It's been forever I know but School totally got in the way and I know I should have posted something sooner but I got to it now so there! I will try to get something up again soon but I make no promises...

Phoebe's POV:

"Phoebe we are going to be late!" Teddy yelled from the bottom of the stairs and I sighed as I grabbed my bag and ran down to where he was waiting.

"Mom and dad left already?" I asked and he nodded.

"Yes. Mom had a meeting early this morning and dad had to talk to grandpa this morning so we are on our own." Teddy said as we both walked towards the front door and I smirked.

"Good, then there is no one here to shove breakfast down my throat." I said as we walked out to the car and I couldn't help but laugh as I saw the granola bar sitting on the passenger seat of Teddy's car along with a note addressed to me clearly from our dad.

"Looks like you can't get away from dad." Teddy joked as we got in the car and I rolled my eyes.

"It's times like this that I wish dad wasn't so over protective and didn't take my car in for maintenance once a month." I complained and Teddy nodded.

"Yeah I know the feeling. I think it took two years for him to finally stop checking my car all the time and just do it once every three months."

"He only stopped because I finally started taking up more of his time, you know it is times like this that I am so happy that mom is having a little girl this time." I said and Teddy shook his head.

"You were the first little girl that dad had, there is no way that his attention is going to leave you for a second, even with the new little one. I remember having high hopes when Ryan was born but I had no such luck and I doubt that you will have anymore than I did." Teddy said and I rolled my eyes.

"You under estimate the power of being daddy's little girl." I said with a bat of my eye lashes.

"Doesn't matter I will always be the first born, the prize son, the heir to the Grey fortune." Teddy said with an air of arrogance.

"Hate to burst your bubble brother but when you tell dad that you want to write books for a living, there goes your favorite child status." I joked and Teddy shook his head.

"I honestly don't care what dad thinks about this. I know what I want Fee and after putting so much of myself into this book I could care less about what our parent's think." Teddy said and I smiled.

"Ted, I think you might be ready to tell our parents about your little secret." I said and he gave me a quick glance.

"You really think so?" He asked and I nodded.

"You finally don't care what anyone else thinks which means that no matter what happens you are going to follow your dream." I said and Teddy smirked.

"I think you're right, but what about you?"

"What about me?" I asked and Teddy sighed.

"Don't you think that dad is going to be a little mad to realize that we have been lying to him about who he has been working with?" Teddy asked and I shrugged.

"He might be but I've done worse."

"Like dating Adam after dad told you not to?" Teddy asked and I just gave him a scathing look.

"And dad approves of your girlfriend?" I asked and Teddy laughed.

"So you got me on that one. Just promise me that no matter what happens we will always be close and even when we aren't on the same side that we will always be there for each other." Teddy said as he parked his car and I reached over and gave him a huge hug.

"Lets get to school." I said after a moment in the hug and Teddy nodded.

"Yeah, I can't have people thinking that I'm not tough, it would completely wreck my image!"

"And what image is that Teddy Bear?" I teased and he shot me a glare as we got out of the car.

"I'll see you later." Teddy said as he took off to go hang out with his friends and I just laughed as I walked over to where Ava was waiting for me.

"So how are things at home?" Ava asked and I shrugged.

"Pretty good. I mean there hasn't been a huge blow up at home for a while now and I think that dad might actually allow me to go out with Adam." I said and Ava shook her head.

"Doubt it!" Ava said in a sing-song voice as we walked into school.

"Well we will see about that. How are things going for you?" I asked and Ava sighed.

"Well Tyler and I have officially broken up and I am grounded for the next three weeks for my behavior last night, so things with me pretty much suck."

"Are you kidding me? What in the world happened? Things between you and Tyler seemed to be going great lately and what in the world were you acting like that you got grounded for three weeks?" I asked and Ava laughed.

"You do not even want to know what I went through last night. Oh and apparently my parents have a lower tolerance for bad behavior than your parents do. I really want to just go and stay with grandma for a few days, at least she understands the challenges of heartbreak." Ava whined and like a good cousin I nodded and pretended to understand what she was going through.

Ava continued complaining for a while before we made it to class and she took up solace in talking about her heartbreak with one of the other girls in our class.

