Ana had worked from home for the following two days because she was still dealing with the morning sickness that plagued her until the early afternoon. She knew Christian would have loved to have her stay home a bit longer but she didn't want to. After all, many pregnant women didn't have the luxury of being able to just work from home while they dealt with morning sickness and she now had so much more to do until she could go on maternity leave eventually.

This was the second day of her being back and she was still too embarrassed to even look at her assistant. Per usual, Hunter had brought her, her second breakfast yesterday but she had already been so nauseous that the sheer sight of it had made her do a mad dash for the bathroom only Hunter had been too slow to get out of the way so they had bumped into each other and Ana no longer able to keep it in had barfed all over his shoes. She had been mortified and even though Hunter had been a bit green around the nose himself after she had vomited on him he had told her it wasn't a big deal and had tried to put her at ease while she had been hoping for the ground to swallow her up whole.

So, on her way to work this morning she had stopped by at a popular shoe store and had gotten him a voucher worth 500 dollars, so he could pick new shoes. He had told her it wasn't necessary, but it had made her feel a whole lot better about the entire ordeal.

Around 10 am he came into her office and she groaned when he carried a tray but then frowned when he put a cup of weak black tea, saltine crackers and lemon soda with a few mint leafs in it in front of her.

„I'm sorry, Miss Lambert, I know it's none of my business... but... well... my mom had me in her early teens and so I was ten by the time she got married and between twelve and sixteen when she had my younger siblings... this always helped her with the morning sickness." He said a little embarrassed himself but for some reason, it made her smile.

„Thank you, Hunter... just can we keep this between us... it's not yet time to let everyone know." Ana told him smiling.

„Sure... oh and here, these are supposed to help too." He said and gave her a pack of ginger chewing gum.

„Thanks, looks like you helped your mom a lot."

„My stepdad was in the army, he always told me to look after my mom when he couldn't, so I did... would have anyway but it felt good to have him include me... after all, he didn't have to but he never made a difference between my siblings and myself."

„You are lucky." She said and with a smile, he left before they returned to their work again and around noon Christian came into her office.

„Is your assistant gay?" He asked and Ana frowned.

„Excuse me?"

„Well, every time I walk in here he stares at me and starts to stutter like an idiot."

„Christian! He is probably just intimidated by you, you do have that effect on people who don't know you well. And I don't think that he is interested in men, he has a girlfriend... nice girl I've met her a few times when she stopped by to pick him up."

„Anyway, come, do you have any preferences for lunch today?"

„Soup."

„Soup?"

„Yes, my stomach still hasn't settled, so I'm having something light that I'm sure to be able to keep down."

„Ok, I know a nice place around the corner." He said and led her out of her office where Ana had to fight her smirk because she too couldn't deny that Hunter was eyeing Christian with morbid curiosity.

At the restaurant, they placed their order and Ana had to close her eyes for a moment because they scent of so many different dishes was in the air.

„Are you alright, baby?"

„Yes, just bit too much scent in the air, it will pass soon." She said.

„Have you taken some of the pills your doctor has given you?"

„No, I tried yesterday... they make me even more sick... Dr. Phillips said that could happen..."

„I can ask my mom."

„No please, Christian, I don't want anyone to know until we are in the second trimester. If something... well goes wrong ..."

„Nothing will go wrong... don't think like that."

„I don't... it's just... if we tell your family, I feel like I have to tell my parents as well and I really don't want to talk to my mother right now." She admitted.

„Baby, you don't have to tell your mother anything. To be honest, I would prefer it if she had as little as possible to do with our child... your dad can move in with us for all that I care but your mother has made it pretty high on my shitlist with her behavior towards you." He said and that made her smile.

„Maybe you are right, I was always the one to call her and visit her, maybe I just wait and see until she makes the first step this time... but can we keep the pregnancy to us just a little while longer?"

„Of course. Oh and Mia called me today, she was a bit upset that we are not coming to New York this week, so she convinced Gideon to take her to Seattle the weekend after next."

„Great, we can have a double date or even a triple date with Elliot and Kate."

„She told me he spanked her." Christian said visibly displeased.

„He told me that too... he was upset that she was treating him as if the only thing interesting about him was his dick."

„And you think that is ok?" He asked and she smirked.

„Let me think about that for a moment... funny, I happen to remember that you once spanked me because I didn't want you to gift me a car." She said and he raised an eyebrow.

„That was in a completely different context."

„Maybe... has Mia also told you that she liked it?" Ana smirked.

„Oh for the love god, Ana... don't tell me something like that when I'm about to eat." He said exasperated and had to smile despite himself when Ana started to laugh.

In the evening they were sitting on the bed both still naked from their earlier lovemaking but now each holding a notepad.

„Ok, girl names first." Christian said and motioned for her to begin.

„Ok, I have Zoe, Megan and Delilah, what about you?"

„Phoebe, Alexandria and Maxine. I like Zoe and Delilah from your list."

