Before you come after me come with pitchforks. Read this chapter all the way through... no cliffhangers here. Then at the end I have an author's note explaining where my mind went when I wrote this chapter (or you can read it first)… now on with the show.
September 8th
Ana-
Today is my birthday weekend and to celebrate Christian, and I are enjoying some rare alone
time and downtime. We dropped Teddy off with Grace and Carrick Friday evening, and the only thing I wanted was to stay in bed naked the whole weekend.
Also earlier this week GEH is now worth over 6 billion dollars. It's crazy. We now employ over 25,000 people and will be opening an office in New York by the beginning of next year. So not
only are we celebrating my birthday but also being stupid, crazy rich, by having lots of hot sex.
On top of that, I have a huge surprise for Christian that I only hope he likes. I plan to make him a
special dinner that will lead up to the surprise.
We're cuddled naked in bed; it's now a little after 12, and we just finished making love for the
umpteenth time. I have my head on his chest, while he plays with my hair, not saying anything and totally content with each other.
All of a sudden we're pulled out of our sexual haze when Danny, Elliot, and Kate bust into our room. Thankfully we're both covered by the sheet.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" Christian snaps at them and pulls the sheet tighter against us.
"Mom told me that you finally let her have Teddy for the weekend,so we decided to come over and celebrate your over the top wealth and Ana's 21st birthday," Elliot tells us.
"You guys are always working or spending time with a little man when was the last time you two had any real fun?" Danny says.
"For your information, we were having plenty of fun." Christian smirks and I hide my face in his side.
"By the way, the room smells, I say you've been playing hide the sausage long enough." Elliot snickers and Kate smacks him.
"Come on and hang out. Maddie and Mia are in the living room. It's hot today so we should totally go swimming," Danny adds
"Fine," Christian groans. "Get out, so we can get dressed."
"Why? We've seen it all before." Danny jokes as a pillow goes across the room and smacks him in the face. He's right though how many times have they caught us in the act? Danny was always known for his bad timing.
"OUT!" Christian growls, trying not to laugh. After they leave the room Christian and I start getting ready.
"You ready for this?"
No "Yeah." I'm
kind of mad they didn't call first. I
hope they leave by dinner time, but I have a strong feeling they're all going
to get drunk and stick around. I know they all mean well but I wished they
asked before coming over.
We both hop in the shower and get dressed before joining everyone
in the living room. Everyone is sitting on the couch, drinking a beer.
"It's the super fucking rich
couple," Elliot yells out to us as we enter the room. Danny gets up and hands
us each a beer.
"A toast—to all your hard work and dedication. For earning, more money than 99% of the population will ever have, and doing it before most people finish college. And still being able to raise my awesome nephew. On top of that happy birthday Ana! To Ana and Christian."
We all clink glasses, and
everyone takes a sip but me.
"Thank Elliot." Christian hugs his brother. "Thank you, everyone."
We're sitting on the couch chit chatting;
everyone is drinking beer, and then Kate comes in from the kitchen with
her famous "fruit punch." She hands everyone a drink and they all throw them
back. I guess everyone decided to get drunk at one in the afternoon.
"Come on, Ana, drink. It's your right of passage. You only turn 21
once."
"I'm not 21 yet." I giggle trying to brush them off.
"Never stopped you before. Come on…" Danny pushes me.
"It's early for me." I shake my head.
"Suit yourself." He replies and takes another swig of his beer.
We decide to go swimming and grill for lunch. I walk out of my closet wearing my new green bikini that I picked up in London last month. Christian whisked me away for our first anniversary for a week. Granted we had a couple of meetings while we were there, but we were still able to sightsee and get a chance to get closer. It was a magical time. Before we went I had just gotten over a case of strep and bronchitis. I was sick for almost a month, and I didn't think I was ever going to get over it. Luckily no one else got it.
"Wow, baby…"He seems lost for words as he stalks around me like I'm prey. "You look hot."
"Thank you. You're not bad yourself." He's wearing a pair of blue board shorts; his shirt is off showing off his six-pack, and the shorts are hanging low enough that shows his "v" and part of his happy trail.
"Do you think they would notice us missing for a little bit longer?" Christian says wrapping his arms around me, playing with the strings on the bottoms of my bikini. He's about to kiss me…
"Yes, we would get your butts out here," Danny shouts to us, poking his head into our room. As always bad timing.
"Fuck off Danny; we'll be there in a minute." He walks away laughing.
"I should have locked the door to keep the children out."
"It wouldn't have mattered. He would have found us somehow." I laugh.
"Are you sure you're okay with everyone being here? I mean you seem a little out of it, and I'm surprised you're not drinking. I mean it is your birthday."
