AUTHORS NOTE

Hi guys Happy Monday! I hope youve all had a good weekend and have had the chance to see HTBS ive seen it three times now and just love it! Anyways im moving this story along a little and i hope you like this chapter. All characters belong to EL James.

Ana's POV

Christmas break is fast approaching and school has been hectic and stressful with mid-terms and studying for them. I've spent every spare second these last two weeks studying for these exams that I feel like my brain is about to explode at any minute. Mid-terms start today and I will be immensely glad when they're over. I've been studying a bit with Dale which has been nice but its making me rethink things with him. He's a genuinely nice guy who's been a great person and friend to me over the last few months but I just don't think I want to keep this going forever. I'm thinking that after mid-terms and before we break for Christmas I'm going to tell him that I don't want to keep seeing him like that and I just want us to be friends and nothing more. But I just need to get through this week first. As I'm getting ready for school I notice my face is looking a little paler than normal and just pass it off for being stressed about school. I don't have time to not be feeling well this week.

I make my way down the stairs to the kitchen and grab a quick bite before heading out the door to school. I drive to school singing along to Taylor Swift on the radio singing about a guy she knew was trouble when she met him. It instantly makes me think of Christian and how I've thought he was trouble since the moment I met him. I've been putting some thought into getting to know him and being friends with him and the more I think about it the more I'm slowly coming around to the idea that maybe we could talk and some point down the track become friends but there is still that nagging voice in my head telling me something isn't right about him. But I decide against better judgment to ignore it.

Arriving at school I make my way inside to my friends who are standing around talking about their weekends and we make talk about our mid-terms and classes we think we will do well in and ones we won't. I'm reasonably calm and confident I've studied enough that I'm going to do well so I'm not freaking out as much as everyone else seems to be. As I'm standing with my friends I notice Christian out of the corner of my eye. He seems to be talking to some girl who seems very affectionate with him and constantly touching his arm. If I'm not mistaken she seems to be flirting with him and he doesn't seem to be doing anything to ward her off of him. Next thing I see she leans in and kisses him straight on the mouth. At first I'm shocked to my spot on the ground. Here I was thinking he kept kissing me because he wanted me but now I see him kissing some other girl and I'm frozen. I see him look my way and immediately he pulls away from the girl and notice him start to walk my way. I decide I need to get away from him I can't deal with this not right now when I have an exam about to start.

I make it into the girl's toilets just in time before I'm bringing up the little I ate for breakfast. All I can think right now is I don't need this stress that I seem to be suffering from right now. I sit next to the toilet until I feel well enough to get up. I stand and take my water bottle from my bag and take small sips to calm myself down. I notice in the mirror as I'm washing my hands that my face still seems to be pale like it was this morning. I really hope I'm not getting some stomach bug because that's the last thing I need right now. When I'm feeling well enough I make my way out of the toilets and into the hall just in time to take my seat for the exam. The teacher goes over the standard rules of no leaving, no cheating etc. and before I know it we are told to turn our exam papers over and begin.

Two hours later and my first mid-term are over. I'm still not feeling crash hot but I am feeling well enough to stay at school for the remaining exams. I haven't seen Christian since the exam finished which I find I'm relieved about because I'm really not sure what to say to him after seeing him kiss that other girl. I decide to spend some time by myself going over my notes for my next exam and as I do this I notice someone standing next to me out of the corner of my eye and realise I spoke too soon as its Christian Grey himself.

"Look Ana about what you saw before I –"

"Save it Christian don't need to any excuses. I'm not your girlfriend so you don't owe me anything. I'm just the girl you've told on numerous occasions that you really like and keep kissing but I'm not your girlfriend." I tell him but then I'm thinking to myself god I wish I could be your girlfriend because he's such a good kisser. I could only imagine he's good at other things too.

"No you're not my girlfriend but that doesn't mean I don't want you to be. Look she came up to me, started flirting with me, then she kissed me. I don't even really know her and I certainly don't like her or want her. I hate that you saw that because I want you." He tells me as he slowly runs his hand up and down my arm giving me goose bumps.

