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Harvard

Ana dragged her suitcases off the car and followed the student volunteers that went to the airport to get all the exchange students from all over the places. She was just one of the two that were chosen from her university. The other guy was someone that she didn't know, he was in another department but they were both juniors.

On their way to the school campus, she kept her eyes glued on the passing buildings and the busy street of New York, but her mind was occupied elsewhere. She was wondering what would happen if she really was pregnant, the child would be three months old already. The thought of a child sent shivers down her spine. She was just a twenty year old that had just had her birthday celebration together with a farewell party, wishing her a good luck at Harvard.

"Kate, you're paying right? I really don't want any other people to find out." Ana asked Kate for the umpteenth time since they got out of their dormitory this morning. Both of them were nervous for the test but it was inevitable.

"I said I will, and you don't even have to pay it back. I told you I'd do anything to be there for you, Ana. Now, just relax." Kate was slowly starting lose her patience, but she could understand Ana, she knew how her best friend was feeling, so she bit her inner cheek to prevent herself from losing patience.

"You sure your boyfriend won't know?" Ana was worried that Kate's boyfriend would check her bank history and ask about this, she didn't want to stir up trouble for her best friend's long distance relationship.

"Why would he even look into my bank account?" Had always been Kate's answer, she kept assuring Ana that her boyfriend would never find out. "Just chill, Ana, those pregnancy tests can be inaccurate sometimes." She knew how much Ana valued her grades and how important it was for her to stick to her grand plan. A baby was just off the limit, plus, the thought of single motherhood would just add more stress onto the pile that was already resting on her shoulder.

"You sound like you knew I'm not going to be pregnant." Ana scoffed.

"He's your first fuck and not everyone's that fertile, getting pregnant isn't that easy even if you want to, Ana. You don't just get knocked up with one sex, some couples were trying for years to conceive. Trust me, it's not that I'm doubting your ability, but I'm just saying, there's a huge chance that your body is just trying to adjust to the your first experience." Kate explained, trying the more scientific approach in a vain attempt to sooth her shaking best friend beside her.

Heaving out a sigh of relief, earning a look from the guy sitting beside her from her school, she turned away quickly, pretending not to notice what she had just done. She didn't know if it was monstrous to not feel sad about not actually being pregnant. After all, pregnancy was the last thing she would want to go through and a child was just in the never considered column in her mind. She was never a fan of children, and she certainly wouldn't be a fan of a kid just after a one-night stand without a condom. She was ecstatic when she heard from the doctor that her blood sample came back to be negative, she just had a higher hormone level than normal because like Kate had said, her body was just getting used to no longer being a virgin. The nurses were all giving her a weird look, never had them seen any of the patients that delighted and joyful upon learning that they weren't pregnant.

After that pregnancy scare, Ana was able to focus on her work, extracurricular and had been more efficient with getting her work done.

The volleyball team had been more successful than last year under her leadership, they had won the championship again in their league for two consecutive years already, and it all happened since she joined the team, therefore it was safe to say that the team won due to her participation. She had been getting more people to play tennis with her and she was able to raise her payment. She was genuinely surprised when people still came to play with her even she doubled her demand. They said she was honest and good at tennis, they enjoyed playing with her and thought every penny was worth it. There were even some kids that were there for her to teach beginner tennis to.

Her life had been better since the pregnancy scare, everything was smooth in general, apart from some obstacles that she had to overcome by herself, but they all didn't leave any mark in her memory. Overall, she was satisfied with the year and looking forward for her year away from Pullman.

Once arrived in her assigned dormitory, she was quickly introduced to her roommate, her name was Mia Grey. She was a blonde girl that was a freshman, and from the moment Ana stepped into the room, she learned that Mia was very talkative and she was enthusiastic about just every fashion trend. One look at her and Ana knew the girl screamed fashion.

Throughout the year, she had managed to block out a certain gray eyed, copper hair businessman out of her mind, and hadn't been thinking about it. The man didn't even come into her mind when the girl introduced herself as a Grey. Ana just believed that there would be a lot of people out there with the same last name and that wouldn't mean they were related. She was convinced that she wouldn't find any trace of the man in the department that he used to study in, but she was very wrong.

