Many of you want the baby to be a boy, some want it to be a girl and I had a few requests for twins. I actually like the idea of them having twins, but Ana is already 16 weeks pregnant and by that time she would know that she is having twins, so maybe she has multiples next, but not this time...
Ana's POV
My husband is a mess. He is literally all over the place this morning. He woke up at 5 in the morning and wanted to go for a run. He was trying to be silent so I wouldn't wake, but ended up making so much noise that I woke up worried he would destroy our bathroom this morning after destroying our kitchen last night.
I still can't help but giggle over what he did to our kitchen. Even after the cleaning, we still have to have someone come over to replace the microwave and paint the walls. I wish I had taken pictures before the cleaning crew came to show them to Grace, Mia and Kate. At least now I know never to expect my husband to cook for me. I hope Taylor told Gail what happened or she might freak out when she sees the kitchen.
I stretch out in bed and wait for Christian to return from his run, so we can have a shower together. I feel the baby move again and pat my belly. "You better turn out to be a boy little one or your daddy is going to freak out" I tell my belly and roll my eyes at myself. I don't even know if the baby's ears are developed enough to hear me, but I'm already talking with it. I take my Laptop from my nightstand and google it finding out that at 16 weeks the ears have developed so it is most likely that my baby can hear me. I make a mental note to look for my old fairytale books so I can start to read to the baby, not sure if this will have any effect on the baby, but it seems like a good idea to me.
I check my e-mails and see that I have one that Mia has sent me late last night.
From: Mia Grey
Subject: Let's make it a surprise party
Date: Tuesday 06/05/2012 01:35 a.m.
To: Anastasia Grey
Hi Ana,
it was too late to call you, so I decided to send you an e-mail. Have you talked to Christian about his birthday? He hates to celebrate it, so I thought we could arrange a surprise party for him, he won't be able to say no this way ;-)
Just give me a call in the morning and we can figure something out.
Mia
It's too early to call her so I put a reminder on my phone to call her later. I like the idea of arranging a surprise party for Christian's birthday. It's still two weeks away, so we should be able to work something out. So far, when I asked him all he told me was that his birthday is a day like any other, but I want to celebrate it, after all it's his first birthday after we met. I shudder thinking back to my birthday last year, but push those memories back immediately. I can't believe it will be one year since I have met Christian by the end of this month. It seems so much longer, but one year ago I was still living with Kate and working at the dance studio, now, I'm married to the man of my dreams with a baby on the way. So many things have change over the last year, it's crazy just to think about it.
Just when I think about everything that has happened over the last year my phone rings. Who in the world would call me this early. I look at the caller ID and see it's Jose. I hope everything is okay.
"Hi Jose"
"Ana! Oh my god!" he cheers and I jump he is yelling so loud.
"Christ Jose! Don't yell like that, I swear I could hear you without phone, you are so loud"
"Sorry, Ana I just received an e-mail. I'm in. You know, dancing with the stars. I will be a pro on the new season."
"Oh my god! That's amazing Jose, we need to celebrate it"
"Yeah, I know, just umm I have to move to LA in two weeks, I just looked it up and I have to go on the 20th, not sure I will be back in time for your little one to be born."
I'm silent for a moment. Wow, this will be so weird. Ever since I have known Jose we lived in the same town, but I know this is huge, so I can't make this about me.
"Don't worry, if you are not here, you will be the first whom I'm going to send loads of pictures. This is a huge chance for you Jose, I'll be fine, you just think about yourself. Does Dave know?"
"No, he is visiting his family and it's just 4 in the morning there, I'll call him in a couple of hours."
"But he will go with you, right?"
"I hope so, we talked about it and at the time he said he would come with me, after all they always need good personal trainers in LA."
"See, and besides, you two can't function for long without each other, he has no choice but to come with you."
"Your right, so what's the news on Baby Grey?"
"I've just found out that at my stage of the pregnancy the ears have developed, so I want to start to read to him or her, you don't think that's weird, right?"
"No, that's cute, maybe you should buy a little music box, you can place it on your belly and the baby can listen to the melody."
