Hello I am back once again, thank you all for your continued support of this story. For those of you who are new welcome. I hope you all enjoy this new chapter let me know in the comments-AJ
Taylor POV
The boss has asked me to pick up Ana because Sawyer has to go to a personal appointment. In reality he is going to the hospital to check on JJ, the young soldier who was hurt in the break-in of the Grey's apartment. They have been seeing one another for a while now but Sawyer doesn't have the heart to tell the boss just yet. I've been telling him it's better to get it over with then waiting for Grey to find out himself, I know from personal experience with Gail.
So here I am waiting outside Grey publishing for Mrs. Grey to come out, then we will head to Dr. Grey's to pick up the little on. It's been about a week or so with the little Grey and boy is he a cute one. He is a little younger then my own daughter Sophie whom I don't get to see very often.
I know that both Christian and Ana will be great parents, as soon as Grey pulls his head out of his ass. I laugh at his pigheadedness sometimes, eventually he will realize it is all about communication in relationships.
I lean back in my chair trying to get comfortable because I am here a little early just in case Ana gets done earlier then expected. I start to doze off a little when I hear the door to the building crash open. I'm instantly on high alert and peer out the window to see Sawyer coming through the door. My eyes go wide and I'm out of the car in a second.
Oh fuck, oh fuck what the fuck! This is all I can think as I race towards them. Ana is passed out in Sawyer's arms and hangs there limply. There is blood everywhere and I can't pinpoint where the wound/s are at. Sawyer's face is a mixture of emotions.
"What the FUCK happened" I bite out. He looks up at me concerned then shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know Taylor, one minute she told me that she had to go down to the copy room then we could leave. The next thing I know she is shouting my name, I race out of her office and she is stumbling down the hall, blood pouring down her face, then she passed out in my arms." He says in an exasperated tone.
"Call the police, and get an ambulance here ASAP. I will go in check things out," he nods and gently places the girl on the ground so he can get his phone out. I decide that I should be the one to call Christian and I will do so after I find out what happened in that copy room.
I rush into the building and I notice there is blood that leads down to the basement. I follow it and pull out my gun from its holster. I slowly push open the door to the copier room. The table is pushed to the corner of the room. On the floor I see a man in the fetal position one hand is holding his junk and the other is holding his face. Pathetic I think as I stalk over to him.
I reach down to the man and grab his collar and jerking him to his feet. He whimpers as I pull him up. His greasy red hair has a tint of blood mixed into in from what looks like a kick to the face.
"What the fuck happened. Don't even think about lying to me," I tell him still holding his collar.
"Nothing, that bitch got what she dissevered," he sneers. My eyes turn to slits, this pathetic man hurt Ana one of the nicest, kindest people I have ever met.
"You are so lucky that I am here. You may escape with our life," if Christian was here this guy would surely be dead by now. Even still I can't do nothing; I bring the butt of my gun and smash it against his face. He lets out a girlish gurgle then passes out.
"That's for Ana, dirtbag," I spit out. I leave him passed out on the floor and head out to find the security room, that I know Christian must have installed. I find it on the first floor right by the stairs.
I need to review the tapes and get a copy before the police arrive and start to ask questions. I watch the whole thing including when he tries to grope her and it makes me feel better about smashing my gun into his face. I discreetly erase the part where I hit him and save a copy onto a flash drive. I leave the security room to go check on Ana and Sawyer.
When I get back outside I see that Ana is still lying on the floor and Sawyer is kneeling over her making sure she is still breathing. I go over to assess her injuries, I see right away that it looks like she hit her nose pretty. I gently touch it to see if it's broken, which it's not, thank god. I can hear the sirens from the ambulance in the background getting closer and then they are here it a swirling mass of color and chaos.
They start to load Ana onto the back of their Rig, the police show up only a couple minutes later. They ask Sawyer and I both questions of what happened we tell them and I mention the security footage. Eventually they pack up everything and start to leave, Ana along with them. I bark at Sawyer to follow her to the hospital, he hurries off to the SUV. I sigh it's time to call the Boss.
"Grey," he says.
"Christian, it's Ana, she's hurt," I tell him.
