Ok so just so everyone knows Christian's apartment is the same as in the movie. Also just so everyone knows there will be no BDSM in this story and no bitch troll Elena either. However there will be a Red Room of Pain, but it's not what you think it is. Big, big thank you to Hlynne for helping me. Pins are up.
APOV
"I can be there with you when you tell them," I offer. After all he is going to be there with me when I confront my own parents.
"I would like that" He smiles kindly.
"So how big is this place?" He lets out a cute laugh.
"Would you like a tour?" I nod my head.
"Sure, lead the way" We stand from the couch and the tour begins.
"Well right now we're in the great room" Our backs are facing the floor to ceiling windows. "Over there is the kitchen and dining room" He points to the right. I giggle. This reminds me of the first time I went to his first apartment. That tour took less than two minutes his apartment was so small.
"That door way over there leads to Taylor's office, and that door leads to my…..um bedroom" He blushes.
"Where do those stairs lead to?"
"My office and serval guest's rooms" He shrugs. "Did you want to see them?"
"If you want too"
"I don't mind. Come on" He holds out his hand for me. I take it, and we begin to walk to the staircase. We turn a quick left on the landing, then a right through the hallway door. There are two doors, one on each side only a few feet from the hallway door.
"This is a linin closet," He points to the door of the left. We continue to walk down the hallway. I turn my head back around. How come he didn't say what the other door was for?
In the middle of the hallway is a small bench on the left hand side. At the end of the hallway there are three other doors. He opened the door to each one of them and allowed me to look inside. Just like he said they were all guestrooms.
Closing the last door, he takes my hand again and we walk back down the hallway.
"Christian, what's in that room? Is it another guestroom?" I ask. He stops in front of the door. On closer inspection I notice that the doorknob has a lock on it. None of the other guestrooms had that kind of doorknob.
"No it's not a guestroom. It's my home office, but sometimes I call it my red room of pain" I raise a questionable eyebrow.
"Um, red room of pain?" I'm a little confused at his reference to his office. How could he consider it to be a red room of pain?
"Wait here a minute" He asks. I nod my head and watch as he walks out of the hallway. I hear the patter of his feet hitting the stairs as he runs down them. Less than a minute goes by until I hear run back up the stairs again.
"Where did you go?"
"To get the key" He holds it up to show me.
"Why do you keep your office door locked?"
"Because believe it or not this room holds a lot of memories. Memories I wanted to keep locked away" His face held a sadden expression.
"How often do you go in there?"
"On nights when I felt like I had nothing left to live for" He places the key into the lock and slowly turns the key. He removes the key from the lock and places it into his pocket. With the slight turn of his hand the door opens.
I step inside the room. I can't see anything because the room in pitch black. I turn around to look at Christian but he has already closed his office door behind him. Soon I hear the click of the light switch and the only thing I manage to say is,
"Oh my god" The walls in his office are Red. Crimson Red. His desk sits in the very middle of the room. The floors are beautiful hardwood. But what really send me for a world wind are the things that are hung on the red crimson walls.
Pictures, not just any pictures, pictures of me asleep on his bed at his old apartment, pictures that he took of us together. News clippings, gold records of artists that I have wrote songs for, an old yearbook open to a photo of Christian and I hanging up decorations for the school's talent show. The more I looked around the more things I saw that held memories of the two of us. He saved it he saved it all.
"Ana say something. I know it's a lot to take in"
"A lot to take in is right, Christian. I feel as if I'm looking at the last ten years of my life. Where did you get all of this?"
"Most of it I already had, and the rest of it I have collected over the years"
"Why would you call this your red room of pain?"
"Because it pained me, the closest I would ever come to you is this room"
"Oh Christian" My eyes begin to fill with tears, and my hatred for my father grew even stronger.
"Please don't cry. We're together now, and I'm never letting you go"
"Don't let me go Christian. Don't ever let me go again"
"I promise Anastasia" I launch myself at Christian without any warning causing Christian to stumble back before wrapping his arms around me to keep me from falling. His hands cupped my butt as I wrapped my legs around his waist. Taking his face in my hands and leaning forward to give him a tender kiss.
"I love you Anastasia"
"I love you Christian" He rubs my nose against his. Smiling, I lean forward again and kiss him once more. This time the kiss isn't tender or even sweet. I put everything I have in that kiss. Ten years of loneliness and heart ache.
Christian slowly exits us out of his office, not even bothering to close the door behind him. How could he anyways, his hands are on my ass keeping me up. Carefully he walks down the stairs and through the great room. We walk through a doorway and down another hallway. Soon we enter a room. His room.
Christian lays me down on his bed and hovers over me while balancing himself on his elbows. He doesn't say or do anything. Christian is just staring at me. I'm almost afraid to ask but I do it anyways.
"Christian, is something wrong?" He shakes his head no and says,
"No, I just want you so badly" A small smile spreads across my face.