"Yes, I like the idea, thanks. Oh and today we are going to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Christian is so freaked out, he wants a boy so bad."
"Well, can you blame him, Ana. He is still learning how to act politely to women and actually it would freak even me out to have a daughter, there are so many perverts out there and between the two of you a girl would probably grow up to become the next Miss World, so I can understand that he wants a couple of boys first."
"Truth be told, I have a feeling it is a boy, but I don't want to say something to Christian, because it would only freak him more out if we are having a girl."
"What makes you feel it is a boy."
"You have to promise not to laugh at me" I ask him, shit, this is going to be embarrassing.
"Promise, so out with it!"
"Okay, so for the last week or two all I can think about is sex, eating tons of meat and I could kill for a sip of beer, let's face it that all sounds like things guys like" I explain and even with me just being on the phone I blush and sure enough Jose laughs.
"Sorry Ana, really. But yeah, that sounds like things I love too. I guess your hubby won't mind the sex" he teases.
"No, he don't. Oh, something else, Mia wants to throw a surprise party for Christian's birthday, do you think you can make it, it's the 18th, I know it's close to your move..."
"Ana, don't worry, I'll be there and of course, I won't say a word to your husband."
"Good, let's have lunch this week, just send me a text when you are free, I don't have much to do this week."
"Will do, bye Ana" he ends the call and just then Christian is back and we are having a shower. After that we are next to each other at the sinks and I brush my teeth while he is shaving.
"Baby, I thought after the appointment with Dr. Greene we could go to a DIY and buy paint or wallpapers for the nursery, if we know what we are having, we can finally get started with the nursery."
I just nod while I continue to brush my teeth and he smirks. "Honestly Ana, I have never met anyone who brushes his teeth that long each day." I shrug and rinse my mouth.
"Well, you won't be smirking at me about that 50 years from now when you have to put your teeth in a glass on your nightstand every night, while I'll still have my own teeth." I smirk back and he shakes his head amused and reaches for his toothbrush while I start to apply my moisturizer. I glance at him and that's his luck.
"Christian, don't" I laugh and stop him from putting his toothbrush into his mouth.
"What?"
"Look at what you've put on your toothbrush." I giggle and he frowns at it.
"What the fuck is that?"
"That's my face scrub, here use my toothbrush." I put some toothpaste on mine and hand it to him while rinsing his out. Oh, my poor darling husband is clearly completely freaked out about finding out the sex of our baby.
After we are both dressed we head downstairs and find Gail in the kitchen and she looks pissed off.
"Morning Gail, umm sorry about the kitchen" Christian mutters as we are sitting down at the breakfast bar and he looks really embarrassed.
"Don't worry Gail, the painting crew will be over this morning, until this evening the kitchen will be as good as new." I tell her and see a small grin on her face.
"Good morning, Mister Grey, Ana. I hope no one got injured last night" she says and Christian snorts.
"Only my ego" he mutters and I kiss his cheek. "You are good at so many things, it wouldn't have been fair if you turned out to be a perfect cook too."
While I start to devour my breakfast as soon as Gail puts my plate in front of me, Christian is only picking at his food, pushing it around on his plate.
"Christian please, at least eat. I don't want you to pass out in Dr. Greene's office, we can keep that for the delivery" I tease him and he sighs deeply.
"Baby, if I react like a jerk if our baby turns out to be girl, I want to apologize upfront."
"You won't and if you do we deal with it then, just try to relax a little, I'm afraid you'll get a stroke before we even arrive at Dr. Greene's office."
"Don't worry, it's just, this is so completely out of my control and I will probably start to hire an army of security the moment we know it's a girl and... and I'm worried she will hate me once she grows older."
I put my fork down turn to look directly at Christian and take his hand. "Christian, why would you think that our daughter would hate you when she grows up."
"You know me Ana, I fuck up all the time and imagine she is going to google me one day and find articles about my life before I met you. I was a complete ass and I didn't even try to hide it."
"Christian everyone has a past, my dad for example, he had four girlfriends at the same time before he met my mom and settled down. I found out about it when I heard him talk to a friend years ago and that didn't change how I feel about him. Believe me most girls worship their fathers. It's not about who you were in your past, but who you are now. And I know that you will be a wonderful father, no matter if this baby is a boy or girl. Don't think like that, it won't happen."
