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Chapter 35: The Weekend

Christian

~Friday, 11:32 pm~

Despite how exhausted he was after that round of unprecedented door sex, Christian had managed to carry Ana in his arms toward the bedroom, and he set her down on top of the soft comforter. Ana had already fallen fast asleep, but Christian had enough energy to strip out of his shirt and pants so that he was only in his boxers. He then managed to maneuver Ana out of her pretty coral dress and lace bra so that she was laid out completely naked on top of the bed. Ignoring his arousal upon seeing her like that, Christian grabbed the white t-shirt he had been wearing under his button-down and managed to pull it over her so that it covered her torso and hips.

Smiling down at his girlfriend's sleeping form in his shirt, Christian finally laid down on the bed beside her, pulling a blanket that had been sitting at the foot of the bed up over them. Ana immediately turned over and snuggled up against Christian's side, and he smiled as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pressing his nose into her hair and inhaling her intoxicating scent.

"I love you, baby," Christian whispered, pressing a kiss into her hair. "You are absolutely incredible."

Ana let out a contented sigh, nuzzling her face into his chest, and Christian closed his own eyes, letting sleep overtake his thoughts.

Saturday, 8:02 am

Christian's sleeping habits had varied a lot throughout his life, but for the most part he had never really been able to achieve a full night's rest. It was usually attributed to his work, since from the time he was eighteen he was working his ass off at least 16 hours a day and teleconferencing other parts of the world. However, that wasn't the only reason - he was just naturally a very restless person, and it had always seemed to get worse whenever he was sleeping in a bed with another woman. All of his past girlfriends liked to be cuddled when they were falling asleep, and even though it was sort of a nuisance, Christian had always put up with it because he thought that's just what guys had to do for the girls they were with.

It wasn't until Christian had started dating Ana when he realized the benefits of cuddling with someone you loved. The closeness and intimacy he always felt when spooning Ana as he fell asleep had a wonderfully calming effect on his subconscious - and as a result, Christian never slept better.

Christian now roused from his sleep for some unknown reason; it was fairly early in the morning, but he felt extremely well-rested considering the workout he had had last night. He expected to feel Ana's sleeping form resting peacefully beside him, but she wasn't there. Just as he was wondering where she had gone, a sudden rush of pleasure coursed throughout his entire body, and it took Christian a moment to understand the warmth he was currently feeling in his lower extremities…

"Oh God," Christian groaned, his eyes snapping open to see a t-shirt clad Ana straddling his knees, her brunette head bent over his waist and bobbing up and down right where his hips met his upper thighs.

Holy shit - she's blowing me!

"Ana…" Christian hissed, grabbing handfuls of the comforter beneath him and throwing his head back with a groan. This was so fucking hot, and he became impossibly harder inside of her mouth because of it.

"Mmm," Ana moaned against him.

The surprise of waking up like this coupled with the pleasure of Ana's lips around him was a heady feeling, and one Christian couldn't get enough of. He groaned deep in his chest again when he felt her deepthroat him.

Fuck yeah.

Ana's mouth and tongue continued to masterfully work him to climax, and it didn't take long for Christian to come powerfully into her mouth. He was at first concerned she wouldn't be okay with swallowing everything he had to give, but as soon as it happened, she took it like a pro.

Holy hell, that was amazing.

It took a minute or two for Christian to finally calm down from that unprecedented wake-up call, and once he did, he couldn't help but grin widely - holy shit, that was good! He couldn't remember the last time a blowjob had left him feeling so satisfied.

Ana was now sitting up on his knees, smiling at him, and Christian felt a sudden rush of affection for her.

"Baby…" Christian murmured, pulling Ana toward him so her face was now hovering above his. He kissed her deeply, tasting himself on her tongue. "Jeez, is it my birthday too?" he mumbled against her lips. Ana pulled away and giggled, gazing at him seductively with her gorgeous blue eyes, and Christian could feel himself hardening all over again.

Fuck, she is so unexpected.

