Soaking in a scorching hot bubble bath trying to get some relief from the throbbing on her backside, all Ana could do was think that she had made the wrong decision. Could I do it for him? Do I love him enough to try? Asking herself these questions, she comes to a realisation. She can't be with him unless she changes herself, something that she was not willing to do. She had already changed so much about herself for him and she wouldn't be herself at all if she changed for a man.

As Ana returned from her thoughts, she realised that all of the bubbles in her bath had gone and she was all pruney. She could spend a lifetime over thinking things. It was at that moment that she realised that like Christian, she wanted to take control of her life. She'd start by actually being able to finish her bath rather than letting herself be pulled in by thoughts of him. She will no longer refer to him by name. Oh no. Just 'him'.

Reaching for her jasmine scented bath lotion and applying a generous amount into her palm, the smell overwhelmed her senses and her thoughts were filled with him, his scent, his skin...STOP. Control Anastasia. Jumping out of the bath, she removed the bath lotion from her hands in the sink. Watching the bubbles disappear down the drain gave her a new sense of freedom. So she grabbed the bottle and emptied the whole lot down the sink and then threw the bottle in the bin.

Upon returning to her bath, Ana found that it was only luke warm and she didn't think that her behind could take more sitting down. So pulling the plug, she decided on a shower. Remembering that Kate was away, she strutted across the apartment butt naked through her bedroom and into the bathroom. She always preferred using her shower as it was separate from the bath, unlike in her own bathroom. Setting the temperature high as her muscles still seemed stiff, even after her hour long bubble bath, she entered the shower.

She found Kate's shower gel in the corner of the shower, perfectly aligned with all of her other products. How does she do it? I wouldn't have the time or the patients to use all of these things, never mind know what they are, just shampoo, conditioner and bath lotion and she's set. She applied a generous amount in her palm and created a good lather between her hands. Roaming her hands over her arms and across her stomach, the dull ache of her muscles seemed more prominent. She then moved her hands up to her breasts. She hissed in a breath through her teeth when she found her nipples to be rock solid causing them to be extra sensitive to her touch. Before him she never found her own touch to be so erotic, however she now knew what her body could feel, and has learned to read it quite well.

Relishing in the feel of her hard nipples brushing across her soft palms, she started to roll them between her fingers. A soft moan escapes her lips from a combination of the pleasure emanating from her nipples, and the hot water soothing her ass. Running her right hand from her breast, down her stomach and across her pubic bone she allowed her fingers to begin exploring through her folds. She couldn't contain the loud moan that escaped her at the combined pleasure from her nipple being tweaked to death by her left hand to the soft strokes of her fingers on her clit. Soon she found that she was dripping wet, and not just from the shower.

Through the pleasure that she was feeling, she couldn't stop the thoughts of him entering her mind. It was only him who has ever made her react like this before, only him who has had the pleasure of giving her pleasure and...NO. She had just proved that it was not only him that can give her pleasure. She must stop thinking like that. Removing her hands from herself, suddenly not in the mood she finishes her shower thinking of anything else but him. She even resorted to singing the ABC's.

Jumping out of the shower and grabbing one of Kate's towels, she wrapped it around her hair and took another to dry off her body. Looking on Kate's bathroom counter she came across her body oil. Wanting a complete change, even the smell of her that he was familiar with she applied a generous amount to her skin. Exiting the bathroom with just a towel on her head she made her way through Kate's bedroom and into the living room. Just as she was about to step through her bedroom door, movement caught her eye causing her to squeal and jump 50 feet in the air. When she turned to the movement, she saw Kate sat on the couch, with a red puffy face and her bags and suitcases all around her just staring at her, her mouth hanging wide open. It wasn't long for Ana to realise that the reason for this was that she was butt naked.

'Oh my god!' She shouted before dashing through her door. She grabbed her robe off of the back of the door before returning to the living room as red as her ass probably was. She sat down on the couch next to Kate. Kate was silent, staring at Ana's bedroom door with fresh silent tears flowing down her cheeks.

'Katie, what happened?' Ana gently asked her whilst putting her arm around her shoulders and pulling her into her side. It must have been something big for her to return from Barbados a whole week early, with no Elliot in sight.

'Where's Elliot?' This was all she needed to say before Kate came back to the present full on sobbing into Ana's shoulder.

'OhmygodAna...h-he said we we-were m...moving to f-f-fast. S-so he left m-me theeeeere! I couldn't st-stay there a-after that, I ju-just needed my bes-best friend!' She sobbed soaking Ana's robe and neck. Ana couldn't believe that Elliot would do something like that. She expected it from Christian, the control freak but not Elliot the softie.

'Katie, it's going to be okay, just give him time and he'll realise what he's lost' Ana said whilst rocking her back and forth on the couch. She knew she needed to say something drastic to bring Kate out of this funk.

'Would he want you if he saw you like this? Come on Katie, your the most strongest person I know. If you can't get through a bad breakup what chance do I have?' Kate lifted her head up and looked at Ana with a confused expression, not understanding what was going on.

