I know I said that this chapter would only be about the letter and email but I decided to add more to it to move things along and cut out one chapter from the line up but combining two here.
Get your tissues ready. I made SofiaBGarcia cry like a baby when I sent her a preview.
Shout out to momalu who gave me the idea for the crystal rose and letter a few chapters ago! I hope you like what I've done.
you're gonna live forever in me
Ana slowly opened the letter, careful to not rip it. Inside were three pages, a letter addressed to each of his girls.
My Dearest Anastasia,
It is no secret that I have much to atone for. As if losing you through my own callous mistake wasn't punishment enough, the revelation and aftermath of everything that followed in your life is something that I still have trouble coming to terms with— yet you lived through it and continue to do so every day, further proving how incredibly strong and resilient you are.
It is true that there is much to discuss and share from our pasts but please do not ever doubt how much I love you. You are the only person I have ever loved and will love for as long as I am alive. I grew up not believing in it. I was conditioned not to and then I met you and you showed me unbridled kindness and empathy when in reality, I deserved none. In a matter of a few hours you changed my life and I have been hanging on to those hours ever since. My past is full of darkness but with you, I found a turning point. Except, when you have lived in the dark for so long, you become comfortable and then the sudden burst of light feels painful till it's not. In my case, I realized it too late and when I found myself living in a world where you did not exist I retreated back into the darkness, punishing myself further when I should've tried to be better.
And then you came back into my life as effortlessly as you did back then and everyday since, I have to tell myself you're real. I wake up every morning and confirm that fact. Even though I do not deserve you, I am a selfish man and I want you. I want you completely. I know what life is like without you and I don't want to go back to it. I cannot mourn you again. I wouldn't survive it.
I am in awe of you as I was back then. You are an exceptional woman and mother and watching you with Belle and keeping Spencer's memory alive is… nothing short of extraordinary. I will never be able to repay you for the kindness you showed me that night or the kindness of keeping the idea of me alive for our daughters.
There are things that I fear, as much as I try to hide them, I am in the end, human. But when I am with you in our little bubble, I am who I want to be. I am a better man. I am a man who is in love and I am a father. There is so much I want to say to you in person. Please give me that chance. Please trust me. It was never my intention to keep things from you. I had just gotten you back and wanted to only be Chris. Not Christian Grey with his litany of issues and troubled past. Just your Chris from that night. A simple man who fell in love with the most extraordinary woman.
Please let me be that man again. I will not let you down. I will explain everything and do all that I can to be worthy of you all.
I am only yours and I am only Christine and Spencer's father. I could never belong to anyone else.
I love you,
Chris.
My Dearest Christine, Belle, Bellie.
You are a wonder. I can't believe that you are a part of me and that you exist. Even though you don't understand who I am, just being your friend has been the joy of my life. A joy I didn't know could be had. I feel at peace when I hold you close to me and kiss your tiny hands. Like your mother, you have a kind and gentle heart. You have a smile and joyous laughter that lights up the whole world.
I may not have been there in the beginning but I promise to be present from here on out. I want to be part of every important milestone in your life and make sure I do whatever I can in my power to protect you and make your dreams come true.
I want you to know that you can come to me for anything and rely on me. I will make mistakes but I will do my best to learn from them and be a better man, someone who you will be proud to call your father.
I love you,
Daddy.
My Dearest Spencer,
I hope that you can forgive me.
Hurting your mother and not being there for you all is one my life's biggest regrets
You are not here with us but your Mama and older sister have kept you alive in so many ways. Every day I wish for a way to turn back time so that I could've met you and held you in my arms. Perhaps, things could have been different and you would be here right now, talking and dancing up a storm with Belle and your Mama.
I may have not had the privilege of meeting you but you are in my thoughts every day. I hope to do justice in honoring you the same way your sister and mother do for as long as I live.
Please know that I love you and in some abstract way have dreamed of you when thinking of a life with your mother, when I thought I had lost her.
