As I said in one of the previous A/N's I have now moved the story forward a little... the honeymoon ended by the end of November 2011 and this chapter takes places at the end of March 2012...
March 2012
Ana's POV
I love our new home. Christian and I moved into the new house two weeks ago. It's just perfect, we have so much space and it is a much better place for Ace. We picked the puppy up the day after we came home from our honeymoon and Christian adores him. I wanted the dog to have his bed in the great room, but Christian insisted he would sleep in our bedroom, now the dog sleeps in bed with us.
I wasn't thrilled about that at all, but not only the dog, but Christian as well gave me the saddest puppy eyed look when I said there was no way that the dog would sleep in bed with us. So, I gave in. I had my revenge though, when throughout the holidays I bought cute little dog costumes and Ace had to wear a different one every day. He was dressed up as elf, reindeer and many other cute things. Christian hated it, but knew better than to take the costume off of Ace. He looked so cute in them, I took tons of pictures and Mia, my mom, Kate and Grace agreed that it was the cutest thing to dress Ace up for christmas.
My parents moved to Seattle to be closer to Jenny, they moved into my old apartment with Patrick, though Patrick spends most of his time with Christian and me. I can't blame him. Jenny's condition has given us all a hard time, but especially my mom is heart-broken about it. She has meltdowns and freaks out so often that it is really painful to watch. Last week she took it out on Patrick after he came home with a D in biology. He came over to us crying his eyes out and Christian finally had enough. Apparently Patrick called him a lot more than me, telling him about his troubles at the new school he had to go to and that our mom was either ignoring him or was shouting for no obvious reason.
He talked to my Dad and they both agreed that it would be best if Patrick would stay with us until my mom would finally accept that her daughter is sick and there is nothing she can do to change it. So, Patrick moved into one of the guest rooms and we enrolled him into a new school that is closer to our home. So far, he seems to like this school much better and he seems happier living here with us.
I still haven't seen Jenny. She accepts my parents around her, but not me and we all agreed that bringing Patrick to the facility wasn't a good idea, because no one knows how she will react to seeing him. I know this might sound cold, but I'm trying to push all thoughts of Jenny as far away from me as I can. I accepted that there is nothing I can do for her until she reaches a point where I can go and talk to her, but until then I don't want to torture myself over this.
I think back to my first christmas with Christian. It was amazing both our families came together at Bellevue and we enjoyed the holidays together. Though it was christmas morning that was extra special. I woke up while it was still dark outside, because Christian was already up and couldn't wait to open the gifts. We went into the great room. We sat the camera up before we started to open our gifts because we wanted to capture our first christmas morning together and exchanged gifts. I was surprised to find paperwork in one of my gifts and when I read through it I couldn't believe it. He bought me a building for my child's center. I was overwhelmed and had no idea what to say, though my favorite gift is the locket he gave me. I wear it everyday and inside I keep one picture of him and one of us on our honeymoon.
Christian loved all the gifts I got for him, but I know the trip to Switzerland I arranged for us was his favorite. I had to meet with his assistant Andrea, so we could determine a time where Christian could go away and managed to schedule the trip for the first week of February. We stayed at a beautiful chalet and went skiing a lot, though I had a lot more fun learning snowboarding. Christian was worried that I would break my neck, but I managed it pretty good and we had a great time there.
We celebrated new years at Elliot house and he surprised us all by proposing to Kate right at midnight. Kate cried so hard, she could barely say yes. I'm so happy for her and Elliot, they are a great couple and though they have very different personalities, it seems to work out pretty well for them. They are going to get married in june and of course I'm going to be Kate's matron of honor. Mia and two of her cousins are going to be her bridesmaids and we just had the first fitting for our dresses.
Kate's dress is a little too sexy for my liking, but she looks gorgeous in it. The dresses she picked out for us ... well, she is my best friend and I will wear it for her, but that is all I'm going to say about them. I hope Christian won't freak out once he sees me in it, but then again he has enough to complain about the color theme of the wedding which is white and a bright pink. I know that Elliot is going to wear a white smoking and so are Christian and the other groomsmen, but Christian is very unhappy about the bright pink vest that comes with the smoking he has to wear. In his defenses it looks terrible with his hair color, bright pink is not his color at all.
I giggle thinking about his face when Kate told him what he has to wear. He is convinced she only picked the color to stick it to him, but I know Kate and her love for everything pink, so I talked to him and he agreed to wear it.
