Hey everyone long time no post I know hate me if you must, I've been so busy for a really long time. Just as a warning this chapter is really short but I wanted to give you guys something. I will be back soon with the second part of this chapter I promise and I will also try not to make you wait like 5 years. Thanks for sicking with me everyone-AJ

A Pov

Part 1

My eyes jerk to Christian as he yells for his father over the phone. Jeez he could have broken the news a lot easier. I watch as Christian breathes a sigh of relief when his father finally answers his frantic calls.

"Dad, is mom okay?" he asks in a rushed voice.

"She is fine son; she just dropped the phone in shock. What did you say to her? She is in hysterics and won't tell me what is going on. Are you, Ana, and Phoebe okay?" he asks.

"We are all fine, we a finally whole again." Christians says.

"What does that mean? Christian?" Christian pauses about to blurt it out again. I jump in not wanting to give Carrick a heart attack.

"Carrick you might want to take a seat first before we tell you," I say.

"Just tell me damn it," he says frustrated.

"Teddy is back Dad, we found him." Christian tells him and we hear silence from the other side of the phone for a long time. We hear muffled sniffles and the faint sound of Graces sobs. Christian faintly calls out for his dad wanting to get his attention again.

"Are you positive it is him?" Carrick whispers.

"There is no way it can't be," Christian states firmly if not a little angrily.

"I believe you…Can we see him?" Carrick's voice is softly pleading.

"Oh course but don't tell Elliot or Kate or Mia yet okay. We don't want to overwhelm him just yet. Maybe we can put together a homecoming event for him but we just want him to ourselves for right now." I speak up.

Christian and his Dad make arrangements for them to come over in about an hour so they can see Teddy. We want to give him a warning before we spring his grandparents on him. Honestly I bet he just want to get back to a normal life, but who knows what normal even means to him anymore.

I want to crawl up into a ball just thinking about what he might have had to endured without us. I feel the same as Christian that it should have been us all those moments in his life. We should have been there for his achievements and there to hold him when he failed.

I feel a warm pair of hands wrap around me and I sigh into my husband, he can read me like a book. Suddenly there is a knock at the door, Teddy slowly pushes it opens and we smile at him. He gives us a tight lipped grin back.

"Ah, hey those decorator people are here, I thought you'd like to know," he tells us pulling on his ear.

"Hey Teddy we wanted to ask you something," Christian says.

"Look I knew this was coming, I know I'm not that same kid you adopted years again. If you want to ask me to leave then don't drag it out, I can go back and live with Sal until I'm 16 and can get emancipated." He turns his head sharply so he doesn't have to look at us.

I walk towards him and take his chin in my heads to force him to look into my eye, "Theodore," I whisper.

"We would never ask you to leave; frankly I don't give a damn if you think you aren't the same kid. What I see is a boy who has missed his mother and father for such a long time he doesn't know what to do know that he has them again. I will tell you this for the rest of your life Teddy, Mamma and Daddy love you more than anything in the world okay. We will never ever ask you to leave. "He stares straight into my eyes.

"That voice, I hear it ever night before I went to bed," he tells me. I usher him into my arms for a hug.

"I'm sorry I'm not used to so many people caring about me. The only person who has loved me in a long time was Sal."

"Buddy, we wanted to know if you'd like to meet your grandparents. It will probably be pretty emotional and I know how emotional this house has been for the past 12 hours," Christian finally says. Teddy stays in my embrace and I greatly hang on.

"Yeah that will be fine I guess, what did I used to call her. I think it was GG but I can't remember why or what it stood for. Urgh I'm such a bad son and grandson I guess, I can't even remember my own grandparent's names."

"Don't sweat the small stuff Teddy, you haven't talked to us in years; I am surprised you even remember that and GG stands for grandma Grace. " I pull him closer and he smiles please he remembered something from his past.

"Oh I totally forgot! Let's go talk to those decorating people, you can tell them how you want your room Ted." Christian says lighting the mood with his easy charm, so we follow him down the hall to find the decorators all ready to go.

Phoebe, Christian, Teddy, and I spend the next hour helping Teddy choose what he wants for his new room to look like. I see him opening up more and more to us, he has an easy going personality that not many people have gotten to see I bet. The time he spent here must have rubbed off on his personality because he acts a lot like Christian when he is in a good and playful mood. It's amazing to see your child throw his head back and laugh after 10 years.

Teddy choose a king size bed with a grey and black comforter. The rocking chair was removed and the whole wall on the side by the bathroom will be a desk and book set combo all in black. I like his style it is very modern and reminds a lot of my billionaire husband's style.

oKAY so that is the end of this chapter I want to apologize for mistakes and such. Hope you enjoyed it and I will be back soon ish. And next chapter will be all about Carrick and Grace meeting Teddy again after the time lapse. Until next time -AJ