From Sorrento we went to Athens, to Barcelona, to Berlin, to Yekaterinburg, and now we're in St. Petersburg in Russia and leaving for Moscow in the morning. Almost seven places and Christian says there is still so much more, I don't know how much more I can take. This is all so amazing and I don't want to run out of the amazing with him. We have so many years ahead of us that we need to look forward to, we shouldn't cover the whole world in the first three months of marriage.
"What do you want to do today?" Christian asks, walking out of the bathroom with a white towel wrapped around his waist. "Go out, stay in, anything?"
"Just relax with you," I smile.
"Relax?" He slides the thick blanket off the bed and my body.
"Yeah," I blush. "Maybe stay in bed."
"In bed? All day?"
"All day," I nod.
"And what do you think we could possibly get up to, if we were to stay in bed all day?"
"I believe you could come up with something, Sir."
He tosses the towel aside, grabbing hold of his erection and slowly pumps it as he looks over my bare body. I squirm, pant, under his scrutiny while I wait for him to do whatever he is plotting in that head of his. His hands run up the inside of my legs, spreading them open so he has a clear view of my core. The tip of his tongue traces his lips before he leans down and kisses his way up my legs to his final destination. His fingers split my folds as his tongue runs up to flick my clit. Holy mother fucking hell. My eyes roll back in my head. Yes, this is the best part of the honeymoon. Christian time.
His laptop starts to ring on Skype, and my guess is it is family and not work because his work laptop stays in Taylor's suite so I never have to see it. He doesn't move to answer it, but whoever is trying to get a hold of him, us, is really persistent and try back multiple times. I push him off me, pull on my robe and move to sit in view of the laptop.
"It's your mom," I tell him, then answer it. "Good Morning Grace."
"Morning Anastasia, I hope I didn't wake you two," She smiles.
"No, we were just in the other room. What's happening?"
"Carrick just got home and wants to talk to you about the verdict with the Bennett's, it was served today. Where's Christian?"
"Half asleep somewhere," I lie. "So what's the verdict?"
Christian, now dressed, pulls me into his lap and sits so we are on screen together. I rest my head back on his shoulder as we wait for them to reset so that Carrick and Grace are on screen in their kitchen. Mia is in the background, making up something at the island. I sit with shout a hello at the screen to get her attention and manage to get a wave from her.
"So, what's the verdict Dad?" Christian asks.
"For Bennett, we got fifteen years with a chance of parole in ten, and ten years with a chance of parole in eight for Stephanie," Carrick formally says.
"I don't understand. Is that foo?" I frown.
"It's the best we could get, plus after they're out they are not allowed anywhere near you and will be treated as pedophiles so won't be allowed near children. They also have to pay ten million dollars each to a charity of your choosing."
"For real?"
"Yes," Carrick smiles and nods.
"Pour de vrai?"
Grace smiles bright, "For real."
I look at Christian and wiggle in his lap from utter excitement, "Sériusement?"
"Seriously," He kisses my cheek. "It's all over, Blue."
I leap off of his lap and dive into the bed, squealing and giggling like a mad woman. Christian leans back in the chair, watching me and laughing along. I can hear muffled laughing from his computer, along with Mia's shout of congratulations. I am mad though, with happiness and joy and happy tingles in my stomach. This is the best news ever!
Not wasting much time I dig through my suitcase for jeans and a emerald blouse that I got for my birthday. We didn't celebrate much but plan to celebrate it when we get back state side with everyone. I rush into the bathroom and shower, wash my hair and body, and then dress fast. Christian is still on Skype with his parents when I rush past into the lounge. Taylor and Sawyer and having coffee at the dining table, probably waiting to hear what we are planning to do today. I smile and wave but look for my camera, the charged battery and an empty SD card to use for toady. I'm about to go crazy looking for the SD card but Taylor hands me a new one. I go to my laptop on one of the side tables and FaceTime Kate and Elliot, who hopefully are dressed this time when I answer.
Waiting for her to answer I switch on the camera and flip the screen up so I can see myself, just as Kate answers. I wave at her and look at myself in the camera. My hair a bit of a damp mess right now.
"Good Morning every one, it is October seventeenth and I don't know which day of our honeymoon this is because there have been a lot of them. Currently I am on FaceTime with the lovely Kate Kavanaugh," I quickly show her in the camera. "And I just got some of the best news from my father-in-law, that may be one of the best pieces of news I have ever had in my whole life. Now, as you all probably know on my other channel that has been up since the start of the month since this one went well, I have posted videos about anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicide and health and a couple about me videos. Most of those disasters of my life had common factors from when I was younger, and one of them is officially over with, in a way it's kind of fixed. Bennett and Stephanie, the abusive foster parents I lived with in my teens, will be serving time in prison!"
"Seriously?" Kate gasps.
"Yeah, Carrick and Grace Skyped us this morning, night for you, and told us just now. It's over Kate, it's done," tears start to run down my face as my heart rate picks up. "It's over."
"I'm so happy for you Ana, we are celebrating like hell when you get back here."
Sawyer comes and takes the camera from me, keeping it on me as Christian's arms wrap around me. His hand runs up and down my back, willing me to breathe slowly and deep. Elliot comes onto screen, just in boxers.
"It's all over with. They won't hurt anyone anymore," I say mostly to myself.
"They won't hurt you anymore," Kate states.
"Elliot put some clothes on," Christian growls.
I take the camera back from Sawyer, calm enough now to be able to handle it right and focus it back on Christian and myself with the screen facing me.
I kiss his cheek, "I couldn't have done this without you."
"You can do anything and everything, Blue."
"When are you guys coming home?" Elliot asks, walking back into shot with sweat pants on. "Mom will be pissed if you're not back for thanksgiving."
"We should be back by halloween actually. I have some surprises state side for Ana, and we should settle in before we get back to work," Christian answers, and I turn off the camera.
"When do you go back to work?" Kate asks.
"The new year, first Monday of the new year and we'll be back in the office," I say.
"I'm so happy for you Ana, I bet this whole thing takes a lot of weight off your shoulders. It just proves that there is good in the world."
I smile and listen to the conversation between Christian and Elliot about being properly clothed when there are other people who aren't Kate who can see him. It is rather entertaining to hear the debate going on, with Christian pushing respect and Elliot saying he's in his own home.
Soon we're getting ready to go out for a walk in the semi-cold weather. Talking about where we want to live, where we still want to travel to, and kids. Kids have been a decent sized topic lately and whenever it comes up we have made a deal to put the camera away because we don't want the worlds input on that. They definitely are vocal when you put yourself out there. According to Kate we are now both desirable and undesirable for the paparazzi. More so because we have a real fan base, and not because it's already out there before they can report on it. The biggest issue security is having is random people coming up on the street wanting to talk to me, us, and they can't always assess the situation.
"I know you're not ready," Christian says, setting a cup of tea in front of me. "For us to have kids, but it's good for us to talk about."
"I know, but I just feel like you're ready and I'm not."
"I'm ready when you are, so there is no rush. Until you are we can get in lots and lots of practice in."
"That sounds like a good plan, Superman," I take a sip from my tea. "So, we'll be home for Christmas but you have surprises planned… will you never be five steps ahead of me."
"Never. I'm always right beside you."
AN: Happy Holiday's everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful time at this time of year and are in better health than I am in. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, we're heading back to Seattle in the next.
Food For Thought
1. What will Christian's surprises be?
2. Are some things too good to be true?
3. Are their plans for kids smart?
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