Epilogue

Two Years Later

Ana

"I know pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," The minister declared.

I beam at Elliot and Addison who are sharing their first kiss as a married couple. I clap and give Addison back her flowers before they start to walk down the aisle. The wedding guests are all smiles as Elliot and Addison beam at everybody in attendance.

Elliot's best man comes forward and offers me his arm so that we can follow behind them. I smile up at Christian as he winks. He looks smoking hot in his black suit with a plush pink bow-tie that matches our bridesmaid dresses.

I smile as I see Addison practically float down the aisle in her beautiful long white lace off-the-shoulder wedding dress. I look down and with one hand, smooth down my maid of honor dress which is vintage and plush pink color. Priscilla and Addison's other bridesmaid, Hannah, is dressed in a sheer lace crew neck chiffon gown.

Grayson and Jack are Elliot's groomsman, and they are all in matching black suits with a blush pink bow-tie.

While we are walking down the aisle, I see my baby boy in Grace's arms while he bounces up and down and clapping happily at his aunt and uncle. We both laugh as we follow Elliot and Addison out of the white silk tent.

Today is Elliot and Addison's wedding. They have been engaged for the past six months, and after thorough planning, they have finally become husband and wife. They decided to get married at sunset in Grace and Carrick's backyard. The reception is taking place in a large white tent by the water.

I smile and think back to the last few years as we wait while Elliot and Addison are taking their wedding pictures. A month after Carrick presented me the will, we moved out of Grace and Carrick's home and moved into our new house. It is a simple modern design one-story house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a big backyard. The house is perfect, and 100% ours since Ray paid it off a few months before he passed away.

We also put all the money that Ray gave us into a savings account for Carson for when he gets older. We wanted to make sure he had enough money to attend college if he wanted when the time comes.

Our baby boy is a healthy, happy two-year-old. He is in his terrible two's right now, but underneath the tantrums, and his favorite word, NO, he is the sweetest and smartest little boy. Always on the go, and keeps Christian and I on our toes most of the time.

Grayson and Priscilla had a long engagement and finally tied the knot one year after he proposed. They went off on their honeymoon in Bali for two weeks right after their reception. Since their wedding, they have been traveling these last six months since Priscilla wanted to take some time to travel around the world before they started to think about starting a family. They wanted alone time together, just the two of them before they take that next step into parenthood.

Elena and her husband are still happily married and thriving in their respected businesses. Addison, Grace and I make it a habit of coming and visiting Elena often at her salon for girl time. Elena has become another mother figure to me, and I'm grateful to have her in my life. She often babysits for us during the week and, Carson loves going to work with her. All the ladies just eat him up, and he loves all the female attention. He will definitely break some hearts when he gets older.

Jack and Christian's relationship has become better than it was two years ago. They are not best friends or anything, but they definitely can hold a conversation with each other without wanting to kill each other. Underneath the shitty attitude and arrogance, Jack turned out to be a good guy once you get to know him. He is very sweet, loyal to his family and actually quite funny.

We haven't heard from Leila, and to our knowledge, she moved to Washington to follow an older, successful businessperson who wanted to expand his business over there. A few months ago, we found out they are getting married next month. The businessman is over 55 years old, and I still shake my head at that because all along she was just with Jack for his money and what he could give her. I do hope that man has a strong, stable prenup in place.

It turns out that Kate is just like her beloved friend Leila. She had her baby a few months after she revealed her plan to trap Elliot. She is still unemployed and was living with her well-off boyfriend in downtown Detroit. The father of her baby was a random guy she met at the party, and Mia told me that the guy doesn't want anything to do with her or the baby.

Kate's parents kicked her out when they found out about what she did to Elliot. I heard from Ethan that her new boyfriend is a drug leader who just recently got caught by the FBI two days ago. It turns out Kate has been helping him distribute, and she has also been arrested and imprisoned. She is now in jail and not planning to get out anytime soon. CPS took the baby, and now Kate's parents have full custody of her daughter, Ava.

Kate and Ethan's parents ended up being genuine about them wanting to make amends with their son. Ethan and Mia are still together, and Liam and Lola are healthy and thriving. We are in regular contact with both of them. Ethan and Mia came over one weekend when we had our housewarming party at our new house. They both apologize again for skipping town and abandoning their kids. We all had a long talk after everyone left and after that, our relationship went back to normal. I am glad because I missed her friendship, and we make sure we spend time with them at least once a month.

