A/N I know, I know, its been absolutely FOREVER since my last update. All I can do is apologise and hope I still have a few readers left! This is the last chapter guys, please enjoy and let me know what you think at the end xoxo

A few months later

Christian POV

'So, I just push this in here?'

'No, you need to press this first, then slot that tab in there…here let me show you how to attach this part to -' the doctor goes to touch Ana and I am instantly out of my seat. 'I can do that,' I grumble.

Ana gives me the stink eye. 'Sit down Christian, Doctor Jackson needs to show us this, so we know how it works properly.' She stares hard at me until I slink back into my seat.

I'm sure I am pouting as the doctor continues to fit Ana with the monitoring device, surely he doesn't need to touch her that much. We have decided on a new treatment type to manage Ana's diabetes so she will need to wear this monitor for the next 24 hours to gauge the fluctuations in her insulin levels continuously. I don't believe for a second that there isn't a female doctor available for this, fucker just wants to touch my wife. I see Ana glance at me again and roll her eyes.

Afterwards, In the car on the way to my Mother's to pick up the boys Ana is chewing on her finger nails, something she only does when she is worried or nervous about something. I reach out and take her hand in mine, 'what's the matter baby?'

She shrugs, 'nothing really I just hope I'm a good candidate for this treatment.'

I squeeze her hand, 'well, my mother and that Jackson fucker seem to think you are an ideal candidate. I think it will be fine baby, then you won't need to keep constantly sticking yourself every day to check your levels.' I smile at her.

'Gosh, I know, that would be heaven!' she sighs.

This new treatment plan involves inserting a monitoring device under Ana's skin and a little reader that she carries with her that will allow her to see in real time what her levels are. It will alert her if her insulin level goes out of range instantly so we can take steps to fix it. I have researched this since my mother suggested it as an option, and really, it's a no brainer. I'd be all for anything that makes the handling of Ana's illness a bit easier for her.

My phone buzzes in my pocket. That must be Taylor. If Ana was wondering why Sawyer was driving us today instead of Taylor, she hasn't said anything. Ana has a soft spot for Sawyer ever since he took a bullet to protect her, I can't say I'm too happy about how close they are but even I'm not that much of a prick to fire the man who saved my wife's life. I take a look at the message, which is indeed from Taylor 'All set Sir, just saw the plane depart and the bitch is on board'. I smile. 'Who's that?' Ana asks curiously. I slip the phone back in my pocket, 'nothing baby, just work stuff' I lie smoothly. There is no need to tell Ana that we have been tracking Elena's move to New York to make sure the bitch actually got on the plane. I made it my mission to ensure she was blacklisted in the state of Washington knowing she would have to move if she didn't want to go bankrupt after I pulled out of our business partnership. Taylor just confirmed she is on her way to New York, he said he wanted to be the one to see that she actually left. Fuck it, she is the East Coasts problem now. I'm done thinking about that cunt.

We step in the door to my mother's house and we are hit in the face with the smell of my mother's famous lasagne cooking. I guess we are staying for dinner. Ana makes a beeline for the spare downstairs living room that my mother has made over into a playroom for the boys. We used to use that room as kids as a games room. They tend to stay over here at least one night a month, to allow Ana and me some time to ourselves, so my Mom thought it was best they have their own space. The kids all even have their own bedroom upstairs as Ava stays over a lot as well. Actually, my Mom tends to steal all the kids any time she can get away with it!

Since my Moms semi-retirement, she likes to see her grandbabies as much as possible. She now only sees her private patients at her clinic one or two days a week but has retired from working full time in the hospital. She said it was time, I just think she wants to spend as much time as she can with her grandchildren.

Speaking of Ava…I hear a high-pitched squeal from the playroom and head in to investigate. When I reach the doorway, I smile when I see little Ava crawling towards Ana at speed, squealing in delight. There is no doubt who Ava's favourite Aunt is, much to Mia's chagrin. Ana picks up the little girl and they are chatting away to each other, Ana laughing at Ava's mostly baby babble. She really is a little sweetheart, how my idiot brother and Kavanagh created such a cute kid I will never understand.

