Disclaimer:

I do not own any of the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy, the characters belong to E.L James. This statement applies to the whole story.

Chapter One:

I looked at my watch and sighed, 4:30am and I had just finished work. I sighed again when I realised that I would have to be up again in approximately five hours, four hours really when I included my drive home and trying to get to sleep. It was cold out tonight, I wrapped my arms around my small frame to try and keep myself warm whilst rushing to my car. I couldn't wait to be asleep.

Twenty minutes later I pulled up outside my apartment building and as quickly as I could grabbed my bag and my phone and jumped out my car and up the stone steps to my apartment. But as this was me, I missed a step and fell up of all things the stop steps grazing my leg along the way. Fuck, that hurt but I had no energy left to dwell on it, ignoring the pain in my leg I carried on up the steps and headed for my apartment and straight for my bed.

"Ana!" I groaned, four hours sleep was not enough.

"Ana! Are you awake?" yes Kate, I am awake I thought to myself even if I don't want to be. Slowly I pulled myself out of bed and into my bathroom but not before noticing the sheer pain in my leg which I completely ignored last night, looking down at the damage I mentally cursed myself for not looking at it last night, dried blood and a deep graze across my knee, not to the mention the bruising which was started to form. I cleaned myself up and hobbled out of the bathroom, out of my bedroom and into the kitchen where my best friend was sat eating breakfast, she looked up at me and sighed.

"You look tired Steele, I know I sprung this interview on you but are you sure you can drive to Seattle today?"

"I'll be fine Kate, you can hardly go, you've got the flu".

"I don't know what I would do without you Steele" she croaked quietly as another one of her coughing fits started. I simply nodded and turned around back to my bedroom to get ready.

Kate is my best friend, I'd do just about anything for her which is true because what I'm doing today was going to be pure torture. Several months ago, Kate was granted an interview with some billionaire whom I had never heard of, all I knew was that he was going to be at our graduation next month to give a speech and hand out our degrees. It just wasn't my luck that today was that day and she was made up with flu so somehow she had managed to persuade me into going in her place.

Dressed in the best clothes I have that would possibly pass as slightly smart, I was ready to leave for Seattle. Kate was curled up the couch with her laptop resting on her legs. She passed me the interview questions and the recorder whilst looking at what I was wearing. Ignoring the look on her face, I put the questions and recorder into my bag, told her to eat the soup I had made for me yesterday and rest whist I dashed out the door towards my car and headed for Seattle.

Several hours later, Seattle was in my sights, I would soon be moving here, after I graduate with Kate we are both moving here to officially start our lives as adults. I pulled up outside my destination in the nearest available parking space, turned the engine off and sat there for a couple of minutes to try and calm my nerves. You can do this Steele I told myself over and over again. Ok, time was up, time for Anastasia Steele to meet one Christian Grey. I groaned at the thought.

What the hell was that! What the hell was that!

I can't even get my head around about what happened up there in his office. I have never in my life felt so intimidated by someone, he clearly did not want me there, his stare on its own could reduce someone to shrink down in size dramatically and just curl up into a ball. The man breathed power, that I could see and control, he sounded like a complete control freak. I groaned to myself remembering that I had actually accused him of that, I actually told him he sounded like a complete control freak and not so surprisingly he didn't even deny it. 'I exercise control in all things Miss Steele' he so powerfully stated whilst glaring at me.

I shook my head ridding myself of that memory. You'll never have to speak to him again Steele, you'll just have to see him at your graduation but I couldn't think about that right now, I needed to leave and now would be good.