Hey everyone so two updates in two days, craziness right! So this Chapter is all Christian POV and how he reacts to Teddy a bit more. Threw in a little Grey family at the end, oh let me know if you would like me to do some of Gail, Taylor, and Sawyer POV's during this whole time. That's it for me, hope you enjoy this new chapter.-AJ
CG POV
It's been a couple of days since we heard Teddy speak for the first time. And even though he did talk he is not a talkative little boy. In fact he rarely uses his words, if he doesn't have to the he won't.
We did finally get his haircut and Ana was there when he got his first bath that might have been the first one he had in years. She was there just to make sure he didn't get scared and anxious with the nurse. Truth be told I was glad she was in there, I don't trust the nurses after the plane incident. I really only trust my Mother with his care, however I know how unlikely it is that she can be here the all the time, given the amount of patients she sees in a day.
Now Teddy looks like any other three year old boy, but of course with the physical and emotional scars that one carries after a trauma; or in our case years of trauma.
Right now I am keeping an eye on him as he takes a mid afternoon nap. Ana is upset that she had to go back to work and Teddy gets a little bit anxious when neither of us is in the room. We agreed that she should go back to work,after a tiny argument on my end, then after work come to the hospital to check in; we both have mostly moved into the hospital. At night we sleep on the bed that pulls out of the couch.
I'm working on a couple of things for GEH so that my company doesn't completely go under while at the hospital. Ros, my COO, has taken over as acting CEO while I'm taking a leave. I want Teddy to know that there is nothing I'd rather be doing then looking after him and making sure he gets better. Though I am sure he doesn't even know what I do for a living or who I even am.
It's just about time for Ana to be getting here and Teddy should be waking up soon. Taylor will be dropping her off, I have no idea where we would be without the support of Taylor, Sawyer, and Gail. They truly have been a heaven sent through these rough few days.
"Hi," I look up from my laptop and see my beautiful wife standing in the doorway. A smile stretches across my face, how is it possible to be this lucky? I have the most amazing wife and soon I'll have a perfect son.
"Hey there beautiful," I say closing my laptop and placing it on the the couch beside me.
I stand up and walk to where Ana is still standing, I place my arms around her and pull her to me. She is wearing a short skirt with long black stockings running up her never ending legs and a white silk shirt. So simple but so elegant on her. She feels so good in my arms, like coming home after a really long day.
"How was your day?" I ask.
"It was fine, I wish I was here with you and Teddy though," she tells me in a sigh.
"Ana?" a voice from the bed breaks us apart. Teddy is sitting up rubbing the sleep from his eyes. His hair is sticking up all over his head, I know the feeling buddy I chuckle to myself.
"Teddy Bear! I missed you all day!" she tells his pulling out of my arms and goes over to Teddy's bed.
The Doctors tell us that he is getting really strong and that he should be able to go home very soon. I've put a rush on a foster parent licences so that we can take him home with us as soon he is released from the hospital. I've also made sure that Eliot is pushing hard on our house by the Sound.
My goal is to have all of that done by the time Teddy is released from here. I know that Eliot will not be done for a month or so but the faster we are into our new home the better.
"Hey so I have a surprise for you Teddy," Ana says. I perk up at this, I don't remember her saying anything about a surprise for Teddy.
Just then Taylor and a nurse enter the room, The nurse going right over to Teddy getting ready to check up on him. Taylor brings over a bag to Ana, sh opens it a smile appears on her face. I watch intrigued, what does she have in that bag?
"Is it okay for him to get out of bed?" Ana asks the nurse who is checking Teddy's vitals.
"Yeah that should be fine. Just make sure that his IV stays in his arm," she tells Ana as she finishes up her check up and walks out of the room.
"Okay here you go Teddy Bear this is for you," Ana places the the bag on the bed in front of him.
Teddy just stares at the bag like it's a alien from another planet. Then slowly he reaches out for the bag and pulls out a box that looks to contain toys.I get a little closer and see that they are legos, something that every little boy should have. Teddy just stares at it unmoving, unsure of what to do with it.
"I just thought that he just needed something to play with. And I know that they might be a little bit of an older kid toy but Teddy is so smart I thought he would enjoy them," Ana whispers in my ear as we stare at Teddy who is still just watching the box. I nod understanding where Ana was coming from and wondering why I didn't think of it.
"Come on buddy, you wanna play with these? We can play together on the floor if you want to," I say.
