Friday Night – Christians Penthouse
We enter the unground garage. Once I am out of the car and in my wheelchair Christian and daddy take me to the elevator while Taylor and Luke start unloading the car. The elevator is called Christian enters a code into the keypad and off we go. Once the lift comes to a stop the doors open and we enter a foyer type area. I look at daddy and he nods his head.
Christian pushes my wheelchair into the next room. It is HUGE. My eyes are drawn to the floor to ceiling windows on the far side of the room. Wow what a view. The whole room is white including the lounges. Holy shit I could get lost on that lounge it is that big. On the elevator side of the room there is another room. It looks like a TV room. We continue further into the apartment and I can see the kitchen on my left. I can smell something cooking and it smells divine. To my right is the dining area. After the kitchen there is a corridor that branches off to the left and to the right is a stair case that leads up to the second floor. Daddy heads upstairs for a shower before dinner. Christian pushes me down the corridor until we come to a set of double doors on the left hand side. He opens the door and turns on the light in the room before coming back out and taking me into the room.
I take one look at the bed and can't believe my eyes. That is one gigantic bed I think I will get lost in it on my own. As I am looking around I notice a few things that belong to a male. Shit is this Christians room. Am I sleeping in Christian's bed? Does he think he is sleeping with me? My mind is racing and I need to try and calm down. Finally I calm myself down enough and look up at Christian and tell him to continue with the tour. He shows me the bathroom and the new rails he had installed for me.
As we go back into the bedroom I ask Christian if this is indeed his bedroom. He confirms that it is but he has moved his things into the spare bedroom which is next to this room down the corridor. I feel bad for kicking Christian out of his room but he explained why I ended up in his room and he is more than happy to stay in the guest room. All he wanted was for me to be discharged from the hospital.
Taylor has brought my things into the room and placed them near the closet. Christian tells me Mrs Jones will put my things away while we have dinner. He leans over and kisses me gently on the lips before heading back towards the kitchen to introduce me to Mrs Jones. As we round the corner I see a woman who is about 5ft 6 standing at the stove stirring a pot on the stove. Christian startles her when he sneezes.
"Mr Grey I didn't see you standing there." Mrs Jones says.
"Mrs Jones I want to introduce you to Miss Anastasia Steele." He replies.
"Miss Steele it is a pleasure to finally meet you. I have been looking after your dad whilst he has been here." She smiles.
"Mrs Jones it is a pleasure to meet you too. I want to thank you for taking such good care of daddy."
Christian shows me his study and the library before dinner is served. Once I have finished dinner I am feeling rather tired so I ask if Christian could help me to bed tonight since the hospital help doesn't start until tomorrow.
After I am in the gigantic bed I ask Christian to join me. He kicks off his shoes and climbs onto the bed. I am lying on my back so Christian lies on his side looking at me. Turning my head to face him I see the look in his eyes it has captivated me and all I want to do is kiss those beautiful lips. I touch his face and he closes his eyes. When he opens his eyes I can see him staring into my eyes as he moves closer and kisses me ever so gently. The sparks start flying. What starts out as a gentle kiss soon becomes a kiss of need. The need to invade his mouth but his tongue isn't the tongue that wants to explore its mine. So I slip my tongue into his mouth and gently start caressing his tongue with my own. Christian groans softly when my tongue touches his. We continue for a few more minutes before breaking apart. Christian climbs off the bed asking where my sleepwear is so that I can get dressed for bed. Oh this could be interesting considering I sleep in my boy leg undies and a singlet. I tell him to get me a tank top and a pair of sweat shorts. He doesn't need to know that I won't be putting the sweat shorts on. Christian leaves to go and check on daddy. Did I really stick my tongue into Christian's mouth? I ask myself. Once I have changed I roll onto my left side with a pillow between my legs like the nurses showed me.
