A.N- To anyone who didn't understand the ending of the last chapter, basically Christian and Daniel are going to have a violent falling out in about 3 months from that point. That's what I meant. Thank's for the reviews etc, always helps a lot. This isn't one of my best chapters, and it's a bit of a filler between chapters. thanks x


A few days later Ivy was sweating, pale, and clearly in agony when Grace came back in 'the nurse said you were asking for me? They said you were refusing pain medication?' she managed a vague nod, even that action making her wince slightly.

'Honey you can't do this without pain relief'. She nods slowly, eyes showing the pain she was in 'I do want it...They gave me a drip- told me to use it when I needed it'. Ivy's breath was shaky and shuddered, pain rippling through her as she tried to move to a more comfortable position. 'Grace I can't have it on my own terms'. Grace nodded, sitting on the edge of the bed 'you don't trust yourself?'.

Ivy shrugged slightly 'I do. But I can't take that chance'. Grace looked quite proud and stood up 'I'll take over on the medication, allowing me to keep on top of the situation'. Ivy looked relieved and settled back in the bed, wincing in pain.

It wasn't for another six days that Ivy was released from the hospital, having been under the watchfulness of Grace and the best doctors in the hospital- the only ones she allowed with Ivy. Carrick had taken Ivy the documents for her to sign almost immediately after she had woken from surgery. It had taken a long time for her to come round because she had been so heavily sedated, Grace wanting to be especially certain that everything was okay with the new family member.

Christian had driven her back to Escala after she was discharged but not after an awkward interaction with Lewis. He'd gone to his fathers room a few days after the transplant, sitting on the chair at the end of the bed. Lewis was still pale and weak, but he was clearly beginning to get better, a slight colour back in his cheeks. Christian looked at his father for a few seconds before speaking. The conversation had been stilted and slow, Lewis was too exhausted for much conversation and Christian only wanted to check for one thing.

Lewis hadn't fought for his daughter, hadn't even attempted to keep her with him. That had been enough for Christian, he'd cut the conversation short with a pathetic excuse and gone straight to his sister. She was weak, she was in pain and she needed him.

Ivy was sitting back in the sofa, incredibly pale but somehow looking better than she had in recent days. It was about three weeks since she'd been discharged and she had spent nearly all her time curled up painfully on the sofa watching TV or reading.

Christian entered the great room and she glanced up, seeing that Carrick, Elliot and someone she didn't recognise was with him. 'Ivy, this is Barney Sullivan, he works for GEH' she nodded, glancing over at the man. He was average height and build with short shaved brown hair, green eyes and a very large, warm smile. Ivy reckoned he was in his early thirties, also noticing the loose jeans and casual t-shirt he was wearing, despite the fact they had all come directly from the office.

She nodded slightly and Elliot glanced at her 'tea?' she nodded gratefully and Elliot moved off to make some whilst Carrick began talking to him about something.

Christian smiled 'so Barney heard about your math genius and literally couldn't help himsef'. Ivy frowned 'what do you mean?' Barney leant on the edge of the sofa 'I'm a bit of a nerd myself and wanted to see if you could do something...might take your mind off the pain for a few days'.

Ivy was intrigued 'days? How long is this problem?'Barney smirked 'well, we've got two people from Harvard math schools working at GEH, one couldn't solve it and the other took a week'. There was a pause and Ivy smiled 'go on then', watching as Barney reached into his pocket and unfolded a slip of paper with an incredibly long equation on it.

An hour later Elliot, Carrick, Christian and Barney came back into the main room, glancing over at Ivy. She was now sat on the floor, leaning slightly over the glass table, paper scattered everywhere. 'Jesus christ, you've been busy' she nodded, glancing up as Christian wandered nearer with Barney who's eyebrows raised in surprise 'I've never seen anyone do it in this way...'.

Christian glanced down at her papers and saw thousands of numbers, all scrawled in increasingly small and squashed together on the multiple pages. Ivy had colour back in her cheeks and looked excited, a sly grin accoss her face '8.24?'.

Christian saw Barney freeze and look over with an expression of absolute amazement 'what?' she repeated her answer and he nodded slowly 'holy shit...how did you do that?'. Ivy shrugged 'I dunno...I just did'. Barney's look of sheer an utter amazement was pretty clear and Carrick simply gave Elliot a knowing look.

Christian and Barney were sitting in his study, both with a tumbler of whiskey. Elliot and Carrick had decided to take Ivy out for dinner, getting her out of the house and into some fresh air.

Christian glanced at Barney 'you know her friends called her rain man?' despite himself, Barney let out a loud spluttering laugh after badly timed a sip of his drink. 'can you blame them? Christian she's a genius, I'm not just saying that because she's your sister. We left her for an hour and she solved it, that's genius level, it's a wonder they didn't have her graduating at 15'.

Christian nodded 'she was in trouble so much I think they were just glad when she turned up probably...and turned up sober'. Barney sipped his drink thoughtfully 'it must have been hard, dealing with it'

'dealing with what?'. Barney blinked 'knowing you're probably smarter than everyone of your teachers'.

Ivy was sleepily curled up on the sofa later that evening. Carrick had gone home and Elliot was on the other sofa, watching the tv with Ivy. Christian wandered into the great room slowly, looking a little awkward 'uh...Ivy...you remember what I asked you a while ago?'. She glanced up a little 'no...?'.

Christian was clearly uncomfortable and ran his hand through his hair, speaking too fast 'I want you to work for me at Grey enterprises...please? We could really use you to your full potential, and the money is good'. Ivy blinked in surprise 'you want me to work for you? I thought you were joking?'. Christian rolled his eyes 'I'm not joking. I really want you to work for me...will you consider it?'.

Elliot glanced between the two, seeing how intently Christian was watching his sister who was deep in thought. Ivy was silent for a long time before shrugging 'I'll have a look around...can't do any harm can it?'. Christian audibly sighed with relief and Elliot smiled 'come in with me next Friday? I have to meet a few people myself'. Christian quickly explained 'Elliot's building our other building across the City'. Ivy nodded, interested 'yeah. Friday is fine'.

Elliot was secretly very glad Ivy had agreed to look around the offices. It would inevitably lead to her getting a job there- Christian could be very persuasive. Ivy was also 18 on the Monday, which meant that by the Friday she would probably be considering her future.

A few blocks away Daniel Sullivan looked up from the sport channel in his large apartment. He was still in the suit from the office and the remnants from the Chinese takeout were on the glass tablet front of him, next to the buzzing blackberry. It was an email.

From: Christian Grey To: Daniel Sullivan Subject: Next Friday Will you be in the office next Friday? I am bringing my sister in and am trying to persuade her to work at GEH. Apparently you can be very persuasive.

Christian Grey CEO Grey Enterprises Holdings

From: Daniel Sullivan To: Christian Grey Subject: Next Friday I am in court until around 2, then I'm in the office to see McKellan. - of course I am persuasive Christian, I'm a lawyer.

Daniel Sullivan

From: Christian Grey To: Daniel Sullivan Subject: NextFriday Well that's what I pay you shocking amounts of money for. P.s- why are you in court?

Christian Grey CEO Grey Enterprises Holdings

Daniel smirked, knowing full well that Christian knew he wasn't allowed to divulge any details about any of his cases. He was intrigued to see and meet Christian's sister, who his uncle Barney had told him all about. Daniel was completely unaware of the impact that Ivy was going to bring to his life.