CG POV
There are only a few times I have ever felt this helpless. The first being when I laid next to my dead mother for four day slowly starving, and the second being when Ana wanted to leave me for good. I vowed never to feel that helpless ever again, but now I can't seem to get enough air into my lungs.
I can feel gut wrenching pain in my gut and this intense ringing in my ears. I can vaguely hear Taylor yelling my name into the phone. I can't move and I can't breathe, I feel my knees giving out and I feel my body hit the floor.
Yesterday, I promised her yesterday, nothing would hurt her and know I shake my head from that thought. The door to my office opens and I can see Welch standing in the doorway. Taylor must have called him which I'm grateful for because I have no idea how I am to get to Ana in this condition.
"Christian, come on breath," Welch says to me. I'm still having a hard time getting air into my lungs.
"Ana," I choke out blinking up at him.
"Yes I know I'm here to take her to you," he says to me coaxing me to get up.
"She's not," I can't even say the words.
"No but she needs you, so be a man and get off the floor so you can go to your wife and be there for you like she would for you, now Get Up Christian I cannot physically lift you," he says with a raised voice. Under normal circumstances I would never let anyone talk to me that way. But he is right I need to be there for Ana.
I spring to my feet and straighten out my suit, finally I square my shoulders so that I look every bit the powerful CEO that I am. I look sharply at Welch and make my way out of the office. I see many of my workings milling around trying to get a glimpse of me.
"SHOWS OVER, get back to work or you're all fired," I say a little more sharply than I intended. Crying Christian is gone, fighting Christian is here, and he will not let the darkness take over.
I storm out of the building into the garage with Welch hot on my heel; he slides into the driver's seat of one of the companies SUV's. We take off towards the hospital in a break neck speed; I again silently thank Taylor for getting Welch to kick me into gear.
I realize that I need to call my mother, she still has Teddy, she is probably wondering where we are. I grab my phone and call her.
"Hi Christian, darling," she says.
"Hello mother, I need you to watch Teddy for a little longer," I say to her.
"Oh dear, what is wrong?" she asks knowing that I'm upset.
"Ana…she's been hurt," I hear a gasp on the other side of the phone, "I don't know anything yet or how bad it is. I was wondering if I could talk to Teddy for a little bit," I ask.
"Of course, here he is dear," she says in a hoarse voice.
"Daddy," I hear him squeal over the phone and my heart constricts.
"Hey, buddy. Listen you might have to stay with GG night okay," I tell him.
"No Daddy I want to go home with you and Mommy," he tells me with what I think is a toddler pout.
"I am so sorry buddy, I will see if I can get over there tonight but you're going to have to stay at GG," I tell him again.
"Okay Daddy," I hear him sniffle and my heart breaks a little more. I heard shuffling as he hands the phone back to my mother.
"Christian?" she asks.
"Yeah," I say.
"We are all here for you okay, we love you," she tells me and I feel the tears gather.
"Thank you, I will keep everyone informed," I tell her then hang up and stare absentmindedly out the car window.
We reach the hospital and I can see Taylor waiting outside for me, I jump out of the car not waiting for Welch to stop and open my door. I practically run to Taylor needing information ASAP.
"How is she Taylor," I ask.
"She is going to be fine, had a mild concussion and a hairline fracture on her nose. Other than that she is okay. She passed out at the scene and we are just waiting for her to wake up now. Also she is going to have some really bad bruising around her eyes just a heads up, it looks a lot worse than it is, " he tells me and I nearly sag in relief.
"Take me to her room and fill me in on what happened," I say heading into the hospital.
We have to talk to an incredibly annoying nurse who won't stop fluttering her eyes at me before we get the info of where Ana is. Taylor and I practically race down the hallway and he fills me in on what happened including that he smashed his gun into this guys face. I am filled with a murderous rage at his words of what this rat bastard did. We stop right outside her room and I see Sawyer standing there guarding her door.
Walking right up to him I put my finger in his face and spit, "You are fucking fired get out of here." He cringes then nods and starts to walk away.
"Sir, I recommend you watch this video before you fire him," Taylor says holding up a flash drive.
