{Hey guys I am so, so, so sorry for how late this is. I've been so busy lately I haven't had the time to update between jobs and now switching of jobs and my fiancés medical emergency I have no down time. I did what I could in the time I had but I wanted to post this at least to keep it going and let you know that I am still here! Once everything settles down I will go back to my frequent updates. I have three stories on a trial run, a Steve Rogers (Captain America)/OC, a Daryl Dixon (Walking dead)/OC and a Christian Grey (Fifty Shades of Grey)/OC. If I don't feel like it's going anywhere by the fifth or sixth chapter I will discontinue it. Same applies to any others anybody wants me to take on. I do not own anything from Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy only my own characters and anything else that you do not recognize.}
***The car ride was deadly silent, and it was an extremely uncomfortable car ride. It was same for the elevator, with every floor that passed it was like hours were going by. We were both mad and for once Christian wasn't in the right this time. As soon as the elevator doors opened I stormed out and went straight for my room. I didn't make it to far before Christian was yelling at me, "Eva!"
I ignored him and kept walking away and started to round the corner to the hallway that would lead to my bedroom. Christian didn't let me get that far before he grabbed my arm and pushed me into the wall beside me, "I'm not done with you Eva, you have things that you need to be held accountable for."
"Oh yeah? Like what?" I sassed back
"How about your attitude tonight?"
"You mean when she was attacking you! I was sticking up for you Christian! You didn't deserve that."
"Its not your job to do that—"
"Then who is huh? Her? Obviously, she doesn't care, or she would've been there and not me. Besides that's not like you Christian, to let someone walk all over you like that—"
Christians fists slammed into the wall on either side of my head. "What would you know Eva, you haven't been around for years, we haven't even spoken in months."
His chest was rising and falling fast and with his words my eyes began to water. I began to think back to my time in Paris and the many times I wanted to call him. My eyes narrowed, and I pushed myself against him, "I know you better than anyone Christian and I have always cared. You could have called me at any time, I am not the only person who choose not to. So, do not throw that in my face, I wouldn't be here right now if I didn't. We agreed no secrets when we were kids, if you want to keep your secrets then fine but, not when its destroying your happiness. I will find out your secrets whether you like it or not, if that means finding Anastasia I will."
I pushed my way past him and began to close the door to my room. "Leave it alone or there will be consequences."
I didn't answer him as I shut the door. My body was tired physically and emotionally.***
Consequences? Did he think of me as a child because if he did he was sorely mistaken. If he wasn't going to tell me what was going on I would find out on my own and I knew of one person who would tell me everything…Kate. I sat up in my bed and after rubbing my face to get rid of any sleep I had. I opened up the drawers I finished packing last night and pulled out a dress that had off shoulder black top, a white belt around my waist and the bottom of the dress was white with blue designs on the skirt. I paired it was a black pair of strapped heels. I debated about putting my hair up but choose to leave it down with my natural curls bouncing around. Once I was content with my look I picked up my phone and dialed the only person that would know how to get in touch with Kate. "Miss me already?" He teased as he answered the phone
"Oh Elliot you know sometimes women just can't resist. I was wondering if you could do me a favor?" I laughed
"What would this favor be?"
"I need to talk with Kate…to apologize for last night." I said the last part quickly
"Oh okay well let me go get her."
"No! Um I mean I would rather treat her to coffee, get out of the house for a few hours."
There was a slight pause on his end before he answered me, "Yeah, sure. Is the coffee hut on sixtieth good?"
I nodded my head and then remembered he wasn't in front of me. "Of course I'll be there within the hour and Elliot?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
We said our goodbyes before we both hung up and I headed for the door. After making sure that I had everything I needed I went and stood in front of the elevator. I could smell his cologne before he even spoke "Where are you going?"
"Out."
I swear with my response I had heard a growl come from him. But, I didn't want to face him because if I did I might spill what I was actually doing. The ding of the elevator let me know that it had arrived and I stepped onto it and faced the door so I could press that button to go to the main level. After my finger left the button I finally looked up at him to see him watching with me with interest, almost like he was devouring me. I could help the shiver of delight that went up my spine but, his intense eyes were not the only reason for that reaction. He stood in black suede pajama bottoms with a button up grey shirt that was left open and his hair was messy as if he had just gotten out of bed and rushed here to me. It was in that sexy yet innocent act that reminded me of why I had loved him all these years. "About what I said last night…"He trailed off as he tried to find the words
I rose my hand to cut him off, "Its fine but, what I said last night I meant it."
