Christian's POV
I still can't believe that Ana is going off the birth control, she really wants to start a family with me. All morning, when I should have worked, my thoughts came back to her and the fact that around this time next year I might be a father. The thought is exciting and scary at the same time, but I am ready. Though still, I want our first child to be a son, I even did internet research on things one can do to increase the chances of conceiving a boy.
So far, I'm not convinced that any of it will work, plus I'm pretty sure I won't get anywhere near my wife's pussy if I do this weird ancient ritual, where I have to dance naked, with feathers on my head around the bed. Ana will probably call Flynn so I can share a room with her sister if I would try that. Other than that, there were a lot of articles about special diets, certain positions and scheduled sex. Nothing sounded like fun at all. I don't want my child being conceived on a schedule. So, I will just have to wait and see if we will have a girl or boy first. After all, I'm not in this alone and Ana will keep me on my toes if I go crazy about having a daughter.
I look at the clock on my desk and see that it is already lunchtime. Ana wanted to be here by now, maybe her appointment took longer than expected. Fuck, what if she changed her mind after talking to Dr. Greene? No, I must not think like that.
Suddenly the door bursts open and Taylor comes in. From the way he came into my office and the look on his face, I know that something must be terribly wrong.
"Sir, Sawyer just contacted me. There was an incident involving Mrs. Grey. She is on her to the hospital right now."
For a second I can't even move. No, please, this can't be happening. "Sir, we need to leave, now!" Taylors loud voice brings me back to the reality. I jump up and just yell at Andrea to cancel my appointments on my way to the elevator.
"What the fuck happened Taylor?"
"From what Sawyer told me, they were on the way to the car when a guy yelled something and as he and Prescott jumped forward to protect her the guy threw something at Mrs. Grey that hit her left side."
"Is she injured, how bad is it?"
"I have no idea Sir, Sawyer only told me that Prescott is in the ambulance with Mrs. Grey on the way to the hospital while he is talking to the police."
"God damn it Taylor, they are both fired, this is a major fuck up, I'm paying them to protect my wife, yet they are both fine and my wife is on the way to the fucking hospital." by now I'm yelling as I am no longer able to contain my temper.
The entire car journey I try to call either Prescott or Ana, but neither of them is answering the call. Fuck, it must be bad. When we arrive I jump out of the car as soon as Taylor has stopped and run to the ER ignoring the fucking paparazzi who are already gathered outside the hospital.
"Sir!" I turn and see Prescott running towards me. "Where is Ana?"
"She is being examined, the managed to get her blood pressure down and..."
"Where" I yell at her and fight the urge to punch her for not protecting my wife. "Down this hallway, the third door on the right side."
I run down the floor and burst into the room, but I stop in my tracks when I see Ana lying on the exam table, a blanket covering her lower half and a male Doctor has his fucking hand under the blanket.
"What the fuck?"
"Christian, come here, you need to see this." Ana says and points at the monitor, but I ignore the monitor walk around the table, so I'm at her head and kneel down.
"What happened baby?"
"I was buying a gift for you and when we left the store a guy yelled something and threw a bag full of blood at me. It hit me so hard that I fell and at first I thought I was bleeding and I panicked but Amber calmed me down until the ambulance arrived.
"Amber?"
"Prescott, she was devastated that this happened, Christian I think they are both going to ask for their release, please don't let them go."
I take a deep breath and decided to postpone this discussion. "Are you injured?"
"My side will probably bruise, but from the ultrasound they made, my ribs are alright. My blood pressure was a greater concern, but it is going slowly down."
"Ok, but what is he doing?" I point at the old fucker whose hand is still under the blanket.
"Look at the monitor" Ana says and is this time I do, but I can't really see anything. "Do you see the tiny bubble in there?"
"Yes, oh fuck, is this something bad, how can we get rid of it?"
"It's nothing bad and in about 8 or 9 months it will come out on its own." I look at Ana confused and the old fucker finally removes his hand and removes something from underneath the blanket that looks like a probe with a condom on it, what the fuck is going on here.
"I will give you and your husband some privacy Anastasia, the nurse will bring you to the private suite in a while, if your blood pressure is good you can go home this evening."
"Thank you Dr. Hammond." Ana says and the guy leaves.
"Who was he?"
"Dr. Hammond was my gynecologist, before you insisted that I would see a woman, he works here. Do you want to know why he had to examine me?"
