NSE

Ch 10: Surprising events

Edited by me; all remaining mistakes are mine.

I was up all night with Anastasia. She had tossed and turned during the night, having nightmare after nightmare about her fight with Jose. When she finally fell asleep after having no more nightmares I was beat.

I showered to freshen up a bit. I heard Ana's phone going off all night with dings alerting of messages; but I hadn't had the time to check it as I held her in my arms. I was sure it was Jose.

Reaching into her pants, I got her phone. I looked at it and read there were 22 text messages. I only had to read one.

To: Anastasia Steele

From: Jose Rodriguez

Ana...please...forgive me. I'm so sorry. I was just upset. Please call me so we can fix this.

We? We? What a fuck head! There was no we need to fix anything! It should only be him. I was about to put her phone down when it started ringing. I looked and saw it was Jose. I answered it.

"Oh, Ana, thank God!" he started saying.

"This isn't Ana, dickwad! What the hell do you think you were doing blowing up her phone like that?"

"I need to speak with Ana, Christian. This is between us."

"The hell it is! Do you have any idea how much you hurt her? She's been up all night crying and having nightmares all because of you!" I shouted into the phone.

"Can I please…"

"No!" I said gruffly.

"I'm sorry…"

"Go fuck yourself, Jose!" I growled into the phone. "She's done with you. Don't call her, don't text her, don't bother her anymore. Understand?" I used my most threatening voice and hanging up on him. I looked to the bed and Ana was still asleep. Good, she needed her rest.

I went downstairs to make me some coffee. Kate was already in there and had it made already.

"Thank you, sweetie. I'm exhausted from being up all night with her," I said, filling my mug.

Kate said, "Ana's still not doing good is she?"

I sat down on a stool at the breakfast counter with her taking sips of my coffee. "No. She was all up night having nightmares. Jose had the nerve to leave her all kinds of text messages, blowing up her phone. He called too."

Her eyes went wide. "He did?"

"Yeah. He asked to speak with her, of course I wouldn't let him as she's still sleeping." I rubbed my face with my hands. "Kate, we might have to get a restraining order against him, if he keeps persisting like this."

"Oh my! I hadn't realized it's gone this far. It's almost like stalking." Kate replied.

Her phone rang, she answered it. "Hey, Elliot." Pause. "No, she's still the same." Pause. "I know sweetie, it's not your fault." Pause again. "Okay, I will. Talk to you later."

I looked back at Kate. "How is he?"

"Not good," she sighed. "Jose, isn't speaking to anyone at this point. Elliots tried to reach out to him, but he's refused."

I stood from the stool and leaned on my forearms as I spoke to my daughter.

"Well, Jose's not coming around Anastasia if I can help it. If I have to hire security for her then that's what I will have to do. He won't come near her anymore," I said sternly to Kate. She nodded back acknowledging what I said. "I have some stuff to take care of. I love you, Kate," I replied kissing the top of her head.

"Love you, dad," she replied as she drank her coffee.

I went to my study, as I needed to take a course of action and quickly. I got on my cell and made a few calls. One was to Taylor. He worked for me in the past, sometimes driving me around and such. The other was Luke Sawyer, who was head of my security when I needed it.

I had talked with him about possibly maybe giving a ride for Anastasia if there was a need. He told me anytime I needed a favor just ask. I had been on the phone for hours. Talking with my security team on looking out for my girl if the situation called for it. I heard Ana's voice in the kitchen, she was talking to Kate; she was up from her rest. I needed to go talk with her.

Anastasia was sitting at the table eating some leftovers from the fridge.

"Hey, sweetie, you feeling better?" I asked kissing her cheek and sitting with her.

"Much better. Thank you for letting me sleep."

"You needed it honey, after being up almost all night."

Kate looked at me as I looked at her. She knew I needed to talk to Ana alone.

"I have some things I need to do. I'm glad your doing better, Ana," Kate said, getting up and leaving the kitchen."