"Then what's stopping you?"
"Ana I want this to be special"
"It will be Christian" He searches my face before quickly swooping down to capture my lips with his. A moan escapes my lips as I circle my arms around his neck. Grabbing ahold of my legs he hitches them around his waist again before grinding his erection against my sex.
He lightly nips at my bottom lip before moving to my neck. He sucks, licks, and nips at the soft spot just under my ear. He smiles against my neck when he feels my nails dig into his back through the fabric of his T-shirt.
It's as if he has had enough of his own teasing, he gets up and kneels between my legs. He grabs the hem of his shirt and strips it off, throwing it across the room. I do the same with my own shirt, it's a little of a struggle since I'm lying down but with help from Christian we manage to get it off. Next goes his pants, followed by my own. I'm left in only my bra and panties, Christian only in his briefs.
Still in the kneeling position his eyes roam my body. I bite my bottom lip at how nervous I feel right now. My body isn't what it once was. My lower stomach is now covered in stretch marks from being pregnant with Teddy. I move my hands to cover my lower stomach and look away.
"Hey, look at me" His voice is soft. I slowly turn my head to look back at him. "You're beautiful" He lowers himself back down to his elbows. He placed feather light kisses all over my face, and then worked his way down my neck, to my collarbone, and to the top of breasts. His index finger traveled down the same path and stopped at the top of my bra. With a light tug he pulled down the fabric exposing my harden nipple.
Christian's finger brushed over my nipple lightly, dipping his head down capturing my nipple with his mouth. I moan at the feel of his tongue drawing circles on it. It's just like I remember but so much better.
"Christian, please" I beg. I need him inside me. Now.
"Tell me what you want baby, and I'll give it to you"
"You" I pant out as he bites down on my nipple.
"You have me" He smiles. He hooks his hands on my hips and slides me down just enough so that the head of his cock is right at the opening of my sex. He slowly enters me.
"Oh my…fuck" He fills me. It's been so long. Too long if you ask me. I'm not even sure if it's possible but he feels bigger. Bigger than he did ten years ago.
"Fuck is right baby, you're so tight" Once he is all the way in his kisses me softly. I try to rock my hips giving him a hint that I need him to move but he has me pinned down.
"Please, I need to….Oh shit" Its building. My climax is already building. This is beyond crazy. This has never happened before.
"Ana are you about to…" He raises an eyebrow.
"YES!" I scream.
"Christian, please, please, please move. I need you to move," I plead. He listened to my pleading and began to move. At first he started out slow, almost teasing. But with one look he understood what I really needed.
In out, in out. Faster and faster. Harder and harder. He kissed me before lifting his head to look me in the eyes while thrusting into me. I half gasp, half moaned without breaking eye contact with him.
We watched each other coming closer and closer to our release. My body started to shake I was close again. Together we both reached out orgasm. Our cries, mixed with pleasure perfectly. Tears slowly blurred my vision as he lay down beside me, pulling me close to him.
He kissed my tears away, holding me and waiting for my emotions to subside. Then he held me to him a bit harder, hugging me while saying in the most vulnerable voice I have ever heard him speak,
"Never again will I leave you"
We stand like this for about an hour. It would have been longer but my hunger decided to make it presence known. Laughter rang out between the two of us.
"Is that your way of telling me you're hungry?"
"Well we did kind of skip lunch" I bite my lip.
"And if you keep biting that lip we're going to end up skipping it again. You know what that lip biting does to me Anastasia"
"I know what it does to you, that why I keep doing it" I smile.
After round two we finally called time out. I needed to eat. There was no way around it. My stomach just would not shut up. Christian cleaned me up a bit with a cool washcloth. I was a little sore so the coolness felt amazing.
Lunch was amazing, thanks to Christian's housekeeper Gail. She made us these wonderful subs with a side of homemade Mac and Cheese.
…..
Instead of taking the helicopter back to Vancouver Christian drives us in his R8. During the ride Christian asks more questions about Teddy and I'm more than happy to answer them for him. Every time I mention something that they do similar, Christian smiles.
An hour later Christian pulls into Avril and Chad's driveway and I start feeling depressed. After I get out of this car I know it'll be a while before I get the chance to see Christian again.
He pulls up to the front of the house and turns off the engine. I'm really trying to hold back the tears that are now filling my eyes. 'I can do this I can do this' I mentally tell myself. He shifts in his seat so that he can face me. He takes my hands into his and brings them up to kiss them.
"I'm going to miss you," He tells me.
"I-I'm g-going to m-miss you too" The floodgates are open and the tears slide down my face.
"It's ok" He undoes his seat belt then mine. He pulls me over and sits me on his lap. My head instantly goes into the neck. He runs his hand up and down my back trying to calm me down. Its helps but not by much.
