Christian
I feel like my fucking world is coming to an end. There is no way I can loose Ana. I should have stayed with her while she shopped and none of this shit would have happened.
I call Alex and Elliot and tell them what happened. They are both going to meet us at the hospital. Elliot is also blaming himself for letting her go home alone. I tried to tell him he is not to blame but Elliot being Elliot this is going to impact him hard.
Taylor and I arrive at the accident scene and my heart stops. How the fuck did these reporters arrive so soon?
I go cold when I see my baby has flown right into a windshield and is still stuck against it. Her head is resting on Luke's arm for support and the fucking ambulance is not here yet. I get a bout of anger when I notice they are holding hands then I scold myself for acting like that. He is where he should be by her side helping her. Fuck I hate being so out of control.
"Ana baby I am here." Fuck she looks so tired. She still has the helmet on but Luke has lifted the front visor. Her eyes show me she is in pain but she as usual is not complaining.
"Christian I am so scared. Please get me out of here." Fuck for Ana to admit this it's a huge deal.
"Baby I am here. Don't be scared you are ok. I wont leave you or let anything else happen to you." The cameras are getting to me and I scream at Taylor to get them the fuck out of my face. I take Luke's position so he can help Taylor block us off and I feel Ana relax a little as I grip her tiny hand in mine.
"Baby be brave for me. I can hear the ambulance coming you going to be ok."
"Christian please don't leave me?" She says again and I want to fucking scream. I feel the strings of my heart tightening at Ana's pleas.
"Never baby. Stay with me Ana." I can tell she wants to sleep but I know she needs to stay awake. The paramedics come and get Ana out of the helmet and into a neck brace and onto a hard board. She is then loaded into the ambulance and I get in the ambulance with her. We get to the hospital and to my relief mom is there waiting for Ana. That was the longest fucking trip of my life. Ana did not let my hand go once.
"Christian what happened?"
"Mom she was knocked off her bike and thrown through a fucking windshield. Please mom she is all I have." I can here I am panicking but what the fuck else am I to do?
"Christian calm down and mind your language. I promise you I will look after her and do everything I can. Go wait with Elliot and Alex in the waiting room." I feel like I am numb. I hate to leave Ana but Mom wont let me in. I go to the waiting room and they are sitting watching the live footage of the accident. It's unreal that it is Ana. I cant believe this shit is on the news already. It looks so fucking bad. It plays over and over from different angles and I cant seem to take my eyes off the screen until Alex reminds me were I am.
"Christian is she ok?" Fuck I can hear the worry in his voice.
"Alex I don't know. Mom has taken her to be examined. She was talking so I suppose she will be ok but I don't know? Fuck I can't loose her." I am now shaking with fear and need to sit sown. It didn't hit me until I watched the actual footage of the accident. Elliot comes to me and places a hand on my shoulder and I lean into him for the first time in my life.
Elliot
When I heard the news about Ana all I could think about was why the fuck did I not keep her safe? I know logically this is not my fault but fuck me but I feel responsible. I can see Christian is battling with this and needs me but my fear is he will push me away like he always does. I take a chance and I walk up to him and to my surprise he leans into me looking for more support. This is a fucking first.
"Elliot I could have lost her today. Did you see it?" He asks and to my surprise my baby brother silently cries on my shoulder. I have never witnessed this kind of emotion from him before. After a while he silently gets up and walks out of the room and into the bathrooms to pull himself together. I look around and notice both Taylor and Luke have shocked looks on there faces. They have never witnessed Christian like this either. We all just need to be strong for Ana.
Ana
I am sore all over and feel better with Grace is next to me even though I would rather have Christian. I still feel like I need to sleep but they keep telling me to stay awake.
"Grace thank you for being here."
"Ana no need to thank me you are my daughter and I love you to death. As your mother its my duty to be here for you." Oh boy that causes me to cry. I have never had a mother to care for me like this. So it's a new feeling for me. Why did she have to say that? I take her hand to show her I am thankful. The doctor walks in with a huge smile on his face and says.
