Teddy and Family

Chapter 25

A/N: Had to revise a little bit on chapter 19 when they got married the second time basically had a blessing. Valentines Day seemed so cliché and wouldn't work with their class load. So I changed it to March 21 during their Spring Break recess. I've been suffering from migraines from hell, but finally I've finished this chapter! It's got Ana, Chris, Teddy and Hope! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: EL James and sometimes SMeyer (I love to play with her characters but with my AU spin on them from my other story. Sorry folks I don't do Cannon ever. Like, Love it, Hate it…you have been warned ^^) own it all I'm just having fun with the characters, but the OC ones and story ideas are all mine

Chris

Chicago O'Hara

I'm pacing Mom's plane like a restless tiger because we've been stuck here for fucking ever! It's still radio silence with my wife! And our window isn't until six fucking o'clock! I can't contact the ship to check on Teddy or our babies because Chloe and TJ are on 'protect big sister from the Dads wrath' mode.

I didn't even know we had a Wi-Fi blocker on the ship. They have ship to shore radio that's a given, but I'm not gonna use that unless this day spirals down even more and I have to call in the army blissfully fishing and enjoying the weekend on my ship. Our Moms are in grandma heaven with two extra munchkins to cuddle, so they're all oblivious to what's going on.

"I can't believe that Jose and Paul got her to do that? She had to take Dramamine before all of her dance team competitions, because she gets extreme stage fright. It's why she usually has Ros, me, or Hanah handle the public speaking side of things…" I stop pacing to stare at the latest LIVE footage of our wives, as they jam to the music, and dance with Jose, Paul, and the girls from the club in NY.

"Indulging in sweets soaked with dessert liquor might be one reason…" Edward shows me the video that Bella sent of her and my Ana baking up a storm in the kitchen, as they jam to a Taylor Swift song. I can see the bottles in question in a row on the kitchen island.

"She's thinks that I'm gonna go thermonuclear on her, but I've been forced to calm down and think rationally." I shoot him a dark look.

He grins back in that freaky perfect almost lethal smile of his and I have to will myself not to shiver.

"Well, then you'd both better brace your selves, because the next stop in this endless day is gonna be at a special movie showing…" Logan steps out of the SIT room with Luke.

"So what. We get invited to that kind of shit all the time…" I narrow my eyes at them.

"Yeah, baby brother, but how often is the movie's main character you?" Luke smirks.

"It's Fifty Shades, Chris." Logan clarifies, as I'm temporarily stunned by this latest turn of events.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" The hell with thinking rationally!

"What in the name of all that's Holy is she thinking!?" Edward snarls quietly with menace, closing his eyes, and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Eamon is down, well, his whole team there is down. We're talking hospital stays, so he has no one to cover for the paper..." Logan is relaying what's been reported to him.

Edward and I are both on our phones demanding an earlier window. Fuck the commercial airliners! We need to get to our wives!

Ana

"It's see-through! Do you want me to ever be able to sit down again!?" The outfit that Jose is determined that I wear tonight is a Red Lace High Neck Mini Dress think Bodycon leather skirt and a long sleeve red lace high neck blouse where your bra is out for show and you've got this dress! To top that off he's paired it with Dolce & Gabbana Lace open-toe ankle boots! Spiked Heels people! I look like a Dominatrix! All that I'm missing is my whip!

"She's right, Jose. I should wear that and she should wear the Red Cashmere midi dress with gold threads all through it with the backless chains in back. Paired with the Christian Louboutin Moroccan Belle Suede High Heel Ankle Booties. It's winter. She'll freeze." Bella's eyeing both dresses then me.

"Well, at least with one of them she can wear a bra and the other is open nearly down to her coccyx…" Paul walks into the dressing room giving his take on the choices of the evening while munching on one of the many treats set out in the kitchen.

"They'll be wearing coats of a fashion, no one's gonna freeze." Jose rolls his eyes at him.