He glances up at me and nods his head. I realize in that moment that he probably has never had any toys, I know I didn't when I was living with the crack whore. I take the box off the blankets and help Teddy move off the bed and sit on the floor. I crack open the box and spill out all the legos onto the floor in front of us. I pick up a couple of the legos and click them together then hand it to Teddy. He takes it and smiles at the bricks that are now connected, then he picks up a couple more bricks and puts them all together.
"There you go buddy," I tell him picking up some more legos making a tiny little space ship. I look up and find Teddy intently studying the box, I see that he is trying to using the picture on the box to make a little house and he is doing an amazing job at it.
"Look Christian!" Teddy says a few seconds later, standing up.
" I did it!" he exclaims. He did do it, in his hand it is the same lego house shown on the box, I smile at him about to tell him that is amazing.
But suddenly Teddy trips over his IV stand falling towards me. As quickly as I can I reach my arms out and try to steady him. He falls straight into my chest and I tense up, my breathing starts to become rapid and my heart beats faster.
But then his arm moves so that his hand is placed right over my heart and I don't feel any pain in fact I don't feel anything except his warm little hand. It is just like when my sister, Mia was a baby and touched me for the first time, there is no pain and no need to worry. Teddy is my son and he is so tiny there is no way he came hurt me, and all I want to do is protect him.
From the corner of the room I can hear Ana gasp, she is worried that I will freak out on Teddy. I wrap my arms around him and stand up with him in my arms being careful of his IV.
"You okay Teddy Bear?" I ask. He nods and places his head on my shoulder. I am surprised that he has actually let me touch him and I'm glad that he might not have the same touch issues that I had growing up.
"That house you made was amazing buddy! I can't believe you made that without any direction," I praise him. His head peaks out at me and a small smile plays on his lips. I place him back on his bed and scoop up the legos and place them on his bed to play.
"Christian," I look to the door and my mother is standing there. She gestures for me and Ana to follow her outside. Ana tells Teddy that we will be right back but he is so engrossed into the legos that he barely notices us step out of the room.
"He is so cute playing with those legos," my mother tells us glancing inside the room at Teddy.
"What's up Mom?" I ask.
"Is Teddy okay?" Ana asks.
"Yes Yes, everything is just fine with Teddy, I promise. It's just there are some people who are here to talk to to Teddy."
I instantly get nervous that it is someone from the State and they are here to take Teddy away from us. I sense that Ana has the same thought by her body language and I my body is now on high alert.
"BRO!," I hear from down the hall.
I turn and see my whole family standing in the hallway with balloons and little teddy bears in there arms. My brother and sister have shit eating grins on their faces. I hear more than see Kate flying into Ana's arms, from the squealing sound that comes from her mouth. My Dad is smiling from ear to ear and comes to stand next to my mother. I notice that even Ana's dad is standing in the hall also smiling huge.
Ana and Kate are talking a mile a minute then Ana notices her Dad and throws herself into his arms. Finally pulling from him, she looks around the hallway at all the people that are gathered there.
"What are you guys all doing here?" she asks everyone.
"We have come to see little Teddy Bear, we want to meet the newest addition to the Grey family." Eliot says in his goofy way of his. They have all come to meet mine and Ana's son. Our son.
"Okay, well everyone be very quiet when you are in there at first. I don't want him to get scared okay. Oh Eliot he is playing with legos maybe you could show his some stuff." I tell them.
"Oh heck yeah!" Eliot exclaims. The rest of family laughs at this statement.
" Let me ask if he wants any visitors," Ana tells them. I follow her back into Teddy's room.
"Christian! Ana! Look!" Teddy thrust up his new lego creation for us to see.
"Wow! That is so cool Teddy!" Ana says looking at the toy with interest.
"Hey Teddy, there are some people outside that would really like to meet you. Would that be okay? It's our family and they would love to meet you." Ana asks him.
"Yeah das okay" he tells.
The door opens and our family comes into the room noticing Teddy each one of them starts to choke up a little at our little boy.
"Wow, he almost looks like a mini Christian!" I hear Kate whisper to Eliot.
I place my arm around Ana and look on as our family interacts with our new addition and I can't help the pride that I feel at this moment. They have been in the room for all of five minutes and I can already tell they love Teddy with all of their hearts. I kiss the side of Ana's head and sigh in contentment.