"Maybe, it's just, I imagined we would have a boy first. I shouldn't think like that." I shakes his head as if to get rid of this thoughts and I know until we know for sure, there is nothing that will calm him down.
30 minutes later Taylor is driving us to the doctor's office while Ryan and Reynolds are in the car behind us. They will drive me home later as Christian has to be at Grey House around 10:30 for some meetings. In the office we can see Dr. Greene right away and her nurse checks my weight and blood pressure first. I relieved that I haven't gained as much weight as I thought and all is well with my blood pressure.
When we talk to Doctor Greene I want to kick Christian because he starts to grin like an idiot when she asks me if I had any cravings so far. I only tell her about my cravings for chocolate and meat, I'm so not going to tell her that I could suck my husbands dick all day. I'm sure that's an information she doesn't need. We talk about the results from my blood work that was done before we went to Taiwan and she educates us about what to expect in the next couple of weeks.
And then it's time for the ultrasound. She looks at the size of the baby and everything else and I'm glad that so far it all looks very well.
"Can you see what it is?" Christian can't wait any longer, he is fidgeting and I can see the sweat building on his forehead. I hope Dr. Greene can put him out of his misery.
"Well, the baby doesn't lie perfect to see ... wait it looks we are having a gir..." she stops taking a closer look as the baby moves on the monitor and Christian looks utterly pale all of a sudden. Oh crap, is he going to pass out?
"No, wait there we have a good picture" she freezes the picture on the monitor and looking at it I can see it. Oh my gosh, it is boy! I look up at Christian but he has his eyes closed, rubbing his forehead.
"Christian, look it's a boy" I giggle and his eyes snap open. He stares at the monitor and has actually tears rolling down his cheeks.
For a minute he just looks at our son and the smile on his face grows wider and wider. He looks like he is about to do a victory lap around the office.
"Congratulations Mister and Mrs. Grey. How many copies do you want me to print for you?"
"10" both Christian and I say at the same time, she hands me paper towels to clean my belly and the moment I sit up Christian lifts me up in his arm and kisses me.
"A boy, baby we are having a boy" Christian laughs and kisses me again. He looks like a huge weight has been lifted of his shoulders and I couldn't be happier. I hope our baby boy will look just like his daddy.
"I love you so much baby, this is going to be great. I can teach him how to play baseball, football and basketball, when he is older we can work out together, maybe one day he will work at GEH with me... wow a boy."
"I love you, too" I simply answer not daring to point out that all of those things he could have done with a girl too.
"You are happy, too, right?" he asks searching my face for any clue that I might be disappointed.
"Yes, though now I can confess that I had a feeling that we are having a boy for a while."
"I'm so happy baby, a boy!" Christian beams and I kiss him again before talk to Dr. Greene again and leave her office.
The moment we are outside the building he lifts me up and twirls me around.
"Christian stop! I'm getting sick if you twirl me around like this" I giggle and he puts me down.
"Sorry, damn I would like to scream it out for everyone to hear" he says.
"Well, that's one way to announce it to the media" I answer and point to the paps that have gathered in some distance.
"Damned fuckers, come on, let's buy some paint or what ever else we might need."
"I don't know, how about we have brunch instead and order online. They will follow us and I don't want them to know if we can help it."
"Are you hungry?"
"These days I'm always hungry." I mutter embarrassed and so we have brunch and after that Christian has to go the office while I go back home and call Mia. She promises to come over for lunch and while I ask Gail to prepare rice salad for Mia, I stay with some veggies and dip. I need to watch what I eat or I will grow huge.
Mia arrives an hour later and we have lunch together.
"So, Christian's birthday is on a Monday. We could have a surprise party the weekend before or after his birthday. What do you think?"
"How about the Sunday before his birthday. Jose moves to LA on 20th and I want him to be here for Christian's birthday."
"They want him as a pro, that's great. Wait... wasn't your doctor's appointment today?"
I have to smile, I was expecting her to ask me the moment she is in the door, but it seems the surprise party caught her attention so much, that she wasn't paying attention to anything else.
