I wake feeling really excited, just the thought of being Mrs Christian Grey is almost too much.

"What's that smile for?" I open my eyes fully and see Christian is still in bed with me "You have been smiling for the last hour or so"

"I was dreaming of all of us together, the future and the thought, well it made me happy" I tell him still beaming.

"I am glad I can make you happy baby and I hope I can be a good dad too" he looks a little apprehensive.

"I have no doubt that you will be great honey, it's not like I have done this before either so we will learn together" I reassure him.

He nods, kisses my lips, kisses my belly and goes into the bathroom to get ready for work. I stay where I am, cosy and glowing in my duvet cocoon.

"Later's baby" and he has gone for the day.

I am counting the minutes until the Civic Offices open so I can enquire about getting married, I pick at breakfast and I can see Gail looking concerned so I beam a smile at her and she seems to relax little.

The clock chimes and I rush to the office to use the phone, my hands are shaking as I dial the number. I am disappointed when an answer machine message comes up saying everyone was busy, please hold. I hold and hold until eventually I hear a real voice

"Civic Offices reception, how may I direct your call?" her voice is very efficient.

"I need to talk to someone about getting married" I say

"Please hold" and she is gone and some dreary music begins to play, I guess that's better than silence.

"Hello, this is Marianne, how can I help you today?"

"Hello Marianne, my name is Ana and I would like to get married soon" straight to the point Ana, I smile to myself "I don't know where to start"

"Do you have a license yet? She asks.

"No, we don't" I must sound disappointed.

"That's ok, you can apply online, both parties must complete a form but there is a statutory 3 day waiting period before the marriage can go ahead once the licence is granted"

"That's fine" I say "can you tell me do you restrict guests or photographers?"

"We ask that you have two witnesses and a maximum of 8 guests" she informs me.

"Who will marry us?" I should have asked that first, never mind.

"It depends what day and time you choose so I suggest you fill the form, wait for approval and then book on the day with who you would prefer"

"When is the earliest date available?" hopefully not to long away I think to myself.

"I have two spaces next week, Tuesday at 3.30pm and that's with the registrar and a week Friday with Judge Adams at 2.30pm. That's all until next month I'm afraid" she tells me.

"Oh right can I provisionally book the Friday with Judge Adams?" please, please say yes.

"Of course, I just need to take a few details and tell you the financial side of things too"

"Please could I take your full name and your fiancé's full name too?"

"I am Anastasia Rose Steele and my partner is Christian Trevelyan- Grey" it goes quiet at the end of the phone.

"Yes right ok" she sounds flustered now.

"I hope I can rely on your discretion on this matter, we are fiercely private and would be very upset if this made the tabloids" I sound stern.

"Of course Miss Steele, absolutely and strictly confidential, the only people who need to know about this is the Judge, a clerk and I" she reassures.

"Good, the fewer people that know the better" I say.

"Please make sure you mark your return e-mails or any correspondence Private and for my attention only" she sounds scared.

"Thank you Marianne, we will return the forms to you as soon as possible and I will confirm as soon as possible with regards to the date" I tell her.

"Thank you Miss Steele" and I put the phone down.

I immediately find the appropriate form online and fill in all of my details and return it to Marianne before forwarding the same form to Christian with a message to fill in ASAP and saying 'How about being Mr and Mrs Grey a week Friday?'

A message comes back almost straight away saying 'sounds good but busy here, talk later?'

I feel totally content and happy, I put some music on and start singing to some of my favourite songs, my foot is tapping and I use Christian's office chair to swivel around on. A knock at the door stops me swivelling around

"Is everything alright Ana?" It's Gail looking concerned.

"Yes its wonderful Gail" I wonder if I should tell her? "Can you keep a secret?" I ask before reminding myself about Christian's past life.

"Of course Ana" she smiles

"We might be getting married a week Friday" I am almost jumping up and down in excitement.

"Oh Ana, that's wonderful news, I am so pleased for both of you" she comes over and hugs me "He has been so different since you came along, not so angry, less irritable and he is very much looking forward to the babies arrival"

I beam again. I seem to be doing that a lot recently "We just need to finalise some details but I am so excited. We are hopefully going to have a blessing after the twins are born at Christian's parent's house, oh I am so excited" I say again.

"I can see that" Gail is laughing "Congratulations again" and she leaves the room.

I can hardly wait for Christian to come home but make a point of not diving on him as soon as he walks in the door, I ask him how his day had been but after about ten minutes of me smiling, giggling and being excitable he looks at me…

"I have never seen you like this before Ana" he smiles "Go on let's talk about this otherwise I am afraid you are going to burst into song or into labour"

"So did you fill in the form and send it back? Is that date ok? Shall we ask Elliot and Kate to be witnesses, who shall we invite?" before I can go on he puts his hand up to quieten me

"Slow down Ana, one question at a time, right, yes I sent the application back. I have shuffled a few things so the Friday is good. I think it would be a great idea to ask Elliot and Kate to be witnesses and yes we can ask them this Friday to do that. What was next? Oh yes, guests, I assume the number is limited?" he asks.