She had gotten calls from him, no doubt, but she had been ignoring it even though she had once saved it in a moment of weakness. She didn't want anything to do with him, wanting to see him as a bad distraction. She didn't know how to deal with the scare that she had went through, let alone telling him. To her, he was still this intruder that invaded her house over the summer, and they were still strangers to one another. She hated it that he had possibly dug up her background, speculated that he had dug up her cell number and as the person that she knew over the summer, he wouldn't give up on trying to get her attention.

In the end, she told herself that if she had decided to focus on school and graduating top of her class, she needed to forget that distraction and she had convinced herself that turning him down at Clayton's was probably the best decision she had ever made, despite how upset she had been a few months after her rejection. Ana was new to being the girl that a guy was trying to woo, she had never showed interest in any of the guys that had showed interest in her before, she'd never pay attention to any of the guys, but her own life. It was arguable about how she handled the situation, and it was even more debatable as to how she had reacted to the foreign feelings that she had harbored for the man that she had only been with intimately for a few days. She ran away from the feelings and she brushed away the man that she would eventually have to find space for in her life, because if she give up on him completely, she would be regretting it her whole life.

Ana didn't know if she would consider it lucky or not Christian wasn't the kind to give up easily. Now that she was going to step in to Christian's old school, she had an unsettling feeling that they were going to meet again.

Harvard was Christian's alma college, and he was a thriving businessman that had been successful in his investments, already gaining a lot from playing in the market. He was one lucky bastard to have obtained such a high result from only participating in the real world for just over two years. Even though his company started from scratch and was still building, but by putting himself out constantly, he had gained some recognizable acknowledgement from a handful of economist and professors, and the support he was getting was not less than the praises he was hearing. He hated to put himself out on the screen, hated to socialize. However, for the things that he was passionate about, he was making exceptions. He appeared in more magazines and had taken more interviews than he had ever thought he would. To further expanding his branches and pulling more under his umbrella, he had set his eyes on two universities, and one of them was Harvard.

Apart from his business life, he was still trying to have the only girl that he had ever laid eyes on that didn't seem at all interested in his courtship. Knowing that she would be in his school, he stepped out of his comfort zone and decided to make another exception for his girl.

Mia was a girl learning about fashion and designing, she said she wanted to go to Paris and work there in the futures. There were very little that had came out of her mouth about her family, apart from the fact that they were from Seattle and she had two brothers. To Ana, she seemed to be a girl that came from a rich family, though not spoiled but was still thoroughly loved in her childhood.

"Do you do any sports, Ana?" Mia asked out of curiosity, since their sporting season was going to start soon. Ana had saw posters for clubs and also for sports teams in the hallway already. She had her own schedule and she would follow people around, everyone seemed so nice and welcoming, she had been invited to so many different groups and tables during lunch and dinner that she had to change every time for the next meal.

"Yes, I play tennis and volleyball." Ana answered, changing out of her clothes and into a more comfortable pair so she could go to the gym, wanting to watch the tryout of the volleyball team.

"We have a volleyball team, but they're not exactly the pride of our school." Mia made a face that made Ana laugh. "I know some people who plays tennis, maybe you can go play with them? Did you bring your bat?" She asked, Ana's laugh grew when she heard Mia's choice of word for a tennis racket.

"It's a tennis racket, Mia."

"Same diff. I don't do sports, I rarely watch them, my brothers like to watch football though." Mia shrugged, not at all embarrassed at her lack of knowledge.

"I don't like football, but I like to ski, and I tried snowboarding."

"Really? My brother just bought a house in Aspen, and we're going their this Christmas, you should come and show off." Mia jumped up to her feet, danced around Ana when Ana was ready to leave for the tryout.

"Um… That'd be great, but…"

"No buts," Mia cut in enthusiastically, "my family's going to love you." She said before skipping off into the bathroom, letting her get going.

Ana sighed and made her way out of the room, Mia could be funny but also annoying sometimes. It made her think of Kate, who was equally loud and nosy.