"Well, thank heavens for small miracles we won't freeze." I mutter under my breath and then prepare to do battle with Mr. Fashion Runway. "We aren't walking the carpet. Why can't we just wear sweater dresses that cover everything down to our ankles with comfy suede ankle booties?"

"It's a special showing!" Jose hisses back at me. "You can't show up looking like you're going to the movies at the Cinema-Plex!"

"It's a one screen theater and we don't wish to cause a scene. We are there to watch and review the movie for Eamon, not rub elbows with the stars of the movie." I remind him.

"Sweetie, you were on the cover of TIME as Person of the Year and we aren't exactly not well known to begin with. It's expected for us to show up wearing something red carpet worthy. Red carpet walk or not we are going to be recognized." Bella shoots down my hopes of us attempting to blend in tonight.

"Annie, stop being difficult," Jose shoves the dress at me with all the accessories and I wince at the Lace bustier and barely there matching panties that goes with this ensemble. Don't get me wrong it's beautiful, but I'm not Kate or Mia. This dress is way out of my comfort zone, not with Chris not attending the event with me. "You've worked your ass off getting back into better than pre-baby shape again and should be proud to show off all of that hard work."

"I've been focusing all of my frustration towards Chris into taking care of my kids and kicking the tar out of my big brothers during my workouts while the kids napped. Getting back to my pre-baby shape in less than three months was never my goal nor was losing more weight than I had gained, even if it is well defined. The last thing that I want or need is the media sounding the alarms because I got work done to lose the baby weight or am on an extreme health kick." I growl back from the bathroom as I obediently don the daring ensemble.

It's almost fitting when I open up the famous red jewelry cases revealing Panthère de Cartier drop earrings, necklace, and bracelet in white gold. I have to admit that they are simple, stunning, and fit the ensemble perfectly. The matching leather jacket has no buttons for coverage, but it's lined so I won't freeze.

Let's be completely honest here. I could literally cause a multiple car accident just stepping out of the car in this. This is a for Chris's eyes only creation and I know that there will be hell to pay later, but Jose will send the official wedding video to our moms. Then again I wouldn't put it past him to have done it just so that he can throw the lavish affair that Chris and I denied him the honor of creating for us. The beach wedding on our private island wasn't nearly what he envisioned at all. He wanted the Thornewood Castle on American Lake. The whole princess and Prince fairy tale event with over 500 guests and to that Chris and I said. Screw that we're already married and are moving into our own castle on the sky. If our parents wanted a wedding then it was gonna be low key, close friends and family only, and that was that…now he has the means to make that hell a living reality with this threat of throwing us a renewal ceremony to rival all ceremonies, so I will gladly take one for the team and wear the Yes Mistress ensemble to the Special Showing tonight.

I can just imagine Jamie's face when he sees me in this. Like I need another big brother to add to the mix. I should have texted Millie and asked her to come up to the suite and have a girl's night, but no Papa K calls and I can't leave him in a bind. I'm committed. I just pray to the stars above that I don't end up literally breaking a leg or worse yet my ankle in these booties. Let's face it I'm not having the best of luck with shoes today.

I can hear the New York Prep team greeting Paul and Jose, but Bella must be off changing into her own less daring ensemble. I throw on my robe over my His eyes only attire, so that it doesn't get dirty while they make me gorgeous for the night.

"Let's see the ensemble of the night, so that I know what look to put you in." Gino stands there folding his arms, one eyebrow raised, eyeing my robe.

"Annie, all I have to do is hit send…" Jose shows me that he's not bluffing by playing some of the video on his phone.

Clouds are a menace to society and a blackmailers dream.

"Anastasia Rose! Is that you and Christian getting married in Vegas at a Zombie themed wedding! That's a Zuhair Murad original and you mutilated it!" Gino goes to grab the phone from Jose and a tussle ensues between them.

All I can think of as I watch in horror is one wrong move of the fingers and I'll be facing hell on earth as soon as I get home.

