It's evening whenever Christian finally calls. He lets me know that he is in Aspen and that he will call tonight so we can have some kinky fun in a video chat. I plan to have kinky fun with him in person.

I go and get myself ready in the bedroom. I strip down to only my lingerie and lay seductively on the bed, holding a sign that says 'homecoming?' on it. I hope that he gets it. If not, I'll explain. I already have decorations up out in the foyer and great room. I put up arrows directing him straight to his bedroom. It shouldn't be long now.

A few minutes later, I hear the front door open and close in the distance. "What in the world is all this?" I hear him ask.

"Do you want me to check it out, sir?" Taylor asks.

"No. I can handle this. I'm going to follow the arrows. I will call out for you if I need help." Christian replies. I hear his footsteps approaching so I straighten out my pose and put a rose in my mouth. Finally, the bedroom door opens and his eyes widen whenever he finally lays eyes on me. "Am I hallucinating or are you finally back in this bed again?"

I smile, still holding the rose in my mouth and wink. He closes and locks the door and quickly approaches me while stripping off his shoes and clothes along the way. By the time he gets to me, he is only in his boxers. He looks down at me and I can see the love and lust in his eyes. He sits on the edge of the bed next to me and he takes the rose out of my mouth.

"Did you set all of this up for me, Ana?" I nod.

"I did. I wanted to surprise you. Did it work?"

"It most certainly did." He picks up my sign and admires my body covered in only red lacy lingerie and he growls.

"Read the sign, Christian." I tell him. He winks at me and looks down at the sign he is holding.

"Homecoming? What does this mean?"

I smile. "I'm asking you to come home. I want you to move back home." His grin widens and he throws the sign on the floor and he pushes me down onto my back and he towers over me as his lips crash into mine and he kisses me passionately.

"I would love to come home, Ms. Grey. For now, can I get lost in my phenomenal girlfriend?"

"You most certainly can. In fact, I encourage it." His lips crash back into mine and he slides out of his boxers and rips my panties off. He penetrates my core abruptly and he fucks me through 3 orgasms before we come undone together and it is glorious.

As we're laying in a post-coital embrace, he asks, "Now, I'm not going to wake up in the morning to an empty bed, am I?" I giggle.

"Not a chance, Mr. Grey. You can't get rid of me that easily."

"Good. My first experience with you was, by far, the best memory I have ever had in this house, aside from the part where I woke up alone."

"I'm sorry about that, but you know the circumstances."

"Yes, I know. I'm so glad to finally have you back, Ana. I am one lucky guy."

I smile. "I'm a pretty lucky woman, myself."

He kisses the top of my head. "Let's go have some dinner and then I want to spend the rest of the night in this bed with you. Did you set up the Dansby meeting too?"

"I did. You don't have to meet with him. We have 3 days here to ourselves. Just us and our security. Is that okay with you?"

"Okay? It's perfect. You truly are a remarkable and sneaky woman. Let's go get that dinner. I let Mrs. Johnson know that I was on my way, so she probably has a late dinner prepared. I just have to tell her to make it for 2 instead of 1."

"Let's do that, then."

We get up and I just put my dress back on. My panties are ripped off and I won't be needing them anymore tonight or probably the rest of the weekend for that matter.

Once we're both dressed, we go out and Mrs. Johnson had luckily prepared enough for 2 people. I don't know if she already knew I was here, because I hadn't seen her since my arrival.

After our delicious meal, we indulge in all manner of kinky fuckery for the duration of the night. In the morning, we finally fall asleep, sated, in each other's arms.

Whenever we wake up in the afternoon, he makes love to me before taking me out to the restaurant where we met. Some of the women that I worked with whenever I worked here are still here. It's good to see them again. Whenever we get back to the house, we break in the entire house properly and we have a fantastic weekend together. I will never forget this amazing experience, much like all of the other great experiences we had together before we split up years ago.

Whenever we finally arrive home, he drops me and Gibson off at home and he goes home to get some stuff packed up and get Gail and the other staff to come move back into the guest houses.

The kids are extremely happy whenever they see their father moving back home.

Over the past 3 months, our relationship has progressed beautifully. We are even closer than we were whenever we were married. I didn't think that was even possible, but we've learned a lot during our time together and we've matured quite a bit so everything is just going better altogether.