Ana had never done anything like that for him before - he had never expected her to give him blowjobs since he felt more than compensated with what they did on a regular basis. Also, he sort of suspected from the beginning she was uncomfortable with certain types of sexual acts because she was still so new to sex. However, between last night and this morning, Ana had demonstrated more sexual prowess than he had ever seen from her before - and it was fucking amazing.

She's like a fucking tigress!

"What was that for, baby?" Christian cupped Ana's face in his hand, brushing his thumb along her skin in soft circles.

Ana bit her lip, leaning into his touch. "I woke up, and I saw you lying there, beside me, all sexy and stuff… and I just couldn't resist."

Christian felt his heart clench at her words, and he knew he wanted to repay her for her little morning treat. He leaned in to kiss her again, simultaneously moving his hand down toward her breast, but she quickly stopped him:

"No," she said, pushing his hand away. "You don't have to do anything, Christian. I was just about to order some breakfast from room service anyway."

"Oh, I've got your 'room service' right here," Christian growled with a smirk, slipping his hand out of her grasp and grabbing her firm butt cheek. However, Ana pushed his hand away again with a smile on her face.

"We can finish this up later," she promised with a lustful glint in her eye. "But not right now - I want to have breakfast with you so we can go out and explore the city a little. We're here for my birthday, so we're going to do this my way - capiche?"

Christian wanted to argue more, but Ana had hopped up from the bed before he could. She walked toward the en suite, her enticing hips and ass on full display beneath his white t-shirt. She turned her head to give him one last coquettish smile over her shoulder before slipping into the bathroom and closing the door behind her.

Christian only sat there for a moment, completely stunned from what happened; after a second, however, a small smile broke out across his face.

He didn't know for sure, but he was fairly certain that, for the first time in their relationship, Ana had just taken complete control of a sexual scenario between them.

Shaking his head and smirking, Christian got out of bed and started to get dressed for the day.

After a deliciously decadent breakfast of egg white omelets and crostinis with brie, Ana and Christian finally stepped out of their hotel room to explore the city of Aspen a little. Christian had already been here plenty of times, for both vacation and work-related trips, but he loved seeing the way Ana got so excited as they walked along the busy street, pointing out the various high-end stores and restaurants with a gleeful smile on her face. Christian had rarely seen her so happy, and he felt warm inside at the thought that he had made her this way.

"Oh my God, this whole city is so amazing!" Ana grinned as they walked along the sidewalk. Christian thought she looked adorable today in the black long-sleeved tee he had packed for her, along with a Mariners baseball cap and aviator sunglasses she had bought at a souvenir shop. "I wanna buy at least one present for myself while I'm here."

Christian couldn't help but laugh at her. "Baby, you already bought the hat and sunglasses. And I can buy you anything else you want - you know that."

"You've already given me enough," Ana pouted. "I wanna buy something big for myself while I'm here. It'll be my birthday gift to me."

Christian smirked and shook his head incredulously. "Whatever, baby… you go ahead and do what you want."

He and Ana spent most of the morning just walking along the road while window shopping, passing by many pedestrians doing the same thing. Christian doubted he had ever felt so free in his life, just walking along the Aspen sidewalks, holding hands with his girlfriend while gazing through the many shop windows - it was such a simple thing, but he treasured it so much because the two of them never would have gotten to do it back in Seattle.

We really need to go on vacations more often.

"Oh my God," Ana slipped her hand out of Christian's grasp and hurried toward a high-end tech shop window. She pointed at something on display inside. "I've always wanted one of those!"

Christian walked up beside her and chuckled when he looked at what she was indicating. "Seriously? What are you, twelve?"

"Oh shut up. Those are awesome!" Ana insisted. "That's what I'm buying for myself - come on." Without waiting for him, Ana turned and hurried inside the store, and Christian only grinned to himself before following her.

Ana

~Saturday 11:45 am~

This was so cool! Ana had always loved playing video games with Jose back at WSU, and now she was finally going to have a Wii gaming system all to herself! She decided upon a standard white console, and also picked out three of her favorite Mario games to purchase along with it. She didn't care that Christian kept giving her odd, humorous looks as she picked out all of her items and brought them to the cashier - she was too excited about her new toys to even care.