"Ana you are one lucky women today. The way you landed saved your life. All your scans are clear and you can go home. As much as I would love to keep you overnight I know you will be in good hands." He says smiling at Grace. I am totally shocked by this. Is the doctor serious?
"You mean there is nothing wrong with me?" I ask just to make sure I heard right.
"Well, you will have a few hundred blue marks and sore muscles for a couple of days but nope nothing is wrong with you. All your scans are clear." Wow this is a shock to me. It must show on my face because Grace laughs at me.
I change back into my now torn leathers and now I know I look just like that sales assistant from earlier said I did. I walk slowly into the waiting room with Grace by my side. All of them are silent and staring at me. I can tell my Christian has being crying and it breaks my heart. I walk up to him and he cradles me tight in his arms and whispers into my ear.
"Ana I was so scared."
"I know baby. I am ok but you are squashing me." He releases me immediately apologizing and I turn to address the rest of them.
"What is wrong with you all? I am fine so can someone please take me home?" I say bravely even though I am still terrified. The thought of that creep waiting for me is a nightmare.
"Ana you were in a fucking accident. Why are you walking around? Where is the doctor? We saw the video footage." Christian says panicked.
"Christian calm down. I am discharged. There is nothing wrong with me. All the scans were clear. The way I landed saved my body from the impact. I may have a few bruises and a torn suit but that's it. The doctor has approved my release. Now please tell me if my bike is ok?" I get hugged from all of them and now I realize how much all of them love me and want me safe.
"Ana I don't want you on a bike again." Christian stated firmly. I can't believe he is talking about this now. Hell no. I am going to make as if I didn't hear what he said for my sake and his at this moment. He is scared and it's just his coping mechanism.
"Mom what the hell is this?"
"Christian Ana is right. They ran every scan and ex-ray we have and it all came back clean. Not a single internal injury and no broken bones. Believe me when I say I didn't believe it to so i checked the results personally and they are correct. Take Ana home and get her some good rest. I will send over her script for the sore muscles later." I am surprised when Christian nods an ok and tucks me into his side. We get to the car and I want to cry out in pain. I work out alot but non of my training prepared me for this. I look at the SUV door open for me and I cant help but just laugh. I have all of them staring at me like I have just lost my mind.
"Ana what the fuck?" Elliot asks but I can tell he is not amused.
"Its just this stupid SUV of Mr Grey's is so huge. Do you know how many muscles I have to use just to climb in? I say as I slowly get in and I can hear Luke and Alex laughing but Christian does not find it amusing.
"Ana I am so sorry I didn't even think."
"No, Christian it's ok. I will be fine. Please take me home?" I say smiling as brightly as I can at him. Oh boy this is going to be a slow recovery with everyone blaming themselves.
They take me home and I hate that they are hovering like I am going to fall over any minute. I guess they are all still worried so I just let them be for now.
I have a lovely bath that Christian drew for me and the oils he put in there done a fantastic job of loosing my tense muscles but it was not enough. I need to stretch my muscles even more or I am going to be even more sore tomorrow.
When I closed my eyes to relax in the bath all I saw was me flying into the car windshield. It's a horrible feeling and now i am terrified of how I am going to sleep. I need to keep busy. I put on my gym shorts and top and call Grace and she gives me the all clear after lost of begging as long as I take it very easy. If I have any dizziness I need to call her immediately. I then go to the sitting room were they are all talking about what happened today until I am spotted in the doorway and everything goes quiet.
"And were the hell do you think you are going?" Typical Christian. I look at Alex and he knows what I need. I am pleading with him with my eyes.
"Ana I am going to change will you wait for me?"
"Alex make it fast." I say smiling. He runs out and Christian takes me in his arms.
"Anastasia I was so afraid when I saw you laying there. I felt like I was loosing you and my heart was breaking." I know what he is saying because I felt the same way.