My project is going very well, I have all the permissions that I need and the building Christian gave me for christmas is under remodeling. I've just started to build the team that I will need and once everything is ready we are going to all the schools in Seattle and tell the kids about the center. I have bought school busses that will drive the kids from school to the center and back home in the evening, so kids that go to school in another district can come to the center aswell. I'm really looking forward to the opening that will take place right after the summer when school starts again.
Mia and Luke are still dating, though I don't think they are going to marry any time soon. They both feel like they want to wait and though Mia and I'm the same age, I understand that she wants to experience more before she gets married. I on the other hand couldn't be happier with being married. Sure, Christian and I argue from time to time, but we know that we belong together. It's that simple and after we had an argument about me wearing a dress he found was way to revealing to a function, we agreed that we would never go to bed angry at each other. Since this was our only big fight, we couldn't put the theory to the test by now, but I really want to stick to it.
We ended going to couples therapy after 4 or 5 sessions. We discussed what happened between us and how we felt when he wouldn't talk to me for days prior to our wedding and put it behind us. Other than that, there were no major issues between us and John told us we could see him when we felt the need to discuss something with him, but we were in a really good place and not in need of couples therapy for now.
The one thing I still have to get used to is the media. They were relentless for the first few weeks after we returned from our honeymoon and even now there is at least one paparazzi following me when ever I'm outside. I have read the most bizarre stories about me and Christian sued a publisher after they released an article about me were I was pictured as gold digger.
The worst part though was that my past came back to haunt me in the form of Josh. He gave an exclusive interview to a big gossip magazine and told them all about our so-called relationship, he told them he ended it because I was frigid and that I tried to kill myself after that. He even gave them some old photos of us. Christian was furious and I had no idea what to think or do.
It was Jose who got so mad and upset about it, that Dave told me later that Jose didn't fly to LA like he told me, but to New York. He found Josh and from what I heard he beat him up pretty badly. I wasn't to thrilled about the fact that my best friend got violent because of me, but I swear Christian considers Jose his best friend now as well. I was just thankful that our week in Switzerland came right in the time after the interview and we could avoid the media back here in Seattle for a while.
Today is monday and I had some interviews with people I might want to hire for my project. After that I met Mia and Kate for lunch and spent the afternoon at home going over some plans and paperwork for my project. Patrick came home from school earlier and had some new friends over. Christian came home just in time for dinner and after dinner the three of us went outside to play with Ace and let him run for a while. After that Christian had to work for a while in his study, so Patrick and I decide to make popcorn and watch a movie.
Now, I am soaking in the tub, leaning against Christian who lazily strokes my breasts and belly.
"Do you have time to have lunch with me tomorrow baby?" he asks and I go mentally through my schedule.
"Yes, I have my check up with Dr. Greene tomorrow right before lunchtime, I'm also due for my next shot, I could come to Grey House after that or do you want to book a table somewhere for us?"
With that I hear Christian sigh behind me. I know he wants a baby, but he hasn't said it directly so far. He has dropped hints left and right though, starting with the remodeling of our home, when he insisted that we would leave the room next to the master bedroom empty, so we could turn it into a nursery once we would need it.
Another time I was shopping with him and he stopped at the section with baby clothes in each shop we went to. A week ago I found him sitting in the livingroom reading a book about things to expect when your wife is pregnant and how to get involved in everything related to the pregnancy. His newest attempt is to tell me about 'this guy' from work whose wife is pregnant.
I'm not sure the guy even exists, but he keeps telling me about him and how excited the guy is. I'm not sure why Christian doesn't just tell me that he wants a baby, but actually I'm glad he didn't. I think I would have said no, if he would have asked me right away, but with him constantly dropping hints I started to think about it.
I definitely want to be a mom someday, we are both young and healthy, financially secured and the thought of having a little boy or girl running around our new home warms my heart. This might be a lot sooner than I thought, but I'm ready to have Christian's baby, so I decide to put him out of his misery.
"You know, I don't have to get the shot if you don't want to."
"What?" Christian sits up straight and turns me around so we are facing each other. "Christian, you've been dropping hints for months now, when I got my new shot after our honeymoon you were pouting for days. I was just waiting for you to say something, but I really thought about having a baby and if you want to try, I want to try as well."
"You really mean it?"
"Yes, why didn't you just tell me that you want a baby?"
"I ... I wasn't sure you are ready and I don't think I could have handled it if you had said no."
I lean forward and kiss him. "I said yes now, so no new shot tomorrow?"
"No, after all we have seven babies to make, we can't wait any longer to start." he smirks and I giggle. "Can we take this one baby at a time?"
"Sure, well except if you end up being pregnant with multiples." he says and I blanch.
"No way, we start with one baby, I'm not ending up like that friend of my mother."