Jason is now working full time with his buddy, Sawyer, and has his own apartment near the shop where he works. Jason tries to visit us regularly, and he is Carson's second favorite person, while his uncle Lelliot is his first.

A few months ago, I landed my first job at a daycare center where I can take Carson with me, which I love. I am also currently looking into several local community colleges around the area. I am excited and looking forward to expanding my education.

Christian is still working for Grayson and got promoted when Carson turned one year old. He is now a supervisor at the company, and I couldn't be prouder of him and all his hard work. He loves working with his brother, and Ethan also was hired to replace Christian at his old job. Ethan and Mia now have moved out of his parent's house and into an apartment near Grey Construction.

Elliot is still working at Chrysler and here recently got a promotion. They both moved in together a month before the wedding and bought a house a few miles away from Carrick and Grace. Addison graduated from culinary school and is now working full time as a chef at a gourmet restaurant in downtown.

I am pulled out of my trip down memory lane when Christian kisses my forehead. "Time for the reception," he whispers in my ear.

"Let's go," I smile as our baby boy walks over to us. He giggles and gestures to his dad that he wants to be held.

Christian laughs and picks him up. He launches him into the air causing him to burst out into a fit of giggles.

"Gain, daddy," Carson giggles.

Christian obliges and launches him into the air once more. He places him on his hip and kisses his copper hair.

"Come on, mommy," Christian smiles.

I take his hand and follow the crowd into the tent where the reception is held.

The night continues, and after the cake is cut and all the food has been eaten, Christian and I dance one last time before Elliot and Addison leave for their honeymoon. Grace and Carrick presented them a week's vacation to Hawaii, which they will leave later tonight.

I look over at Grace who is dancing with Carson. Laughter is erupting from everyone when Carson starts dancing on his own, and Grace mimics his uncoordinated dancing skills.

Christian chuckles and I burst out laughing at the cute scene. Carrick laughs as he picks up Carson and they all three dance together.

"It was a beautiful wedding," I smile at Christian a few minutes later.

"It was. Never in a million years would I think I would be here today. Wearing this pink tie," Christian smirks causing me to laugh.

"Aw, you look cute, Mr. Grey," I giggle and straighten his tie.

"Why, thank you, Mrs. Grey," he chuckles and kisses my lips.

I sigh contently and lay my head on Christian's chest and marvel at how far we have come these last three years while everyone continues to dance on the dancefloor.

"Be careful, honey," I yell out to Carson who is trying to climb up on his dogs back.

It has been two months since the wedding, and we are in our backyard, enjoying the lovely warm weather. We just got a golden retriever a few weeks ago, and Carson just loves him.

Right now, he is trying to hop on his back, which causes the dog to bark happily up at his favorite companion. Carson giggles and continues to do it and then gives up when the dog doesn't let him. He runs around the backyard happily while Goldie chases after him.

I smile at the scene and beam up at Christian who is now standing beside me. He sits next to me on one of the patio chairs. He chuckles as he takes me into his lap. He takes a sip of his lemonade and offers me some before kissing me.

"Did you ever think we would be here right now? Happy and living in a home?" Christian whispers into my ear.

I shake my head. "No, but I am glad we are," I tear up at the thought of what we went through most of our life.

I put the glass down and wipe my eyes. Christian squeezes me and kisses my ear. "I'm thankful I always had you," Christian coos into my ear causing me to tear up again.

"We survived, and I know it was because I always had you," I turn my head to look up at Christian.

He smiles and kisses me softly. He leans back, as I lean against his chest. He wraps me in his arms as we watch Carson happily running around the yard, both thinking how our son will never know what uncertainty and fear feel like.

AN: Well, this is the end of Surviving with You. It's bittersweet because this is by far the favorite of my stories. I will miss it, and I hope you all have enjoyed the story even though I couldn't update as often as I would have liked.

I am planning on writing a new story when I am done with Double Devotion, but I won't post it until I have most of the story written because I don't want to have you all waiting so long between updates.

The story will be OOC/AU and where Christian, like this one, does not have GEH. Our other beloved characters will also be very different than what we have seen in the books.

If you are interested, the title of the story will be; Shades of Ordinary.

Thank you for all the reviews and support of this story from start to finish.

FYI, Addison's wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses can be seen on the SWY Pinterest page.