I don't own Fifty shades but I own all mistakes and welcome all reviews. I haven't updated this story in a while but it's back now, hope you all love it.

Chapter 3

I woke up with a pounding head and a dry mouth, I looked out towards Vegas, the bright day welcomed me and rolled over to find I was alone, my head felt like all pressure from the pillow transfused to my brain, I was in bad shape. As I climbed out of my bed and put my feet on the cold floor which I found sobering, I looked over at the clock it was two pm. I had slept in and missed my flight! I found a note along with a bottle of water and Advil, swallowing down the water and Advil I laid back in bed and read the note Christian left for me.

Dear Anastasia,

I enjoyed last night sadly this morning I had a conference call that led to a flight back to New York, I hate that it tore me away from you. I will be back in Seattle on Tuesday. Just to let you know you were the first thing I thought of when I woke and I didn't want to go.

Ana, don't think I didn't skip out on you, I left the tab open on your room, I took care of the costs of your room, room service, and I got you a few gifts, also my plane is there at your deposal. There is some cash there for you, to live it up "Vegas-style" I will be thinking of you, come home soon. Bye, my Ana.

Christian Grey

I stared at the note, thinking housekeeping found one great tip, I looked around for the money, I checked the safe that was closed still housed my passport, I looked in the drawers by the bed, I searched over in my suitcase, there was a white envelope with lots of U.S. dollar bills in it, it came to 4,000 thousand dollars, forget the slot machines I just won a small jackpot. I also found a velvet box I pulled it open and looked at the Neil Lane logo inside it followed with a small diamond inside. I thought back to the night of the engagement party and I said I wanted one, I wanted the one that my mother had after she passed away it went missing. I smiled at the memory and how he remembered the diamond.

After my headache cleared a bit, I decided to call Kate, to let her know I wasn't coming home that day.

"What you mean you're staying until Wednesday? I thought you were coming home tonight? Teddy misses you!" Kate's whining this early in the afternoon, my head was not clear enough for this guilty plea. She was meaning I need you, Teddy wants his other mommy. She is an online writer of the Seattle Times and doesn't know how to control a two-year-old son, she loves me because I can.

"Don't call your mom, I won big and I am going to enjoy my time, I don't travel so you brag all the places Jack and you go to and it's not fair." I could her exhaustion on her heavy sigh. "Ok fine, have fun blowing your winnings but remember I bought the ticket there and back and god damn it I want the money back for it and I am NOT PAYING FOR ANOTHER TICKET!"

"I met somebody with a plane he is flying me back to Seattle, don't worry about me and I will have your money, and Teddy's Vegas dinosaur or t-shirt."

"Whatever Ana do what you want, I don't care." She snapped back.

"You're pissed I know it, look if you haven't gotten laid than fine just don't take it out on me! You don't pay me, you're lucky you have me, I may live there for free but every other nanny gets money to pay for their own cell phone. Or go out, I am never paid back for all I do around your house. Do I get paid back? No! And if I remember, it's because your mom made me feel bad to taking money from the family and this was to pay back my grandparents, but she told you I wasn't good enough to get paid. Just to do it for work experience. You're lucky I don't take off when I get back to Seattle." She knew when I threw down your lucky to have my line, she knew to shut up and step up and be a mother. She sighed,

"Ok, I'm sorry, I love you see you when you get home. I won't tell mom." The phone on her end clicked off and I was sitting there on the end of the bed looking over the strip. It wasn't much of a view but it was all I could get on the last minute flight. I turned and looked at the bed and I got off the phone, I got my bathing suit out and pulled it on, put on my shorts over that and T-shirt, and grabbed my key, I picked up my romance novel, my phone and iPod to listen to by the pool.

I made it to the pool in double time wanting to get a chair to lay in the sun and forget about my troubles at home. As I laid in the sun, as I thought about Christian, how he was last night, caring, gentle and pleasing. He held me in his arms no man did that to me, for a long time, because I believed I was never good enough for anybody, remember how his hands felt around my body, he made me feel better, alive almost, and I was feeling happy.

I loved the drinking, and the being near to the pool, a waitress came to me and asked: "You Anastasia in 15300?"

I looked up at her, "Yes I am,"

"Mr. Grey sent you this," handing me a receipt, giving me a second to look at before continuing "and we are moving you to the cabana. All your drinks and food are covered, and your friends if they stop by get their drinks free." She smiled, I got up and moved into the center of the pool in a full bed in a four-poster draped with red drapes and closed roof, letting the little bit of sun in, as I laid there I texted Mia.

"You will never believe how nice Christian is." I texted her. The phone buzzed back with text.

"Well good morning to you too, where did you and he disappeared off to? Where are you?"

"Flamingo pool in the cabana. You come over you can drink for free with me!" I replied back. She texted back.

"See you soon then!"

Laughing and talking I looked over at my best friend, in this life I knew I didn't have many friends but I held on to the people I made a real connection to. I had a wonderful connection to my father, Ray Steele, then Elena stepped in and broke us apart, I was Daddy's Princess, he would love to take me shopping, camping, sleepovers, he'd paint my toes and fingers, he helped us do mom's when she was too weak, he had tea parties with us, he took us to the radio station he worked at and told all of his friends about the real love of his life, that was shortly after mom had passed. He took me to Disneyland, twice, once before mom got sick and after mom had passed. We went to Malabo to lay her ashes in the sand. She loved the warm weather. I never cried so hard when I woke up in my mother's car with Mia sitting beside me, us buckled in, and our mom bleeding from the head and all over, and the big truck had her pinned, Mia and I screamed for the truck to back off our mom but nothing I reached for my mom's hand and she took it, it felt cold she looked at me with her sad blue eyes, she whispered, "everything will be alright kiddo, I will look in on you once and a while, but I will always love you. My angel from heaven. My love." And with her final word she was gone. We screamed for her to wake up. The Paramedics came into the car and got Mia and me, our dad was called, I held my My best friend as we watched as they loaded her body onto a stretcher and took her away. Mia held me as I sobbed and they drove her away.