"Yes, do you want to know what it is auntie Mia?"
"Sure, oh my, that's so exciting."
"It's a boy!"
"Oh! A little boy, that's perfect, I bet Christian is over the moon, he wanted the baby to be a boy so bad."
"Believe me he is, at first Doctor Greene thought it was a girl and he nearly passed out, but the moment he saw it was a boy he was ecstatic."
" Oh, I would have loved to see that. Has Kate called you?"
"No, why?"
"I was over at Elliot's yesterday to discuss some more details for the wedding. She was drinking ginger ale and eating crackers the whole time and she looked sick. She wouldn't say anything, but I think she is pregnant, too."
"No way! You think, oh I have to call her this afternoon, wouldn't that be amazing."
"Well, if she is, at least it is early enough so she won't show at the wedding. You are lucky, your dress looks much nicer now that Kate had to change the style to fit your belly."
"I know, maybe you should have get knocked up, too." I smirk and Mia's face falls.
"What is wrong Mia?"
"My period is late" she confesses and she looks like she is about to cry.
"Have you done a test?"
"No, oh Ana I can't. I'm terrified. I'm only 22 and Luke and I are only dating for less than a year. I have no idea what to do."
"Have you talked to Luke about it?"
"No, I can't. I mean, I know he loves kids and he wants a huge family, but we are not even married or have lived together and what about my parents, they will be so disappointed."
"Mia, you have to talk to Luke. Maybe you are just a little late. How long are you overdue?"
"7 weeks." she murmurs and I gasp.
"7 weeks, wait here Mia, I'll be right back." I hurry over into the security office where I find Ryan and Reynolds.
"Hi, can one of you get me something from the drugstore, please?"
"Sure Mrs. Grey. What do you need?"
"I need about three or four pregnancy tests" both of them look at each other, then to my belly and back at each other.
"Oh for pity sake's, not for me. I think it is pretty obvious that I am pregnant, they are for Mia and if one of you says one word to anyone I will kick your ass"
"Of course, I'll go." Ryan says.
"Okay, I'll just get my purse to give you the money."
"That won't be necessary Mrs. Grey. Mister Grey gave us both credit cards to use for whatever you might need."
"Oh, okay, so thanks" I make my way back to Mia and she looks like her puppy just died.
"Did you call Christian?"
"No, why would I. I asked Ryan to buy some pregnancy tests, don't worry he won't say a word, but you really can't wait any longer Mia. I saw you having drinks at the BBQ two weeks ago, you can't drink as long as you don't know if you are pregnant."
And that sets her off and the tears are streaming down her face. "I know, I feel so terrible Ana, it's just I'm scared and I try to push the thought away as far as I can. I'm afraid I will turn out like my birth mother." she sobs and now I feel really bad for her.
"Mia, that is just not true. You are one of the most loving and caring persons I have ever met in my life. I understand that you are scared, but you are nothing like her. If you are pregnant I'm sure you will be a great mom."
"Were you scared?"
"A little. I mean, I totally wanted to get pregnant, but a baby is a huge responsibility. But I can also tell you that with each day that I'm pregnant the happiness of knowing that there is a new live growing inside of me wins over being scared."
"This is all so confusing." she sobs and takes a tissue to blow her nose.
"Have you noticed any changes, I mean are your boobs sore or have you gained weight?"
"My boobs are killing me Ana, they feel like balloons, last night Luke pinched one of my nipples and they are so sensitive, I nearly punched him in the face. And my favorite jeans won't fit anymore. I told myself I'm just bloated because my period is late, but you know it could be a baby aswell."
"You make the test and then we see. Do you have a good doctor?"
"I umm..." she stops and looks embarrassed.
"Mia?"
"I kind of never was at this kind of doctor before."
"What? How have you avoided it until now?" I'm shocked, I mean her mom is a doctor after all and she has sex for heaven's sake, no wonder she might be pregnant.
"I just don't like anyone seeing my down there, that's embarrassing."
"Mia, what kind of birth control do you use?"
