I'm sorry about the wait and the short chapter but school and work have started and now I have no time to write. I'll try to write again soon.


"Elliot I can do that. You have to take it easy you know what the doctor said. And you're not suppose to be up anyways. What happened to bed rest?" I get he wants to help with Evan but he's suppose to be healing from surgery instead I find him rocking the baby at three am.

"Lina it's not a big deal I can do this since you won't let me do anything else." He mutters.

"It's not that you can't it's that you shouldn't. Go to bed please." He's been out of the hospital for a few weeks and all he does is go against what he's suppose to. I'd much rather do everything around the house than have him strain himself. I extend my hands so he can give me Evan but he just turns away. "At least sit down." He must have had to go downstairs to get the milk that was in the fridge. He rolls his eyes at me but does what I ask.

"You're hovering." He says when I don't take my eyes off him. "Do you think I'm going to drop him? Is that why you don't want me to do this?" Now I roll my eyes at him.

"No I trust you with our son you know that. I just want you to get better baby I don't think that's so wrong." I sit down in front of him on the floor. I hug my knees looking at them trying to get it out of my head that he's going to die. I have a right to be scared because he almost did. But he's right I am hovering, not just now but lately with everything. I'm babying him and he hates it but I can't seem to help myself. I want him safe so I have to make sure that he does everything he's suppose to just to get better. I don't know why he's rushing healing will take months.

The other night when he said he wanted a baby I thought he'd gone crazy. It's no time for a baby. We already have a baby. He said he was joking but what if he wasn't. Elliot and I, actually I am not ready for another one, the ones we have now are more than enough.

"You're acting like my mother Carolina." He says rolling his eyes at me. "Seriously I'm with you all day but you've been so distant. When I try to spend time with you you push me away. It's becoming how it was when you first had Evan." I can tell from his voice it's hurting him. It's not my intention. I'm not doing it on purpose I just want him safe. Which he is here. So I don't see why I'm making a big deal. He's getting better.

"Can I?" I motion for him to give me the baby. I kiss Evan's cheek and lay him in his crib just before sitting down on Elliot's lap as carefully as possible and knotting my finger so his head is around my arms. As I bury my face in the crook of his neck I feel him relax slightly and use his hands to hold me tighter against his body. "Is this what you want?" I ask him. I know this is what I want.

"Yes baby. I want you. Anyway I can get you." I understand the double meaning behind that. "You're wearing your ring?" He notices my finger only has the wedding band.

"Is that bad? That I'm wearing it?" His scent is too intoxicating to move my head to see him. I'd much rather be like this.

"Never. I just though we weren't going to wear them until we told our families about eloping. Unless you told everyone." I shook my head. I was getting tired. I know if I stayed here longer I'd fall asleep on his lap but that wouldn't be comfortable for either of us.

"I didn't. I took the engagement ring off to take Evan a bath I don't want to scratch him. When should we tell them?" Before I know it he picks me up and starts walking out. I'm tempted to tell him to put me down but I don't want Evan or Isabelle to wake up so I just let him. But once he sets my on my side of the bed I'm ready to remind him of his surgery.

"Are you my wife or my mother?" He asks looking down at me.

"I'm your wife." I smile at him. It's still a joy to say that.

"Then be my wife. Don't lecture me about my health right now, just get in bed shut up about me." I watch him walk around to his side getting under the covers and moving my pillows just how I like them.

"Maybe we should just let them figure it out. Just wear our rings and see if they notice." I tell him after laying my head on the pillow next to his.

"Your fathers gonna kill me when he finds out." I chuckle at him.

"No he knows how much you mean to me. I can't lose you. I'm sure Grace will be upset more than anyone."

"She will. Lina it scares me sometimes when you say things like that. Baby if something happens to me, you have to-"

"Shut up. I don't want to talk about that." I nuzzle my head into his chest.

"Baby." He tries to pulls my face to look at him but I resist.

"Please don't. I don't even want to think about that. You're here. Let me enjoy you and not worry about all the shit that can go wrong. Please. Not yet anyways for now let me just be with you." I must have fallen asleep because I don't remember much of what the movie he put on was about.

For the next week I prepared to have my family over for the weekend. My parents and sister were all flying in for a few days since I wouldn't be going to Tennessee for Christmas again, not that they're surprised but they still were disappointed.

The first day was very good. They came and mom and I did some last minute Christmas shopping Friday because the next day would be our Christmas Eve since they wouldn't be here the actual day. We made moms usual Christmas Eve dinner while the guys were at home watching some games. I told my dad not to force Elliot to do any difficult activities but they both ignored me.

It was nice to have a day where it was just my mother Isabelle and I. It's never happened before and I got to see the progress that Isabelle and my mom were making. My father also made progress with her.

"It's nice if y'all to invite us here." Mama says during dinner one day.

"I'm glad you came mama. Maybe one day we can all spend a holiday together. Not in the hospital. Do you want me to do that?" She was next to Isabelle who was a messy eater so my mom has spent a majority of her time cleaning up after her.

"No baby I got her."

"So Elliot what's with the ring?" Asks my dad casually. I can see it in Elliot's face that he's tempted to lie about it and to be honest I'm thinking about it. Elliot is looking at me for too long with outlying anything which means that now is a good time to say it.

"Actually daddy about that..."

"I asked him Carolina." Crap he knows exactly what's going on. Elliot takes my hand pressing his lips to my wedding finger before speaking.

