Chapter One

First day of school is always so chaotic. I got to the admin office and hand in my filled out application and the nice lady at the desk gave me my schedule and locker number. I head to the first class and as sure as I was breathing that boy from yesterday passed me in the hallway on my way to my class following the directions of the students I passed. He smiled at me and turned around as I just smiled and looked back at him. I finally found my class. I hand my slip to my new homeroom teacher and took in an empty seat at the back of the class. The bell rang and the first day of school starts. Our classes start off with a bang and I just know that I am going to love high school. By recess I drop off some of my books in my locker and head for the large cafeteria.

I got myself a salad and took in a seat and some of the girls in my class asked me to sit with them and so I got my few new friends. I later took out my book as the girls in my group started to go on and on about this cute guy named Christian Grey in tenth grade. They all pointed to him as they talked and sure enough it was the very same boy from yesterday and a few hours ago. He is sitting by himself reading his own book. According to the talk around the table his mother is very good general surgeon and his father is a great defense attorney.

He has an older brother Elliot in eleventh grade and a younger sister that is in junior high. I ate my salad and continue my reading. After recess we all had four more class then we get to go home. I took the school bus home and sure thing Christian got off at the same stop as me so he must life nearby. With my nose in my book I read while I walk while I keep my eye on Christian as he walked and stare at me. I was about to walk through fens gate when he jogged across the street towards me.

'Hi.' He spoke up.

'Hello.' I replied felling super shy now.

'So I see you're going to Jefferson High. How was your first day?' He asked me.

'Yes, it was okay, I guess. Oh, I'm Anastasia or just Ana for short.'

'Ana.' He smiled at me with his perfect snow white teeth. 'I'm Christian Grey. Welcome to the neighborhood.'

'Thank you. Will I have a few homework assignments to get through, so…'

'Oh, yes. Of course. Has anyone asked you to the homecoming dance yet?' He asked and I can see he is holding his breath.

'No, no one asked me. I am a terrible dancer. I was born with two left feet.' This made him chuckle. I commit that to memory it is the most amazing sound.

'Well may I take you to the dance next week?' He asked full of confidence now.

'Can I think about it and get back to you tomorrow?' I asked.

'Sure. I'll see you at the bus stop tomorrow?'

'Yes. Have a nice afternoon, Ana.'

'Thanks and you as well Christian.' He smiled broadly at me and we parted ways. Wow! The school hunk just asked me out. What am I going to wear? Slow down Ana first ask mom.

'Mom I'm home.' I yelled from the front door.

'In here sweetheart.' She called from the den as she was busy making some of her jewellery. 'So tell me how was your first day?'

'Oh it was okay I guess. The homecoming dance is next week Friday and I was wondering if I may go?'

'What you want to go to the dance honey?' Mom asked surprise with a smile on her face.

'Yeah, I sort of got a date. I told him I'll think about it and let him know tomorrow.'

'What?! A new school and a date all on your first day. Oh honey I have a feeling you're going to make a ton of new friends here.' I'm not so sure about all the jealous popular girls that wanted so badly to go with him.

'Yeah sure because I am sooo… popular around the "in" crowd.' Mama laugh at my joke.

'Okay honey you can go but promise me you will be careful and look after yourself. I would really just die if something ought to happen to you.'

'Thanks mama and I promise I'll be careful.' I gave her a kiss and head up to me room to start on my homework. I worked for hours on my homework. I knew high school was going to be great and I also know my new classes are going to be tough. I have advance English and math classes to get in to a good university after high school so I can further my education in English literature. After my homework was done and we all ate dinner. I cleaned up the kitchen and then got in a bath. After my bath I sat at my new room window and looked out over our street at our neighbors houses from my dark room. Everything is so quite and peaceful here. The occasional dog barking further down the street.

I saw Christian laying on the grass four houses down just looking up at the stars. That must be his house. I just stare at him. He must have felt eyes on him when he sat up suddenly looking around. I hid behind my curtains. He really is so hot. I still can't get over the fact that he asked me out to the dance. I just know we are going to have a great night at the dance. I also know I am going to have a really big group of intense hating bitches but I don't care. I never had a boyfriend before not that I'm saying that Christian is my boyfriend now he just asked me to the dance that is all.

I finally turn back to my room from my window and quickly pack a bag with my work clothes in them with my comfortable sneakers. I climb into bed and fell asleep dreaming of Christian Grey on his white horse and he is dressed in shining armor as he slides of his horse running to me with his sword drawn as he slays the dragon that has kept me prisoner for a very long time. He slain the dragon, cut my chains that entrapped me and carried me off as I kissed him. Even in my dreams his lips are perfect.

The following morning, I had a little bounce in my step as I came down for breakfast.

'Good morning.' I said to mom and Steven.

