Hi guys, I'm back... well kind of ;-) As you can see this is no longer a one-shot. I won't be able to update really often, maybe once a week, but this story has been on my mind ever since I wrote what was supposed to be a one shot... If you are waiting for Part II of Broken and the remaining chapters of Seduction, I'm working on it, but I have to re-read both stories first, to get back into story... so another two or three weeks before I'm going to post anything for these stories...
I didn't have the time to edit or re-read this chapter, so I want to apologize in advance for all the typos and any kind of bad grammar that you'll find in this chapters...
Oh and for all of you who've asked, Hannah was born at home on January 13th. She is happy, healthy and just absolutely adorable...
Ana
Over the last week I have come to the conclusion, that my first time was just a one night stand. A casual encounter between two people who had an instant connection and acted on it. Still, the face of Elliot Grey is haunting me in my dreams. I know I shouldn't waste my time thinking about him, but truth being told, I haven't done much else over the last week.
Kate is still in Barbados and the only distraction I have is my new job. I love working at Grey Publishing, though even the name now reminds me of my beautiful stranger. I sigh, I need to get over it. It was perfect when it happened, but I need to move on with my life. There is so much I need to do, first of all would be buying a new car, as soon as I have saved enough money to do so.
Lately Wanda makes these really scary noises and since I am no longer talking to José, I can't ask him to check what is wrong with her. I just hope that Wanda will last a little longer, since taking the bus to work isn't a pleasant thought at all.
I could take Kate's car, she left me the keys when she went on vacations, but I'm always worried that I will end up in a fender bender or something like that, and I can't afford to pay for something like that.
"Ana, my office please." Courtney tells me over the intercom. I get up from behind my desk and knock before I walk into her office. I really like Courtney, she is a great boss and I have already learned so much from her, but for some reason I am nervous now.
"Have a seat, Ana. Great news, the new owner is stopping by tomorrow. He will attend the editors meeting. I thought you would like to attend too, though Roach will probably expect you to sit in a corner and jump up to offer refreshments, still it might be a good experience for you to attend the meeting." She says and I smile.
"Yes, that would be great and I shall wear flats tomorrow, so I am not going to land flat on my face in front of the new owner." I say and Courtney laughs. On my second day here she asked me to get her some files from the basement and clumsy me tripped and landed head first in her office. I blamed it on my new heels, but really, I'm just clumsy. Still, I will make sure to wear flats, because the last thing I need is to embarrass myself in front of all the editors, Roach and Christian Grey.
After work, I quickly stop at the supermarket near my apartment and buy some groceries before I head home. Inside the apartment I frown. The lights are on and I am sure that I switched them off when I left for work.
I place the grocery bags as quietly as possible on the floor and take the baseball bat that is placed in the closet by the door. Slipping my shoes off, I tiptoe into the main living room and I raise the baseball bat when I see someone move.
"Holy fuck, Ana!" Kate screams and I drop the baseball bat immediately.
"Oh my God! Kate! You scared the living daylights out of me. I thought you wouldn't be back until next week." I mutter and we hug.
"Sorry, I should have called. I just couldn't take another minute of my Dad lecturing me, so I took an earlier flight back home. How was Georgia?" She asks and I excuse myself to get the groceries.
She helps me unpack them and after we have put everything away, Kate orders pizza and I take a quick shower and dress in some shorts and my old WSU sweater.
"You're right on time, the pizza just arrived." She says and looks at me with a frown.
"What?" I ask and sit down at the kitchen table after getting two bottles of beer from the fridge.
"I don't know, you look different. Have you done something to your hair?" She asks.
"No, nothing."
"Hmm, but something is different about you." She says and eyes me suspiciously. I can't help it, my mind immediately goes back to Elliot and I blush crimson.
"OMG! You did it, didn't you?" She laughs and my mouth drops open. How does she know?
"I have no idea what you are talking about." I murmur and take a long sip of my beer.
"No, don't give me that crap, Ana. Come on, I'm dying here, did you lose your v-card?"
Okay... here goes nothing. "Yes, last Friday." I confess and feel my cheeks heat yet again.
"No way, whom with? Was he gentle? Did he make you come? Why didn't you call me right away and when can I meet your boyfriend..."
