Ana

I feel like I'm caught in some kind of fog, but slowly drift back into consciousness. I try to open my eyes but only manage to blink a few times before I give up and drift back into a deep slumber.

When I wake up the next time I hear faint voices and a beeping noise like a heart monitor or something. I try to remember what happened or where I am and slowly the memories come back to me... meeting with Taylor... going to Escala... Christian with Elena ready to give him head... me leaving Escala ... and then the car with Elena driving and... and nothing...

"Ana darling, can you hear me?" I hear a gentle voice that sounds oddly familiar.

"Grace?" I croak, oh my throat is so dry, just uttering this one single word is so painful that tears come to my eyes.

"I'm going to put a straw to your mouth, Ana. You have to take small sips, we don't want you to get sick, darling." She says and I was never as grateful for just a few sips of water as I am now.

"That's better, now can you open your eyes for me, sweetheart?" She asks and I blink a few times before I manage to open them, but it's too bright.

"The light... hurts." I whisper.

"It's okay, keep your eyes closed, can you answer a few questions for me?" She asks and I nod slightly.

"Good, so can you tell me your name?"

"Anastasia Rose Steele."

"Very good, now do you know what years it is?"

"2011" Shit, does she think I'm suffering from amnesia or do I have brain damage?

"Do you know where you are?"

"Hospital."

"Good, now are you in pain?"

"No, just sore... very sore, how bad is it, Grace?" I ask, I want to know what that bitch has done to me.

"A car hit you."

"Elena." I reply.

"We know, darling, she is under arrest, but we can talk about that later. You have suffered a hairline fracture to your skull, which led to brain swelling and we needed to release fluids that had gathered between your brain and skull. You have a fractured left elbow, right ankle and left wrist, along with fractured and bruised ribs. There has been severe internal bleeding, but it has been fixed. You will make a full recovery, but it will take some time for your to fully heal."

"Has someone called my parents?" Mom and Ray will be so worried... I don't want them to worry.

"Of course, sweetheart. They have been here with you for the last week."

"Week?" I gasp.

"We kept you in a coma to give your body time to recover from the severe trauma the accident induced."

"Not an accident." I whisper.

"I know, but Elena will get what she deserves, she is not going to get away with this. Your parents and Christian are outside, do you want to see them." She asks and now I do open my eyes, ignoring the harsh light hurting me.

"I don't ever want to see your son again! Tell him to go to hell." I hiss with what little strength I have left.

"Ana... things are different from what you think..."

"No... I... don't want to see him! It's all his fault!" I spit out and the monitors start to beep.

"Please darling, you need to stay calm, I won't let Christian come to see you if this is what you want, but we have to keep your blood pressure down, it's important." Grace says and I nod. As long as I don't have to see that lying piece of shit ever again I will be fine.

Christian

Finally my Mom told me that Ana is awake, I just wish she would finally come out of her room so I can see her. I need to see her, tell her how sorry I am, that I love her and our baby... that I will try to be the best boyfriend and father for them, because that's what Ana and our baby deserve.

"Can I see her?" I ask as soon as my mother steps out of Ana's room.

"Carla, Ray, why don't you go in and talk to your daughter." She says instead and stops me from following them.

"Mom, please I need to see Ana!" Why the hell is she stopping me? I need to see my girl!

"Christian darling, you need to listen to me... Ana, she doesn't want to see you. She got very upset when I told her you are here to see her and we can't risk her to get upset, she is still very fragile and with the baby we also can't risk for her blood pressure to rise. Give her some time, she just woke up maybe tomorrow..."

"No! I need to see her now!" I demand.

"Christian, as your mother I do understand that you want to see her, but as a doctor I have to act in my patients best interest. If Ana's blood pressure rises, it can cause harm to the baby and we can't let that happen. It is a miracle that the baby has survived, please give her some time until she is ready to see you." My mother says and if it wasn't for her mentioning that me going to see Ana could harm both her and our unborn child I would storm inside that room and demand for us to talk things out.

"Has she told you why she doesn't want to see me?"

"No, I'm so sorry, darling."

"Does she know... about the baby?"

