AN: Hi guys the wait in to Lacey's past is nearly over :) Thankyou so much for all the amazing reviews, I know some of you want to kill me for making you wait to find out but it makes the story more exciting... Yes Teddy messed up in the last chapter... Looks like he's just as hot-headed as his father huh? Enjoy everyone... X


Teddy

My head is pounding, My eyes open and then close again, I can't seem to remember where I am or how I got here but I did, I re open my eyes to see that I am in what looks like a tool shed, It's dark and dank, There are bottles of every type of liquor you can think of, It smells of alcohol, Vomit and sex, I'm lying on what feels like a deck chair, My whole body hurts and I just want to sleep, I feel someone stir next to me, Lifting the moth-eaten green sheet I find I'm not alone, Curled up around me, Naked with a massive smile on her face is Jess, I feel disgusted with myself for fucking her again in my alcohol induced stupor.

I pull myself away from her to find my clothes, I couldn't find my suit that I was wearing last night I only found a pair of my jeans and a disgusting looking t-shirt along with my leather jacket? Fuck did I go home before I came here last night? I try to remember but my head hurts too much, Pulling my clothes on I stumble back and land on the hard, Cold concrete floor, The pain flows from my elbows and I feel warm liquid run down my arms, The pain subsides after finding half a bottle of vodka and downing it, I can't find my socks so I pull my bare feet in to my shoes, I feel something sticking to my foot as I look down I realise it's an envelope, I pull it up to eye level but it takes a little bit for my eyes to truly focus, The name on the letter reads: Theodore Grey... That's me.

The envelopes empty, I can't understand it, Why would someone write me a letter with no letter in it? I can't help but laugh, Oh God I'm still pissed if I find this funny.

Once i'm dressed I open the tool sheds door and I'm greeted by blinding light, Shit! What time is it? I pull my cell from my pocket, It's turnt off, I turn it back on to realise I have 30 missed calls from various people, Dad, Mom, Taylor, Sawyer, Gail, Phoebe, Grandma, Grandad, Aunt Kate, Uncle Elliott, Aunt Mia, Uncle Ethan, Ava... The texts are the worst, Lots of threatening me from my dad, Begging from mom... I could go on but I don't want to, Why can't they just leave me alone?

The walk home was quite easy, Jess' house isn't that far from ours so it took about 15 minuets, Coming to the house I realise the front gates are open? That's strange dad never leaves them open for security purposes, I've got an uneasy feeling about this as I walk towards the door I realise I don't have my key, Did I lose it? Or did I leave it here when I left last night? I really wish I could remember... I knock on the large wooden door and soon I'm greeted with the harsh stern face of Taylor, He glares at me and I know I'm in so much shit, Not just from my dad but from Taylor too.

"Welcome home Theodore, Your father wants to see you in his office" Taylor grits his teeth from anything else and I find myself swallowing hard, I walk towards my father's office and take a deep breath before I knock,

"Come!" Oh shit Dad's pissed

I open the door slowly and walk in, My eyes sweep around the room, Dad is pacing running his hands through his hair, Mom is sitting on the sofa with Phoebe with her head in her hands with Sawyer standing behind them, There's a man sitting in the chair opposite dads desk, Wow he looks like he's taken quite a beating I wonder what happened to him?

I clear my throat and they all look up to me, They don't look happy to see me, Dad stops pacing and glares at me,

"Sit!" He orders and I do just as he says, The man with the beaten face stands up and motions for me to have his seat in front of a very pissed Christian Grey, The office door opens and I turn to see Taylor enter the room with Lacey, I get out of my chair and run towards her and throw my arms around her and hold her for dear life, I can't believe she's here, I feel joy well up side me but it's short-lived, She pushes me back and then punches me in the face, I fall to the floor with a loud thump, I expect someone to come to my aid but know one does, My hand goes to my chin and I try to rub to reduce the pain Fuck this girls got a good right hook... What the fuck have I done?


Lacey

I glance down at Teddy lying on his back staring at the ceiling, I'm too pissed to feel bad about hitting him, How could he? I understand he's pissed about last night but there was no need to do what he did, I look round to see Mr. Grey walking towards me, He places his arm around my shoulder and smirks at me

"Get up Theodore" He spits as we walk towards his desk, I sit in his office chair where I begin to flex my hands, I would love to punch Teddy in his face again but I need to control my temper for what is about to happen, Teddy gets up and walks back to the seat he was in before he trough himself at me, What did he think I was going to do fall back in to his arms after all the shit I am going to have to deal with now? Shit, How could he be so stupid? I can't meet his eyes, I don't want to look at him, Every time I do I see confused and hurt radiating from him.

