Ladies, here it is the last chapter of Fifty Shades of Healing Together... all that's left is the epilog, but I guess now is a good time to make some confessions. First, I never expected the reponse and support I got for this story...so a huge thank you to all of my readers, because without you I'm not sure I would have finished this story or posted any other story... When I started this story I was like : Okay, I give it a try and if I manage to write like 20 chapters and about 50000 words total I will be totally happy, but now over 50 chapters and 230.000 words later I can honestly say that I never expected this story to go on that long.
I also want to thank you for keeping up with my sometimes bad grammar and terrible spelling... yep I now know that it's being and not beeing; and that you talk about having manners and not manors, though I personally wouldn't mind to have a couple of manors lol...
Anyway what I really want to say is THANK YOU, to everyone who took the time to read, review, follow and favorite this story. This story was the first time I ever allowed anyone to read something I have written and I cannot thank you all enough for your support...
So, before I start to tear up, let's go on with the final chapter of Fifty Shades of Healing Together... enjoy :-)
6 months later
Ana
Oh I am so stupid. When will I finally learn not to do this to myself? I shift in the backseat of the car glaring at the now empty slushy I decided to have on the way back home from the children's center and pray that I am not going to pee my pants in the car.
"Wellens could you drive faster, please" I ask and he nods.
Only five more minutes, Ana. You can do this. You will not pee your pants in the car, you will not pee your pants in the car... I repeat this mantra over and over again in my mind until I finally see my home come into view and as soon as Wellens stops the car outside the front door, I jump out of the car and make a beeline towards the entrance, which is opened by Christian just when I am about to put my key in the lock.
"Hi... bye" I mutter and run past him towards the downstairs bathroom reach the toilet and let go the second I sit down.
I really need to stop doing this, every time I have a slushy on my way home I end up nearly peeing my pants... well I am wearing a dress today, but you get the idea.
A second later the door opens and Christian strolls in with a huge grin on his face.
"So, just how tall was the was the slushy you had this time?"
"It's not my fault, they had a rainbow-colored one and I needed to get the biggest cup so I could really enjoy all the colors" I try to defend myself and Christian bursts out laughing.
"You know what baby, for your birthday I will get a slushy bar installed in the kitchen, so you can have this sugary shit here at home."
"It's yummy, and anyway I don't like it when you laugh at me" I pout and wipe myself before flushing the toilet.
"I am sorry, after all this was a nice reminder of the first time I saw you." he smirks as I wash my hands at the sink.
Crap, he is right the first time we met I hurried into my apartment at Escala because I nearly peed my pants from drinking a slushy on my way home.
"Does this mean we are taking a trip down memory lane today, because if you offer me fifty bucks for a quick fuck I will be offended" I chuckle and he pulls me in his arms.
"Christian! My hands are wet!" I scold and he rubs his nose against mine.
"I like you wet, Mrs. Grey though I prefer your wet pussy over wet hands" he says with a dirty grin and I slap his biceps leaving a wet hand print on his white shirt. But as I do it I realise that he shouldn't even be here.
"Wait, why are you home? It is just after 4 in the afternoon, shouldn't you be at Grey House taking over the world?" I smirk, but his gaze gets serious if not even a little uncomfortable.
"Oh my God, are Rachel and Teddy okay? Did Patrick drop one of them, did the swallow something or ..."
"Whoa... stop, they are both fine. But you are right I came home because of them. Apparently Jenny stopped by to visit Patrick and five minutes after she arrived he got a phone call that Nataly was in a car accident, nothing serious but she was crying on the phone and he took off leaving them with Jenny. Maria wasn't home and Jenny called me. She felt overwhelmed with watching them both without help and she was also worried because she never had to take care of a baby much less so two babies. So, I cancelled my last meeting for today and went home. I also had the house security sit with her until I arrived." Christian explains and now I am mad.
