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Then all my happiness caused by the amount of released endorphins collapsed when I felt someone knocking on the door. It must be for the contract. I quickly searched for my clothes and began to get dressed while Christian was lying down, still naked in bed watching my every move.

—Get dressed. —I asked him while I threw his jeans at him. —Wait a minute. —I shouted at the door while I was adjusting my hair.

I walked to the door and before opening I turned to see Christian lying down with his jeans on. Only then, I open the door.

Outside was the director with papers on her hands.

— May I come in?

—Yes, yes. —I said nervously while trying in vain to accommodate my messy hair.

Christian's mother entered the trailer and stared at me and then at her son.

—Are you going to lecture me? —Christian said, sitting on the edge of the bed.

—I don't even want to think about what you just did, so no. Do you think you can wait outside? —he asked, staring at him. —I need to discuss some things from the contract with Anastasia.

—You can do it with me here, I don't see what the problem is.

—The problem is that we have made some changes to the contract. We added some special clauses. — she said, staring at him.

Christian quickly got out of bed.

— What changes have you made to the contract without my permission?

— Get out! You'll know when you sign it again because the other one is void. —she said as she threw his shirt at him.

Christian came out protesting the trailer and knocking down the door.

—Let's sit down. —she said to me as she sat on one of the sidewalks on the counter and I did the same thing next to her.

Then she put the contract in front of me.

— It is important that you read it carefully, you have a few days to decide if you accept or not, hopefully yes, and in that case you should return in fifteen days. —she smiled at me affectionately.

— Fifteen days? —I asked intrigued.

—Yes, if you accept, you must return within fifteen days to begin training for filming. —she said, getting up from the sidewalk. —For now you can go with your family, we'll call you in three days to find out what you've decided. —she said to me, heading for the door. — I'll give you a warning, Christian has a strong and serious Ego problem, he believes he can do and undo without this having consequences and he believes he is the protagonist of this film, he is wrong you know. —she said to me opening the door. —If you accept, the main character would be you. —she said to me as she closed the door, leaving me there alone.

The contract was calling me, I was tempted to read it. I had to, no matter how much I wanted to work on this film, I couldn't sign anything without reading it first. I got up and went to the door, passed the lock.

I didn't want interruptions.

I took the contract and lay down in bed to read.

But I couldn't do it in here.

The smell of sex flooded my senses and wouldn't let me concentrate.

I took the contract in my hand, put the phone in my jeans and got out of the trailer.

What strange?

There was no sign of Christian anywhere.

Then I felt a strong voice coming from his trailer. He was next to mine, it was inevitable not to hear him.

— You've gone crazy!

—I'm not going to let you ruin this movie by not keeping it in your pants.

God!

He was arguing with his mother.

The best thing was for me to get out of there. So I hurried through and left the studio for the hotel where I was staying...

I went into the room and threw the contract over the bed while I called Kate. I had to tell her what had happened at the casting. She answered in the second tone.

—It's been four days. What happened?

—Well, I waited four days to be able to do the casting.

— Four days? — she ask in awe.

— But I did it! — I shouted at her with emotion.

— That's great! You got the part you waited four days for.

—Not exactly. — I told her, interrupting his overflow of emotion.

—I don't understand. What role did you get then?

—The protagonist.

— The protagonist! —she shouted, making me separate the telephone from my ear. —Ana, that's great, we have to celebrate. When are you coming back?

—I'm packing as we speak, they gave me a week to read the contract and sign it if I accept. —I told her as I picked up the few things I had brought and put them in the suitcase.

— That's great! We're going to celebrate as soon as you get there.

—You really don't have...—but she had already hung up.

That's great!

That's all I needed.

I finished putting the clothes in the suitcase and I stared at the contract on the bed. Without thinking twice, I put it in the suitcase to.

When I got home I would read it.

I got in my car and drove home.

"Welcome to Santa Ana"

Half an hour later I was leaving behind the sign that welcomed me to my hometown and headed for home. I was only half an hour away from L.A, but I thought it was more comfortable to stay there than to drive around every day.

It was getting dark when I parked in front of my house and got ready for what would await me. I knew what I would encounter as soon as I opened the door. I took a deep breath and opened it and was greeted by loud cries and boasts.

— Congratulations!

Everyone was inside, my brother, Kate and all my neighbors in the town, José...

What!

What's José doing here?

I stared at Kate who approached me very excited and smiling.

— What do you think? I've prepared it in a short time.