"Are you ok Lacey?" Mr. Grey asks quietly and all I can do is nod, I can't seem to find my voice at the moment

"Why are you asking her if she's ok? I'm the one that's just been punched but non of you give a fuck about me" Teddy yells and I look at him in disbelief

"You deserved that and a lot more" Mr. Grey glares as Teddy rolls his eyes

"What cause I went out last night and didn't come back till this morning? Oh yeah that warrants a punch to the jaw" He mumbles sarcastically, I feel my anger rising again and I want to punch him, Something anything but I don't I sit quietly and try to think of a way out of this mess

"No Theodore, Not because of that, Do remember what happened last night?" His dad says trying to calm himself, Teddy frowns and then falls silent, I think he's trying to think back, I sit and wait, I haven't uttered a word since arriving half an hour ago, I was all up for beating the sit out of Teddy for what I saw this morning but now I just feel numb.

"I remember the dance auction and being pulled away, I don't remember anything else, I woke up this morning with a very naked Jess around me though" He smirks at me, I think he's trying to make me jealous but at this moment in time I really can't be bothered about which dirty bitch he stuck his dick in last night, All I care about is why he basically signed my death warrant.

"So you don't remember this" Mr Grey says as he picks up the controls and turns the T.V on, I turn in my chair, I really can't bear to watch this again, I've seen it all morning, I can't do it again, I get up and walk out of the room, I need a smoke badly.


Teddy

"So you don't remember this" Dad glares as he picks up the controls and turns the T.V on, Lacey turns in her chair so she's facing away from me, She gets up and stomps out of the room, She doesn't even look at me, What the fuck have I done now? I glance at the t.v and see the sign Breaking News: Lacey Isabella McKenzie is alive and kicking flash quickly along the bottom of the screen... What is this?

"Good morning Seattle, We have received some breaking news that the daughter of Richard McKenzie, One of the most reaches men on the planet, Lacey Isabella McKenzie was spotted last night at The Grey's Masked ball, She was seen dancing with her father who won her in their annual first dance auction for a whopping $100,000, But the party was cut short when Theodore Grey, Son to Christian and Anastasia Grey and the air to his father's business Grey Enterprises was seen a little worse for ware, A Source reviled that Theodore maybe Miss McKenzie's love interest as they were seen fighting, Theodore then proceeded to punch Mr. McKenzie to the floor and repeatedly beat him until he was pulled away by his father and his security, The source also says that Theodore also proceeded to punch Miss McKenzie in the mouth, Pictures prove that Miss McKenzie left with her father in tow with blood running down her mouth, Looks like young Mr. Grey is more of a bad boy than we all thought. Theodore Grey was then escorted home by his fathers security team, Our source then phoned us to say that Theodore Grey wanted to have his say regarding the matter, We are the only news station with the world-wide exclusive Ladies and Gentleman."

The room gasps as all eyes fall to me again, What the fuck did I do last night?

"Teddy? Teddy? What would you like to say about the incident that happened between you and your girlfriend Lacey McKenzie's father tonight?" The reporter asks a very drunk looking me, I see Jess next to me, She looks as though she's holding me from falling flat on my ass

"Lacey is not Teddy's girlfriend anymore I am aren't I teddy?" Jess smiles at me and I pull her in to a very drunk very sloppy looking kiss, I feel my stomach turn just watching the way I'm acting, I pull away and Jess is wearing a shit eating smile

"And what's your name Miss?" The reporter asks, Jess smiles as she says

"My name is Lane, Jessica Lane" She says excitedly

"Or the future Mrs. Theodore Grey" I pipe in, Shit I really was wasted last night, Fuck no I didn't just basically purpose to Jess on national t.v did I?

"Teddy are you asking Miss Lane to marry you?" The reporter clarifies as I hold my breath, Preying to every fucking God there is that I said no, That I passed out... Please anything

"Yes I am... Jess will you marry me?" I slur my words but Jess doesn't seem to care she jumps up and screams

"YES TEDDY YES IL MARRY YOU" And then she proceeds to kiss me again, Once she pulls away looking very pleased with herself the reporter pipes up again

"Teddy what do you feel about Lacey McKenzie?" Please don't open your... My big mouth please

"Lacey? She's beautiful, Kind and funny, I like Lacey a lot" Few yes that sounds more like me,

"So you like Lacey McKenzie then?"