Your mother sings for you, grows beautiful roses in your memory and in some instances goes by your name. It is a thing of beauty.
You are loved and remembered, always.
Wherever you are, I hope you know that I love you.
Daddy.
Tears fell with abandon and Ana clutched the letters to her chest, almost sobbing hysterically. She never wanted to let go but reluctantly she put them down on the table and wiped her face, trying to simultaneously control her breathing.
Running her hands along the velvet box, she slowly opened it. It revealed three crystal roses with a small note that read.
To the rarest roses in my life.
My beautiful Anastasia, Christine & Spencer.
Ana smiled through tears and traced her fingertip over the crystal stem and petals. They were the size of her hand. So many emotions ran through her but the most overwhelming was love. Her love for Chris and her baby girls.
After quickly washing up and changing into acceptable attire, Ana picked up her phone and opened her email app to read Chris' email on her way out to join everyone for breakfast.
From: Christian Grey
To: Anastasia Steele
Subject: Please read this.
Date: April 11th, 2020 - 12:03AM
Anastasia,
Please read this email and call me whenever you can. I wish you had called me as soon as this happened. I don't understand why you didn't. Lillian lied to you. The baby is not mine. It is impossible for the baby to be mine because I got a vasectomy in the fall of 2018. I never wanted to have kids with her and or anyone else. Only you.
That was a life that I would have hoped for with you whenever I thought of you, which was all the fucking time.
I really hope you do read this and call me. I will explain everything.
As for the BDSM, I can imagine that out of context it all comes across as scary but please know that it is a conversation that needs to be had in person. There are some things that I need to share with you and I am truly sorry, I waited too long to do that but in my defense, I wanted more time with you, of us, being just us.
Lillian is acting out of sheer jealousy and doing whatever she can to hurt you in hopes of keeping us apart. She is unfortunately being encouraged by my father who received a taste of his own medicine when I told them about my vasectomy. I do not know how she knows about you and Belle. My father denies telling her and I am working to find that out.
Anastasia, I would never hurt you or Belle. I will never ever do anything to take her away either. Please believe me on that.
Call me when you read this. No matter what the time, just call me.
I love you.
Chris.
Christian Grey
CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings.
Ana took a deep affirming breath after reading the email and walked out into the patio area where everyone had just started breakfast.
"Nice of you to finally join us, Boss." Alice called out before her own face fell.
Everyone went silent and looked at Ana.
"What happened, Ana?" Tamika asked, as Ana neared the table. They could all tell that she had been crying.
"Um…" Ana's voice wavered. Everyone was here, it was a family style breakfast including the security teams. "The baby isn't his. Lillian's been cheating on him." Ana blurted out.
The whole table cheered, prompting the kids to follow suit as well even though they had no idea why. Alice jumped up and hugged Ana tight.
"WE NEED TO CELEBRATE. THANK THE FUCKING LORD." Tamika clapped as she roared to the heavens, making everyone laugh.
"Thank God." Sawyer muttered.
"What are you hiding from us Skywalker?" Ana giggled as she took her seat.
Luke smirked. "This stays between us." He warned. "I know they're kids here but the woman was a first grade bitch."
"That bad?" Deepi asked.
"Not that I talked to her all that much or anything but you can tell when a person is a shitty human being." He shrugged and dug into his omelette.
Tamika looked at Caruso for more dirt but she threw her hands up. "I barely ever met the woman. I'm just here for the drama." she laughed.
Ana breathed easier. She leaned into Belle and gave her a kiss on the cheek and hugged her tight.
"Mama and Daddy love you, Bellie." She whispered. Her little grinned back and held up her hand to feed her mother a strawberry.
Tuesday | New York
1:03AM
Ana and Belle landed back in New York, absolutely bone tired. They left the Maldives on Sunday afternoon and landed in Istanbul close to midnight and set out to explore the city starting the early morning. They walked the streets and explored the bazaar's and absolutely delicious Turkish food on a street side café. The little ones were treated like royalty wherever they went.
