A/N: First and foremost, I'm on VACATION starting today for the next week! Woooo so I'm planning to put out a couple updates this week! :)
Secondly, I got a guest review that bothered me a little. I don't know if it was more towards my story or just her dislike for Kate's character but I'm taking it for both as I am in control of her character. I, too am not a huge fan of Kate in the books which is why I think I find it easy to villianize her. But the review commented on Kate's behavior in how she's taking being in a LDR. Long distance relationships are hard. Extremely hard. Time consuming and at times quite painful. Call me cynical but I've experienced it first hand and witnessed it time after time after time. I have seen few that work and the ones that did were because someone broke down and eventually moved. You have to fight hard to make them work. In a time of Tinder, social media dating sites and this "casual hookup" era not to mention a divorce rate at an all time high, relationships are often difficult in the same state let alone across the country. Let's not also forget that Elliott is a recovering manwhore and she doesn't completely trust him. Which I am merely mirroring from E.L. James because I don't find their relationship in the book particularly strong and thriving either. What Kate is feeling is 100% normal and for once I completely side with her and where I am choosing to take her character. Yes, stringing along my favorite character is shitty, but Sean is going to be fine, obviously. And whining to her boyfriend to move? Who wouldn't? He's not in college, he's got a big boy job with a big boy trust fund he got when he graduated, pack up your shit and move to be with the woman you love. BUT I am not one to uproot an entire life based on a relationship. So I see both sides (hence why he's not moving) Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox for now. If anyone would like to continue this further, you know where to find me.
For those of you that remembered that we're at the one year mark, good memory! :) Here we go!
She wakes up to the smell of something burning. She scrunches her nose and groans. "Kate what are you doing" she grumbles as she turns her face into the pillow to avoid the pungent smell wafting under her bedroom door. She turns on to her back and looks next to her and is shocked to see Christian missing from her bed. She gets up and heads to her bathroom to brush her teeth before trekking downstairs to see who was trying to burn their house down. She could feel her ankle getting stronger each day and could walk a bit faster but still needed the cast as a precaution. She didn't use her crutches quite as much and not at all in the house. She gets to the kitchen to hear Kate and Christian yelling at each other as Angela and Sean watches from the table in a fit of laughter.
"What's going on?" Ana asks.
"Oh thank God." Kate says rolling her eyes. "I'm out of here. Your boyfriend can't cook and almost set my kitchen on fire. And Angela and Sean just sat there and decided to watch this train wreck unfold. You're on kitchen duty" she says as she heads back upstairs.
"You're so dramatic" he yells after her.
"What are you doing?" she says quietly next to him before placing a kiss on his shoulder.
"Trying to cook you breakfast" he smiles down at her before kissing the top of her head.
"But honey you can't cook" she giggles.
"I know." He says grabbing a bowl next to him. "Fruit?"
She takes a strawberry from the bowl and bites into it. A little juice remains on her lips and chin and just before she wipes it she feels his lips sucking it off of her. "Christian" she giggles. She turns to the table to see that Angela and Sean have disappeared. "Happy Anniversary baby" she smiles.
"Happy Anniversary to you" he whispers before running his lips down her cheek and sucking at the skin behind her ear. "What would it take to let me fuck you on this counter?"
"Mmmm not much" she smiles before taking her bottom lip between her teeth. His eyes darken as he lifts her onto the only area that was not a part of the mess he made of the kitchen. "Can you believe it's been one year?" she asks as his hands reach under his shirt to find her breasts.
"No" he says before pulling back to look at her. "I feel like I've known you forever. I don't even remember my life without you in it"
She feels her scalp prickle as the tears begin to form inside her. "You say the sweetest things" she says pulling his mouth to hers. "I love you so much"
"Show me how much" he groans as she takes him out of his boxers. "Fuck me that's perfect." He says as he looks down to see her tiny hand wrapped around his member. She swipes her finger across the tip that is already forming a bit of his creamy liquid and sucks it off of her finger.
"Fuck me that's perfect" she whispers throwing his words back at him. "You taste so good" He lowers her shorts revealing her naked and he groans when he sees she's already wet for him.
She bites down on the wing of his shoulder as he enters her forcefully. "Watch" he growls.
"What?" She pulls her head back to look at him and he looks down. She follows his gaze and is mesmerized by seeing him go in and out of her. She had never actually watched as she was usually too preoccupied with kissing him. Her mouth drops open and she finds it difficult to get air in her lungs. "Fuck" she whispers.
"Fucking beautiful" he whispers. She doesn't realize how much time has passed or how long she's been staring when she hears his voice. "Look at me, baby"
Her head snaps up to meet his intense gaze and she knows that he'll be coming soon. "Kiss me" she says quietly. He grabs her head with one hand kissing her with everything in him. Tasting her. Loving her. I need this man like I need air. She feels the orgasm start and pushes herself so that her chest is against his, wanting to be as close to him as possible.
"That's it, let go" he whispers in her ear before she detonates around him moaning his name out. He pushes a few more times before she feels him filling her. One day… She thinks. The idea of having kids with this man makes her want nothing more than a round two but her stomach disagrees as she hears it rumble. "Hungry?" he laughs as he pulls out of her and gently cleans her up.
"For your cock" she smiles and his mouth falls open at her admission.
"Why Anastasia" he smiles before pulling her shorts back up and pulling her off the counter.
A few minutes later as they're cleaning up Christian's mess, Sean comes down. "Oh great now it's not a burning smell." He says rolling his eyes. "Honestly can you be in the same room and not have sex… ever?"
Christian and Ana look at each other and then back at Sean. "No" they say simultaneously.
