Authors note:
Oh my God! Thank you for all the follows, favs, and reviews. You have no idea how much this means to me! Especially, since this is the first fanfic I have written. I'm so sorry for the wait, but I passed all of my finals!
After reading all the reviews, I can see that my original plan won't work out well. So, Ana is going to remain with one guy, which is going to be Ethan. Christian is still going to pop up in the story though. I'm sorry if this isn't what some of you wanted, but there are a lot of CG&AS stories out there. And, there are very minimal EK&AS stories.
I don't own anything, and all rights belong to E. L. James
Sitting in shock, I press my fingers to my lips. They're tingling. I look up into Ethan's eyes. He stares right back. All I can see genuine love and care. He really does want us to be together, and for some strange reason I'm not opposed to the idea. He's funny, kind, caring, and he knows me better than anyone. Well other than Kate.
"I never knew you had feelings for me Ethan. Why have you never told me?"
"Don't laugh, but I guess I was too scared." I raised my eyebrows at him. He was scared? The same Ethan who is so charismatic and outgoing was scared.
"Yeah I know it seems stupid, but I was." He saw the look in my face. "Ana, you aren't like other girls. You're sweet, kind, and beautiful. You never got wasted every weekend or whored around at parties. You were better than that, and that hasn't change." But it has Ethan. It sure has, but I can never tell you about it. Damned NDA won't let me.
"I'm not as perfect as I seem, Ethan. You saw how fucked up my life is tonight."
"What I saw tonight was a lunatic hurting you and you trying to stand your ground to get away. Trust me; you're not fucked up, Ana."
"I never did thank you back there."
"There's no need. I already told you that I will be here to comfort you."
"I know." I smiled at him. "But where does this leave us?"
"Where ever you want this to lead. I told you that I will wait for you. I plan to keep that promise."
"Can we take this slow?" The last time I rushed into a relationship left me scarred. I don't want that to happen again.
"Of course. You're worth the wait Anastasia." That made me smile.
His answering smile was breath taking. The air around us changed. He was leaning towards me again. Suddenly, someone cleared their throat. Both Ethan and I looked up, and we faced our impassive waiter holding our plates of food. Oops.
After we finished our meal and drove for a while, we reached the apartment. As we walked into the living room, I yawned. Today was a long day full of surprises and it's made me exhausted.
"Looks like someone's tired."
"Hm." Was all I could reply.
"Is that all you can say?" Ethan snickered.
"Hm." I was leaning on the doorframe to my bedroom. Shit, I'm about to pass out.
"You should get some sleep Ana."
"Okay."
"She speaks!" He faked astonishment.
"Shut up." I grumbled. As I was about to turn around, Ethan grabbed my hand.
"Goodnight Ana." He sincerely said. Then he kissed my cheek.
"Goodnight Ethan." I said blushing. I turned and walked into my room.
I woke up feeling refreshed. For the first night in a while I was able to sleep soundly. Suddenly, a wonderful aroma filled my nose. I looked at the clock and it was 7:45. Thank God I don't have work today. I got up not bothering to change and walked into the kitchen. I was left stunned at the scene in front of my eyes.
Standing in the middle of the kitchen wearing his pajamas, Ethan was making breakfast. He looked… hot. Really hot. Then he turned around. Damn it, he caught me staring.
"Good morning sunshine" He sings causing me to laugh.
"Morning Ethan. What are you making?"
"My specialty! Pancakes and Bacon." He sets a plate in front of me along with my favorite tea. "And here's your tea."
"Thank you, kind sir."I teased him.
"You're very welcome, madam." He teased back. "Do you have plans today?"
"None that I know of. Why?"
"There's this restaurant that I hear has great reviews and I thought we could have lunch there."
"That sounds great. I'll get changed first."
"Aww. I thought that your sleepy kitten pajamas would be purrfect." Then I looked down and saw what I was wearing.
"Shit!" I ran out of the room leaving Ethan laughing in hysterics.
When we got to the restaurant, I could see why it had so many praises. The décor was amazing. It looked like it came out of an old Hollywood movie. There classical music in the back ground and it all just looked perfect. Soon Ethan and I took our seats.
"This place is amazing Ethan! Thank you for taking me."
"It was no problem at all." He smiles.
We talked about how our lives have been. I spared the details about Christian and he talked about his travels in Barbados. It was all going pleasantly. Then, the music changed into a love song. The scenery changed and we were just gazing at each other. As the song played its course our faces got closer from across the table. Ethan pressed his lips on mine and we kissed. It was sweet and not forced like the many kisses that Christian would give me. When I was about to lose my breath he pulled away. Ethan smiled lovingly at me, but then it turned to a scowl.
"Don't look now, but we have company." He sighed.
I turned my gaze to the source of the problem and gasped.
Standing at the entrance of the restaurant was a sinister looking Christian.
Again, I am sorry if this isn't what you wanted, but I still love to read your reviews.
