Chapter 23: Football and Houses

I Only Own The Plot

CPOV

"Christian, wake up! It's Christmas," Ana exclaimed while jumping on the bed.

"Really? I would have never guessed," I said sarcastically while looking around the room.

It looked like Santa threw up in our bedroom and all over the penthouse. We have a Christmas tree in every room it seems like.

"Very funny," she says sticking her tongue out. "Come on! I already woke everyone else up. We are waiting on you," she says ripping the covers off of me that I pulled up over my head. I groan as she grabs my hands and hauls me out of the bed. For her to be so tiny, she is so strong.

After she let me do my business in the restroom, we walk into the living room to see the rest of the family asleep. Isa is sleeping on Luke's lap in the recliner, Elliott and Ray are asleep on opposite ends of the sofa, and Jason and Gail are cuddled up on the loveseat. I take my phone out to snap a picture. Once I get my picture, I clap my hands loudly and laugh as they all jump out of their skin.

"You're dead to me Grey," Ray says and that just makes me laugh even harder.

"It's gifts time," Ana shouts and runs towards the foyer where we have the main Christmas tree.

"Was she always like this?" I question as I look around the room. The only ones who seem to be fazed are Elliott, Jason, Gail, and me.

"Yup. Every year," Ray, Luke, and Isa say.

After a round of gift opening and saying thank you, we all went to our separate rooms to get ready for the football game that Ana wanted to go to today. We are going to use our skybox and enjoy family banter.

We are getting closer to halftime and Seattle is up by 4 touchdowns, so we have just been drinking and joking around for quite some time. There are about 5 minutes left until halftime and I want to get a drink from the next room, so I stand up to go and ask if anyone wants anything else. Jason stands and says he'll come with me. I just shrug.

"Baby, hurry back before halftime. I don't want you to miss anything," Ana says while moving off of my lap.

"I'll be right back, Beauty. Two minutes tops," I say as I lean down to kiss her.

"You know, I see a complete change in you, Christian. I know how fucked up your life was before Ana, but I am so happy for you now. You have literally everything you could have ever dreamed of. Your wife is the strongest woman I have ever met, your business is booming, and I haven't seen you smile this much since I have been working for you. I am so proud of you, brother," Jason says as we moved up in the line. I am speechless. I just grab him and pull him into a brief hug. He pulls back, smiles, and gives me a sharp nod. He's been hanging around my wife and her brother too much. We all have since we all do it now.

"Come on, let's get back before your wife comes and pulls us by our ears and drag us back," Jason says and we both just laugh.

Once we arrive back at the box, Ana grabs my hand and seat us in the front window where we could see the Jumbotron perfectly.

"You're really excited about the halftime show, Beauty," I say chuckling. "You want some of my beer," I ask and she just shakes her head.

"I hear they are doing a special cam this game," she says biting her lip. Hmm, she's up to something.

"CHRISTIAN GREY! YOUR WIFE HAS ONE LAST GIFT FOR YOU," I hear the announcer say. The jumbotron is flashing with pictures of me and Ana throughout our marriage. Some are professional and some are just random selfies she has taken of us.

"What's going on, Beauty," I say and look around the skybox. Everyone else just shrugs when I look at them. They are in the dark as well.

"Shh, pay attention," she says snuggling into me more.

The jumbotron fades to a black screen and a black and white sonogram comes up on the screen with the words "Two becomes three. July will bring you your Christmas gift. Baby Grey".

I gasp and look down at Ana sitting on my lap.

"You're having my baby," I ask looking at her with tears in my eyes. She nods and unzips her hoodie and she has a t-shirt on that has a baby on it saying "I can't wait to meet you, Daddy!". I pick her up and swing her around while everyone cheers and rushes over to us.

"I am going to be a Daddy!" I shout into the room and everyone cheers again. Everyone pulls us into a hug and I never take my eyes off of Ana and she does the same. I push everyone away and pull her into a searing kiss. She couldn't be more perfect for me.

"How far along are you, Beauty," I question once we get some time alone.

"10 weeks. I realized I missed my period and took a test last week," she says looking into my eyes.

"I am so happy, Beauty. Jason was just talking to me about how I got everything I could've ever dreamed of and I especially do now," I say letting my tears flow freely. "I can't wait to watch your body change as you house our child. I need to get us a house for our family to grow in. I want many kids with you, Mrs. Grey," I say hugging her to me.

"Woah, slow down," she chuckles. "Let's have this first one and then we can discuss having more after a year or so. I do agree with getting a house, though. We can look when we get home," she says snuggling into me more.