"It's fine Christian; I'm having fun." It's not a lie; it's been pretty fun hanging out with everyone. I'll just do my surprise tomorrow night. "I'm just not ready to drink yet, is that ok?"
"Of course it is baby. I just wanted to make sure you were having fun. I would throw them out in an instant and go back to naked time." He wiggles his eyebrows at me.
"ANA, CHRISTIAN. NOW!" Danny comes back in our room and grabs our arms and drags us out. Buzz kill.
By the time we finish lunch, everyone is pretty buzzed. I'm thankful for when I had to run to the bathroom and empty my stomach after eating a hot dog that nobody noticed.
Danny, Elliot, and Christian keep trying to get me to drink. I keep telling them no, but they're not
listening. Are they always so pushy when they're drunk?
Kate, Maddie, Mia and I are lounging around the pool catching the sun. The girls have slowed down on the drinking waiting till later to pick up again. The guys are throwing around the football.
"So, Mia, I hear there's a new guy in your life?" I ask.
"Who told you?" She asks shocked.
"Your mother. Don't worry she didn't say anything to Christian."
"Oh thank god. His name is Will. I met him at the gym. He's a total babe and really nice. He's taking me out tomorrow night for dinner."
"How old is he?" Kate asks.
"He's 20. He's going to the University of Washington, studying to be a social worker." She's grinning from ear to ear.
"Go Mia; you'll have to tell us how your date goes," Maddie tells her.
"Oh, I will. How are you and Danny?"
"Wonderful," Maddie says wistfully. "I didn't think I could ever be this happy."
We continue to talk, Kate tells us about her new job at the Seattle Times and complaining about Elliot, all playful of course.
It's after six p.m. when we come back inside and decide to order pizza and chicken wings for dinner.
"We should get Gail, Taylor, and Sawyer over here to help us party," Danny suggests.
"Yeah I want to get Gail trashed." Elliot declares.
"I would like to see you try," Kate says.
I call over to the guesthouse and invite them over. They all agree to come and hang out with us. We play Pictionary, girls vs. boys, in which the girls kicked ass. Danny lines up a bunch of shot glasses and fills them with Vodka.
"Alright Ana, it's getting late, and you have a lot of catching up to do. Luke, Jason you want one?" Danny asks.
"No, thanks we're still technically working," Taylor tells him.
"At least have a beer. Is that okay Christian, these guys work just as hard as you do."
"I have no problem with it. I'm sure we're not going anywhere tonight."
"Good." Danny nods and Elliot hands them each a beer. "Alright, Ana you need to take all these." He points to the six shots on the table. Just looking at them makes my stomach turn.
"No, I'm good you guys."
"Oh, come on party pooper. You can drink all of us under the table." Kate tells me, she's pretty smashed now.
"Where's the girl that could do unlimited shots and still recite the alphabet backward
while walking in a straight line. Oh and the keg stands!" Danny hoots.
"Come on baby. Show them who's boss." He leans over and kisses me with the smell of beer and whiskey on his breath. It takes everything for me not to vomit on him.
"Loosen up and have some fun. It's your party. You've been mopey all day."
"Yeah, Ana how many times do you get to let loose." Maddie chimes in.
I know that no one is trying to be mean. I mean it's supposed to be my 21st birthday, what else do you do on this day besides drink. It's really starting to piss me off though. I said no, but they keep pushing me. A bunch of pushy drunks.
Soon enough Danny, Elliot, Christian, Maddie, Kate and Mia start chanting "Drink, Drink, Drink Drink."
I stand up, ball my fist together, and finally, snap. "I DON'T WANT TO DRINK" I scream. I take a deep breath and try to relax. "I can't," I say below a whisper, so at least I thought I did.
"Babe, there's no reason you can't. You've been working just as hard as I have. Teddy is with mom and dad; it's your birthday. Come on and take a load off." Christian tells me.
"I can't." I wrap my arms around myself, willing myself not to cry.
"Why not?" Christian asks then takes a sip of his beer.
"BECAUSE I'M PREGNANT!" I yell. Christian spits out his beer, and everyone is looking at me wide eyed. I run off to my bedroom in tears. This isn't how I wanted to tell him.
After a minute or so, Christian comes into the bedroom and sits next to me. He doesn't move to touch me or say anything.
"I'm sorry that's not how I wanted to tell you." I look at him the tears now running down my face.
"I thought we decided to wait?" Really?
"No, you decided you wanted to wait forever. I was somewhat ready. Okay, maybe not at this second. But I thought you would be fine since it just happened."
"Don't tell me your birth control failed again because I won't believe it." He looks at me, his expression blank, then slowly looks away from me. I think I'm in shock. I quickly stand up to move away from him.