"Yes, I mean you are ok, right?"
"Yes, we are ok."
"We?"
"Our baby and I, I'm pregnant, this little bubble is our child." I stare at Ana speechless. Did she just ... can it be? How?
"Say that again?" I whisper when I finally find my voice again. "I'm pregnant Christian"
She really said it. Fuck me, I'm going to be dad. This is really happening. "A baby ... Ana, a baby!" I can't help it I start to laugh and lean down to kiss her beautiful face all over until our lips meet.
"Do you know what it is?" I have no idea if we can find out now, damn, I need to do more research on this. I need to know everything that could possibly occur during a pregnancy and I want to know what Ana is going through.
"No, I think it's to early for this, maybe when I'm 4 or 5 months along."
"How far along are you."
"Both Dr. Greene and Dr. Hammond said about 5 weeks. Dr. Greene said my shot ran out early this time. Are you happy?"
"Happy? I'm delighted, over the moon... wait, why do you have to stay here?"
"When the paramedics arrived I felt dizzy and had a headache, my blood pressure was dangerously high due to what happened and high blood pressure is not only dangerous to me, but also to our baby. They gave me something and my blood pressure went down a bit, but they want me to lie down and rest for a couple of hours, if my blood pressure is back to normal and stays that way for a couple of hours I can go home." I looks at her hands and I know there is something she isn't telling me.
"Ana, what aren't you telling me?"
"They are testing the blood, you know that was in the bag that freak threw at me. When I fell I scratched my elbow, so they are worried what kind of blood it was. You know if it was human blood it could have all kinds of diseases that are transmitted by blood."
Suddenly I feel dizzy, fuck! This is bad, god damn it who would do something like this? Throw a bag with blood at another person? And why Ana? She is the most caring and lovely person I have ever met in my life and suddenly I know it.
"Ana, what was it that the guy yelled before he threw that blood bag at you?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Yes, it does. Please, I need to know."
Ana sighs deeply before she speaks again. "He yelled, that's for your husband, you fucking bitch. But it doesn't matter Christian the guy was just some sicko and..." I press one finger against her lips and kiss her for head.
"It does matter, this happened because of me, Ana."
"No, Christian. Believe me, that guy was plain crazy, please this is not your fault." Ana begs and I sigh. I have to think of her now and stressing her out because I feel guilty is not an option.
"Ok, is there anything I can do for you baby?"
"Can you stay with me?"
"Ana, I'm not going anywhere until I can bring you home. So, is there anything else you need?"
"I really want to take a shower, there is still dried blood on me, but they told me I have to lie down for at least another two or three hours."
"Once you are in a room, I will wash you."
"Thank you Christian." A couple of minutes later a nurse arrives and I lift Ana into the wheelchair. Once she is in the bed of the private suite I tell her that I have to talk to Taylor for a moment.
I find him outside the room with Prescott and Sawyer and my anger rises again. How could they let this fucking happen?
"You two, you are no longer the CPO's of my wife, this is one major fuck up and I'm done. Now, I know how much Ana likes both of you, so you can work for the security of Grey House, but this it, now leave" I snap and without another word they leave. I turn to Taylor and I can tell he is not happy with this decision, but I'm not going to give them another chance to fuck up, not where my wife's safety is concerned.
"Do we know who did this to Ana?"
"Yes Sir, Sawyer caught the guy, his name is Jack Hyde." I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I fired the fucker last week after we finally got one of his former assistants to talk and the woman confirmed that Hyde harassed her.
"If they don't keep him behind bars, I want someone watching him 24/7."
"Sir, would you agree to let Sawyer do that, he is really wants to redeem himself."
"Fine, he can have a shift a day on Hyde, but tell him, if he fucks up again, I will not only fire his ass, but also make sure that he won't find a job anywhere in this country ever again. He might be my sister's boyfriend, but at this point, I don't give a fuck!"
"Understood, Sir, do you know whom you want to hire as Mrs. Grey's new CPO's"
"Yes, I want Reynolds and Ryan as Ana's CPO's for now, look for a new female CPO. Also, someone needs to bring a change of clothes and an overnight back for Ana and myself, we don't know yet if she needs to stay, but it's better to be prepared."
"Yes Sir, is there anything else Mrs. Grey or you might need?"