"Whoa, one question at a time, Kate." I laugh.
"Come on, throw me a bone." She begs and claps her hands. Christ, one would think she is the one who just lost her v-card.
"Well... it happened on the flight back to Georgia." I say and Kate's mouth nearly hits the floor.
"On a plane? You slut!" She giggles and for some weird reason I have to laugh too.
"Yes, on a plane. My mom bought me a first class ticket and besides me there was only a man in his late twenties. To say that he is handsome would be the understatement of the century. I can't even describe him to you, Kate. He is just... take Adonis, Michel Angelo's David, Hercules and every Calvin Klein underwear model you have ever seen, mix them together and he is the result."
"Wow, that good looking, huh? Lucky bitch! So, how did it happen?"
"We hit some turbulences and he came to sit next to me to hold my hand, because I was sure we were going to die and then it just happened."
"Wait, right there in the first class?"
"Yes, and it was amazing Kate, oh my god, I never thought it would be that good. I thought I wouldn't survive it and well... not only did I lose my virginity, but I am also a proud member of the mile high club." I grin and we both laugh.
"I knew it, you always had a wild side hidden deep down inside of you. So, is he going to stop by later?" She asks and my face falls.
"What?"
"It isn't like that Kate. We didn't exchange numbers or anything. It just happened and then we left the plane and never looked back."
"Wait, so you don't even know his name?" She asks wide-eyed.
"His name is Elliot." I reply, but keep his last name to myself. Kate is so protective of me, she would probably hunt him down and really let him have it.
"That's all you know about him?"
"Yes, and you know what, I don't regret a thing. I never thought my first time would be amazing, but it truly was and maybe by seeing him again it would taint that memory. After all he could be married with kids or a total douchebag."
"Ana, don't lie to me. You are not that kind of girl. You don't have to act all tough around me, please tell me how you really feel." She says and takes my hand in hers.
"I think about him a lot, but I guess that is just because he was my first, you know how they say you never forget your first time... I guess it's really true. Still, I meant it, I don't want to look for him, it was great, I enjoyed it, but now I'm back in the real world and maybe Mr. Right is somewhere out there already waiting for me."
"Okay, if that's what you want... tell me about your job, how is it to work at SIP?" She asks and I cringe a little.
"It's great, my boss Courtney is a joy to work with and Claire, the girl who works at reception is pretty cool, we want to have drinks after work sometime next week, you can join us... but ... umm... you know SIP was sold and got re-branded."
"Really, what's it called now."
"Grey Publishing." I murmur and Kate gapes at me.
"Grey? Fucking GREY, as in Christian Grey?"
"Yes, he is the new owner of Grey Publishing."
"Un-fucking-believable. I hate that son of a bitch and the worst part is he owns half of Seattle, maybe we should move..." She huffs and I laugh.
"Kate, I know that you don't like him, but come on, what are the chances that you are ever going to meet him again?" I ask and take a bite of the seriously delicious pizza.
"That's not the point, he humiliated me on purpose, like he wanted to teach me a lesson. My Dad is still pissed at me and it's all the fault of that fucking arrogant son of bitch." She fumes.
"Well... maybe you shouldn't have asked him if he is gay..."
"No, that was a valid question, Ana. He was never seen in public with a female that isn't related to him. How he acted afterwards was all kinds of wrong. He probably thinks he is God, just because he is rich and good looking."
"I wouldn't know, I haven't seen him yet, though he will be there tomorrow."
"Really, you didn't google him, good looking son of a bitch." She mutters begrudgingly.
"I'll see him tomorrow anyway, now how about I cheer you up and make a chocolate pie for dessert, we can eat it while it's still warm with lots of cream... I even bought some cherries today." I coax her and she grins.
"Now you are talking." We clink bottles and spend the rest of the evening talking about everything except for men who share Grey as a last name.
The next morning I get up extra early to get ready for the day, because I want to look good at the meeting with the new owner. After all, Courtney asked for me to be there and I don't want to embarrass her. So, I am wearing a beautiful plum colored dress that Kate has lend me along with a black cardigan and black flats. After fighting with my hair for nearly forty-five minutes, I have managed to put it into a nice up do and I even applied a little make up, so I won't look too pale.
