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Sunsetfan24- whoops! I shall never trust google translators again! Haha, thank you for the correction! Xxx
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"So, how did you guys find me?" Maddie asked. The thought didn't even occur to her until now. She had been in such a daze, wondering if this was a dream or not. But it was real. She was home. She still couldn't believe it!
"Kate and Elliot gave us the letter." Ana said, simply, as if there wasn't anything else to be said.
"Wait, you know them?" her head was spinning.
"Elliot is my brother." She gasped and the confusion wall in her brain crumpled to pieces. She understood everything now, the pieces tying together slowly in front of her eyes. Those flashbacks of her childhood, the sleep-over's at her aunt and uncles' house, the first time when she saw Kate and Elliot in Zambia, how they all couldn't stop looking at each other. She had felt it then. Deep down, she knew. But Jen's false words made her second question everything she felt, even about herself. She had no self confidence anymore, and she was always confused.
"Oh my…. They were there the whole time. I knew they were familiar." She clutched her head, as if that would help her thought process. "I'm sorry, I should have known. I…" Her breathing accelerated.
"Sweetheart, it's okay. Please don't worry. What matters is that you are home now." Ana kissed her daughter's forehead. She looked at Christian with a look that said, That's enough for today. We need to give her time, just like I gave you time. Christian seemed to agree, and he nodded. He decided to change the subject.
"Madeline, do you still play the piano?" He asked sweetly.
Maddie's face grew into a huge grin. Piano is something she wasn't confused about, and her father was here to listen. "Yes." She got up and went over to the sleek piano. She placed her hand on the top, enjoying the feeling of the smooth piano top. She sat down on the seat and laced her fingers together, admiring the beautiful piano. It was a German classic, she could tell. "Blüthner?" She said, her smile growing even more.
"Classic." Christian replied with a nod. A boyish gleam was seen in his eyes, one of pure joy of the magnificent piano, and the rest for the admiration of his daughter, back home, sitting behind it ready to play. Ana giggled, and Christian gave her a look asking why.
"I'm lost." She replied. Christian gave her a huge boyish grin that still made Ana's heart swoon with love for this man.
"Play something, anything." He pressed on.
Maddie smiled and thought for a minute. She gave a soft smile, and started playing. Her fingers glided softly as the room filled with "Another Spring-time" by Roy Todd. It was a bittersweet melody, and she played the song with grace, closing her eyes and swaying with the music. And when she finished, she let out a small sigh and turned back to her parents.
Christians' heart was full of pride. She was absolutely breathtaking. He gave her a smile. "Roy Todd." She nodded. "He was an Irish pianist. I saw him for my birthday when I lived in Ireland with Je-.." She stopped. "Anyway, that's one of my favorite pieces." She smiled, and tried to change the mood. She turned around and started playing 'Let it Be' by The Beatles. "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me. . ." She continued singing. Ana clutched her hand over her mouth, forgetting about her child's other talent. She looked over at Christian and remembered that he had never heard her sing before. His mouth had made a small o, staring at his daughter in awe. He remembered that night, "I'll have to hear tomorrow," and he never did, until now.
She finished the song and giggled. "I'm a huge Beatle fan. Eric got me hooked." Shit! She mentally kicked herself. Don't fucking talk about them! "I'm sorry. I won't talk about them."
"It's okay, Maddie. Don't worry about it. It's getting late, maybe you should wash up and get to bed." Ana said.
"That's a pretty good idea." Maddie agreed and gave a reassuring smile. "Jet Lag and I have never been very good friends." Ana took Maddie into her room, showed her the personal bathroom connected to Maddie's room, and then let her do her business. When the door closed, Maddie squealed with joy. She was back with her family! She couldn't believe it! The past few hours of traveling and Jen and Eric's arrest vanished, because she didn't care. She was where she was meant to be. She entered the bathroom and drew herself a bath. She soaked in the warm water for what seemed like hours. She was exhausted but her mind wouldn't stop working through every piece of information about today she had. She tried to think about the past day (or days really). She became very frustrated when she tried to go over all of the information about Jen and her kidnapping, but her brain starting hurting, so she decided to try to focus on the positive and turn her brain off for a while. After her bath, she crawled in bed with her bag, and went through her stuff. She pulled out all of her old school papers, she was going to give it to her parents tomorrow, and a small, Polaroid fell from her bag. It was a picture of a blonde teenage boy with bright green eyes and tanned skin. He is sitting upon a ledge drawing something. The picture behind it was the same boy, seeing the camera and coming towards it. The next was a picture of both of them, the next of them kissing. Then it was a picture of her that he had taken on her birthday. He had made her a cake, which had fallen apart and wasn't cooked completely, but she went ahead and put candles in it and blew out the flame, because he had made it for her. Tears started to form in Maddie's eyes. "Pierre." She whispered. She checked the time on her phone casually, and then threw it back down. It was three in the morning. Then her eyes were wide with excitement. "The same time zone!" She turned the first picture over and wrote down the number. She would call him tomorrow. She lay her head on the pillow, and it didn't take long before she fell asleep.
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Ana and Christian climbed into their bed. They were silent after their bath. They turned and faced each other in the bed, both not saying a word. Then Ana began to sob, crying because she was so happy her daughter was home. Christian pulled her into an embrace and kissed her hair repeatedly. She pulled her face back and kissed his lips.
"So soft." He whispered against her tear stained check, and then softly kissed it. "Are these happy tears, Anastasia?"
She nodded and gave a wide grin.
"Good." He replied and kissed her again. He kissed her lips, and she deepened it. He tried to pull away, knowing she was exhausted. "Ana, no. You're tired."
Ana crawled on top of him. "No, I'm good." She kissed him, but he just flipped her back over to where she was underneath him again. Christian decided to slowly give her soft butterfly kisses. Ana closed her eyes, and he could see her struggle to stay awake, and he grinned. He kissed his way to below her ear. "Go to sleep."
"Hmm." Ana murmured. She couldn't open her eyes. Christian chuckled, and Ana sighed. "Don't laugh," she slurred, "I'm very much awake." She stifled another yawn and felt soft kisses on her eyelids.
"Still so stubborn." He curled up behind her and kissed her shoulder. "Sleep, baby. Our daughters home."
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Thanks for reading! Now I wanna do a survey! Tell me who you want to be Christian Grey in the movie! I'm putting down the top ones from certain websites, so pick one and leave it in the review! Then next week, I'll tell you who the top one is! (Google them if you don't know who they are).
1. Matt Bomer
2. Christian Bale (It's in the name, ehh?)
3. Ian Somerhalder
Skarsgard
Cavill
6. William Levy
7. Robert Pattinson
8. Jessie Pavelka
9. Alex Pettyfer
10. Chris Hemsworth
11. Kellan Lutz
12. Michael Fassbender
13. Chris Pine
14. Scott Elrod
15. Stephen Amell
16. Garrett Hedlund
17. Ryan Gosling
And don't pick just who your favorite is,go look at pictures, and then give a good answer. This is important! Anyway, have a great week! xxx