They stopped by a local ice-cream vendor who did fun tricks and pranks with Belle, making her squeal and giggle.
Ana bought gifts for everyone in the Grey family and some local jewelry for herself and a lantern for Belle's rooms.
However, on the flight to New York, Belle was a difficult baby. She refused to sleep and closer to landing she became delirious with exhaustion and cried.
Ana was at her wits end by the time they hit the tarmac and were taxiing to find a gate to disembark.
"Ana, Mr. Grey has arranged for cars to pick us all up. Including Tamika and Deepi and drop us off." Prescott stood up from behind her seat and crouched down in the aisle to speak with her. "Taylor will out front and our bags will be handled."
Ana rolled her eyes trying not to smile. "Of course he did. Control freak."
Chris and Ana had made up, talking and texting throughout, as Ana sent him tons of pictures and videos of mother and daughters on their adventures.
1:11AM Anastasia Steele: Landed, thought I'm sure you've already been informed, Mr. Control Freak ;) Thank you for sending the car and taking care of my friends.
1:12AM Christian Grey: Can't help it baby, I take care of what's mine ;)
Everyone disembarked and walked through the terminal towards the arrivals where the cars were waiting with their luggage in two. Ana was exhausted and barely keeping her eyes open. Belle was still fussy and not wanting to settle at all.
"Girl, you need to marry him so I can mooch off of you." Tamika winked as the women stood huddled to say goodbye.
"Yes, Tamika, of course. I'll propose to him tonight." She giggled and hugged her friend and gave Caleb a quick hug and kiss.
"I'm on the mooch boat too." Deepi whispered conspiratorially. "Especially if Sawyer is the Captain." All the girls laughed out loud.
After many hugs and kisses to each other's babies, they walked towards their respective cars.
Alice went with Sawyer, Ryan in one car, while Prescott, Ana and Belle walked towards the SUV that Taylor was standing in front of.
"Welcome back, Miss Steele, Miss Belle." He smiled.
"Thank you, Taylor." Ana smiled. "Bellie, want to say hi to Mr. Taylor?" Bellie spit out a resounding no. "I'm sorry, she's just really fussy right now." Ana apologized.
As Prescott opened the backdoor, Ana absentmindedly looked in and startled, falling into a giggle fit.
Chris was sitting in the backseat on the drivers side, smiling.
"Hi." She said shyly.
"CHWIS." Belle cheered and lunged forward, causing Ana to lose her balance, almost falling into the car.
Chris had been watching Ana say goodbye to her friends, he had thought to step out but it was still a rather public area and he knew that Ana still wanted to keep things private. Still, he liked watching them act carefree from afar. He had yet to have Ana be that way with him. He could tell she was still a little careful around him.
Chris held his arms out and leaned forward to take Belle from Ana.
"Hi, little bear. I missed you." He whispered and kissed her cheek.
"Bellie little bear." She growled with a giggle and wrapped her arms around his neck. He then helped her into the car seat that separated him and Ana and leaned forward to give Ana a quick peck.
"Welcome back, baby."
"It's good to be back." She smiled.
About 10 minutes into their drive. Belle started to fuss again. Chris was failing to keep her entertained.
"Mamaaa" Belle whined and fussed.
"Yes Bellie?"
"Foodie time." She pouted. Ana leaned down to get a snack out of her bag along with the sippy cup, except it was not what Belle she wanted. She threw the sippy cup down to the floor in protest.
"Christine. Don't you DARE do that again. Do you understand?" Ana scolded.
Her patience was at an all time low. Chris silently watched the stare down happening between the mother and daughter. Then out of nowhere, Belle wailed, like the world was ending, scaring the shit out of Christian.
Ana exhaled her frustration as she was almost about to cry herself from the exhaustion. "Why are you crying?" she asked Belle firmly.