****NEM****

We left the game early after it was clear the Seahawks were going to win. We decided to beat the traffic and we were excited to get home to look at houses for our expanding family. Once we got home, we went straight into our room and closed the door. I sat against the headboard while Ana grabbed her laptop. Once she took off her jeans, she reclined against me and I immediately wrapped my arm around her, resting my hand on her stomach. I knew that my hand would be a permanent fixture there until I could hold our baby in my arms.

After a few hours, we narrowed it down to 3 houses. I am in love with one, but I want to see what Ana thinks.

"I love this one, Baby," she says pointing to the one I loved the most. "It is secluded and beautiful and it sits on a bunch of land. We could build another house for Luke and Isa. If Jason and Gail want one, there is plenty of land leftover and they could have space as well. See over here will be Luke and Isa's house and we can put Gail and Jason on the other side of the lot. We would have six acres of land if we decided to go with this one," she points out the areas she's talking about while explaining her vision. I just have one question.

"Would Luke and Isa want to live this close to us," I ask rubbing her stomach.

"Absolutely. Luke wouldn't be anywhere else. Luke and I talked about this a long time ago. Before I even met you. Luke and I are always going to be joined at the hip. Isa understands," she says shrugging.

"Okay, let's put our information down and someone can call us to set up a showing. I know we are going to love this house," I say leaning forward to kiss her. She closes her laptop down and twists into my arms so that she is straddling my lap.

"I am so happy, Christian. I am having our baby," she says looking at me with a tearful smile.

"You have no idea what you mean to me, Anastasia. You come into my life and give me things that I never dreamed that I have wanted. You give me your heart with every beat it takes, you give me your soul every time you look into my eyes, and you give me your body every time we make love. I return all of that to you and I still feel as if I can't make up for what you have given me. You are so special to me, Beauty," I say while holding her close to me. She is full-on sobbing now and she is muttering something about hormones. I just chuckle and let her cry on my shoulder.

She sits up and kisses me and I deepen the kiss wanting to be consumed by her. Pretty soon I can't tell where I begin and where she ends. It looks as if we are one.

"Chris, you already got my sister pregnant! Let her out of the room. We want to celebrate me becoming an uncle," Luke shouts as he bangs on our door sometime later. Ana and I both laugh as we get up to get dressed to join the family.

****NEM****

The next morning, Ana gets a call from the realtor asking if we would like to see the house today and we readily agree. After we all get dressed we all pile up into the SUV to head to the house. Ana and Isa talk about baby clothes and decorations for the baby's room. Along with all of the parties we have to have to celebrate the baby. Ana tells Isa that she doesn't want people to gift us anything for the baby. They can just donate to one of the charities we support. Jason pulls off into the entrance of the driveway and we are immediately met by the realtor at the gate. The realtor punches in the code for the gate and we follow him up to the house. During the tour, we oh and aw over the 6 bedroom 6 bathroom home that has a movie theater, sauna, wine cellar and bar, the home gym, a tennis court, and pool that doesn't even take up a fraction of the land. I turn to look at Ana and she is rubbing her still flat stomach and I can see that she is picturing our family in this home.

"We'll take it. We can write a check right now if that's alright. I don't want anyone else looking at this home. This is our home," I say looking at the realtor while wrapping my arms around Ana. He sputters something about having to talk to the owners first before pulling out his phone and exiting the room.

"Wow. Looks like this is our new home, Isa. Banana, I saw the perfect piece of land for our house and plenty of room for Gail and Jason too if they want to move here with us," Luke says turning to Jason.

"Of course, we are moving here too. Gail and I talked about it for some time and you guys are our family. We want to stay together," Jason says and Luke whoops and brings us all in for a group hug. Ana turns her body so that she takes most of the hugs. She knows I am still working on touch.

"Mrs. and Mr. Grey, welcome home. The offer is accepted and you can move in after the first of the year. Congratulations," he says reaching out to shake our hands. After we sort out the payment and take some pictures with the realtor, we all pile into the SUV to head home to start packing.

"We got a fucking house!" Ana screams and we all laugh at her excitement and cheer with her. I love this crazy woman.

AN: Okay! How are we liking the progression so far? Baby Grey is on the way! I embellished some characteristics of the house, but for the most part, it is accurate. Here is the address to the house if you want to look it up (13917 219th Avenue NE Woodinville, WA 98077). Read and Review! It makes me happy :)! P.S. some drama happens next chapter. We have a few more people to get out of the way.