Before he could answer the doors closed and I leaned back into the corner of the elevator releasing the breath I didn't know I was holding in. This was going to be a long day but, I needed to know the truth behind why they separated. Then if I knew that maybe I would be able to understand why he is acting the way he is. The walk to the coffee hut was long but with the beautiful whether I was enjoying it to the full extent. I wasn't shy of whether and walking because after all on my travels I did a lot of it. I stood patiently through the ridiculously long line up for the small cappuccino I wanted and wait just as patiently at a table in the far back of the building hoping this would be private enough. I crossed my leg over my bent one and swung it as I stared out into the bustling traffic. My mind drifting off to my time in the streets of London…
(Flashback)
My hair was whipping across my face as my bare feet pounded across the soft ground. I didn't stop until my feet hit the waters cold edge and even then I wadded a little farther into it. The bottom of my dress falling into the water, the crisp air tickling my skin and my shoes dangling from the tip of my fingers. I breathed in a breath of the fresh air and reveled in the fresh air. I was so lost in the feeling of everything I forgot about my companion. That was until his arms wrapped around my middle and pulled me from the water and began to spin in a circle. My hands grasped his arms tight as I pulled my feet up towards my chest. I screamed with a wide smile on my face as he laughed into my back. Just as I felt his arms begin to relax and I felt like he was going to stop spinning, he lost his footing and fell into the water bringing me straight down with him with a big splash. His arms fell from mine as his laughter became louder and I rolled so that I was facing him. My hair clung to my face in much of the same fashion as my dress now did. "You know you're not supposed to drop me?" I said in between my giggles
"Maybe it was some part of my evil plan?"
I rolled my eyes at his normal remark. Ryan and I are good friends and he was one of my first friends when I came to London and I wasn't planning on staying as long as I have but if you wanted the honest truth I didn't want to leave because I was falling in love with him. I was scared to admit that I was falling in love with someone else. Someone who was so different then my first love and up until that point my only love. The thing was lately I had a feeling that my feelings weren't one sided. It seemed that he wanted me closer and closer with each passing day and with suggestive comment my beliefs were being confirmed. "You? Evil? Give me a break."
His chest moved with his laughter causing me to smile back but, when his eyes opened and connected with mine it was like electricity pulsed through me. His hand came up to brush some of my hair out of my face before he placed his hand behind my neck holding me in place. I licked my lips in anticipation as I allowed the light pressure he was applying to my neck to guide me to his lips. This moment was our first kiss, the moment in time that started a chain reaction of bad events.
(End of Flashback)
"Eva?" A male voice brought me out of my day dreaming
I looked away from the window to see Kate and Elliot standing hand in hand. I cleared my throat and stood up "Sorry just lost in my own thoughts," Elliot smiled in understanding but when I looked at Kate she looked uncomfortable so I thought I would be the adult for once and I motioned to the table, "Kate it means a lot that you came today."
Her eyes darted to Elliot for a second before she nodded her head and Elliot pulled her to sit at the table with me. Elliot kept smiling hoping to ease the tension so for a second I grabbed my coffee to keep my hands warm and offered Kate a smile, "Listen I want to start off by apologizing for my actions last night. They were uncalled for, I don't know the situation but, I am sure that there is a reasonable reason to what happened. He is hurting to…I got protective." I stumbled around to find the right words
Elliot's smile seemed to falter but, she still answered, "You weren't here you wouldn't know."
My smile tightened but, if I wanted to find out what happened I needed to stay calm, "You're right I wasn't, though I wish I was even if it was just to understand. Christian has never had a girlfriend so even that was a shock to me."
"You know I had thought that he was sweet even if he was weird at the start." She mumbled after a second
"What do you mean?" I asked
Kate looked to Elliot again and instead he answered me this time, "Apparently Christian was sending Anna expensive gifts…a phone, books, a laptop-"
"A car! But, I later summed it up to he was doting on her or that's what I had assumed because she was happy." Kate cut him off
"So what it just ended one day?" I asked digging in a little further
"Well no. She seemed a little off the week that it happened then she just came home crying one day when I thought she was supposed to be at the hardware store." Kate replied with a solemn look on her face
"The hardware store?" I asked confused
"Ladner Village hardware store it's where Anna works."Elliot explained then processed to ask, "Did he really never tell you anything about her?"
"No he refuses to talk about her now and when I was traveling he never even told me he had even begun to see someone. Now that I think back on it though, I didn't hear much from him in the time when he had started to see her."
