I'm sorry about the wait. I had a hard time writing this chapter so it's not one of my best but I sort of like it in a twisted way so I hope you like it and if not hopefully I can redeem myself in the next chapter!

Christian's POV:

The morning found me wide awake and setting the table downstairs as Gail started breakfast for everyone.

"Morning dad." Phoebe said as she slipped by me and I nearly had a heart attack from the shock of her being friendly.

"Are you feeling alright?" I asked and she just rolled her eyes as she grabbed the container of orange juice and poured herself a glass.

"Yes I am feeling alright. Would you mind if I went for a run before everyone got up this morning?" Phoebe asked and I sighed as I put the last of the silver wear into place on the table. "Please dad? I will take Sawyer with me, or someone else, just please I need this." Phoebe begged after seeing my hesitation.

"Gail how long will it be until breakfast is served?" I asked and Gail paused for a moment.

"It will probably take about an hour."

"You can go Phoebe, I will talk to Sawyer about going with you but be back by breakfast." I said and she smiled before she gave me a quick hug and then dashed out of the room.

"You might want to check her temperature sir." Taylor said as he walked into the room and I laughed.

"I just might do that, where is Sawyer?"

"He is getting into his running gear."

"Great, you know what can you have him hold off? I think that I am going to go for a run with Phoebe. I haven't worked out this week and I will do this instead of going to the gym today."

"Are you sure that this is such a great idea? I mean she just started to talk to you again and I would hate to see you ruin it so soon." Taylor said and I rolled my eyes.

"It will be fine, plus I am letting her go so it shouldn't be that big of a deal."

"If you say so Mr. Grey." Taylor said and I shook my head as I headed upstairs to change really quickly.

I was in the middle of pulling on my shoe when Ana propped herself up in bed and looked at me.

"What are you doing?" She asked and I smiled as I walked over to the bed and placed a kiss on the top of her head.

"Phoebe and I are going for a run, it was her idea." I said leaving out the part where she didn't know I was joining her.

"Really?" Ana asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, she came down and asked while I was setting the table this morning, she seems to be in a much better mood for some reason." I said and Ana smirked.

"She doesn't have a fever does she?" Ana asked and I shook my head.

"No she doesn't, she assured me that she was feeling fine when I asked her." I stated and Ana let out a small sexy laugh.

"Have fun running. I'll see you when you get back." Ana replied and I nodded.

"That you will Mrs. Grey." I said turning and headed down to wait for Phoebe to reappear so we could get going.

I didn't have to wait too long for her to show up and she didn't even seem phased that I was dressed in my work out clothes and waiting for her.

"Are you ready?" I asked and she nodded as she finished up a few quick stretches.

"What happened to Sawyer?" She asked as we walked out the front door and I shrugged.

"Oh nothing really, I just thought that going running with you would cut out me having to go to the gym today that's all."

"Why am I not surprised that you decided to join me." Phoebe said and I couldn't tell if she was upset or not.

"You aren't angry with me are you?" I asked and she grinned.

"For this? No, for other things yes." Phoebe remarked and I nodded.

"Fair enough, but you are talking to me so that is improvement." I said and Phoebe nodded.

"Only because I was getting tired of having to talk to just my brothers all the time."

"Well I am happy that you have decided to talk to me again and I am sure your mother will be thrilled as well."

"I'm sure." Phoebe said and at that our conversation died and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of our feet hitting the pavement.

The rest of our run was silent. Phoebe was just concentrating on something that seemed to be bothering her while I just watched Phoebe trying to see how our relationship had changed.

"When will breakfast be ready?" Phoebe asked as we approached the house taking me out of my running trance.

"Um, soon. Go ahead and shower I'm sure that as soon as you are done breakfast will be ready and if it is ready before then I am sure we can wait to eat it." I said and Phoebe nodded as she headed into the house.

I myself headed up to take a shower. Ana was getting Blake ready so I had the room to myself to get ready. When I was done I got dressed in a nice suit and then headed down to where Ana was wrangling the kids into their seats.