"It'll be ok baby. It's only for a few weeks. We'll talk every day, e-mail back and forth, and skype"
"I know, it's just…I have you and I've afraid I'm going to end up losing you again"
"I'm not going anywhere. You have me, you always had me, and from this day forward you will never lose me"
"I love you so much Christian"
"I love you too Anastasia" Our kiss is long and passionate. It makes me melt into his lap. The only problem is that it ends all too soon.
"Call when you return home so that I know that you got home safe"
"I will" I slide back over to the passenger seat and open the door. I stand at the bottom of the main house stairs and wave goodbye as he drives away.
"I take it you and Grey made up?" Come a deep voice from behind me. Chad. I turn around to look at him, he is standing there in his usually get up of black jeans and a t-shirt.
"Yes, as a matter of fact we did" I say with a blush.
"I see" He grins. "Well baby girl I'm happy for you" He hugs me.
"Thanks"
"I love you, you know. You're like a little sister to me"
"I love you too"
"Come on, let's go inside" With his arm wrapped around my shoulder we walk into the house.
…..
"So I'll call you tomorrow," Kate says as I drop her off in front of her house.
"Yeah call me tomorrow morning"
"What are you going to say to your dad when you get back to your house?"
"Nothing. I'm not going to say anything. I'm going bite my tongue and not say a damn thing. Christian and I agreed that we're going to confront him together"
"Just let me know when you need me. I'll take Teddy out for ice cream or something"
"Thanks Kate"
Driving home I have to keep telling myself not to go ape shit when I see my father. I can't believe the things he has done. Keep letters from me, keeping Christian away from his son. God, what an ass hole. My own father. I wonder if my mother had a role in this too, if she knew about everything. I thought her and I always told each other everything? There is no way I'll ever be able to forgive my dad.
Parking in my driveway and turning off the engine I take a deep breath and let it out. Nope, need to do that one more time. Breath in, breath out. Much better. The urge to punch him in the face is still there but at least not the urge to kill him.
Opening the front door I call out "Hello?" No reply
"Hello, anyone here?" I call out again while walking through the house.
"We're in the backyard sweetie" I hear my mom shout. I put my bags down and head to the patio door just off the kitchen.
"What is everyone doing outside? It looks like it's about to rain," I say once I get outside. My mom is sitting in one of the lounge chairs while Teddy and my dad are pretending to be kickboxers in the middle of the yard.
"It'll pass" She waves her hand around like the rain clouds are nothing.
"Well it's getting late and I'm home now. So….you and dad can leave"
"Don't you want your father and me to stay for dinner?" Shit I forgot about that. Anytime I go somewhere and have my parents watch Teddy, when I come back we always have dinner together. Even if I'm only gone for a few hours.
"Well yeah…but…uh…It's just that"
"I understand dear, you're tired. I'm sure you just want to eat something quick and go to bed"
"Yeah that's it. You hit the nail on the head mom" I fake a smile. My mom smiles back and gets up from the chair. She calls out to Teddy and my dad letting them know I'm home. Teddy Runs up to me and hugs me as tight as he can.
"I missed you mom"
"I missed you too buddy. Guess what. I have something for you from Chad"
"You do!"
"MmHm I do. Why don't you check the front pocket of my suitcase," Teddy runs off looking for my suitcase.
"Annie your back" My dad is smiling as he walks up to me with his arms open wide for a hug.
"Hi dad" Another fake smile appears on my lips. He puts his arms around me for the hug. My whole body stiffens.
"You alright there kiddo? You seem a bit tense" Ha! You have no idea.
"Yeah I'm fine"
"Well that good. What do you want to do about dinner? I could throw some burgers on the grill"
"Actually dad I'm kind of tired. I was just going to throw a pizza in the oven for Teddy and me and call it a night" I lie.
"Oh ok" He seems disappointed. I could care less right now.
"Maybe next time dad"
"Ok Annie. Carla you ready to go"
"All set" My father guides my mother out of the house with his hand on the small of her back. They both say their goodbyes to Teddy and get into their car. Teddy and I stand at the front door and watch them drive off.
"Everything ok mom?" Teddy asks as I close the door.
"Everything is just fine Teddy bear"
Instead of the frozen pizza like I had lied to my parent's I order Chinese for the two of us. After dinner Teddy helped me clean up the take out boxes. We got ready for bed but instead of calling it a night we did something we haven't done in a very long time. JAM OUT!
Christian used to do this with his class on Mondays to get the kids pumped up for the week.
(Flashback)
"Ok, who is going to be the one to start us off?" Mr. Grey says trying to look silly with his sunglasses upside down.
"I will Mr. Grey" Julie stands up with her CD in her hands. She walks to the front of the classroom and hands Mr. Grey the CD and asks him to play number 3.