"Mamaaaa." She raised her arms towards her mother.
"You have to sit in the car seat."
"NO. MAMA." She screamed, prompting Chris to try and help but Belle swatted his hands away.
Ana roughly took off her seatbelt and helped her out of the car seat, bringing Belle to her lap and pulling the seatbelt over her tiny back as her little face was buried in her mother's chest. She continued to whimper and suck on her thumb.
"What was that?" Chris asked in a whisper.
'The trailer preview to a level 10 tantrum. She's delirious right now, as am I." Ana mumbled rubbing her eyes and taking out her phone to do something.
"Bellie, I'm ordering groceries for foodie time. Can you ask Prescott what flavor ice-cream she and Ryan want?" she kissed her baby girl's temple.
"Preshott, Mama ice-cweam?"
"Thank you for asking Miss Belle. Caramel and cookies and cream." She answered with a smile.
"Mama." Belle loudly whispered. "Preshott camel. Cookies."
"You want to ask Mr. Taylor which one he wants?"
"MR. TAYWOR ICE-CWEAM?"
Taylor chuckled. "I'll have pistachio Miss Belle."
"Huh?" Belle looked up at her mother confused.
"Pis-ta-shee-o" She helped Belle sound it out but all Belle understood was pisaiyo "What about Chris? Ask him what ice-cream he would like."
Belle gasped and looked at her friend. "CHWIS. Mama ice-cweam?"
Chris laughed. "I'd like chocolate ice-cream."
"Mama Chwis choco ice-cream." She grinned.
"Yeah, Chris liked choco ice cream like my Bellie bear." Ana giggled and kissed her forehead, continuing to place her order for groceries. They were going to be delivered between 7-8am, which was perfect since there was no fresh food at the UWS townhouse.
"Gail, actually prepared some food and delivered it to the security team that moved in next door for you guys. They'll bring it by, when we arrive."
"That's really sweet but she didn't have to do that. I don't want to add to her workload." Ana pouted.
"She insisted. She likes you both a lot more than she likes me." Chris chuckled, pulling her hand towards his lips for a kiss and held it throughout the drive till they got to her house.
It was close to 3AM when they had settled in. Belle had thankfully fallen asleep in the car and remained sleeping as Chris carried her up to Ana's room and lay her down. After a quick shower, Ana and Chris got into bed with their daughter and talked a little bit.
"You need to sleep." Ana stated the obvious.
"So do you, Miss Steele." He kissed her neck and made her giggle but then his hands began to wander which tickled her.
"Mr. Grey, your daughter is in bed with us. Please keep your hands to yourself."
"She'll have to learn how to share." He whispered, biting her ear lobe. "I missed you."
Ana smiled and turned to face him. "I missed you too. So much... but you know, I..."
"I know." He said quietly. "But I'm yours. You believe that, right?"
"I do." She smiled and they shared a kiss and a little while later, they fell asleep.
Two hours later, Ana woke up with Belle on top of her and Chris to her right, fully wrapped around her and softly snoring in the crook of her neck. It was a miracle she was still breathing between the two bears who were almost suffocating her. It made her smile.
Slowly, she pulled Belle off her and unwrapped herself out of Chris' hold, carefully placing a pillow between Belle and her father to make sure she didn't sleepily climb on top of him and make him uncomfortable given his touch issues.
She had a lot on her mind but she didn't want to think about it right now. She was still tired and needed to channel this negative energy elsewhere so she went into her office on the main floor.
Plugging her portable hard drive and card reader into the iMac station in her office, she began to backup the footage from her travels through Istanbul and continued working on the video she was editing during the flight. A new channel trailer. Was it necessary? No, given that she had just unveiled a new trailer just weeks ago but she had a different idea and wanted to test it out.
She was done for the most part but continued to tinker around with it for the hour that followed till she noticed Chris standing at the door of her study, smiling at her.
