Chapter 1

Ana

I look at the cover of Pride and Prejudice. Unsure about whether this was the book for me. Kate had picked it out, said it would spice up my normal choices of reading. I put the book down, realising it was already 10:30pm. I'd start my new job at Seattle Independent Publishing or SIP. I was looking forward to the change from college, and was excited for what Seattle would bring. Kate and herself had only moved to Seattle that morning, but fortunately all our stuff had been unpacked. Kate was starting her new job at The Seattle Times. This was a huge deal for her and I was so glad when she was offered her the job. Both of us were looking forward to the days ahead. I begin to close my eyes and fall asleep thinking of the prospects to come in their new found lives.

I wake up to the sound of knocking on my door, I blink a few times before pulling myself out of bed and opening to the door to see an angry Kate.

"ANA! You have to be at work in 30 minutes! Get your ass moving, I'm leaving. Wish me luck" she says as I just look at her surprisingly and blink a few times.

"Good luck Kate" I say as she rushes out the door. I close the door behind me and head to my wardrobe picking out my floral white and pink dress and grab my pink cardigan. I shove my clothes on quite quickly, knowing that it's a 10-15 minute drive to SIP. I pair my outfit with black flats and grab my brown shoulder bag that I'd had since my first day at college and head out the door, not wanting to be late. I get in my rundown car that Ray had bought me as my phone rings. I grab it out of my bag and see the caller I.D, Mum. I answer it quickly.

"Hey Mum, what's up?" I ask trying to be direct, since I was not going to be late on my first day.

"Oh honey, I just wanted to let you know that I was hoping to drop in to your new apartment! I haven't seen you in so long! And I have some important news to tell you as well!" she exclaims as I just let out a sigh, great. No free time for Ana tonight.

"Yeah alright Mum, what time are you coming in? I'll pick you up from the airport" I suggest.

"Oh honey, the plane comes in at 6pm, is that alright?" she says as I just nod, knowing she cant see me. "Sounds great Mum, ive really got to go, my first day at SIP" I say urgently as I hear a sigh escape her lips. "Sure honey, see you then!" She says as I hang up the phone and place it back in my bag and leave the house. I arrive at SIP five minutes early grateful for Kate for having woken me up.

I reach the front desk and a woman around 28 with long brown hair swept in a bun with the nametag Claire sits their smiling.

"You must be Anastasia! I'm Claire! I'm the Administrative Assistant! Jack and Elizabeth are waiting in Jack's office for you! Just down the hall, the first door on the right! You can't miss it!" she exclaims. I smile giving her a nod as I head down the hall and turn right as Claire had instructed and knock on the door. A man, in his early thirties with brown hair and quite tall and solid answers the door. "Hello, I'm Jack. I'm the commissioning editor and you'll be working with me during your times at SIP" he says as he puts his hand out and we shake hands. I enter the room and see Jack take a seat next to a woman, who I assume is Elizabeth. "Hello, I'm Elizabeth, Head of Personnel. I'll be your boss and if you have any issues you can talk to me" she says as I smile and shake her hand.

"Now, Jack will get you sorted and I wish you the best of luck" she exclaims and leaves the room. I take a seat opposite Jack who smiles wickedly making me stifle in my seat.

"So, as assistant, I'll give you some easy jobs to do such as photocopying and proofreading, nothing too fancy and will ease you into some harder jobs as you get used to work here" he explains as I just nod. "Your office is opposite mine, and there's a desk, printer in there and everything you'll need basically" he says.

"Thank you" I say giving him a shy smile.

"Now, I'd like you to photocopy 50 copies of these if you please" he exclaims as I just nod as he passes me a few sheets of paper. I head to my office opening the door and placing the papers on the table as I place my bag on the chair. I see the printer in the corner of the room and grab the pieces of paper, glancing over them and start the printer. I realise there's no paper in the printer, so head to the administrative desk. Without looking I bump into someone stumbling onto the ground. I sit myself up, and see a man standing their looking concerned.

"I didn't see you there, you came out of nowhere. Let me help you up" he exclaims I pass him my hand as he helps me up. As I fix my dress and hair. I look up to him, he was a few inches taller than me, and had intense grey eyes and his hair was styled in a messy type look, which was so sexy. I look him up and down, seeing how solid and broad the man was and blushed.

"I'm so sorry sir, Its definitely not my day today. Are you alright?" I ask as he just nods.

"I'm fine. And your name is?" he asks with a serious tone, I gulp.

"Anastasia Steele, but everyone just calls me Ana" I exclaim blushing.

"Well Miss Steele, you better watch out where your going, hopefully we'll meet again" he says a sly smile on his face.

"And you are?" I ask curiously as he fixes his tie and smiles.

"Christian Grey, but call me Mr Grey" he says as I just roll my eyes.

"Why such formalities, Mr Grey?" I ask raising an eyebrow.

"My business is very formal, and it sounds very professional. Your first day at SIP?" he asks as I just nod.

"How did you know?" I ask curiously as he shakes his head.

"The innocent and young look on your face gives you away " he says as I just smile.