'Morning honey sleep well?' Mom asked while Steven read the financial paper.

'Yes, thank you.' We ate our breakfast and I have to skip off. 'Oh mama, I'll be home late. My first shift at Daisies dinner starts after school and I will only be home by nine PM.'

'Okay sweetheart. Good luck.'

'Thanks bye.' I ran out the front door to the bus stop and Christian's nose is in a book.

'So what are you reading?' I asked him. His head snaps up and smiled when he saw me.

'Good morning. I'm reading 'Midsummer night dream'.'

'Morning. Nice. I have an answer for you.' I smiled at him. Feeling my face heat up a little.

'And?' He prompted and looked all serious like he asked me to marry him.

'I would be delighted to go with you to the dance.' I spoke in a rush of nerves.

'Oh, wow. Awesome.' Our bus arrived and we stepped into the bus and took a seat together at the back of the bus. I pull out a pen and took his hand and wrote on it.

'What's all this?' He asked looking from my writing on his hand to me.

'My number silly.' I smiled.

'Oh, sweet. Here is mine.' He wrote on a piece of paper and gave it to me.

'Thank you.'

'So what are you reading?' He asked me as I pull out my own book.

'Emma from Jane Austin.' I gave him my answer.

'I read it last year for English lit class. Nice story.' He spoke matter-of-fact.

'It is.' I wanted to turn to my book when he started to speak.

'So how do you find Detroit?'

'Oh it is different nothing like Vancouver, Vegas or Jacksonville.'

'Oh, you moved from where?'

'Vegas. My mother's fiancé got a job out here and my father still lives on the military base in Vancouver.'

'Your father an army man?'

'Yes, he is a marine drill sergeant.'

'Wow, cool. So do you consider a life in the military once you're done with school?' He asked me real curious.

'No, my hand eye coordination sucks and beside I would really like to work in publishing one day, I'm afraid I love books too much.'

'I see. So which authors is your favorite then?' He asked me real intense.

'That is tough to pin it down to just one but if I have to answer I would have to say all the big British authors, Charles Dickens, Jane Austin, Shakespeare, the Bronte sister, just to name a couple. But it is really Thomas Hardy that made my fell in love with literature. Yourself, what would you like to do after school?' I asked him in return.

'Well I would really like to go into business sector.'

'That sound interesting.' I answered as our bus stop for more kids to get on.

'Really it's not boring?' He asked looking a serious again.

'No not at all. I always believe if you can put your mind to it you can achieve it.' He just nods his head.

'Do you have any lunch plans today?' He asked me.

'No. Just reading my book. Why?'

'Can we sit together at lunch?'

'Of course.' I answer to eagerly. Damn it Ana slow down.

'Nice. Would you like to do something after school?' He asked with a rather large smile on his face.

'I would really love to but I start my first of two jobs this afternoon.'

'Oh, where?' He asked taking my hand and tracing patterns on the back of my hand with his thumb.

'Daisies dinner. It's more of a necessity job then an earning of extra cash.' I blabber on.

'I see. Well then good luck with your first job today.'

'Thanks.' We finally arrived at school and Christian walked with me to my locker as I drop off some of my books. Kids are staring at us like we just landed out spaceship on the school football field.

'I hope you don't mind if I walk with you today?' He asked placing his book in his bag.

'No not at all. I enjoy your company.' I answered a little to eagerly.

'Really I'm not boring?'

'What would give you that idea?' I asked looking up in that lovely gray eyes of his.

'My mother always say I should get out more since I'm always studying or reading at home.'

'I see. So what does your mother do for a living then?' I asked already knowing the answer to these basic questions of his life, thanks to my nosy group of girlfriends.

'My mother is the best general surgeon here at Beaumont Hospital - Wayne and my father is a defense lawyer.'

'Nice. My mother is a housewife and sometimes trying some of her hair brain business schemes then I have to clean up the mess when it doesn't work out.' I just sigh heavily when I thought of her last hair brain scheme of paper Mache Christmas ornaments, that back fired completely.

'Sound like you're her mother instead of the other way around.' He aired his opinion.

'Yes, it sometimes feels like that to me. Yet someone has to be the grown up, right.' He picked up my hand again and kissed the back of it. I just looked at him. I could feel the daggers of every girl in our surroundings throwing it at me as he kissed my hand like a proper gentleman.

'May I take a little care of you Ana Steele?' He asked softly only for my ears to hear.

'If you so wish it good sir.' I bit my lip and brush my hair behind my ear as I look at him.

'Oh, I wish it sweet Ana.' He leans in and came close to my ear. 'Ana Steele, I would like you to be my girlfriend? What do you say?' I felt my face flush. It is a bit quick but I feel like already know him for years. So I made a split second decision that may alter my whole immediate future.

