Hello again! I am on a roll latley! Here is the next Chapter I hope you all enjoy it. I love hereing from all of you so don't be shy to post a comment. Tell me what you think -AJ :)
A POV
Christian and I spend the evening entertaining our family and thanking them for showing up on such short notice. They all seem to be enchanted with Teddy as he runs around the house with a sugar high from the chocolate cake. Grace at one point starts to cry uncontrollably and Carrick takes her outside to calm down.
Most of them thought that Christian was celibate or gay; they never imagined he would have a wife let alone a child; especially because Christian had a fear of being touched. But now everyone looks on, as Christian picks Teddy up and gives him a piggy back ride, in wonder.
Gail puts on some music and Christian sets Teddy down then sweeps me up into his arms and twirls me around to the beat of the music. I can't help myself but laugh at his playfulness, there is this look in his eyes that makes my breath catch in my throat. His grey eyes sparkle with humor and something a little more passionate.
"Mama, me want to dance too!" I hear Teddy say as he pulls on my skirt. I laugh and pull him up into my arm. Christian twirls us both around the room; Teddy's squeal of delight makes life worth living. Out of the corner of my eye I can see Kate and Elliot join us in dancing, and then soon enough everyone is dancing and laughing around our house. I lean my head on Christian's chest and whisper to him.
"Is this how you pictured your life Mr. Grey?" I ask.
"Not in a million years, but that was before I meet you Mrs. Grey," he whispers back. Teddy wiggles out of my arms and runs over to Kate and Elliot.
The party winds down as everyone has to be at work the next day. We thank them again for coming and wish them a goodnight. Once everyone has left I look at Christian, now comes the hard part getting Teddy to bed. Have you ever tried to get a toddler to bed after eating a ton of sugar, well trust me it is harder than you think.
After Teddy decides it would be a good idea to run through the house naked because PJ's are evil we finally get him into his room clothed. Taylors face however was priceless when he saw Teddy streaking across the kitchen.
Christian reads him a couple of stories before our little guy finds sleep. Even with all the sugar all the excitement has worn him out. When Christian finally makes it back to our room I'm feeling pretty beat myself. I wouldn't say I am sick I've just been feeling really exhausted lately. My lovely husband flops onto the bed still clothed, I hear him muffle something into the pillow.
"Huh, I can't hear you when you talk into the pillow, dork" I reach over and ruffle his hair. He pulls his face up so I see his grey eyes.
"Our son is a ball full of energy, I don't know if I can keep up with the little guy," he says and I laugh at him.
"Right, I forgot that you're ancient aren't you. You're old enough to be his grandpa," I tease.
"What was that, I couldn't hear you, my hearing aide must be acting up again," he says rubbing his ears. I start to giggle and he reaches over to start tickling me and I squeal trying to jump out of the bed but he grabs me and pulls me to him. He starts to kiss my neck then up to my ear.
"I wonder if you are ticklish anywhere else," he whispers.
I hop out of bed careful not to wake Christian and go wake up Teddy so that I can get him ready to take to Graces. I agree with Christian we need to get Teddy enrolled in preschool, Grace can only watch him for so long. We may even need to hire a babysitter in the mean time; although Christian says that he can pull some strings and get him into a school now even though it's the middle of the semester.
"Morning Mama, I love you," Teddy says rubbing his eyes. I kiss his cheek and pick him up so that we can go down stairs and eat breakfast.
"Good morning Ana, good morning little bear," Gail says to us as we enter the kitchen.
"I'm not little bear," Teddy mumbles laying his head on my shoulder. Gail smiles and asks what we would like for breakfast and Teddy immediately says bananas which has become his favorite food.
"We should call you monkey," I tell him making monkey noise that makes him laugh. I hear someone behind me clearing their throat and I turn and see Christian smiling with raise eyebrows. He has a look that says What-on-earth-are-you-doing-but-you-adorable all I do is shrug and explain that Teddy is our little monkey.
"Is that right, well then we must be a family of monkeys then," Christian starts to makes a monkey noise and I burst out laughing fallowed but Teddy's giggles.
"No silly, daddy. I'm Teddy Bear grrrrrrr," Teddy says making a clawing gesture with his hands.
"Mama! I want to show you and Daddy something!" Teddy tells us wiggling out of my arms. He takes off towards the stairs and I greet Christian with a kiss and a wink then turn around to help Gail get breakfast started.
Teddy comes barreling into the room with one of his lego creations. But before he can make it to us he trips over his feet and goes head first into the titles in the kitchen. It looks like his knees take the most damage. But Teddy starts to whimper which turns into a full blow cry, I hurry over to him and pick him up cradling him in my arms.
I glance at his knees and they are swollen and bleeding a little bit. Christian comes over and stokes his hair and I ask Gail to grab the first aid kit in the bathroom. She hurries off and I set Teddy onto the counter to get a better look at his scraped knees. Teddy is still crying so I do my best to sooth him and Christian hold his hand while he cries into his chest.