"What's up with Ava?" Adam asked as he took a seat and I just shook my head letting him know that he did not want to get into that conversation unless he had the rest of his life to listen to my cousin complain. "Okay so being as that is a no go, what are your plans for tonight?" Adam asked and I shrugged.

"I don't really have too many plans but if we wanted to do something tonight I would have to ask my parents first and I mean like really ask them." I said and Adam raised his eyebrow.

"What has gotten into you Miss Grey? You want to tell your parents the truth about us? Are you running a fever?" Adam joked and I shook my head.

"No I am not running a fever I just think that it is about time that we are honest with my parents."

"Well it's about time!" Adam chided as our teacher walked into the room officially starting class and I rolled my eyes.

After school Teddy drove me home and I told Adam that I would take care of telling my parents on my own and depending on how that went we could make plans for later on in the week.

"So do you think that we should tell our parents about this whole job thing before or after dinner?" Teddy asked as we pulled into the driveway and I let out a sigh.

"I completely forgot that we were doing that today." I said and Teddy gave me a look.

"How could you of forgotten that we were doing that? You were the one who came up with the whole idea-"

"I know, I know and we can still do it today but I also told Adam that I was going to tell our parents about that tonight."

"Well I think you should tell our parents about that after we tell them about what has been going on." Teddy said and I just sighed being as I knew there was no way that I was going to win an argument about this today.

"Fine whatever. Look I have some homework I have to get done before we let the fireworks fly so if you will excuse me I have to run." I said as I hurried out of the car and bolted into the house.

I didn't have that much homework to complete but I knew that I needed time to ready myself for what was going to happen. I had no idea how my parents were going to react to the whole thing that Teddy and I were going to tell them and I really had to just play it by ear as to if I should tell them about my relationship with Adam.

It was about an hour later that Teddy came into my room and plopped down on my bed.

"They're home." He said and I nodded as I closed my laptop and turned to him.

"Are you ready for this?" I asked and he nodded with a small smile.

"I really am. God I am so nervous about this." He said and I smiled.

"You got this big bro. Come on lets go round up the parents and break their hearts, I mean the news, break the news." I joked and Teddy threw a pillow at me.

"Lets go deviant."

I followed Teddy out of my room and down the stairs. Ryan and Blake were sitting with Mrs. Jones in the living room which meant that our parents were held up in our dads office more than likely having a heated discussion about something that was bugging them.

"Maybe we should wait until they are in a better mood." I said and Teddy shook his head, looking more stubborn than dad did when we were arguing.

"No, we need to do this now." Teddy said as he walked and knocked on our dad's office door.

It was a few seconds later that dad thrust the door open, clearly annoyed that we had interrupted whatever was going on in his office.

"I thought I asked for no interruption-"

"Teddy, Phoebe what do you guys need?" Our mom asked as she quickly wiped a stray tear that was lingering on her face.

"We just needed to talk to you both." Teddy said not realizing that now was clearly not the time to upset either of our parents.

"What about Theodore?" Dad snapped and I pushed Teddy into the office.

"I think you both might want to sit down for this." I said as we walked in and dad let the door close behind us.

"What is going on?" Mom asked moving towards our dad and I sighed and looked over at Teddy who seemed less sure of himself now that he was in the room with our parents and there was no turning back.

"Um...well-"

"Teddy isn't the one who has been working for you dad." I said and Teddy just shook his head in disbelief that I had let that part spill first.

"Really?" Dad asked seeming a little amused and Teddy nodded.

"She's right, I haven't been the one who is working for you. All that work that you have been praising and insane over has all been Phoebe's handy work, I've had nothing to do with it."

"But the conference call-"

"Phoebe coached me on the entire thing, I knew nothing about the deal until she told me about it."

"Then what the hell have you been doing this entire time Theodore? I mean if you haven't been working then what the hell have you been wasting your time on?" Dad bellowed but Teddy didn't waver or cower.

"I've been writing a book." Teddy said only to have my dad scoff at him.

"A book? Why in the world are you wasting your time on something like that? Your mother spends days and days reading through manuscripts that never make it, what makes you think that your book will be any different?" Dad barked causing Teddy to smirk a little bit.