Christian's POV
I had to get out of that room before I did something that I regret. Ana kissing me the way she did left me wanting more. Now is not the time to want more we agreed to take things slowly so she can focus on her rehab. And I intend to stick to that agreement no matter how hard it gets. Nothing to hot and heavy will happen until after she has finished her rehab. This is going to kill me considering I know she is sleeping in my bed and is only in the next room. I go looking for Ray and find him in the TV room watching a Mariners game so I leave him to it and go into the kitchen for a glass of wine. As I am relaxing with my glass of wine I hear Ana calling my name so I head back into my room or should that be HER room.
Ana has got changed and is lying on her left side with the sheet pulled up to her waist. She pats the bed and tells me to come and lay down beside her. I lay down beside her leaving a little bit of room between us. As I am facing her I take her hand in mine and hold it to my heart. Telling her she has completely captured my heart.
Ana's POV
Having Christian tell me that I have captured his heart makes me smile. This admission has made my shitty afternoon with Kate seem unimportant at this moment in time. Not wanting to ruin this moment I push Kate from my thoughts. I will deal with that in the morning. Right now I just want to lay here with Christian in this bed.
I reach over and brush his cheek with my hand and he closes his eyes and leans into my touch. He looks so perfect lying here. I am craving his touch so I take his left arm and place it so it is draping over the side of my waist. He opens his eyes and looks at me I just nod my head to tell him it's ok. Searching my eyes he can see that I am telling the truth. So he relaxes and kisses me gently on the lips and forehead before resting his head back on the pillow. I am so comfortable lying here with Christian's arm draped over my waist that I end up falling asleep.
Christians POV
When she placed my arm over the side of her waist I was in utter shock. I can see she has fallen asleep so I lie quietly and watch her sleep. After an hour I gently get out of the bed kiss her forehead, wish her a good night and leave the room. Ray is still watching the TV so I say goodnight and leave him to it. I head into my study to catch up on my emails. Just after 11pm I head to the guest room, strip down to my boxers and get into bed. I can't sleep so I start planning what I want to do for our date tomorrow night.
Saturday Morning
After my run with Taylor I tell him that Ana's assistant will be arriving at 8am. I head off to my new room and head for a shower. Since I don't plan on going out anywhere today I put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Now I need a coffee hit so I head to the kitchen and take a seat at the breakfast bar as Gail makes me a coffee. When Ray comes down stairs we sit at the dining room table.
Ana's POV
I hear a gentle knock on the bedroom door so I tell whoever it is to enter. A middle aged lady comes into the room and introduces herself as Jackie. She is my assistant that the hospital organised. Once I am showered and dressed she helps me into the wheelchair. Before we head out to the kitchen I speak to Jackie about not coming tonight as I don't want our date interrupted. Since both Christian and daddy have been shown how to put me to bed correctly Jackie agrees to not coming tonight. Heading to the kitchen with Jackie following I find both daddy and Christian sitting at the dining room table drinking a hot beverage. Before Jackie leaves she gives me her number so that if for any reason I need to change the time she is to come I can call her direct. I see Jackie give me a smile and Taylor sees Jackie to the elevator.
"What's for breakfast?" I ask. Just as I do my belly rumbles. Both daddy and Christian laugh. I am told that Mrs Jones will cook me whatever I want for breakfast so I decide that pancakes with maple syrup is what I want. Once breakfast is over I am trying to pluck up the courage to speak to daddy about Kate. Christian must realise that something is on my mind and that I need to speak to my dad because he excuses himself and heads towards his study.
I ask daddy to come into the lounge room with me. Hell this is harder than I thought but I can't put it off any longer. "Daddy, Kate has kicked me out." I can see the colour drain from his face.
"Why did Kate kick you out Annie?"
I tell him everything that happened when Kate came to the hospital yesterday. He is absolutely disgusted at Kate's behaviour as I knew he would be. Even I still can't get over the fact she is throwing our friendship away all because I couldn't go back to the apartment when I was discharged from the hospital. I can feel the tears welling up and I tell myself that I won't cry and thankfully the tears don't fall. Now that daddy has had time to process what I have told him about Kate he stands and tells he wants to speak to Christian about collecting my things from Kate's apartment. Daddy wants someone to go with him as he doesn't know his way around Seattle. Stuffs me what he is going to do with my desk and duchess. But we will deal with that once my stuff is out of Kate's apartment.