Just to be safe, I even leave the apartment fifteen minutes early, which turned out to be a good choice, because Wanda didn't even want to start this morning. I so need a new car...
At work everyone seems super busy and excited today. It's like some rock star is going to visit Grey Publishing and not the owner of the company.
Fifteen minutes before the meeting starts Courtney has send me to the meeting room, to get refreshments ready and check if everything is in place.
"Ana, Mr. Grey's PA just called. Would you mind to go to the deli across the street and get a chicken sandwich with honey mustard for, Mr. Grey." Mr. Roach, who has just entered the meeting room asks me.
"Of course, I'll be right on it, Sir." I hurry back to my desk, get my purse and quickly walk to the deli across the street. Since it is lunchtime, there is a long line and I just hope Mr. Grey won't mind to wait a little for his sandwich.
When I finally have the sandwich I damn near run back to GP and hurry up the stairs to the second floor. Of course, the meeting has already started, but I still take a minute to put the sandwich on a plate, because I don't want to hand a brown paper bag to the owner of the company.
Finally, I have everything ready, knock at the door of the meeting room and step inside. I quickly check the room and nearly fall over my own feet when I see the man seated at the head of the table.
He looks up and I am sure our shocked expressions match. Taking a deep breath, I manage to walk towards him with a polite smile and place the plate with his sandwich in front of him.
"Your chicken sandwich, Sir." I say, surprised by how calm my voice sounds, when in reality I am anything but calm. He lied to me! The bastard!
"Thank you, Anastasia." He replies and I hear some of the female editors gasp when he smiles at me. I just give him a polite nod and sit down on the only free chair, which thankfully is also the seat furthest away from him.
I don't even follow what is being said, because in my mind all I can think is, that I have given my virginity to Christian Grey... and he lied to me.
He could have just told me his first name or left without saying anything. Instead he chose to give me a fake name. Very discreetly, I get my phone out of my purse and when no one looks, I type Elliot Grey into the search bar.
Bloody hell! He used his brother's name. How freaking shady is that?
I mean, I kind of get that he wanted to protect his privacy, but he must have known that the second I would have googled Elliot Grey, I would have known that it isn't him. In addition, the second picture when you google Elliot Grey is one of him with his brother. So, I would have found out the truth one way or the other. Or maybe he thinks I am just plain stupid...
As soon as the meeting is done, I leave the room and head back to my desk. I just hope that he leaves, because right now, I want to yell at him, but this is just not the right place to have a conversation like that.
"Ana?" I look up when I hear Courtney's voice and inwardly groan when I see the curious look on her face.
"Yes?"
"You never told me that you know Christian Grey." She says and I shrug.
"I really don't know him, Courtney, we've met once before and I didn't even know who he is back then."
She seems satisfied with my answer and heads back into her office while I spend the rest of the day staring at the clock on my computer, willing time to move faster so I can get the hell out of here.
When it's finally time to leave, I nearly run into the garage and nearly bump into tall guy who is dressed in a black suit, with sunglasses and a buzz cut.
"Miss Steele?" He asks and I frown.
"Yes?"
"My name is Jason Taylor, I am head of Mr. Grey's security. My boss would like for you to come to Escala and have dinner with him." He says and although I want to talk to him, I know now is not the right time. I am hurt, angry and confused, which is not the right mindset to have a mature conversation.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Taylor, but I already have plans for tonight. Tell your boss I'm having a date with Elliot Grey..." with that I turn around and head towards my car.
"Umm... Ma'am, is this your car?" Mr. Taylor asks horrified and I want to laugh.
"Yes, that is my car. Have a good day, Mr. Taylor." I mutter and try to open the door to the driver's seat, but it doesn't open.
"Really Wanda?" I mutter under my breath and kick the door once so it opens. Mr. Taylor's facial expression is almost comical as he watches in horror as I get into the car and I do feel bad for him, because Wanda backfires when I start her leaving him standing in a dark cloud as I drive off.
At home I find Kate chilling in the living room and flop down next to her onto the sofa.
"Told ya you should have called in sick." She says in a sing sung voice and I roll my eyes.
