I want to start this chapter with a huge thank you to all my wonderful readers! When I started to write this story I thought maybe 20 people would read my little story and now this story has almost 500 follower which is absolutely crazy. I was recently asked if I still plan on ending this story at chapter 50 and while I won't finish at chapter 50 I will start to wrap up some loose ends now, so there will be about 10 more chapters to go and maybe some one shots later.
I also promised last chapter that whoever leaves review number 1000 gets to pick the name of Babygirl Grey, since FSOHT reached this milestone by now I want to say thank you to all of you who took the time to leave a review or just took the time to read this story. A special thank you goes out to V4mp5hForever for leaving review number 1000 and picking the name of C&A's daughter which will be revealed at the end of this chapter...
Christian's POV
I watch Ana who is still sound asleep next to me and reflect on the last three days. Christ, finding out that we are having twins was the most shocking thing to me. I can't believe that Dr. Greene just missed one of our babies. I really thought about calling her and really letting her have it, but decided against it. As it is she lost Ana and Mia as her patients and I'm just glad that Ana and our babies are fine. Damn, I'm going to have a daughter. The thought is still scary to me, but after talking about it to Ray and my Dad, I feel a lot better. Knowing that they both were worried about having a daughter, too gave me some peace of mind.
Today, Ana and I will go shopping for our little girl. We thought about redecorating the nursery, but we both love it as it is and once they are older and have their own rooms we can have a little princess room for our baby girl. We are still debating about a name for her. Teddy was an easy pick as he will have the name of my grandpa and Ana's dad. For our little girl it is a little more difficult. Kate and Elliot will have a girl and they are set on the name Rosalie Grace, which is the name of her grandma and our mom. So I'm not sure if we should give our babygirl the name Grace too. At least Ana and I are only talking about good names and can't decide. Poor Luke, he has to keep up with Mia and she wants to name their son Bronko or Sylvester. He told her right away that there was no way in hell his son would be named either of those names and she started to cry, causing him to give in, so now they are still considering between those two names.
Ana sighs softly in her sleep and rubs her belly without waking up. She has not slept well the last couple of days as she has a hard time to find a comfortable position to sleep or the babies started to have a party in her belly and she couldn't sleep either. I feel bad for her knowing that she will probably feel even more uncomfortable until our twins are born. What worries me even more is the delivery, Ana is a petite woman so carrying twins is already hard enough for her, but now she also has to push out two babies and my fear is she will be too exhausted to deliver the second baby. So, I mentioned a planned c-section to Ana and boy did I learn to keep my mouth shut. She gave me the whole 'women all over the world have given birth to twins for centuries' lecture and stomped her little foot letting me know that a c-section would be only an option if Dr. Fisher would recommend her to have one to insure the babies safety.
I look at my watch and decide to get up, letting Ana sleep a little longer. After a quick shower I head into my study and try to call Carla again. I'm pretty fucking pissed at her and since Ana asked me to deal with her I finally get the chance to really let her have it. I never thought I would do that, but I feel sorry for Ana's sister. The girl is sick for fuck's sake, her own mother has given up on her and told her brother she is a nutjob. What kind of mother does that? Plus, Patrick was finally in a really good place after all the drama and Carla managed to upset the boy again, which in turn had Ana upset.
I've tried to call her for the last couple of days, but she didn't take my calls. I guess she knows I'm not calling her to talk about the weather, so in order for her to take my call now I call her from the landline in my study, knowing that she doesn't have the number.
"Carla Steele?"
"Well, hello Carla, glad that you finally took my call!"
"Christian, hello, what can I do for you?"
"For starters, stop upsetting Ana or putting Patrick in the middle if you want something."
"Christian, this is none of your business. I deserve this money, legally Ana has no..."
"Carla, do not even go there, because we both know that you don't deserve the money either and frankly if Frank Lambert would have been the love of your life you wouldn't have fucked Ray and presented his child to Lambert as his own. Now, let's cut the crap because I'm sick of you and want to get this over with. How much do I have to pay you to leave Ana and Patrick the fuck alone?"
There is silence for a moment and I'm pretty sure she is weighing up in her mind for how much she can ask.
"Oh, you know I want to travel and buy nice things..."
"Carla, just fucking tell me how much." I snap.
"10 million" that's all? Fuck me, she is really not that clever, I was willing to give her far more to leave us the fuck alone.