Christian's POV
A knock on my study door diverts my attention from the spreadsheet I was working on. "Enter" I look up and see Ray entering my study. He looks pissed off. Shit have I done something to upset him. Ray takes a seat in the chair opposite my desk and tells me what Kate said and did to Ana yesterday afternoon at the hospital. I tell Ray that I will organise someone to go with him tomorrow afternoon to collect Ana's things and return them here to Escala. Ray explains that there is a duchess, some boxes and her desk that need to be collected. After Ray leaves my study I call Elliot to see if he can go with Ray tomorrow and collect Ana's things in his pickup truck. Elliot agrees and tells me he will pick Ray up at 2pm.
Thankfully it wasn't me that he is pissed off at its Katherine fucking Kavanagh. How could that bitch be so fucking cold to Ana? Doesn't she understand that Ana can't negotiate stairs? I am so pissed off at the moment I can't think straight.
Leaving my study I go and find Ray to let him know I have organised for Elliot to pick him up tomorrow afternoon to go collect Ana's things. Now I have to go speak to Ana and let her know. I don't want her stressing about how she is going to get her things from the apartment.
Ana's POV
Christian tells me that daddy and his brother will be going to collect my things from Kate's tomorrow afternoon. I am relieved that Christian isn't going because I know Kate would tear strips off him. At the moment I don't even want to speak to Kate so I am going to get daddy to send her a text and let her know about coming and getting my things.
After lunch Christian helps me back to bed as I am really tired and want a sleep before our date tonight. Before Christian leaves I tell him that daddy has decided leave on Wednesday. Telling Christian he wouldn't be leaving unless he trusted and felt comfortable with Christian looking after me. Trust is not something that comes easy for daddy. He has been burned one too many times. Daddy also knows that Luke won't let anything happen to me.
Daddy is not going to be home tonight as Christian has organised tickets for him to attend the baseball tonight. When I say tickets I mean corporate box. Luke will be going with daddy it will give them a chance to really catch up.
Christian's POV
Ana has headed back to bed to sleep I guess all that crap with Katherine Kavanagh took its toll on her. This however gives me a chance to finalise my plans for tonight. I go in search of Gail to see how the dinner preparations are going. Taylor heads out to collect the flowers that I have ordered for tonight. The wine is in the fridge. I think that is everything sorted. All I will need to do closer to the time is set it all up.
Ana's POV
As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light. I stir from my sleep just after 4pm and realise that I need to start getting ready. Christian said he would collect me from the bedroom door at 6pm. That gives me just under 2 hours. Grabbing my phone from beside the bed I text daddy. Daddy gets my dress out of the closet and puts it on the bed beside me. Heck it hits me like a tonne of bricks. This is the dress I was going to wear to graduation. The graduation ceremony I missed because of being sick. After getting dressed I text daddy again to get me back out of bed. I don't want Christian to see me until it's time to start our date. Before daddy goes I tell him to enjoy his night out and I will see him in the morning
Now that I am back in my wheelchair I make my way into the bathroom so I can do my hair and makeup. My makeup doesn't take long to do as I don't wear much. Tonight I have gone for a light dusting of bronzer and a nude lip gloss. Doing my hair is a different story. For some reason my arms are getting sore while I am trying to pile my hair up into a bun. I give up and decide to leave it down. Before leaving the bathroom I tend to my personal issues that need to be done. It's now 5:45pm so I just have to wait for Christian to come and get me.
Christian's POV
An hour to go and I am showered and wearing a pair of grey pants and one of my white dress shirts leaving the top 3 buttons undone. I am feeling a little nervous about tonight. But I head to the dining room and see that the table has been set for a romantic dinner for 2. The flowers are perfect and once the candles are lit the ambience will be perfect. I am glad that I had a dimmer switch put in the dining room. Heading back to the kitchen I check with Gail that everything is ready to go. She tells me that dinner is in the oven and will be ready for me to serve at 6:15pm. I thank Gail and she heads back to the staff quarters. Glancing at the clock I see it is 5:55 so I head towards Ana's room and knock on the door and wait for her to open it.