wanted to get this out earlier only my 7 yr old decided be fun to annoy the hell out of me hehe hope you all enjoy :-D

"Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes guys" Grace calls out to us

"Shall we make our way through to the dining room" Carrick suggests and we all nod in agreement

As we all make our way to the dining room we bump in to Christian and Elliot. Elliot walks over to Kate and walks ahead with her while I stay behind.

"Hi" I says warily looking down to the ground

"Can we talk" he asks me making me look at him

"Dinners almost ready" I tell him

"It won't take long please Ana" I just nod "thank you" he says taking my hand and pulling me into what must be Carrick's study

"you were right I should have asked you I just didn't think it would matter how wrong was I please forgive me baby" he says wrapping me in his arms

"Don't get me wrong Christian I like that you surprise me but sometimes I also want to be part of your decisions is that too much to ask"

"Of course it isn't baby I'm so sorry" he whispers before kissing my hair

"I'm sorry too" I reply looking up at him

"Don't apologise you have no need too it was my fault not yours" he says cupping my face in his hands I relish in his touch "I love you baby"

"I love you too" I tell him before leaning up on tip toes kissing him

"Good now let's go eat and enjoy the rest of the day"

We enter the dining room and immediately all eyes are on us there is a mixture of concern and relief written on each of their faces

"You pair sorted now?" Elliot pipes up breaking the awkward silence

"Yes we are" Christian smiles taking my hand and leading me to my chair

"Thank Christ for that"

"Elliot!" Grace looks at him stern

"For once I was actually thanking Christ" he says waving his hands in the air "these two are made for each other too bloody stubborn, hot-headed, crazy, the list is endless"

"Yes well now that's sorted how about we settle down and eat" Carrick says as he places his napkin on his lap

The next half hour passes with ease talking whilst eating about mundane topics. Elliot did mention Aspen which resulted in him yelping in pain from being kicked under the table by both Kate and Christian. Conversation then moved on to both Mia and I's pregnancy

"Have you had any cravings yet Ana?" Grace asks me while taking a sip of her wine

"not really although I am loving strawberry cheesecake at the moment I'm hoping I'm not as bad as my mom though she was eating pickles and pickled cockles as well as drinking the vinegar they were in" I say cringing at the thought

"I've read a few stories of women craving strange things like light bulbs, coal, plaster, one woman was actually found eating her shoes" Mia says in astonishment

"That can't be right can it mom" Elliot asks Grace

"Well it has been known darling pregnancy can do funny things to the mind" she replies to him

"Hey Mia you know that woman that ate light bulbs?" Elliot says looking at her

"Yeah what about her"

"Did she shine bright at night" he laughs

"Honestly Elliot your jokes only get worse" Mia retorts

"Oh come on it was good wasn't it bro"

"No Elliot it wasn't" Christian says shaking his head trying to supress the smile that's twitching at the edge of his lips

"That's the problem round here no one sees talent when it's about" Elliot pouts

"Well before this gets out of hand who's up for family games" Grace asks us all

"Monopoly" Mia and Elliot shout together

"Oh god please no" Christian says rolling his eyes making me and Kate laugh out loud

"Well that's simple you don't have to play" Elliot replies to him

"What and not get yet another chance to kick your ass" Christian says smugly

"Now now children" Grace Grins "how about we ask Ana, Kate and Ethan what they want to play" both Ethan and Kate agree to monopoly

"How bad can it be" I whisper "monopoly is fine with me?"

"You will soon see" Christian says holding his hand out I take it standing up and placing my other hand on his chest

"I love you Christian but no cheating this time" I grin up at him making him laugh

"As if I would"

"Come on you two" Mia says grabbing Ethan and dragging him back to the living room

We all get comfy while Elliot goes on and on about the rules

"Yeah we get it" Kate tells him slightly annoyed

"What do you want to be Ana" Mia asks me

"I'll be the hat please" I reply followed by everyone picking there pieces

We all roll the dice to determine who will go first of course Christian got double six

"Every time we do this you get the highest roll how the fuck do you do it" Elliot grumbles

"Luck I guess" Christian smirks

"Yeah right cheating you mean"

"Elliot I don't cheat"

"Yeah right bro"

"Do you want to fucking play this game or not?" Christian hisses

"Yes I want to play" Elliot says in defeat

"Then quit whinging like a baby"

Finally after a hour and half the game is finished and I won with a lot of help from Christian of course

"Oh come on that's not cool bro just because she is your wife and knocked up don't mean you can help her cheat" Elliot states making us laugh

"Elliot I tried to help you I gave you my green set for $500 and you still ended up bankrupt" Kate giggles at him putting the game away in the box with help from Ethan

"Would have been ok if you had settled for payment in kisses"

"Grace is there anymore of the chocolate pudding?" I ask I been fancying it for the last half hour and finally give in

"Yes darling would you like some?"

"Yes but my slave here can get it for me" I giggle looking at Christian who gives me a kiss grinning against my lips before getting up to retrieve the chocolate pudding

"Cravings?" Mia asks and I just nod "I could actually eat some too" she giggles

"Slave go get your sister some" Kate orders Elliot whilst nudging him

"Yes boss" he sniggers at her

"Don't forget it mister" she winks at him

"Here you go wifey" Christian chimes walking in with a bowl in his hand

"Wifey?"

"Thought I'd try it out" he smirks

"Oh ok hubby" I reply

"Hmm not sure I like that" he says pondering it over

"Well blip loves this" I say with a mouthful of delicious chocolate pudding

"Does he now" Christian says raising his brow

"Yep" without saying anything else I grab his hand and place it on my stomach "told ya"

"Wow I still can't get over how that feels" he replies looking down at my stomach

"It will get a lot more active than that as it grows" I say taking another mouthful of pudding

"So Christian will you play for us tonight" Carrick ask nodding towards the piano

"If I have to" he mumbles

"Oh please darling" Grace says hopeful

"Ok what would you like me to play….and no Mia I'm not playing Rudolf the red nosed reindeer"

"How about white Christmas" Grace suggests

"I can do that" he says giving my knee a quick squeeze before making his way over to the piano

The rest of the day and night go by in a happy fuzzy haze with us all laughing, giggling, chatting, everyone except myself and Mia are drinking cheerfully and for the last twenty minutes I have been fighting the urge to yawn

"I see that Mrs Grey" Christian says rubbing his thumb across me knuckles

"Ok so maybe I'm a little tired it's been a long day" I say trying and failing to stop another yawn

"Time for you to go to bed" he says and I know this is not a request

"yes Mr Grey" I wink at him as he helps me of the sofa "we going to head up to bed thank you for a lovely day"

"of course darling thank you for spending Christmas with us Ana it's been such a joy having you both here with us" she smiles making her way over to us and giving us both hugs

"Good night everyone" I smile and head to Christians childhood bedroom