"...Um, I have to run somewhere for a few minutes," Christian said once they exited the tech store. He was looking at something across the street. "Why don't you go find Taylor so he can put your things in the car, and we can meet up at Salvo's for lunch a little bit afterward."

Ana was a bit surprised at his suggestion, but agreed all the same, though she felt a bit confused as to what he had to go do without her. She decided not to question it as Christian gave her directions where they could find the restaurant, which wasn't very far from where they were standing. With their promise to meet up in about twenty minutes, she and Christian then went their separate directions.

~Saturday, 2:42 pm~

After a delicious lunch of grilled chicken salad and steak fries on a patio overlooking the beautiful Rocky Mountains, Ana and Christian finally left and headed over to where Taylor had parked the car. Ana was still very curious as to where Christian had gone off by himself before lunch, but he remained silent on the matter. However, he had a glint in his eye that told Ana that she was going to find out fairly soon.

Sure enough, once they entered into the backseat of the black Audi Taylor was driving them around in, Ana noticed a brown shopping bag sitting beside the box that contained her Wii.

"So what did you get?" Ana asked, trying to peek inside the brown bag. However, Christian quickly grabbed it and pulled it away from her, smirking.

"It's a surprise."

Ana glared at him, starting to feel a bit annoyed. "Christian, I thought we agreed to no more gifts this weekend!"

"Who said anything about it being a gift?" Christian asked, looking at her with raised eyebrows. "I just said it was a surprise."

Ana narrowed her eyes at him, but he just smiled innocently back. "So it has nothing to do with me?" she asked.

"I never said that either," Christian smirked at her, and Ana just rolled her eyes at him. "However, I do have something I wanted to discuss with you, Ms. Steele…" He leaned back, bringing his arm up to rest along the back of the backseat and looking into her eyes with his flinty gray ones. "…It's about last night. And this morning."

His voice had lowered suggestively, and Ana immediately blushed crimson from embarrassment "Yeah?" she asked in an attempt at nonchalance.

Christian smiled at her, his amusement apparent. "Why are you so embarrassed? You didn't seem so shy earlier when you were -"

"Christian!" Ana interrupted him quickly, her eyes widening with a mixture of shock and embarrassment. She immediately glanced over toward the driver's seat, where Taylor was. "We can't talk about this here, for God's sake!"

Christian chuckled, reaching down to take her hand that was resting on her lap. "Relax, baby - Taylor doesn't mind. And you don't have to be embarrassed for talking about this stuff to me - we're lovers, and I like to think we can be honest and open with each other about things like sex."

Ana looked at him for a moment before softening slightly, her embarrassment receding. "I know," she said quietly, giving his hand a small squeeze. "It just kind of surprised me to hear you bring it up, that's all. Did you not like what we did?"

"On the contrary," Christian's eyes darkened lustfully. "I liked it very, very much. I just wanted to know where the hell that side of you came from - you were like a fucking tigress, baby."

Oh my God. Ana flushed again, mostly with embarrassment, but also with a bit of arousal too. If she was completely honest with herself, she liked that she could turn Christian on like that. "I don't know where it came from… I just - we hadn't been together for a week, and I was excited about this whole birthday trip, so I wanted to show you my appreciation. I love you, and I love what you do to me, in the bedroom and even outside of it, and um… I just wanted to reciprocate. In a physical way."

She still felt embarrassed talking about this, but the way Christian was smiling at her made her feel a bit better. "Baby, I love you too, and I really fucking love what we do together in the bedroom. But I just want to know if what you did last night and this morning was just a one-time thing, or if maybe you would like to… explore… new things at some point in the future with me."

Ana blinked at him, her heart practically stopped in her chest. "You…" she whispered, and then cleared her throat. "Y-you want to try… new things… with me?"

"Absolutely," Christian growled seductively, gazing at her with obvious carnal desire.

Oh Lord in heaven.

"Um… what kind of things?" Ana tried to keep her voice from getting too breathy, but failed miserably.

