"Take your time Mrs Grey." John Flynn whispered to her with a soft smile. "We can take as much time as you like."

"It's Ana…" She whispered back looking to him once more. She was nervous. She didn't know why. Pretty much everyone knew what had happened to her. It was all in the papers and the incident that happened with Elizabeth made front page news. Perks of being married to a billionaire. And not just any billionaire. Christian Grey, who probably had his hand glued to his phone right now waiting to hear from her. She insisted on coming here alone and told Christian to go to work. Well with Taylor who was in the waiting area waiting for her to finish when in fact Ana hadn't even started. She didn't know where to start. Yes, it was her idea to come and see Flynn, but now that she was here? She was lost for words. Christian had insisted Taylor go with her while he was at the office seeing as Prescott was still being investigated regarding the incident with Elizabeth. She was still critical and although Carrick was doing his best to get Prescott released the PD were not budging.

"Okay Ana." John replied softly. "Why don't we start with how you are currently feeling? Don't think about it just say the first word that comes into your head."

Ana gave a small nod. "Nervous." She admitted to him.

"Nervous about talking to me or nervous in general?"

Ana looked to him as she thought. Was it this meeting making her nervous or was she feeling generally nervous all the time? "I'm not sure…" She mumbled with a frown. "Ever since I was taken…my own shadow makes me jump."

"And that's perfectly normal." Flynn reassured her. "How do you feel when you're at home?" He asked curiously to her.

Ana shrugged a little. "A bit on edge…"

"Nervous?" Flynn suggested to her.

Ana gave a nod. "Just a bit."

"Ana what you're feeling right now is completely normal. What you went through with Jack Hyde and not to mention your incident yesterday was pretty traumatic. Then to go back to your home…where you were originally taken, it's going to make you nervous and on edge, but it will get better. As difficult as this sounds, don't concentrate on what happened but think about how you can move forward and try and rebuild your life again. What's happened has happened, we can't change the past, but you can take control of your future and how you proceed from now on."

Ana listened to him and gave a slight nod. "I want to feel normal. I want to feel like me again. Right now I just feel so…lost. Christian can only touch me to a certain extent…"

"Let's talk about Christian." Flynn cut in looking to him. "How has your relationship been since what happened to you?" He asked, although he knew the answer. Christian had already spoken to him over the phone regarding his concerns and what had happened since Ana woke up in hospital. He wanted Ana's take on things. He knew Christian could be over dramatic at times.

"Strained." She replied looking to him, crossing her legs. "I think he's struggling with not being able to touch me." She shrugged a little and sighed. "I'm mad at him."

"Why are you mad at Christian?"

"He went behind my back to see Elena Lincoln while I was in hospital." She looked to him. "He said he tried to come and see you but you weren't here."

"And that is correct." He told her. "I had six missed off him when I checked my phone." He looked to her. "Are you more mad at Christian or Elena?"

"I was furious with Christian, but then he explained how Elena lied and tried to turn me against him and my anger turned towards her. She's a never ending problem in our lives. No matter how many times he tries to cut ties with her she always seems to just…pop up."

"Women like Elena Lincoln like to cause problems. She nearly succeeded in doing that by thinking that you and Christian would fall out indefinitely. She likes to think she has the power when in reality she has none. It's you who Christian loves and it's you who has chosen to spend the rest of his life with. She hates that it's not her. You make him feel something that she never could and she hates it. She hates not being in control. Ignore her and she will soon go away."

Ana simply nodded before she looked to him. "I take it he's told you?" She asked, wondering if he did know.

Flynn smiled to her. "He did. Congratulations. How do you feel about the pregnancy?"

"Shocked. Scared. Nervous. Worried."

Flynn smiled. "Similar to Christian's feelings. Though he used a few more different words to describe his feelings."

Ana raised an eyebrow. "Such as?"

"That you will have to ask your husband. Patient confidentiality." He told before looking to her once more. "Let's talk about you not wanting to be touched." He began as he twisted his pen in his hand. "Do you fear Christian will hurt you?"

Ana frowned and shook her head. "No of course not…I mean I know he wouldn't intentionally hurt me…"

"But?"