"Hi, um, how do I get to the gym?" Ana stopped to ask two girls who she recognize from her business class.

"Oh, just go down the stairs and turn left…" one of them pointed the direction, Ana nodded and thanked them, but they weren't finished talking to her.

"Anastasia right?" Another one asked when Ana was about to leave.

"Yes, Anastasia Steele." Ana replied, sticking out a hand.

"You're the exchange student from Washington?" The one who told her the direction asked, Ana nodded with a polite smile.

"Do you know anyone in this school?" Now they were just trying to have small talks with her, but all she wanted to do was get to the gym and get to know about their sports facilities.

"No." Ana replied quickly, Christian never even flashed through her mind, even when she tried to think of someone. "I'm staying with a freshman though." She pointed out, thinking it was weird that she wasn't assigned with a girl her grade

"That's normal, we usually put exchange students with freshmen since they're all technically new and don't have roommates or asked to live by themselves." They explained and Ana nodded, thinking it was her cue to leave, but they started to throw questions at her.

"What are you majoring in, Anastasia?"

"Just Ana, please." She corrected before answering. "Business and Law."

"Double major?" They asked looking impressive. Ana nodded, really wanting to walk way by that moment.

"I only know one more person who double majored in those two, and he's year above us, but he dropped out." Ana stood there acting to be polite and pretending to be listening when she was glancing down at her watch subtly, taking note of how late she had been. Letting their words slip through and realizing that they had went into a daze or started to day dream, she quietly said her byes and slipped away.

Once she reached the gym, she could see people warming up. There were three courts dedicated to basketball and two for volleyball. One for male and one for female.

She wondered if she could also train with the school team, since she knew the clubs would be people that didn't make the team and it would be no fun for her. Walking toward the volleyball area, she had spotted some familiar faces, and one of them, she believed was called Lily approached her.

"Ana!" She called out loudly, making Ana cringe at the sudden attention she was gaining around the court. Lily waved her hand in the air frantically, trying to get her attention.

The last time she checked, Lily was a junior that majored in business and minored in literature. The girl was the best friend of Mia, they were always loud and giggly, though Ana couldn't say anything about it, but that didn't make her stop cringing sometimes. The junior had a darker shade of blonde than Mia, and she was a bit taller than Mia, though her grades weren't that good looking, at least she was passing.

Putting on a rather fake smile, Ana dropped her back next to the bleachers and made her way toward Lily and the rest of the team. She had a few glimpse at how the girls were playing, and she would admit that her girls back home were so much better than the girls here. When she learned that Lily was the captain of the team, she didn't know whether she should help out with the team or she should just keep her talent to herself but none of the choices were given to her.

"Do you play, Ana? I heard Mia said you play volleyball and tennis." Lily said, in the same excited tone that Mia used. Ana liked how the students in Harvard were friendly and welcoming, but she thought Mia and Lily were a little too excited and too friendly to her.

"Yeah, I play." Ana nodded shortly. She wasn't wearing a knee pad, thinking they weren't necessary, but it turned out that she had to dive down to save the ball more than she could ever imagine.

"Ana, you're so good at it. Oh my god, you can bring us to the championship game this season if you're from Harvard." The coach was gushing about her all session.

The compliments and looks thrown at her were making her uncomfortable, she was gaining way too much attention than an exchange student should have gained in the first few weeks of school. She wondered how she would survive through the year, she was already shining too bright for her own good at the beginning, there was no way she would make it through the year without getting a string of enemies behind her tail.

In her law class, they were told that there was a famous lawyer in Seattle who was willing to come up here to give them a lecture at the end of the week, and all students and staff from the law department were expected and required to attend. Ana was excited about it, but she wasn't sure if any of the other students were. To her, they seemed to have a bad memory of guest lecturers.

However, that didn't seem to be the only thing that would dampen students' mood, as she had found out later in her business class once the teacher announced a test. Ana herself wasn't a big fan of lectures or tests, but she knew the importance of them and she was willing to listen to lectures and take exams if that meant well for her future and for her studies. She would bear and tolerate all the parts that were bitter and let herself enjoy the fruit of good results.