"Really? That's what you have to say to me?" My tears are now gone, and now I'm pissed. What the hell is going on?
"We talked about this, not that long ago. We're busy right now. I mean we're about to open an office in New York for Pete's sake." His words are slurred. He's quiet for a minute, then looks at me, his eyes now dark.
"Did you forget? I know you didn't entirely agree with me on waiting. So did you do this on purpose?"
I feel like I just got punched in the gut. I can't believe he said that to me. The tears are back and again pouring down my face, but I'm also fuming inside.
"Fuck you, Grey!" I grab my purse off the dresser, slip on my flip flops and rush out of the room. I know he's drunk, but he still had no right to say those things to me. I pass everyone in the great room as I go by, and grab my keys, and leave.
I know I should have Sawyer with me, but at this moment I don't care, as I drive away with no destination in mind. I notice a while later Sawyer behind me, so I pick up speed. Everything hurts and the tears keep falling.
Christian:
I'm sitting on the bed with my head in my hands. I don't know what made me say those things. I know she didn't do it on purpose. I was just hoping to wait till we were at least 25 to have another kid. GEH is expanding, I might have to be away from home more often.
Then my heart warms. I'm going to be a father again. I smile. I get up to find Ana and apologize. When I get to the great room, I notice Ana missing and I'm getting death glares from the girls. I also see Taylor on the phone and Sawyer missing as well.
"Where's Ana?"
"She left. She didn't say anything, but she was pissed. I think Sawyer went after her." Elliot informs me.
"What did you do?" Kate hollers at me with a look that could make me turn to stone.
"I've might have said some things." I wave them off.
"Like what Grey? She was really pissed." Maddie says.
"That's between us."
"I bet it was something stupid," Mia says.
I ignore her and go to address Taylor. "Do you know where she's going?"
"Yes, sir. She's driving towards Portland. Sawyer is a couple of cars behind her, but she's going at least 20 miles over the speed limit."
"Is she crazy?" I push my hands through my hair, and he says nothing. "Tell him to keep her safe and let me know where she ends up."
"Yes, sir."
I walk out to the patio and sit on one of the chairs. I would call her, but I noticed her phone charging on the nightstand after she left. I know she's mad, but I wish she weren't speeding down the highway. It's not just her anymore. God, I fucked up. I just want her to come back and hold her and tell her I'm happy about this. The patio door opens, and Elliot and Danny come and sit down in front of me.
"What happened man? I thought this was supposed to be a happy moment?" Elliot asks.
"Yeah, the girls are trying to figure a way to cut off your balls. They tried calling Ana, but she's not answering," Danny adds.
"That's because she left her phone here." I sigh.
"Well, give her some space, you know she'll be back." Danny pats my back trying to reassure me.
"I'm not too sure."
"Please, you guys are like magnets." I stop Danny from talking.
"I asked if she did it on purpose. Because I wouldn't believe her birth control failed again. As much as I wanted to wait she didn't." I tug on my hair and pull. Now it sounds even more stupid repeating it.
"Oh man, for a smart guy, you're an idiot."
"I know it's no excuse, but I am pretty drunk, I was taken by surprise. But I know I'm an idiot."
"We'll give her time to cool off and then get on your knees and beg for forgiveness. I know when we went camping, she wasn't happy you blew off the idea of more kids. She was trying not to cry when she walked off. I figured you guys made up, especially when you woke everyone up at the crack of dawn the next day." We all laugh.
"She'll be back, and you'll talk get down on your knees and say you're sorry. As long as you don't say anything stupid again, you'll be fine."
"I hope so," I say not too sure.
"You guys are awesome parents if anyone can do it…"
"SIR!" Taylor yell, panic on this face. Last time I saw him like this Steven and Carla had taken Ana. I was a jerk that day too. My heart starts beating fast. "It's Ana."
I jump to my feet in a flash. "What do you mean it's Ana?"
"Sawyer just called, Ana was down the road from your parent's crossing over 26th when another car ran the red light and sideswiped her. Sawyer called 911 right away, and she's on her way to the hospital."
My heart sinks into the pit of my stomach. My babies, my angel.
"Is she ok?" I barely get out and pray to the man above.
"I don't know sir; she was unconscious at the scene. Sawyer thinks she hit her head pretty hard on the window."
"I need to get to the hospital, now!"
"We're coming too," Maddie says, and I have no idea when the girls came outside.
"Gail and I will drive you guys there. None of you are in any condition to drive."
"Yes, Yes. Let's go" I push everyone out the door. We all pile into two cars and head to the hospital. I decide to call my mom so she can meet us there.
"Mom," my voice cracks.