"Good, my assistant Andrea will call you and make an appointment with you. You will meet me at Grey House and you will sign an agreement, saying that you won't come back to ask for more or contact Ana, Patrick or Jenny ever again just because you want more money. This is all you'll get Carla. If, one day you wake up and realise how badly you fucked up as a mother and want to make it up to your children, you will contact me first and if I think you are honest we'll see, but you will not just show up to cause anymore drama, are we clear?"
"Yes, I just want the money."
"Wait for the call" with that I hang up. Fuck, what a bitch. I really wanted to yell at her, but she wouldn't have listened anyway. If I can buy us all some peace and quiet with this, so be it.
I shake my head, get up and make my way to the kitchen. "Good morning, Gail" I mutter when I see her in the kitchen.
"Good morning, Mister Grey." she answers, but her voice sounds strange.
"Are you alright, Gail?" I ask her, fuck I hope she's not sick. We need her around here and I can't have her around Ana if she has caught the flu or something like that.
"I'm fine, Sir. Do you want breakfast now or do you want to wait until Mrs. Grey is up?"
"A coffee would be nice."
I watch Gail walk around the kitchen and I can tell something is not right with her, she is literally wobbling. Fuck this, she needs a day off.
"Gail, you are not okay. Come sit down." I tell her and before she can even come around the breakfast bar she starts to sway and I have to jump over the breakfast bar to catch before she hits the floor.
"Taylor!" I call out knowing that he is in the security office and carry Gail over to the sofa.
"Si ... shit!" Taylor is by my side in less than a second and I gently put Gail down on the sofa.
"I'm going to call an ambulance" I tell him but he shakes his head.
"That's not necessary Sir."
"Are you kidding me, she needs a doctor." Has he lost his fucking mind, his girlfriend passes out and he doesn't want to call a doctor?
"Sir, it's ... Gail is pregnant. It's very early and with her history we didn't want to tell, but it's giving her a hard time and she is so fucking stubborn. I told her she has to stop working, but she doesn't want to. She says she can't just quit."
"Well, then I fire her ass if that's what it takes for her to stop working. I hate to lose her as a housekeeper, but clearly she needs more rest and the work around here is not exactly easy."
"Oh my god!" I turn around when I hear Ana say this and quickly lead her to the other sofa.
"It's okay baby, Gail is fine."
"Fine, she doesn't look fine to me. Has someone called an ambulance?"
"No, come on baby. Taylor knows what to do." I quickly lead her into the kitchen and sit her down at the kitchen table.
"Christian, we need to call an ambulance, this..."
"Gail is pregnant"
"What? Oh my god that's wonderful! Wait, why didn't she tell me and why is she still working, she needs to rest, with her history she needs to get as much rest as she can get!" I kiss Ana's forehead and smile at her.
"I know baby, but apparently she just found out very recently and it is giving her a hard time, yet she thinks she has to keep working and I know you will hate what I'm going to do, but Ana I will fire her. This is probably her last chance to have a baby and I know the only reason she didn't quit is because she thinks we need her right now. So, will you please be on my side with this? She can come back to work for us once her child is in school, but for now I don't want her to work for us."
"Yes, of course, I understand. She has to put her baby first Christian, just promise me not just to tell her that she is fired, explain it to her."
"Baby, I'm not that much of an asshole. Gail has worked for me for years, I see her as family, so don't worry. I will talk to her and I will find a good replacement for her." Ana frowns as I say that.
"I might know someone. My parents had a housekeeper, her name is Maria. She is in her late 40's, really nice and you will love her food. I actually learned many recipes from her. I've called her a couple of weeks ago for her birthday and I don't think she is too happy with her new job, so I could ask her."
"Well, she has to pass all the security checks first, but if that's okay and she is willing to sign an NDA why not. Though, are you sure she is willing to move from Montesano to Seattle and wants a live in position?"
"She already works here in Seattle and her kids are already having their own families and her husband died a couple of years ago in Iraq, so a live in position will be no problem and I'm sure that she has nothing to hide that would speak against hiring her."
I nod, this seems like a good thing. "Why don't you contact her, after all we need her here as soon as possible. For now I will have someone from the GEH cleaning crew come over here once a day to clean and we can either eat out or order food."
"I can cook." Ana says and rolls her eyes.
"Ana, you are nearly 8 months pregnant with twins, I don't want you to cook every day until we have a new housekeeper."
"Christian, I'm pregnant, not sick. Besides, if you weren't a billionaire we wouldn't even have a housekeeper and I would do the cooking anyway."