He laughs and shakes his head. "Banana are you making breakfast now, I'm starving"
"Well… I was going to for my boyfriend" she says. "It's our anniversary, go away" she says sticking her tongue out at him.
"Oh come on, what's 5 more pieces of bacon? And maybe some eggs…" he says calling from the stairs. "Thanks Banans, love ya!"
An hour later after feeding her whole house and kicking them out of the kitchen so they could eat in peace they were sitting at their kitchen table. Well he was sitting and she was sitting in his lap. "So what should we do today?" she asks.
"I have practice at 3, but I'm yours until then, and we have plans for dinner"
"Oh do we?" she asks taking a bite of her toast.
"Mmmmhmm" he says burying his nose in her neck. "God you smell good"
"Tell me. It doesn't involve more of you cooking right?"
"No no, we're going out" he chuckles. "Thanks for your faith in me" he smiles.
"What if I was planning to cook for you?"
"You cook for me practically every night, Ana"
"Well I may have had something special up my sleeve"
"Oh? I can cancel the reservation"
"No don't. It's okay. I can do it tomorrow. You know what that's the anniversary of, don't you?"
"Hmmm could it be the one year mark of being inside this insanely perfect body?"
She smiles and grinds in his lap a bit. "Maybe"
He groans. "You're about to lose your privileges of sitting on my lap, if you can't behave"
"Yeah right" she says rolling her eyes before running her hand over his crotch.
"So what did you get Christian?" Kate asks as they're perusing Victoria's Secret for new bras.
"Me" Ana giggles.
"I'm being serious" Kate laughs.
"Me too. We decided not to do gifts or anything like that. We're having dinner and a lot of sex."
"Yes I heard round one this morning" Kate says rolling her eyes.
"The kitchen? Yeah that was more like round 3"
"Did I tell you that I hate you?"
"I know. So have you and Sean talked anymore since you confessed your undying love for him?" she says cocking her head to the side as she wonders if she could possibly fill out this insanely cute C cup bra.
"I did not confess my undying love to anyone."
"You know what I mean"
"No. We're doing what my parents do. Ignoring the problem."
She shrugs. "I think you and Sean would be super cute"
"He likes Angela. And I'm with Elliott. Remember?"
"I know I'm just saying. And it seems you were just 'saying' the same thing a week ago to Sean"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"Not talking about it doesn't mean the problem isn't there. For example, me doing this calendar. Christian and I are currently gearing up for round two. And we both know it. We're acting like nothing is wrong but it's the calm before the storm"
"Well Sean and I aren't dating. I'm treading lightly because I don't want to ruin our friendship. I don't have feelings for Sean... I don't think. You know what, no I don't. This is about me and Elliott. I'm sad and I miss him. But we can come back to that. You're still thinking about this calendar?"
"Yes?"
"Oh come on Ana. You know that would drive Christian crazy"
"And since when have you become the voice of reason?"
"I'm just saying. You would be pissed if the situation was reversed"
"Uh if Elliott told you not to do something, you would run so far in the other direction it's not even funny"
"So you're doing it just to spite him?"
"I'm not saying that. I just don't see why my boyfriend is telling me I can't do something. He's not the boss of me, dammit" she says stomping her foot.
Kate stares at her for a second. "You done your tantrum, now?"
"Yes"
"Don't be an asshole, Christian adores you and it actually bothers him. Why even put your relationship through that?"
"Why are you taking his side?"
"I'm not. I just think it'll put a strain on your relationship that's all. And that would kill you." She says before heading to the fitting room.
She hated when Kate was right. Not that it was often. But she was being stubborn. So stubborn. But he didn't even hear what I had to say. It wouldn't have been that bad. I wasn't going to be dressed in anything he wasn't comfortable with. He's not comfortable with you doing it at all, Ana. She rolls her eyes and pouts. It would have been so fun. But she's right. Why do something that so obviously bothers him. Great, the girls are going to give me such a hard time.
"God you're so beautiful" he whispers as he peppers kisses down her naked body. They had barely made it through dinner as the sexual tension between them was at an all time high. They had just made it through her bedroom door when their clothes were flying off at a rapid pace. They had made love on and off for hours and now it was 3 am and she was exhausted. She turns on her side and molds herself to his body threading a leg through his.
"I love you" she whispers as she moves her head over his chest to feel his heartbeat under her ear. She hears him say it back before falling into a deep sleep.
Her eyes shoot open and her room is still dark as her eyes try and adjust. She looks at her phone and sees it's 4:30. She looks over to Christian's side and sees a light the light from his cell phone. "You're awake?" And texting at this hour?
"Yeah" he yawns. "My sister just texted me and my brother"
"She okay?"
"Yeah. I guess" he says tossing the phone on the ground. She hears silence and then doesn't feel his arms around her. She turns the light on and sees him staring at the ceiling.
"What's wrong?"
"What?" he says snapping his attention to her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, baby fine" he smiles but can tell that he's a million miles away from her and that scared the shit out of her.
A/N: I decided not to do a whole big to do for their anniversary because one, her birthday is in like two weeks and also because when you've already gotten/given a promise ring to get married and done as much as C & A have done (living together, three trips together) a big thing for an anniversary seems a bit unimportant. I didn't have too much in this chapter, I wanted to address Sean and Kate a little (more on that later) and get Kate's thoughts on the calendar. But I wanted the main focus to be about their anniversary. BUT a storm is coming! What are your thoughts? Any ideas on what I'm cooking up? It'll be the biggest blow up yet! :) But I'm going to work it in over the next few chapters, sadly you won't know right away! Hehe sorry!