The kids have all been great. Liam had his birthday last week and he's officially 12. Today is Phoebe's 8th birthday. Their birthday party is being held out at the Grey's manor again. Liam doesn't want to ride horses with his friends again this year, so, of course, Phoebe decided the same thing. She still wants to be like him after all of this time. Because of his raging hormones, he gets more annoyed with her and brushes her off these days and she always gets sad about it, but we reassure her that he still loves her, but that he's just growing up and going through things. She is placated by that until the next time that it happens.

Phoebe, Teddy and Ava have gotten closer to one another as a result. We're getting ready to head over and once we're ready, we all pack into the SUV.

Whenever we arrive, Grace opens the door and greets us all with hugs. Liam is actually taller than me now. It's crazy how fast kids grow up. Grace leads us out back and they have an amazing setup. Liam's is a little different now that he's older. He said that he's no longer a child and he needs to have more 'teenager appropriate' games set up. There's a football field set up out on the side of the house and somehow the Greys got their hands on a pinball machine and they set up a pool table and him and Liam and his friends have the option to go up to Christian's childhood bedroom to play Xbox. Phoebe has the usual set up with the bouncy house and some other games and stuff. She has some friends coming as well.

Later in the evening, everyone is going to move to the Grey's indoor pool and we're going to swim. It should be a fun day that accommodates everyone. Everyone should leave here happy today.

Once the guests arrive, I find a girl that looks a lot like me as a child. Her clothes look a little run-down. I'm not judging, but I'm worried about her for some reason because she seems timid. I decide to pull Phoebe to the side for a little bit and ask her about the girl.

I approach her as she is getting off of the bouncy house. "Hey, princess. Can we talk for a little bit?"

"Okay, Mom." She tells her friends that she will be right back. I take her into the house and lead her to my office. "Am I in trouble, Mom?"

"No, baby. I just wanted to ask you about one of your friends."

"Okay."

"Who is the girl in the yellow dress?"

"That's Lily."

"What do you know about Lily? Is she happy?"

"Well, she seems sad a lot but she's happy whenever we are all together. She doesn't have any parents. She's in foster care. She doesn't like it. She said they move her around a lot." Suddenly, I'm struck with an idea. That little girl needs a loving and secure home and we happen to have plenty of space and love to give. Maybe we can foster to adopt?

"Aw. Thank you for telling me. Are you enjoying your party?"

"I am. Can I go back out now?" she asks.

I smile at her. "Of course, but I'd like for you to introduce me to Lily."

"Okay, Mom. Just don't tell her what I told you. She told us that it was a secret. I only told you because I know that I can trust you to not tell anyone."

"Okay, sweetie. Let's go."

We go back out to the party. She takes my hand and leads me to Lily. "Lilly, I'd like you to meet my mom. Her name is Ana."

The little girl looks up at me timidly. She has bright blue eyes like my own. "Hi." She says to me.

I bend down in front of her. "Hi, Lily. Are you enjoying the party?"

She nods. "I love it. I wish I had someone who loved me enough to give me a big party like this."

My heart now aches for this little girl. "May I hug you?"

She nods and I wrap her little body in my arms. "You're loved Lily. Even though it may not seem like it right now, I just know that you are loved." I whisper to her.

I pull back and she has tears in her eyes. I put my hand on her shoulders. "What's wrong?"

"You make me feel loved. I've never felt that before."

I smile. "Where are your parents?"

She looks down. "I don't have any parents." She barely whispers.

"Oh, sweetie. Who do you live with?"

"I live in a foster home." She admits.

"Would you mind if I helped you to find a forever home? You certainly deserve one." I ask. I won't say that I want to adopt her. I don't want her to get her hopes up and end up not being able to adopt her.

She looks up at me and a small smile tugs at her lips. "You can do that?" I nod.

"I can." She envelops me in an unexpected hug. I hug her back. "I'm going to let you get back to playing with your friends. I will be in touch and see what we can do about getting you a home."

"Thank you, Ana." She says as she pulls back.

I touch her little hand. "It's not a problem at all, little lady. Go play with your friends now." She smiles and turns and takes off running back to her friends. I stand up and smile. I feel like that is my daughter. I wonder how Christian would feel about that.

I go up to the deck and find my handsome boyfriend with his back turned to me, talking to Elliot. I walk up behind him quietly and wrap my arms around his waist. "How's your day going, Mr. Grey?"