Christian smirked at her, his eyes holding a sensual promise. "Oh, I have a few ideas in mind…" Ana saw him discreetly glance down at the bag by their feet. "But only if you're open to them. I don't want to do anything to you that you're not on board with too."

Holy shit - what ideas did Christian have in mind? And did it have something to do with what he had bought in secret today? Ana could only stare at him, unable to figure out what to say. Truth be told, she was extremely aroused by the idea of him doing brand new, exciting and pleasurable things to her body. Ana had never really done anything remotely promiscuous in her adult life, but being with a guy as experienced and sexy as Christian Grey made her more open to the idea of trying new things.

As a matter of fact, she loved the idea of she and him trying new things.

"So what's it going to be, Ms. Steele?" he asked, raising a questioning eyebrow at her.

Ana bit her lip and smiled, feeling an excitement zing through her body in a way she had rarely felt before. "Yes, Mr. Grey. I would very much like to try new things with you," she said softly. She then glanced down at his bag. "And I would also very much like to know what your surprise is."

Christian's eyes widened, the desire in his eyes very apparent.

~Saturday, 6:30 pm~

Ana and Christian were now back in their hotel room, sprawled naked on the sheets with Ana's hands tied to the headboard with red silk cuffs, both of them panting heavily from their intense lovemaking session. Christian was laying naked on top of her, and both of them were still trying to come down off their amazing orgasms.

"Jesus Christ, baby," Christian panted after a moment, trailing kisses down Ana's neck. The large silver vibrator he had been stimulating her pussy with had been tossed off to the side, still vibrating noisily, and he reached over to switch it off. "That was fucking incredible."

"It sure was," Ana smiled, her body still zinging with pleasure from that explosive climax. Christian undid Ana's cuffs from the headboard before finally rolling off of her and laying down beside her.

"So are you okay, baby?" he asked, turning on his side to look at her. Ana rolled onto her side as well, rubbing her now-unrestrained wrists, and nodded, biting her lip shyly. Christian grinned. "I'm glad to hear it. Christ, I haven't done that sort of shit in years," he let out a small chuckle, shaking his head in amusement.

Ana's post-coital bliss suddenly evaporated upon hearing him say that. "You mean when you went to that club?" she asked quietly, not meeting his eyes. She really didn't want to talk about that, especially now.

Christian stared at her for a second before reaching over and tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. "I didn't mean it like that, baby," he said soberly. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything."

Ana shook her head. "It's fine," she mumbled, though she couldn't help but still feel a bit upset. She suddenly wondered if he preferred doing the stuff he used to do back at Luxure rather than what he did with her on a regular basis.

Christian brought his hand down to her waist and rubbed her skin gently. "Sweetie, are you really afraid I miss going to that club enough that I bought those sex toys for us to use?"

Ana didn't answer, though her heart pounded harder at hearing him lay out all of her worries like that so plainly.

"Baby, don't ever think like that," Christian said firmly, and Ana finally met his eyes. "What I used to do at that club was nothing compared to what you and I do now. I can't even begin to describe to you how I feel when we're together, Ana. I just can't get enough of you, and it doesn't matter to me how we're together - as long as it's with you, I'll always be happy."

Ana felt herself tear up slightly at his words, and she smiled before leaning forward to press her lips against his in a sweet kiss. "I'm sorry," she whispered sincerely, pulling away slightly to look into his eyes. "It's just sometimes I can't help but feel inferior. You've had so much experience with women in the past, and I've never even been with a guy before you. It's stupid, I know…"

"It's not stupid," Christian insisted. "But you're also wrong: I never had experience with women, at least not when it came to having relationships with them. When it comes to actual love, I have about as much experience as you. All the sex I used to have when I was younger was meaningless, but what you and I do has actual meaning to it. We have sex to express our love for each other. And I promise you…" Christian leaned in and brushed his nose against hers, smiling. "Nobody has ever turned me on more than you."

Ana smiled, blushing slightly at his words. "That's good to know, Mr. Grey," she said with a grin, and Christian smiled back. "I love what we do too. And I really love trying new things with you." Ana paused for a moment, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Especially with that vibrator."

