a/n - hey guys, this new idea popped in my head suddenly and I thought, why not. well I ain't a writer and I'm just trying to write my thoughts in story form, I'll try to update my other stories in this week as well. please bear with me.
After so long!
It was a rainy day as usual in Seattle, cars were honking in busy roads, people going to their destinations, everything was normal, well almost normal.
At one of the tallest buildings of Seattle, a man was looking out of his window and thinking. The rain was falling pitter-patter on the bulletproof expensive one side glass. A man was wearing 4000$ suit and 2700$ shoes, tapping them against the floor in impatience. He had forgotten something, something important and that thing was niggling his mind like an ick, but for the world, he couldn't imagine what he had forgotten. It is something damn important his brain supplied. Think hard, his consciousness kicked.
Suddenly, the intercom buzzed and his assistant's voice filled the room.
"There is someone to see you in the GEH building. She doesn't have an appointment but she says it's important. She is sitting at reception downstairs from the last 2 hours and not leaving. Shall I call security on her?"
"Who is it Andrea?, What's this person's name?" Christian asked distractedly.
"I'll ask at reception " Andrea replied.
What is happening today, Christian thought, he couldn't concentrate, his family tried to contact him but he didn't saw their messages as usual. I'll check them in the evening, nothing new.
The intercom buzzed and Andrea said
"Her name is Anastasia rose Lambert Steele sir"
As he heard her name, Christian's brain flooded with memories of a girl with dark brown hair and bluest eyes ever.
His rose, his rose Lambert was here to see him. He noticed the date, of course, it was his birthday. His 25th birthday. He remembered her promises, her sweet voice, her kind eyes, her musical giggle.
He had missed her so much, he ran out of his office and in the lift. She had waited for 2 hours, she was going to kill him. He remembered her nature, her irritation at being kept waiting from 5 years ago. She hated waiting, he had to grovel and he was meeting her after 5 years, maybe she would forgive him. Maybe she didn't hate waiting now, who he was kidding, he had fucked up and it was a day he had waited for 5 years.
He remembered when he was 20 and leaving Harvard. He lived in a small apartment complex and his neighbors were a wall away from him. How a little girl had kept him sane for 2 years of his college. How she took away his nightmares, how her smile lit his while world. How he promised to remember her, how he could forget her, she was his everything at that time, she is still.
While the express elevator was going down, his executive staff was standing flabbergasted on the 20th floor. They have never seen their boss run out of the office. Never saw expressions on his face, and when he had cane out of his office, expression if pure agony was on his face. Some of the managers didn't know what to do. Taylor, 's CPO had security feed of reception open and everyone was staring at it, a crowd of almost 30 people was watching it as what had The Christian Grey ruffled that he ran. As they saw grey exiting the elevator, everybody held their breath in anticipation.
Christian ran out of the elevator and saw his angel sitting on a hard white chair in the reception. There she was, looking at a magazine, a finance magazine. She always avoided fashion, maybe she hasn't changed much. Maybe she was the same rose he fell in love with. Maybe she would accept him and his demons again.
As if GEH reception came to standstill, nobody had ever seen expressions on Christian grey, the big boss's face.
He cried "Rose", overcame with emotions of seeing her after 5 years, his knees gave out, he fell on the floor in front of her, barely reaching her. In that position, she had run her hand through his hair uncountable times after waking from the nightmare, maybe if she saw he hadn't changed, she would accept him, if she saw him like years ago, she won't reject him. She was everything to him and he never forgot the pain of her leaving.
A girl, if you tried to guess her age you would say maybe 17-18, lifted her head, she had an expression of weariness on her face and she saw her him for the first time in 5 years, Hd had aged, he was now a man, not a boy whom she had left 5 years ago, he was wearing a charcoal grey suit and a blue tie, his favorite color, he had said it reminded him of her eyes, so if he ever had to wear suits shiv he hated when young, he would wear blue to remember her. He remembered was her first happy thought, and he kept me waiting was a not so happy thought. He called me Rose, I haven't been called rose in 5 years, she thought, 5 long years full of agony and his memories. He still loves me was her last thought as she ran to him and hugged him, while he was still kneeling as she remembered, for him, that was him at his most vulnerable, nobody else would get that expression. She hugged him still standing, he was clutching at her stomach both arms around her as she messed his unruly hair with her hand.
"Happy birthday Chris, you've become a man boo," she said affectionately, her voice cracking.
"I missed you, Rose, I have waited so long for you to come, I couldn't find you," he said breathing hard.
"You know Chris, I promised you, I'll come to your 25th, I don't forget my promises, now stand boo and come with me. We have got a birthday to celebrate" she said, tears running down her eyes falling on his hair,
He held her hand and stood, never leaving her waist as his arms were still snaked around her, his eyes never leaving her face, he was looking at her in pure love.
Everyone in the lobby and in the security office was staring at them in awe. They have never seen their boss with a girl, never seen any expression like love on his face, never seen him showing any weakness in front of him, a man who didn't even show his expression to presidents and princes was looking at a little girl with such purity like he worshipped her with everything in him. They all knew, at that very moment that this girl was special. Damn special!
The behavior of their boss was recorded by many people, some people still had starstruck expressions on their faces. Even Taylor, who has seen his boss at his worst, never saw such expressions on his face in 4 years he has worked for him.
Now he was starting to understand the sleepless nights, haunting tunes of the piano in the night, never seeing any women with him in private or public in the romantic sense, he was starting to understand everything his boss did when only he and his wife were witnesses.
"Chris, you kept me waiting for 2 hours, I was in flight all night and waiting here from morning 9, you know waiting is the only thing I hate, well waiting and called Rose."
She pouted and looked at Christian innocently.
"I knew this was coming, I knew you would flay me alive for keeping you waiting, but princess after today only you would have unrestricted access to me, anytime you want. Now let me show you what you own." He said leading her to the elevator. He wanted to show her his legacy, his pride, his GEH.
"Well you have done well Chris, I followed your work for the last 2 years, you used that money well," She said looking in awe at her surroundings. "I knew you would be master of your universe at 25, see I told youuuuuuu" she said in a sing-song voice as they boarded the elevator.
He just laughed at her age-old sing-song voice, she had this quirk and many more which he missed and loved.
"Baby, it was your money and you helped me in 5 years plan at the beginning. I just followed your directions, so you can praise me all you want to, it won't change the fact it is all yours too now"
She sighed, she knew it was an argument in brewing and Christian Grey never lost any argument and it was his birthday, she could let it lie for some days more. She decided to change the subject, after all, it was a happy day.
"Sooooo, what time you get free, we have already wasted half the day boo. I want to celebrate your day" she whined, knowing he would caveat her voice, let's see if he still hates whining.
As if reading her mind he replied "I still hate whining baby, but you got me fir this lifetime and next love. I'm all yours"
His megawatt smile was able to light the whole area as they exited the lift, people were still standing and staring trying to look busy, but the crowd of executives was visible for all to see except Christian and Anastasia, they were busy in their world, lost in each other's eyes, Grey to blue, Blue to Grey.
Taylor coughed drawing Christian's attention towards him " ".