"You have no idea. It has been the most bizarre day of my life."
"Oh?"
"I need a drink to tell you want happened today." I mutter and walk into the open kitchen. I grab a bottle of red wine from the fridge and take two glasses from the cupboard when I hear someone knock at the door.
"I get it." Kate calls out, so I pour two glasses of wine and lean against the kitchen counter, but as I take a much needed sip of wine, I hear Kate shout.
"Are you fucking kidding me? What do you want, Grey? Here to get another pound of flesh, you son of a bitch?" She yells and I snort with laughter, this is just peachy.
"I am not here to see you, Miss Kavanagh." I hear Christian's deep sexy voice and decide it is time to face the music.
"It's alright Kate, Elliot is here to see me. Isn't that right, Elliot?" I say a tad to sweetly as I join Kate at the door.
"Anastasia please. Let me explain."
"I am not interested, Christian. You could have just told me your first name or you could have decided to say nothing at all, but you chose to lie to me. And worse, you gave me your brother's name. Do you think I am stupid? Had I decided to google his name, it would have taken me all of three seconds to figure out the truth!"
"Can we discuss this inside? I do not wish to discuss this in the hallway or with your roommate listening." He hisses and that just pisses me off.
"Oh really, well too bad. Kate, meet Elliot, the guy I had sex with on a plane. Aka Christian Grey, douchbag and liar." I tell Kate and her mouth drops open, while Christian runs his hand through his hair, clearly displeased with the way this conversation has taken.
"No way? That's the guy from the plane? Oh sweetie, now I feel bad for you." She says.
"Can you give us two minutes, Kate?"
"I'll be in the living room." She says and leaves us at the door.
"You just had to do this?" He asks angrily, but I am not intimidated.
"Yes, I had to. Kate is my best friend, she knows everything about me. Now why are you here?"
"I came here to apologize, Miss Steele. I shouldn't have given you my brother's name, but you have to understand that I have to protect my privacy. I... I have never done anything like what we did on the plane. It's just not what I do... but you... anyway, I apologize and I would like to ask you to sign this and now Miss Kavanagh too." He says and hands me some paperwork. I look at it and close my eyes.
"Just go, Christian. I am not going to sign a NDA and neither is Kate. All you've accomplished by coming here is that you took a memory I wanted to cherish and turned it into something I now deeply regret. Please leave and do not return. I won't ever talk about what happened between us to anyone else, but I won't sign any kind of contract." I hand him back his paperwork and close the door.
For a moment I just lean against it and stare at the floor.
"Ana? Are you alright?" Kate asks and I look up at her.
"Yes... I just need a shower. Are you up to watching crap TV and lots of ice cream and brownies for dinner?" I ask and give her my most pathetic expression.
"Sure, we can even get drunk if you want to, but Ana... not every guy is such an arrogant prick. You kissed a frog, but that doesn't mean that your prince isn't still out there..."
"Kate, please I don't want to talk about him anymore. I just want to pretend it never happened."
"Okay... so you take a shower, I'll get everything else ready."
"Thank you and Kate... can I borrow your pajama, the pink one with the bunnies?" I ask and she smiles.
"I put it in your room, go get a shower."
"Thanks." I might not have luck with men, but at least I have the best friend a girl could wish for...
A/N: So, it was Christian after all :-) To be honest, when I had the idea of this story (one-shot), I really wanted it to be about Elliot and Ana. However, even while I was writing the first chapter, in my mind I knew that it wasn't Elliot but Christian... I guess I'm too much of an A & C fan to really match them with anyone else...
What did all of you think of the movie? I have to say, I really didn't like Dakota when it was announced that she would play Ana, but she totally won me over. She really is the perfect choice for Ana. As for Jamie, considering that he got the role nearly last minute and had a baby just before they started to shoot the movie he did an awesome job... Though there was one scene, where I thought they could have left that out, which was the part when he just took Wanda so Taylor could sell it.
I was like... wait, did he just basically steal her car? And my hubby who surprised me by taking me to watch the movie leaned in at the same time to whisper into my ear: "WTH, dude just stole her car, she better call the cops" lol... it kind of made Christian look creepy to me... but other than that I thought they did an awesome job with the movie...