"Sir, Lina and I decided to get married sir. While in New York. I didn't want to wait much longer so we decided it would be best to just get married in the court house there. Besides our witnesses no one was there. Of course Lina still wants to have a formal ceremony and reception but I couldn't wait that long for her to be my wife." I squeezed his hand waiting for my father to respond.

"Daddy he loves me. Be happy for us." He's clearly upset. Mama is too. Or maybe they're disappointed but this is what I wanted.

"What about your mother. She, hell no one was a part of this wedding does that's seem fair? We want you happy and you say he makes you happy yet you cut us out from your life. We're happy for you always will be but don't we make you happy anymore or have you forgotten about us. I'd like to think we are still a part of your family but if we're not let us know Lina." That stung. Daddy always had a way with words and I promised myself I wouldn't feel guilty about marrying Elliot, I still don't but I do regret hurting my mother. I watch as daddy stands from the table toward the back and mama follows him.

They can't do this make me feel bad when I haven't done anything wrong. I kiss Elliot quickly before stepping out after my parents.

"I'm sorry it hurt your feeling that I got married and didn't tell you. And I'm sorry for leaving you out of my life. But I'm trying here you know I am. If you want I'll visit more. I'll a stay in Nashville but I'll make more of an effort I didn't want to waste time you know somethings don't go our way and all we can do is enjoy now. But I love him and I need you to be happy for me because I'll think I made a mistake and marrying Elliot is not a mistake. So I'm sorry but I'm not." I expected them to say something but when they didn't I went inside to my little family to finish feeding my kids and sit with my husband.

Elliot tried to apologize but he didn't need to. Why would he it's not like I was forced into the marriage I was all in.

The four of us were all in Evan's bathroom as I gave him a bath. Isabelle was sitting on the counter handing me things to help with her brother. It was very cute to see how she loved being involved.

"Did you know that I love being married to your daddy?" I asked Isabelle when I noticed Elliot was being too quiet. She nodded her head. "Do you know why?"

"Because he gives you kisses?" She asks cocking her head to the side.

"That is true. I love when he kisses me even though you think it's gross." I say wrinkling my nose how she does.

"And he says I love you to you." She suggests.

"I love being married to him because he is a good daddy. He loves you and Evan so much. You know what else?" She shakes her head.

"Being married to him is the best. He's always nice to me and he's my husband so I love him lots. Even when he thinks I don't." Elliot doesn't say anything. I thought he was going to walk out but he just places a kiss on my shoulder before taking Evan wrapping him in a towel then walking out to change him.

"Please don't be angry at me for my parents. I wanted to marry you baby. They're upset which I understand and if Isabelle pulls shit like we do I'll be pissed but I couldn't wait any longer." I tell him in our bedroom later. He quickly grabs my face in his hands moving my head up so I can see him my lips parting involuntarily.

"You don't regret it right. Because if you want we can-"

"It's done. I love you. I love being Mrs. Grey." I had to practically beg him to drop it. It doesn't matter to me what they think. Well it does matter but there is nothing they say that can make me regret doing what I did. I spoke to my mom the day before they were set to fly back to Brooks and although she was upset she was trying to be happy for Elliot and I. My father was too but he tried harder to hide it. I know him and Elliot spoke about it and neither were telling me what happened during their conversation. I think me telling my parents that we still planned on having a full ceremony with everyone there made them feel better about it. Or that's what I'm hoping for because I don't want them to leave while they are still angry.

And a few days later when Christmas Eve can around Elliot and I sat down with his parents to tell them.

"Well you have us here what is so important dear." Grace says sitting in a table across from us.

"While Lina was in New York I flew in for the weekend and we thought that waiting to actually plan things was not really our thing. I mean Evan just happened and Isabelle too so we thought you know? Why not?" He says trying to joke about it. I'll admit the joking is a bit funny but I'm sure his parents aren't enjoying the joke to much mostly because they don't understand it.

"We went to city hall and-"

"You got married?" Carrick says just as I'm about to.

"Yes."

"Without us?" Grace asks.

"We didn't want to wait. We still want to have a full ceremony and then every will be there." I tried to make them understand.

"That was a month ago. Why are we just now hearing about it? Who else knows?" Grace asks upset.

"There was so much going on. We didn't want to add on to the already ongoing stress of things. And it was just us my sister and Scott." I can see from Grace's facial expression that she is getting frustrated even though I know we somewhat deserve it I don't want to feel like a child by everyone for the decisions i made. I'm 27 years old, married with two kids I don't need to be lectured by everyone. But this is grad and Carrick so I'm trying to be respectful here.

"When is the second ceremony taking place?" She asks looking pissed. Elliot looks at me while squeezing my hand.

"I'm not sure I was going to ask Mia if she would help me plan it but seeing as she doesn't know either I would say she is going to be pretty upset that she was kept out of this. Besides the people that were there and our parents who we told a few days ago and now you, no one knows."

"Well you're right in assuming that. But I would love to help you and your mother too just not anytime soon. Mia has my hands full with her and Luke's wedding which is turning out to be quite the spectacle." I smile at that. I know all about Mia's crazy wedding plans and how Luke is so easily letting her do whatever she likes. Not that he could every reign her in but he loves her enough to put up with it.

After that I try to move the conversation to Mia because hopefully they'll forget about Elliot and I enough so that they won't be upset about our wedding.

Later that night as I lay on Elliot's bare chest touching his scar from the surgery I have a chance to actually think about us.

"I'm glad we got married. Even though everyone seems to think it was such a bad idea I'm glad we did it."

"I love you Mrs. Grey." He says just as I'm about to fall asleep.