I know Patrick wants to be there for his girlfriend and I really get that, but leaving my babies with our sister, who just three months ago left a mental facility after being treated there for over a year is no-go. It's not even that I don't trust Jenny to take care of my children or that I am scared she would hurt them, but it's Jenny I am worried about. She still needs her day to be perfectly structured and everything out of the ordinary can easily overwhelm her.
"Is Jenny okay?"
"Yes, Rachel and Teddy were napping when Patrick left and just woke when I arrived home. Maria is back from running errands, she is in the livingroom with Jenny and our babies."
I let out and deep sigh and lean my head against Christian's shoulder. "I am going to talk to Patrick later, this was the first and last time I let him watch Teddy and Rachel."
"Don't be too hard on him, his girlfriend was in a car accident and he didn't leave them alone in the house Ana."
"Christian, he left our babies with Jenny and she is still learning to deal with every day life. So much could have happened... I shouldn't have left to attend the talent show."
"Ana, that's stupid. In the last six months you had probably five days where you did something without our babies, our dates night not counted. You need some time to yourself, too."
I smile hearing Christian say this. He has come so far in the last six months. Gone is the completely freaked out and constantly worried new daddy. Instead he became more relaxed and he is the best father ever.
Last week first Teddy and two days later Rachel started to crawl. Boy, they are so quick, once the figured out how to crawl forward they started to explore everything and yesterday evening when I came into the livingroom after having a quick shower, I found Christian on the floor racing them on all fours.
I couldn't resist, I took my phone out and filmed them. Later I've sent the video to Grace, who is always happy to get new pictures and videos of her grandchildren to show her friends.
She is a wonderful grandmother and I am so glad that my children have a grandma like her, because Lord knows that my own mother never even tried to see them once. What I love the most is that Grace and Carrick are making sure that they are giving the same amount of time to each of their grandchildren.
Kate and Mia as moms are totally not what everyone expected them to be. Especially Kate, she gave birth in early january and it was not an easy birth. After she finally decided to deliver vaginally she had to have a c-section in the end because Rosalie's heart rate dropped from one second to another. Elliot told us later that all he could remember was hearing Kate yell at the doctors to get her baby out and safe it, even though her epidural didn't completely work and she actually felt them cutting her open until she passed out as soon as she heard her baby cry. Funny enough, Kate wants more children and is thinking about getting off the pill.
I always pictured Kate as award-winning journalist, but now she is the happiest mom ever and we try to meet at least two times a week either at my place or hers to have our babies see each other. And then there is Mia. Thank the Lord she came to her senses about the baby name, because her son now is called Ian Matthew Sawyer. She has married Luke last month and has matured a lot since little Ian was born. Though how she pushed him out will always remain a mystery to me. He was born on christmas eve weighing 12.1 lbs and was 23.2 inches long. She says he just popped out, but somehow I doubt that...
And yesterday in the early morning another baby arrived when Gail gave birth to Elijah Jason Taylor. I am so happy for both of them and can't wait for Gail to bring the baby home. They no longer live in the pool house. Christian surprised them with a very special christmas present. He bought them the house next to ours and even hired staff for them so Gail could just relax and enjoy her pregnancy. It's perfect, they have their privacy, but Taylor is still close since he is our head of security.
Tomorrow I have arranged a little get together to celebrate the birth of their son. After all Gail and Taylor are like family to us, so we need to celebrate the birth of their first child. I also have a surprise for Taylor. His ex-wife is giving him a hard time to see his daughter Sophie lately and in the last three months he didn't see her at all. So, I called his ex-wife and she agreed to let Sophie come over tomorrow to meet her baby brother. Though I actually had to remind her who is paying for her daughter's educating, namely Christian, and that this benefit could easily go away if Taylor wasn't allowed to see his daughter.
I know it's a mean thing to do and I would never ask Christian to stop paying for Sophie's education, but it did the trick, so I am not sorry about threatening her mother.
"Hey, earth to Ana" Christian says and waves his hand in front of my face.
"Sorry, I was just deep in thoughts for a second. Let's go, I want to see our little munchkins and say hello to Jenny.