Anastasia and I sat in silence. We just kept looking at each other. Her eyes would look into mine, then away.

"Ana," I said, in a calm voice, "We need to address the elephant in the room here. We need to talk about what happened."

She blew out a breath. "I really don't want to talk about it Christian...I…"

"We have to talk about it," my voice got louder. "If we don't it will only get worse. How Jose treated you that night at the party was uncalled for. You didn't deserve any of his wrath towards you."

"I know...but...we didn't make it any easier for him, Christian."

"We didn't make it easier for him?" I questioned. I got up from my chair and paced the floor. My blood was boiling, I took a few deep breaths to calm down. Looking back at her, I replied, "Exactly what does he not get, Anastasia? He knows you don't have any kind of romantic feelings for him. He knows you and I are a couple. How much simpler does it have to get for him to realize that you aren't interested in that way?"

She looked back at me, "I just meant that...well...I think our being so public hasn't helped the situation. I mean think about it, we were at his party. We were the ones who well shoved it on his face."

I looked back at her in horror. "He had no right to call you a slut, Ana!" I shouted. "He attacked you! He threw himself on you, you told him no. End of story. When a woman tells a man she doesn't want his advances, he should have complied. But instead he grabbed you and tried to force himself on you. That is not a stable man, Anastasia!"

She and I both looked at each other the tension was thick between us. I wanted to talk calmly about this but I was angry, and had every right to be under the circumstances. I was doing everything I could not to blow my top even more.

I said in a calmer voice, "Look, sweetie, I know he was your friend. I get that. But at some point he needs to realize that you are not available. You said, you had a talk with him at school about us, right?" She nodded her head to me. "You told him how you feel about me and that you only wanted his friendship, right?"

"Yes, Christian," she replied back.

"Okay then...you have been honest from the get go on your feelings towards him. Jose, needed to respect that and he didn't. We as a couple shouldn't have to walk on eggshells every time we are around him. We shouldn't have to worry rather or not to show how we feel about each other rather if he's around or not. Its his job as a friend to be supportive of your decision."

"Your right, Christian. You do have a point. He did scare me a lot at the party. He was a different person, I didn't recognize him when we were outside. The way he looked at me, with his cold eyes, no warmth. He wasn't the same anymore."

I walked up closer to her, pulling her closer to me and in my arms. I rubbed her shoulders and back. Thank God she was seeing the light when it came to him.

"Exactly right, baby, he wasn't himself. Not even close."

Ana pulled away from me a bit as she looked in my eyes. "I totally get what you are saying. I guess I was just trying to make light of it, to deal with it."

"I understand. He was your friend."

We relaxed in each other arms, breathing in each other scents.

"Listen, I want you to know that I will do everything I can to protect you. He will never hurt you again, Anastasia. I promise you that. I've been working on a few things while you were sleeping. I think for the time being, you need some protection. I've talked to Taylor and Sawyer, they work for me. You will be in good hands as I trust them completely."

"Do you really think this is necessary?" she asked bewildered.

I looked back at her. "Yes, I do. At least until things have calmed down. Ana- he isn't in his right mind right now. He blew up your phone with twenty two text messages and then he called wanting to talk to you."

Her eyes wide as saucers. "He did? When?"

"While you slept. I was surprised you didn't hear me as I was yelling into the phone. But you were exhausted from last night. I told him not to call, text or email you, or come around you anymore; that you were off limits to him. I don't want you anywhere near him. Elliot has been trying to get through to him, but he wouldn't listen."

She opened her mouth to say something but closed it again. I knew she was wrestling with I had told her.

"Baby, please don't fight me on this. It's only for your protection. I may sound like a control-freak at this point...but...I don't know what I'd do if anything ever happened to you," I said softly, holding her face in my hands. Our eyes connected; looking into each other's eyes.

"Okay. It's just going to be weird not going around him. But, maybe staying away from him is the best thing right now." She conceded.