"Gino! I had it set to send…" Jose wrestles his phone back to close it before it can send, but would the fates up there just call it a day, not a chance in Hell! He's swearing in fluent Spanish and has paled under his bronze complexion.

"Jose!" I hiss and shoot him the deadliest glare and he wisely flees for his life.

"What about the movie and Jamie!" Paul all but whines, as he's literally dragged out of the suite.

"Gino grabbed my phone and it sent the videos…!" Jose tells him quickly in Spanish.

"What the fuck, Jose Brian! You actually had it on your phone?! Chris is gonna have your hide!" Paul roars at him, this time it's in French, as the doors to the suite slam close.

I ignore Gino's scolding of my destroying a priceless original wedding gown and my mind goes down not so nice memory lane. While, yes, it was a one of a kind ball gown. Worthy of a Society Princess's lavish wedding. Endless hours went into creating and designing it to our mothers' specification's, as I'd been away at Harvard while they went insane with the wedding planning. Thousands of dollars went into it. Beading. Bling. The works. I wanted something simple, but not our moms. Then again they'd been planning this since we were toddlers, so I should have expected it.

Murad had done dresses for me before for events in the past, so I didn't even get a fitting until the masterpiece was finished and presented to me as a surprise on my 18th Birthday. Kate and Mia were blown away by it, as that was their dream dress. I stood there on the pedestal in my mother's dressing room surrounded by mirrors so that I could get the full effect of their present. They were all in tears of wonder, so happy to see me in it. I was in tears too, but they weren't of happiness, but of anger that they hadn't listened to a word of what I had wanted.

Did I mention that Chris had only given me my ring at midnight in our treehouse, so boy was this jumping the gun! Then again like I said. They'd been plotting and planning forever and when he gave me that promise sapphire claddagh ring for my sweet sixteen, well, it set off wedding bells in their minds. Though, they kept it low key around the Dads.

I hated it on sight. There was no way that I was going to wear it for my wedding and I had already been plotting its demise. I just had to be sneaky about how to dispose of it. I'd schooled myself to put on the show of a lifetime for our mothers and my big sisters and went on and on how I loved it when I really wanted to get out of it and run it over repeatedly with my car. Gail had been watching me the entire time and she knew that I'd hated it. She wasn't a fan herself, so she happily went along with my mission to turn it into my Zombie Bride costume for Vegas. Gail's good at everything domestic. She puts Martha Stewart to shame.

It had been sent for final touches and never reached its destination because it was sent to the brownstone in Cambridge instead and then sent back and forth between Gail and I until my costume was finished. Now, I was going to have to come clean about what had happened to it with our mothers. They had gotten their wish in a way. I wore it to my wedding, it had just seen better days after going through what Gail and I had done to it.

"Anastasia? Are you listening to me? What possessed you to do that?" Gino snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Sheer intense loathing for it." I felt no remorse whatsoever for the gown's demise. It's stuffed in a steamer trunk along with Chris's Tom Ford Tux that he wore that night. "I had no say in its creation…it was Grace and Carla's vision for me…I hated it on sight…They sprang their little surprise on my eighteenth birthday…" I went on to rant about the fate of my first wedding dress while Gloria, Bella, Angelo, and Gino all looked on in puzzled fascination of my apparent mental breakdown.

"Alice did the same with me, but then my only focus was to marry Edward, no matter what, so I let her run wild with the planning." Bella patiently waited for me to get it all out, before injecting her thoughts on the matter in a calm soothing tone.

"Mother's have tunnel vison when it comes to that prefect dress for their daughter's special day…" Angelo was next to tentatively speak.

"More often than not they turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the actual bride's wishes…most brides don't retaliate by turning the masterpiece into something from a zombie movie." Gino gives my shoulders a gentle squeeze. "Why the Vegas themed Zombie wedding? Was that in spite too?"