The relationship between Jenny and I is a lot better. I actually learned to trust her again and since she is living with our Dad again she stops by every friday afternoon to visit Patrick and I. She loves Teddy and Rachel, but she keeps her distance, mostly because she fears to do something wrong and in turn freak out about it. I am trying to help her get over this fear, but I also don't want to push her. It's a balance act with her, but it's getting better every time we see each other.
In the living room we find Jenny and Maria sitting on the floor with Teddy and Rachel on their blanket between them. I quickly take my high heels off and sit down on the floor with them picking up my babies and kiss them. They have already grown so much. Teddy is a carbon copy of his daddy, but has my eyes while Rachel has Christian's eyes but looks just like me otherwise. She has already so many thick brown curls that I need to use some cute clips or a headband to tame her hair. Teddy has Christian's unruly copper-colored hair and I am tempted to use hairclips to pin his hair back too, but Christian is strictly against it as he thinks that would look ridiculous, so we agreed that Teddy is going to get his first haircut next week. Truth be told I will probably start to cry when his hair gets cut, but it is already so long that it sticks out in all directions, so it's either using hairclips or cutting it.
"Hi Ana, I hope you are not mad that I called Christian to come home, but I wasn't sure what to do and you know I wouldn't have even known what to feed them or ..."
"Hey, it's okay Jenny, you did the right thing, Patrick shouldn't have left you here with them like that. I will write you a list of how to take care of them, so if something like that ever happens again you know what to do."
"Thanks, so I talked to Dad and we will be here tomorrow. I bought some cute onesies for Gail and Taylor's son, do you think they will like that?"
"Sure, oh and I received lots of clothes again, do you want to look at them, most are size two and I am a four, so it should fit you."
"Cool!" she grins and I grin back. For the last couple of months the media enjoyed calling me a fashion queen and that in turn made designers send me tons of clothes. Sending them back would be impolite and if I keep it I wouldn't be able to wear most of it. So, I let Mia, Kate, Nataly and Jenny look through all the clothes I got for free, so they can take what the like, I keep some things I like and the rest goes to charity.
Christian thinks that it is ridiculous of them to send me so many clothes, and I couldn't agree more. Last week I received fifteen pairs of designer sneakers and it was the exact same pair fifteen times! Do they think that I wear my shoes one time and then throw them away? I mean I am rich, but I am not crazy...
"Oh, I have something for you... I'll be back in a minute" she says and hurries away.
"I'll start to prepare dinner now, will a vegetable stew be fine?" Maria asks.
"The one with meatballs?" Christian and I ask at the same time and start to laugh. Before Maria worked for us a meal like that would not have been something Christian would have named as his favorite food, but now just like I he can't get enough of it.
"Sure" Maria says happily and leaves. A minute later Jenny comes back in and carries something that looks like a huge canvas.
"I made that for both of you. I hope you like it" she says and my mouth pops open when she turns the canvas around revealing an absolutely beautiful family portrait of Christian and I with our twins.
"That's so beautiful Jenny, thank you. What do you think Christian, should we put it over the fireplace?"
"Yes, I like the idea. Thank you Jenny, you are very talented."
"Your welcome, so I have to leave now. I look at the clothes tomorrow, Dad will be home soon and I promised to grab dinner for us on my way home. Bye" Jenny leaves obviously happy that we liked her painting and I look at it with Christian.
"She is so talented." I murmur.
"That she is ... and I have to admit, she is not as bad as I thought. Maybe once she is better I'll help her to find a gallery so she can have an exhibition."
"You are the best!" I whisper against his lips and kiss him.
The next day - still Ana
The get together for Gail and Jason is about to start in an hour. Christian is checking some E-Mails in his study while I am in the kitchen with Maria to make my special chicken salad.
"Don't you think that this is way too much salad, Ana?" Maria asks and I smirk at her.
"Did you see my husband eat before? I swear every time I make this chicken salad he eats so much of it that I nearly have to roll him out of the kitchen." I giggle and Maria laughs.