"I only want what is best for my girl," I said giving her a smile and a gentle kiss on the lips.

We talked to Kate that night. Well, I did. I told her that with everything going on I had a talk with my security personal. They was to watch over her while she was at school. I told the security to make sure they were inconspicuous until further notice.

We'd just have to see and wait what happened when the girls returned to school tomorrow. It would be interesting to see if Jose tried to come around her. I'd stake my life that we hadn't heard the last of him yet. I made sure that Ana called her parents to let them know of the situation. I listened in as she talked.

She told them about what happened at the party this past weekend. They were quite stunned to learn of his behavior but was glad I was on top of things. Shortly after Ana talked to them she told me they wanted to talk to me. I assured them that everything would be fine. That I'd take care of her while she stayed here instead of going back home. To be honest, it was like she was living here anyway. After dinner Ana and I settled into my room. I was reading while she watched some TV. I found the remote and turned it off.

"Hey, I was watching that!" she exclaimed.

"I know...but there was something I'd like to talk to you about…"

"This isn't about Jose again is it? Because, I thought we already settled that."

"No, baby, it's not. It's actually about us."

"Oh? Is everything okay?" she asked uncertain.

"Of course. Things are going great between us. In fact, there was something I really wanted to talk to you about. Our relationship and where it's headed."

"I see...Christian...you know that I do love you. But, I'm not quite ready for marriage yet."

My eyes looked in hers. "I'm well aware...actually, it's another step that I've been thinking about us taking for a while, even before all this whole Jose thing happened."

"Okay...I'm listening."

"Anastasia, you're pretty much here all the time right?" I asked her, she nodded, "And I love the fact that you are here. It gives me comfort knowing my girl is safe. In this house, in my bed, which by the way I totally love," I wiggled my eyebrows to her.

"Christian…" she purred.

"I know… I'm getting off track. Anyway, I was thinking since you are here all the time anyway, and you only have a few months of school left, why not permanently move in with me? I would love to have my girlfriend at my disposal twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. I want you here with me all the time, Ana. So what do you say? Will you come and live with me on a permanent basis?" I asked, looking in her eyes.

She looked back at me for a while. Her eyes didn't blink or anything. "Anastasia?" I asked trying to get her out of her trance. "Did you hear me? I asked if you would move in with me?"

Ana finally blinked her eyes. All of the sudden she attacked me by hugging and kissing me. She laid me down onto the bed, as she herself straddled me.

"Well, I guess that's a yes then!" I smiled excitedly up at her.

"Are you kidding me, Christian?! Of course it's a yes!" she shouted, happily. She held me down in the bed kissing me. Sliding her tongue in my mouth tasting me, making me groan with pleasure.

"Hmmm, baby...if I knew I'd get this reaction, I'd asked a long time ago!" I purred back.

Damn! Who knew asking her to move in would do this?

Ana kept kissing me, slowly, running her tongue along the bottom of my lip. Fuck me she was getting good at this. Ana moaned with me as she held my face in her hands. Her hands slid down my torso as she palmed my growing erection.

I peeled my lips off hers to talk. "Baby, you keep this up we might have to make love. You're killing me woman!"

Her eyes looking at me full of lust. "Maybe it's because I want to make love, Christian."

Is that so? I turned the tables by flipping her over, she squealed with delight, I had her on the bottom and kissing her breathless.

"You got it baby!" I growled to her we proceeded to make love.

I made sure showing her how much I truly loved her. By taking my time with her, kissing every inch of her body, making her moan with every kiss or lick I gave her. When I thrust inside of her; made it slow and fast with deep strokes, until we both came.

Monday morning came and we got ready. I had an early meeting so I had Taylor to pick them up and take them to school. Sawyer was meeting them there. He let me know via text when they arrived.

To: Christian Grey

From: Luke Sawyer

Your girls have arrived to school, I am watching closely behind.

I texted back.