„And I like Phoebe from yours, so how about we keep those three in mind?"

„Agreed, now boys names. I have Mason, Jacob and Nicholas." He said and she smiled.

„I have Nicholas, Mason and Caleb, but I like Jacob as well, so why don't we go with your list."

„Ok, so how do we negotiate it down?" Christian asked.

„How about since we have my Dad's name as a middle name for a boy and your Mom's for a girl you can pick the boy's name and I can pick the girl's name?" She asked and he agreed. Each of them looked at there list for a while and then they smiled at each other.

„You go first." Ana said.

„Ok, if we are having a boy his name will be Nicholas Raymond Grey..."

„... and if we are having a girl her name is going to be Zoe Grace Grey." Ana finished and jumped into his arms making him laugh as she tackled him onto his back and kissed him.

„We did it, our baby has a name." She grinned excited and kissed him.

„By the way, I have a surprise for you." He told her in between kisses.

„What kind of surprise?"

„One I think you are going to enjoy a lot. I'll show you tomorrow after work."

„And you tell me now... that's not fair." She pouted but he soon made her forget everything.

The next day Ana couldn't wait for her workday to be over so she would finally find out what kind of surprise Christian had for her.

When he arrived to pick her up they had Taylor drive them to the house on the sound that would be ready for them to move in, in six to eight weeks depending on how quickly all the furniture and everything else they still had to pick could be delivered and put into place.

So far, they had agreed on furniture for their bedroom and he had picked out everything for his study. They had told Gail to pick more things like towels, cutlery and everything that was needed for the new kitchen after Ana had chosen the designs for the new kitchen. It wasn't that Ana wouldn't have done all of that by herself, but she also had her job and Christian who both kept her rather busy and she didn't like to shop to begin with, so spending hours looking at pots, pans, dishes and whatnot wasn't something she would have enjoyed either way.

When they arrived he let her up the stairs to the third floor and into one of the empty rooms.

„Wait... I was in here before, why is there a spiral staircase now?" She asked confused because she was sure it hadn't been there before.

„Elliot put it in on my request. The previous owners had turned the attic into an indoor playground for their children... I thought we put it to another use. This room will be your stud, come." He said and led her upstairs to the attic where shelves where now lining all but one wall.

„There will be a huge stained glass wall over there... and this will become our home library... and your refuge."

„Refuge?" She asked surprised.

„You told me you wanted to hang on to your apartment a little longer because you sometimes feel the need to be by yourself. So, this will be all yours, no one else is allowed in here unless you invite them to." He said and for some reason him being so thoughtful made tears come to her eyes.

„Have I ever told you that you are the perfect boyfriend, Christian Grey?" She asked and he smiled.

„Only for you, baby." He said and pulled her into his arms to kiss her.

„You can furnish everything the way you like it... you can even put a bed in here."

„Oh no... no no no... that's the one thing we are not going to even start."

„What do you mean?"

„Sleeping separately. Let's make a promise to never to go bed angry with each other." She said. To her going to bed angry with each other or even sleeping separately was the first step to getting used to being without the other and she wasn't about to let that happen in her relationship. Her mother's bad example of the way she had treated her husbands had been a warning to Ana, almost like a manual of how not to treat your spouse.

„I wasn't implying that we were ever going to sleep separately, but I like the thought of settling every argument before the day is over. Agreed, we won't go to bed angry with the other... but there is more to it, right?"

„Well, growing up I had a front row seat in a very one-sided relationship, with my Dad trying everything to make things work and my mom always complaining and ungrateful. At one point my Dad was basically living in the guest bedroom because my mom wouldn't have him in their bedroom."

„Did they fight a lot?"

„They tried not to let me notice anything but the older I had gotten the more I saw what was happening... I guess that is just another reason why I would choose Ray over my mother any time. She was a horrible wife. I remember one year for their anniversary Ray gave her a handmade beautifully carved jewelry box... it took him weeks to make it for her and all she said was it would just be another reminder that he would never be able to give her anything of worth to put in it and then she threw it in the trash and made him sleep in the guest bedroom for a week... she was always like that and it made me want to hit her."

„She threw it in the trash?" Christian asked horrified.

„Yes, I got it out... Ray said I could have it."

„Wait, he made the beautiful jewelry box you have?"

„Yes, thank God Kate kept my belongings in storage for me, it was the first thing I went to get when she told me."

„Was she like that with her other husbands too?"

„With Steve she wasn't quite there yet before I ran and Bob... well, he has money so she is treating him a bit better but I heard her let him have it too... at least she has given me a good example of how not to treat anyone. The worst part is she resents me because Ray would prefer to spend his time with me when really she never gave him any reason to want to spend time with her."

„Well, I would have kicked her nasty ass to the curb in a heartbeat... good thing you aren't anything like her... because all of my thoughts revolve around wanting to spend more time with you each day."

„Then I will try my best to always make sure to give you as much of my time as I possibly can." She said and they kissed again...