This time I roll my eyes, fine have it her way. "Okay, baby would you mind getting me some cheese crackers?" I ask her and she gets up and of course she can't even reach the crackers which are on one of the hanging cupboards, but to my shock she grabs a chair and tries to climb it. I get up stop her from climbing the fucking chair and sit her down.
"Ana, if you ever try that again I will spank your ass until it has the color of chinese flag, are we clear?" I snap and she blushes.
"Sorry, I just wanted to get you the crackers." she mutters.
"Yes, and I just wanted to show you that right now you can't do all the things you are used to doing. I'm not trying to be mean, just telling you how it is baby." I kiss her pouting lips and we are both startled when we hear Taylor roar.
"Abigail Katerina Jones, I swear to God you sit your ass back down or else I will tie your ass to our bed for the next 8 and a half months" A second later Gail appears in the kitchen.
"I'm sorry, Mister Grey I was just a little dizzy, maybe I caught a stomach bug or something like that..."
"Yeah right Gail, must be the same my wife, sister and sister-in-law have caught. Now, please sit down, we need to talk."
Her face falls, I guess she knows what's coming and actually I feel really bad about doing this, but it's for the best. "Sir, please. I'm fine this will pass and I can surely work until I'm six or seven months along." She says as she sits down next to Ana.
"Gail, you know how much I appreciate you. You have worked for me for over five years now and I know that I wasn't exactly easy most of the times. I see you more as family than as an employee, but I'm still your boss and I have your best interest at heart. You know that I know your back story from the background check I've done on you before you started to work for me and I can't allow you to continue to work here if it could become dangerous both for you and your baby. If in a couple of years your kid is in school and you decide you want to work again Ana and I would love for you to work for us again, but for now I have no choice but to release you from your contract."
Shit, now she is crying. I hate to see women cry and I'm very thankful that Ana steps in.
"Gail, please, there is no need to be upset. We just want you to have time to yourself now. You need to rest for the baby. After all you could be carrying my future daughter in law or son-in-law, so you better take real good care of you. And you can still come over here every day. Going out has become really exhausting lately, so I need someone to keep me company. I might even watch one of those Lifetime movies you love so much every day." Ana tells her and both women start to giggle. I had no idea that they are this close, but watching them it's almost like watching best friends talk. But then again, Ana and Gail do spend a lot of time together every day.
"I guess you are both right, I just felt like letting you down." Gail says as she wipes her tears away and I hear Taylor let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, now Taylor, take the day off, take care of your girlfriend. Ana and I will be fine. We'll take Wellens and Howard with us to our shopping trip. Rowland can stay here." he thanks me and they leave. I'm glad Ana picked her new security detail yesterday. Wellens is a former marine and fucking giant. The guy is nearly 6'10 and weighs more than 300 pounds. Fuck, the guy looks scary even I wouldn't want to be on his bad sight and Ana surprised everyone when she picked him and Howard a guy in his thirties who is former homeland security and about the same size as Wellens as her new CPO's. Along with them we hired Rowland and Baker who are solely here to watch the house at all times. Next week we will hire two more guys for our twins and Taylor has some additional guys at his back and call, so now we finally have the security team we need together and things can run more smoothly.
"So, Mrs. Grey where do you want to go for breakfast?"
"Can we go to IHOP please, I would love to have some strawberry banana pancakes for breakfast." I can't help but laugh, she looks all giddy and is almost bouncing up and down like a small child.
"Hey, don't laugh at me, your children are making me eat all the time and they want IHOP." she giggles and I kiss the tip of her nose.
"Well baby, IHOP it is then."
"Good and don't forget that we are going to the movies tonight, well that is if I can move after shopping for our daughter."
That reminds me. "We don't have to go to the cinema baby, I've made some calls and got us a copy of the movie you want to watch. I thought after shopping all day we could just watch it here in the home cinema in the basement. Elliot, Kate, Mia and Luke would come over to watch with us if you want and you can ask Patrick and Nataly to join us too."
"Wait, how did you get a copy, the release date of the movie was yesterday." Ana asks with a frown.
"Baby, it's all about knowing who to call. So, do you want to go to the movies or have a movie night here?"
"Here, you are the best. Oh, but we have to invite your parents too, if they are free tonight, I know that Grace wants to see the movie too."
"Good, I call them, but if we are all here, shouldn't we invite Ray, too?" I ask and Ana starts to laugh.