From Christian Grey

To: Luke Sawyer

Thank you. Keep me posted throughout the day.

CEO Of Grey House Enterprises

I relaxed in my chair, in my office, knowing my girls were being take care of. Going about my day as I got ready for my meetings. Sitting in the conference as my employees were going over the final notes on Hyde's publishing business. Just as I was about to sign off on it, I got an alert.

To: Christian Grey

FRom: Luke Sawyer

That kid you warned me about tried to approach Anastasia. It was thwarted though when Ana walked away from him. He tried going after her when I stepped in blocking his way. He gave me an angry look and stomped off.

I smirked; maybe I shouldn't be this way but that boy would have to learn not to be messing with what's mine.

To: Luke Sawyer

From: Christian Grey

I had a feeling he'd tried to approach her. Thank you for letting me know.

CEO Of Grey House Enterprises

I shook my head at his boldness as while giving my attention to the meeting. Finally finished with it as I signed off on it. One thing came to my attention though is that we needed to raise money for an organization I'd just give them money but they wanted a fundraiser. I set it up as a casino, where people would gamble and what money they win, they'd donate a portion of their winnings. I had Jane to set that up.

Plus it would be a great way for Anastasia and I to come out as a regular couple to the event. However, Jane did make a suggestion. She requested to make it a masquerade type of party as well. I told her sure and to make the arrangements.

The end of the day was near and I was ready to be with my girl again. Of course they made it home before I did as Sawyer let me know there was no more trouble and that they were home safe.

I pulled into the garage, letting the door down stepping out of my car and heading inside the house. After opening the door I smelled something cooking. I knew it was Ana as Kate couldn't cook to save her life!

Walking into the kitchen, coming in behind her as she stood at the range. I encircled her waist, whispering in her ear, "I missed you, baby!"

Ana gasped. "Oh, Christian! Stop doing that! You startled me!" she exclaimed with a smile on her face turning to face me. She had some toast in her hand.

"I'm sorry, baby, I didn't realize you were eating!" I told her apologetically.

She mumbled out, "I was testing the toast to see how good it came out. I made garlic toast by myself. It's better than store bought. Wanna taste?" she asked.

She held out the piece of toast for me as I bent down and took a bite, looking her in the eyes as I did it.

"Hmmm...that is good! Let me go get changed. Be right back, sweetie!" I said to her.

I was leaving the kitchen when I saw Kate, she was laughing and shaking her head at us. After changing I went back into the kitchen and helped out with the rest. I chopped some vegetables for Ana as she was preparing a salad. She prepared whole made spaghetti sauce, not that stuff you buy in a store. She began to say how that stuff was bad for our health and we needed to eat fresher foods. We also had told Kate our news about Ana moving in permanently.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so happy for you guys! So, dad, are you two getting married?" Kate asked.

I choked on my food, some of it spitting out of my mouth. "Not just yet Kate, but it's heading in that direction." I said looking back at Anastasia.

"I want to finish high school, plus start college," Ana replied as well.

Kate spoke up, "I can understand that. But really, why wait. I mean there are couples who get married all the time while they are in college, Anastasia. I say, think about it."

Ana and I looked at Kate. I was rather surprised with her pushing us to get married.

"Kate, are you sure you okay with Ana moving in?" I asked concerned.

"Yeah, of course. Why?" Kate asked as took a bit of her food.

"Well, you just seem to be pushing the marriage thing towards us since we announced that we were living together that's all. It is because it's living in sin?" I asked.

Kate looked down for a moment then looking back at me. "No, dad, it's not that. I just think if you two are so in love, why not get married. Why wait is all I'm saying…"

Hmm, something must be going on. "Kate, if this bothers you please tell us. You have been our biggest supporter since we've been together. But if our living together is going to bother you, I'd like to know as your father," I said emphatically.

"Okay...you got me," she sighed saying looking at both Ana and me.

"Kate?" we asked her together.

"Here is the thing, Elliot and I have been talking and well, we were thinking of getting married ourselves."

