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Epilogue

~1 Year Later~

"I'm heading out now, Leonard."

Ana folded up the final CAD drawing she was looking over before tucking it away into her filing cabinet and closing the drawer. She had spent practically the whole day looking at the new tool stamp designs from her employees and making the proper modifications wherever she could - she had a bit of a headache resulting from staring at papers and her computer screen all day, but that was pretty much normal for her as of late.

"Okay, Ana. Thanks again for looking those over for us," Leonard poked his head into Ana's office and smiled. He was an older, balding man with a sunny disposition, and today he was wearing a maroon polo shirt with the Sage logo on it. "Did you email Tom and me your changes?"

"Yup," Ana smiled, clicking off her computer before grabbing her coat. "I'll be here tomorrow morning in case you guys have any questions for me."

"Sure thing, Ana. You know, if you're feeling ill again, you don't have to come in tomorrow," Leonard said kindly as Ana grabbed her purse and turned off the light. "I remember my wife Martha was sicker than a dog practically every single morning during her first trimester."

"I'll be okay Leonard," Ana assured him, running a hand over her slightly protruding stomach. "I'm in my fourth month now, so most of my morning sickness has gone away. Thank God, too, since I didn't know how much longer I could handle it."

"Well, that's a relief," Leonard chuckled as he and Ana made their way toward the front door of the facility. Ana's office was on the second floor of Sage Tool & Die, and the walkway was on a balcony overlooking the entire 5,500 square-foot machine shop. Two dozen people were busily working with CNC machines and die cutting tools, as was usual for this place.

Sage reminded Ana a lot of a more industrial version of her and her dad's carpentry shop out in Easton, which was probably what attracted her to this company in the first place. GEH had actually owned this company for years, which was how Ana had first learned about it - when Christian mentioned offhand that Sage needed a new on-site manager, Ana offered to do it herself. She had a basic understanding of all the machinery used for tool & die making (though the manager job didn't require her to use the machines), and since Ted was now in school all day and she was no longer at Steele Woodworking, Christian agreed that it would be a great idea for her to work at Sage. He took her on a tour of the facility, and Ana was immediately in love - it was a great company with wonderful people, and it was in a manufacturing field she understood quite well. It was a perfect fit, and Ana was delighted to be working here.

As Ana followed Leonard through the machine shop, several of the workers looked up from their stations and waved at them, smiling. Ana waved and smiled back.

"Good luck at the doctor's today, Ana," one of the workers piped up - an elderly black man wearing protective eye goggles.

"Thanks Randall," Ana smiled at him.

"Hope it's a boy," Nathan the intern piped up.

"I already have a boy. Are you trying to kill me?" Ana joked, and the others laughed.

"Best of luck to you, Ana," Marge, one of the machinists, smiled as she and Leonard passed by. "You and Mr. Grey are going to be amazing parents to this new baby."

"Thank you, Marge," Ana smiled, accepting a hug from the older woman. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Ana and Leonard stepped out of the glass front doors into the parking lot, and immediately saw Christian, Taylor, and Luke standing nearby beside the SUV, looking almost identical in their 'men-in-black' suits and sunglasses. Christian smiled widely when he saw Ana approaching him, and he stepped forward to take her in his arms.

"Hey sweetie," Christian smiled, leaning down and kissing her on the lips. "You ready to find out the sex of our baby?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," Ana smiled at him. "Can we grab a burger or something after the appointment though? I'm starving, and Dr. Greene said I'm not supposed to eat anything beforehand."

"Whatever you want, baby," Christian chuckled, pecking her one more time on the forehead. He then turned to Leonard and held out his hand. "Leonard - good to see you again."

"You too, Mr. Grey," Leonard smiled widely, taking his hand. "Good luck at the doctor's today. I have to say, everyone here at Sage is so excited for this baby you and Ana are going to have."

"That's very kind of you," Christian grinned at him before glancing down at Ana. "We should probably get going soon, if we're going to make it on time."

"Yeah you're right," Ana said, glancing down at her watch. "Thanks for walking me down, Leonard - I'll see you tomorrow."

"No problem. Bye Ana," Leonard waved at them before walking back inside.

Ana and Christian got into the backseat while Taylor and Luke sat in front, Taylor behind the wheel. He pulled out of the parking lot and into the street, and Ana leaned back in her seat before closing her eyes.

"Got another headache, baby?" Christian asked sympathetically, rubbing her knee, and Ana nodded.

"Yeah, it's been bothering me a lot for the last hour or two," she lifted a hand and rubbed one of her temples. "I think it's from staring at my computer for too long."

