Grandmia's Perfect Russian Princess

Epilogue

3 years later

Annae

 

I look down at my little girl and watch as she makes her crawling steps towards Kellan. He opens his arms for her and she falls into them laughing, he chuckles down at her and swings her into the air. She lets out a loud shriek of laughter and smiles over at me, holding open her arms and leaning towards where I am sitting. I stand up and take her out of Kellan's arms, he wraps his arms around my waist and kisses my neck. I look over my shoulder at him and grin.

"Love you," he whispers into my neck.

"I love you too," I respond.

I tickle Valentina and she snuggles into my arms, the doorbell sounds and I let out an excited gasp, Kellan kisses the top of my head and walks out into the hall. Kellan opens the door and laughs as an excited 2 year old boy runs into the living room. "Auntie Anna!" He screams, I put a finger on my lips and put Valen in the crib beside me.

"Just got her to sleep, sweetie. Where's your mum?"

He grins up at me and points to the doorway, I look at Kelsey and she leans against the doorway, grinning from ear to ear. I walk over and hug her, seeing Kellan and Harry talking behind us, they look up and smile.

I pull away and look at her. "You're okay?" I ask her.

"He's a handful, but I'm hoping he'll calm down when we have another baby." She puts a protective hand on her stomach and grins at me.

I send a shocked look to Harry and he laughs, nodding. "She wants another baby, she misses that fact that Harry doesn't need her as much as he used to."

Kelsey sticks her tongue out at him and he chuckles. "I don't see you complaining when we..." I smack my hand over her mouth and point to Valentina

"She's only 2 months old, I don't want you putting naughty words in her head!" I whisper, we glare at each other and then burst out laughing, I walk her over to the sofa and we sit down.

We start to talk about some random topics and we don't even hear it when a very pregnant Charley walks into the room, she sits in the chair in front of the sofa and coughs. We both look up and she rubs her stomach, moaning about morning sickness. "Only 1 month left of this torture, how did you two survive this?"

"Shouting at our husbands," we say at the same time, Charley gives us a weird look and Niall walks into the room laughing. Kellan and Harry follow after him with Eva and Cameron in tow, Eva sits beside us and sighs.

I look around the room and sigh in contentment, the phone sounds in the hallway and I get up to answer it. Just at that moment Valentina starts crying, Kellan gives a sympathetic smile and gets up to help Valen.

I walk into the hall and grab the phone. "Baptist residence."

"Annae?"

"Grandmia?"

She chuckles on the other end of the phone. "Of course child, when can I see my great-granddaughter?"

"Next week like we planned," I tell her smiling.

"Your such a good girl, Annae. Your my little princess, always have been and you always will be until my dying breath." I hear her sob in the background and I soften my voice.

"I know, I'm Grandmia's Princess."

"I'm sorry for what I said 3 years ago." She says between sobs.

"What?"

"For saying you sound too much like a German, your Russian through and through. You've always been the perfect granddaughter to me, always there and you never had a heartless bone in your body. Your Grandmia's perfect Russian princess."

I feel tears slide down my cheeks and we both bid each other fare well, I sink to the floor with my back against the wall and smile. I am Grandmia's Perfect Russian Princess.