"What happened to her?"
"She had twins at first, then she wanted to have one more baby and had another set of twins, after that she got pregnant again with another set of twins and after that she never wanted to get pregnant again. A year ago she had triplets."
"At least she didn't have to go through 9 pregnancies." he shrugs and I splash him. "One baby at a time Christian, tell your boys to behave if we let them go for it" I threaten him playfully and he throws his head back and starts to laugh, but I'm serious starting with multiples doesn't sound like a good idea to me, though I know we won't have a choice in that matter.
The next morning when we arrive in the kitchen for breakfast Christian is beaming from ear to ear. Patrick who is already there eating his breakfast looks at him and frowns.
"What happened, won the lottery?" he teases and Christian looks at me asking for permission. I nod and we sit down at the kitchen table with him, while Gail is preparing our breakfast.
"Gail, can I have pancakes, bacon and eggs instead of granola, please"
"Of course" she answers with a smile and I turn my attention back to Patrick.
"So, what is going on?" he wants to know.
"Ana agreed to go of birthcontrol, so we can have a baby."
"What, wow, that's cool. Wait, ewww you just confirmed that you are going to bang my sister, that's gross man!" Patrick blushes and shudders at the same time making me laugh.
"Oh believe me, it's not gross at all to ban..."I kick Christian under the table before he can finish his sentence.
"Christian! That is my little brother you are talking to."
"Just saying" he mutters like a sulking teenager and I press a kiss on his lips.
"Hey, not while I'm eating you two, I don't want to tell my niece or nephew one day that I had to witness how she or he was conceived."
"Grow up Patrick, I bet you kissed a girl before" I tease my brother and his face heats up even more, telling me he has, but he is not going to talk about it with me.
"I think I take Ace out before school, there is just too much love in this room" Patrick mutters, grabs his bagel and calls out for Ace who follows him outside.
"Maybe I should give him some tips" Christian muses and my mouth pops open. "Don't you dare, he just turned 15, he can wait with dating and ... and... ewww I can't even say it." I mutter and Christian laughs.
"You wouldn't laugh if we were talking about Mia doing it with Luke" I tease and he stops to laugh immediately.
"Fair point well made, Mrs. Grey, we shall not talk about our siblings and sex in the same sentence" he mocks me and I can't help, but kiss him again.
"I'd rather talk about us having sex." I whisper into his ear. "We have time before I have to leave, do you want to do more than talk about it" he whispers back.
"Please keep our breakfast warm Gail, we will be back in 15 minutes" I tell her grab Christian's hand and we nearly run upstairs and undress each other as soon as the door to our bedroom is closed and locked.
I guess you could say that I am addicted to my husband, but I don't care, if he wants me, he can have me. Once we are both naked I get onto tiptoes to kiss him and reach between us to stroke his growing erection. His hands grip my behind and he kneads the sensitive flesh. I want him and I want him now. I push him onto the bed and straddle him.
"Eager Mrs. Grey?" he smirks and I just look at him, his beautiful face with those amazing grey eyes, I want to look into his eyes for eternity, as all they are telling me is how much he loves me.
"I want you!"
"You have me baby, always." with his words I feel like the atmosphere in the room is changing, going from eager to have each other, to nothing but unconditional love and I know that Christian is feeling it too.
"Let's take this slow, baby" he murmurs and pulls my head closer so he can kiss me. And for the longest time all we do is kiss, gently touching each other and enjoying the feeling of our skin touching without any barrier between it.
Slowly he starts to kiss down my neck, my collarbone and further down all the way down to my toes and back until our lips meet again. I can feel him bringing the head of his erection into the right position to enter me and when he does, he glides easily deep inside me.
"My favorite place in the whole wide world baby" he whispers against my lips and moves slowly in and out of me.
"Christian please, faster" I beg.
"No baby, let's do this real slow, feel me, all of me baby." and I do, moving my hips in his rhythm and it is so intense, it's like he is everywhere. I close my eyes as I feel my orgasm building, but I hear Christian whisper: "Look at me Ana, I want to see those beautiful blue eyes. I open them and after few more deep and slow thrusts we both reach our climax looking into each others eyes and for some reason this feels so much more intimate, we are both completely exposed to each other, completely open.
A while later I'm lying on top of Christian and he gently strokes my hair. "I have no idea what you have done to me Ana, but please don't ever stop. I couldn't survive without you and your love."
"I feel the same way about you Christian. You make me feel safe and complete. I could spend the rest of my life lying here with you like this and I would be blissfully happy." I whisper and kiss one of the scars on his chest.
