A/N: I'm glad so many of you liked the last chapter. I hope you like this one.
"Congratulations, Ana. Mr Grey." Roach says, shaking both mine and Christian's hands.
"Thank you, Roach." I reply, smiling. We have just finished up our meeting over the name change and told everyone about Little Blip. As everyone left it turned into a game of 'hug Ana'. It's almost as bad with the family but these people thankfully left my baby bump alone, seeing as Christian was glaring at them to leave, especially the guys. Typical fifty. Not once did he move his hand from my waist.
"When are you due?"
"Next May." I say happily. Yes, I can't wait, but I hope it doesn't spoil Kate's wedding.
"We best be off. Family dinner." Christian says, leading me through the door.
"Let me just go too my office. I need to get some more manuscripts." I tell him. I make a quick dash over to Hannah and grab the files I need.
"Oh, Ana! Congratulations. I heard from one of the girls who just left." Hannah smiles at me, now hugging me.
"Thanks, Hannah. I'll be working from home for a while. Not sure how long. A few personal issues and Christian wants me at home. But if there are any important meetings please let me know and I'll come in."
"Ok, Ana. You take it easy. We've got things covered here."
"Thanks. Bye." I wave back to her and walk over to Christian who is talking to Roach.
"Ready?" He asks when he sees me.
We arrive at Bellevue and Grace and Carrick are waiting outside for us as we arrive. Christian helps me out of the car due to my ankle hurting more.
"Ana? Are you ok, darling?" Grace asks, opening her arms to embrace me.
"I'm fine thank you. My ankle just hurts a little today. I probably stood wrong or something." I explain.
"Ana." Carrick greets me with a hug as well.
"Christian. How are you sweetheart?" Grace asks him.
"Good, mom." He replies.
"Come on in you two. It's getting cold out here. Kate, Elliot, Mia and Ethan are already here. Dinner will be another hour."
"They're early for once." Christian blurts out.
"Well out meeting did go on longer than expected." I finish for him, explaining why we were a little late.
"No worries. At the moment they are going over wedding arrangements. Mia is going over the top." Grace says.
"And we know how Mia get's when there's a celebration." Carrick finishes. "I'll be in my office if you need me. Another case to get on with." Carrick says then leaves to his office.
We join everyone else in the family lounge and Grace and Carrick weren't kidding. Mia is going all out. The floor is covered with magazines and colour types. I'm glad Christian and I didn't agree to her helping with our wedding. I would have gone insane.
"Hey." I say, everyone looking at random things.
"Hey, Bro." Elliot gets up and bear hugs Christian then turns to me. "Ana." He says to me and takes me into a hug and swings me round.
"Elliot! Put her down!" He ignores Christian and continues to swirl.
"Elliot. If you don't want me to throw up on you I suggest you put me down." I warn him and he immediately puts me down and I start swaying. Christian puts his hands on my shoulders and steadies me. He then picks me up and takes me to the sofa near the fire and keeps me in his lap.
"So how is the planning going?" He asks.
"Kill me bro. Please" Elliot begs, literally on his knees in front of us.
"It can't be that bad Elliot." I say.
"You don't know. You didn't have Mia involved with your wedding." He explains. I can't help but laugh. Christian then nuzzles my neck.
"I love that sound." He murmurs.
"Ok...I'm leaving you two alone." Elliot backs away and returns to Kate's side. I stand from Christian's lap, which he moans at, and go over to Kate and Mia. I struggle to sit on the floor.
"Here, Ana. Take my seat." Ethan offers.
"No I'm fine, but thanks Ethan." I reply. I manage to sit next to Mia and look over what they've planned. "Wow! You guys have done a lot. Anything you want my help in?" I look up to Kate and Mia who are exchanging looks.
"Well...I want you to be my maid of honour." Kate says. I can't help but smile and leap into Kate's lap.
"Oh, Kate! I'd love too!" I squeal as she hugs me tight.
"There is one thing I need to talk to you about." Kate pulls away from the hug and looks me sternly in the eye.
"What is it Kate?" I ask, moving back to my place on the floor where Christian has now occupied. I pout at him and he pulls me to sit in between his legs.
"Actually both of you. Elliot and I were thinking of moving the wedding..." before she has time I cut her off.
"No. Don't Kate. Don't put off your wedding or even move it." I order.
"But Ana, we don't want to push you around doing wedding stuff when you will either be heavily pregnant or have just given birth." She explains.
"Kate. Elliot. Thank you for the thought and consideration but we can't allow you to do that." Christian says.
"Besides, we would feel so guilty if you did that because of us."
"But..." Elliot tries to speak but Christian interrupts him this time.
"No. Elliot. Kate. Go ahead with whatever date you want."
"If you insist." Kate mumbles. I really don't want them to move their wedding because of us.
After we look through more magazines we have dinner. We eat and chat throughout the meal.