A few minutes before she noticed him, he saw Ana looking tiny in front of the huge iMac screen, looking up intently towards the monitor as her hands moved at the speed of light. She bit her lip in concentration, squinting her eyes every now and then and then sitting back as if she was watching something with her airpods in. Occasionally shaking her head and mumbling to herself. She wore glasses too. He never knew.
Once she noticed him, she giggled and took her glasses off, asking him to come in. She got up and made him sit in her seat, while she sat in his lap and kissed him.
"What are you doing here, nerd? I missed you." His voice was hoarse and her buried his face in her neck.
"Even though I'm dead tired, my brain just woke up and I thought I'd finish working on this video."
"What video?" He pulled back.
"A new channel video. I got this idea for a treatment and worked on it during the flight and had a few more kinks to work out."
"Where did you learn to do all this?"
"Youtube." She laughed. "There's tutorials for all these softwares, there's even one on how to wash dishes."
"You're shitting me."
"I wish I was." She giggled. "I watched a ton of tutorials on video editing and then it was trial and error till I got the hang of it. I mean you watched my earlier videos, the quality improved exponentially, wouldn't you agree?"
"Yeah, for sure. I thought you outsourced it."
"Nope, all in house. I mean sometimes, only sometimes, I'll have someone else come in and record the footage, like how we did on the Maldives trip. I had them hire a team I work with sometimes who would film us. One person for each family and then they would just give us the raw footage for us to edit."
"Can I watch what you have so far?"
"Sure." She smiled shyly. "It's a Christine Spencer exclusive, even Alice hasn't seen the rough cut for this."
"I guess I'm a lucky son of a bitch then." He smirked and Ana gave him a quick kiss.
She played the video and set the sound to come out of the monitor speakers.
Doubt be gone
To bare ourselves in song
Love anew
With minds as clear as dew
Well, I will long for you
The screen goes from black fading into a aerial shot of sunset fading into a frame of the camera following Ana in slow motion as she runs with Belle in her arms and quickly spins to face the camera, with both girls laughing. The clips switch with the beat of the percussion and seem to go into a regressively in timeline, as Belle seems to get younger. Clips of her dressed up for Halloween, carpool karaoke, cake smash, swinging in the park, taking her first step, experiencing rain for the first time, doing makeup with Ana.
Love, where do the tears go
And where will my feet roam
And why won't my eyes close
Feeding the echo
Until everyone knows
You're never alone
Taking a bath covered in bubbles, crawling, crying, trying a lemon, eating blueberries, Jose dancing around the room with Belle, Alice tickling her, Ana helping Belle blow out her birthday candle, clips of their photo wall showing Anabelle.
As the percussion began to fade out and the strings soared, the clips regressed showing Belle grow smaller, showing both Belle and Spencer on Ana's chest as she cried while smiling at the camera, then showing her pregnant, rubbing her belly and laughing, baking a cake, and other treats to eat till it showed a clip of the ultrasound of Ana hearing the girls heartbeats echoing. As the strings started to fade, the ultrasound faded into the video of Ana and Anabelle as her voice echoed in time with the song ending.
"I know our lives are going to change. I can feel it in my bones Namesharer. SAY IT WITH ME." Anabelle cheers into the camera.
"Our lives are going to change." Ana repeats after her with a giggle and small smile, looking at the camera.
The screen fades to black.
Tears were in Ana's eyes but she took a deep breath and kept them from falling.
"That was..." Chris paused. "It was beautiful."
"Thank you." Ana mumbled quietly.
"You really miss her." He whispered, staring at the screen.
"It's almost like how I miss Spencer. I can't really explain it." Ana choked. "She was in my life in the longest. 10 years. I only hand parents for 5 years and then Jose for two years. In many ways, she saved me." she said thickly.
Chris pulled her in for a kiss and held her close. They both remained silent for a while, just holding each other.
"We need to talk about... everything." Chris murmured. "Maybe tonight after the gala. I have a room at the Mandarin Oriental."