"Hey is Phoebe almost ready to eat? I think we have a ten minute window before Blake has a melt down." She said trying to get Blake to drink some of the juice that she had poured for him without much luck.

"She should be down in a little bit but you can go ahead and feed Blake if you don't think that he can wait."

"Seriously, what happened to 'oh we'll wait for you'?" Phoebe asked as she took a seat at the table next to Teddy.

"And Angry Phoebe's back." Ana said and I shook my head.

"Blake is having a melt down, the rest of us were going to wait." I clarified and Phoebe just gave a silent 'oh' as she laid her napkin on her lap.

"So what time is this dinner thing tonight?" Phoebe asked as she dug into some pancakes that were sitting on her plate.

"We have a reservation at seven."

"And what time should we be done?" Phoebe asked.

"That doesn't matter, it will last as long as it lasts." Ana snapped clearly not in a good mood this morning.

"Hey mom I need new shoes for soccer." Teddy interrupted and Ana sighed.

"I guess you could join Fee and I when we go dress shopping this weekend-"

"I'll see to it that he gets new shoes, don't worry about it." I said and Teddy and his mother nodded.

"No more!" Blake protested and Ana sighed as she laid down the fork that she had been feeding him with.

"I can't do this." Ana said as she stood up.

"Ana-"

"No, on one hand I have Blake who won't eat because he had decided that now was the right time to go through his terrible threes while on the other hand I am constantly trying to juggle an irate teenage girl, I cannot do this anymore!" Ana seethed and I quickly got up and wrapped my arms around her.

"Hey it's okay." I whispered into her ear and she shook her head as she buried her face into my shoulder.

"No, no it's not, I can't do this Christian, I just can't." She sobbed and I quickly turned to see that the table had cleared and Ana and I were alone.

"Ana yes you can."

"No, I mean I can't do this again. I am so overwhelmed with what I have on my plate right now that I can't even imagine what it is going to be like when we have this baby as well." Ana said and I sighed as I lifted her into my arms and took her into the living room.

"Ana, look at me." I said once we were settled on the couch and she slowly lifted her head so that she was look into my eyes. "Ana you are one of the strongest people I know, if anyone can handle this it would be you. I know that five kids is a lot to handle but we are going to be fine. Blake is going through a phase and so if Phoebe, it will pass and we will be fine. We already survived some of the hard times and we are going to get through this." I said and she sighed.

"But how can you be so sure?" She asked and I tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.

"Because I have faith in you and you are going to have me right by your side through this whole thing."

"God, Phoebe probably hates me." Ana said as she buried her face in her hands.

"Probably, but she will come to understand, and if not I'm sure she can just add this to the list of reasons she will be needing therapy in the near future."

"Great I am now one of those parents." Ana said and I just pulled her into my chest.

"Yeah well I'm right there with you, and our kids haven't turned out half bad so we must be doing something right."

Phoebe's POV:

"Fee, Phoebe!" Teddy called after me as I stormed into my room.

I mean seriously, I was being a pain in my mother's ass? Whatever, I was so over this. I quickly changed into some clothes and then headed downstairs with my keys.

Before anyone could stop me I was in my car halfway to school. I knew that this was just adding fuel to the fire but I was over being in that house with those people. On one hand I had Teddy who was trying to keep me from outing him to our parents because he was getting credit for my work, and on the other hand my parents were trying to keep me away from Adam because of some feud between them and his mom, it was insane. I just needed some space, I needed something that I wasn't going to find surrounded by security and my family, which was when I decided to head towards Seattle instead of school. I needed to talk to someone and I knew who.

After talking to Adam yesterday I found out that his mom worked at a salon in Seattle, well not so much worked as owned but it was nearly the same thing. I guided my car into a parking space a little ways from the salon and then put my phone in the center console so there was no way that my dad could track where I was. It had taken a few months for me to figure out that my dad had all my electronic devices bugged so that he knew what I was doing and when I was doing it.