"What's wrong Christian?"
"Ana was in an accident. She's in the hospital, can you meet us there?" My voice is wobbly trying hard not to cry.
"What about Teddy? He was just on his way to bed. Do you want him there or leave him with dad?"
"Let dad watch him for now, till we figure out what's going on."
"Alright dear, let me get him to bed and I'll be down there."
We hang up, just as we arrive at the hospital. I run into the ER and go to the reception desk.
"I'm looking for Anastasia Grey." The nurse types into the computer. "Are you family?" She asks looking at all of us.
"Yes, I'm her husband. Where is she?" I'm panicked I need to see my wife, make sure she's ok.
"She's in the ICU which is on the next floor. Room 3. When you get up there, let the nurse know."
"Thank you."
We all hurry upstairs. The nurse lets me go in and tells the others to wait in the waiting room. Sawyer is outside of her room; I nod at him before I enter. I walk in and notice Ana hooked up to a couple of machines, she's sleeping, and a doctor is looking her over.
"Mr. Grey?" He asks, I just nod.
"I'm Dr. Stewart, head of neurology. We were just about to take her down for a CT."
"How is she?"
"She seemed to knock her head against the window, according to the EMT. She's been unconscious since she arrived. We need to look for any swelling or fractures, other than that is seems mostly scrapes and bruises." I take a deep breath and sigh.
"Does your wife have any medical issues we need to know about? Allergies? I didn't see any on her charts."
"She's pregnant." I blurt out.
"Do you know how far along?" I shake my head.
"I just found out today."
"Okay, I'll call OB and draw some blood. I'm going to take her to CT now, and I'll come and get you from the waiting room when we're done."
"Thank you… can I?" I point to Ana, and he nods his head.
I walk up to her bed and brush the hair out of his face. I notice her left side of her head has a bruise on the forehead and a bunch of scraps. I kiss her lightly on the lips.
"I'm so sorry baby; I love you so much."
They wheel her off, and I head back to the waiting room. On my way back I say a silent prayer, asking for my wife to wake up and my baby to be okay. I told Sawyer to follow her to CT and wait. I'm thankful he was behind her and called 911 right away. I'll have to talk to him later about the other driver.
"How is she?" Kate jumps up as soon as I enter the room.
"They're sending her to CT to check for swelling, other than that she's okay."
"Oh thank God." I nod. I'm still lost. I need my Ana to be alright.
"Do you know if the baby is ok?" Maddie asks.
"Baby?" My mother screeches behind me. "Ana's….?"
I turn around to face my mother. "Yes mom Ana is pregnant, but I don't know yet. There sending up the OB when they're done with the CT."
"Do you want it to be okay?" That was Mia's snide remark.
"Mia!" My mother warns. "Why would you say that?"
"I was a total jerk when she told me and said some mean things. Yes, Mia, I want our baby. More than anything now. I changed my thoughts right after she left the room. I was coming to apologize when I found out she left. I'm just scared."
"Oh, Christian," My mother says.
"I know, I'm sorry. I would do anything to change what happened, but I can't." I fall into the chair and start to cry. I never cry. I feel my mom's arms go around me.
"I need her to be ok mom." I sob into her shoulder.
"She'll be okay son."
"And the baby? She'll never forgive me if she loses it. I couldn't forgive myself."
I don't know how long I sit here with my head on my mom's shoulder. I finally stopped crying, but my thoughts are dark and weighing me down.
"Mr. Grey?" Dr. Stewart calls out.
"Yes. How is she?" I stand to address him.
"She has a small hairline fracture with just a small amount of cerebral swelling, but all brain activity is normal."
"When do you think she'll wake up?"
"Mrs. Grey has had a significant contusion; she'll wake up when she is ready. Just give her some time. Dr. Green is on her way up from OB to check on the baby."
"Thank you, doctor. Can I go see her now?"
"Yes of course, but only two at a time please." I nod. The doctor leaves and I turn to everyone.
"Why don't you guys go home and get some rest. I'm sure she will be here for a while."
"We're not going anywhere till we at least know about the baby," Maddie says, and everyone agrees.
I don't say anything and leave the room. I bet they all want to stay to know rather there going to have to kick my ass or not. Before going into Ana's room, I decide to talk to Sawyer.
"Thank you, Sawyer, for getting to her."
"It's my job sir; I wish I had caught her before she drove away, but she was gone before I turned my head."
"It's alright. It's my fault that she ran off." I sigh, "Any word on the other driver?"
"Drunk sir. He ran the red light and hit Mrs. Grey on the driver side. The police came, and they took him in. I didn't get the driver's name, but I got the officer's card."
