Christian and Ana had returned from their honeymoon a day ago and Christian had decided to talk to Hunter's mom. He didn't want to have any expectations but deep down he hoped this meeting would go well. He really liked his nephew and wanted to meet his nieces and other nephew too, but he couldn't very well do that without their mother's consent. He also was curious to see if his sister and had any similarities. Ana had told him they had the same eyes but he hadn't talked to her at the hospital, had been too anxious with suddenly coming face to face with her to do so.

„Don't be nervous." Ana said when she came into the living room where he was trying to distract himself by checking his e-mails.

„Am I that obvious?"

„Usually not, but today you are constantly tapping your foot or fingers and I could hear your foot tapping from the hallway." She said and sat down next to him. Christian tried to hide his smile because now at almost eight months of her pregnancy her belly made it a little harder for her to move gracefully, so she rather plopped herself down in a quite amusing way.

„I can see your smirk, Grey! How about you tie a sack of potatoes to your middle and try to sit down like a decent human being." Ana said with a raised eyebrow.

„I'm sorry, but I just can't help it, baby..."

„I let you get away with it today." She said and he looked at the papers she was holding.

„What's that?"

„Something for Hunter... he stopped writing because of some shitty professor telling him that he has no talent... so I thought I give him something that might just convince him otherwise." She said but before Christian could answer Taylor appeared.

„Mr. Callahan and his mother are on their way up the driveway." He announced and both got up to greet them at the door.

„Hey, Un... um, Christian... Ana." Hunter said blushing because he almost let the cat out of the bag before they had even gotten inside.

„Hello Hunter... you look better... well, except for your hair... what the fuck have you done to it?" Christian asked horrified. Hunter had black hair and usually had died the tips of his unruly hair in different colors but now it was purple, blue and had smaller parts that appeared purple and pink.

„It's called galaxy hair... great right?" Hunter asked smirking.

„How about you try black hole hair and go back to your natural color?" Christian asked dryly and that had not just Ana but also Hunter's mom laugh.

„Nah..."

„Come on in. Thank you for coming, Mrs. Callahan."

„Isobel, please..." His sister said and Christian smiled and let her into the living room where Gail brought some refreshments.

„So... um... I'm glad you had the time to come here with Hunter... there is something I would like to discuss." He started and took Ana's hand.

„You see, I was adopted when I was four years old, my birth mother had died just a few months prior and my biological father didn't claim me... I was very lucky with my family so I never had the urge to find my biological father until about three years ago... when I did... well to call him a waste of breath would be putting it mildly, he was raised as a checkbook baby... never grew up and has no desire to care about the children he has fathered. What I could find was that he had fathered to more children... at least that I know of." He said trying to think about how to say what was to come next.

„And you found out that those siblings are Eric Holden and Isobel Callahan." She said and everyone looked at her in surprise.

„Mom?! How did you know?"

„Well, Hunter... I'm always worried about my children, so when my then nineteen year old told me that wanted to stay with his friends yet I find a plane ticket to Detroit on his desk I might as well see what is going on. I followed you to Detroit back then... figured out who the man you went to see was and went to him myself. I guess we can all agree that he is a disgusting piece of shit."

„Mom!" Hunter exclaimed because he had never heard his mother talk about anyone like that.

„Sorry, Darling... anyway... after I had talked to him he told me about the two boys he had he knew off... I looked into them... but by that time you had already taken care of Eric and I didn't know how to approach you or if you knew that you are adopted so I decided to leave it be... but I guess my darling son was too curious to remain silent." She said with a loving smile to her son.

„Actually, I knew about you but well... I stayed away for the same reasons. I wasn't aware that Hunter was my nephew... not until he was at the hospital and I saw you." Christian explained.

„Did you know that our mother's were best friends?" She asked.

„What?"

„My mother, Christine, she and Ella apparently were best friends, went to school together though my mother was a year older. She was sent away when she got pregnant with me and forced by her parents to give the baby up for adoption. I was able to talk to them, they told me about Ella and how the son of a bitch got her pregnant too... that she ran away to keep her baby... I'm certain there are more siblings out there."

„Me too... I hope you are not objecting to the fact that Ana and I count Hunter as part of the family."

„Of course not, plus... if he has let you in there is no way you'll ever get rid of him... he doesn't have a lot of people who he allows in but when he does it's for life." Isobel said.

„Looks like he is a lot like me in that regard... so, tell me about yourself." Christian said and when there conversation kept going Ana got up.

„Come with me, Hunter, I have something for you... I think it's safe to say that these two are getting along famously, so we can leave them alone for a while." She said and got up. She took Hunter upstairs to her study and put the papers in a folder but handed him a gift box first.