'I left Christian' Saying the words out loud made things too real for Ana and she felt betrayed be the tear that had managed to escape and run down her cheek. Ana saw Kate raise her hand and swipe the tear from her face with her thumb. Then she pulled Ana into a bone crushing hug before pulling back and looking her dead in the eye. Oh, no. The Kavanaugh inquisition is starting.

Ana realised that she couldn't say much because of that damn NDA! What was she going to say to Kate? Kate must have realised this because she smiled a reassuring smile at Ana.

'It's okay Ana, I don't need to know the details. At least not yet anyway' she winked at her 'but we both need to sort ourselves out and fast! How about tequila?' Ana's face lit up at this thought. It was just what she needed, something to keep her mind occupied. A night with her best friend and tequila and without the brothers who shall not be named.

'That sounds perfect Kate! Just what I need! I really need the distraction Katie.' Ana gave Kate a sad smile.

Excusing herself to her room to change, she stopped to look out of her bedroom window to make sure there were no Audi SUV's situated close by. When she was happy that there wasn't, she changed into her short shorts and a tank before returning to the room to find that Kate had gotten the tequila and 2 shot glasses ready for them on the table. Looking up at her, an evil smile appeared on Kate's face.

'Ever played have you ever?' She winked at Ana.

'Only when we were getting to know each other in college' Ana shrugged

'That was the PG version! I'll show you how you really play it.' She watched as Kate pored the tequila in the shot glasses.

'Right, so I will say have you ever...and choose something. And if you have, you take a shot, and if I have I drink too. Got it?' Ana knew where this was going, it was Kate's way to gather information about her but making it fun with alcohol. Well if she was going to play this game, she needs to be brave. She grabbed a shot glass and downed the tequila. Kate raised her eyebrow in question whilst Ana just nodded, not sure about what she can share and what she can't about her time with him. Thinking about it though, she knew Kate wouldn't tell anyone which made her feel more comfortable in sharing. Kate bent forward to fill up Ana's shot glass.

'Ill go first, okay Steele, have you ever...kissed a girl?' Kate asked her. Wow, that was straight to the point, Ana thought as she watched Kate down her shot. Ana never experienced that so she kept her shot in her hand.

'Really Ana? I knew you were a virgin before that douchebag but didn't you experience anything whilst we were in college?' Kate asked in utter shock.

'You know I didn't Kate, he was literally my first everything. But enough about that, my turn.' Ana said whilst she refilled Kate's shot glass. She was sure that by the end of this game, Kate would be so drunk she wouldn't be able to stand due to her experience. Ana didn't really know what to ask, she wasn't as confident in talking about these things with people. Taking a deep breath she braced herself knowing that it could only get worse from here so she might as well throw herself in there.

'Okay, have you ever...had sex on a plane?' Ana knew that her face was bright red and she hated that about herself. She just asked her best friend a perfectly normal best friend type question and she's acting like she just asked her mother! Get a grip Steele! Without hesitation Kate took her shot and screwed her face up from the burn of the alcohol. This made Ana giggle.

'What? Nothing better than a bit of 40,000ft fucking' Ana gasped

'I can't believe you just said that Katie!'

'Why not Annie? Come on! Your shocked because I said fucking? How long have you been my friend?' Kate burst into a fit of giggles showing Ana that she was two shots ahead of her. When Kate had finally calmed down she asked her question.

'Sorry about that haha, have you ever...given a blow job?' Once again Ana blushed at this, but then smirked at the thought of it. Knowing that this was one thing that she aced at. Apparently no gag reflex gives her an advantage in this area. She quickly threw her shot back at the same time as Kate, making a hissing sound as she felt the burn in her throat.

'What was that smirk for Ana? Does someone have good experiences in this field?' Kate gave another wink. Ana knew that this was Kate's way of fishing for details, so why not shock her? Pouring herself and Kate another shot and downing hers straight, liquid courage she thought, she took a deep breath and simply said

'No gag reflex.' As she said this Kate was in the process of taking her shot but the shock must have been too much because she spat it back out all over Ana.

'No shit Steele!' Ana just nodded trying to dry herself off with a nearby napkin. Kate must have notices Ana's failed attempts because the next thing Ana knew, her shirt was up and ever her head. Not knowing what to say, Ana just stared at Kate with her mouth hanging open.

'What? Those napkins were doing nothing, no point in sitting in a sticky shirt' Kate shrugged pouring them both another shot. Knowing that she wasn't going to do well on this game, Ana threw back another shot before refilling her glass.

'We need music Katie!' She yelled standing up from the couch and stumbling towards the iPod dock. Wow, that stuff works fast! Giggling to herself about her low tolerance for alcohol, she put her iPod on shuffle before returning to Kate's side on the couch.

Ana noticed how quiet Kate was and looked to her friend to find her staring at her chest. It was then that Ana realised that she was just sitting there in her short shorts and her bra. She didn't seem to mind that her friend was blatantly staring at her breasts, actually she sort of liked it. It made her feel kind of sexy. Wait...what? Okay back to the shots, Ana thought.

'Come on Kate, bottoms up!' Ana giggled whilst handing Kate her shot glass. The girls clinked them together before swallowing them.