"I guess you liked that cake, Ana." Grace says.
"Well this little guy doesn't give me much choice but it was fantastic, thank you." I say, smiling up at her. I notice Christian talking to Elliot and Mia. What's he passing to them?
"Christian Grey! Are you betting on our baby?!" I yell at him in some sort of playful way. Everyone has their eyes on me as if I am about to blow but Christian knows I'm playing.
"Maybe." He leans over to me and kisses my lips quickly. I pout at him and he smiles at me and runs his nose along mine. I can tell everyone has relaxed. I don't think they've seen me like that. Good thing Christian knows me so well.
"I have an idea. Christian, Ana, how about we go over to your new house?"
"That would be wonderful!" I gleam.
"Let's all go." Christian says. Everyone nods in agreement. I try to stand but end up falling backwards a little into Christian's arms.
"Having trouble there, Mrs Grey?"
"A little. Would you mind...?"
"Helping? Anytime. Here." Christian wraps his arms around me and lifts me.
"I can walk you know?" I say, smirking at him.
"I know. But I love having you so close. And I can do this..." he starts to whispers and he begins to nibble at my ear lobe and kissing that sweet spot.
"Christian." I playfully and reluctantly hit his arm. "Let's get going."
"Fine." He huffs then kisses my cheek. We head for the cars. Taylor drives the SUV and Sawyer ends up having to drive Elliot and Kate because they have been drinking, even though they only had one drink, but Christian insists. I slip into the front seat next to Taylor so Christian can sit with his parents. I know he's not overly happy with me in the front but it's nice once in a while. I'm actually having a good time talking to Taylor for once. Getting to know how Sophie is and when she will be visiting. She sounds like a nice girl and I can't wait to finally meet her.
We arrive at our new home. The drive way is lit up as well as most of the rooms from what I can see. I can hear Grace and Carrick complimenting Christian and I. We pull up outside the garages and Christian is the one opening my door. Did he jump out or something?
"Mrs Grey." He holds out his hand for me to take.
"Mr Grey." I smile up at him and he leans down to kiss me. "I wonder what Elliot has to show us." I'm so excited I'm almost hoping in sheer excitement. This is the first time everyone is going to see it. I hope we can get Ray over as soon as we move in.
Elliot leads the way up the steps and into the hallway. As soon as the lights are on I am stunned by the beauty of the place I am soon to call home. They have kept the house to its traditional structure and style but more modern. Elliot leads us to the kitchen. As we walk in I can see that they have extended the size of it. The kitchen island is massive with a built in cooker top. The counter tops are dark marble and the doors a nice sleek modern white finish. Gail is going to love cooking in here. The fridge is massive with a wine fridge in the centre. No doubt Christian will have that completely filled.
We walk into the dining room and I can also see they have re-built the fireplace.
"What happened to the original fire place?" I ask.
"It wasn't as solid as we original thought so we changed it to a more modern and stronger material."
"It's wonderful. So you're lucky on that one." I laugh. He then leads us to the family room. Hang on. Why hasn't this registered before?
"Christian?"
"Yes." He whispers into my ear. He has been walking close behind me the whole time and stopping to nuzzle my neck.
"The whole house is furnished isn't it?" I ask as we stand outside the next door. It only registered till now. Baby Brain!
"I was wondering when you were going to notice. I remembered all the pieces of furniture you liked and decided to buy them to surprise you." He explains. We walk into the family lounge and it's bigger than I remember. The view I can see clearly through the floor to ceiling windows is wonderful. Just how I always wanted to see it.
"Because we made the windows larger than you wanted we added in a remote control blind set." Elliot walks over to a panel on the wall and presses a few buttons and the blinds start to cover the windows.
"That's great Elliot." Christian says. He's already getting ideas, but I don't think he is all that bothered about blinds.
"Upstairs?" He asks.
"Yes please!" As we head out of the room I notice all the others are admiring the view. Maybe Kate will nag Elliot for a place like this.
We finally make it up the stairs and the first set of rooms we see are the guest rooms and they are just what we wanted. The next is the master suite. Christian covers my eyes just before we walk in then uncovers them till we are standing in the middle of the room. I am stunned to see a king size, maybe bigger, bed already made up facing the windows. A set of small sofa's in one area plus the walk-in wardrobes. Christian decided to each have our own but still joined. He guides me into the bathroom and it's bigger than the one at Escala. The shower is massive and the tub. Wow! It's similar to the one in Georgia, but you have to walk down into it. Oh I can't wait to have some fun in there with Christian.
"We will christen that first." He whispers into my eye.
"I like the sound of that." I whisper back.
"If you two would like to cool down, there is one more room I want to show you." Elliot says. We quickly calm down and follow him out with the others.