When Kate looked at Elliot confused he sighed, "Christian would call her at least twice a week just like mom."
"You didn't find it odd when he didn't call you like that?" Kate asked me
"No actually, there were times where we would take longer periods to talk. Like when he was busy with work or had some fling on the side keeping him occupied. But like I said now that Im thinking about it I am sure that this break was a little longer than the rest."
"I know he did something, she hasn't been the same since. She goes to work and then comes home and cries herself to sleep. It's like he broke her." Kate rambled
"But Kate he isn't doing any better, maybe we don't know the whole story." Elliot tried to reason with her
Judging by the glare that she had sent his way, she did not agree. I got where she was coming from though because I felt the same way about Christian. That's it I needed to see her…I wasn't going to get anywhere with Kate all she knew was that her friend was hurting, I needed answers from the source. I decided to change the subject because the tension was killing me. Before long I was saying good bye to the couple before quickly typing in Ladner Village hardware store into my phone and walking that way. The closer I got the more I realized that I felt guilty for doing this behind Christians back. My eyes trailed to the ground as I mumbled to myself, "Get over it Eva he is the one who is hiding things from you."
"Take your next right and your destination will be on your right." The annoying computer voice told me bringing me out of my own thoughts
After I rounded the corner I looked up to see a small store among a few other small ones. It gave me a rather homey feel to it almost as if it was one of those small family owned businesses that you couldn't help spend your money at so that they could stay open. I placed my hand on the door and pushed it as I walked in. A young man greeted me as I walked in and I nodded my head as I pretended to look around. Trying to stay inconspicuous as I could, I began to look at some of the tools around the room, trying to see if I could find the girl that was the object of my mission. My fingers grazed the ropes before a small female voice asked me, "Do you need some rope cut off for you?"
I looked behind me to see a small petite brunette with a rather plain make up and outfit. My eyes trailed to her name tag that said Anastasia. This was her, this was the girl that was causing all this drama. This was the reason I was brought back here in the first place. Apparently I was staring for too long as she looked around uncomfortable before clearing her throat, "Miss?"
I blinked a couple times before I smiled at her, "Sorry ugh yes can I get five feet of," I trailed off as I looked among the rope until my eyes landed on the one that felt the softest and pointed at it, "This one."
"Of course." She said and stepped forward to do her job
Silence filled the air and after a moment I decided to initiate conversation because she wasn't going to tell me everything without any push. "Anastasia right? That's a pretty name, unique."
She smiled and nodded her head, "Thank you my mom has a wild imagination."
"Mines Eva its short for Evangeline, my mother was no better." I joked with her
She laughed with me and she asked, "Do you live here or are you just passing by."
I mulled over her question before I answered, "A little of both I suppose you?"
"Yeah," she finished with the rope and passed it to me, "Is that all today?"
I nodded my head so she began to bring me up to the register. I knew this was a far shot as she seemed rather shy which again shocked me from what I had seen with Christian before, but it was a shot I needed to take. "Listen I'm rather knew around here and I seem to be lost in this city. Can you help me find the nearest coffee shop?"
She smiled at me, "Of course, go straight first left and your second right and you will find one there. Did you just move here?"
"Yeah I did."
Her eyes shifted around the store, "If you're not busy this weekend I could show you around town even if it's just to help you get around?"
I smiled at her happy that she took my bait. She looked like she was going to take it back the moment it left her mouth so I cut her off first, "Thank you that would be nice. I feel like it would take me months to get around on my own."
She nodded her head at me and looked at her computer screen "That'll be twenty one."
I dug through my wallet completely forgetting that I was purchasing something I had no need for. I pulled out the cash just to see her passing me a card with a number on it. We swapped the items and she spoke first, "Its got my number on it so give me a call if you want to do that."
She passed me the bag and I tucked the card into my wallet and took the bag. "Of course Anastasia and thank you again."
"Oh Eva it's just Anna only my mother calls me Anastasia."
I nodded my head before I walked out the door and began my walk home. That was before I saw him leaning against his town car. My eyes connected with his very angry ones and I stopped for a second. He opened the back door and waited for me to come to him. I licked my lips nervously and after a moment I clicked my tongue as I began to walk towards him. I stopped in front of him and bit my lip, I noticed his eyes darken a little bit before he spoke with his voice dark, "I told you to leave it."
"And I told you I wouldn't stop until I had answers." I sassed back
I didn't give him a chance to answer before I sat in the back of the car.
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