"Alright. If you and Taylor could find out more information and send it to Barney or Welsh, that would be great. Do you want someone to take over so you can get some rest?" I offer. He looks beat.
"No sir, I would like to stay here."
"Thank you, Sawyer."
Behind me, Dr. Green comes to the room with an ultrasound machine. I follow her in.
"Hello, Mr. Grey. I'm already aware of your wife's pregnancy when I saw her on Wednesday. We estimated she would be about 4 to 6 weeks along. We might not see a heartbeat, but that doesn't mean there's something wrong. Her HCG levels have tripled since Wednesday. That's a good sign."
She smiles at me, but it does nothing to fix my nerves. I take Ana's hand as Dr. Green uses the transvaginal probe to get a look inside. I remember this from last time.
"If you see look right here, that's the yolk sac, and there's the baby." She does some measurements, while I stare at the screen...at my baby. "Ana is about seven weeks along. See this tiny flicker?" She asks pointing to the screen. I nod.
"That's the baby's heartbeat. Around 120 bpm which is good."
She prints out a picture for me and removes the probe.
"She was on birth control when she got pregnant. Is there a reason it could have failed again?" I ask. I know Ana wouldn't do it on purpose. But it blows my mind that it could fail twice.
"Yes, Ana told me she was taking antibiotics for strep throat and bronchitis. It makes the birth control ineffective. She said she wasn't aware of that. Her doctor should have told her to use a backup method," Dr. Green tells me.
I nod my understanding. It would have happened regardless; there's no way I would go back to using condoms. We only have a handful of times. I just love how she feels bare on me, so slick and warm. Snap out of it, Grey.
"I want you two to come and see me when she's released from the hospital so we can make sure everything is still okay."
She hands me the sonogram and tells me she'll see me later. I can't help the smile on my face. My baby is okay.
"Baby..." I bend down to her, moving her hair out of her face. I will her to wake up.
"Our baby is alright Ana. I love you, and I'm sorry, please wake up. I need you, Teddy needs you, the firing squad outside needs you." I lean over and kiss her. "I'll be right back; I'm going to tell everyone the news so that they can get some sleep." I leave the room to go back to the waiting room. Everyone stands up when I enter.
"The baby is fine. There was a heartbeat." I show them the sonogram.
"Oh, thank fuck," Elliot says.
"Why don't you guys get home and get some rest. I'll call you when she wakes. I feel like it's going to be awhile."
They all agree to go home, but will be back early tomorrow morning. I asked Gail if she could get me some clothes when she comes back tomorrow. My mom hangs around after everyone is gone.
"She's going to be fine son. She just needs rest. So do you, so try to get some sleep."
"I will mom." I hug her tight. I didn't think at 21 I would still need my mom.
"I think we should keep Teddy away till she wakes up. He's not going to understand why mommy won't wake up."
"I agree. But when she does, I know she'll want to see him right away."
Monday:
It's early Monday morning; around 3 am when I feel a hand in my hair. I had fallen asleep with my head on Ana's bed.
"Hi." She whispers.
"Baby!" I'm quickly up and pressing my lips to her.
"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes? How are you feeling?" She's finally awake.
"I have a headache. How long have I been out for?"
"About two days. Happy birthday by the way." I try to smile, I've missed her so much. "I'm going to get a nurse." She nods and closes her eyes again. I run out of the room and grab the nurse. She comes in and checks her vitals.
"Would you like some pain meds for the headache?" Ana nods.
"Are they okay for the baby?" I ask. Ana's head snaps at me questionably.
"Yes, they're fine. I'll be right back." The nurse leaves.
"The baby is okay?" She asks worriedly.
"Yeah, Dr. Green was here Saturday night. He or she had a heartbeat, but she wants us to come in and have another look when you get out." I pull the sonogram out of my bag and show her.
"I'm so sorry baby, for everything. I didn't mean anything I said, I went after you, but you were already gone."
"What are you so scared of?"
"We're just so crazy busy now. With starting the New York office, I might have to be gone more if you can't come with me. I feel like I don't get to see Teddy enough as it is. Even though I try so hard to, and then fit another kid into that time and you too. I don't want to feel like I abandoned someone. At least when Teddy was born, I had so much extra free time to spend with him. I loved just being able to hold him, and I was able to give you a break. I don't want to be that dad that my kids never see." I ramble out. I've been holding it in for what seems like forever.
"But you won't be. I won't let you, and you won't let yourself." I nod. "I didn't do this on purpose." Her voice cracks. "It hurt so much that you said that, that you thought that." I wipe the tears falling from her eyes.
"I know you didn't. I was an asshole. I don't think I'll ever be sorry enough."
"Yes, you were." She gives me a tiny smile.