"Please don't strain yourself, sweetheart - especially now," Christian said seriously, placing his hand on her protruding belly. "It's never too early for you to take a leave of absence from your job at Sage, you know. It's not like I'm going to fire you or anything."

"Very funny," Ana said with a smirk. "I happen to love my job, and I can put up with a few pregnancy pains in the meantime. Besides, Dr. Greene says I can take acetaminophen to help ease the pain if it gets to be too bad."

Christian grimaced slightly, but didn't say anything as he turned to look out the window at the passing buildings they drove past. Ana slipped her hand in his, lacing their fingers together, before resting her cheek against his shoulder. "Wanna tell me about your day?"

Christian turned to look down at her, smiling gently. "You're very cute, Mrs. Grey."

Ana giggled. "I like when you call me that."

"Well, we're nine months into our marriage - I'd think you'd be used to it by now," Christian chuckled, squeezing her hand. "As for my day today… well, I spent the last few hours trying to get Ted's adoption papers in order."

Ana sat up, gazing at him. "Any luck this time?"

"Not really," Christian said, frowning slightly. "The court recognizes that I'm Ted's stepfather and you're his godmother-turned-adoptive mother, but they claim they need a birth parent signing off on his adoption before it can go through. I've tried to explain that Ted doesn't have any birth parents left, but they won't listen. It's ridiculous."

"Even if Ted's biological father were still around so he could sign away his rights, we'd probably never find him. I doubt he even knows Ted exists," Ana said. "It's not even worth the trouble of looking."

"If they can't find the biological father, then they're bound to grant me adoption rights," Christian reached up a hand and tugged his copper hair like he often did when he was frustrated. "God, it's so tempting to just throw my money around and make this adoption happen in the blink of an eye."

"That's probably not going to make you look good in the eyes of the court, baby," Ana said sympathetically. "I'm sure this adoption will go through eventually, but even if it doesn't, you will always be Ted's dad - some stupid papers don't have to tell you that."

"I know," Christian said, though he still looked a bit dejected as he turned to stare out the window. He didn't speak for several moments, and Ana felt she could guess what else was bothering him.

"I'm sorry you're upset about all this, sweetheart, but these sort of things take time," she said patiently, and when Christian still didn't say anything, she sighed. "Ted has called you 'Christian' ever since he met you. It's kind of a hard habit for him to break…"

"I've been his stepfather for nine months," Christian countered, looking back over at Ana with a frown on his face. "You and I have spoken to him about it time and time again - why is it still so hard for him to call me Dad?"

"Enough," Ana said firmly, and she placed her hands on either side of Christian's face, looking right at him. "Ted loves you, Christian… he's struggling to call you Dad because he's never had a father before and it's a difficult concept for him to grasp. But that doesn't change the fact that he loves you… and I love you, and this baby is going to love you too. You're surrounded by so much love every single day, so please just stop with all this and try to enjoy this wonderful day when we're going to find out the sex of our child."

Christian gazed into Ana's eyes before his expression softened, and he smiled at her. "Okay," he agreed, and he kissed the palm of her hand. "Thank you, baby."

"You're welcome," Ana smiled at him, finally bringing her hands away from his face. Just then, Taylor slowed the car down and pulled into the parking lot of Dr. Greene's office.

"Ready to do this, Mrs. Grey?" Christian asked as Taylor brought the car up to the front door of the facility. Ana smiled.

"Definitely."

~/~

About half an hour later, Ana and Christian were in Dr. Greene's office, and Ana was laid up on the table wearing the standard blue paper robe. Her slightly protruding stomach made the robe more ill-fitting than usual, but she chose to ignore it as she lay back and waited for the doctor to arrive, her hands folded across her belly as she fiddled her thumbs. Christian sat in the chair next to her, reading one of the pamphlets he found.

"Hey, did you know a common side effect after a woman gives birth is incontinence?" Christian asked, reading something on the pamphlet. Ana couldn't help but snort with laughter.

"Great. So the baby and I can wear matching diapers?" she asked sarcastically, and Christian chuckled.

"Sorry I brought it up."

At that moment, there was a light knock on the door and Dr. Greene poked her head inside. She smiled. "Hey, you two. Are you ready to see your baby today?"

"Yup," Ana smiled as Dr. Greene stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. Christian set down his pamphlet before moving his chair closer to the table where Ana was laying.

"Alright, here we are," Dr. Greene wheeled over the ultrasound machine. "How have you been feeling since I last saw you, Ana? Any nausea, migraines, or stomach pain?"