"I bought this thing at the drugstore where you just pee on a stick each morning and put it into the thing and then it tells you if you can get pregnant or not" she explains and I want to smack the back of head. Those kind of things might work for women who had their period for a long time or who are actually using it because they want a baby and want to know when it works, but not for a young woman.
"Okay, Mia, if you are not pregnant, I'm calling Dr. Greene and you will see her tomorrow and get checked and on proper birth control."
"Okay, but please don't tell my mom. I told her I have been there and she will get so mad if she finds out."
"I won't tell her, but Mia, you can't put something like that off. I don't like to go there either, but you are playing with your health if you don't go. See it like a visit at the dentist, it's not the most pleasant thing, but you have to do it."
"You already sound like a mom." she pouts.
"I know, but I'm religious about getting regular check ups. Because if I was to have something serious I'd rather know it immediately than finding out when it's too late and you are fortunate, you can afford proper medical care, so don't put it off."
She nods and a little later Ryan returns with four different tests. We take them into the downstairs bathroom and Mia asks me to stay with her. Once all tests are done I set the timer on my phone and we wait.
"Ana, I have to confess something"
"What?"
"I'm a complete crybaby when it comes to pain. Hell, I take painkillers when I think about might getting a headache. If I'm pregnant, I will never be able to push it out. I mean let's face it, labor that's like a whole shitload full of pain and blood and some women even shit their self during labor, I can't do that" she whines and I try my hardest not to laugh at her.
"First, you get pain relief during labor if you want it. I'm not sure about the part where you shit yourself, I guess to prevent that from happen you get a clyster before you have heavy contractions and ..."
"What? Urghh that's gross Ana. See, I can't even think about it. Aren't you worried about that at all. You are having a boy and if he comes after Christian, he will have a huge head, Christian had a huge head as kid."
"Mia calm down, that's why I see my doctor regularly, she checks on the baby and if she thinks the baby is too big to be delivered naturally, I will have a c-section, though I want to push him out myself."
"Really?"
"Of course, but you will get there Mia, just try not to imagine the worst at all times."
"Okay, maybe I just need to take a few deep breaths and... oh no this is it, you look at them, Ana" she says when the alarm goes off. For her sake I hope it is false alarm. I look at the tests and all four show the same result. Oh dear!
"What does it say Ana?"
"Mia, I don't want you to freak out, but you are pregnant." I watch as all the color drains from her face and next she passes out.
"Shit! Mia!" I kneel down by her side and yell for help. In less than 3 seconds Ryan, Reynolds and Gail burst into the bathroom.
"Reynolds, call Luke to come over. Ryan can you bring her into the livingroom." I ask and both do what I told them.
"What happened to her Ana?" Gail asks as we follow Ryan who is carrying Mia.
"She found out that she is pregnant and fainted. Should I call an ambulance, Gail?"
"No, we can check her vitals and if they are okay we just have to wait for her to wake up." she reassures me and so I watch her check her pulse and breathing and she tells me that Mia just needs to wake up.
I'm still nervous, if she is not waking up within the next ten minutes, I am going to call an ambulance anyway. I'm pacing the room watching Mia when Patrick comes in with Nataly.
"Hi, what happened to her?"
"She fainted, she will be fine. You are home early."
"Yeah, I have a new game for my x-box, we are in my room trying it out."
"Sure" I mutter still watching Mia and finally she wakes up.
"What happened?" she whispers weakly and I help her sit up while Gail hurries into the kitchen to get some water for her.
"You passed out."
"Wow, that's a first. Oh my god, Ana, I'm pregnant."
"I know, but you need to stay calm, this is not the end of the world Mia. You are going to be a mom, this is a good thing."
"A mom, oh my. Oh, how am I going to tell Luke?"
"I guess you will have to come up with something quick. I had Reynolds call him while you were passed out. I guess he is on his way over here by now."
Her eyes grow wide and I sit down next to her and rub her back. "Mia, stay calm, Luke loves you. He wants kids and you two can figure this out. You will be a family."
"I should sue those assholes who produce this piece of shit I used for birth control" she mutters and I decide now is not the time to tell her that this would not have happened if she had seen a doctor.