"Where were you going?" I ask curiously.
"To our park. I just wanted to clear my head." She turns and looks away from me. I know still hurt by what I said to her.
The nurse comes back in and gives Ana her meds with some water, and leaves again.
"Where's Teddy? Is he still with your parents?"
"Yeah, they kept him. I'm sure when I tell my mom you're awake she'll bring him right over."
"Does he know?" I shake my head. "Good."
"Everyone's been worried about you; I'm sure you'll see them all later. They all yelled at me and told me how stupid I was, and the girl's threatened to cut my balls off. You know everyday stuff." I smile and kiss her forehead. She snorts.
"There's a part of me of me that wants to be mad at you, thinking I always forgive you right away." She pauses and takes my hand. "Then when I saw that car come at me, I saw my life flash before my eyes. I was about to lose everything in an instant."
I lean down and wrap my arms around her body.
"So as always I forgive you, bonehead. I can see it in your eyes, and your face, and it tells me you're sorry." She smiles "But, I'm still going to make you work for it."
I lift my head up, resting in on her forehead, and I see her smile. "Oh, and what do you have in mind, my lady? I am at your service." I wiggle my eyebrows which make her laugh. Oh, I missed that sound.
"I'll make you a list and give it to you. You can start by kissing me, then going to sleep for a while longer."
I kiss her with everything I have. It's filled with love, passion, lust, and want. The nurse comes back in and removes Ana's catheter. After Ana uses the bathroom, she makes me crawl into bed with her. I wrap my arms around her, and she lays her head on my chest. I kiss her hair.
"I'm so, so sorry baby," I whisper to her. I know she's only here because of me.
"Stop! I can hear your thoughts. We can only go forward from here. Go to sleep. You look like you need it."
ANA:
I awake a couple of hours later still wrapped in Christian's arms. My head is pounding, and I feel nauseous. I'm starving too. I look up and see my nurse smiling at me. She comes to my side of the bed.
"The doctor should be in shortly to talk to you. How is your head?" She whispers.
"Still hurts, and I'm hungry."
"Well, it's time for another dose, and I will check about getting you something to eat." She starts to check my blood pressure and my IV bag.
"I'm so glad to see him sleeping. He was so worried about you." She smiles at me. I brush Christian's hair back; he looks so peaceful.
"Always the worrier." She finishes checking me over and then leaves. Christian stirs next to me. "Morning."
"Morning. How are you?"
"Head hurts. The nurse is getting me more pills and maybe some food."
"What do you want? I can get Taylor to bring you something?" He asks still half asleep.
"Let's see first what I can have." Soon enough the doctor comes in.
"It's good to see you awake Mrs. Grey. I'm Dr. Stewart. How are you feeling?"
"My head slightly hurts, a little nauseous, but hungry."
"Well, you can eat just very light. I'll get you something ordered. I would like to run another CT and check the swelling. Yesterday it was almost back to normal. I think if everything looks good we can send you home tomorrow. I want you to rest for a few more days. Then if you're feeling better, you can resume regular activities."
"We have a trip to New York next week will she be okay to fly?" Christian asks.
Oh yeah, New York.
"It should be fine as long as the headaches have lessened. I want you to see me before you go for a checkup, and I can better decide then."
"Can I work from home?" I ask.
"Ana," Christian say sternly.
"I would just rest for now. Looking at a computer screen wouldn't be good right now."
"What if I hook it to a TV Screen that's far enough away?" I pled.
"Ana. Drop it. Work can wait." Christian grits out. Dr. Stewart laughs.
"Most people look forward to the rest. Just three to four days. Mrs. Grey give yourself a break."
I pout. I'm going to be so bored. I guess I do have my energizer bunny; I call Teddy to keep me entertained.
"Fine."
"Good. I'm going to go order the CT and check on you later."
"Thank you, doctor." The doctor leaves the room, and I turn to look at Christian.
"I wish you wouldn't worry about work. I have it covered."
"I know that, but I'm going to get bored just laying around."
"Well, right now you need it." He snaps.
"Alright, Alright. Slow your roll Mr. Grey. I'll behave." I bat my eyes at him causing him to smile.
"Good girl." He leans down and kisses me.
Two hours later I've eaten, got my pain pills, had my CT, and moved to a private room from the ICU. The swelling is gone, so I'll be able to leave to tomorrow.
"Mommy!" The shriek of my little boy breaks the quiet in the room when he comes running in with Grace, Carrick, Elliot, Kate, Mia, Maddie, and Danny. Good thing this room is huge for my welcome wagon. I notice Mia is holding a cake and Maddie holding several balloons.
"Happy Birthday Mommy."
Christian picks Teddy up and sits him next to me on the bed.