Christian laughed, and Ana couldn't help but grin too, despite her blushing face. "Well, I'm glad you liked it," he chuckled, rolling over to that he was on top of her again while grinning down at her. "We aim to please, Ms. Steele."

He leaned down to kiss her, and Ana immediately wrapped her arms around his neck, getting lost in him once again.

Christian

~Sunday, 10:32 am~

Grace had always been good about teaching her children solid life lessons. She was a very intelligent woman, and the lesson from her that had always stuck with Christian was her advice about marriage: she always maintained that a life partner is just your best friend who you're also in love with. This had never really made much sense to Christian, however, since he had always been a bit of a loner who never had someone he considered a best friend (aside from Elliot, maybe). Christian decided to take her word for it, though - she and Carrick had been married for almost thirty-five years now, so he figured she knew what she was talking about, to some extent at least.

It was now Sunday morning, and as wonderful as this weekend getaway had been, he and Ana needed to get back to Seattle soon. Christian was packing up their suitcases, and Ana was supposed to be in the living room packing up their various purchases. However he hadn't heard a peep from her for several minutes now, and he was starting to wonder where she was.

"Ana?" Christian called, walking into the empty living room and glancing around. "Baby, where are you?"

He suddenly heard laughter coming from the bathroom in the hallway, and he immediately followed it. Inside the bathroom, he saw Ana sitting atop the counter and giggling at what looked like a tub of facial scrub in her hand.

"Baby, we need to finish packing," Christian said, though he grinned as he sauntered up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "What d'you have there?"

"Look…" She opened the top of the tub, and revealed what looked like clumpy black asphalt inside.

"Ugh, what is that?" Christian couldn't help but chuckle and scrunch his nose in revulsion.

"Apparently it's 'Algae & Charcoal Pumice Facial Scrub'," Ana said, reading the side of the container, and she laughed again. "It looks so nasty! It's like tar or something."

"You women do crazy things to keep your skin looking nice," Christian said, shaking his head bemusedly.

"'You women'?" Ana's eyes widened at him before she suddenly grinned maliciously. "So it's just women who use this stuff? Oh, we'll see about that…"

Before Christian could say or do anything, Ana had suddenly scooped up a large clump of the facial scrub in her hand and smooshed it right into his cheek. Christian reflexively pushed away from her, stunned.

"…Oh my God!" He couldn't help but burst out laughing. The scrub was cold and gritty against his skin, and the intense soapy smell emanating off it practically made his eyes water.

Ana threw her head back and laughed uproariously. "Oh my God!"

"You are so dead!" Christian laughed, wiping the large clump of goop off his face and trying to shove it back onto Ana's cheek. She squealed, immediately grabbing his wrist and trying to fight him off, but he was stronger than her, and he managed wipe the blackish gunk on the side of her face and on part of her neck.

"Ewwwwww," Ana laughed, trying to wipe it off. "It's so gross!"

"It's supposed to be good for your skin, baby," Christian grinned, reaching for more of the facial scrub inside of the tub. "Here, have some more."

"NO!" Ana screeched, jumping from the counter and bolting for the bathroom door, laughing. "No, stay away!"

Christian chased Ana around the hotel room with the facial scrub, the two of them laughing and screaming and running around for awhile, enjoying their little playful exchange. Christian couldn't remember having so much fun with anyone in his entire life, but he was absolutely loving it, and when he finally managed to snatch Ana before she made her escape, and he caught a glimpse of her flushed and smiling face, he suddenly understood what Grace had been telling him all these years.

The woman he would spend the rest of his life with would be his best friend… someone he could joke around with and be playful with. Someone who knew him, inside and out, but still loved him wholly and completely. Someone he trusted with his heart and his soul, and someone who trusted him back… and there was no one else in the world other than Anastasia Steele who he could be like this with.

It would only ever be her.

Christian then realized that Ana was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

A/N: It's Labor Day weekend and the updates are a-happenin'! I hope you're all enjoying your long weekend so far.

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