„For me, Aunt Ana?"

„Open it." She said smiling at the way he was addressing her now because she really liked it.

Hunter opened the box to find a paperback edition of a book that was titled ' A collection of Short Stories ' but there was no author.

„What is this?"

„Look at the first page." She said and he opened it, blinked, flipped through more pages and gaped at her.

„Those are my short stories!" He said.

„I know, I had them printed into twenty sample editions. I've sent these out to editors, critics and authors I know and asked them to write honest reviews. Here." She said and handed him all the reviews she had printed.

„Why did you do that, Aunt Ana?"

„Well, I've told you, you have so much talent... it would be a shame to let it go to waste just because one asshole professor didn't want to see it."

„Have you read them?"

„Yes, I looked them over... you should too."

„But you didn't take the bad out right?"

„No, I have printed them as they were but Hunter, there is a difference between purposefully trying to bring someone down and giving constructive criticism."

„I know... thank you, Aunt Ana."

When they returned to the living room Christian and Isobel were talking animatedly and they decided to leave them alone for a while, so Ana decided to show Hunter the house to give them some more time alone. But after about fifteen minutes when they had just reached her library she heard Christian call out.

„Are you up there, baby?"

„Yes, you can come up." She called out and he came up followed by Isobel.

„Isobel's husband is coming over with the kids, I thought we could have a cookout."

„Sure, that sounds great." Ana said happy for her husband that everything was going so smoothly for him. She knew that he had been curious to meet his sister ever since he had found out that Hunter was his nephew but he also had feared that it wouldn't go well, seeing that his fears had no reason made her truly happy.

His family already knew about Hunter and that Christian had found his sister and they were happy and very supportive, so he didn't have anything to worry there either.

Later when his sister's husband arrived with their younger sister Ana enjoyed watching Christian interact with all the kids.

„He is great with children, you should make sure that this little one isn't going to be an only child." Isobel said to her while they watched Christian play soccer with the kids.

„No, we want to have more... can I ask you something, Isobel?"

„Sure."

„What's it like... giving birth?"

„Oh, I'm the wrong person to ask... my birth stories are all rather unusual." She said with a grin.

„Unusual?"

„Well, with Hunter I had the worst back pains weeks prior to his birth so I didn't realize that my back pain that day were contractions... and then we got stuck in traffic and I had to give birth at an intersection with my father freaking out and my mother yelling at him to get it together and help. With Amy, everything happened so fast that my husband had to catch her or she would have dropped to the floor. Kelsey... well, I was thoroughly over being pregnant and convinced my husband to... you know... try to get the labor going." She said and it took Ana a second to realize what Isobel meant.

„No!" She exclaimed smirking when she did.

„Yup... the flood of my water breaking spilled him right out and one round of pushing and Kelsey was there too."

„Oh my god... that's hilarious." Ana giggled.

„I know... make everyone laugh when I tell that story... good think Hunter is out of earshot, he does not want to hear anything about topics like that."

„Can you blame him... well, how was Colt born?"

„At the register of Walmart."

„What?"

„I was already in labor but still had fifteen minutes between contractions. My husband was at work, Hunter in school and the girls with my mother... so I decided to get me some ice cream from Walmart and wait for the contractions to come regularly... bad idea... I was just about to check out when the contractions suddenly wouldn't stop, good thing I picked a register with an old lady as the cashier. She had six children herself and helped me deliver Caleb before the paramedics arrived... so you see if you want an account of a normal childbirth I'm the wrong person to ask." Isobel said but Ana thanked her anyway. For some reason everyone was trying to tell her horror stories about childbirth, so hearing Isobel's stories at least showed her that there was an alternative to being in labor for 48 hours, emergency c-sections and nearly deadly blood loss.

In the evening, after they were alone she looked at her husband who was smiling.

„Happy?"

„Yes, it doesn't feel like being with Mia and Elliot, but at the very least I'm sure we can become great friends... but fuck me, do something about Hunter's hair, you are his boss..."

„He is twenty-one, Christian... he'll come around." Ana giggled.

„You can be assured that no matter how many kids we have, they'll never run around like that." He said.

„Who knows what will be fashionable twenty years from now... so we'll deal with it then." She said and leaned against him with a yawn.

„Tired, Mrs. Grey?"

„These days I'm always tired."

„How about I carry you upstairs, we take a bath together and then we go to bed."

„Sounds like heaven... but only if the bath isn't just meant to get clean..." She grinned up at him.

„Your wish is my command, baby... come let's get dirty before we get clean so you can go to bed." He said and picked her up but even before he reached their bedroom Ana was fast asleep in his arms...