6 months later
Ana's POV
"Kate, I know that you are my best friend and all, but can you please be honest with me?" I ask Kate.
"Steele, I told you for the 100th time that you look amazing!" Kate says.
We are in her mother's wedding boutique and I am currently trying on wedding dresses. Its now my turn to walk down the aisle and I cannot contain my excitement. I've tried on a few dresses but I didn't like any of them. Sure they were beautiful, but I don't see myself walking down the aisle in them.
"This isn't the one, Kate." I say as I get out of the dress.
Kate just nods her head and checks the messages on her phone. She is most likely tired of persuading me why each dress that I have tried on looks great on me and why it's the one that I should wear.
I go back the rack with the dresses that Leslie had chosen for me and look through the dresses one more time. I was about to give up, but then I came across a dress. It was in the style that I like: simple but elegant. It had lacy sleeves and neckline. The rest of the dress was simple.
I took it into the dressing room and with a little help of one of the attendants that work there, I was in the dress. I stepped in front of the mirror and could not believe my eyes. The dress was amazing and it looked great on me. This is the one!
I turned to Kate who looked speechless.
"I love this one more than the others." Kate said. "You will be a beautiful bride."
I hug my best friend and wipe the happy tears that flow down my face. I will be married in a week to the love of my life.
I change out of the dress and meet up with Kate. We decide to go to the nearest coffee shop and grab some coffee.
"Ana, I cannot say it enough. You will be the prettiest bride and the best wife to Christian Grey." Kate tells me. She ordered herself a chai latte with an orange cranberry scone, while I opted for my usual tea with a blueberry muffin.
I simply smile. I really hope that I can be the best wife to Christian Grey. Out of all the women that he has been with, he chose me to be his wife and my duty now is to show everyone that I am not with him because of the money. It still hurts to hear that the gossip rags believe that I am only with him because of his money and that once the baby is born I will divorce him and take all of his money away. Sorry to break it to you, I am actually in love with the guy.
We talk about the wedding and the honeymoon. Christian is keeping the destination a secret which is annoying me. Why can't he tell me where we are going?
Everything is going well until Kate turns pale in the face and suddenly runs to the restroom.
She comes back a few minutes later.
"Kate, are you alright?" I ask her.
" I don't know, Ana. Today I woke up and I threw up for no reason. And then for some odd reason, my boobs feel a little on the tender side. It's a weird feeling altogether." Kate explains to me.
I look at her. Everything she has told me seems to lead to only one thing: she is pregnant.
"I think you might be pregnant." I say to her.
"Oh, I don't know. I doubt it though, its most likely the food that I had for dinner last night." She says.
" Quit denying it, Kate. Your boobs wouldn't feel weird if you had bad food last night. Face it, you are pregnant." I tell her.
"I bought a pregnancy test before I came to the wedding boutique because I also believe that there is a chance that I am pregnant, but I don't know. What if I am? What if turn out to be a bad mother? " Kate says to me.
"Kate, just use the test and if you are then its no big deal. You're married and its time that you started a family with Elliot. You will make a great mother and Elliot will make a great father, should you be pregnant." I explain to her.
Kate sighs. After we finish our food, Kate and I head to the ladies room. Kate decides not to wait until she gets home to take the pregnancy test.
I set the phone on the designated time and we wait for the timer to go off. Kate paces the room while we wait.
"God, this is so nerve racking." She says.
"It is what it is, Kate." I tell her, reassuringly.
She doesn't say anything and continues to pace the room.
The alarm on my phone goes off 5 minutes later.
Kate rushes to my side to look at the results of the pregnancy test.
"What do the two blue lines mean?" She asks me.
I look at the instructions on the box.
"Kate, they mean that the test is positive." I tell her. "You're pregnant."
Kate just stares at the pregnancy test. She doesn't utter a word. I put my arm around her shoulder.
"That's a good thing. You should be happy." I tell her.
"I know it is, but not for me. Im not mother material." She says.
"Stop saying that, Kate. I know that you will be a great mother. Sure you think that now, but when you have the child you will think differently."I tell her.
Kate doesn't say anything. We both leave the café and head our separate ways. I made a mental note to call her later on today to see how she feeling.
Christian's POV
I was sitting in my office minding my own business when Andrea lets me know that my brother is here to see me and that he won't stop annoying Andrea until he does.
"Send him in." I say through the intercom.
Within seconds, Elliot is in my office looking rather rough around the edges. By the look on his face, I can tell that something is up.
"Elliot, how many times do I have to tell you not to annoy Andrea?" I ask him.
"I know that, bro and I am sorry, but I have something urgent that I need to talk to you about." He tells me, sitting down in the chair in front of my desk.