"Yeah, if I'm not too tired from schmoozing." Ana giggled. "I have a room there too, I have to do this getting ready thing with a publication. Belle and Alice will there for the night as well. I don't like being faraway from her for too long."
Chris nodded. "Have Alice move her to my room, I've got the presidential suite and when we come back, she can go back to your room."
"Okay." Ana smiled and gave him a peck on the lips and kept running her hands through his hair. "Have you written your toast for tonight?" The morning light had started to come in through the window behind them.
"I wrote it last week. You?" Chris smirked.
Ana smiled and shrugged. "I'm still struggling to figure it out. Alice will kill me if I wing it but I honestly don't know what to toast to. I mean you've got the whole world hunger thing, one of the honorees is talking about democracy I think... I'm just a random youtuber." She pursed her lips. "I don't know but I have no choice, I need to figure it out and not make a fool out of myself."
"Talk about what means most to you."
"Motherhood?" Ana laughed. "It has to be something everything can relate to. I don't want to sound like a broken record about how motherhood is so profound because it's not like that for everyone... " She trailed off. "I'll figure it out. I have no choice."
"I have not doubt that you will." He smiled and kissed her again. "Who's sitting at your table?"
He desperately wanted to know. Earlier last week he asked Andrea to make sure he was seated at Ana's table but the Time 100 planning committee wouldn't reveal the seating arrangements for other tables. The seating was fixed and final.
"Hmm, Jose is going with me and I know Taylor Swift and Bradley Cooper are at my table for now. I'll meet the rest later."
"Walk the red carpet with me." He pleaded almost. Truth is, he was a little jealous by this Bradley Cooper situation.
Ana's eyes widened. "I can't, Chris. We all have time slots besides for our arrivals. Mine is 7:20. Also, I told you, I can't have people finding out about you like this."
He swallowed and pouted slightly like a petulant child. "Who's this Bradley Cooper fucker?"
"Excuse me?" She pulled back.
"He wants you." He said firmly.
"Okay, relax." Ana replied in a similar manner. "He's a friend. A good friend and a single dad."
"Did you date him?"
"Where is this coming from?
"Did you date him, just answer the question."
Ana got up from his lap and looked down at him. "What part of I waited for you for two years did you not understand? Mr. I have a bat shit crazy ex-fiance."
"Well, I saw paparazzi pictures of your two getting cozy and the way he commented on your sinfully red picture... He clearly wants you."
"You know what, if this is how you're going to be whenever a man comments on my picture or gets photographed with me, then it's your problem that I have no interest in pandering to." Ana was pissed now. "Not that it's any of your fucking business given how you weren't in my life but yes, he expressed an interest in me. Asked me out on a date and I politely declined so he asked if our daughters could have a play date since Lea likes watching my vidoes and we actually became really friendly. Yes, we talk every now and then and it's mostly about our daughters and the trials and tribulations of parenting... and yes he'll flirt with me but it's honestly harmless because I AM NOT INTO HIM. He's 20 years older than me for Christ's sake... but you know what, I will not lie, the attention felt nice. When you've been made to feel like shit your whole life then when an A list actor thinks you're worth a shot, it feels pretty fucking nice but still, I declined."
Chris gulped. "I just have..." He paused for a few moments. "I have issues with jealousy."
"Ya think?" Ana retorted. "Look, Hollywood is a different animal. Everyone flirts and is touchy feely. That's just how it is. I'm actually good friends with some of these people so you will see them hugging and flirting with me but it's all harmless and you will have to deal with it. My professional world is very different from yours. I have to rely on these personal relationships because it helps with my catering business in LA and out here. These people hire my company because they like me. It doesn't mean I'm going to jump into bed with them."
"It's not fair that they get to be out with you like this."
"This is my life, Chris. I live it pretty honorably. You literally get to share a bed with me. None of these people do that. If you STILL cannot see how that all trumps my few fleeting moments with some Hollywood actors who I meet a few times a year then that's a discussion for you and your therapist."