"Because I know that I won't fail and I know that one of the best publishing companies in the world is interested in publishing my already finished book." Teddy said and Dad just rolled his eyes.

"And what is the name of this publisher that wants to publish your work?" Dad asked and Teddy nodded towards mom.

"She is." He said and everyone in the room turned to look at mom who was completely shocked that this conversation had taken the turn it had.

"Teddy you never gave me anything, I haven't read anything of yours." She said defending herself against our dad's glare.

"Yes you have you just don't know that you have. Teddy wrote it under a pen name so that you would read it and not be biased because it was written by your son." I said thinking it was time that someone started to defend Teddy other than himself.

"TRG, you're TRG?" Mom asked and Teddy nodded.

"I am."

"That is nice and all but that does not mean that you will be successful-"

"Christian that book is one of the best that I have ever read."

"He has been lying to us Ana. Do you know how many people think that they have been dealing with my son when in fact that have been dealing with Phoebe? I mean how am I going to explain that to the people that I've been talking to? So you know how many people are sold on the idea of investing in a family business?" Dad asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Because I'm not your family, is that right? You know what screw you, screw all of you! Oh and one more thing, Adam and I are dating and I don't care what anyone says because I am going to continue to date him because I love him!" I seethed as I stormed out of the office and towards the back yard.

I felt like I was suffocating. I mean yes dad had a reason to be mad that we were lying to him but I had done great work and it shouldn't matter that it was my work and not Teddy's. I mean I was still his child and the work was still fantastic so what difference did it make?

Before I knew what was going on I was sitting in the middle of the meadow with my knees pulled up to my chest. My head was resting on my knees and I was just starring at the grass that blew in the slight breeze.

"You know I didn't mean that." My dad said as he took a seat next to me and I just ignored his comment. "Phoebe I was just shocked by what your brother and you were telling me. I just need time to comprehend everything that has been going on with regards to the little trick your brother and you pulled. Now about this whole dating thing-"

"I don't care what you have to say about that, I'm dating him." I snapped and dad just let out a little chuckle.

"Well if you did care about what I had to say you would know that I think you and Adam should date. He is a good kid and you two are good together."

"But what about his mom?" I asked and dad sighed.

"You aren't dating her are you?" My dad joked and I shook my head.

"No but I am going to be hanging out with her son-"

"Within certain rules. I still don't like that Adam is Elena's son but I am not going to stop you from seeing him as long as you are honest with me about when and where you are seeing him, unlike you have been recently."

"What do you want me to say dad? Sometimes you think you know everything about my life and you don't. The same thing goes with Teddy. I mean had you of taken the time to actually know your kids you could have seen that Teddy hates the work that you do and that his passion lies in writing and that I'm not four anymore. I love you dad but I don't need you to dictate every last thing in my life."

"Fee-"

"Just leave me alone."

Christian's POV:

I wasn't sure what to do. I had royally screwed up in all aspects of my life today. I had gotten mad at Ana because she went to her doctor's appointment without me and then I came home and make her feel like crap about that and then add to my sins when I unload a bunch of crap on my kids.

I wasn't mad that Teddy wanted to write and I had read what he wrote and it was really good. Also I could have gotten over the fact that Phoebe was the one who had been working for me but for some reason my mouth got a head of my head and I spewed crap all over everything.

I was really upset with myself as I walked back into the house. Phoebe wanted nothing to do with me right now and I really didn't blame her. I mean why in the world did I say that whole thing about the family business? I mean clearly Phoebe was my family, she was my little girl for Christ sakes. I guess I just didn't see her as old enough to be working for me, that's all. All this time I was under the impression that my son wanted to be like his dad. That was all I ever wanted in my life was to have a son who would grow up and wanted to be just like me when it came to holding a job.

"It's not your fault, they will get over it." Ana said as I walked back into the house and I just shook my head at her.

"It is my fault Ana. I never should have gotten mad at you today and I should have kept my cool in the office. I just have been stressed with trying to make sure that everything at work is getting done and that I still have time to spend with the kids. Maybe Fee was right, maybe if I paid more attention to the kids I would know when things were going on and what they are interested in."