"She was complaining of a headache when we were in the car earlier," Christian piped up, and Ana shot him a look.

"I got a headache earlier today, but it's going away now," she said to Dr. Greene, who nodded.

"That's good. Headaches are fairly normal during this stage of pregnancy, but if they become debilitating migraines that prevent you from going about your day-to-day activities, then I want you to call me." Dr. Greene turned on the machine and picked up the bottle of petroleum jelly. "Alright, you can open up your robe near the abdomen, and then we can get started."

Ana opened the front of her robe where her pregnant belly stuck out slightly. Dr. Greene squirted some of the jelly onto Ana's stomach before rubbing the tip of the ultrasound wand on her skin.

"Let's see here…" Dr. Greene fiddled with something on the machine, and after a moment, a rhythmic pitter-patter sound filled the small office space.

"Oh my God, is that…?" Ana's wide-eyed gaze met Christian's, and he smiled at her.

"Yup, that's your baby's heartbeat," Dr. Greene smiled, pointing at the heart monitor on the screen. "It looks very strong too - that's definitely what we want to see."

Christian took Ana's hand in his own, and Ana squeezed back, smiling widely. The sound of their baby's heartbeat was so reassuring and wonderful. She felt she could listen to that beautiful sound all day long.

"Alright. Now if I move over here… we can finally see your baby," Dr. Greene shifted the wand down before pulling the monitor forward, showing the black and white ultrasound footage of Ana's uterus. There was a small, distinct-looking blob in the center that was clearly the fetus.

Their baby.

Tears filled Ana's eyes as she stared at the screen. This was the first real glimpse they were getting of their child, aside from her first ultrasound months ago when it was still the size of a bean. Now it was much bigger, with distinct limbs and a head that looked quite large on its tiny body. Ana and Christian could only stare at the screen as if transfixed.

"Oh my God," Christian breathed after a moment, squeezing Ana's hand even tighter. "That's our baby."

Ana finally tore her gaze away to look at Christian, and she could see he had tears in his eyes as well. The two of them smiled widely at each other, their emotions making them incapable of speaking, and Christian leaned forward to kiss Ana sweetly on the forehead.

"…So are you guys ready to find out if you're having a boy or a girl?" Dr. Greene asked, tapping a couple buttons on the machine.

Ana and Christian still looked at each other, and they seemed to come to a silent consensus. "Yes, we're ready," Ana said to Dr. Greene, turning to look at her.

They were ready for this baby.

~Later~

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon once Christian and Ana were done at Dr. Greene's office, so Taylor drove them down to Ted's school to pick him up for the day. He was his usual exuberant self as he ran toward the car, his Spiderman backpack bouncing on his back as he rushed along.

"Slow down there, Tiger," Christian chuckled as he helped Ted take off his backpack and get into his carseat before buckling him in. "How was school today?"

"We learned about butterflies!" he exclaimed immediately, bouncing happily in his seat. "Teacher got us cocoons!"

"Wow, that's awesome," Ana said as Christian closed the car door and Taylor pulled back onto the road. "Do you want to tell us about it?"

The rest of the car ride was Ted telling them about how their teacher got cocoons that were going to hatch and become butterflies in the next few weeks, which they were then going to release into the wild. He talked as if they were the coolest things he'd ever seen, and his excitement made Ana and Christian smile at each other.

Taylor pulled into the driveway of their house when Ana's stomach suddenly rumbled.

"Oh no, we forgot to get my burger," Ana pouted, rubbing her stomach.

"Oh," Christian frowned. "I'm sorry. Taylor or I can run out to McDonald's really quick and grab you something if you'd like."

"No, that's okay. I won't put you through the trouble," Ana said as she got out of the car. "I'm sure Gail's leftover chicken from last night is still in the fridge…"

Christian and Ana helped Ted out of his carseat, and the four of them made their way inside the house. The whole place had changed quite a bit from when Ana and Christian first stepped into it a year ago - the vast, empty space had now been filled with furniture, bookshelves, coffee tables, a big screen TV, and dozens of pictures on the wall featuring the whole Grey family. There were many of Ana, Christian, and Ted at their wedding day nine months ago, but there were also some sweet family photos of them with Grace, Carrick, Elliot, Mia, and Ray.

Gail was currently dusting some of the bookshelves in the living room when they walked in, and she looked up and smiled at them.

"Hi guys," she greeted them brightly. "How was your day at school, Teddy?"

"Good!" Ted shouted before bolting upstairs toward his room. The adults all chuckled.