As I made my way into the salon I was greeted by a perky young receptionist who happily guided me back to Ms. Lincoln after I told her who I was. Ms. Lincoln was sitting in the staff lounge enjoying a cup of coffee as I walked in and she seemed a little startled by my presence.

"Phoebe, what are you doing here?" She asked and I sighed as I sat down in a chair across from her.

"I don't know." I confessed as I buried my face in my hands. "Everything seems like it is falling apart right now and I don't know who to talk to. My grandparents will just side with my parents who are wrong and then Adam doesn't know what to do and well everyone else is clueless. I just thought that you would at least be honest with me about what I should do." I said and she nodded as she placed her coffee down on the table.

"Do your parents know that you are here?" She asked and I shook my head.

"No, and my phone and car are a good ways away from here. I'm sorry if I am bothering you, I should probably go-"

"You're not bothering me Phoebe, have you eaten, why don't we take a walk, go grab something for breakfast?" She asked and I nodded.

"Alright." I said as I got up and followed her over to where she grabbed her purse and sunglasses before we headed out to the street.

We walked a few blocks before we turned and went into a small cafe that was pretty much slammed being as it was rush hour for breakfast time. Ms. Lincoln had me sit at a table in the far corner while she went ahead and grabbed something for us to eat.

"So what exactly is bothering you?" Ms. Lincoln asked as she joined me at the table placing a muffin in front of me along with a bottle of water.

"Well my parents are against me dating Adam, which you probably have guessed and then my mom is blaming me for al the stress in her life right now while my dad is trying to control everything I do, I'm living in a nut house." I said and she smirked.

"It sounds like it. So your mother is blaming you for her problems?" She asked and I shrugged.

"I guess, she just found out that she was pregnant again and now she is being irrational and blaming me for her being stressed, to be honest I didn't even do anything."

"Well it sounds to me like your mother doesn't appreciate having such a wonderful daughter. Do you know what I would give to have you as my daughter? You are a great girl and you don't need to worry about your mother, she has had these issues for a long time and it is just sad to see the day that she turned on her own children." Ms. Lincoln said and I was taken back by how she talked about my mother.

It was one thing for me to talk about my mother, I mean she was my mom, but it was different when someone else talked about her, not that she was really wrong.

"I don't know, I just sort of wish that my parents let me have a little more freedom, I think that is what bugs me the most. I mean they have made their mistakes in the past, why not allow me the freedom to make my own mistakes?" I asked and she nodded.

"Well they are just trying to keep you safe..."

"What if I don't want to be safe? What if I want to walk on the dangerous side every once and a while? I hate that I have been coddled all my life. I cannot recall ever getting hurt on accident once in my life, in fact I don't think a bandaid has ever touched my skin from something other then when I get upset and throw a fit. I just want to be a normal teenager, but I don't know how to tell my parents this and have them understand it." I said and Ms. Lincoln nodded.

"I wish I knew what to tell you. Your parents are very set in their ways, they have been since I've known them, all I can say is that any time you feel like you need a break my door is always open. You and Adam can hang out at my house any time you want, there is no need to call, just show up. Your parents just don't understand what it is like to be a teenager these days." She said and I smiled at her kindness.

"At least you understand." I said and she nodded.

"I do Phoebe, I really do."

Ana's POV:

I heard Phoebe storm out of the house which made me feel terrible. I didn't mean to lose it at breakfast this morning but everything was just becoming too much and it wasn't until I talked to Christian that I started to get a handle on everything again.

Teddy seemed upset with me as he left but he was at least calmer and I wasn't worried about him driving to school.

After the kids were taken care of I went ahead and got dressed for work. Christian stayed with me and watched as I got ready. I could tell by the look on his face that he was worried about me, but at this point there was nothing that he could do to help me. I had dug myself into this hole and I was going to have to get myself out of it.

"Are you sure you want to go to work today?" Christian asked and I nodded as I smoothed my skirt down.

"I need the distraction, plus I have to get information on this author who seems to have just appeared out of no where." I said and he nodded understanding that my work was the only thing other than him that was keeping me sane right now.