My attention is caught by Teddy and CJ, and boy are they pissed. Both boys are now walking and both of them have grabbed fistfuls of Ana's skirt and they are yanking on it, insisting on their mother's attention. Teddy is shouting nonsense up at Ana while CJ has burst into tears that his mother had the audacity to pick up Ava before him.

'Oh dear,' my mother sighs from behind me. 'Well isn't this just typical, they were perfectly fine all day and now when their parents are here, they start to act up.'

I laugh, 'don't worry about it Mom. The boys always do this when Ana has been gone for more than a few hours. The minute they see her they just about come to blows wanting all of her attention the minute she walks through the door.' I decide I need to go rescue Ana, who is now putting Ava back onto the floor gently and she picks up CJ at the same time I pick up Teddy which seems to placate both of them, even if Teddy reaches across to grab his Mother's hair in his little fist. They recently learned to give kisses and I laugh as CJ slobbers all over Ana's cheek. Ava decides she isn't pleased with this outcome and promptly bursts into tears, luckily her mother has heard all the commotion and arrives just as her daughter descends into hysterics. Ah, now I see the resemblance to her father, Elliott used to behave the same way when he didn't get his own way, only he was older and should have known better. Kate just rolls her eyes and picks Ava up and sits her on her hip where the child instantly stops screeching. I think I hear Kate mutter 'just like her father,' but I can't be sure.

After dinner the boys are tired, Teddy nearly fell asleep into his pasta, so we decide to head home. Mom was happy that the appointment with Doctor Jackson went well. To be honest in the end I was glad to escape the house as much of the conversation during dinner was around Mia and Ethan's wedding which is, according to Mia, just around the corner. Fucking thing is not for another year. Besides, I'm still scarred from the fucking carnival of a birthday party she organised for the twins first birthday a few months ago. Never again. I still shudder whenever I think about it, and I think the kids will all be terrified of clowns for life.

The next evening Ana has had her monitor removed and she says the first thing she needs is a bath as she couldn't shower last night or this morning. I'm a bit grumpy as I head upstairs to find her. She wouldn't have sex last night or this morning because she didn't want to disturb that fucking monitor. I sulked and told her I felt deprived, but she only laughed at me, actually it was kind of funny and I ended up laughing in spite of myself. I find her in the large square tub in the main upstairs bathroom with the twins. There is a mountain of bubbles in the bath and the boys are laughing hysterically as they play with the bubbles and their bath toys. I lean in the doorway and smile at the sight of them in their little bath seats, we needed to get those seats so Ana could get in with both of the boys safely. She loves bath time with them, and they do this at least once a week. She asked me once why I don't like to bathe with them, and I told her I didn't fancy being covered in baby piss. She just laughed at me, but I noticed that she always rinses herself off in the shower after bath time with her babies now.

After the exhausting task of drying two slippery and wiggly little boys and getting them into bed, Ana and I relax in the living room with a glass of wine. 'Ray still coming this weekend?' I ask and she nods.