That is the least of my concerns right now but I nod and Sawyer remains although farther away than he was before. I pull the sliding glass door open and there she is so small under the covers. She is so pale and lifeless that I can't bear to see her like this. I touch her hand glad that it is warm and that there is life still within her. I brush a piece of hair from her head and kiss her forehead.
"Mmh," she gurgles then starts to flutter her eyes. I sigh in relief when her power blue eyes meet my grey one and I give her one of my most charming smiles. She just continues to stare at me, I search her eyes missing something.
"Who are you and where am I," she asks.
Dear lord could this day get any worse, please don't tell me she doesn't remember who I am. I don't think I could take it if she doesn't remember me. I grip her hand in mine and stare into her beautiful face.
"Ana it's me Christian, your husband, please say you remember me and our son Teddy." I plead to her. She smiles at me then lets out a laugh that goes straight to my soul.
"Ow," she says touching her nose, "Man laughing hurts, I'm just joking I know exactly who you are. It's been a pretty shitty day I wanted to laugh a little. I love you so much Christian."
"Oh Ana, you scared me so much. I don't…." I place my head on her arm. I feel her run her fingers through my hair and I finally feel better. With her next to me I feel invincible and I love her more than life.
We sit like this for a couple of minutes both of us unwinding from what happened today. Taylor brings us food that Gail has made for us and Ana and I eat together. Then she tells me about this fucking Jack Hyde and how she had a bad feeling about him but never told me. I am so angry at this fucker I could murder him, I nearly got up to do it to but then Taylor reminds me that he is most likely in police custody already. Well thank fuck for that I think.
A couple of hours later the doctor tell us that Ana can go home which she is happy about. He says that she has to be monitored for 24 hours just in case the concussion is worse than expected. That if she is not feeling well to bring her back immediately.
"Is Teddy still at your moms house," Ana asks as we climb into the car.
"Yeah, he was upset that he had to stay at there longer than expected. He should be asleep right now, but let's go pick him up and go home," I tell her.
When we get to my mother's house for the third time that day I tell Ana to stay in the car while I go and get him. She nods clearly tired from the day's events. I head up to the house and my mother opens the door as soon as I knock.
"Christian, oh god is Ana okay," she asks.
"Yes she is fine; it is a really long story to tell tonight. I came to get Teddy then go home with the two of them," I say kissing her on the cheek. I notice my father has come into the room I tell him we need to talk later about what happened today he nods.
"Teddy is in your old room," my mother tells me.
I trot up the stairs to my old room, when I am halfway up the stairs I hear a bloodcurdling scream from the room I was headed for. Last time I heard a scream like that I walked into find a nurse abusing her power over my son. I run to the room and toss open the door, inside I find my son tangled in the sheets thrashing about. His little forehead drenched in sweat and his small fist clutching the blankets. I get a sense of déjà vu. It's as if I am looking at my younger self thrashing amongst the sheets, tormented by the past.
I gently sit on the edge of the bed and stroke his sweaty hair from his face. Then I place my hand on his shoulder and try to shake him awake. He sits up so fast that I jerk back a little bit.
"Ahhhhhh! Please no touch, it hurts pwease…pwease no," he yells and I flinch back a little more. Teddy usually has no trouble with touch but he suddenly flinch from my hand on his shoulder. His eyes seem to focus a little more on to me and then he rubs them a little.
"Daddy?" he asks pulling back the covers and then giving me a giant hug. I'm completely bewildered at his actions, though I give him a big hug back. I gently pick him up so that he is resting on my shoulder and chest.
"Yeah buddy it's me, you ready to go home?" I ask him. He nods then closes his eyes resting peacefully against me.
I walk with him back down stairs my parents are waiting at the bottom of the steps curious as to what happened. I explain that it was only a nightmare, they nod understanding all too well what that is like. I kiss my mother and shake hands with my dad and head out to the car where my wife waits. Finally we get to go home. I only have one thought now that I have the people I love the most within arms reach. Jack Hyde is a dead man, and I will ruin him, he will regret ever being born.
Thank you guys again for reading my story. What did you think of the joke Ana played on Christian?Or that Sawyer is gay? Let me know in the comments. Until next time -AJ
