, and then bring out the better in each other. It offers opportunities for learning and growth that no other opportunity can equal, both a physical and emotional joining and a promise for a lifetime together. Happiness is fuller; memories are fresher and the commitment is deeper.

Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes that life is unable to avoid. When two people pledge their love and care for each other within a marriage, they create a spirit, which binds them closer than any spoken or written words. Marriage is a promise written in the hearts of the two people who love each other, and it takes a lifetime to fulfil. Who gives this woman in marriage today?

"I do, Raymond Steele..." My father hands me to Christian.

"Christian, do you take Anastasia for your lawful wedded wife, to live in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, honour her, comfort her and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?"

"I do yes; I do."

"Thank you Christian. Now Anastasia, do you take Christian, for your lawful wedded husband to live in the holy estate of matrimony. Will you love him, honour him, comfort him, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?

"I definitely do, yes."

"Christian has chosen to say his own vows, as has Anastasia. Christian, please say your vows to Anastasia." Nervous isn't covering how he looks, and then he speaks straight from the heart, oh…

"Ana, from this day forward, I promise you this, to be your partner for life, loving what I know of you, and trusting what I don't yet know about you, will be as loving and as caring as you have always been, to the ever learning idiot you have agreed to marry. I'll laugh with you in times of joy, and comfort you in times of sorrow. I'll share in your dreams and support you as we work together to achieve our goals, to have a happy family and to be happy in all we do. I'll listen to you with compassion and try hard to be understanding. I promise never to keep anything from you again, because you are my guiding light and my conscience." I am passed a tissue and dry my eyes as his thumb wipes his own tears away...

"But most of all? I promise to be a true and loyal friend, I'll always love you, you're my best friend, and one I'll love and respect always. I live for the chance to grow old together, getting to know the woman, you will become and I will fall in love a little more with you each day. I give you Anastasia, my hand in marriage and everything I have is yours. I Promise to be always remain faithful to our vows, through good times and bad, in times of sickness and health. I promise to love and cherish you through whatever life may show us, from this day forward and for as long as we both shall live, an eternity with you my darling Ana, will never be long enough." Oh can I take him to our bed now, I want to unwrap him?

"Anastasia can you please say your vows to Christian." I just hope I can stop the tears.

"I promise you this one thing, that I'll love you forever. If that's not long enough Christian, then you better negotiate with the big guy up there for more." He smiled as I pointed towards heaven, and with his deep laugh held me tightly. "I promise to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you and sometimes at you, because of the stupid things you always manage to do and say. I promise to fight in your corner, and make sure no harm befalls you, because what hurts you hurts me too. I promise to comfort you in times of sorrow, to be the warm shoulder you need to cry on, and be the person you need to tell your worries to, or be there for the hug you needed and didn't ask for. I promise to love you in good times and bad, these things I promise you today, and for all the days of our life.

I promise to try in every way possible, to be worthy of your love, to be a good wife, a mother, lover and friend. I promise I'll always be by your side, wherever you go I go too. I promise to support you when your strength is challenged, and I promise to ask for your help when I need it. I believe we are stronger together than we are apart. I promise to love you with a fierce passion, to be playful, to be tender and above all be loyal, sharing myself fully with you and only you, nurturing our love so that we grow even closer. Finally, I promise, to you, nothing less than the rest of my life. You're my life Christian; you and our children will always be the centre of my world. This is what I mean when I tell you that I love you. The promises I make today are made on the first day of the rest of our lives together, there is no more just you and no more just me, from this day forward we are a team and I love you Christian Trevelyan Grey and I always have and I always will." Yes, I did it oh heck he's crying. Please stop or I'll start, too late.

"Right do you two need a minute?" Tissues are passed and eyes are wiped.

"No, we're fine Uncle Jacob, carry on with the god stuff you do so well. We both seem a little emotional for some strange reason?" I want to laugh at Christian but if I do, the tears will flow.

"Can I please have the rings, please best man, really he was the best we had?"

"Stop show boating Rev Trev, I am the most awesomest of your two nephews and yeah the best man he had available Unk..." I smiled and Christian's eyes rolled, and under his breath, I heard him say ''may god give me strength!'' Elliot hands them over, I look at the wedding bands they are a pair of matching Platinum bands are placed on the bible. The good Reverend Trevelyan continues, as my eyes fill again. These dammed hormones...

"May this ring be blessed, so that he, who gives it, to the one who wears it, may abide in peace and continue in love until life's end?" Christian smiles as he takes my ring, and he puts the ring on my finger, nervously taking hold of my hand and smiling as he slipped the ring on. It is beautiful and has a row of diamonds in the middle and words I cannot read with the tears in my eyes, on each side.