"Well, then this should just be enough for everyone else to get something, too."
"I hope so, my Dad loves it. Have you seen Ray lately?" I ask her and avoids eye contact. I know that they are dating for months now, but so far neither of them has said anything about it.
"No, why would I?"
"I don't know... just asking you know."
"Hey Steele!" I hear Kate and she comes in followed by Mia.
"Hi you two, where are your husband and my niece and nephew?"
"Elliot and Luke have them, they wanted to go find Christian and put the little ones down for a nap. Here, I made salad with tortellini and Mia has the cake." Kate announces.
"Really, can I see the cake?"
"Sure!" Mia opens the box and I beam at her. "It's perfect, thank you so much, Mia."
"Your welcome, I can't wait to finally meet little Elijah. It's such a pretty name."
"Yes, I like it too."
Both help me to get the food ready and once Jenny has arrived too I take them all into my walk in closet, so they can pick the clothes they want from all the freebies I got.
"Damn Ana, look at all this stuff, honestly I wish I would get all those clothes for free." Kate says and puts some things in one of the shopping bags I've put out for them.
"Believe me, it's cool for the first couple of times those boxes with clothes arrive, but after a while it's annoying. I can't even look at everything, leave alone wear it all, because I don't have the time."
"Oh, I would make the time, believe me" Mia giggles and Jenny holds up a pair of silver leather pants.
"I'm thinking about keeping them, but they look like they are painted on"
"Show us!" All three say at once so I take my dress of and put them on.
"Wow, they are so you Ana... you have to wear them today" Kate says and grabs a white tank top from the pile of clothes which I put on.
"You think? They are..."
"Hot!" all three say at once again and I hold my hands up in defeat. "Okay, I get it, I wear them today, but it's your fault if Christian is all over me the entire time."
"Yeah right, as if my brother can keep his hands to himself otherwise" Mia says and rolls her eyes. Well, I guess I can't argue about that one, but since I can't keep my hands off of Christian, there is nothing to complain about that one.
An hour later Gail's sister, niece and husband arrived along with Taylor's brother and we are all waiting for Gail and Jason to arrive with their son. Since Gail just gave birth they won't stay long, so I am also hoping the Taylor's ex will bring Sophie soon.
"I'll get it" I say when I hear the doorbell and hurry to the front door. Finding Sophie and her mother outside.
"Mrs. Grey, I'll be back in three hours." her mother all but snaps at me turns on her heel and heads back to her car. For a second I want to call her back to let her have it, but decide against it and bend down so I am at eye level with Sophie.
"Hi Sophie, you look pretty today, are you excited to meet your baby brother?" I ask but she looks pretty upset.
"What is wrong, Sophie?" I ask and she shrugs.
"How about we go into the kitchen. I really want to have some chocolate ice-cream, do you want some, too?"
"Yeeeesss!" she says grinning from ear to ear, so I take her hand lead her into the kitchen and while she is sitting at the table I take two ice cream cups from one of the cupboards and put a scoop of chocolate ice cream in both.
"Do you want sprinkles and cherries too, Sophie?"
"Yes, please Ana" she says shifting in her chair eager to get her ice cream. Once I have put it in front of her I sit down too and look at her.
"Good?"
"Mmm... yummy!"
"Good, so how do you feel about having a little brother, Sophie?"
"Mommy told me the baby is not my brother, because Gail is the mommy and not she. Is that true Ana?"
"No, look every baby is a part of his mommy and his daddy. So even if two people only have the same mommy or daddy they are still siblings."
"Mommy also told me that now that Daddy has a new baby, Daddy doesn't want to see me anymore. I miss my Daddy, Ana"
"Sophie, your Daddy loves you very much, he wants to see you. You never have to worry about that, I know that he was sad because he couldn't see you in the last three months and he will be so happy to see you today."
Sophie frowns "So... my mommy lied to me?" Oh crap, if Sophie was older I would probably be honest with her and tell her that her mother would do anything to stick it to her Daddy, but she is eight years old, so I can't do that.