"Look... i… ive been thinking that maybe we…. Could maybe get to know each other…" I struggle to say getting the words out. I avoid eye contact with him.

"Really?" he asks as if someone just made all his dreams come true at once.

"Yes but not this week I just need to get through mid-terms then we can maybe discuss this whole friend's thing." I say.

"That's great news Ana. Thank you." He says then walks away. When he leaves I let out the breath I didn't realise I was holding and take a small drink of water to hopefully calm my unsettled stomach.

The day ends and I find myself mentally and emotionally drained. I can't wait for this week to be over so I can stop stressing about school and look forward to Christmas but there's a small part of me that hopes it drags out just a little to give me more time to think about how this whole friends thing with Christian will work and to think about how to break things off with Dale cause I'm pretty sure Christian isn't the type of guy who's going to be happy about my sleeping with Dale whilst were friends and he's possibly trying to turn that into more.

As the week passes by I sit exams feeling confident that I'm doing okay but dreading the end and having to break things off with Dale and start a friendship with Christian. I find myself not feeling too much better or looking any better each day so I decide on Friday after school that I'm going to go to the doctor to get something to take for this stomach bug I seem to have that just won't go away. I wish it could have waited until next week. This week has been stressful enough as it is without having to worry about constantly being sick.

"What's the deal Ana you've been sick all week is everything okay?" Kate says as were sitting at her house on Thursday afternoon studying for our last exam tomorrow.

"I honestly don't know. I just woke up Monday morning sick and pale and have been throwing up off and on since then. I think it must just be a stomach bug or something going around. Hopefully I will feel better next week." I tell the girls.

"Maybe you're pregnant?" Britt says.

"I don't think so. That's not possible." I say faking confidence but feeling slightly unsure of whether this could be the case. Surely not.

"Are you absolutely sure? You and Dale use a condom every single time?" Chelsea says. The girls have known about Dale for a little bit now and haven't really said anything about it.

"Of course we use one every time. If he doesn't have one we don't do it." I say.

"It never broke? I mean it just seems weird that you've been paler than normal and throwing up every morning. That's a common symptom of being pregnant." Kate says.

"I don't think one ever broke. But I can't be certain. Oh my god what am I going to do if I am? I can't be pregnant I can't have a baby!" I say.

"Chelsea and I will be back in 15 minutes were going to the drug store." Britt says as she grabs her keys and they head out the door.

"Oh my god Kate I can't be pregnant. What am I going to do?" I say.

"Look you don't know that you are pregnant. Like you said maybe it's just a bug. Don't start stressing out until they get back with the tests and we know for sure. Then you need to see a doctor." Kate tells me.

Fifteen minutes later Britt and Chelsea arrive back with three pregnancy tests and I'm freaking out. I can't be having a baby it just can't happen. I take the tests and the girls follow me to the bathroom so that I can take them. I pee on all three sticks then sit on the floor next to the girls and hold their hands and wait the agonizing five minutes until my phone tells me its time up. I'm so scarred to look but I get up off the floor and look at the tests one by one.

"Well what do they say?" Kate asks impatiently.

I start crying. The girls get up and hug me as they look at the tests. The first one has a very faint second line that would indicate pregnant, the second there's no mistaking its pregnant and the third is not pregnant.

"That's not too bad at least it's not three from three." Chelsea says.

"Yeah but two out of three is still pregnant." I say as I begin to cry even harder.

"Look you don't know for sure until you actually see your doctor. Look you said you were going to the doctor tomorrow so just get them to run a test then and they can tell you if you are or not. Home pregnancy tests are not 100 per cent accurate and you shouldn't trust them anyways." Kate says.

"I know but it's still hard not to freak out at that. I will go and see my OBGYN tomorrow to find out for sure. I need to go home my dad will be wondering where I am." I say as I get up and take the tests with me.

The girls all give me a big hug then I make my way home, having some dinner and climbing to bed and falling asleep with a few tears in my eyes.

AUTHORS NOTE: Ok dont hate me thats all ive got to say and i should have the next chapter up in a couple of days. Have a good day!