"The boy loves to learn," Ana smirked. "Gail, could I bother you right now to make me something to eat? I've really been craving meat today, and your roast chicken from last night sounds amazing right now."

"Of course, Ana," Gail smiled. "I'll heat up a plate of it for you."

"Ooh, and put some mustard on the side," Ana said as Gail made her way to the kitchen. "Thank you!"

"Chicken and mustard? Your pregnancy cravings are getting very strange, Mrs. Grey," Christian chuckled, taking off his suit jacket and placing it on the back of a nearby chair. The next moment, Ted came running back down the stairs and into the living room. He went straight for the TV, where he liked to watch his after-school cartoons, and Ana and Christian glanced at each other.

"Hey Ted, sweetie?" Ana made her way into the living room, and Christian followed her. "Can we talk to you for a second?"

She and Christian sat on the couch together, and Ted walked over to stand in front of his mother. As he was prone to do lately, his eyes went down to her slightly protruding stomach, and Ana ran her hand over it.

"Teddy, remember when we told you I was going to go to the doctor today?" Ana asked, and Ted nodded.

"Well… the doctor told us that this baby we're going to have is a girl," Ana said, and she exchanged a happy smile with Christian. "That means she is going to be your little sister."

"Sister?" Ted asked, as if testing out the word.

"Yeah," Christian nodded, smiling. "Me and Mommy are going to be her Mommy and Daddy, and you're going to be her big brother."

Ted didn't say anything for a moment as he reached out to caress Ana's protruding stomach. "Is she in there?"

"Yes, sweetie, she is," Ana said, smiling at him.

Ted then looked up at Christian. "Are you her daddy?"

"Yes, I am," Christian nodded. Ted's face suddenly fell into a heavy scowl, however, causing Ana and Christian to look at him in surprise.

"No," he said firmly, "You're my daddy! Mine!"

His unexpected possessiveness of Christian was a little shocking to say the least, but Ana's heart was immediately warmed when she heard him refer to Christian as his daddy - something she and Christian had been urging him to do for a long time now.

"Oh Teddy," Christian said sympathetically, and he reached forward to pick up Ted and perch him on his lap. "I'll always be your daddy, but now I'm going to be your sister's daddy too. It's a wonderful thing, I promise."

Ted didn't say anything as he crossed his arms stubbornly in front of his chest, and Ana and Christian both chuckled sympathetically.

"It's alright, buddy," Ana reached over and rubbed his arm. "Daddy and I will always love you, no matter what. We promise." When he still didn't answer, Ana let out a small sigh. "Would you like to watch your cartoons now?"

Ted immediately perked up, and he nodded. Christian and Ana both laughed as he hopped up off Christian's lap and scurried over to the TV.

"I suppose that could have gone worse," Ana said quietly as she settled into the couch and leaned against Christian's side. Ted turned on the TV and flipped the channel to Cartoon Network, where one of his favorite shows Adventure Time was playing. "He called you Daddy, though."

"Yeah, he did," Christian smiled brightly, and Ana couldn't help but smile too. She leaned her head against his shoulder, and she felt Christian press a sweet kiss to her forehead.

Gail soon brought Ana her plate of chicken and mustard, and she ate it while she, Christian, and Ted watched TV. Christian placed his arm along the couch behind Ana's head, and he pulled out his BlackBerry to check some emails. The three of them sat in comfortable silence for awhile as they watched the cartoon playing on TV, and once Ana finished her food she brought her dirty plate back into the kitchen.

"I think I'm going to head upstairs for a bit and finish up some work in my office," Ana said to Christian as she went back into the living room.

"Okay. I'll head upstairs with you," Christian said getting up from the couch. Ted was still transfixed by the TV, and didn't even notice his parents both leaving the room.

Christian and Ana were silent as they walked upstairs together, and Christian noticed her mindlessly running her hand along her stomach. "Everything alright, baby?" he asked, and Ana looked over at him.

"Yeah. Just thinking about our daughter," she said. They made it to the second floor landing and she suddenly stopped in her tracks. "I want to name her Hannah."

Christian gazed at Ana for a moment, seeing the firm resolve in her face, before smiling. "I think that's a wonderful name."

Ana smiled too, and she looked down at her stomach, her hand still caressing the small bump. Christian walked over to her and placed his hand over hers, and she looked up at him.

"I love you so much, Mrs. Grey," he whispered, his eyes conveying all the affection and love he felt. Ana smiled before leaning forward and kissing Christian softly on the lips.

"And I love you, Mr. Grey. I can't wait until our baby gets here."

THE END

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