"Look Sophie, your mommy didn't mean to lie to you. You know, sometimes grown ups are scared."
"Scared of what?"
"Being alone mostly. Maybe your mommy is afraid that now since you have a baby brother you want to live with your daddy. I am sure she didn't mean to make you sad by telling you what she did, she was just afraid to lose you."
"So, mommy and daddy both love me?"
"Of course they do, because you are a very special little girl."
"Ana are you... hey look at that princess Sophie is here" Christian says as he comes into the kitchen.
"Hello Mr. Christian" Sophie beams at him and I try to hide my smile. Sophie has a little crush on Christian which is adorable.
"Hello to you too, Miss Sophie. Are you excited to meet your brother?"
"Yes" she grins and Christian steals the last cherry from my ice cream.
"See that Sophie, boys are so mean" I giggle and Christian leans in to whisper into my ear. "So I am mean for stealing your cherry... you didn't seem upset when I popped your cherry."
"Christian Grey! Behave, I cannot believe you just said that" I gasp.
"You better believe it, because seeing you in these pants makes me horny as hell" he whispers and strolls out of the kitchen.
"Can I tell you secret Ana?" Sophie asks and I nod.
"I like Mr. Christian much better since you are his wife. He laughs and makes jokes and looks happy all the time. When I grow up I want to be like you, you make people happy."
I can't help it, I reach over and hug her before pressing a kiss to her forehead. "You don't need to grow up, Sophie, you already made me very happy with what you just told me... oh this must be your Daddy and Gail." I say as we both here the door bell and so I take her hand and we open the door together.
"Daddy!" Sophie squeaks when she sees Taylor and he manages to hand the baby to Gail before she jumps into his arms.
"Hi sweet pea, oh I missed you princess."
"I missed you too, daddy. And I want to see my brother, because I am a big sister now, like my friend Julie in school."
"That you are, darling. Let's get inside" Taylor says and picks her up while I try to get a glimpse of little Elijah.
"How are you, Gail and congratulations!" I kiss her cheek and Gail is has the biggest smile I have ever seen on her on her face.
"Thank you, oh Ana. I can't even describe how I feel. I still can't believe that it all went well. I'm a mommy" she gushes and I can't help the tears that come to my eyes. I have never seen Gail that happy.
We all go into the family room and sit down, so we all can get a good look at little Elijah who is absolutely adorable with his chubby cheeks and pouty lips. When Christian holds him he makes us all laugh.
"You are one handsome little guy, Elijah Taylor. I bet in a couple of years you and my little boy will drive us all nuts by playing pranks on us and getting into things you shouldn't, but that's okay, that's what being a child is for. And we can be great friends little guy, there is just one rule you always have to keep in mind. Do not even think about dating my daughter, she is off limits to all boys until she is thirty." he tells him and the moment Christian says that Elijah starts to cry bloody murder making us all laugh while Gail takes him from Christian.
"Well bro, I guess that didn't go to well... let's face it, we are both doomed. Our girls will make our pretty hair turn gray as soon as the hit their teenage years." Elliot jokes, but somehow I can't help but think that this might be the truth. Good thing for me that I happen to think that gray hair on a guy can be really sexy.
After an hour Taylor and Gail leave with Sophie and Elijah and their family, while our family is going to stay for dinner. I excuse myself to use the bathroom and I'm just about to look the door when Christian comes in and locks the door.
"You know, one day we will have to talk about the lack of privacy I have in this house" I chuckle as I pull my pants down to sit on the toilet.
"Does it bother you?" Christian asks frowning. To him there hanging out in the bathroom while I have to pee is the most normal thing.
"Nope, I used to share an apartment with Kate, at least you don't take a shit while I'm in the tub" I giggle and he snorts. "That would be rather rude, though that must be a habit of hers, Elliot told me she does that too."
"Eww, could we like not talk about Kate's lack of modesty" I laugh.
"Good, finish up I want to fuck" he says and I stare at him, really?
"Wow aren't you the born romantic, besides we have guests" I giggle as I finish and flush the toilet.