"The burns still hurt. Between my broken and bruised ribs to the burns…I can't distinguish where my pain is coming from…"

"You're managing the pain though aren't you?"

Ana nodded. "I have medication that I take when I really need to." She sighed. "I can tolerate my back to his chest…his one arm around me…"

"You have a burn on your back though." He countered to her. He was well aware of all her injuries.

"It doesn't hurt." Ana countered back to him. "The burns on the front of my body hurt more. They sting and throb all the time." She shrugged. "Just the thought of them being touched makes me feel sick."

"Did the hospital not provide you with a cream to help?"

Ana shook her head. "I have an appointment tomorrow. I was waiting until then but had hoped that the pain would have started to ease…"

"You shouldn't have waited so long if they are causing you that much pain."

"I didn't want to worry Christian." She mumbled with a sigh. "He worries too much about me."

"You're his wife."

"I know, but sometimes it can be suffocating. When he's worried about me he's not my husband. He's my babysitter."

"Have you told him how you felt?"

Ana nodded. "On a number of occasions. He just doesn't seem to get it."

"Probably because he doesn't." Flynn told her with a sigh before he popped his pen and paper down and looked to her. "Remember when we met here before….we talked about Christian and him being like an adolescent? Well although he's come a long way….he is still in this adolescent stage and probably making a lot more mistakes because he doesn't know what to do." He looked to her. "Is there anything you're not telling Christian?"

"I don't want to bore him with the details. He knows what happened." She shrugged.

"But you're not talking to him. And this is where the problem lies, Ana. I've listened to him and now I'm listening to you. You both need to listen to each other….you both have similar fears and worries and you're not communicating with one another. As horrible as it sounds, giving him the details may help him to understand what exactly is going on in that head of yours."

Ana frowned. "But he's been through similar circumstances. He should have a rough of idea."

Flynn shook his head as he looked to her. "No…yes he may have been seriously neglected at a child, but in reality in his entire adult life he has never had someone he loved snatched from him. He understands your trauma but he also knows how his childhood trauma affected him and he's scared on how what happened to you will affect you. He's scared Ana. He doesn't know how to tell you that so he puts on a brave face and tries his best, although at times it can seem he's been a right idiot. Everything with you is so…new and you challenge him in ways he has never thought he would have to deal with. It scares him that he doesn't know what you're thinking. You challenge him more than you know but right now he is so scared…" He paused and looked to her. "Let's talk about your nightmares."

Ana listened to him, sighing a little. She knew everything he was saying was true. At his comment about her nightmares she frowned. "He told you about them?"

"Not in detail but he says you have them. To the extent you woke up in tears the other night."

"It was just a silly nightmare."

"A vivid nightmare." Flynn countered to her. "Talk me through them."

Ana shook her head. "I don't want too." She mumbled looking down to her hands in her lap. "I want to forget about them."

"Okay…we can forget them for now." He told her before resting his own hands in his lap. "Is there anything else you want to tell me? Or ask me?"

Ana looked to him. "How do I get back to normal?" She whispered to him.

Flynn frowned. "You mention normal a lot…what's normal to you Ana?"

"Normal is not fearing my husband will leave me cause I won't let him touch me. Christian craves intimacy and I can't give him that right now." She whispered, tears pooling in her eyes.

"Ana, Christian is aware of your feelings and he does respect them. This goes back to me saying about you two talking to each other. Christian told me you cleared the air about the pregnancy…well now is the time for you two clear the air on what other obstacles are in the way."

"What if he doesn't listen?"

"He will listen. He's trying so hard to understand you." He offered her a small smile. "Talk to each other. Don't be afraid to tell him. Don't be afraid of what his reaction may be. Just get everything off your chest and give him an idea of what's going through your head." He smiled to her. "You two can get through this Ana. I'll tell you what I told him. Trust each other. There is no denying the love between you both. Just trust each other and open up to each other."

Ana looked to him before she then took a breath as she let her thoughts run away with her. There was so much she and Christian had to talk about. She didn't really know where to start but she knew she couldn't live the rest of her life like this. She didn't want to be scared for the rest of her life. She wanted to feel herself again and right now, according to Flynn, having a conversation would be a big step in helping that become a reality. She needed to go home and talk to Christian.