"You should concentrate on yourself and the baby Mia. I mean, that's if you want to go through with the pregnancy." and with that both her hands fly to her belly as if she was trying to protect her baby from the very thought of ending the pregnancy.
"Of course, I'm going through with the pregnancy. It's part of Luke and I, I could never kill my baby. It is just so unexpected." she says and takes a sip of water.
"See, if you sure you want it, then that's all that matters. You can figure out the rest together with Luke. For now all you need to do is make an appointment to see a doctor, don't put that off."
"I won't. Wow our babies can grow up together Ana, they will be best friends. Maybe they even marry... wait eww... no they are going to be cousins, that would be gross" she says making me laugh.
"I'm in for them being best friends and yes, no to marrying."
"I hope I'm having a girl, I could do some serious dress up with her" Mia giggles and I glad that she seems to get used to the idea of being pregnant. It's weird to see Mia in any other mood then her typical bubbly self.
We are still talking when Christian and Luke burst into the room. I get up and pull Christian into the kitchen with me.
"What is wrong with her Ana, I was talking to Luke when Reynolds called that Mia fainted."
"Relax, all is good and I will tell you what happened, but you have to promise me not to freak out or do anything you are going to regret later."
"Ana, you are scaring me, just tell me" he demands. Okay, here goes nothing.
"Mia is pregnant." Christian gapes at me, he opens his mouth, closes it and repeats that two more times.
"Christian, say something."
"That... hell that's great Ana. Our son will have a friend right away, you know someone we can let him have sleepovers and play dates with, without having to worry or having to do background checks on the family and have added security over."
I'm surprised, I was expecting that he would knock Luke to his ass, but he seems genuinely happy about it.
"Well, if you are happy about that, Mia was visiting Kate yesterday and she thinks Kate is also pregnant."
"Really, well my mom always wanted to be a grandma, now she might get three grandkids almost at the same time." he smirks. Christian Grey, expect the unexpected I smirk to myself and reach up to kiss him.
"Do you have to go back to work?"
"No, but I have to work a little in my study later. I need to revise some contracts and make a couple of phone calls, but first I thought we could sit together and talk about a name for our baby."
I agree and we wait for Luke and Mia to talk. When they come into the kitchen Luke has the biggest smile on his face and Mia looks happy, too. Christian gives the rest of the week off, so they can visit his parents and he can go with her to see a doctor tomorrow. Once we are alone Christians grabs a note pad and a pen and we get comfortable in the livingroom.
"So is there any name you had in mind, Ana?"
"Well, I would like to name him after my father, though we can put Raymond as a middle name if you like that idea."
"I like it, but why not as his first name?"
"You want a son who is called Ray Grey?" I ask grinning and Christian makes a face.
"Yeah, I can see that doesn't sound so good."
"I know, how about you, do you have a name that you like?"
"In my childhood I was very close to my mom's dad. He passed away a couple of years ago, but he was a great grandpa. His name was Theodore."
"Theodore... Theo or Ted...Teddy" I murmur and actually I like it.
"Teddy Grey, I like that. Hey that was easy. Theodore Raymond Grey" I test the full name of our son and Christian gently caresses my belly.
"He is going to be a happy child" he whispers softly and I know he is thinking about his own childhood, before the Grey's adopted him.
"Yes, our son will have a happy childhood and tons of love."
"He will probably go nuts about all the security and safety rules" he muses.
"Maybe, but we will explain it to him and for him this will be normal, we had to get used to it, Teddy won't, he will grow up with security and safety rules. In a perfect world we wouldn't need any of it, but it is what it is and we can still do so much to give him a normal childhood, don't worry about it. Our baby will grow up happy and knowing that he is loved, in the end that's all that counts."
"You are right baby and I hate to break the moment, but I have to work now."
"Okay, are we going to have dinner together or do you have a lot of work?"
"No, I'll be done by the time dinner is ready."
"Okay, oh and I think Nataly will be having dinner with us as well, she is upstairs with Patrick."