"Promise me you will never leave me, that we are going to be a happy family" I look up at him and smile. "You know I would never leave you, but ok, I promise I will never leave you."
"Thank you, baby" he kisses the top of my head and his gaze drifts to the nightstand.
"Fuck! I have a meeting in 20 minutes, I'm going to be late" I blurts out and I get off of him, so he can get up. I just stretch out in bed and watch him getting ready.
"Don't you have to get ready, baby?"
"No, I only have to make some phone calls before I have my appointment with Dr. Greene." I continue to watch him and soon he looks like the CEO again.
"I have to run, bye" and with that he is gone, but two seconds later he comes back into the room and kisses me. "Sorry baby, that was a rude way to leave. I love you, see you at lunch." he kisses me again and I smile up at him. "I love you too, Mister Grey. Now go and kick ass at work, I'll see you at lunch." he smiles and leaves.
Hmm, this was a perfect morning. The love-making was magical and I almost want to pinch myself to see if I'm really awake. I have no idea what I have done to deserve this much happiness, but I'm thankful every day that I've found Christian and that he chose me.
Around 11 am I leave the house with Luke and Prescott. A couple of weeks ago Christian fired O'Donnell. I don't know exactly what happened, but I suspect he either said something inappropriate about Gail or me, because Taylor knocked him to his ass after he made a comment in a briefing. After that Christian and I agreed that I wouldn't need a third CPO if Prescott would follow me around like Luke and not stay in a distance like before. I can live with that.
When we arrive at Doctor Greene's I'm starting to get nervous. I'm really doing this. I will go of birth control to get pregnant.
"Mrs. Grey, Doctor Greene will see you now" I look up at the nurse and she leads me into Dr. Greene's office.
"Mrs. Grey, it is good to see you again." she says with a smile and I sit down after we shook hands.
"So, you are due to a check up and also your next shot is due."
"Umm, yes about that, I won't need a new shot, my husband and I decided to start a family."
"Ohh, that's lovely. Well, we better do that check up now, so we can make sure that everything is fine. You can change over there" she points to the area that is separated by curtains and I step behind it, undress quickly and put the hospital gown on that was waiting there for me.
Once I'm ready I get back in and sit on the examine table where Dr. Greene examines my breasts first. When she tells me that she is going to make an ultrasound, I ask to do it over my belly, as I really hate to get a vaginal ultrasound and thank god she agrees.
"Ohh, hmm I'm not sure if I this right, Mrs Grey, I think we need to make a vaginal ultrasound after all."
"Why is something wrong?" Oh please let everything be ok.
"Don't worry, it's nothing bad, I just need to take a better look." she reassures me and so I let her do the vaginal ultrasound.
"Well, well, Mrs. Grey, congratulations." she turns the screen and I try to make sense of what I'm seeing. "What is the little bubble in there ?"
"The little bubble that you can see Mrs. Grey is your child."
"Oh, ok...WHAT?" Did she just say child? Like a baby?
"You are pregnant Mrs. Grey, very newly, but this is certainly a baby."
"How far along am I?"
"From the looks of it, I would say about five weeks Mrs. Grey, but we have to examine you further. I want you to come back in 2 weeks, by then we might be able to hear the heartbeat."
"Oh, ok, umm can you print this for me. I want to show it to my husband."
"Of course."
20 minutes later I leave the building that houses Dr. Greene's office and take a deep breath. Oh my God! I'm pregnant, I'm going to be a mommy! Christian will be over the moon when I tell him that we are having a baby.
"Are you ok Ana?" I turn around to look at Luke and beam at him. "Yes, I'm fine. Umm can we go over there to the small boutique, I need to get something real quick" I ask, because I know that they have baby clothing too and I want to buy a surprise for Christian.
"Sure."
We walk over to the boutique and I buy a pair of tiny babyshoes. I ask for a gift box, pay and we leave the store. I'm planning on putting the ultrasound picture in the box with the shoes and give it Christian. Oh my, we are going to have a baby, a real baby!
As we start to walk it gets really windy and I stop on the sidewalk. Luke, Prescott wait please, I need to tie my hair back, I can't see anything.
I fish for a hair-elastic in my purse, find one and just when I'm about to tie my hair up in a messy bun. I hear someone yell: "That's for your husband you fucking bitch." and suddenly everything turns into slow motion. Luke and Prescott jump forward to protect me and at the same time something hits my side so hard, that all the air leaves my lungs and I fall to the sidewalk.
I have no idea what just happened and I hear people scream. I reach to my side and stare in horror at my hand, when all I can see is the red fluid dripping down from my shaking fingers...
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