"With this ring Anastasia Rose Steele Grey, I thee wed. Wear it forever as a symbol of my love for you and a sign of my commitment to you, our marriage and our family. I give this ring, along with my heart, to you and you alone." His uncle passes me Christian's ring and I take a deep breath.

"May this ring be blessed, so that she, who gives it, to the one who wears it, may abide in peace and continue in love until life's end?"

"Christian Trevelyan Grey, I give you this ring as a reminder that I'll love, honour, and cherish you, in all times, in all places and in all ways and forever. As a ring has no end, neither shall my love for you. I choose you to be my husband from this day and forever." As I push the ring on his finger, I look into his gray eyes and smile. The ring slips effortlessly onto his finger and he grips my hand tightly. I love, love, love my husband and finally I feel married.

"May this couple continue to give love to each other and their family, to forgive mistakes, and as I know Christian very well, there are bound to be many." The family laugh! "They will grow to love each other more, as each day unfolds, with the Lords help they will experience more and more joy with each passing day, and then with each passing year they will fall even deeper in love and continue to do so for many more years, in God's good grace. We ask dear Lord to help them flourish and prosper in everything they do. Christian and Anastasia are now beginning their married life together. We pray that together, they have a long life with good health and an everlasting love.

On a personal note Anastasia, since you met my godson and nephew Christian, his world has changed immeasurably. You have added into our family, new relatives, new friends and new feelings. Anastasia have taught him what we always knew was there; that he was able to love and one day, he would accept our love too, thank you for healing my nephew and making my beloved sister a grandmother, thank you for that especially, learn from her, to be patient, kind, tolerant and understanding and you won't go far wrong." If Christian didn't cry before and he did, he certainly was now, as were most of the Grey family, wow happy tears and sad tears, and plenty of Kleenex are being passed around. Reverend Trevelyan hugs Christian and they man slap each other.

"In so much as Christian and Anastasia, have now consented to live forever together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before this company, having given and pledged their troth, each to the other and having declared the same by the giving and receiving of a ring. I pronounce that they are now Husband and Wife. You Christian, may do what you have been waiting so long to do, you may now kiss your beautiful bride."

He sweeps me into his arms and I swear he forgets we have guests behind us as he kisses me deeply and as his tongue glides against mine, he breaks free and Little Christian is ready to party. Only Christian, the energizer bunny, would get a hard on at his wedding. I held his hand tightly, carefully positioning the flowers over the problem.

"We did it Baby we are legal and my mother and your father are happy. Thank you for being my guiding light and best friend. I will love you and all our children forever, now we have a very pressing problem..."

"I love you too, think of Grammy T, sliding down that pole, in her Vegas showgirls costume, watch as she tweaks, is it helping any?"

"Helping, I think we may have to stop at the hospital on the way to Sea-Tac for an emergency visit, its dead."

"She looks sweet look at her; she is hugging your Grandfather so tightly. I hope we will be like them and your mom and dad."

"We will Mrs Grey, now come I have to dance with my wife and show her how much I love her."

"I can't wait..." I see the sea of smiling faces, friends and family, most of his family are not known to me, yet... I see Ethan and Emma, they must have come home early from their honeymoon, because of Kate, and as he smiles, I then know he doesn't blame me, and I release the breath I was holding.

"You look lovely Ana, Christian, you are a lucky man. You are blessed with a wonderful wife and have a large, kind and forgiving heart, had the tables been turned I don't think I would be as forgiving Christian, so thank you for helping Kate. My father and I appreciated your help and well thank you Ana, for keeping the secret we asked of you and for far too long to..." He gave my cheek a small kiss and shook Christian's hand; Emma looked smiled too and held on to her man tightly. We headed into the tented area for a drink. I gape in awe, at the flowers, the lighting, the tables and oh everything, these Grey woman can throw a party all right...

"Christian, that made me feel better, knowing he didn't think ill of me."

"Baby, shush and enjoy this it's been a mad few weeks and now it's just you and me for a whole month. I don't know about you but I need alone time. My life is full and of people who mean the world to me, but none of them mean as much to me as you do, you as I promised in my vows are the beginning and the end of my world."

"I wake up thinking of you, I go to sleep thinking of you and you Mr Grey invade the day and the night in my dreams. So, dance with me please?"

"My pleasure Mrs Grey..." We dance to One Moment in Time and as we dance there us only him and me in it, bliss...


Sorry for delay will try to be better lol...