Author's Note:

Thank you to everyone who has been following the story and for all the positive comments. I have had such a fun time writing this story and it's been so fun to play out the possibilities of what will happen next. The story for Ana and Christian is slowly coming to a close and there are still more fun things coming! I hope to see some new positive comments!

Thanks!

Christian POV

"Mr. Grey," Taylor says knocking on our bedroom door. "You've got some company, Sir," he continues.

I sit up in bed wondering who. "Who is it Taylor?" I ask pissed to be interrupted making love to my Ana.

"Mr. and Mrs. Grey, Elliot and Kate, and Mia and Ethan," he replies carefully.

"Keep them in the great room. I need five minutes," I shout smirking down at Ana as I move inside her. "This has to be quick baby," I whisper. She nods giggling quietly. I begin to really move inside of her. She's matching me thrust for thrust. I can feel her tightening around me and she moans my name as she reaches her orgasm. I cum hard collapsing on top of her. When I open my eyes, I realize my head is on her chest, but she doesn't seem to mind. I choose to stay but remain still. "Thank you, Ana. I needed that," I say pulling out of her. I realize then she's bleeding. "Ana, you're bleeding!" I shout seeing her eyes shoot up to meet mine.

"The baby," she whispers. Without another word I fling the bedroom door open and yell for my mother. She comes running to our bedroom. I realize then that I'm naked and toss on my briefs.

"Ana's bleeding," I whisper tears pooling in my eyes. She walks over and looks at her.

"Ana darling, are you cramping? Any pain?" she asks calmly. Ana shakes her head. "Let me take a quick look," she says settling between Ana's legs. After a moment she looks up at Ana and then to me. "The baby's fine, but when I said bed rest, I meant taking it easy Christian. You need to be gentle with her," she says laughing. "I'll let you two dress and I'll see you in the great room."

I pull Ana to her feet and slide on a pair of panties. "Do you want your chest covered or open?" I ask her.

She thinks for a moment, "Open," she replies. I'm not sure if she's doing this to be strong or because she can't stand to be touched by clothing after her shower. Either way I nod and grab her favorite wrap dress. I help her get it on and once she's finished, I throw on a pair of dark wash jeans and a t-shirt.

"Ready?" I ask her gently. She hasn't had to face anyone since she was attacked, and I worry that this may be too much for her. I may kill Mia for assuming coming over unannounced would be okay after all that Ana has just been through.

"It's going to be fine," she replies pulling me out of my thoughts. I wish I felt as confident as what Ana does about being around so many people. She grabs my arm and lets me lead her towards the great room. "Gail?" Ana calls as we pass her in the hallway.

"Yes Mr. and Mrs. Grey?" Gail replies.

"We have some company. Can you please set the dining room for eight? Wine for seven and a cranberry spritzer for me?" Ana asks kindly.

"Yes Mrs. Grey. Do you have a special request for your dinner meal?" Gail asks.

"No. Whatever you have will be fine. If it's too much trouble with such short notice, we can just order in," Ana continues.

"Mrs. Grey, it really is no trouble. I'll make spaghetti with a side salad and breadsticks. I can have it done in thirty or so minutes. Will that be okay?" Gail responds quickly.

"Take all the time you need Gail. We'll just be lounging in the great room. Please call Prescott and have her help you set the table. I'd help myself, but I'm afraid that I'm not steady enough yet. Please let me know if you need more help," Ana tells her. I'm so glad that Ana has learned her way around having staff. She knows how to manage them well now and knows how to predict when a task may be more than they can handle on their own. Mr. Jones nods at Ana and turns to head off to the kitchen to start preparations.

Ana POV

I squeeze Christian's arm harder as we get closer to the great room. I'm afraid of facing the rest of his family after the attack that I've just been through. I stop a moment before we reach the great room to take a deep calming breath. "If you don't want to do this, I can tell them that you're not up to it," Christian tells me with a worried look on his face.