"Do you need some help?" He asked and I shook my head.

"Not right now, I still have to do a few things before I get in contact with the author but when the time comes I probably will need to utilize your stalker skills." I half-heartily joked and Christian wrapped me in his arms.

"I love you Anastasia." He whispered and I nodded.

"I love you too Christian, now and forever."

Work was torture. Between all the meetings I had and then not coming up with anything on this T.R.G. person I was about to lose it. I guess the one good thing that came out of owning the publishing company was that I was able to leave early and head home. I sent Christian a quick text to let him know that I had given up on getting any work done and that I was heading home with Sawyer.

Sawyer grabbed the car for us and then we headed back towards the house. It was a little after four so I knew that by the time we got home the kids would be home and it was bound to be interesting. Luckily Blake was too little to understand that mommy was at her wits end because of him but Phoebe on the other hand was more than likely going to push me that much farther today.

When I walked in the door I could hear Teddy and Phoebe going at it and I sighed as I walked into where Mrs. Jones was fixing some tea.

"Christian let you know that I was on my way home?" I asked as I set my bag down and Gail nodded.

"He did, and I figured that you were going to need this being as Theodore and Phoebe have been going at it since they got home." Gail said as she handed me the tea that she had just finished brewing.

"What is this fight about?" I asked and she shrugged.

"I have no idea, I have heard them fighting but I wasn't able to make out what they were saying. But just fair warning it sounds like a few things have been thrown but from what I can tell there hasn't been any injuries and Blake and Ryan are outback with Reynolds from security."

"Who else from security is here that can handle pulling apart two teenagers?" I asked and Gail smiled.

"I can get Taylor and Sawyer for you."

"Wait if Taylor is here-"

"Yes I am here but I know better then to get in the middle of their fights." Christian said and I turned around happy to see him.

"How long have you been home?" I asked and he looked at his watch.

"Oh about a minute or so, we pulled in right behind you. So you are going to get Sawyer and Taylor to do your dirty work?" He asked and I nodded.

"Phoebe has an arm on her and Teddy can hold his own, for my safety and the safety of our unborn child I was going to get them to subdue them, at least until I can talk some sense into them." I said and he nodded.

"Well then get to it." He said and I internally rolled my eyes as I got up and went to meet Sawyer and Taylor in their office.

"Mrs. Grey, what can we do for you?" Taylor asked still being as formal as ever.

"I need you and Sawyer to break up the chaos that is ensuing upstairs if you don't mind." I said and they both nodded as they got up from their seats and followed me to the stairs where I let them pass me so they could walk into the room first and take care of the situation.

I waited outside the door as they walked in and the fight went from bad to worse.

"Let go of me!" Phoebe barked and I walked to the doorway where I could see Sawyer holding her around the waist as she tried to lunge at Teddy who himself was being held back by Taylor. I was about to speak up when I heard Christian's voice from behind me.

"Enough!" Christian bellowed and the room got silent for a moment before Teddy took the opportunity to break from Taylor's grip and launch a full on attack at Phoebe who ripped herself from Sawyer in order to defend herself. "Well that didn't work." Christian said as we watched Sawyer and Taylor pull our children apart once again.

"They aren't five and seven anymore Christian." I said and he shook his head.

"At five and seven I was able to pull them apart myself." Christian said as he stepped around me and motioned for Sawyer to move Phoebe out of the room.

I moved to the side so Sawyer could carry Phoebe out and then I closed the door to prevent another attack as Taylor let go of Teddy who wiped his bloody lip with his arm.

"Do you want to tell us what that was about?" Christian asked and Teddy shook his head.

"It was nothing." He said and Christian turned to me knowing that I was usually better at getting Teddy to talk while he had a way with Phoebe.

"I'll go see if Phoebe is up for talking." Christian said as he passed me and I turned my attention to Teddy who was pacing the floor.

"Thank you Taylor I think I can take it from here." I said and Taylor nodded as he briskly exited the room and Teddy came to a stop in front of me.