"You can ask him, but I can tell you already that he will find an excuse, because my dad is not a fan of chick flicks, but we can invite him over for dinner tomorrow."
Two hours later we had our breakfast and started shopping for our little girl. Christ, I still can't believe that our twins will be small enough to fit into this tiny clothes and Ana bought so many tiny dresses and other clothes with ruffles and shit that I guess we have to have at least ten daughters so they can wear all of it. But, to be honest most of it was really pretty and if our daughter looks anything like Ana she will look cute as hell in her clothes.
We also got a second booster seat, car seats and now we are looking at twin buggies. We already have three normal buggies at home, but of course with twins we need more where both babies can lie in safely.
"Do you think you can handle one of those Ana?" I ask because frankly they are not as easy to handle as the single ones and Ana is a petite woman.
"Yes, well once the babies are born I won't have a hurting back, swollen feet and a gigantic belly, so I guess it will be easier, but I really want to look if they have baby slings for twins. Also if I just want to take a walk in the meadow with our twins I can carry one baby in a sling and have the other one in a normal buggy. And if I can find one for twins its even better, because I will have my hands free and can carry them."
Fuck, I really hate those baby slings, but Ana has a point. So I ask the personal shopper that it helping us to show us the baby slings and quiz her about the safety of those things. Turns out they are really safe and they even have some for twins, so we pick five different slings and go back to pick two twin buggies.
Our last stop are the nursing pillows for twins. Christ, some of them have some kind of net so Ana can nurse the twins while other people are around, but I swear they look like those things the guys at a stadium wear to sell hotdogs and other food. Right now, I'm not sure if Ana will even be able to nurse both babies, but I keep my mouth shut for now as I have learned that Ana gets really emotional thinking that she might not produce enough milk to nurse both babies without giving them formula, too.
After having lunch in the city we arrive back home and Ana tells me she wants to call her parents former housekeeper. I hope this will work out, having someone around Ana already knows will be much easier than finding someone who is up to our standards, passes all security checks and is not some sort of dragon. Fuck, I remember all the interviews I had to endure before I found Gail. Shit, I need to make sure that if we can't hire Maria any potential housekeeper is at least in her late forties or older. The last thing I need is some bitch eye fucking me all day and making Ana feel insecure, because I know she worries that I don't see her as attractive now than before she got pregnant. I try to reassure, because frankly even highly pregnant she is hot, but I guess I would feel insecure, too if my body would change dramatically in just a couple of months.
Fuck, I'm glad I'm not an idiot like my brother. Since Kate started showing she goes on and on about feeling unattractive and fat, Elliot tried his best to reassure that she is still hot, but she kept asking and asking until he had enough. Shit, he actually went to a website where you can let t-shirts print and ordered some. So when she came home a couple of days later and started the topic again he went upstairs and put a t-shirt on reading 'You look hot, Kate' on the front and 'I mean it' on the back. Now, personally, I think that is funny as hell and I laughed my ass off when he told me about it, but Kate got so pissed he had to sleep on the sofa for two nights in a row because she was convinced he was making fun of her, which in way he did.
Hell, Ana would have had my ass for pulling a stunt like that, though I wouldn't have ended up on the sofa, because recently she needs me to get out of bed and also to rub her back at night if it's hurt. Some guys would probably be annoyed if their wife would wake them up in the middle of the night, but hey Ana didn't get herself pregnant on her own and if she needs help or is uncomfortable it is my duty as her husband and father of our babies to help her the best I can.
When I walk into the kitchen where Ana was making her phone call she is beaming from ear to ear.
"Good news?"
"Yes, Maria wants to stop by tomorrow to give us her resumé and if you don't mind she wants to cook dinner for us so you can decide if you like her cooking. I also told her that she has to sign an NDA before we even start the interview and she is fine with that. Is this okay with you?"
"Sure, the sooner she can start, the better. Has she told you if she can get out of her contract with her present employers?"
"She already gave them her three weeks notice two weeks ago, so she could start next saturday if we decide to hire her."
"Well, that sounds good to me. By the way my mom said she could send Gretchen over to help..." I stop when Ana's face falls. Yeah, I can't stand her either, but I thought I ask anyway.
"I tell my mom we don't need her."
"Sorry, but she is eye fucking you every time we are at your parents house. And I am to pregnant to kick her ass if she does that in our home." she pouts and I kiss her.
"Yes, I noticed that, too and it is annoying the crap out of me, so actually I'm glad you don't want her here either."