"Chris and I met on Halloween. He was two and I was one. It's a special day for us and I wanted to get married on a day that really meant something to the two of us. Honestly, after the dress incident I wasn't looking forward to my special day. We were in Vegas to celebrate GEH's rising success after surpassing the billon dollar threshold and Elliot made this joke about us getting married seeing as we were already dressed for the occasion. Chris and I grinned at each other and then with a lot of phone calls and help from our friends, big brothers, and sisters we got married in a crazy ceremony, with our own vows to each other, then had one hell of a party to celebrate. We had our day. Then put our foot down with our mothers and canceled that lavish summer wedding for something small and intimate with just close family and friends a year later on our island paradise during our spring recess. Momma K designed my dream dress and all was happy in the world. Well, it was until now. Our Moms are gonna be demanding the 'Big Show' as appeasement." I sigh heavily, closing my eyes to ward off the migraine looming in the foreground.

"Alice will make it bearable…" Bella's not even gonna try and cheer me up after hearing the story about that video. She knows that I'm in deep shit with my mothers and there's nothing that I can do other than go along with the vow renewal to beat all vow renewals.

"Please…" I whimper, wishing for this day to just end, but it's far from over.

"I will face the wrath of my mothers soon enough, but for now we have a special showing to attend. A promise is a promise, so I will grit my teeth. Steel myself for whatever disaster might befall me next and soldier on. "Gino, work your magic with this creation. Angelo, focus on Bella." I take off the jacket and brace for their reaction.

Gino and Angelo's brows disappear into their hairlines and their mouths drop open. They're both gaping at me like that wolf in the cartoon and they're batting for the other team! Shit! This is so not a good idea! If two gay men are drooling at me. I shutter to think of the reaction the second I step onto the carpet. Eamon swears that we can just sneak inside, but the way this day has been going doesn't make me think that it's gonna happen.

"God in heaven! Bella Donna!" Gino's circling me, taking in the entire ensemble from head to toe.

"She'll cause heart failure wearing that…" Angelo's a little more articulate.

I slip my robe on over my dress and glower at them.

"Heart failure, hell! She'll stop traffic!" Gino motions for me to sit in the salon chair in the dressing room and Angelo takes Bella off to get glammed for the night.

Chris

Chris stood in the Great room of his mother's townhome not even three down from where he was combining three Townhomes into one. Basically the townhome on the left had been for security, the one in the center was for family, and the one on the right was more for when the entire clan gathered. He was turning them into wings making one big home and easier to secure. Plus it also provided with a rare commodity in the city, a yard for Teddy and the kids to play in and to entertain in.

All this time and she'd been right next-door. He wondered if she'd even had a place in Escala. Odds were high that she did.

"I could have asked Mom to borrow sugar or coffee…" I mutter under my breath while the others sprawled out on the furniture. Two of them were on their phones. One was zoning again. More than likely checking in on Bella. Must be nice. Ana's slammed up the shields again, but there is a plus side to that. She has no clue that I'm here and not still stuck in Chicago. That's unless Edward narks on me to Bella.

Lewis. Mom's house manager hadn't even blinked when we showed up. He showed us inside and informed us that our formal wear was already ready in our rooms, as well as VIP access to the special showing tonight. How Mom knew with the Wi-Fi down on the ship remains a mystery. Then again Jason would have headed for home, so they could all be back at the Meadows. If that's the case. There hasn't been any call demanding what's going on at least not yet. It's like waiting for the shit to hit the fan. Not a good feeling when any of them go radio silence.

"I'll be back in a few." Edward's up and headed out of the room.

"What? Where the hell are you going?" I shout after him. This is not the time to run off and do god knows what.

"Next-door to my place. Alice had some deliveries that she wants me to go collect. Wellington my house manager just texted me." He shouted back over his shoulder.

"What the ever living fuck! Even Cullen and I had no clue! Not one!" I narrow my eyes at Luke and Logan.

"Get the fuck over it, little brother." Logan glowered at me. "Just know that you and the family have always been safe and leave it be. It was need to know. The more out of the loop you were the better."