"Ana, I know you're the exchange student, the test isn't going to take up the whole period, you can just do something on your own in here or you can come back here in an hour." The professor walked up to Ana quietly once she had handed out all the tests and instructing them not to open until told to do so.

"No it's okay, I'll stay." Ana replied with a smile. "Professor," she called, "can I have a copy to look at?" She asked shyly. "If you have any spare I mean." Ana added, the professor was surprised at the request, even the ones that loved burying their noses in books hated to take exams.

"Sure, you can try it too, but it's okay if you don't know the format." The professor placed the last copy in her hands on to her table and gave her a smile before walking back up to the stage and instructing everyone to start writing.

Ana opened the test paper and smiled to herself when she read the questions, they were everything that she knew, whether from last year or from the extra readings that she had done on her own over the summer.

Picking up her pen, she started to jolt down ideas and bullet point answers on the answer sheet. She didn't expect herself to be finishing everything and wasn't expecting herself to be writing an essay for an unfamiliar paper, but at least she could occupy herself by thinking about the questions over the hour.

By the time the teachers came around to collet the papers, she had found herself finishing up an essay. It was only one question and that was after she had spent half of the time listing out answers to every questions on the page. Then she had managed to finish the essay just in time. She didn't know what she should be writing but she was answering the way she thought was appropriate.

"As usual, names won't be revealed until I've graded them all." The professor declared, more for Ana to hear than for her students who had already know about the rule. "Do you want me to grade yours too, Ana?" She asked Ana as she collected hers in, Ana had used up all the papers given and felt too embarrassed to ask for more pages. She nodded shyly at the professor who offered another smile.

They started on a new project for the rest of the class and was informed that the next class would be on something new. Ana had been told she could do it too and the grade would be on her transcript for the year. Now Ana didn't regret taking the exam that she didn't know they were going to have, because if that was good, she could persuade the professor to add it to her profile so she could have better grades when she get back to her college.

Everything was perfect, she had made friends, was welcomed by everyone, impressed all of her professors. She was the epitome of the perfect student, even though she could be devious sometimes, but she had the best reputation in school and got famous real quickly.

Her next business class came before the lawyer lecture, and she was going to hear about their grades. Then they were going to work on their project after the new lecture had been given. She was working with Lily, because Lily had insisted that they work together. Ana didn't have any clue of what they were supposed to be doing, so went with the flow and allowed to be assigned into Lily's group. It turned out to be a nightmare, but there was no looking back.'

"I'm surprised yet disappointed at the same time to learn that the top scorer in our class today is," the professor said, taking the papers that they did last class, which was three days ago, out from her folder and unclipping them. "Our exchange student, Anastasia Steele."

When the class erupted with applause and every pair of eyes turned toward Ana, she froze on her spot. She clearly remembering herself listing out every possible answer she could think of, there was no elaboration or evaluation whatsoever, there was only bullet points. She remembered only answering one question thoroughly and thinking she didn't even cover every point there was.

"She's chosen the one question that no one has chosen," the professor started to explain as the class started to quiet down, "and provided us with a model answer. With her other answers, she had provided us with the perfect mark scheme." She praised, every eyes were once again on Ana, making Ana extremely shy and uncomfortable.

"Do you mind if I keep your test paper, Ana?" The professor asked, holding up the pages in her hand. Ana could only shake her head, not trusting her voice to speak up.

"Did Christian ever did that well?" Lily yelled out as the professor was handing them out the rest of the class. She was sitting next to Ana and she had gotten her paper, which was a passing grade, like usual, and she didn't seemed to be bothered at all. To her, getting into Harvard was already mission accomplished.

"He wouldn't have the courage to drop out and start his own business if he wasn't that good, right, Miss Lily?" The professor let Lily ponder, but that caught Ana's attention.

Bolting right up in her seat, she asked. "Wait, who's Christian?"

Next chapter will be longer.

Hope I didn't ruin anything, the story is supposed to be light.

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