"Not at the moment, I need to talk to the hospital lab, the are checking the blood that was thrown on Ana, I want them to have the results as soon as possible."
I make the phone call and find a nurse so she can bring in a bowl, soap and washcloth for Ana, before I make my way back., but when I enter the room the bed is empty.
"Ana?"
"In the bathroom." I open the door and sure enough she glares at me. "Hey, I don't like being watched while I'm peeing"
"Well, you should be in bed Ana and I'm not letting you out of sight."
"Fine" she pouts finishes and after she has washed her hands I get her back into bed and the nurse comes in with the utensils I need to wash Ana.
"Oh wait, my husband needs gloves, because of the blood" Ana says to the nurse and she hands me some from her pocket and leaves.
"Ana, why would I use gloves to wash you."
"Because, we have no idea what this blood is Christian and I can see the paper cut on your hand from here, there is no way you will touch this blood with your bare hands."
"It's dried Ana, I'll be fine."
"Christian, please. We have a baby on the way, we can't take risks with our health, this little one in here" Ana says and points to her belly "it will need us for at least the next 18 years, so please just use the gloves." I know she is right, but I hate the fact that I have to put on gloves to wash my own wife. I'll do it anyway, pushing the thought that this blood could contain some deadly disease as far away as possible. This is supposed to be a happy time for us and even thinking about Ana getting a possible deadly disease, because I fired someone is killing me.
I try not to let her see how distraught I am and help her out of the hospital gown to wash her left arm and side where the blood soaked through her clothes. I even manage to wash the blood out of the ends of her long hair. I braid her hair and the nurse just took the washbowl and stuff away when my mother bursts into the room.
"Oh dear, you are fine." she says and she is crying. What in the world is going on?
"Mom, what is wrong?"
"What is wrong, everyone is trying to reach out to you two. There are news reports that Ana was shot and died on the way to hospital. I was going crazy trying to reach you until I checked the computer to see if Ana was delivered to the hospital and found out she is here."
"Jesus Christ, the fucking media." I take my phone out of my pocket and sure enough while it was on silent mode I had 74 missed calls.
"Mom, can you stay with Ana? I need to make some calls, my PR team and the family."
"Of course" my mothers says and pulls a chair next to answers bed. "I'll be right back baby" I kiss her and leave the room calling first Ana's parents, then my Dad, Mia, Elliot, Kate and Jose,so they know that Ana is safe and more importantly alive. After that I call Andrea so PR can release a statement that will simply say that Ana is ok and that the guy who threw the bloodbag at her is in police custody.
Finally, at 7 in the evening the lab results come in and thank god it was only fucking pig blood. Since Ana's blood pressure is still a little to high, despite the medicine she was giving Dr. Hammond said he would like Ana to stay over night. She wanted to leave, but I convinced her that it would be best to stay until tomorrow morning. Our home is perfect, but it is more than 30 minutes away from the hospital and I'm not taking the risk of taking Ana home and regretting it for the rest of my life if something is going to happen tonight.
So, we both stayed the night in the hospital and finally in the morning the Doctors agreed to send Ana home. Though she is on bed rest for at least another two days and I have already arranged that Dr. Greene will come and check on her once a day.
I know my mom will come and check on Ana too, as she has read Ana's chart and knows about the baby, but other than that, we are not going to tell anyone, because apparently you have to wait for the second trimester to share to news. I had no idea, but Ana told me it was very common for couples to wait until the first 12 weeks of the pregnancy are over, before they tell it family and friends. I ask her for the reason and she told me that the first twelve weeks of a pregnancy had the highest risk of losing the baby. That freaked me out and I know for the next twelve weeks I will drive myself crazy with the fear that anything could happen to Ana or the baby.
Once we are home I get Ana into our bedroom and leave her there for a while so I can talk to Taylor who has news on Hyde. They cops already called and a detective will come over later to talk to Ana, which I don't like at all, but I guess to get them out of my hair I have to cooperate with the police.
I find Taylor in his office and close the door. "What's the news on Hyde, Taylor?"
"The let him out on bail this morning Sir, Sawyer said he went straight to his apartment and hasn't let in the last hour. Welch is digging deeper into his past, but we have to wait for a full report, Sir"
"Fuck, well we have to see. Taylor, what I'm going to tell you stays between us. Ana is pregnant, so I want you to brief Ryan and Reynolds and make clear that they are not leaving her side. If she wants to go shopping or to a restaurant, it is not going to happen until we have a new female CPO that can accompany her into the restroom or changing room. Something like yesterday can not happen again."