"Christian you give the kids a lot of attention and I know that you are stressing about everything-"

"Ana I'm a terrible parent. You are the only reason these kids have a head on their shoulders. If it was up to me they would all be little CEO robots running around doing nothing other than training to run my company when they got older. I didn't even know that my own son wanted to be a writer and there I was pushing my dream onto him. I just feel like a moron." I said as I sat down on a couch in the living room and Ana sighed as she came and sat down next to me, tucking herself into my side.

""You're scared about the new baby aren't you?" She asked and I nodded.

"I am royally screwing up the kids that we already have and now we are going to throw an infant into that mix, this isn't going to end well." I said and Ana let out a slight chuckle.

"I'm scared too, but not for the reasons that you are scared for. I mean given our circumstances we have raised four really great kids and this one is going to be the same I just don't know if we are going to be able to manage all the stress that comes with having five kids. I mean Teddy is going to be in college, we already know that Phoebe is going to test the limits up until the day she moves out, and then there are Blake and Ryan who haven't fully developed their personalities yet but from what I can see they are going to need a lot of attention. I just don't know how we are going to do all of this. I mean the last tie we had kids at these ages we were younger and more vibrant, but now?" Ana said and I nodded knowing exactly how she was feeling.

"I am really sorry about being upset with you earlier and I never meant to make you cry. You must know that I hate to see you upset-"

"I know Christian and I wasn't that upset it's just these damn hormones get in the way and I can't control my emotions. And I should have told you about the appointment today but I know how busy and stressed you are-"

"I am never to busy for you Ana, you or this baby, understand?" I asked and Ana nodded and she let out a small tear and started laughing.

"These damn hormones." She laughed and I kissed the top of her head.

"Where is Teddy? I think it's time I go and talk to him and tell him that it is okay for him to be a writer." I said as I got up and Ana wiped her eyes.

"I think he went up to his room." She said and I nodded as I walked out of the living room and up the stairs towards my son's room.

I hesitated a moment outside of Teddy's door before I walked in and sat next to Teddy on the bed. Unlike Phoebe he wasn't sulking, instead he was reading through the corrected manuscript Ana must have handed back to him while I went to talk to his sister.

"So I guess Harvard isn't where you want to go for college?" I asked and Teddy shook his head as he closed the manuscript and looked up at me.

"Not really. I mean I didn't plan for this to happen dad but-"

"You don't have to explain yourself to me Teddy." I said gently and Teddy smiled.

"I have been so worried about telling you and mom for the longest time and then I had to go and drag Phoebe into this whole mess-"

"Don't beat yourself up over that. Phoebe seems to really like working at my company and I am going to allow her to continue to work so she got something good out of this too." I said and Teddy nodded.

"Yeah but what you said dad, that wasn't cool."

"I know Theodore and I am going to have to make that up to your sister but that isn't what I came in here to talk about. What I came to talk about was the fact that I want you to know that I fully support you in whatever you want to do. If you want to be a writer then be the best writer you can be. You don't have to go out and sell millions of books to make me proud of you and you don't have to suffer through working at my company to make me proud of you and what you are doing. I want you to be able to do something that you love and enjoy doing it. That is what is going to make me happy, not lying to me about working for me."

"I really am sorry about all of that dad." Teddy said and I nodded.

"I know you are son, but I wish you were honest with me from the beginning. Did you think that I wouldn't support you or something?" I asked and Teddy nodded.

"I was sure that you would think that writing was just a hobby and nothing that I could make a living off of doing. I mean you were always so set on me becoming the next you-"

"I know and maybe I pushed you a little too hard to follow in my foot steps Ted, you were just my first born son and every dad wants their first born son to be just like them, but you know what I am glad that you aren't just like me."

"Really?" Teddy asked with a gleam in his eyes and I nodded.

"I really am because you have turned out to be twice the man I ever was. Now get back to reading the corrections that your mother made and I expect you to not let your school work fall behind just because you have a book in the making." I said as I got off of Teddy's bed and he smiled.

"I won't let you down dad." Teddy said as I walked towards the door and I smiled.

"I know you won't son, I know you won't."