'Yes, Christian Grey. I would like to be your girlfriend.' I whisper into his ear. The joy on his face was priceless.

'Ever since you moved in across the street from us two months ago, I fell in love with you. You have the most amazing hair and blue eyes I have ever seen not to mention your beautiful smile.' I blush even more now with all his sweet and kind words. He leaned in and kissed my cheek. Everyone we passed looked at us. Guess everyone is surprised to see the school's pretty boy hanging out with someone like me. 'Thank you.' I spoke as I unconsciously bit the corner of my bottom lip. He walked me to my first class I turned around and looked at him.

'See you at lunch.' He kissed my cheek again then jogged off to his own class. I finally sat down in my seat of yesterday. I was still trying to process all the events of this morning, I'm going to the dance with Christian perfect Grey and… I'm… his girlfriend now. My girlfriends turn to me and bombarded me with a zillion questions.

'We saw you talking to Christian Grey this morning?' Kaysea asked me.

'Yeah, he lives on my street we rode the bus together.' I looked at the seven pairs of eyes staring at me.

'And?' Lisa prompt me on.

'Ana he asked me to the homecoming dance.' They all jumped up out of excitement for me. Class started and I am grateful that Mr Johnson called the class to order. I took notes in my classes all day and by lunch time I had a ton of school work to do and a pop quiz to study for in math class. Christian waited for me at my class door and we walked together to put my books in my locker so we can have lunch. We got in line to pay for our food and then selected a table faraway from staring kids.

'So how is your day so far gorgeous?' He asked taking a bit of his pasta.

'Oh, it's hectic. I have so much homework already and I have to be at work after school.'

'Bomber. You mentioned something about two jobs. What are you doing at these jobs?'

'I'm a bus-girl at Daisie's Dinner and The Four Seasons Bistro.'

'Oh their both nice places. I've been to both of them with my parents.'

'That's nice. So tell me do you have any siblings?' I asked as I took a bit of my apple.

'Yes my brother Elliot, he is right over there by that table with all the girls sitting around him. And I have a kid sister Mia in junior high.'

'That's so nice. I'm an only child. I would have loved to have brothers or sisters but well we can't all have everything.' I drank my orange juice.

'Yes I guess. May I ask you a question now?'

'Of course.' I ate some more of my apple.

'Why do you take care of your mother like this? She should be taking care of you. You her daughter after all.'

'Mother is incurable romantic and she can't hold down a job to save her live so I pick up the roll and try to make ends meet when we were on our own before she met her fiancé Steven Cullen.'

'Sounds like a rough live.' He reached across the table and held my hand.

'You have no idea. I'm just glad Steven is a stable guy and he makes my mom happy.' I spoke in a heavy sigh then held his hand.

'Okay enough heavy talks on to lighter subject. Tell me your favourite flower, books, movies?'

'Wow, where to start. I love sunflower, roses and of course wild flowers. Books I already told you and movies is difficult since I can't always make up my mind which one is my favourite. And yours?'

'I'm not a flower guys but I love all genre books but lately it's dead souls and I have to say classic movies with John Wayne, Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, and James Dean. Their movies are all so wonderful.'

'Huh…'

'What?'

'I would have never have guessed that you're a classic movie lover. All the guys today like all the guts and gory movies with aliens and zombies in them. It is quite refreshing.' I spoke up smiling at him as I through my left over apple stem away in the trash.

'Do you think so? I always thought I'm kind of a freak.'

'Why would you think that?'

'I always thought since I'm so different that there must be something wrong with me.'

'No, your perfect just the way you are, Christian please don't think that of yourself please.' I took his hand in both of mine.

'I'll try just because you asked me so nicely.'

'So tell me more about yourself please.' I asked I barely know him, beside the fact that he loves reading and his love for old classic movies.

'Well I'm adopted by Dr Grey and Carrick when I was four years old. My biological mother shot herself and her pimp at the time didn't care if I die right next to my dead mother. He would abuse me…' He trailed off and I knew this was too painful for him to talk about.

'Hey, it's okay. You don't have to tell me anymore. They pain in your stunning eyes is too hard to look at. Forget I asked.'

'Thank you. Well it took me a while to, how shall we say it to get better after everything that happened and my new mother Grace took me to a child psychologist to help me get better. I still have session a few times a week and some days I have anger issues. So I just want to warn you about that now my lovely lady.' He said that and my butterfly stomach done a back flip.

'Thank you for letting me know.' I said and gave his hand a gentle squeeze. He finishes his pasta and we walked to get our books for our next class. We stood by my class door and he took me in his arms for the first time. My heart nearly stopped. Oh, god he smells so nice. We just stood like this for a while not saying a word and it's more than perfect.

'Okay I know I'm jumping the gun here a little. But my mothers and Steven's wedding is in two weeks I would like for you to go with me beside I will be bored out of skull if you say no.'