Wait what? How? When did this happen? Didn't they just start dating?

"Kate...I...how? I thought you two just started dating? When did this happen?" I asked as a shocked father.

Kate smiled to me. "What can I say dad, it's love at first sight. We still plan to do the college thing, he suggested we live together but honestly I want more than that. I wanted a commitment. I just don't want to 'live' with Elliot. I want us to be married. The more he and I talked about it the more sense it made." Kate said, to me.

"You aren't pregnant are you?" I asked.

"No! Dad! How could you think that? I...we...just want to be together. I love him dad. We both love each other. He said it to me at the party while we were alone before everyone arrived. We realized that with us graduating and starting college that we didn't want to be separated when we just found each other. So…"

I had no idea. I was just stunned. "Dad, you and Anastasia have something special. Unique. I won't stand in your way if you two wanted to get married, I want that for you two as well as myself."

"So are you and he engaged?" I asked, not seeing a ring on her finger yet.

"No, not yet. I think he plans to ask for my hand in marriage the next time he sees you dad. I just wanted to soften you up a little bit."

"Thanks for the warning, Kate," I said, laughing. "And I'm happy for you. As far as Anastasia and I we will talk about it more." I looked at Ana, "You okay with that?"

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine with that." Ana answered me and looking back at her friend. "Kate, I'm really happy for you. Elliot seems to be like a really nice guy."

"He is...well I think I'm going to get some homework done. I have a paper to write. Talk to both of you later," Kate said kissing us both on the cheek.

After she left the kitchen, Ana and I looked at each other.

"Wow! That was unexpected," I said, to Ana.

She smiled. "To be honest, I kind of saw it coming. These two are worse than us. They can't keep their hands off each other. You should have seen them before the party got started."

"I think I'll pass on that. Speaking of the party, how did it go at school today? With Jose?"

"Good. Jose did try to talk to me. But I blew him off. I think he was going to try and follow me but some guy dressed in a suit stopped him."

"Ahhh yes, that was Sawyer. He said, you walked away from Jose. I'm sure that was hard for you."

"Yes and no. When I saw his face, all I could see what that guy at the party. Not one of my best friends. I have me a new best friend."

I was curious on whom this best friend was. "Oh? And who would that be?" I asked.

Ana got up from her chair, she circled around me as she straddled my lap, grabbing my tie untying it. Whoa! I liked this!

"He's extremely sexy… wears a grey tie, that brings out his grey eyes. He's very possessive so you better watch out; he takes charge, to which I very much like," she whispered against my lips.

She kissed me and pulled away a bit. I looked in her blue eyes that were hooded with lust.

"Yeah, I have a very sexy possessive girlfriend too. So you better watch out yourself. She's a kitten in the bedroom and a lioness everywhere else," I groaned.

"Oh, Christian! Take me please! I need you!" she purred kissing me.

"How do you want me to take you, baby? You want it rough?" I growled to her.

"Yes! I just need you!" she moaned out as she kissed me deeply.

"Your wish is my command, baby!" I said, ripping her blouse off, the buttons flying everywhere! I unclasped her bra, throwing it on the floor feeling her warmth under my hands. I began nipping at her nipples with my teeth.

"Ahhhh, Christian that feels so good!" she cried out throwing her head back in pleasure.

I lifted her up, taking her to the nearest wall, undoing my pants, slamming into her as she cried out in pleasure. I fucked her up against the wall as I bit into her flesh marking her as mine.

"Your mine baby! All mine!" I said, pounding inside of her as we both came together in the throws of passion.

A/N: Jose tried to approach Ana to no success! She's finally opened her eyes on him. And what about Elliot and Kate? Did you all expect that? Do you think that C and A will get married soon? Talk to me and tell me what you think. Also I don't have anymore chapters written as of yet. I will do what I can next week of at least getting another chapter out to you all. If I'm not able to do it Happy Thanksgiving!