Everyone watches as Mr. Grey puts the CD into the player while Julie turns her back to the class. The sound of Kenny Loggins – Footloose fills the room. Julies begins to dance. A minute into the song she begins to point at students. They get up and start dancing with her. I sit back in my chair and watch. I'm not one for dancing. Don't get me wrong, I can dance with the best of them. Soon the song is over and Mr. Grey hands Julie her CD back and it's time for someone else.
"Ok" Mr. Grey claps his hands together. "Who's next?" Several students raise their hands in hope that he'll pick them. "Sebastian, would you care to go next?" Mr. Grey asks.
A smile spread on his face. He stands from his chair and walks towards the front. Oh this is going to be good. Sabastian is like a class clown, he is always doing something to get someone to laugh. He hands Mr. Grey his CD and says, "Hit it, Mr. Grey"
The slow music of Culture club – Do you really want to hurt me Starts to play and everyone's mouth drops open. I had a feeling he was going to pick a song like this. Sebastian is dragging himself across the floor, between the desks on his hands and knees whipping his head all over the place. I roll my eyes and laugh. Thankfully Mr. Grey turns the song off before Sebastian had the chance to climb on every ones desks.
"Thank you Sebastian that was…um…you"
"Ok, we have time for three more. Any takers?" His eyes scan the room, and of course they have to land on me.
"Anastasia. How about you?"
"What! Me? Uh no I'm good Mr. Grey"
"Oh come on now Anastasia, you haven't joined in in a while"
"I'm ok. I don't have anything to choice from anyways," I tell him.
"I have something you can use Ana," Sebastian says from across the room. Oh god.
"Perfect" Mr. Grey smiles at me. Please let the floor open up and swallow me whole. "Here you are Mr. Grey. I think number 8 would be perfect for Ana"
"Thank You Sebastian"
"Yeah thanks Sebastian" I narrow my eyes on him as he walks to Mr. Grey and hands him the CD.
I have no idea what song it is that Sebastian has pick for me. I know it's something crazy because that's just how he is. Mr. Grey pops the CD in and the song begins to play. Oh lord. I could tell by the intro alone what song it was. Of course it had to be this song. Toni Basil – Mickey. Luckily enough a few girls knew the song as well and joined me in front of the class.
Just like everyone I start to lip sing to the song, trying my hardest to be as spunky as I possibly can. The rest of the girls in the classroom get up from their seats and join in. Mostly all of them dance right in front of Mr. Grey shaking their butts right in front of him. This girls are something else. Yeah Mr. Grey is handsome as fuck but so they really think shaking their behinds in front of him is going to make him want them? Uh no! Besides its illegal anyways. Well sort of anyways.
I'm completely out of breath when the song is over. I don't think I have jumped or danced so much in my life.
"Excellent Miss Steele, and thank you ladies for helping Anastasia out with the song" I wave my hand in the air as if I was saying 'Yeah, yeah. You're welcome' I'm too out of breath to even say anything.
Two more of my classmates go up front and do their thing. I hardly pay any attention to them because my eyes keep wondering over to Mr. Grey. He is perched on the side of his desk nodding his head to the beat of the music. He is one hot piece of meat. I continue to stare at him. Mainly at his rock hard abs that are very noticeable through the tight shirt he is wearing. I'm not sure what it was that made me look up, but when I do his eye lock with mine. Shit he caught me. I look down and over to my right, trying hard not to blush.
I stay like this the entire time until the bell rings.
(End Flashback)
The slamming of piano keys over the sound system starts. I know this song it's the same song Teddy has picked for our Jam out sessions since I started it when he was five years old. Bob Segar – Old time rock and roll
I'm sitting on one of the chair in the living room facing the dining room, and in come's Teddy in his pajama pants, a white t-shirt, and a pair of socks with one of my hairbrushes in his hands. Just like Tom Cruise in Risky Business, Teddy begins to dance.
He cracks me up every time he does this dance. He hits his mark every signal time. I watch him carefully and I can't help but notice now, how much he looks like Christian. OH MY GOD CHRISTIAN! Shit! I forgot to text him that I made it home. I'll call him as soon as Teddy goes to bed.
When Teddy is finished he lets me know that it's my turn and to make sure I pick out a good song. I roll my eye at my son. I scroll through the IPod looking for a "Good song" I find it. It's both Teddy and my favorite. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
"You ready for this one kiddo" He nods his head repeatedly. I sit back down on my chair and begin to pretend as if I'm playing on the piano. I stay like this until it gets to the best part of the song. Teddy starts to giggle when I start head banging.
The song comes to an end and my head is dizzy from shaking it so damn much. Teddy picked out one more song and starts going wild with it. After he was finished I told him it was time for bed. He whined about going to bed like any other ten year would but in the end I won.
"I love you buddy" I say, as I tuck him in.
"I love you too mom" I kiss him lightly on the forehead.
I leave his bedroom closing the door behind me. I walk down the hallway to my bedroom. With my phone in hand I get onto my bed and start dialing Christian number. He answers on the first ring.
"Ana" He sounds so worried.