"Look, if you are experiencing some marital problems then I am not the person that you should speak to." I tell him.
"We are not experiencing marital problems, or at least not that I know of." He says.
"Then what is it?" I ask him. This has to be good because he's kinda wasting my time here. I love him and all but he needs to remember that I have a company to run here.
"Its Kate." He says. "Something is up."
"Well, did you ask her if something is wrong?" I ask him.
"I did and she says that everything is fine, but I know its not. She's been moody for the past two days. " He says.
"I think you should talk to her about it, not let her out of the room until she tells you what exactly is going on." I tell him.
"Knowing Kate it will be hard to get something out of her. But I'm telling you something is up. I was leaving for work today and I wrapped my arms around her waist and was going to give her a kiss when she shimmied from my grasp and told me not to touch her." Elliot tells me.
"She could be PMSing." I suggest.
"I've been with Kate long enough to know when her periods are and I can tell you that she missed hers this month which can only mean one thing…" He says, trying to hide a smile.
Well it's about time that they start a family!
"Well if it's that then everything makes sense. Kate is obviously worried about how you will react to the news. That's the reason she is acting strange." I explain to my brother.
Elliot has relaxed a bit.
"Yeah that makes sense. I was going to ask her about it in the morning but she didn't want to talk to me let alone look at me. When I get home tonight, I will certainly confront her about it, although I think that she will tell me eventually." He says. By the looks of it, Elliot cannot wait to hear the news straight out of his wife's mouth.
"Are you excited, Christian?" He asks me, changing the subject.
"I am very excited." I tell him. My wedding is next week and I would be lying if I said that I wasn't counting down to it.
If someone was to tell me at the beginning of last year that I was going to be married at this point, I would have laughed. Sure I did contemplate on the subject of marriage, but I didn't think it would happen so soon. I am glad that it is because I am madly in love with Ana and there is no other person that I would rather spend the rest of my life with.
"I know, bro. I can see it in your eyes." Elliot says. "Your whole face lights up when someone mentions the wedding or Ana or both."
I smile.
" What can I say? Im a happy man." I tell him.
Andrea lets me know that my meeting will begin in 5 minutes.
"Alright Christian, I will let you know whats going on with Kate after I talk to her although I believe that I wont have to because Ana might let you know before I do." He says.
I nod my head. Elliot leaves my office and I quickly gather up the spreadsheets on my desk and head into the conference room.
Kate's POV
I came home and threw up a few more times. Ugh, so gross!
After changing into a pair of sweats and a baggy t-shirt, I plop myself on the couch and watch some tv.
I texted Ana and let her know that everything is okay. Yes, that's a lie, but I wouldn't want her to worry. She has a lot on her plate right now that she has to worry about.
Since there is nothing on tv, I make myself comfortable on the couch and take a nap.
Im worried. I look up at the clock in the living room and see that Elliot is supposed to be here any minute now. What if he doesn't want the baby? What if he isn't happy?
I hear keys opening the front door and in walks Elliot.
He walks over to me and kisses me on the forehead.
"How are you, baby? "He asks me.
"Im alright." I tell him.
He looks into my eyes for a second and then sits on the sofa seat next to me.
"Kate, I have noticed for the past two days that something is up. You won't let me hug you and there are times when you get mad at me for no reason what so ever. You have told me that everything is okay,but as your husband I know that something is up. Whatever it is, please tell me. I won't be mad." He says, his blue eyes screaming worry at me.
Well if I don't tell him now, then I will have to tell him eventually.
I take a deep breath.
" I've been feeling bad lately. I would throw up in the mornings and have constant, random cravings of food. Today, I bought a pregnancy test before helping Ana look for a wedding dress. Ana noticed that something is up and she was eager for me to take the test. The test turned out to be positive." I explained to him.
Elliot looks at me.
"So does this mean that we are.."He asks.
"Yes, Im pregnant." I tell him.
Elliot pulls me into an embrace and kisses me.
"Baby, that's such great news!" He exclaims.
"So you're not mad?" I ask him.
"Why would I be mad?" He asks me.
"That this all happened a little too soon." I answer him.
"I don't care about that. It was meant to happen. We are married and it was time for us to plan a family." Elliot says. "You do not know how happy I am right now. I have always wanted to be a father."
"You're going to be a great father."I tell him with a smile.
"And you, my love, will be a great mom." He says, giving me a kiss on the cheek.
We decide to order some Chinese food because I didn't feel like going out.
It was a relief to know that Elliot is happy with the baby news. I was hoping for the worst, but I am glad that everything turned out okay. Because there is no way in hell that I am not keeping this baby!
We are going to announce it to everyone very soon. I cannot wait to tell everyone that we are close to that we are expecting our first child.
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