"I made this for yous." He shoves a piece of paper in my face.
"Thank you, Teddy Bear." I look at his 'card' and it's a picture of everyone he knows as stick figures, wearing party hats. On the bottom, it says I love you, mommy. Which I know he had some help with.
"I love it" I kiss his head.
"Do you have a boo-boo mommy?" He asks pointing to my head.
"Yes, but it's okay. The doctor took good care of me." I smile at him and brush his hair back.
"Auntie Mia made a cake, and I helped."
"You did?" He nods excitedly
"I bet it tastes extra good then." I kiss his cheek.
"Happy birthday Ana. We decided to bring the party to you. Hope that's ok." Mia tells me.
"Of course, thank you guys."
For the next couple of hours, everyone mingles and have some cake. Gail, Taylor, and Sawyer join in as well. After a couple of hours, everyone leaves so I can rest.
"I wanna stay with mommy and daddy." Teddy pouts.
"Teddy mommy needs to rest, but she'll be home tomorrow," Christian tells him.
"I wanna stay with mommy." He crosses his arms and makes his cute little mad face. Such his father's child.
"Christian why don't you go home with him. I'll be fine here." I tell him.
"No, I'm not leaving you," He snaps.
"Christian…" I try to reason.
"No, Ana I'm staying. Teddy, can you go with Grammy for one more day? Mommy and Daddy will be home all week, I promise. Please?"
He makes a pouty face at Teddy. Trying to make a deal with a two-year-old. I wonder if this is how he does it in the boardroom. Please, sir, may I buy your company I promise to take care of it. The thought makes me giggle quietly. Teddy nods at him and asks Christian to pick him up and Teddy curls around him.
"Only one more day. Can you say bye to mommy."
"Bye mommy." Teddy reaches down to give me a hug.
"Bye baby boy. I'll see tomorrow. I love you."
"Love you too mommy." He gives me a wet kiss on the cheek.
"I'll be right back I'm going to take him to the car."
"I'll be here."
Christian returns 20 minutes later, and I'm watching some entertainment channel. It's mind numbing.
"Why are you watching this crap?" Christian asks, sitting next to me on the bed.
"It's the only thing on. What do you have there?" I point to the magazines in his hand. He places them on my lap. Displayed in front of me are our pictures on the cover of "Forbes" magazine. A few weeks ago we had taken pictures and gave an interview to them. Since "Forbes" is a business magazine, we decide it would be good to do. 'People' wanted an interview but they wanted more personal information, so we declined.
I flip through the pages and glance at the articles. It's still hard to believe we're billionaires.
"The photographs turned out well." There's one of me, and Christian holding hands, standing apart, and a black and white one with me cuddled into his side. We're dressed casually in that one. We look so young and carefree.
"Maybe you should grow the beard back?" He snorts.
"Oh, I should huh?" He crawls up to me and kisses me on the cheek. "You always complained how rough it was between your legs. Or how much it tickled." I laugh.
"Yeah, but it didn't mean I didn't like it."
"Oh, I liked it too. It was a great flavor saver. I could smell you on me all day." He grins wildly.
"Christian!"
"What?" He gently kisses my lips. Then he places his hand on my belly rubbing it with his thumb.
"I love you baby, but you need your rest." With his other hand, he brushes back my hair.
"I don't want to." I pout. "It's my birthday." He laughs and stands up and goes over to his duffle bag, and pulls out a box wrapped in silver wrapping paper.
"I forgot to give you your present. I was thinking of waiting till you got out of here, but I feel like a terrible husband not giving you a gift. I peel off the wrapping paper, and I gasp in shock.
"Where did you find this? I thought I lost it."
It's the music box my dad made for me when I was a kid. I open it up, and the little ballerina dances and the music play inside. It works. The music and the ballerina stopped working when I was a kid when I dropped it on the floor after my dad died. I cried so hard that day. I packed it when I moved to the Grey's, but I was never able to find it after that. I figured it got lost somewhere. "It works." Tears are starting to pool in my eyes.
"Well, my dad found it. It was in a box of your stuff that somehow made it to the attic. It was under a bunch of other boxes. It had like your bedding in it and some old clothes. So maybe that's how it got up there. I don't know. When I went through it, I saw the music box and remembered you telling me about it, and how you thought you lost it. So I took it somewhere to get fixed." He shrugs like it's no big deal. I put the music box on the table. It's the sweetest thing ever. Something I never thought I get back. A piece of my dad.
I grab his head and pull it to me. Our lips meet, and our tongues tangle together. I tug on his hair and moan lightly against his lips. I want him so bad, I don't care that I'm in the hospital. My hands reach for the hem of his shirt.