He turns around and smiles at me. "It's looking up now that you're standing in front of me." He leans down and kisses me sweetly.

"I wanted to talk to you about something. Can we sit?" He looks slightly concerned.

"Sure, baby." He leads me to the lounge chairs and he guides me onto a seat and Elliot walks off. He sits next to me. "What would you like to talk about? Is everything okay?"

I smile. "Everything is great. Do you remember years ago, whenever you told me that we could adopt someday?"

"Yes, but why do you want to talk about this today?" he asks and I smile at him. I find Lily out talking with the other girls. I point to her.

"The little girl in the yellow dress." He turns to look where I'm pointing.

"I see her. Have you been shopping for little girls to adopt?"

I laugh. "No, Christian. Her name is Lily. She's been in foster care and moved from home to home for a while. She's currently living in a foster home and is obviously unhappy in it."

"Oh, no. That's horrible."

"I want to adopt her Christian."

He turns to look back at me. "Are you sure, Ana?"

I nod with a smile. "I am. I love her already. How would you feel about that prospect?"

He smiles back at me. He glances back out at the little girl, just in time to see Phoebe giving her a hug. He looks back to me. "I think it's a great idea. Phoebe will love having a friend living with her as family. Especially now that Liam is always brushing her off. We can go together Monday and file a petition and get the ball rolling."

I grin widely and wrap my arms around him and hug him tightly. "Thank you, Christian. Thank you so much!"

"I would do anything for you, Ana, but this isn't just for you. It's for our family. More importantly, it's for that little girl. No one should be stuck in foster care."

"Oh, Christian Grey, I love you so much!" I say and I pull back and give him a sweet kiss. "I will introduce you to her before the party is over. She's such a sweet little girl, but she said she's never felt loved before and it just broke my heart."

"She will be loved so much more than she could possibly imagine right now, very soon. I love you too, baby. Forever!"

We get back to the party. The rest of the day is great. Everyone has a great time. I introduce Christian to Lily and she loves him. Whenever everyone leaves, we put our kids to bed and we go to bed ourselves and he loves me well before we drift off, safe and sated, in one another's arms.

It's been 2 weeks since the birthday party where we met Lily. We started the process to foster to adopt her the Monday following the birthday party.

Christian paid to have the process sped up because he doesn't want this child to be stuck in a foster home any longer than necessary. We were approved to become her family 2 days ago. We'd already prepared her a room. Whenever we asked the children how they felt if we adopted a little girl, they were surprisingly excited. I thought they would be hesitate to welcome a child that they don't know into our family, but Liam just stated, "We've got plenty of love to go around."

Phoebe still doesn't know that it's her friend. Lily doesn't know who's taking her in yet, but today, we're going to pick her up at the Children's services office. We couldn't be more excited.

As I'm finishing getting dressed, Christian comes in and wraps his arms around my waist and he moves my hair to the side and kisses my neck, sending those familiar sensations straight to my core. "Mmm… Stop."

"Sorry, baby. Are you ready to go get our daughter and bring her home?" he asks.

I smile. "So ready." I turn around in his arms after putting my lip gloss back down on my vanity. I wrap my arms around his neck and he leans down and kisses me sweetly. "Let's go get Lily and bring her to her forever home."

"Let's do." He pulls back and takes my hand. The kids are all 3 in school now, so we head straight to the SUV after grabbing the Teddy bear that we bought for her to commemorate her first day in our family.

Whenever we arrive, we are brought into a room in the back to wait for our daughter's arrival. I look at Christian and he looks nervous. "Why do you look nervous, Christian?"

"What if she doesn't like me?" I giggle and put my hand on the side of his face.

"She loves you from the party. It will be okay." He leans down and kisses me sweetly.

"Thank you for always knowing the right things to say to ground me."

I smile. "Anytime, Mr. Grey." We hear the door open and turn to see a woman enter the phone, guiding Lily in with her. Lily looks nervous until she sees us. She smiles. I squat down on the floor. "Lily, we're here to take you to your new home."

Her smile fades. "You're not taking me to your home?" she asks.

I smile. "Of course, Lily. You're coming to be a part of our family. Is that okay with you?"

Her smile returns and she runs to me and wraps her arms around me, nearly knocking me over. I hug her back. "Thank you, Ana."