"Christian I'm so sorry. I know I should have called earlier to let you know I was home but I forgot. I'm so so sorry" I apologize to him.
"It's ok, as long as I know now that your home. I was so worried about you Anastasia"
"I know, I can't tell you how sorry I am. My parents wanted to stay for dinner. I was trying not to kill my dad. Then Teddy and I ordered dinner and ended up having a jam out session before bed time"
"You do jam out session with Teddy?" I can hear the amusement in his voice.
"Yes Mr. Grey, your son and I do Jam out session from time to time" I smile into the phone.
"Well it's good to know my teaching skills didn't go to waste" He chuckles.
"I miss you already Christian"
"I miss you too baby"
"I wish this was all over with already"
"Me too" He sighs.
"When do you think we should confront my dad?"
"Ana I would drive out there right now to confront him if you would let me"
"I know you would, but it's late right now and Teddy has school in the morning. How about in two weeks. I'll have Kate take Teddy out for lunch and maybe some ice cream. I don't want him to see what might go down between the four of us. I'll invite my parent's over for lunch and you can surprise them"
"That sounds like a plan" We continue to talk for another hour. Mainly about Teddy. Christian did sneek in the idea of Teddy and me moving to Seattle once or twice. I did however tell Christian if that does happen it would have to wait until Teddy is finished with this year schooling. Which there is only three months left.
I yawn loudly over the phone.
"Its late baby, you better get some sleep"
"Ok" I yawn again.
"I love you," Christian says.
"I love you too. Goodnight"
"Goodnight Anastasia" I hang up the phone and return it back to my nightstand. I fell asleep to the thoughts of Christian holding me in his arms.
(1 week later)
Everything has been wonderful for the past week. Christian and I talk, text, and skype on the phone at every chance we get. I have yet to mention anything to Teddy about Christian and I know I should have started the following day after I got home from Vancouver. I have to tell him and soon.
I'm standing at the end of the driveway waiting for teddy's bus to arrive home. While I am waiting Christian is talking to me on the phone.
"So have you thought about it yet?" He asks.
"About what? Moving to Seattle?"
"Yes. I want you and Teddy to be with me"
"I know you do, I want that too"
"So then what's the problem?"
"God Christian. You can be such a pain in the ass sometimes. You know that. He needs to finish the rest of his school year"
"I know, I know. I'm sorry I keep forgetting"
"It's…..oh Teddy's bus is coming"
"Have you told him about me yet?"
"Not yet"
"Ana you need to start talking to him about this. I already have my lawyers working on the paperwork to change his name from Steele to Grey" I watch as Teddy crosses the street with the bus aide. Just as I was about to say 'Hi honey, how was school' He storms pass me.
"Christian I have to call you back"
"What's wrong?"
"I'm not sure. He just stormed right pass me without even saying hello or how school was"
"Bad day at school?"
"Maybe, I don't know"
"Ok call me later. Love you"
"I love you too. Bye" I hang up the phone. I jog a bit to catch up with Teddy. I place my hand on his shoulder and say,
"Baby what's wrong?"
"Everything. Everything is wrong mom" He opens the front door, throws his book bag on the floor and starts to stomp his feet up the stairs. Not in my house.
"Theodore Raymond Steele. You stop that stomping and get back here right now and tell me what is wrong"
"NO!" He runs up the stairs to his bedroom and slams the door. I run up the stairs after to him. When I reach his bedroom door I turn the knob but it's locked. This is something serious; he never locks his bedroom door. Ever.
"Teddy, open the door," I said sternly.
"No" This is not like Teddy. At all.
"Theodore I'm giving you until the count of 3 to open this door" He yells out another no to me.
"1…2…3" I reach to the top of his doorframe for the key to unlock his door. Unlocking, and opening the door I see my son faced down on his bed. I can tell he is crying by the amount of shaking his shoulders are doing. I go over to his bed and softly sit down on the edge of the bed placing my hand on his upper back to rub small circles hoping that it'll help him calm down.
"Teddy will you tell me what's gotten you so upset that you stormed into the house locking your bedroom door. This is so unlike you Theo"
"T-they were making f-fun of m-me" What? Why would the kids in his school make fun of him?
"Sweetheart what were they saying?" I continue to rub his back.
"T-they were teasing me. Making fun of me, saying cruel things that hurt my feelings"
"What were they saying? Did you say something to your teachers?" He nods his head.
"Donald said the reason I don't have a dad is because he didn't want me because I'm a nerd and no dad wants a nerd for a son" Well that was a slap in the face.
"Oh baby" I pull him up so that he is now sitting down on his bed facing me. I wrap my arms around him hugging him tightly as I can.
"Teddy what brought this on?"
"Next week"
"What about next week?"
"Next week Monday at school there is going to be a father's son day. I told Mrs. Miller that I didn't have a dad but asked if Grandpa Ray could come instead. And that's when Donald started" Well I guess it no time like the present.