"Weren't you even a little bit curious as to where we would go off to when you stopped in the city? It was so close that we were here in minutes when you needed us…" Luke snorted, rolling his eyes at me.

"Your time was your own. I didn't need to know. I trust all of you implicitly. Have all my life. You more than earn the downtime." I shrug.

Truth being that I could care less what they get up to on their downtime when we're here. It's either because of business or family time. Ana and I usually relaxed here, as we're not as in the spotlight on the East Coast as we are on the West. That's unless there's a gala or event then we'd take security with us. When Teddy came along it was basically the same. She and I would just enjoy taking him to the park or the zoo. Believe it or not sunglasses and ball caps actually do work. When we're here everyone dresses casual unless it's a business trip, because otherwise it's like a beacon for the paps. Though, I know that no matter if we thought we were alone that the big brothers and Jason were not far behind.

"The Cullens rarely use their homes here, well, two of their extended family live here just down the block. Other than that they come here for nearly the same reasons you do." Logan was near to pulling his hair out as he eyed something on his phone. "It's a good thing that they're finishing up your place this weekend…" He blew out a breath then continued.

Oh fucking hell what now!?

"Jose and Paul have gone to ground. That's not gonna save him for breaking our pact about Vegas…" Luke's not making any sense.

Vegas…then it hits me and the urge to seriously dismember two of my closest friends overshadows anything that Ana's been through today.

"He was holding sending the videos to your moms over Ana's head so that he could tagalong with them tonight and dress her and Bella. Paul's pleading his case that Gino grabbed his phone and it accidently got sent…He was in shock that Ana had desecrated a priceless wedding gown worth over twenty grand…" Logan's texting like a mad man on his phone.

"No, it was a costume that Gail made for Ana. They kept sending it back and forth for weeks. She'd torture the dress. We're talking running it over. Putting it through an industrial strength washing machine and dryer. Then send it to Gail. She'd do something to it and send it back and that pattern continued until Ana was happy with it. She did the same with my Tom Ford tux. Gail did all of our costumes..." I'm nearly pulling my hair out as I pace in front of the massive fireplace in the Great room.

Ana and I had, even at that time, a joint account, so I would have known if she'd shelled out a fortune for a dress. Where did it come from? Who bought it? Why would it piss off our Moms to the point that we'd have to move to the East Coast for our own safety? Nothing is making any sense.

"It was a twenty five grand Zuhair Murad original wedding gown fit for a society princess. Designed with love by both of your mothers without giving Ana a say. Gifted to her on her eighteenth birthday..."

"How the fuck do you know all that…" She'd been moody that afternoon until she found out that our place at Escala was finished. It didn't make any sense at all to me when I'd left her before being called off by our Dads to go fishing. She'd been on cloud nine over her ring and that night at her birthday dinner she'd been all ice princess towards our mothers, Kate, and Mia. When I asked her what was troubling her all I got was wedding planners from hell and no one listening to what she wanted. That it was going to stop and never in this lifetime would she be caught dead in that monstrosity. Nothing made sense, but I did my best to get my girl smiling again and never gave it a second thought.

Logan holds up his phone and is playing a video of Ana's dress fitting, but that's not her dress not even close. It's also not Ana. I can see by her eyes that she's faking happiness and fighting back fury while our Moms, Kate, and Mia coo over how it's the one and are all in tears. Gail's rolling her eyes and focused more on Ana. You can even tell by my baby's tone that she hates it.

"They deserved to have their creation zombiefied for not even listening to my girl. Our first wedding was for us and we had the time of our lives. I do not regret it for one second. Hell, she even wore their dress, so they have nothing to be pissy about. I know that between Ana and me that we have more than paid them back for it with all the luxury presents that we've showered them with over the years. They gave her that dress for her birthday, so it was hers to do with whatever she desired. She and Gail tailored it to fit our Vegas Halloween wedding. I'll ban them from Grey Meadows and if I have to Grey Estates. If Mia or Kate wish to take their babies to see them then it's up to them, but I'm not being run out of my own house, because our mothers dream dress was ruined by my baby. I am not going to be hiding out in Germ Armageddon because our moms are pissed about a dress that Ana never even asked for in the first place. Our babies are not being exposed to that not happening!"