'I'll talked to my parents about and get back to you.'

'Great. Thanks for lunch.' I said cupping his cheek. He held my hand to his face closing his eyes.

'You're welcome, my lovely lady.' He leans in and gave me a kiss. The first bell rang and we broke our kiss. He kissed my hand again and walk off with a rather large smile on his face. It made me laugh as I walked into my class. My phone chime letting me know I have a text. It's from Christian.

CG: I had a great time at lunch, thnx.

AS: Me to. I loved our time together. Wish we could go for that coffee you asked me for.

CG: Do you work on Saturdays?

AS: No, I don't just from Tuesdays to Fridays.

CG: Maybe we can go see a movie and then for the promised coffee afterward. What do you say?

AS: That sounds great. It's a date. XOXOXO

After that, there were no more replies since our classes officially started. More homework is piled on the ton we already have. After school Christian gave me a kiss as I got on another bus to go into town so I can start my work. I got off the bus stop near Daisies Dinner and quickly change and got busy knowing what to do. I have been a bus girl back in Vancouver and a few other places to so I know what to do. The kitchen staff are awesome people. Mostly Mexican's working in the kitchen. But they are all great. They showed me were to go with all the dirty dishes and how to load the trays for the dishwasher. And so my shift started and then the rush hour crowd started coming in and I worked my tail off.

I wipe the tables clean and then you get those awesome spiteful customers that mess up their table on purpose it is those people you want to kick their ankles and then when they bend over you knee their faces. Yet the customer is always right so you just smile and clean their table. This one particular table of mean looking guys were just these kind of jerks I was talking about and my boss stood a few feet behind me. He saw this whole scene. He walked over to them and then threw them out the door.

'Thank you.' I said then continued with my work. After closing at eight PM, I took the last bus out of town going back home. I got home at eight thirty PM. Dead on my feet I walked into the house and with a quick high to mom and Steven cuddling in front of the TV I walked tiredly upstairs and started on my homework. I was about a quarter in when there was a knock at my window. I pulled the curtains aside and it was Christian in a tree close to my window.

'Christian what are you doing? You could hurt yourself.' I spoke to him as he climbs through my window.

'I have never fallen out of a tree before. How was work?' He asked.

'Oh the usual it's work. My feet are so sore I have been out of the bus-girl game for a while.'

'You've done this before?'

'Yeah, I was a bus-girl in Vancouver and a couple of other cities before.'

'Huh… You really look tired, love.' He spoke up cupping my cheek.

'I am and I barely scrape the surface of my homework. And I have to study for a pop quiz we have in maths tomorrow.'

'Hey you'll get it done. Okay let me help you.' He offered.

'Really? You don't mind?'

'No, it only means we can spend more time together.'

'Thank you.' We sat down and he helped me with all my homework and we were done in no time. After my homework is down and studied for my quiz tomorrow while Christian lay on my double bed reading a book he picked from my bookshelf. The mathematical formulas are quite easy and I got them after a few times. I heard my mom's feet steps.

'Hide…' I whispered. He climb in under my bed just in time. I almost laughed but had to keep my pose. Mom walked into my room.

'Honey are you still up?'

'Yeah, we have a quiz tomorrow and I'm studying for it.'

'Oh okay. Sweet dreams honey.' Mom gave me a kiss on my hair then head out of my room. She closed my room door and Christian climb out from under my bed and I had to muffle my laughter.

'What?' He asked with a naughty smile on his handsome face.

'I would have never guess that the high school hotty would crawl in under my bed I had to stiffen my laughter while my mother were here.'

'Oh, you think this is funny Miss Steele.' He smiled at me as he strolls closer to me and he started to tickle me.

'No… please no… Christian please…' I pleaded but it was too late and he started to tickle me and I double over with laughter as he keep on tickling me. He later on stopped and just hover over me just looking down at me. I cupped his face. He closed his eyes as he enjoyed my touch. He kissed my palm of my one hand, then sat at the feet end of my bed.

'I have to go and take a quick shower wait here for me, please.'

'Oh, okay.' He stretched out on my bed as I took off to take a quick shower. I grab my things and I was out the door. I washed everything including my hair. I got back to my room and he was busy reading that book he was reading earlier he picked from my shelf. I folded my clothes and lay it on my chair. I comb out my wet hair then quickly blow dry it a bit. Climb into bed and next to him.

'Oh my goodness you smell so nice.'

'Th…thanks.' I felt my cheeks heat up.

'You want me to sit with you till you fall asleep?' He asked as I gave the mother of all yawns.

'That would be lovely.' I cuddle into his side and he held me to him. I fell asleep quickly and was briefly woken when he kissed my forehead.

'Sweet dreams, princess.' Then I faintly heard my window open and close and I fell back asleep.