"Teddy, do you ever wonder about your dad?"
"Sometimes" He sniffles. "But Grandpa Ray said that my dad is a piece of shit and that my dad didn't wanted anything to do with me"
"It's not true baby," I tell him gently.
"It's not?" He looks up at me with his tear-stained face.
"No it's not true. Your father isn't a piece of shit, and as far as him not wanting to have anything to do with you. Well that was just a miscommunication"
"So Grandpa was wrong?"
"Yes, he was wrong. In fact your father wants everything to do with you"
"How do you know that?" Ok here we go.
"You know when I was away last weekend to visit Chad out in Vancouver?" He shakes his head. "Well I ended up bumping into your dad the night of Chad's band CD release party. Your dad and I talked for a while and he explained some things to me that caused him to be out of our lives for the past ten years. He didn't mean to do it. Someone made him leave"
"Who?" He asked with anger in his eyes.
"Who the person is isn't important right now. What is important, is that your dad has been trying to get ahold of us, and now that he found us he wants to get to know you and be a father to you"
"Really!" The tears stop. A smile….no a Christian Grey original mega-watt smile spreads across his face.
"Yes really" I giggle.
"This is so cool. Can I meet him? What's his name? Does he like video games? Does he have an Xbox? Does he know how to play the piano? How old is he? What does he look like?" The questions keep coming and coming. For the next two hours Teddy and I sit in his room and I tell him all about Christian.
(The following Saturday)
"So what time is Christian coming?" Kate asks me.
"He said he will be here at noon. Mom and dad will be here around 12:30" I reply.
"What do they think they are coming for?"
"Lunch. I asked them to come to lunch"
"What do you think is going to go down once they see Christian?"
"I don't know" I sigh.
Around 11:30 Kate leaves with a very energetic Teddy. I told him that if he is very good for his Aunt Kate that I will have a surprise for him when he gets home. Christian being that surprise.
I'm so nervous right now. In less than ten minutes Christian is going to be here. I'm even more nervous that a half hour after he gets here my parents' are going to be showing up. I have no idea how this is all going to play out. But I know that I am not going to let my father get the best of me.
I quickly change into a pair of jeans and a gray t-shirt. I find my comfortable flats that go with this outfit and put them on as well.
I run through the house making sure everything is put away. I don't want to give my father the chance to grab something off a shelf and fling it at Christian's head. The sound of a car horn alerts me that Christian has arrived. I literally run to the front door to greet him. He gets out of his car. He is wearing a blue sweater and a pair of jeans.
As soon as he rounds the car I run into his arms. Phone, skype, is nothing compared to being face to face.
"I've missed you" Is the first words out of his mouth.
"God I've missed you too" He cups the back of my head and brings his lips to mine. Oh how I have missed his lips, and a few other things as well.
"Come, let's go inside. The last thing we want is my parent's showing up early and catching us making out in my driveway like a couple of teenagers. That would not go over well with my dad" Christian agrees and follows me into the house.
"Would you like a quick tour?"
"It's a big house. Are you should it'll be quick?"
"If you keep your ears open and keep up then yes it'll be quick"
"Well then. Lead the way Miss Steele"
The tour starts on the first floor. I show him the kitchen, living room, family room, and dining room. I skipped showing him which doors were the closets and which were the bathrooms. Next we move upstairs. You would think I would show him my bedroom last, just as he did with his tour but nope my bedroom was the first thing I showed him. I showed him the guestrooms, my office/studio, that he was impressed with. Last but not least I showed him Teddy's room.
"Wow, his room is almost identical to the one I had when I was his age" Christian states. He looks around some more. Checking out Teddy's closet that is neatly organized thanks to me. Looking at the clock on Teddy's nightstand it's almost 12:30. My parent's will be here any minute now.
Christian and I leave Teddy's room and make our way back downstairs. I know that once my parent's arrive they will just enter the house. Christian takes my hand and leads me into the living room where we sit on the couch and wait.
The minutes on the clock go by slow. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The wait is killing me. Never in my life have I ever wanted something to be over so bad. I'm about a half second away from calling my parent's and canceling the whole thing. Before I even have a chance to get my phone out of my back pocket my front door opens.
Christian gently squeezes my hand reassuring me that everything was going to be fine. Only problem, everything is not going to be fine. I just know it.
First one to walk into the living room is my mother. She isn't even looking in our direction; she is putting her sunglasses away in her purse while saying,
"Ana honey, who's car is that in the…oh my god" She stops dead in her tracks. Both Christian and I stand from the couch.
"Hello Mrs. Steele" My mom's mouth is moving as if she is trying to say hello back but nothing is coming out. The front door closes and that means only one thing. My father is now in the house and will be in here with us in just seconds.
"Carla did you remember to bring the…..What the fuck is going on? What the fuck is he doing here?" You can hear the anger in my dad's voice. Sucking in a deep breath I answer.
