Chapter 1 – Introducing Anastasia Steele
AN: Well, this is my first attempt at writing a fanfiction so please go easy on me! This story is AU, however most of the characters are well known to you already. Reviews are greatly appreciated and feel free to give me some constructive critique, also if you have any ideas for the story, please share those too! Hope you like it!
The story is mine, but I do not own Fifthy Shades of Grey, or any of the characters from the original novel.
The sun was rising outside my huge bedroom window; the light had woken me from yet another restless sleep. My body was aching all over and I wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep. Last night had been a huge wake-up call for me; suddenly everything had fallen into place. Now I knew what was missing in my life, I needed someone that I could trust, someone to love, someone who loved me… Bur how the hell would I do that? I had absolutely no idea. The last man I loved turned out to be a real psycho, ended up with a restraining order against him…
I looked at the clock standing on my bedside table, it was barely past six am, and I did not have to leave for work for yet three hours. I decided to take a bath, and so crawled out of the big, comfy bed and went into the en suite bathroom. Inside the cabinet beneath the sink I found the bottle of lavender oil, put some in the grand tub which was already filling with warm water, and quickly discarded my nightwear. The oil was supposed to make me relax but at the same time give me energy, and after the night I had had, I needed a lot of energy right now. After soaking in the bathtub for about half an hour or so I started getting hungry and so got out of the now lukewarm water, I took the soft towel and quickly dried off. I went in search of some clothes and decided upon a black bra with matching panties and a blue maxi dress on top. I completed the outfit with a pair of black heels that gave my short body some height and some subtle make-up. I had never been one to put on much make-up, I did not want to look like some of the girls did these days with faces so covered up in foundation and mascara that they looked like they were wearing masks of some kind.
About two hours later I was on my way to the office. My apartment and office were close and so as usual I walked the distance between the two. Well inside the building the head of security Ms. Hall greeted me and told me someone was already in my office waiting for me.
"Who?" I asked a bit perplexed, after all it was only 9.20 am and I was not expecting anyone before 10.00am.
"I don`t think I have seen him before, but he looked gorgeous!" she exclaimed excited.
I looked at her with confusion written on my face, how come she has let someone unfamiliar into my office? My face must have told the head of security just what I was thinking, because she answered apologetically, "the guy was very persistent, sorry…"
Oh well, I thought, I better go see for myself, and so I was on my way into the elevator that would take me to the fifth floor of the building.
The second I stepped off the elevator onto my floor I knew that something was going on. Every female in the corridor was whispering to one another and in front of the door leading to my office a group of about seven or eight had gathered. Ok, now I became curious, this was not normal at all. I made my way to the door and pushed through the small crowd of women blocking my door. I was about to ask what all the fuzz was about when suddenly I spot a well-known body inside my office…