"You are okay Teddy Bear, look at me baby. Mommy and Daddy are right her and you going to be okay buddy boy," I reassure him kissing his chubby cheeks for comfort. His tears seem to subside a bit and Gail comes in with the first aid kit. I gently place a band aid onto his knee then kiss it make it better and Teddy is already to play again. I think he is sadder about breaking his Legos then anything else.
Gail serves up my yogurt, Christian's omelet, and Teddy's banana's with Cheerios. I look at my yogurt and it makes me a little nauseous so I tell Christian that I will eat something later because I am not hungry right now. He gives me a look that I am all too familiar with by now, so to pacify him I give him a big kiss and run up the stairs to get ready for the day.
By the time I am done Christian and Teddy have already left for his parent's house. I grab an apple on the way out knowing it will make Christian happy if he knows I got something to eat for later. Sawyer drives me to GIP and doesn't leave my side once. I know he feels really bad about what happened the other week with Hyde. I don't blame him but Christian does and the rath of Christian is a scary thing. Sawyer's boyfriend has gotten released from the hospital and is doing well he is expected to come back to work anytime now. In fact Christian tells me Taylor is thinking about hiring him as Teddy's CPO, because if Teddy is going to be out in public alone then someone is going to need to make sure he is safe.
Work has been a little strange since I got back, many people just stare at me and there is a lot of whispering that I see. Roach my boss has asked me if I wanted to be editor, which means taking over for Hyde and I told him that I wanted to earn the position not get it because I was attacked. He assured me that even if Hyde was still here he was going to offer me an editor's position because he sees potential in me. I have yet to tell Christian about my promotion with all the excitement that happened yesterday.
The day passes rather fast and I eat the apple that I grabbed earlier and munch on it as I work. But then I don't feel so well and tell Sawyer that I need to use the restroom, this is the only place he doesn't fallow me. I rush to the bathroom just in time to puke my guts out. I don't know how this is entirely possible because I haven't eaten anything but that apple all day. Maybe I ate a bad apple I think to myself, that must be it.
But then I start to think about something, I do the math in my head and jump to my feet. I run into my office where Sawyer is sitting looking professional as ever and I start to sweat. How do I explain this without accidently spilling the beans to Christian? It could just be a false alarm who knows, I wipe my hands on my pants.
"Sawyer we need to go," he looks up at me confused.
"Why? What is wrong?" he asks.
"Nothing," I sigh because Sawyer spends why too much time with me to know when something is not right with me. So I quickly tell him what I think is going on and his eye become saucers and he jumps up ready to go.
"Where to?" he asks.
"First the drug store and then most likely Kate's house," I tell him and we head out of the office. I call Kate to see if she is home or not.
"Hey there Steele, what's up?" she says picking up the phone.
"Hey are you home right now by any chance?" I ask.
"Yeah Elliot and I decided to play hooky for the day because we got home so late last night. But they called him in to look at some building. Why you ask?"
"I'll be over in a couple of minutes and I will explain everything I promise," I tell her.
"You okay you sound weird,"
"I think I'm fine, I don't know really. I see you soon okay," I say then hang up.
Sawyer and I make it to the drug store and he goes in to get what I need while I wait in the car. It would be awful if someone saw me and leaked it to the media before I even know for sure. Sawyer comes back and tosses the little pink box into the back seat, and then we drive to Kate's house.
When I get to the door I don't even have time to knock before Kate opens the door with a whoosh of blonde hair flying everywhere. She is standing there and I have a feeling that I am in for a Katharine Kavanagh Inquisition.
"Okay spill Steele, you sounded really weird on the phone. What is up with you?" she asks hands on her hips. I hold up the box as a way of explanation.
"Oh my god, you think?" she asks and I nod. She ushers me into the apartment.
"The bathroom is on the right come out when you're done," she says pointing me in the direction of the bathroom. I go in there and pee on the little stick them put the cap back on it and go back out to where Kate is pacing the living room.
"Well," she asks.
"I have to wait two minutes for it to tell me," I explain. I sit on the couch while she paces in front of me biting her nail.
"What are you going to say to Christian? Does he know that you think you're..." the timer on my phone dings and my heart jumps into my throat.
"Well?" she says. I take a deep breath and look down at the pregnancy test that I hold in my hand.
"Positive. It's positive, Kate I'm pregnant. Oh my god I'm pregnant!" I yell and she starts to yell then we start to jump up and down yelling together. The front door opens and Elliot walks in looking at us like we are crazy.
"What has gotten into you two?" he asks.
"I'm pregnant," I yell at the same time Kate screams, "Ana's having a baby!"
I give him the little stick to show him; he stares at it for a second then drops the bag he was holding. He picks me up and twirls me around yelling excitedly.