"I'll tell you what he's doing here. He's here because I asked him to be here when I confronted you about what happened ten years ago"
"Ten years ago that fucking bastard raped you. Left you pregnant and wanted nothing to do with you. You heard him, we all heard him"
"That's a lie and you know it," I screamed at my father. "Where is all the letters dad?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. W-what letter's?" I can hear the lie in his voice.
"You know damn well what letters she's talking about. All the letters I wrote to her asking her to forgive me, asking her to let me explain what you made me do"
"Ray?" My mother looks to my father. "Is it true?"
"Yes, I did what was best for my daughter. It was in my best interest to keep this piece of shit away from our daughter"
"So then you admit it. You kept Christian away from me all these years. You kept him away from his son. Teddy deserves to know who his father is, but you kept him away. How. How could you do this to me?" I scream the last part.
"He doesn't deserve to know Teddy. He still doesn't"
"How would you feel if someone kept you from knowing Ana for ten years? Huh? Tell me that"
"That's different. I didn't rape her mother. You don't deserve to know your son. You're sick, you as a teacher asked if you could date my daughter…"
"Your 18 year old daughter" I screamed.
"I deserve to know my son! I loved Ana, I still love her, and you kept us apart for all these years. We could have been together this whole time. I would have been there for Ana and my son this whole time"
"Y-you're my dad?" We all turned to the sound of Teddy asking Christian if he was his dad. My dad's face went blank, my mother had tears in her eyes, and I was speechless.
"Yes" Christian whispered back.
"Grandpa you told me my daddy didn't love me, that he wanted nothing to do with me"
"Teddy-"My father started to say.
"I HATE YOU"
"There you go" My father says to Christian. "No need to worry about you being in his life now. He hates you"
"NO! I HATE YOU GRANDPA" Teddy runs out of the living room. His feet taking him as fast as they can to his bedroom. I'm not sure where he is going but Christian runs out of the room as well.
"That's right, you run mother fucker. Get out of my daughter's house, your not welcome here" My dad smirks. I try to go after Christian but my dad grabs me by the arm.
"Leave him Ana. He's no good for you. Never was, never will be"
"Get out" My voice just barely above a whisper. Dad looks at me with a confused face.
"Excuse me?" My dad, acting as if he didn't hear what I just said.
"I said, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE"
CPOV
"Y-you're my dad?" I hear the shyest voice I have ever heard in my life. Everyone turns to look in that direction. I'm meet with the second most beautiful pair of blue eyes I have ever seen in my life. My sons.
"Yes" I confirm in a whisper. Now all eyes are on me.
"Grandpa you told me my daddy didn't love me that he wanted nothing to do with me" My heart, for the second time in my life feels as if it has shattered into a million pieces. That fucking son of a bitch. He lied; he lied to my son about me. I'm just about to tell him that it's not true, when Ray begins to speak.
"Teddy-"
"I HATE YOU," He screams. Again my heart breaks. My son hates me.
"There you go" Ray starts. "No need to worry about being in his life now. He hates you" Ray grins. Fucking bastard I swear I'll….
"NO! I HATE YOU GRANDPA" My heart stops. It's not me. He doesn't hate me. Mentally I do a fist pump. Teddy runs out of the room. I can hear him running up the stairs in tears. I have to go after him. I leave the room.
As I'm on the first two stairs I hear Ray say, "That's right, you run mother fucker. Get out of my daughter's house, you're not welcome here" I stop mid step and ball my fists. I'm ready to go back down there and punch him right in the mother fucking mouth. But I can't my son needs someone right now to comfort him.
As I continue to walk up the stairs I hear Ray say something to Ana and then she starts talking, next came some screaming. I know Ana can handle herself right now. My main concern is Teddy.
It's a good thing Ana gave me the small tour, or I would be going room to room in search of Teddy. I stop outside his bedroom door. I take a couple of deep breaths to calm myself down. I'm still in punch Ray Steele mode. Taking a deep breath and letting it out. I tilt my head from side to side cracking my neck. I roll my shoulders and stand up straight.
I knock lightly on the door before opening it. I find Teddy sitting on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands softly crying. I knock again to get his attention. His head shoots up and he looks at me. He wipes away his tears and sniffles a few times.
"Hi" I say.
"Hey" He replies back.
"Mind if I sit down?" I ask. I don't want to over step my bounds.
"Yeah" I walk over to where he is sitting on his bed and take a seat on the floor. I want to be near him but I also want to give him his space. We stay like this for quite some time before anyone of us speaks.
"So you're really my dad?"
"I am" I nod my head confirming once again.
"Mom told me about you. She told me that you both met in high school"
"Yes we did. What else did she tell you about how we met?" I need to know if she told him the truth about the two of us. That I was her teacher and she was my student.