"Christian life is to short and when I was laying there I was terrified to. I want us to get married as soon as possible if that is ok with you?" The smile on his face is priceless. I know I have made the right choice.
"Baby that's the best news I have heard all day. I will sort it out. Are you sure you want to work out now? I don't like it."
"I have to or I am going to be hurting even more tomorrow. I already ran it past your mom and she said it was ok but for me to take it easy."
"Ok let me go change and join you. I hate that you are wearing such small gym shorts it's barely legal. Elliot come I will give you a gym kit." They leave to go and change and I realize my security is changed to. I guess everyone is stressed. I can also see something is bothering Elliot and I don't like it. I also need to ask him were the hell is Kate. I would have thought she would want to be there for me but I guess I am wrong. When I was in the bath I noticed my back is already changing colors from the accident so I put on a long sleeve top over my kit.
"Luke and Ryan I want to thank you two for looking after me today. If you'll were not there he would have taken me. So thank you." I manage to say without panic. Every time I think his name I freak out.
"Ana don't say that. I would have never allowed him to take you."
"I know Luke. Lets go and wok out." We all make our way to the gym and I am pleased its empty. I choose the treadmill first but go at a very slow pace. Ok maybe I am just walking but it still is torture. I can feel I am very sore but I have so much built up anger and fear in me. This walk is not helping I need to box something.
"Elliot do you want to box with me a bit? You kind of owe me a rematch if I remember correctly."
"No, I can't box to save my life Ana sorry." He says but I can tell its more than that. I will have to have a word with him.
"Ok does anyone care to box with me?" I can see no one wants to box with me because of the accident. I hate this. Alex comes to me and he knows what I need.
"Ana in the ring now." He says and I know he means business. Christian helps me glove up and insist I wear a helmet. His hands are shaking and I cant believe he is allowing me to do this. I can tell he is holding onto his fears and anger by letting me into this ring and I love him even more for it.
He tries to beg me not to do this but eventually gives up. I get in the ring and go up to Alex to chat with him first. I can tell he is angry and afraid but I don't need that in the ring I need my best friend and brother.
"Alex I am not Morton so you need to please calm down or I am walking out of this ring." I say sternly and I see the surprise on his face that I can say his name without freaking out.
"Ana don't worry I will never hurt you and I know you are sore from the crash. I am here as a dummy for you to take your stress out on." This makes me laugh because I know he is talking Bull Shit. As soon as I get him down he is going to forget all about the accident and his competitive nature is going to surface.
We start off slow and I am irritable with him just standing there blocking my punches. I decide to change things up and he soon catches on and we switch from boxing to kick boxing and I feel fabulous when I drop him hard on his back. Everyone is cheering me and I can tell Elliot's laughter is getting to Alex. This is what I needed to get him to really fight me. Another few punches and kick and Alex is flat on his back again with the wind knocked out of him and I throw in the towel. I go into Christians arms and I all of sudden feel so drained.
"Ana are you ok?" I shake my head no because I am feeling funny. What the hell is wrong with me?
"I need something to drink and sleep." I mange to say but I am so tired. He takes off my gloves and helmet and scoops me into his arms. I can tell he is concerned. Before we even get out the gym I am fast asleep against his chest.
Christian
Fuck I should have never allowed her in that ring after what she went through today. She is so exhausted we didn't even make it out the gym and she was fast asleep against me. I know it's the crash after being on such an adrenalin high. I put her to bed and went to Taylor's office for a briefing. I also called mum to come and check on Ana just in case it's not just tiredness.
"Taylor what do we have?"
"Sir here is the footage of the crash. As you can see he hit her dead on from the opposite lane. He had this all planned out. There was no way for her or the security to see that one coming. The way he knocked her was actually why she landed like she did. If he had come from the other side she would probably not have made it out. The force of his car on the bike made her fly off before his car could crash into her." I am stunned at this. He is right she could have being killed if he came from the other side.