'I can still feel the burn...I'm not nearly as drunk as I'd hoped to be!' Kate exclaimed whilst poring them both another shot before quickly downing it, Ana following shortly behind.

'Okay, I think we need to have a little breather before we finish the whole bottle!' Ana giggled.

'Has anyone told you your giggle is so cute!?' Kate asked looking intently at Ana. A certain billionaire used to like her giggle, he told her so all the time. This brought a wave of sadness through Ana, causing fresh tears to form in her eyes. Goddammit! Tequila and sadness do NOT go well together.

'Oh shit, sorry Ana I didn't know. Erm, come on...lets dance! Take your mind off of it!' Kate said the last bit whilst dragging Ana to her feet only for Ana to pull away from her.

'No! You know I can't dance, Kate.' Ana whines whilst Kate pouted at Ana...and she knew she'd won. Ana could never say no to a Katherine Kavanaugh pout!

'Fine! One more shot then ill dance.' She made her way over to the coffee table and unsteadily pored them both a shot and handing Kate hers. Both girls slammed the shot glasses down on the coffee table.

Kate then moved over to the iPod and changed the song. Ana recognised it as 'Love in this Club' by Usher. She didn't quite understand why Kate had chosen this song out of all of the other dance songs on her iPod, but she chose just to go with it. Feeling the alcohol running through her veins, Ana started to move to the music. Closing her eyes and running her hands through her now dry, wavy hair and into the air, as she swayed her hips side to side in a figure of eight pattern. She allowed the music to completely fill her thoughts and for once in a long time, she feel completely free and at ease. Her breath hitched when she felt Kate move behind her and run her hands from just below her breasts, down her sides to hold onto either of her hips. The tingling feeling that passed across her skin from Kate's touch made her confused. When he touched her, she felt sort of an electric charge between them. This was completely different, in a good way, she thought.

Kate pulled Ana back by her hips so they they were completely flush against each other, front to back and used her pull on her hips to gently sway them together. The feeling of her ass against Kate made her breath come out more like pants. She couldn't believe it, how could her roommate, a GIRL for gods sake, turn her on? But she did. Maybe it was her unfinished business from the shower earlier? That must be it, she thought. She couldn't control her desires, and soon she was softly grinding back into Kate. What surprised her next was Kate's soft moan that came out more of a heavy breath close to her right ear. The warm breath sent tingles all down Ana's body, straight to her core, causing wetness to pool between her thighs.

Ana's body was craving any sort of friction, so she started to grind her ass harder against Kate. Managing to shock her even more, Kate moved Ana's hair from her right shoulder to her left and began leaving wet, open mouth kisses from her shoulder to below her ear and back again. When Kate reached her ear for the second time, she gently nibbled on it, emanating a loud moan from Ana. Ana felt her heal roll back and rest on Kate's shoulder as her best friend/roommate continued her assault.

As the song changed to 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' by Def Leppard, Kate spun Ana around so that they were face to face and continued her kissing, nibbling and sucking on Ana's neck. All Ana could think about was how wrong this was, but it felt so right so she just carried on swaying and grinding against Kate. Kate reached Ana's ear again and breathed softly against it.

'I want to give you the experience you should have had in college' Kate whispered seductively in Ana's ear, making her shiver, and pulling back to look her in the eye. Ana was trying to work out what Kate meant when she saw Kate's eye trained on her mouth. What happened next was something she would have never expected to happen.

Kate took Ana's face in both of her hands and bent her head towards her sealing their lips together. The kiss that Kate was giving to Ana took her breath away. It was sexy and seductive, but it was also sweet and loving. This was a kiss that she had never experienced before, with him it was always possessive and controlling. It was nice just to feel passion for once. Ana felt Kate's tongue at the seal of her lips and she gasped at the contact giving Kate the perfect opportunity to deepen their kiss. Their tongues explores each others mouths, caressing and flicking. Both of Ana's hands found their way into Kate's soft, curly, strawberry blonde hair and tugged...hard. This made Kate moan into Ana's mouth and if it was even possible, Ana became even more turned on.

One of Kate's hands start to roam whilst the other stayed firmly planted on Ana's cheek. Her fingertips softly tracing down Ana's neck, across her collarbone and onto the swell of her breast. They were both breathing heavily into each others mouths at this point, their breasts rubbing together during each intake. Feeling bold, Ana removed her hands from Kate's hair, down to the bottom of her shirt. She broke the kiss as she moved the shirt up and over her head and just admired the view in front of her. Sure, she knew Kate had a good body, but she was never able to admire it this closely before, and boy was it a good body. Perfect shaped, full C cup breasts held perfectly by her black lace bra. Luckily for Ana, the lace was see through so she could see Kate's hard nipples through the material begging to be touched. Just as she lifted her hand to Kate's breast, Kate took her hand causing her to finally look up in surprise. Was that too much? She hoped not.

'Lets get more comfortable shall we?' Kate whispered before pulling Ana by the hand towards her bedroom. Well, I guess it wasn't to much then. Ana thought as she followed close behind her.