"Babe." He pants against me. "What are you doing?" He backs away slightly, and my hands drop to my side.
"I want you" I plead.
"Baby, you were in an accident, and we're at the hospital. You need to take it easy."
"I'm fine Christian. It's just a bump on the head. The rest of me is fine." He's shaking his head, almost lost in an inner battle of wills.
"I need you. Plus we always have makeup sex." I grin running my hands up and down his chest. "Please," I pout sticking out my lower lip.
"But a nurse could walk in…" I cut him off.
"Not if you lock the door. Plus they already gave me my meds for the night; they won't be back for a while, and they took the IV out... Please… I need you." I don't think I've ever begged this much to have sex. He usually just jumps at the word.
His grey eyes bore into mine. I watch as they get darker. I think I won him over. He turns away from me and heads for the door and locks it. Jackpot!
I gulp as he walks over to me predator like. He lifts his shirt over his head and throws it on the floor.
"This has to be quick. I don't want to risk anyone catching us."
He slides his hand up my shirt and grabs my breast, rubbing and pulling on my nipple between his fingers.
"I wonder if these will be as sensitive as when you were pregnant with Teddy." He goes and pulls my shirt over my head, as his lips latch onto my nipple and sucks.
"Oh God." Yep, I think they will be. He pulls down my sweatpants and panties, his mouth never leaving my breast. I kick them off when they get around my ankles. His left-hand reaches down and rubs my clit, and he inserts two fingers inside of me.
"God baby. Are you excited?" I nod and moan as his fingers pump in and out of me, it doesn't take me long to cum. He pushes away from me and steps back and takes his pants off. Christian then hops on the bed, putting his knees between my legs, as I wrap them around his waist. He gently slides himself into me. At a leisurely pace, he pumps himself into me.
It's slow and sensual as I feel every inch of him fill me over and over again. "Ahh," I moan. He puts his hand over my mouth.
"Shhh…" He smiles as he smashes his lips to mine. It's almost torture, sweet torture how slow he's going. I buck my hips trying to get more of him.
"What's wrong baby?" He whispers.
I shake my head as he starts to nibble at my neck. I thought he said this had to be quick. Guess someone changed their mind, but I don't care. It feels so good. Our eyes lock together as he rests his forehead on mine. I see so much love shining in his eyes. I feel myself building. "Let it go, Ana."
My orgasm rips through me as Christian's mouth is on mine again, kissing me hard as he releases into me.
He collapses on top of me, trying to catch his breath. He then rolls off of me pulling my back into his chest. "Is that what you needed, baby?" He kisses the back of my neck.
"Yes, just what the doctor ordered."
"I love you so much, Ana. I don't know what I would do without you." He tightens his hold around me. I can tell he's still worked up about the accident, and about what he said.
"I'm here baby. I'm not going anywhere."
"I was so scared that I lost you. When Taylor told me you were in a car accident, my world stopped. That if something happened." He pauses briefly. "My last memory of you would be me breaking your heart. I don't know if I deserve your forgiveness."
I roll over to face him, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing his lips softly.
"You're not going to lose me. There's no point of staying mad at you because you know you were wrong. I forgive you because I love you and staying angry has never been my forte."
"If I didn't act like a shit head you wouldn't be laying in the hospital bed, with a fractured skull."
"Stop," I beg and run my hands through his soft curls. "Look at me." His eyes meet mine now sad and filled with anguish. "It's over. I just want to move on." I take his hand and place it on my stomach. "I love you, Christian Grey, even when you act like a bonehead. I'm still madly in love with you. Have been since I was 16 and I don't see that changing anytime soon. We made a new life together because we love each other. I'm not going anywhere. Now turn that frown upside down and kiss me."
I see a hint of a smile as he leans over and kisses me.
A/N: I know Christian was very supportive of Ana when she got pregnant the first time. However if you remember he never really expressed any of his fears. He kept them inside because Ana needed him. I mean her mother just left her. So he kept it all inside. Now, in the last chapter he finally told her how he was feeling about another baby. He was scared he had his reasons. So if you factor in; when she tells him the way she did and she didn't lay it on him easy. She also knew that she was going to have to tell him in a total different matter. She had it planned. But things changed. She just kind of blurted it out and he was really drunk. He let his fear over take. He said stupid things. We've all done it. Now he realized better and well you know how it ended. He's only human and he's not perfect. This is about the worst of the drama. … so please don't kill me The fluff is back next chapter.. promise…
And if you want to read something just a little bit darker, a mystery, but also filled with kinky fluff I have another story called What happened to Elena?_ Saving Ourselves that i'm writing with Stargazer93. So if you want check it out. And if you want a little laugh try Little CG.