"I wasn't sure what to do with this one. But take this is mine and Kate's present to you." He says, holding Kate close to him. How long did she know about the house? Well Elliot can't exactly keep his mouth shut most of the time. He opens the door for us and we walk in slowly.
"Elliot!" I scream and turn to hug him tight. "Thank you so much. Both of you." I jump to hug Kate next. Christian follows suit, but hugs them both quickly.
We walk further into the room. It's wonderful. I turn to look at Christian and he has that secret smile.
"Did you have something to do with this?"
"I might have done."
"Oh, Christian." I leap into his arms and kiss him passionately. "It's wonderful."
"So you like it?" He asks
"Like it? I love it." The room is wonderful. Blip's nursery. The walls have been painted a light yet warm yellow. All the furniture is white. The crib has been set up in the middle of the room with everything else around it. There's even a rocking chair looking out over the sound. I can't wait till Blip get's here now. Just to see all that has been done for him even though he's not here yet. I am touched by how much everyone loves Blip already, especially Christian. Not too soon, my tears are flowing. Everyone is looking around the room admiring Elliot and Christian's work.
"You ok, baby?" Christian asks, wrapping his arms around my front and resting his head on my shoulder.
"I'm more than ok. I'm over the moon. Christian it's now becoming you who ceases to amaze me." I turn in his hold and wrap my arms around his neck.
"I like seeing you so happy, Ana." He kisses my forehead and I lean into his touch.
"You two are so going to be at home here." Grace says, walking over to us. "When are you moving in?"
"We haven't actually set a date but it depends if there are any other things for Elliot to do?" I say, getting Elliot's attention.
"What's left to do?" Christian asks him.
"Just the gym. The pool is just getting finished off. So I'd say you'll be able to move in say about a week. It will take a while for us to go over everything to make sure the electrics are working right and all that."
"We can't wait." Christian says kissing my forehead again.
"How about we go back to ours and have a few drinks?" Carrick asks.
"Sounds like a good idea." Mia says. Her, Kate and Ethan have been rather quiet.
As we make our way downstairs Taylor calls Christian away to a private room. We all wait outside by the cars for them. I'm getting a little worried.
"Ana? Are you ok?" Ethan asks, rubbing my arms keeping me warm.
"Yeah. I'm fine, thanks Ethan."
"You look like you're freezing."
"I'm fine. Really. But thank you." I reply a little too sternly. I am left waiting by the car on my own. Grace and Carrick are already waiting in there, but I insisted on staying outside. The cold air keeps me calm.
Out of nowhere I can hear shouting coming from the house. What's going on? This isn't good. Christian bursts out from the house and runs over to me. He holds me close and stares deep into my eyes. He's trying to hide is emotions but I can see rage seeping through
"Christian..."
"Ana. I need you stay with my parents." He says quickly and he goes over to his R8. I have been wondering where it was. It hasn't been at Escala for ages. I run after him.
"Christian!" I call. He jumps into the car with Taylor and they soon drive off, with me following part way down the drive.
"CHRISTIAN!"I yell. Where is he going? Why is he keeping secrets from me?! I fall to my knees on the cold ground and the tears begin to flow.
"Ana! Ana! What's wrong?" Kate asks, running over to me and wrapping her arms around me. I am too lost for words. All I can do is cry. I fear for Christian's life. What did Taylor say? I force myself up to my feet, with Kate's help, and march over to Sawyer.
"Sawyer! Tell me!" I order him. He looks me straight in the eyes but says nothing.
"I am ordering you to tell me! Now! What has happened?!" I am practically yelling now, but he still doesn't say anything.
"So help me, Sawyer. I will have your balls if you don't tell me what's happening!"
"Sawyer, you better do what she says." Elliot steps in. My rage is starting to over me. I can feel my blood boil. Damn these hormones. Making my emotions heightened.
"Ana. I can't." Sawyer finally speaks.
"You will tell me. Now!" I yell. Grace is quick to join us.
"Ana. I need you to calm down. This isn't good for the baby." She says.
"Sawyer. Tell me." I say as calmly as I can. A soft breeze sweeps over us and my stress goes down a level. Think of Blip. I repeat in my head. I have to keep calm for Blip.
"Taylor received word about Issac."
"What about Issac?" I ask. He remains quiet.
"Sawyer! What about Issac?!"
"He was at Grey Publishing's earlier on and he has made a threat."
"What kind of threat? Sawyer!"
"To have you killed. Ana. He isn't working alone" Sawyer finally reaches to the point.
"Elena is dead right?" I ask. Who could be helping him? Or who is he helping?
"Yes. At the moment we don't know who it is. Please Ana. Let us get you back to Bellevue."
I am scared. Someone is still out to get me. Who is helping Issac? Why does Issac want to kill me? Is Christian ok? Why did he have to go running off like that?
A/N: I thought I would leave you with a cliff hanger for once. Hope this chapter was good. Reviews much loved!