"Not too much. She told me that the two of you were in love with each other but there were some complications in your relationship"
"Yes there was. Did she tell you what those complications were?"
"Not really" I sigh. I'm not sure it's a good idea to tell him but I don't want to start keep secrets or lying to my son like Ray has lied to Ana for the past ten years about me.
"Your mother was my student. I was her teacher"
"You're a teacher? Mom said that you're a music producer?" He asked.
"I was a teacher. I was her music teacher"
"Isn't that illegal?"
"It was"
"So if it was illegal why did you do it?"
"Because there was something about your mother that I fell in love with. I was falling in the love with your mom before anything between us even started. You see there was this…."
"Talent show. I know mom told me" He smiled. "Mom told me that she was going to write a duet with her friend but he got grounded for doing something really stupid. And that's where you came in. Right?"
"Yes" I lightly chuckle.
"Did you love her? Mom said the two of you were deeply in love"
"Yes, I loved your mother very much. I still love your mom very much, and even though you and I don't know much about each other I love you too" With that, he slides himself off the bed and sits next to me on the floor.
"I'm sorry that Grandpa kept you away from my mom"
"I know I am too. I really would have loved to be there to watch you grow up into the man you are today. I would give everything I own to be able to turn back time and be there every step of the way"
"That would be really cool if you could, but since you can't do you think you could come to school with me on Monday?"
"Monday? What's going on Monday?"
"It's our father son day at school"
"You want me to come to your father son day"
"Well duh. That's why I asked you" He nudges my side.
"I would be honored to come with you to the father son day"
"Cool" He does this little headshake. "So what do you do for fun?" He asked.
"Um… well I like to fly, go sailing, and sometimes I go golfing with my brother and dad and shoot the….uh, we talk"
"You have a brother?"
"Yep. His name is Elliot; he's 36 that acts like a 16 year old. I also have a sister who's 28, her name is Mia"
"Does she act her age?" He questions with a giggle.
"Surprisingly she does," I laugh.
He asks several more questions about my family. Such as, do they know about him, did they know about Ana? Of course I had to tell him the truth that no one knows about him, and that I didn't even know about him until about a month or so ago. But I did explain to him that my mother did know about Ana since she was the only one I told.
"I love you too," He says out of nowhere. My heart swells hearing him say that to me. Here I thought it would take a while before he would even accept me as his father. I put my arm around him and give him a squeeze.
APOV
After yelling a few more times at my father to leave, he finally does. Of course he stands there and tells me as he walks out the door that I'm making a big mistake.
"Ana I'm so sorry. I thought that you guys would have been finished by the time Teddy and I got back. If I would have known-"
"Kate its fine. Really. It's not how I wanted everything to go but it did and there is nothing I can do to change it"
"Do you need me stick around for a while or are you good?"
"I'm good. Thanks Kate for everything"
"Any time Ana" I give her a hug and watch as she walks out the house. Oh god I can't believe this shit. My own father. Thinking what he did was for my best interest. Ass Hole.
I need to go upstairs and make sure everything is ok with Teddy. Then I need to call Christian. I can't believe he just left like that. Why would he leave anyways? I thought he wanted to be a part of our lives? This makes no since at all.
I walk up the stairs and down the hallway to Teddy's bedroom. The door is open, and when I look inside my stomach drops. Christian and Teddy are sitting on the floor side by side talking to each other.
Teddy asks Christian about coming to his father son event at his school. Christian tells Teddy that he would be honored to go. They talk some more about Christian family.
The water works don't start until I hear four little words come out of Teddy's mouth.
"I love you too" I instantly place one hand on my heart and the other over my mouth. I watch as Christian put his arm around Teddy and gives him a squeeze. I try my hardest not to let them hear me as the tears fall from my eyes. But it was no use.
Teddy and Christian both turn their head in my direction. Teddy smiles at me and says,
"Thanks for finding my dad. Can we keep him?" Teddy asks. Christian laughs and in return says,
"Yeah buddy, you can keep me" Teddy wraps his arms around Christian neck and hugs him as tightly as his little arms will let him.
With Teddy still in Christian arms, he stands and gestures for me to join them. I push myself off the doorframe and walk to my boys. Christian wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me even closer. A lone tear falls from my eye and Christian cups the side of my face and wipes away that tear before replacing it with a soft chaste kiss.
Like with the other two chapters I had posted, please feel free to leave me your suggestions. I like how we are making this a group effort. Even the smallest suggestions help. I want things to move fast between the two of them. Also in the last Authors in chapter two I had mentioned that Grace will find out about Teddy due to him getting hurt (I'm thinking his ankle) while in Seattle for a Music is Art festival. (If anyone wants to know what a music is art festival is, please google it and make sure you put buffalo ny in the search too. Robby T from the Goo Goo Dolls is the one who started it) If you feel that you have an amazing idea and want to write it out for me please do so and PM me with it. I will add it.