"I haven't told her. You know, we agreed to wait for a few days until she feels a bit better and had some time with her family before we tell her, she is just eight weeks along, so it's likely she didn't know she is pregnant when ... the accident happened."

"Okay... just keep me updated." I murmur and leave the hospital. I want to stay, but I can't risk to upset her and put her and the baby at risk by doing so... Still the bitter thought crosses me that Elena has won yet again.

Ana - Four days later

"There, see you can do it!" My nurse Heather says cheerfully and I want to roll my eyes. I was just allowed to get out of bed for the first time. While it was a relieve to finally use the bathroom and not being left with no choice but to use a bedpan, it has been an ordeal to get to the bathroom. With one arm and one foot in a cast, as well as being strapped in and bandaged due to my cracked ribs and incision on my stomach I needed two nurses to help me keep my balance and it was more like them carrying me than me actually walking.

"I feel like I'm ninety years old." I pout and she laughs.

"It will get easier the more you try, we have to get you back on your feet, young lady." She says making me giggle. Heather is only ten years older than me, but from the first time we met here she acted like a mother towards me.

"So, you have some physical therapy in the afternoon and before that Dr. Greene will stop by." She says and I frown.

"Dr. Greene? Why do I need to see my OB/GYN?" I ask confused, I know about all my injuries, but at least with that part of my body and intestines all is fine.

"Oh umm... I'll be right back." She says and instead of her my mother and Grace return with Kate. Okay, something isn't right here...

"What is going on?" I ask and both Grace and my Mom look at each other and shift uncomfortably, so Kate steps forward and takes my hand. Shit this is bad...

"Kate, please what is going on, did I suffer more injuries than I was told... I mean they didn't have to get it all out? I still can have kids right?" I ask suddenly feeling panic rising. I mean, I don't want kids for a few more years, but I want to be a mom one day.

"Ana, stop sweetie, it's okay. You can still have kids... actually ... well, you are having a baby Ana." She says. My mouth drops open and my hands instinctively fly to my belly.

"A baby... are you kidding me? I'm on birth control and ... is this really true?" I ask and look at my mother and Grace for confirmation.

"It's true Ana, you are pregnant, darling." My mother says and I can't help it I start to cry.

"Ana please, you don't have to cry, we are all there for you and..."

"Mom, I'm not upset... I mean the timing is terrible... but this is a good thing, right?" I get out through my tears and all three women sigh in relief.

"It is, Ana... now Christian..."

"NO! Grace, I'm sorry to say this in front of you, but Christian will never come anywhere near my child. Not as long as I am alive."

"Ana, he is the father." My mother gasps.

"Yeah, and what a father he will be. No, absolutely not. Believe me none of you knows what I know about Christian and my child will never be objected to a person like that."

I know they must think I have lost my mind to actually consider keeping a child from his father, but I just can't allow him to have part in raising this child. He considered a child molester his friend and worse, they never stopped their disgusting affair. I want to believe that I know the real Christian, the man who deep down is kind and caring, but just so broken that he hides behind his cold exterior, but after seeing him with Elena just moments before she tried to kill me, I have to question if he was ever honest with me to begin with.

If their affair continued and all of his subs didn't know about it, it's just disgusting. He cheated on me with a freaking pedophile and believes she is his friend. I'm sure even now he has his lawyers working to find a way to get her out of jail. Hell, for all that I know the entire blackmail story was just a scheme for them to get rid of me and when I saw them together they feared I would out them, so they had to act quick to get rid of me. I don't want to believe this is what happened, but I don't know and right now, I just can't face Christian.

Seeing him with that horrible woman, when I thought he truly wanted me back... it just hurts so bad. And then there's the fact that he doesn't do love. He wants to possess and dominate the women in his life. Suppose our child is a girl, do I truly want her to be raised by a father who believes men stand above women? Do I want her to witness her father treat my like his property only for her to grow up and find a man who treats her the same? No, that's not what I want and if it's a boy, I don't want him to be raised to have the same view on women as his father...

I have to protect my child and as much as it hurts, in this moment I feel like Christian is a threat to us, so I have to keep him away from us... at least until I am strong enough to face him...

I know some of you won't like Ana's reaction, but we all know what they say about making assumptions, right?