"I need to do this Christian. At some point I need to face what happened. I wish I could hide in this ivory tower forever, but I need to get back out in the world. I'm afraid if I wait too long that it might get too easy to stay here," I confess to him. I decide it's now or never and make my way into the great room.

"Ana!" Mia screams standing up from the oversized grey sofa and running towards me. "How are you? You look great!" she says only a few steps from me.

"Careful Mia," Christian says before she gets close enough to touch me. "She's still in a lot of pain and prefers not to be touched," he finishes. I'm grateful that he defends me before I even have the chance to say anything myself. Mia looks at me with a mournful look stopping just a step away from me and replaces her arms by her side.

"It's okay Mia, please just be gentle," I say lifting my arms out to hug her. She steps forward slowly and wraps me in a loose hug. It feels weird to be touched by someone other than Christian or his security staff, but it's been missed. I let Mia go and make my way towards the couch where the rest of the family is sitting waiting for us. I look over to Kate and see that she has a steady stream of tears running down her face. "I'm okay Kate," I whisper reaching out to grab her hand reassuringly. Her eyes drift to the burns littered across my chest and she looks torn apart.

"I wish there were something I could do for you Ana. If I could step in your place, I would have in an instant," Kate sobs to me. I look slowly from each family member to another and am surprised at how much love I can feel coming out of the room. It's been forever since I've felt like part of something so special. I can feel it now just how much love we all share for one another in this growing family.

"I appreciate that Kate. I appreciate you all being here tonight to spend time with us. Gail is going to make dinner and we were hoping you would all stay to eat with us," Ana says addressing my family. Everyone nods in agreement and we break off in light conversation about everything other than what Ana is living through.

Ana POV

"You amaze me Anastasia! How do you do it?" Christian asks me gently running his fingers through my hair.

"I'm not sure what you're referring to Sir, but you're the amazing one Mr. Grey," I reply giggling. "I'm talking about how you overcome everything with so much grace. You just entertained for six guests after you've just been through a horrible ordeal. You're letting people touch you Ana, hell you're wearing clothes. I don't know how you can hold so much restraint for your feelings or for the pain," he says shaking his head. I guess I just don't see this situation in the same light as what Christian does. I am afraid, horribly afraid, but I'm more afraid that I'll lose myself if I acknowledge the amount of pain and hurt in my heart. I just want to live my life without letting Jack ruin my life the way he wanted to. "Ana will you be okay? I need to go speak with Taylor and Sawyer?" he asks me pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Yes. I'm okay Christian. I want to talk to you about Sawyer before you meet with him and Taylor. Are you planning on letting him go?" I ask him directly.

"Ana, you have to understand, he let you get hurt. This happened to you because he didn't do his job. If I would have lost you, both of you, I would never be the same. He needs to show some responsibility for what happened to you. He's been hiding things from me and he works for me. I don't tolerate dishonesty Anastasia!" he shouts at me. I knew he was mad about the situation, but I can't let Sawyer lose his job because of my instructions. I'm very fond of Sawyer and the way that he makes me feel comfortable. I don't want him to be replaced, especially if its with Prescott.

"Christian listen. I got hurt because of Jack, not because of Sawyer. He followed protocol by trying to protect me until I could get to the safe room. It isn't his fault that Jack got to me. He was knocked out Christian. He's lucky that Jack didn't try to hurt him more than knocking him unconscious. If you want to be mad about not knowing that I was sick or about the pregnancy, blame me. I begged him not to because I didn't know how you'd feel about the whole thing. Sawyer makes me feel safe when you can't be here unlike the rest of the security team. Please give him another chance," I beg him.

It takes forever for Christian to respond, but I'm not backing down from this. I don't want Sawyer held accountable for the decisions that I made knowing that Christian would be upset with them. "Okay, but I still want to set the expectations for him for the future. Anastasia if he is ever out of line again, he is done though and no level of pleading will be able to change that," he says climbing out of bed. I smile glad that he has agreed to give him another chance.