'Yeah, he will drive down tomorrow evening once Margot gets off work and stay until Sunday, I've missed him,' she sighs. I wrap my free arm around her shoulders and she immediately curls into me. Ever since Ray met Margot, his new girlfriend, Ana sulks that she doesn't see him as much anymore. This isn't actually true as she sees her Dad just as often as she used to but now, he just tends to have Margot with him when he comes for a few days. Ana is just jealous that she needs to share her Dad a bit more now. Of course, she he happy for him really that he found such a sweet woman, she just felt like she had only gotten her Dad back and now she has to share him. At first, he tried to hide the fact that he had met someone, and Ana got her feelings hurt because she thought Ray was pulling away from her when he was simply trying to divide his time between them. I ended up ringing Ray to ask what was going on and he admitted he was seeing someone but didn't want to upset Ana. I just rolled my eyes and told him she was a grown woman, not a little kid, and he could introduce his new partner to her. Ana and Margo get along pretty great but the little girl inside her misses being the sole focus of all her Daddy's attention. She told me she discussed the way she felt with Flynn and they are working through the issue. Ana still sees Flynn once a week and she has come on leaps and bounds over the last year, I'm so proud of her. She is still my shy Ana around big crowds or people she doesn't know but around family and friends she is more than able to just be herself…and she has no problem telling me to go fuck myself when I get on her nerves. I can see a time in the not too distant future where she won't need constant therapy every week. I still go to John a couple of times a month and every now and again we have joint sessions but overall we are in a great place, our marriage is strong, solid, and I couldn't be happier with our little family.

Speaking of family…I take Ana's empty wine glass and place it and my own on the coffee table in front of us. Leaning over Ana she falls back into the couch cushions and I grin when she all but purrs up at me when I start to kiss gently down her neck. 'Did you think about what I asked you last week?' I whisper in her ear.

'Hmm, uhhh…yeah,' she breathes shakily when my hand starts creeping up her leg under her sleep shorts. She put her pyjamas on after her bath and I've been waiting since I saw her little satin shorts for the chance to take them back off her.

I pull back and she whimpers, I stare down into her beautiful blue eyes 'and?' I ask.

Her nose puckers a bit and I lean down to kiss it quickly. 'Do you not think it's a bit soon? I mean…the boys are still so small...'

'They would be well past two at that stage,' I reason. 'Besides, it can take a while to –'

'Like last time?' she snorts as she cuts me off.

'Well. Yeah,' I admit uncomfortably as I think of my reaction when Ana told me she was pregnant. I look at her sheepishly, but she is smirking back at me. But then she sobers, 'what about the trial?' she whispers, 'I don't know Christian…the stress.'

I lean down to kiss her softly, 'You heard what my Dad said last month baby, since Morton has been moved to that psychiatric facility it changes everything. He will need to be assessed and monitored over a longer period and the trial date will be on hold until then. Sweetheart, we can't put our lives on hold waiting to see the outcome of this. And it has already been agreed that you may not need to testify at all now, and even if you do, you'll never need to sit in the same room as him.' I sit up and pull her closer to me, 'Ana, you never have to see him again. One way or another that man is going away for life, I'll make damn sure of it.' She nods and takes a huge breath and I feel the tension leave her body. She no longer has a panic attack when discussing her ex-stepfather, but I don't think there will ever be a time in her life where she won't struggle when she talks about the man who all but tortured her and tried to kidnap her. I pull her in close and wrap my arms around her as her straddles my lap and clings on to me, burying her face in my neck. We are quiet for a long while.

'Ok,' Ana mumbles.

'Ok…what?' I ask hesitantly.

'We can try.'

I pull her back a bit so I can stare at her beautiful face, 'yeah?' I ask excitedly.

'Yeah.'

'Now?'

'I haven't stopped taking my pill yet!'

'Oh right,' I frown. 'But we can get a head start,' I wiggle my eyebrows at her as I push my erection up towards her heated core as she is still sitting on my lap. She laughs.

'Couldn't hurt I suppose.'

'Too fucking right.' I stand up with Ana in my arms and head straight upstairs where we get straight to work on making baby number three. With the time and effort I'm willing to put in I'm sure it won't be long before we are pregnant again.

The End.

A/N So, there it is guys. For the longest time I thought I would never get around to writing 'The End' on this story. But I just couldn't leave you all hanging after you were good enough to stick around to read and review it. I might add an epilogue if I can think of a good idea for a chapter …. actually, feel free to make suggestions of what you'd like covered and if I like the sound of something, I can give it a go. But for now, this is done. Thanks to you all for sticking with me xxx