"Mom I don't want to talk about it, I know that you and dad probably want to know what happened to make the argument we were having to escalate to what you saw and I take full responsibility for what happened but I don't want to talk about it and I know that Phoebe doesn't want to talk about it either." Teddy said in a calm manner and I nodded as I went to take a seat.

"How is your lip?" I asked and he shrugged.

"It's fine, Phoebe just got a lucky hit in."

"I don't know if it was so lucky, she takes classes." I said and he nodded.

"Yeah but I think her hand got the worst of it, she hit pretty hard and it was with her bad hand." He said with a slight laugh.

"Great. Go get yourself cleaned up and then come bring me your phone and your laptop, you're grounded for the rest of the night."

"What? Mom, that's not fair!" He whined and I shrugged.

"It's not fair that I had to come home to you two fighting so lets call it even.

"But I need my laptop for ugh- for work." He said and I shrugged.

"I'll let your father know not to expect any work from you until tomorrow, now go." I said and Teddy glared at me as he walked to go clean himself up.

Once Teddy was out of my sight I went to go find Christian to see if he had any luck with Phoebe but I knew the answer was no as soon as I saw him on the outside of Phoebe's door still pleading with her to let him in.

"We need to look at her hand, she got a few good hits in with it." I said and Christian sighed.

"Unfortunately I think we are going to have to wait until she calms down until we talk to her. Sawyer said that Teddy got the worst of it but when I was talking to Sawyer Phoebe gave us the slip and now she is locked in her room." He said and I nodded.

"I can see that. Why don't you go get the key and let yourself in?" I asked and he gave me a look.

"Yes let me add fuel to that fire. At this moment I am going to let her clam down, then when I have to drag her butt to dinner I will be removing the lock, if not the entire door until she can learn that PRIVACY IS A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT!" Christian yelled to ensure that Phoebe could hear him.

"Let's go find Blake and Ryan, at least they aren't at each other's throats." I said and Christian laughed.

"For now." He added and I joined in his laughter as we walked down to go see our other kids.

About an hour before we had to leave to go to dinner Christian unlocked Phoebe's door and then had Taylor take the lock off the door, much to Phoebe's protest.

"You are ruining my life!"

"No I am trying to keep you from doing that yourself, now let me see your hand." He said and Phoebe showed her hand to him. Other than being a little swollen and bruised it was completely fine.

"See it's fine." She said as she pulled her hand away.

"Good, now go get ready." Christian said and Phoebe rolled her eyes as she walked over to her closet and pulled out a short silver dress. "Phoebe do not try my patients right now, choose a different dress, this is a nice dinner." Christian said and Phoebe glared at him as she returned the silver dress to her closet and pulled out a red dress that was slightly more modest.

"Come on Christian, we have to get ready." I said from the doorway and Christian nodded as he turned and took my hand as we headed towards our room.

"If this is what she is like right now I don't even want to imagine how she is going to be at dinner." Christian said once our bedroom doors were closed and I smirked.

"I've had that feeling since yesterday."

"We'll get through it." He said and I nodded.

"Yep, that we will."

Dinner was a silent event. There were a few questions regarding Teddy's split lip but once they found out it was due to Phoebe's right hook the conversation died. Our family found that taking a side in one of our kids fights usually resulted in another fight so everyone decided that it was best if we all stayed out of it.

Other than that there were a few congratulations to Teddy and then some comments about the weather were made but I was just glad when it was all over.

When we got home Blake was already asleep and I took him in to go to bed while Christian handled the other kids.

I don't know but there was something about Blake sleeping that made me feel worse than I already did. It wasn't Blake's fault that he was in his terrible twos and it wasn't Phoebe's fault that she was a moody teenager, it was just the way it was. As I looked down at my little sleeping angle I smiled and realized that tomorrow was a new day and I was going to be making up for my mistake for as long as it took.

I changed Blake out of his clothes and into his pajamas and then tucked him into bed kissing his golden blonde hair before I slipped out of his room.

"Good night baby boy."