"I haven't finished..." Oh God please no! "Lacey maybe beautiful and kind and funny but she broke my heart, She was the girl I gave my heart too and her broken it, I loved Lacey but she don't love me back... She is a gold digger and a thief" Shit! Stop you fucking ass hole... What the fuck are you saying?

"Why is she a thief Theodore?"

"Cause she stole my heart and I want it back so I can give it to Jess" I suddenly double over and hurl over the floor, I can't believe I did that, All of it any of it, Oh what must Lacey think of me now,

"Oh here you might find this interesting, I have here a letter from Miss Lacey McKenzie to Theodore Grey, It is a very personal heart-felt letter and I will sell it to the highest bidder... " Jess yells as I'm still throwing my spineless guts up, The screen goes black and the main news comes back on, The woman who 'Interviewed' me last night is the one on the screen now, She is sitting behind a large desk holding some papers, Oh please don't let that be Lacey's letter to me. PLEASE!

"Ladies and Gentlemen I am pleased to announce that Seattle News has that very letter that Mr. Grey's ex girlfriend Lacey McKenzie wrote to him, It starts.

"Dear Teddy,

You have know idea how hard it is to write this letter to you, Teddy I am so sorry for the way I left you that sunday two months ago, I was stupid and scared, I just needed to get away, From you, From me, From everything. The night Phoebe had her date with Jake I told Phoebe I sold my soul, I did really, I told your dad my name, My name isn't Lacey Mac, Its Lacey Isabella McKenzie, My father is Richard McKenzie, If you don't know he is a very rich businessman, My father and yours have does business in the past. Which yes that doesn't make me poor, It puts me in the same league as you financially anyway.

Teddy I didn't tell you the truth because, Well for years I've been in hiding really, I left the 'grid' as its called when I was 10 years old, and I so far haven't been found yet, Which I am thankful for, You see someone from my past willed that he would find me come my 18th birthday, I was frightened to tell you who I really was because I was scared, Scared for you and for me, Teddy I couldn't allow you to get in to deep with me for your own safety, That's why I ran. I'm sorry for hurting you, That's one thing I never wanted to do... Il be at the masked ball tonight that your Grandparents host, Il be there with my father and il also be in the first dance auction, Please don't bid on me as my father is going to so it doesn't look suspicious, I will be going under Isabella, Come find me when the crowds have died down, I really want to see you Teddy, I've missed you so much.

We'll talk later tonight, Can't wait to see you...

I love you Teddy

Lacey x x x"

The reporter wipes a tear away and I can't believe my ears, Lacey said she loves me... I feel like my hearts going to explode, For the first time in months I have a reason to smile, I get up out of my chair to go find Lacey but I'm forced back down by my father,

"Where do you think your going?" He says in a deadly voice that I dare not argue with, I swallow hard and answer

"To go find Lacey" I mumble as dad shakes his head

"I wouldn't, I will go" Dad let's go of his death grip on my shoulder and walks out of the room.


Christian

I have never been more ashamed of my son than I am right at this moment, He had no right to give that letter to the press, Stupid idiot, He knows better than anyone how personal we are, Shit it even said on the envelope that it was for Teddy's eyes only, I know this because I intercepted Phoebe when she was about to give Teddy the letter, I wanted to know who it was from and why it wasn't posted, Phoebe told me it was from Lacey and she wanted Teddy to know everything, I told Phoebe to open it and to take the background check out but she told me she wouldn't so I did it myself, I found the letter and had Taylor open it and just remove the background check so I could give it to Teddy myself, It's a good job I did seeing as Teddy was stupid enough to hand it over on a silver platter...

I search the house but there's no sign of Lacey, I walk in to the meadow and smell smoke, I find her lying on her back watching the clouds float by with a cigarette hanging from her mouth, She looks like she's got headphones in and she's singing along to herself.

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you
Because of you

She sings with so much passion, sadness and hurt, I know she's singing about herself and her past, And it pains me to listen to her, I try not to disturb her but in doing so I must do because she opens her eyes and looks startled, Sitting up she pulls her head phones out and gives me a shy smile

"How long have you been there?" She mumbles looking embarrassed

"Not long" I lie, I want to ask her about the song and what it means, I was able to get access to most of her background check but not all of it, Some pieces of information were either destroyed or inaccessible unless permitted and those pieces are virtually impossible to get even with both Welch and Barney on the case.