"Yes, 2 witnesses plus eight further guests" I share.

"Ok so that's, Mom, Dad, Mia, your Mom and Dad, who else?" he asks.

"I don't think my Mom will come but, well I will still ask but how about Taylor and Gail? I would like Gail to come, she is such an angel to us both here and Taylor has kept us safe" I keep my fingers crossed.

"Hmm" he thinks about it "Ok that's good, small and intimate now with a big celebratory bash in a few months' time at Mom and Dads who said yes they would love to host it"

I clap my hands together almost like a child would "Really? They said they would?" he nods "That's fantastic" I take a deep breath to calm down "so shall I verbally invite everyone? I guess it's quicker than sending an invite, oh I need to find something to wear, so much to do"

Christian comes over and grasps my hands "Slow down Ana, I will marry you in jeans and a t-shirt if necessary, I don't want you to get overloaded with this, keep it simple and we can go all out at the blessing ok?"

I take another deep breath "Ok, deal" I smile the biggest smile; he puts his arms around my shoulders and pulls me in for a tender, delicate and full of emotion kiss.

"Have you eaten yet?" he asks.

"No, I was waiting for you" I tell him

He turns and walks to the kitchen; Gail has been a star once again with a Chicken Caesar salad plated and in the fridge ready to eat. Christian puts the tray on my lap and I start to devour

"Have you not eaten anything today?" he scowls at me

"I have but it seems like a long time ago" I mumble through a mouthful of salad.

"Gail has done dessert too, looks like a Raspberry Pavlova or similar" he shows me.

"That's one of my favourite desserts" I tell him, my mouth watering at the thought.

"So Mom was really excited about hosting our party" he tells me.

"It is very gracious that they will allow many people invade their home for us" I say.

"I think she would have been utterly disappointed if we hadn't asked" he admits.

I finish the rest of my meal in near silence, everything is whirling through my mind and the need for Elliot and Kate to come over on Friday is doubly important now.

"Just a thought baby, why don't you finish work on that day? We can head over to the office to tell people we got married and then you can say a few goodbyes to your staff" he suggests

"That is actually a good idea" I smile again.

"I do have some good ideas from time to time you know" he pokes his tongue out at me.

"You know what I mean, I hadn't actually thought about when to finish work but that would make me nearly 35 weeks and very ready to put my feet up for the last few weeks" I say eagerly

"Good that's sorted then" as he picks up my tray and takes it back to the kitchen. When he comes back he tells me not to wait up as he has a conference call and it may take some time before kissing me and heading toward the office.

I decide to call Dad first, I think he will be the most responsive to my news and I need that before I call Mom.

"Hello, this is Ray"

"Hi Dad, how are you?"

"Hey sweetie, I am fine, how are you and my grandbabies?" bless my dad.

"Oh we are all fine, I am huge now and am giving up work end of next week" I tell him.

"That sounds wise Ana, you need to rest and keep your strength"

"Also Dad, are you able to fly over next week at all?"

"I don't know, what's happening?" he asks

"I am getting married a week Friday and would love you to be there, unfortunately though I can't extend the invite to Angie as it's at the Civic Offices and they have number limit but we intend to have a blessing and party after the babies are born"

"I will have to check sweetie, can you leave it with me and I will get back to you?"

"Of course dad, How is Angie?" I ask

"Still teary every now and again but it's a time thing, to come to terms with loss" he sounds a little choked.

"Yes I am sure it dad, sorry I didn't mean to upset you"

"Its ok sweetie, listen, I am so pleased for you, I will do my very best to come but I have to go to work, I pulled a late shift today but I will let you know tomorrow if I can"

"Ok dad, take care, and love you"

"Love you too sweetie" and we hang up.

I decide to phone mum now, may as well get it over and done with sooner rather than later.

"Hello" a man answers

"Hello Frank, its Ana"

Hi Ana, how are you?" he asks.

"Oh I am good Frank thank you, how are you and Mom?"

"We are fine, she is not here at the moment, can I help you with something or take a message?"

"Could you pass her a message please, Christian and I are getting married a week Friday, ask her to ring me either before 10pm tonight or after 9 at work tomorrow"

"Congratulations Ana, that's lovely news, I will pass on the message"

"Thank you Frank, take care"

"You too Ana, Bye" and he has gone. I am not sure if I am relieved she wasn't there or dreading the phone call when Frank tells her, only time will tell.


A/N: Thank you for you ongoing support. Sorry for the little delay in posting.