Ana turned to walk out and get some shuteye. She was suddenly drained but Chris got up and grabbed her arm, pulling her close and kissing her roughly. Completely dominating her.
"I'm sorry." He said out of breath. "I'm just a jealous son of a bitch. I just got you back and..."
"And what?" Ana asked trying to calm her breathing. "You can't control me, Chris."
"I know, I know. I just don't want you to..." He gulped but was unable to complete his sentence.
"You don't want me to what?" She asked softly this time.
"I don't want you to leave me. I know there's a lot of baggage that's coming at you from my life with my father and what happened before you left I don't want you to leave because someone else can offer you an uncomplicated life and all that." He mumbled nervously.
"Chris, we talked about this on Sunday morning. I'm sorry I didn't call you when she hit me with the baby news and all that but I didn't want to keep you from doing the right thing. I was thinking from the lens of someone who longed for..." She paused. "It's just that I've lived a really shitty life up until two and half years ago and I didn't want any more bad karma. It's why I ran from your apartment that first time as well. I didn't want to interfere in your life like that. I have Belle to think about and her well-being and safety comes first. Even if it means that I'm meant to be alone or I have to let go of someone I love. Why would I want to take something that I've longed for my entire life from someone else? That's fucked up."
Chris leaned in and kissed her softly. "That's why you're better then me." He whispered against her lips.
"You should get it that as a tattoo, so you don't forget it next time." She giggled and kissed him back.
Chris smirked and followed her as she led him back upstairs into bed. He was going to take the day off again and spend it in bed with Ana and Belle.
When they got back up to her room, Belle was stirring and rubbing her eyes. Ana quickly got in and patted her back to settle her.
"You never sent me a picture of yourself in a bikini." Chris grumbled into her neck making her laugh. "I deserve some exclusive content of the Ana special."
"You have a one track mind." Ana replied, rolling her eyes and got a little more comfortable in his embrace.
"It's all your fault." His hand found its way under her shirt, which made Ana cover her mouth trying to not giggle.
"Chris, stop. Please." He was playing her nipples while kissing and nipping her neck.
"Sshh. You'll wake the bear up." He admonished her with a smile, which made Ana laugh more.
"You know, you've never even taken me on a date and you're trying to hit second and third base followed by a home run." She pointed out rather haughtily which made Chris stop what he was doing.
"Let's go out on a date then."
"No."
"What, why?" He asked confused.
"Haven't you ever asked anyone out on a date? Romance, Grey. Look it up. Just because I gave birth to your daughters doesn't mean I'm a shoe in for everything else." Ana shrugged.
Truth is, she never had an experiences that a woman her age should be having. She wasn't high maintenance but still, she wanted to feel young. She had been in caretaker mode or in the shadows and then when she finally came out of her shell, she was a mom.
Chris pulled his hand out of her shirt and simply wrapped it around her waist and got lost in thought. He noticed, Ana's breathing became shallow as she fell asleep.
He needed to woo her. He'd never had to do that.
Romance 101. Fatherhood 101. Jealousy 101. Patience 101.
Those were his classes for the foreseeable future. All of the above were pre-requisites for Sex 101.
He wasn't going to ask Elliot because he was the worst at this shit. Kate and Mia maybe?
Chris took a deep breath and closed his eyes, kissing her neck one last time before trying to find sleep.
His first exam was going to be for Jealousy 101 and Patience 101 tonight – The main objective of this exam? Don't punch Bradley Cooper in the face.
Game on.
A/N: YAY our babies are back to home base.
Let me know what you think of the letters and email. Chris's little jealous rant, lol! And how he needs to woo Ana. Shoutout to Nani Leonardo for that little nugget.
Next chapter will be about Lillian and Carrick!
I hope you're having a wonderful weekend :)
You're Gonna Live Forever in Me – John Mayer
On Echo – Mree.