"You're welcome, Lily. We love you."

She pulls back. "I love you both, too. Are you my Mom and Dad now?" I nod and she smiles as happy tears slide down her cheeks and she wraps her arms around me again. "Thank you, Mom and Dad." I have silent tears running down my cheeks as well at this point.

"Thank you for inspiring us, Lily. Go hug your dad now." She releases me and runs around me to where Christian is now squatted down. She wraps her arms around him as well.

"What do you say that we get you home now, Lily?" he asks her. She pulls back.

"Let's go." Christian hands her a teddy bear.

"This is to welcome home our new daughter." He tells her.

She wraps the teddy bear in her arms. "Let's get you home now, Lily." I tell her and Christian stands up and she takes both of our hands and we thank the woman and leave the office and head out to the SUV where Taylor is waiting for us. We get Lily into the SUV and get in ourselves.

Whenever we get her home, we take her straight up to her new room and she absolutely loves it. We decorated it in purple and pink and there's a canopy bed in the middle, much like Phoebe's.

After we are done in there, we show her where everything else is. She absolutely loves her new home. We sit down and have lunch together and just talk with her while we eat. After our meal, she asks to go play in her new room and we tell her that it's fine. "I love my new home. Thank you, Mom and Dad. Does this mean that Phoebe is my sister now?"

I nod. "She is." Her smile widens. She runs off upstairs and Christian wraps his arms around my waist.

"Our daughter is home, baby." He says to me.

I turn around in his arms. "Yes, she is." I wrap my arms around his neck and stand on my tip toes and kiss him sweetly. "I love you, Christian Grey."

"I love you, too, Anastasia Grey." He replies.

Whenever the other kids arrive home from school, we let them know that their new sister is home. They are thoroughly excited. "I'll go and get her." I say.

I rush upstairs and approach Lily, who is playing with a game in the toy room. "Are you ready to meet your sister and brothers?" I ask her.

She jumps up, excited. "YES!" she announces. I take her hand and lead her downstairs and as soon as we get to the kids, Phoebe jumps up and runs to Lily and wraps her arms around her.

"Lily is my sister now, Mom?" she asks me.

"Yes, she is." I reply.

"Oh, thank you, Mom and Dad." After she breaks the hug with Lily she comes and hugs us both. Liam and Teddy greet Lily as well.

After we all get acquainted with Lily a little more, we go and have dinner together. After dinner, the kids insist on showing Lily the horses. We all go out back and Lily just loves the horses. After they talk with the horses a little while, it gets dark so we all go back inside and the girls sit and watch a movie together since Phoebe doesn't have any homework today. The boys go off to work on their homework.

We let them all stay up a little bit later because they are getting to know their new sister. Before we put them to bed, Phoebe approaches us. "Can I stay in Lily's room with her tonight? She has nightmares sometimes because some of her foster parents weren't very nice to her."

My heart breaks a little more for Lily. "Of course, Phoebe. You can stay in there with her until she feels comfortable enough to sleep in there by herself."

"Thank you, Mom."

"Okay. Let's get you all to bed, then." We put all of the kids to bed and we close their doors and head back downstairs for a glass of wine. "Lily will fit perfectly into our family. The kids already love her. Even Liam was excited that she's here. Maybe it's because he knows that Phoebe won't be bothering him all of the time because she has a sister who also happens to be her friend now."

He chuckles. "You're right. I'm overwhelmed with the amount of love that I feel for this little girl. I understand what my parents meant now whenever they said that they felt this way whenever they brought me home."

"We should have a little welcome home party for her this weekend and introduce her to the family. They will love her, too."

"That sounds like a fantastic idea. You plan that."

I nod. "I will." After our first glass of wine is done, we head up to our room after checking in on the girls. We have to tell them again to go to sleep because they are up talking and giggling yet. "Yes, Mommy." They both say at once. I go and kiss them both on their foreheads.

"Sleep now, little ladies. If you need us, just knock on our door."

"Okay." Phoebe responds.

I leave the room and rejoin my husband in the hall and we go into our bedroom. We close and lock the door and then we go and take a sexy shower together. Afterwards, we get dried off and Christian scoops me up and carries me to the bed. He makes love to me and then we fall asleep, safe and sated, in one another's arms.