"Did they get all of that, Jason?"

What the hell?! Luke had me on speaker! Then again it saves me the time and energy of repeating myself when I have a wife to stake my claim to around all those fuckers on the red-carpet who will be eyeing my girl.

"We're all congregated in the Great Room, so yeah they got the picture. I'm just relived that the triplets stopped screaming their lungs out the second they heard their Daddy's voice. They've been little monsters ever since they woke up and neither Ana nor Chris were there. Teddy couldn't even calm them down. Gail played your actual wedding and reception video for those not in the know and it's clear as hell that the two of you are over the moon happy. I finally revealed the best kept secret of all to Cary and Ray. Ana and you were living on the top floor of the converted warehouse that was the startup offices of GEH and GP while the others were occupying the floor below you and that security was set up in the converted warehouse next-door. You only used the brownstone for when parental company was visiting for keeping up the façade." Jason's booming growl echoes around us. He's about to blow a blood vessel. You can hear it in his tone.

"We'd hit the billon dollar threshold that week and wanted to celebrate. We'd gotten our first Jet too and Elliot was chomping at the bit to use it. Vegas goes all out for Halloween. Halloween is special to us and was when we both wanted to get married to begin with, but the mothers shot us down. Elliot dared us to get hitched. We both were dressed the part and were set for life already, so we answered his dare by throwing one hell of a themed wedding and party. We'd done everything asked and wanted something we wanted for us." I try my damndest to stay on this topic, because Ana's little adventure without security is really what has him seeing red.

"Daddy! Mommy fell onto her tushie at the air place! Then she saw that shot and went night-night, but then shots are scary! Then Mommy and Aunt Bells were beating up those baddies! I think there was something at the hotel, but I wasn't allowed to hear or see it! Then they was dancing with Uncle Jose and Uncle Paul! It's all playing over and over on the net and TV!" Teddy's trying to do damage control, but bringing up Ana and Bella's crazy day will only cause Jason and the others to blow.

"Hi buddy. Yeah, Mommy and Aunt Bella have had a crazy day today, huh." I focus on Teddy.

"The babies are really loud all the time now, Daddy. When are you and Mommy coming home so they won't be scared to sleep instead of just crying the whole time?" Teddy wants us home and our babies are revolting too? They're too little to understand that we're coming back to them and we've never left them since they were born.

"Mommy has one last thing to do for Grandpa K because he asked her to help him out. He's got the flu and can't do it. We'll try our best to come home sometime tomorrow…"

"I think that now that the babies know that you're still alive that hopefully they be fine when they wake up. I wanna talk to Mommy before bed, but she's not answering her phone…"

"She broke her phone when she fell on her tushie, Teddybear. I don't know if she had time to pack her tablet, because she was in a hurry to go give her speech at the big meeting that Aunt Hannah couldn't give because she's sick too. Aunt Sam was mad at Mommy for not telling her that she was coming to give the speech and took her stuff. Including her Laptop. She couldn't Skype or talk with any of us if she wanted to right now, because Aunt Bella broke her phone when they were fighting the baddies. Plus, there was no way to call you if the Wi-Fi was down on the ship. That's why you had to come home, because your Uncles need to be able to keep in touch with us." I lie through my teeth to my three year-old, but I don't want him cross with his Momma, so what he doesn't know won't hurt him. It's not all lies. Sam did take their stuff, even if I did rectify that situation hours ago.

"Are you with Mommy now?"

"No, I'm at Nana Ella's house and guess what? It's right next-door to our brownstone and so are Aunt Bella and Uncle Edward. Small world, huh, buddy?"

"Wow!" Teddy's a little floored by that, but he's determined to know where his Mommy is. "If you're there then where's Mommy?"