"Well, the longer you leave me hanging the longer they have to wait for us." he says with a smirk and my gaze shifts to the very prominent bulge in his pants.
"Doesn't look like there is much hanging right now" I tease.
"Anastasia Rose Grey, I am shocked" he mutters in mock horror making me laugh again.
"No you are not" I giggle as I wash my hands and the moment I have dried them at the towel and grabs me and presses me against him.
"So, Mrs. Grey what do you want a quickie now or are you into delayed gratification today?" he murmurs against my lips.
"Have I ever been into that?" I whisper back and slide my fingers into his hair before I kiss him. Damn it, I wasn't even thinking about sex, but the second Christian mentioned it I knew we wouldn't leave this bathroom without having sex and it turns me on to know that my husband wants me every second of the day.
"Good, now let's do this before someone comes looking for us" he says and drops to his knees. I try my best not to laugh at him, while he has some troubles to get me out of my pants which are really tight.
"Christ, they look hot on you, but the next time you wear them I'll cut them off you." He mutter and just rips my panties away. He trails kisses up my body pushing my top up as he goes and when he reaches my breasts he yanks the bra cups down and starts to tease and suck my nipples while his fingers are working there magic between my legs.
"Hush baby or our entire family will know what were doing" Christian whispers and I didn't even realise that I was making any noises.
"I can't... this feels so good" I whimper and he smirks up at me. "I know and I am going to make you feel even better in a second, turn around and press your palms flat against the wall." he orders and I quickly do so.
I hear him open his belt and zipper and the second I have to bite down on my lip to stop me from screaming in pleasure when he thrusts into me... hard.
"Christian... I can't be quiet ... I can't " I gasp when he really starts to move.
"Yes... you can... just imagine your father hearing you" Christian grunts and that does the trick. I make no sound and simply enjoy the feeling until Christian reaches around and pinches my clit. I reaches my climax screaming. Damn him, he did that on purpose!
A moment later I find myself curled up on his lap on the bathroom floor.
"Annie, you alright in there?" Crap it's my Dad and I know that my face is a flame.
"Umm... yes... there was just a ... huge spider, but Christian killed it" I yell through the closed door.
"Must have been some spider" I hear my Dad mutter and glare at Christian.
"No more quickies while we are having guests" I mutter embarrassed and Christian chuckles.
"I told you to be silent, baby. Don't blame me."
"This is so embarrassing" I pout and get clean up before I get dressed and three minutes later Christian and I are back in the family room.
Thankfully, no one is even looking at us, but of course Elliot can't keep his mouth shut as he gets up from the sofa and pulls Kate up with him.
"Come on baby, let's see if we can find that spider too" he laughs and winks at us as they hurry towards the bathroom.
At first I am completely embarrassed but then I hear Carrick murmur. "Christ, to be that young again" and I can't help but laugh as I pick Teddy up and kiss his chubby cheek, before sitting down next to Grace who has Rachel in her lap.
"Don't be embarrassed darling. Carrick and I got caught by his parents, too" she says and I blush.
"Really, when you were newly wed?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"No, last week when they came to visit." she giggles and we both burst out laughing. One thing is for sure, life as a member of the Grey family will never get boring...
After our guests have left and our little angels are peacefully sleeping in the cribs Christian and I lounge in the living room in front of the fire-place with a glass of wine.
"Did you think it would be like this?" he asks and I look up at him. "What do you mean?"
"Well, since yesterday when you came home in the same way as the day we first met... you know I keep thinking how much our lives have changed since then and sometimes I still feel like this is a just a dream and I never want to wake up from it."
I smile at him and gently kiss him. "It's better than a dream, it's reality and we have the rest of our lives to enjoy it..."I whisper against his lips and we get lost in each other...
The End
For those of you who think ' wait a second... what about the Lambert money... is Carla gone for good and what about Ana's dancing?... all of those loose ends will be tied up in the epilogue which will take place a couple of years later and has some surprises in it :-)