"Good, so I thought about the name for our babygirl some more, why don't we go into the livingroom, I hate that Teddy already has a name and our daughter hasn't." Ana says and so we go into the livingroom and she snuggles up against me on the sofa.
"You know since Kate and Elliot already picked Grace as middle name for their daughter, we looked at other names, but I keep thinking Grace is not the only woman in our family. So why don't we name her after someone in our family. What was your grandma's name?"
"Both Carrick's and Grace's mom were called Elizabeth. I had a great-aunt and her name was Mildred, but I'm not going to call my daughter after her, she smelled funny and was nasty, you know the kind of old woman who pinches your cheeks until they bruise" I mutter remembering all too well how Elliot, Mia and I would hide when ever aunt Mildred came to visit us.
"Okay, well Mildred is not exactly one of favorite names, but I like Elizabeth."
"Good, so what names from your family would you like for our daughter?" Please do not say Carla, please! I beg inwardly.
"My dad had a sister, he really loved her, but she drowned as a child. He still talks about her from time to time and has pictures of her. Her name was Rachel. I think it would mean a lot to him if we would name our daughter after her. So, what about Elizabeth Rachel Grey?" she asks and actually I like the name Rachel very much.
"How about Rachel Elizabeth Grey?" I counter and when she smiles I know she secretly hoped I would like the name enough to want it as her first name.
"So it's official this two little miracles are going to be Theodore Raymond and Rachel Elizabeth Grey." I smile and press a kiss on her belly.
A couple of hours later Ana and I are in our home cinema with my parents, Elliot and Kate and Mia and Luke. Patrick wanted to spend the weekend with his dad, so we had one of the security guys drive him over to Ray's place earlier and now Ana and I sitting with our legs stretched out in one of the double seats of the our home cinema.
Honestly I hate chick flicks, but I know Ana enjoys to watch this crap, so from time to time I have to endure this meaningless crap. But about 30 minutes into the movie I see that Elliot, my Dad and Luke are all asleep and I can't keep my eyes open either.
God damn it, how long is this fucking movie? I swear to god I have slept for at least two hours and it's still running, I woke up once before and it was running so I thought I just try to sleep some more, but this gets really annoying. I look at Ana who is balancing a huge bowl of popcorn on her belly as she watches the movie and decide to close my eyes again.
When I wake up again the fucking movie is still running. And just as I'm about to say something Elliot jumps to his feet.
"Oh my god, you are fucking with us, right? How long can this movie be, I feel like I slept for hours! Oh fuck me, maybe I died in my sleep and this is hell where I have to watch this awful chick flick for all of eternity. Fuck, damn it, this is cruel and unusual punishment" he mutters and starts to pace the room cursing and praying to wake up while all the women are laughing hysterically.
"Fuck bro, maybe this is like this other shitty movie with the guy who wakes up every day and it's always the same fucking day and he can't even kill himself because the day just starts over again." he mutters and now I have to laugh too. Shit, he is really freaked out by this.
"Christ Elliot calm down, it's just a movie, sit down and watch it." our Dad who just woke up mutters.
"Dad, the movie is running for five fucking hours it's nearly midnight, they didn't even need that long to have the Titanic sink in that fucking movie and I thought that was awful, it was like 30 minutes storyline and then you just had to watch them all drown for more than two hours and this stupid chick let her guy freeze to death because they were both to stupid to get onto the fucking door together" he says and rubs his hands through his hair, at this point he lost me, I have no idea what he is talking about.
I look at Ana who has tears rolling down her face she is laughing so hard and from the corner of my eye I see Kate get up.
"Calm down Elliot" she grins and takes her cardigan off. Oh fuck me, I can't help but laugh because her shirt reads 'You just got pranked' on the front and 'big time' on the back.
"Wait, so you all were fucking with me."
"Kate came up with it, once we knew we would come over she had the shirt made and since we knew you would all sleep through the movie we watched it and started it again at different scenes whenever one of you woke up." Mia laughs and I look at Ana with one raised brow, but can't help but laugh because she is still giggling like crazy.
"Oh thank god, for a few awful seconds I thought I was in hell, but you know what that means Kate, the next two nights it's your turn to sleep on the couch" he says and winks at her only to get a handful of popcorn from all the women including our mother thrown at him.
I have to say, even though the movie was pretty shitty it was a good evening, mainly because I never really enjoyed family nights, but now I love them and soon I can have family nights with my own little family, I can't wait for it ...