—I think I'm going to kill you. — I said, taking her by the arm and moving away from all of us to talk to her.

— For what? For preparing a welcome for you?

—No, for inviting José.

— What's wrong with that. You just took a break, right?

—Kate, I'm not going back to him.

— Why not?

—Because he's too jealous and dominant.

—Yeah, you' ve only been separated for, like, a week. Last time you said the same thing and in the end you got back together.

—But this time it won't be like that, he's never going to change. Speaking of something else, you shouldn't have done this, I still haven't accepted.

— What do you mean, you haven't accepted? What didn't they choose you for the lead? —she said to me very softly.

—Yes, but I haven't signed the contract yet, I haven't even read it.

— But now that you've been chosen is a good thing, and if you say no, I'm going to kill you myself, so now enjoy your welcome. —she said to me as she pulled my hand to where everyone was.

—Hello Anastasia. —That was José. — How you been?

—Good.

If he had asked me five days ago, I would have said something else. But now I was really fine, you could almost say I was over it.

Almost.

It was hard to forget someone like José.

He had his faults like everybody else, but that body he had, that radiant smile and the way he kissed. God! They made anyone go crazy. I knew that all women looked at him wherever we went. José was a professional soccer player, and had earned his fame and reputation.

In the street he was stopped to take pictures with him or to sign a few autographs.

But I had had enough of his silly jealousy and his dominant attitude. We had been together for six years. We already together when he became the star player on the L.A Rams team and I had supported him all along.

But when I started on the acting thing, he didn't like the idea very much. I had even invited him once to one of my acting classes, so that he could see me acting. And the animal had become jealous because I had kissed another actor. He had put on a whole show outside the theatre.

I hadn't let him go to my performances anymore. I think I knew deep down that we weren't compatible. But he knew how to conquer a girl. He was romantic and affectionate and attentive and all that made you sometimes forget his faults. But he had never, ever supported me in my taste for acting.

I imagine that if we get to be together, and he finds out what my casting was like...I think he was able to go and kill Christian. Even if we had been together, I don't think I would have slept with Christian.

—I finally found you. —Kate's voice brought me back to reality. —They all left now. —she said, sitting next to me.

—Thank God.

Kate stared at the contract on my bedside table.

— Have you checked it yet?

—Not yet. —I replied thoughtfully.

— So what's on your mind? —she asked me while I remembered what happened at the casting...and after.

God! Now I was being hit by reality. I had done what all the women in the world wanted. I had slept with Christian Grey and it had only taken me less than half an hour.

— For God's sake! You're scarlet. What happened in that casting? Drop it now.

I stared at Kate.

—Thanks for the novel, it turned out to be... very useful for the casting. —I said to her as I got out of bed and headed for the bathroom. —I need a shower. —So much thinking about the audition had warmed me up.

It had made me remember Christian to his caresses, his kisses...

I ran to the bathroom. To escape Kate's interrogation. I undressed and went into the shower closing the glass sliding doors.

God! Now how did I get it out of my mind?

Now I knew from my own experience — since I had lived it, I had felt it — how were his kisses, his caresses... God! His fingers...

I began to slide my hands along my breasts and then I lowered them down my body towards my clitoris, caressing myself as he had done himself.

— Christian! —I let his name escape in a groan when I put a finger inside me.

And I closed my eyes as I began to move it in a delightful cadence... just as he had done. It was no longer my finger, nor my hand...it was his...

— Christian...!

— Are you masturbating with Christian?

— Shit! Kate, get out of here. — I yelled at her as I stopped touching me and closed the door in her face again.

I was so caught up in my fantasy that I hadn't felt the sliding door open.

—You don't run away from this one, Ana, I'll wait for you for a long talk after you finish with Christian. —she shouted at me as I felt the bathroom door close.

And I laughed myself. Why were these things happening to me? I had lost my temper.

I closed the shower. The truth was that she hadn't seen anything she hadn't already seen. Where she worked part-time, I imagined she was tired of seeing this sort of thing. I took those thoughts out of my mind and concentrated on the most important things.

I wrapped my body in a towel and left for the room.

Kate stared at me framing an eyebrow.

— Christian?

— God, you' re a pain in the ass. All right, I'll tell you everything that happened in the casting.

I sat on the edge of the bed and began to tell her everything that happened and she just opened her eyes and mouth impressed and stunned. I told her everything that happened during the casting, with hair and signs, absolutely everything, even the part of the broken lace panties. But I didn't tell her what had happened next. That, I was left for the end.