"Yes I can see that. Any luck in tracking him down?"
"Sir we have Alex working on that."
"And why is that?"
"He is using his special clearance to get into the cities security system. He will have better luck than us. As for security for tomorrow, you parents have given us permission to be there but we need to blend in with the crowd sir. Your mom said she does not want to make her guests uncomfortable."
"Fuck that. Ana's life is more important at this time. Ana is staying at home with me."
"Sir she already came and spoke to me about it. There is no way she is missing this event and she made that clear."
"Fuck. Why the fuck must she be so stubborn? How many men will we have on site?"
"I have brought in 12 for the evening 4 of us will be close detail the others will be around scouting."
"Ok we will brief them all tomorrow."
"Yes sir."
"Luke and Ryan thank you for keeping Ana safe and alive today."
"Sir we were doing our jobs." I nod at them and excuse myself. Mum came by and said Ana was perfectly fine but she needs to take it easy for a week or two. Good luck in telling Ana that. I fall into a restless sleep and am woken to a screaming Ana.
"Ana baby you are safe get up. Its just a dream." I say shaking her awake. She opens her eyes and it takes some time for her to realize its not real.
Ana
Christian has just woken me up and my dream feels so real. I am shaking with fear.
"Baby are you ok?"
"No, Morten had kidnapped me from the crash and was keeping me hostage in a small dark closet like the one when I was little." I cry out. He scoops me up and holds me close to his chest and I feel so safe but I cant help the sobs that escape me.
"I got you baby. He is not going to get you."
"Christian what time is it?"
"5 in the morning baby. Go back to sleep."
"No, I am going to shower would you come with me please?" I sound so pathetic. I hate feeling like this.
"You don't have to ask me twice baby." We have a very kinky shower together and I am feeling so much better but my back looks terrible with the marks and Christian was trying to control his anger. I am not as sore as I expected and that's a good thing. We then go to the kitchen to have some breakfast.
"Ana I think we can have our wedding in 4 weeks time if that's ok with you?"
"Perfect. Who are you having as your best men?"
"I will ask Elliot to stand for me and Alex if that's ok with you?"
"Perfect baby. I have asked Mia and I am not sure about Kate. I need to have a chat with her. If you don't mind I want Alex's brother and sister up there with us?"
"Anything for you baby. Why don't we have an engagement party next week and invite them all over that way we can meet everyone and you ladies can go dress shopping?"
"Christian that is brilliant. I will get started on those arrangements."
"Ana the arrangements for the party are all sorted out."
"But how?"
"My mom is throwing it for us at the house. Since the tent will be up from the fundraiser we will just use it."
"Oh I need to thank Grace for that. She is so good to me. I wish my own mother would appreciate me a little more." I know my voice cracks when I say that but I cant help it.
"I'm sorry babe."
"I forgot to tell you but Mia wants to throw me a bachelorette party in two week time so I gave her Luke's number and told her to discus it with him." I say changing the subject. I don't want to talk about my mother.
"Baby I don't want you out parting with strange men looking at you all night. Especially with what has just happened with Morton." Just then the elevator pings and in strolls Elliot.
"Hello family it seems like I am just in time for breakfast?" He says taking me gently in his arms. I knew this crash is taking a toll on him and his face says it all. I am not sure he got any sleep.
"Elliot you are always in time for the food. What Kate not feeding you lately?" Christian says and I can feel him tense.
"Yes about that. She still wont talk to me since the picture incident yesterday."
"Well, if it makes you feel any better I am going to talk to her today." I say.
"Good luck to you Ana. She is in a foul mood." Well I am used to that.
"By the way we have set our date for the wedding to be held in 4 weeks time at your moms house."
"Shit that gives me no time to plan a wild bachelor party for Christian." Typical Elliot I knew Christian was not going to get away with this one. But if I can have my own way and can persuade them to go along with my plans then I will be happy and so will Christian.