"Your lying" She mumbles and I feel my face heat up, Shit I'm the blushing now... This almost never happens to me, I sigh and sit down next to her, She pulls another cigarette out of her packet and lights it with shaky hands, I hate smoking, Dispise it actually but at the moment if it helps Lacey calm down then I suppose il have to put up with it.

"Lacey I'm sorry for Teddy's stupidity" I say running my fingers threw my hair

"Mr. Grey-" I'm fed up with this Mr. Grey crap...

"Lacey call me Christian please"

"Christian, I'm not pissed that Teddy got drunk or slept with Jess or even leaked my letter to him to the press, I'm pissed because through his own jealously and my stupidity he may have just signed my death warrant" She sighs

"Lacey I know the press are hard to live with but this will blow over, Trust me..." I smile, Bless her she thinks she's going to die from something like this?

"You don't get it" She whispers

"Don't what?" I ask as she suddenly stands up and walks back to the house, I find myself watching her walk away feeling very confused, I drag myself up, Clean my jeans off and chase after Lacey


Lacey

I can't believe that I'm going to do this but I suppose I owe people the truth and seeing as I haven't really been that forth coming with it, What better place to start than the beginning.

I enter the office to find everyone in deep conversation, The all stop when they see me and I have to stop my self from wanting to bolt from the room I have to do this no matter how much I really don't want to.

I walk towards the chair I was sitting in before I left, I sit and place my head in my hands, I really don't want to look at anyone when I do this, Everyone is still quiet waiting for me to say something when Christian comes back in, I look up to see his face, He's holding a large envelope

"Lacey this just came for you" He says as he places it in front of me, Everyone gathers round to see what it could be but I already know who it's from, It's from him.

"Lacey aren't you going to open it?" Christian asks as I shake my head, How did he know I would be here? Unless he's watching me as we speak... Shit!

I glance to my dad and he's staring at the envelope with hatred, I know how he feels

"Dad, Can you?" I whisper as he nods, He picks it up and tears it open, He pulls out letter and I feel my heart turn to ice, It's the same thing every year, Dad's face pales as he places it on the desk, I don't want to look at it cause I know what it will say, Christian glances at it then to my dad and then to me.

"What the hell is this? Lacey?" Christian almost shouts and I feel tears well in my eyes, Don't cry Lacey, Don't you dare cry!

"What... What does it say?" I mumble

"It says 'game over, Say hello to your little boyfriend for me', What does this mean Lacey?" Christian says picking the letter up again, It's only then when I have conformation that it is him, There's a burn hole right at the bottom of the writing where someones signature would be... Shit!

"Lacey we need oto go now!" Dad says as he comes round and pulls me up by my arm, It takes me a couple of seconds to realise what the letter said, 'Say hello to your little boyfriend for me'... Teddy... Fuck!

"No dad!" I yell as I pull my arm from his grasp "I'm not running anymore"

"Lacey he knows where you are, You're in danger do you not understand? You've put yourself at risk and I refuse to let you do it again" Dad yells as he goes to grab me again

"It not about me anymore, He's after Teddy and I won't let it happen, You fucking understand me, If you had kept Mom safe in the first place non of this would have happened" I scream, Dad looks at me in shock and then rage, He slaps me across the face and I fall in to Christian, Suddenly dads pushed up against the wall

"You so much as look at her in the wrong way again and I will snap your fucking neck like a twig... DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Teddy yells in my dads face as he nods, Teddy lets him go and he slides down the wall with his head in his hands, everything's falling apart and It's all because of me.

"Lacey? Lacey baby look at me please" Teddy begs as I lift my head and stare in to beautiful Gray tear filled eyes

"Tell me what's going on... Please" He begs, I need to do this, I need to tell them what happened, I take a deep breath and start

"Um... Ok but know one interrupt me please, I only want to have go through with this once, And that's it Ok?" I ask looking around to see I have everyone's attention, They all simply nod, Teddy moves to sit next to me and grabs my hand for support, I don't really want him near me at the moment but I need some emotional help to get through this.