"She's at the Hotel with Aunt Bella getting all pretty for her event tonight. Uncle Edward and I are gonna meet Mommy and your Aunt there and surprise them…." Well, that's all true.

"Okay, Daddy, can Mommy please use your phone so she can talk to me before bedtime? That way the babies can hear her too and not start up with the crying again? I have a headache. We all do. The special ear thingy's don't work either. I can still hear them. Alex more than my sisters, but when the three of them start it makes your ears hurt."

The babies weren't even near ready for Ana or me to leave and she's gonna be beside herself with guilt when she finally turns on her tech. I'm feeling like he's continually stabbing me as he describes how miserable the babies are over and over again. "I will hand Mommy my phone when I see her. I know that she's missing you as much as I am…"

"She's scared cos she's in big, big, trouble! That why she not talk to Teddy yet!" Hope must be right beside him and her voice chimes out loud and clear, as does the muffled laughter in the background. That and Angel telling her that's enough. "Fine! But it's true!"

"She's not in trouble, Princess. Ana's the big boss of her own company and needed to go talk to a bunch of important people, because Hannah who's helping her while she's taking care of the babies and Teddy got sick…" Adam's trying to calm Hope down by explaining why Ana left without saying anything to any of us.

"Then why's everyone so growly if they's not in trouble?" Didn't think that Hope would buy that.

"Cos, Mommy and Aunt Bells went without their shadows and that's a big no-no…" Teddy chimes in.

"Oh, please! Tell me that you're not all upset because they left without security! Bella makes all of you obsolete! She's fine! They both are! We've got family all over! New York is no exception and they've been shadowing the two of them all day. They're both grown women and just looking around at all of you men sporting braces and casts proves that Ana can more than protect herself or haven't you seen Ana going all Lara Croft on those horrid boys at the park today? None of them have any control over a rampaging outbreak, the paps, who they come across, that's all a chance of fate! Ana is GP and with her third down and second on maternity leave. She had no choice but to take her place at the Expo! All of the family jets were in use. She hadn't a clue that Ella even had one, so she took a commercial first class flight that's not the end of the world. Fangirls are annoying and when they fawn over your husband you tend to speak your mind, more so when you've recently been indulging in Sangria…" Alice is there too? She must be there to collect Edward and Bella's twins.

"Oh, dear god!" Jason

"No wonder she's acting out!" Gail

"Teenage Ana!?" The guys, Mia, and Kate

"We're lucky that what's happened hasn't been worse!" Adam

"Alcohol and my baby don't mix…" Carla

"It makes so much sense now…" Grace and Carrick

"Baby girl takes forever to burn it out of her system…" Ray

"I've never seen her drink…" Angel

"She doesn't look it too me…just really bitchy…" TJ

"So that's the punch on the counter…" Chloe

"And why I told you no…" Carrie

"Chris and Ana both have low Alcohol tolerance…" Marcus

"That coupled with Bella's bad luck, things were bound to get dicey…" Ella

"Bad luck?" All of them

"Long story and no I ain't gonna spill the details." Jasper drawls. "Its way too complicated and not Alice or my place to say…it's just a quirk of hers that tends to happen when you least expect it. This is like Alice said, nothing."

"Christian! I may have goofed a little when I arranged for Ana and Bella's dresses! But I sent a suitable wardrobe change in case you go nuclear when you see her in it. It was meant to be Bella's…but I underestimated Jose…" Alice is talking so fast that I just barely get all of it.

"What color is she wearing tonight…?" Goofed?! What the hell is she wearing?! Why the fuck would I go nuclear?! Ana's not Kate or Mia.

"Um…it fits the evening theme perfectly…and there's a matching jacket so she won't get cold…"

"So it's grey and not winter friendly?" I surmise.

"Grey?" She squeaks. "No…it's not grey…but it does fit in with the book…"

"Alice? Are we talking Red Room red?" Kate and Mia chime in.

What the fuck?!

"It's red…" She says softly.

