Christian POV
I fell asleep early last night with Theo. I let him stay in my bed since he was watching cartoons in my room and fell asleep.
I've been looking forward to today and I can tell Theo has too. He woke up early and full of energy.
Being that Theo and I might be out all day I gave Gail the day off. I told Taylor to take the day off as well but he wouldn't budge. He said that since we're taking the boat today it's best if he keeps an eye around.
I have loyal employees.
I took Theo out for breakfast. We ate pancakes with bacon. Well, he ate syrup with a dash of pancakes since he bathes them in syrup.
Now we're on our way to pick up Ana and Phoebe. I text Ana earlier letting her know that I'll be there by 12:30 and she said she's already ready. Apparently Phoebe is exited.
"Dad! Are you listening to me?"
"Sorry bud, what you said?"
"I saaaaid that we should have brought chocolate as well for the boat ride"
"We have enough sweets and food buddy"
"You can never have enough." I'm not sure who's worse. Him or Elliot.
Once I arrive I text Ana that I'm outside. A few minutes later she comes down with a very hyper Phoebe.
Ana is wearing black jeans, black flats and a blue blouse. Phoebe is wearing black jeans as well, black sandals and blue shirt. Lighter than Ana's. She also has a black sweater on.
They kind of match.
How fucking cute.
They both have their hair lose and wavy.
I step out the car and walk over to them.
"Hello ladies, you both look adorable"
"Thank you," Phoebe says.
"What she said" Ana giggles.
"Come on Phoebe lets get you in" I help her out her seat belt on as Ana gets in.
Once I'm seated I look back and smile at the kids. "You two ready?"
"Yes!" Theo says.
"I'm very ready." Phoebe states.
"Already lets go" I hear Ana giggle and I look over at her. She's truly a beauty.
We we arrive to the shore I park and lead them to where my boat is. I hear Phoebe squeal from exited while Ana is just gawking.
When I help all three of them in I put a life vest on the kids first then on Ana.
"I could have done this myself you know" she smirks.
"What's the fun of that?"
"Are you going to put one on?" Phoebe ask.
"Of course. Safety first."
Thirty minutes later we're in the water. Phoebe is sitting next to Ana looking out while Theo is next to me. It's mid September so it's pretty breezy but my view is lovely. Ana smiling and her hair flowing. Holding her daughter close.
"Dad, it's not nice to stare" Theo whispers. I've just been caught by my own son.
"Quiet theo" I mumble.
"You look at Ana the same way I look at pancakes"
I can't help but laugh. My son is a handful. But I love him.
"Christian! This is pretty" Phoebe says.
"Quite beautiful here" Ana adds.
"Let's all go down for some snacks." Theo and I lead the way and Theo heads straight for the sweets. "No candy."
"But-"
"No candy."
"Okay.. Can I have a fruits?"
"Yeah" I serve him some strawberries, watermelon and grapes.
"Can I have some?" Phoebe asks.
"Sure, how about you Ana?"
"Oh no, I'm good for now. Had a big breakfast."
Once I serve the kids I motion for Ana to come back up with me.
"The kids will be fine down there"
"I bet it's nice to be able to do this whenever you want. Must be a great way to bond with Theodore."
"It is," I say. "We do it as much as we can. But the weather is beginning to get cold so it soon has to stop."
"Makes sense," she sits. "This is really relaxing. Thanks for letting us come. Well since Phoebe decided to invite herself" she laughs.
"No worries, after Theo brought it up I was actually to ask if you two wanted to come along but Phoebe beat me to it"
"I'm glad her and Theo are getting along."
"Me too," I smile.
"Thanks for coming yesterday. I had fun and I saw you had fun too."
"I did."
"Elliot kept looking at you with awe.. Why is that?"
I sigh. "I'm not one to go out. My time is either devoted to my son or work. He's been trying to get me out for the longest."
"But you came over for my party?" I nod "why?"
"I guess it was time to have a little fun." I shrug.
"I'm glad you came it seems like your brother was happy to see you there as well."
"I can't believe my son gave you something and I didn't." I joke.
"Well you gave me a great time at diner the night before"
"I think we should go check on the kids. They seem way too quiet." She laughs and nods and walks with me.
When we walk down we see Phoebe on the floor asleep and Theo drawing next to her.
"Did she really fall asleep that fast?" Ana asks.
"Uh-huh" theo nods. "She said 'shh it's nice here I'm going to nap' and just stayed on the floor"
"This child.." I hear Ana mumble.
"I'm going to put her on the bed" I says.
"You have a bed here?" She questions.
"Yup," Theo answers. "I told her she can nap there but she said no"
I pick Phoebe up and take her to the room and leave the door open. I decide to turn on the wifi, turn the laptop I have here on, and check my email to see if anything needs my attention. But the conversation happening with Ana and Theo is a bit distracting.
Ana POV.
"Ana, can I ask you a question?" Theo says.
"Of course,"
"How come I don't miss mommy? Daddy said she died after I was born. I wish I had a mommy."
Oh man..
"Well you can't miss someone you don't know right?" He nods. "You didn't know her so it's natural not to feel anything. Wanting a mommy is perfectly normal though.."
"So I'm not weird?"