"What, damn, sneaky little shit" Christian mutters under his breath, jumps to his feet and storms up the stairs. I'm just about to follow him to see what is going on when he comes back downstairs with them, telling them to stay in the family room or on the patio. I frown but Christian promises me to tell me later. So, I let it go for now because Patrick won't tell me what that was all about and I decide to call Kate. I know if she is pregnant, she will probably want to wait to announce it until after her wedding, but I'm too curious to wait. It would be crazy if Mia, Kate and I were all pregnant at the same time.
I dial her number and she picks up after the second ring.
"Hi Kate."
"Hi Ana. Do you know what it is, today was your appointment, right?"
"Yes and yes I know. It is a boy."
"Wow, that's so cool."
"I know, I hope he is going to be a little Christian mini-me. So, do you have any news to share?"
"Umm, no not really." Okay, from her tone I know there is something going on.
"I see, what I'm calling about, I need you to do me a huge favor. I already asked Mia and Grace, but they don't have time."
"What do you need?"
"I want to buy Christian some special rare wines for his birthday and I have an appointment tomorrow with the seller. I need you to come with me to taste the wines for me and tell me which are best." If she says no, I know that she is knocked up.
"I ... umm... I can't. Oh what the hell, screw the waiting. I'm pregnant. I've found out three days ago. Ana I'm so confused. I mean, can you imagine me with a baby, a real baby?" Kate sounds panicky and I giggle.
"Yes, I can. Oh my gosh, that's so weird, now we are all pregnant" I laugh and bite my lip when I realise that I have just outed Mia.
"Wait, we all. Who else is pregnant?"
"You have to swear not to say anything to anyone?"
"I swear, come on who is it."
"It's Mia." for a second Kate is silent and then she starts to laugh, too.
"Oh my god, that's crazy Ana. Wow, Grace will be over the moon. 3 babies."
"How far along are you?"
"8 weeks. I wasn't suspecting anything, but then I started with the projectile vomiting four days ago, jeez, I can't keep anything down besides ginger ale and crackers."
"That will pass soon, how did Elliot react?"
"He cried like a baby, he is so happy Ana. Honestly, seeing him this happy makes me feel much better about being pregnant. You know, I didn't want kids for at least another 5 years, but now knowing that there is a little one growing in my belly, it's just crazy."
"I know and to give you your words back. Kate, there is a real human being in your belly and at one point it wants to come out" I tease her and we both crack up.
We talk for a while and I promise to tell no one else about her being pregnant, as they want to wait until after their honeymoon before they make the announcement. I check on Patrick and Nataly, but they are just outside talking, so I go back inside and call Kelsey about some details for my project.
After dinner Christian asks me to come into his study with him and I know it is about Patrick and he was keeping something from me.
"So why is my brother no longer allowed to play x-box with his girlfriend?"
"Ana, I don't want you to get mad at me, but something happened the night of the BBQ and I didn't want to upset you, so I kept it from you."
"What happened, you are worrying me Christian."
"After you fell asleep I noticed that they were gone. So I've put you into bed and looked for them. I found them in his room with her giving him a blow job."
I look at Christian and he seems dead serious, but he must be joking, this is my baby brother we are talking about.
"Okay, not funny, what did really happen."
"Baby, I just told you what happened, she was sucking him off. Your dad had the talk with him, you know the whole be safe not sorry lecture, but if I can help it, I don't want them to have sex until it is at least legal. That is why they are no longer allowed to be out of sight as long as they are here."
Oh my god, he is serious. "Why didn't you tell me this earlier, they were up there long enough to...eww I can't even say it thinking about my baby brother" I shudder and Christian laughs and pulls me in his arms.
"This is exactly why I didn't tell you Ana. You still see Patrick as the little boy he once was and I didn't want to take that away from you, but I was wrong, I admit it, it played right in his cards."
"Well, from now on I'll have an eye on them, there is no way they are going to ... you know what here."
"Good, so we are on the same page about it. Now tell me, what do you want to do?"
"Actually, I'm exhausted it was a long day and I didn't have a nap today, so if you don't mind I just want to take a bath and then go to bed."
"Just sleeping" he murmurs and nips my earlobe. "No, first I want me my darling husband to make love to me" I answer smiling and he picks me up in his arms and carries me upstairs, where, after a bath he makes love to me until I fall asleep in his arms.