"When I was 4 me and my mom were abducted, We were out shopping for my birthday present, I wanted a pony, I remember that, Dad said that he would buy me one I was very excited, Our car was hit by a truck it struck passenger's side, Luckily both me and mom were on the driver's side but the passengers was crushed, We had no choice but to get out the drivers, There were 3 men with guns waiting for us when we got out, They made us get in the van and we were gone, I was so scared I didn't no what was going on, Mom told me that no matter what happens my daddy would find me and I would be safe, I asked her what about her but she didn't answer me. We were taken to a house, I didn't know where we were but I knew we were a long way away, The 3 men took us in side and locked us in a big bedroom, The ordered my mom to strip down and to wait on the bed, I didn't know what would happen so Mom told me to hide in the closet, To close my eyes and cover my ears till she came to get me, I did as she asked but the closet wouldn't close properly, A man came in and spoke softly to her, Mom didn't look scared like I was she looked happy to see him, She was smiling and laughing, He then got on the bed and had sex with her, I was so confused, Why would my mom be laughing and smiling at a man who wasn't my daddy? After they finished he walked out of the room, Mom came to the closet and opened it, She smiled at me and said everything was ok that that man was a friend of hers and he was happy to see her, Mom didn't seem to bothered that we were away from daddy but I was I kept crying for him cause I didn't like it where we were, The man came back in cause he heard me crying, He gave me a sandwich and a carton of juice, Mom said I had to be nice to him cause he was mommy's friend and it's not nice to be mean to people. After that day he was nothing but nice to me, Mom kept telling me that he was going to be my new daddy and I didn't like that, I didn't want a new daddy I wanted my daddy, I would cry at night because I wanted daddy to come and find me but he didn't, After the first year I realised that my dad wasn't coming for me so I decided to just get on with it, Mom was happy, The man whose name was Derick was very nice, I liked him, It's the other man I didn't like, His name was Michael, He was horrible, One night when I was about 6 he and another man came in to the room I shared with mom, The other man held me down on the bed and forced me to watch as Michael raped my mom, I cried and tried to look away but he wouldn't let me, The man holding me down would sit up and pull a cigarette out and lit it, Sometimes he and Michael would pass it back and forth while they watched him raped her, Other times he would pass Michael the cigarette and Michael would get his kicks by using me as an ash tray while he raped her, He said hearing me scream in agony would turn him on, This happened everyday for the next couple of years only I learnt to control the pain cause I knew it was coming, Every time I would refuse to scream, To give him his kicks he would burn me for longer, Through each session I either ended up with more scares or I would just have the old healing ones re burnt, One the day of my 8th birthday everything changed, Michael came in with another man, I'd never seen him before, He was in his late 40's early 50's, He sat next to me and stroked my hair, He told me he was Michael's dad, He told me that my mom hade died and he was going to take care of me, I didn't know what to think, I knew I couldn't trust him cause he was related to Michael, He told me about a little boy he used to look after years ago, He had scares like mine, He was taken away from him cause his mother was on drugs and she was as a dirty slut, that she slept with men for money like my mommy did, He tried to get me to touch him but I refused, I heard sirens and yelling, The men ran from the room and I passed out, The next thing I know is I'm waking up in a hospital be with dad standing over me, I was so confused I didn't know whether to be happy about seeing him or sad, I blamed him for everything that happened to me and to my mom, The police found my moms body burnt to a crisp down a sewer drain, I tried to get back to normal but when ever any one would look at me all they saw was the little girl with scars on her body, I went to live with my Aunt and Uncle because Dad couldn't cope with me and the nightmares, I fell of the grid and know one could find me, I eventually went back to school under Lacey Mac and I was no longer stared at or teased, I didn't want to be known as the daughter of a billionaire who was tourchered and who's mother was murdered, I basically cut all ties with my dad and I learnt to live the life of a nobody, That was until I met Teddy, I wanted to show someone that I wasn't a nobody, I wanted someone to look at me like I was a somebody to them, 2 months ago Teddy did, He looked at me like I was the most precious gift in the world to him and I finally felt loved but I also felt scared, Every year a few days before my birthday I'm sent the same letter know matter where I am Michael has always found me, It's been a count down to my 18th birthday which is next week, I don't know what he wants or what he will do but he will find me and I probably won't be seen again, Now that he knows about Teddy I'm afraid that it's not me he's after but him, I can't risk you getting hurt Teddy I can't, I love you too much for that to happen" I fall in to Teddy's arms and sob, 14 years of pent-up fear and pain is released, I can't let Teddy get hurt I would rather die than let any harm come to Teddy because of me... I feel my eyes start to drop, For once in my life I have no pain, No fear, I feel safe right here in Teddy's arms.

Before I finally succumb to sleep the last thing I hear is Teddy whisper

"I love you too Lace"