It's not odd I think of my mom, in Vegas, I know she wanted me to live a happy life, filled with art, and music. I know she left me a sizeable part of her funds, she was an artist, my father was a radio DJ, and he loved music, our home was filled with music and art. When mom passed the music stopped, and so did the art, in fact when Elena moved in, the art mom and dad and I had made were all taken down and put into a storage locker, I haven't seen them in years. Then my funds were tied up, I think Elena was lying to me when she said that she wanted nothing to do with me, she never looked at me, at points she had cried, I was in grief counselling at the time, Mia doesn't remember much of that time, but I do remember the man put his hands on me rubbed my neck. There was something else I push out of my mind, and so did Elena. I had grandma come and get me, twice, I told her how horrible she was to me and she believed me, at one point she let me stay with her. Elena claims I was a wild child after my mom had passed. My grandma Piper told me I was sweet and caring.

I looked at the pool how inviting it was until my phone rang. It was Elena's ringtone "You are Crazy Bitch" rang out, shit Kate told her what happened. I answered before I said hello she said.

"Childish things will get you into trouble young lady." Oh, she was sounding pissed off.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize I wasn't allowed to have time off of a job that I don't get paid for." She hated I used that, Elena loved control, the fact I worked for free for her daughter only pleased her.

"ANASTASIA ROSE STEELE YOU FLY HOME RIGHT NOW! THAT IS AN ORDER!" She screamed down the phone I pulled the phone away from my ear, in fact, Mia even heard her yelling. I sighed I didn't want to be forced to listen to a rich woman's whining. Or at least I was too hung over to care.

"I would but you're not the boss, besides you have no right to fire me, guilt me, or kick me out because if you did you'd have to explain to my dad why I am knocking on your door looking for money, which I am sure you spend on a Louis Vuitton bag. Goodbye."

I hung up quickly knowing she was close to yelling again, she'd call three or four more times looking for me to break. I threw my phone under the pillows, looking over at Mia who was looking at tunes in her iPod I envied her little body, she could wear bikinis and not look like she eats although I know she could eat a whole pizza pie to herself and not gain a pound. I looked at my round tummy, sticking out of my bathing suit, I did go to the gym and work out and try to eat well, and feed myself well but it was like the weight just stuck on my body nothing I did ever make it want to come off and I would stress out again, after a while I gave up. I sighed as the phone gave one more ring and thought "fuck it." I grabbed it and it dunked my phone in my drink. "Hey what are you doing?" Mia asked.

"Elena won't give me a break so I'm throwing her in something to cool her off!" Producing my pina coulda with a cell phone buzzing and flipping about in the sticky coconut drink. Mia looked at me, "what about Christian calling you?" My smile was wiped from my face, "Oh no!" I pulled the phone out now dripping in Pina coulda juice and still ringing. It was just Elena. I shrugged, "oh well." I said and looked at my black flip phone now covered in goop. Mia and Jose laughed. "If he wants you, Ana, he will find a way. Don't worry." Jose spoke up. I nodded, "ok well maybe" I looked at the pool. "Should I raise the phone off?" I said with a smile. They laughed, "Don't worry Ana, I will look after your sad excuse of a phone, go have fun." Jose piped up he grabbed my drink cup that now I had dunked the phone back into, he smiled at me, knowing it was all going to be ok. "See ya guys" I smiled and cannonballed into the cool water, half filled with drunks and drinks.

Two hours later I came out of the pool drunk and ready for a nap, as I went to look for my phone, I found it wasn't beside Jose, in fact, it was gone as was Jose. "Where did your man go?" I asked Mia but really I was happy he wasn't around so I could be with Mia all to myself. She looked up from her course notes that she had brought with her, and looked at me. "Um," She hummed, looked to the right of her, and back to me, "don't know, and don't care, how's that?" I looked at her, "Ana, he is fine I know he is picking up a package that just came for him and it's fine, I know that you like to know what's going on at all times, but you're safe here with me, nobody will hurt you." She padded my warm skin, which now was almost on fire at the touch of her.

"I'm back!" Jose came by and put an iPhone X beside me, with the cord it. He smiled and said, "See I told you, if he wanted to talk to you he would find a way!" He smiled at me, then Mia and he shared a secret smile. I was jealous but it was I wanted to find a man like him in my life, one to protect me to love me. Maybe Christian would maybe he won't.

"Um… Thank you." I mumbled to Jose,

I didn't know what to say, Kate thought it was a better idea to have a pay phone because she would know what I was spending her money on, I used social media to talk to my friends. The new phone looked so shiny, as I looked on my new iPhone and smiled when I saw the new apps and Jose put Christian's email and number on it. Oh my gosh, he sent it from Seattle so I would be able to have it right there in my hands, that made it better for a minute, knowing Elena didn't have my new cell number now. That still didn't stop her from calling me,

"Excuse me, Anastasia," The waitress came around, holding a cordless phone.

"It's a hysteric woman," I sighed as I took the portable hotel phone from her hands and I looked at it. Time to face the music.

"Hello, Elena,"

"Angel, its daddy." Oh, that's not fair!