"And whereabouts do you work Mr Grey?" I ask as he puts a hand through his hair.

"Grey Enterprises Holdings" he says smirking.

"While its been a pleasure to meet you Miss Steele, I must get back to my business here. I hope we do get to meet again" he exclaims as I just nod blushing.

"Pleasure to meet you" I say as he heads down the hallway and I head to the admin desk.

"Claire? The printer has run out of paper, I was wondering where I could get some more paper?" I ask innocently as she smiles opening her desk draw and passing me some paper.

"Thank you" I say giving her a warm hearted smile and head back to my office thinking of the encounter with that mysterious man for the rest of the day.

I finish up work at 4:30 and head to Jack's office to alert him I was headed off. I knock on the door and let myself in. He sees me and smiles.

"Anastasia, I take it you are leaving?" he asks I simply nod.

"Well, I was just finishing off now, maybe we could head out for a quick drink?" He asks. I look at my watch and see I have an hour and a half before I have to pick up Mum from the airport and I really did need to make some new friends.

"That sounds great, you can pick the place. I mean I only just moved here" I exclaim he nods giving me a smile as we head out the door.

"So I was thinking we could go to this pub called Secondhand Street Pub, it's a nice pub. You can take your car and just follow behind me" he exclaims. I nod and give him a wave before hopping in my car. I follow him to the pub which was only five kilometres away from the office and park the car. I hop out of the car and see Jack and wave at him, he waves back as I run up to catch up to him. We head into the bar and take a seat in one of the booths.

"So Ana what brings you to Seattle?" he asks I shrug casually.

"Big city, more opportunities I suppose" I say as he just nods as I feel his leg brushing against mine.

"Would you happen to have a boyfriend Ana?" he asks as I raise an eyebrow of just how forward this man was. "No I do not, I'm planning to focus solely on my career for the time being" I exclaim as he nods frowning.

"I'm sure such an attractive girl like yourself needs some balance within her life?" he asks as I just sigh finding this slightly uncomfortable.

"Well yes, but there are other ways besides a relationship to have balance" I suggest as he smirks giving me a wink. I look around the bar and notice none other than Christian Grey entering the pub. It didn't seem like his type of scene so I was surprised. He looked over at me and headed to our booth.

"I definitely understand what you're saying" Jack says placing a hand on my thigh as I push him off as Christian comes over.

"Why Miss Steele, I didn't think we'd meet again so quickly" he exclaims.

"Stalking me are you Mr Grey? This doesn't seem like your type of scene" I suggest as he smiles shaking his head.

"I suppose it is not. I'm meeting up with my brother, Elliot. He suggested we meet here funnily enough" he says putting a hand through his hair.

"Excuses Mr Grey" I say giving him a smile, he looks over at Jack and his demeanour changes to a rather serious one.

"Anyways, I've really got to go. I have to pick up my mother from the airport" I exclaim. Jack goes to stand up and plants a kiss on my cheek as he walks off.

"I'd like for us to have coffee sometime, Miss Steele" he says.

"is that a question or a statement?" I ask curiously as he just shakes his head.

"A question, Miss Steele" he answers back as I blush. Boy, he intimidates me.

"I will, if you stop calling me Miss Steele" I explain as he gives me a crooked smile.

"As you wish, Anastasia" he says as I just nod.

"Now that we are on a first name basis, I suppose I can give you my number. Call me when your free" I explain pulling out a piece of paper from my pocket with my number on it and passing it to him, he smiles.

"As you wish, Anastasia. I look forward to it" he says as I leave him.

I arrive at the airport and find Mum waiting for me smiling.

"Oh honey! It's so good to see you!" she exclaims pulling me in for a tight hug. I almost suffocate as I hug her back. We head to the car, as she puts her things in the back seat as we head back to the apartment, Mum was being awfully quiet which was quite strange, especially for her. I grab her stuff from the backseat, and take it in for her as I pass her the keys for her to unlock the door. She goes in as I drop her stuff in the spare room. We head back to the kitchen and take a seat at the dining table.

"Honey, there's something I need to tell you" she exclaims.

:"What is it?" I ask worryingly seeing the anxious look on her face.

"I had sex with Jose Rodriguez senior. And I got pregnant-" She exclaims. I look at her stunned.

"What are you saying Mum?" I say looking at her curiously as she sighs.

"Jose is your brother, I cheated on your father" she exclaims letting out a sob. I move closer to her, and put my arm around her and sit there dumbfounded. Jose was my brother. Step brother. I always wanted saw him as my brother, but we actually were. Mum sits there crying as I just hold her whispering in her ear.

"Does Jose know?" I ask raising an eyebrow. She looks up at me and shakes her head.

"I was hoping hed come down this weekend, and we could have a get together and tell him" Mum says as I just say.

"Mum this is crazy" I exclaim as she nods.

"Oh honey, I know" she says

So what did you guys all think? Its been awhile since ive written anything in particular! Having been busy with school and going on vacations and so forth. I also was going through a rough patch, I decided it was best to start afresh with my writing, and do something I'd never done before. Write a Fifty Shades of Grey fanfic! So please review and tell me what you think!