"Let us see!" They demand.

I hear them race over to Alice.

They gasp.

"Holy shit!"

"I want one!"

Oh dear fucking god!? It's a Kate and Mia dress!

"She's gonna look smokin hot in that!"

"With her girls like they are now, she'll stop traffic!"

"Hardly, she'll never take off the jacket, she's not us!"

"Mistress Ana is in the House!"

"Well, she has been saying that EL got it all wrong and that's one hell of a statement proving it!"

"All that she needs is her weapon of choice…"

My baby carries a mini whip with her and Sam taught her how to expertly wield it. Alice sent my Ana a Domme dress to wear on the red-carpet to the special showing of Fifty Shades of Grey?!

"Send me that picture now!" I bite out through clenched teeth, not even bothering to say please.

"It covers everything…" Alice squeaks again. Alice doesn't whimper nor does she squeak, so this is beyond bad.

"Oh my dear lord!" Our Moms and Gail are taking a peek now. "That's short!"

"Over my dead body! Her bra is showing!" Ray's seeing red.

Her what is showing?!

"Fuck! I'm calling the Commissioner! She'll cause a riot in that!" Jason's calling in Sam's Uncle!?

"That's fifty dollars each in the Swear Jar for saying naughty words!" Teddy growls.

"Each word!" Bella and Edward's twins echo.

"Naughty step! Now!" Hope orders.

"Send me the picture, please…" I snarl out.

Logan and Luke are calling in the troops for tonight too.

"Just remember there are little ears in this room and use your indoor voice…" She finally gives in and sends it.

My phone pings that I have a new message and I brace myself for what I'm about to see. Then I go thermonuclear! Mine! My eyes only! I will commit murder if she wears that dress! What there is of it!? A corset!? Lace!? Red Leather?! Ultra Mini dress!? LIVE on the Red-carpet!? It screams Yes Mistress or Vampire Queen!? Any man within eye sight of her will go down to his knees and beg! Submit to that!? Well what male in their right mind wouldn't?! This has Jose written all over it! I'll bet that he switched the dresses on purpose!?

"What's. Bella. Wearing." I snarl out.

My phone pings again and seeing this one, even though there is no back at all too it, I know that Jose pulled a switch. This one is so my Ana.

"What's. Her. Backup. Dress." I'm barely able to think through the rage.

My phone pings again. This one is red also, but down nearly to her ankles. Cashmere. Like a sparkly comfortable sweater, only a dress. Yeah, it hugs the curves, but at least it's covering them and it has long sleeves too.

"Shoes…" I growl once more.

My phone pings again. Shit! She's gonna break her ankle in those!? Killer heels?! "It's already wounded that's an ER trip waiting to happen!"

"They'll support her ankle! They're booties!" Alice chimes in wearily.

"Ana can out catwalk an Angel, she'll be fine!" Kate growls.

"She's yours. You know it. Show her off on the carpet. Give them the real Chris and Ana. Then do the wardrobe change. That way you don't make an embarrassing scene and end up sleeping on your boat until summer." Elliot's being the voice of reason for once and it's working to rein in my temper.

"It's Ana. Alice has her covered. So what if it's see-through lace. The corset covers her like its part of the dress. She's already scared out of her mind that you're off the charts furious at her, so she has nothing to lose wearing it." Ella's tone is soothing and just what I need to calm down completely.

"Daddy. It'll be fine. Just hold Mommy's hand the whole time. It works for me." Teddy's grabbed the phone from mom I think.

"I'll do that, buddy." I chuckle. "Daddy's gotta go get ready to show off Mommy. I'll give her my phone as soon as I see her…"

"Yuck! You've gotta wear a monkey suit don't you?"

"Yeah, I sorta do, pal." I grin.

"Better you then me! Bye Daddy! Love you! Give your phone to Mommy! I wanna talk to her before bed!"

"Love you, Teddybear. I will. I promise." I chuckle and so do Luke and Logan when Teddy ends the call.