"Oh no, honey. You aren't. My real dad died before I was even born. I can't say I miss him since I didn't know him. But I wish I had gotten to know him. Luckily I have a wonderful step dad."
"We're both almost the same" he smiles.
"Oh yeah,"
"Do you think I'll ever have a mom?"
Oh god how do I answer this?
"I'm not sure honey but you do have a lot of great women in your life right?"
He nods "there's my great-nana and nana Grace and Aunt Mia and now you"
I'm taken back by his last choice.
"Me?"
"Mhmm, you make daddy go out to parties. That makes you great" I hold back a giggle and shake my head.
Theodore is beyond adorable and pretty smart for his age.
"Sorry about that I decided to check some emails" Christian says walking towards us. "Phoebe is taking up the whole King size bed, if you get what I'm saying."
"No one can sleep with that child. She'll push you off!"
"Theo is the same way"
"I am not!" He argues then sticks his tongue out.
"Sure," Christian chuckles. "Ana and I are going back up. You staying or coming." He turns to me "don't worry, Phoebe will be fine here."
"No I stay" he says. "Just in case Phoebe wakes up"
We both nod and head back up. This time Christian takes my hand and leads me up.
"You know, You don't look adorable.." He says.
"I don't?" I frown.
"No, you look absolutely beautiful. Especially when you're hair flows with the wind." He says.
I can feel my cheeks heating up so I look anywhere but at him.
"You look even more beautiful when you're smiling and hold Phoebe close. That was quite a view earlier. You holding her, smiling, looking out into the water.. Your hair flowing.."
"Oh" my voice is low. I'm sure I'm still blushing.
He chuckles. "It's cute how you blush."
"Oh my god, stop it" I cover my face and he laughs.
"Alright alright I'm sorry," I uncover my face and look up at him. His smile really is panty dropping.
An hour later we're back at the shore. Phoebe of course didn't want to leave. She asked if we can live on the boat.
Phoebe and Theo decided they wanted to go to the park so on the walk to the car all we heard was the word please.
Please.
Please.
Please.
Christian and I gave in just to get them to stop!
So here we are. At the park. Sitting on the bench watching them play.
"I have a question, have you actually ever been to the park?" I say in a joking matter.
"Ha ha very funny. Yes I have." He shoves me playfully with his shoulder.
I keep eyeing Phoebe. She thinks she can sneak her way on the monkey bars.
She pleads with eyes. And I shake my head.
"She can't get on the monkey bars?" He asks.
"No, it's crowded and she can get hurt."
"She'll be fine, I'll help her." Christian gets up and makes his way to Phoebe. He picks her up and hold her and she gets on the monkeys bars and makes her way to the other side. Then sets her down.
"MOMMY YOU SAW? I DID IT!" She scream and I nod holding a thumbs up and smiling at her. She takes her sweater off and hands it to Christian.
When he gets to me he hands it over. "Hey can you keep an eye on Theo for a minute or so? I have to make a phone call." He says while looking down on his phone.
"Sure,"
He smiles and nods the walks away.
I look over at Phoebe who's talking to some little girls. Then I look over at Theo who's walking towards the slides. He looks over at me and waves so I wave back. He stands in front of the slide but a little kid pushes him falling forward.
"THEO!" I run to him picking him up. He isn't crying but he's holding his forehead. "Let me see"
He takes his hand out and he has a small cut.
I look up at the boy who pushed Theo angrily. "What is wrong with you!? He could have gotten hurt!"
Phoebe walks over asking what happened. I ignore her question but she's smart and realizes Theo was pushed.
"You pushed my friend? How about I push you!"
"Hold it there fighter!" I grab her with my other hand.
"What's going on?" A boy comes over. About 15 years old.
"You are?" I ask.
"His brother." He points to the boy that pushed Theo.
"Well maybe you should keep an eye out for him! He's pushing around!"
"Relax chick they're just kids" the boy says.
"Excuse me mister she's not a chick!" Phoebe says.
"What happened!?" Christian runs over.
"Theo was pushed." I notice the teenage boy looks kind of scared.
"You're so lucky my mommy is here I would have pushed you!" Phoebe tells the little boy.
"Alright fighter that's enough" I say sternly.
"He called mommy, chick. And said to relax" Phoebe says to Christian pointing at the teenage boy.
"Maybe you should relax. You're lucky my son is not seriously hurt if not you both would have been in serious trouble." Christian tells the teenage boy then takes Theo out my arms. "You okay buddy?"
"Yeah I'm okay"
"You have a small cut."
"Maybe its time we all go home" I say.
"yeah lets go."
On the walk back to the car I stop by a street food vendor and ask for a napkin. When we get to the car I clean Theo's cut a bit. At least it's nothing serious.
When Christian arrives to my place Phoebe thanks Christian for today and says goodbye to Theo then steps out the car.
"Phoebe, wait!" I call out. "Thanks for today, Christian." I tell him.
"No problem."
"Bye Theo." I smile at him.
"Bye Ana"
Phoebe and I step into the apartment and I immediately tell her to go take a shower. I step foot into my room and take my flats off. I hear a ping from my phone.
I had fun today, thank you. -C
I had fun today too
See you tomorrow xx - C
See you tomorrow, Mr. Grey ;)
What a day..