"I'm going to be an Uncle again!" he says to us then, "Oh wait! Have you told Christian yet? Eww you peed on that thing didn't you"
I shake my head and reply, "No I came here from work, Oh god Christian, I need to go tell him right now,"
Kate and Elliot congratulate me again hugging and kissing me then wishing me good luck. I get back outside to where Sawyer is waiting by the car; he congratulates me then explains he could hear me and Kate screaming in the apartment. I ask him if we can stop of at the store one more time before we go to Christian's office. I don't think I can wait until we get home to tell him.
We get to the store and I grab a pacifier, a little box, and a couple of pens. I pay for the items and head back out to the car. I feel my phone buzzing and see its Christian. I want this to be a surprise for him so I collect myself and answer the phone.
"Ana what the hell! Why didn't you pick up the first time I called?" well that was not what I expected but I'm not going to let Mr. Grumpy ruin my good mood.
"I'm sorry; I have had a lot on my mind today. How many times did you call anyway?" I ask.
"7 times, Sawyer called Taylor to tell him that you weren't feeling good so he took you home. Are you okay do you need me to come home?" he asks. I shoot a look at Sawyer and his look says What-I-had-to-tell-him-something.
"No, I'm okay just an upset stomach, promise" I tell him. We are close to Grey House now and he is in for the shock of his life. Hopefully it a good one and he's not mad at me for missing my birth control shot.
"I told you to eat something this morning," he says and I roll my eyes.
"Did you just roll your eyes at me Mrs. Grey?" he asks and I gasp into the phone.
"How did you know," I ask him wondering if he has super powers.
"Cause I know you Ana," he says and I can tell he has a grin on his face.
"Stow your twitching palms Mr. Grey. Anyway Gail is making me some soup so I am going to go now. I love you," I tell him because we have made it to Grey House.
"Love you to; see you at home," he hangs up. I finish my little project in the back of the care so that I can give it to him.
Sawyer and I go into the building and then in the corner of my eye I see Taylor fallowing us, I give him a little wave and a smile. He smiles back no doubt he is already in on the plan so I glance back at Sawyer and he just shrugs. I swear Taylor is more like our family than anything else; he is like another Ray to me.
We get up to the top floor and Andrea looks up from her desk obviously surprised to see me flanked by Sawyer and Taylor on my sides.
"Hi, is he in?" I ask her.
"Yeah, let me just tell him you're here," she tells me reaching from the buzzer.
"Um, it's actually a surprise. Do you mind if I just go in?" she nods and I walk over to the door.
I am suddenly regretting my decision, what if he freaks out and god forbids doesn't want it. I notice that both Sawyer and Taylor have disappeared. I look down at the little box that I got and think about the baby that is inside me. He loves Teddy so much how could he not love this child just as much? I take a deep breath and push the door open.
There he is sitting behind his chair being the master of the universe. He is so handsome sometimes I wonder why did he even picked me; there are so many other, much more beautiful people that he could have been with. His copper locks hang down in front of his face; he really needs a haircut I think to myself. I notice that he has rolled his sleeves up to his elbows and it shows off his huge biceps. I can't help but marvel at him for minute, but then he looks up and catches me staring at him. Even though we are married I can't help myself, I quickly look away and blush a deep red color.
I find his eyes again I see confusion then happiness in his face. He moves out from around the desk to give me a kiss, and then he leads me over to the couch where we sit down.
"Ana, what are you doing here? I thought you were at home eating soup, are you okay?" he asks placing a hand on my forehead to see if I have a fever.
"I'm fine, I lied before," he leans back with a confused look, "Sorry I wanted it to be a surprise."
"Surprise? Ana you are not making any sense," he says frustrated. I take a deep breath preparing myself for what his reaction will be.
"This is for you," I say handing him the little box, "Don't be mad okay."
He takes the box from me and opens it and just stares. No words come out of his mouth. Inside is a baby pacifier, on the lid of the box says Congratulations Daddy-again. He looks up at me confused then suddenly it clicks and he becomes really pale. Like ghost pale, and in a split second he is on his feet looking down on me.
"You're pregnant?" he whispers. I nod this is not how I imagined this going at all. They suddenly I'm in the air and Christian is hugging me tightly to his chest. He whispers 'oh my god' over and over and brings be down so that we are at eye level again. I see his eyes are a little red and puffy like he is about to cry which triggers my own tears.
"We have become parents in two days. Oh god Ana, I love you so much, Baby don't cry" he gets down on his knees and pushed my shirt up a little, "Hi little blip, it's me daddy. I love you so much already." He plants a kiss on my tummy which tickles then lays his head on me. I run my hands through his hair and he sighs in content.
Finished! Ana is pregnant omg! I can't wait for later. Things are going to get really tough for the Grey family really soon I hope you all are prepared. Fasten your seat belts beacsue its gonna get intense. As alwasy, Until next time -AJ