"Understood Sir, and congratulations."
"Thank you, I have to check on Ana again, she has to rest for a few more days and she doesn't like it at all." he nods and I get back up and find Ana sitting in bed with her laptop.
"You are supposed to rest Mrs. Grey" I scold her gently and she rolls her eyes at me.
"I'm just reading some e-mails" she mutters and frowns. "What's wrong baby?"
"I need to find someone who will take the lead at the center."
"Why?"
"Well, it will open in september, our baby is due in november, that means I could only work for 4 to 5 weeks before I take my maternity leave and I don't want to leave the baby alone right after it is born so I can work. That means I have to find someone who can manage the center for me."
I sit down on the edge of the bed and close her laptop. "So, you would do that, be a stay at home mom?" I try to keep my voice as neutral as possibly. Sure, I want her to stay home, but in the end it is her decision.
"Yes, my mom stayed home with us, I mean, yes, she did her charity things, but she was always home when we came back from school, packed us our lunch in the morning, she drove us to school and picked us up until I had my first car and would take Jenny with me. It was great and I remember many kids in my class were jealous because both their parents had to work and they had less time for them because of it. I really want to do this, you especially while our baby is little. I don't want a nanny taking care of our child, when we are in the lucky position that I can stay here and do it myself."
I can't help the huge smile on my face. "Thank you Ana, you know I want our baby to have a happy childhood and we both know that I might not be able to be around all the time with my work, so I really want you to be here."
"I will, though I still will be involved with the center, just not with the day-to-day business."
"You can work from here and you know if you need any help I'm always there for you."
"I know, that's one of the things I love about you, Mister Grey."
"And, I love everything about you Mrs. Grey" I kiss her and decide it is better to address the new security arrangement now, before Mia calls her to complain about Luke being fired as Ana's CPO.
"Baby, Ryan and Reynolds will be your CPO's from now on and we will hire a new female CPO for you as well."
"What, oh no! Did they quit? What happened?"
"Baby, I need you to stay calm and listen to me. I fired them from their position. Prescott works now with the building security at Grey House and Sawyer is following the bastard that threw the blood on you. I know you like them, but they didn't protect you and I already gave them two chances, after both times you gave them the slip. This was just too much of a fuck up Ana. I expect them to protect you, the moment Hyde yelled they should have been shielding you, yet you were the only one injured.
I can't take any risks with your safety, and it's not just you now. If anything would happen to you or the baby, I don't think I could survive it. Can you live with Ryan and Reynolds following you or do you want me to hire someone else."
"No, I like them and thank you for letting them continue to work for you" Ana murmurs, but I can tell that she is really upset.
"Baby, I'm sorry that you are upset, but your safety is too important to me to give them anymore chances." I hope she understands this, she just has to. I can't let them be her security just because she likes them, security is not supposed to be friends with you, but to protect you and they didn't do their jobs, so they have to go.
"Ok, I just like them, it was like hanging out with friends, Ryan and Reynolds are so stiff all the time."
"Baby, that is because they do their job. They have to be on high alert all the time. And another thing, no outings for you until we have a female guard for you. With Hyde out there we can't take any risks."
"Ok" she mutters and I press a kiss on her lips. "I know you don't like this, but thank you for agreeing to it anyway."
"I just don't want to risk that anything happens to our baby. I was so afraid that I would lose the baby when my blood pressure spiked up, I don't want to feel like that ever again." Ana confesses and I lie down next to her and hold her close.
"I won't let anything happen to either of you. I promise." Ana smiles up at me before she snuggles up against me and I hold her close while her eyes starts to flatter and she falls asleep.
I never felt so protective over anyone in my whole life and I know now, knowing that our child in growing inside of her, I will probably go nuts with my protectiveness, but there is nothing in this world that I wouldn't to do to make sure that Ana and our baby are safe. I want this to be a happy time, but if I have to hire an entire army to protect them, then this is what I am going to do. No one will ever hurt my family, I won't let it happen.
Next update after the holidays ... I hope you all will have wonderful holidays ... oh, and a quick question. Do you want more drama in the chapters to come or no more drama for Ana and Christian? I had an idea where this Hyde storyline is going, but if you don't want more drama I won't go there... so let me know...