CPOV:

I have not been able to sit still all day. I am quite nervous for my date with Anastasia tonight. I have made all the arraignments for our date and I am on the way to pick up flowers right now - a beautiful mixture of white hydrangeas and light pink peonies. My girl told me hydrangeas were one of her favorites. Your girl, Grey? Get a grip man. She is not my girl yet, but hopefully soon she will be. I just love everything about her. Love? Who are you? I need to check myself. I have gone 30 years without loving someone besides my family. Am I ready to fall in love now?

I text Ana to let her know I will be there shortly before pulling away from the flower shop. I thought long and hard about maybe asking Ana and Will out together, since everyone keeps telling me they are a package deal. I realized that maybe she was not ready for me to be around her son so quickly. What if she decides I am not good enough to be around her son? See, I just need it to be myself and Ana first. Maybe I can ask them both to dinner Friday night.. we could do pizza and goofy golf.. Wait! Stop planning ahead of yourself Grey. Get through this date first then you can set up the second one with her and Will. At least I am not showing up at her house empty handed for Will. I found this pretty awesome Lego set at lunch. It is a Zoo themed Lego set. Ana told me on the way home from the Grace that Will and herself loved going to the Zoo. She said they were both huge animal lovers. So what better gift then a zoo Lego set? I hope he likes it..

I finally pull up at her beautiful home. I climb out with flowers and Will's present in hand. I make my way to the door feeling extremely nervous. Is that sweat rolling down my palm? You got this Grey. Everyone likes you and this is going to go great – I try to pep talk myself up a bit. Here it goes.

APOV:

Will and I are sitting on the couch while Kate talks our ears off about some reality television show she watches. She is actually just talking my ears off. I am pretty sure Will tuned her out minutes ago. She is interrupted from her story by a knock at the door. Thank you Lord for the interruption! I hop off the couch and Will whines to be picked up. I take him with me to open the front door and I am quite sure I am drooling. The man is beautiful. He has on fitted navy pants and a white button up.

"Cwistian!" I am broken out of my daze by my 3 year olds excitement. Will pulls away from me and he holds out his arms for Christian. Christian places a present under the arm carrying the most beautiful flowers and grabs will from me. I smile at the sight of my son so comfortable for Christian. Christian is animatedly talking to Will about his day and he tells Will he has a present for him. I place the flowers that were already in a vase, on the coffee table. I sit next to Christian who looks nervous as Will opens his present.

"WEGOS! Mama, Cwistian got me wegos! I wuv wegos!" He climbs in Christian's lap and wraps his arms around his neck. I hear Will mummer a thank you to Christian. He climbs off Christian's lap and immediately dives into his Lego set. I give him a kiss goodbye and tell him that I love him. I get a small I love you too as he is way too focused on the task at hand. I hear Christian chuckle behind me.

"Kate, we won't be out too late. He needs to be in bed by 8. No sweets please. Thank you again!" I hug Kate as we make our way to the front door.

"Stay out as long as you want. I'll be in your bed when you get back." She winks at Christian who laughs at her. I have no doubt she will actually be in my bed when I return, waiting on all the details from tonight.

As I climb in Christian's SUV, I realize I am no where as near nervous as I was yesterday -which is a good thing, because I was a wreck yesterday.

"You look gorgeous Ana. That dress looks amazing on you." Christian whispers in my ear before he kisses my check. I feel the blush rise up my neck and to my cheeks. I am very satisfied in my outfit selection since he loves it. I decided on a light pink bandage dress that hugs every curve of my body with nude pumps.

"Thank you, you look very handsome Christian. Where are we going tonight?" He smiles at me and taps his nose. I guess I was being nosey and will not be getting an answer. We fall into an easy conversation of each others days. I explain to him that I graduated early from college and he tells me he dropped out after a semester. I would not have guessed that since he runs a billion dollar company. We pull up to a restaurant at the marina and he helps me out of the car.

"We have a reservation for Grey." Christian tells the hostess. We are escorted to a private dining room. I am in awe of the beautiful view.

"Christian, this is so beautiful!" I tell him eagerly.

"I would agree, my view is beyond beautiful." He replies and I immediately feel my blush creep up again.

"Tell me about yourself Ana." Christian says after the waiter brings us our food.

"Well, I am a single mother of a three year old." I giggle.

"I already know that. Tell me more about you that I do not already know." He replies with a chuckle.

"Well, I love solving things. My favorite color is pink. I love to be outside. I was a cheerleader in high school. I am a huge animal lover and I am looking at getting a puppy for Will soon. Turtles freak me out though. I am a daddy's girl.. and my favorite movie is the Sound of Music." I answer him. He smiles a brilliant smile and once again I am thankful I am sitting. "What about you?"

"Well, my favorite color is blue. I also enjoy being outside. I played football and was on the row team in high school. I am a mommy's boy. My favorite movie has to be any of the Bond movies. I have never been on a date before this and I am praying that this turns into a second date." He states confidently. He wants a second date with me? Swoon.

We finish up our meal and Christian suggests we take a walk along the marina. We make small talk about our families. He asks about Ray and my mom. I tell him the truth and he seems to already be fond of Ray. He tells me about Grace and Carrick. He explains he is adopted and it immediately makes sense why him and Elliot do not look alike. We stop to sit on a bench and he places his arm around me. I feel…content in this moment. I lean my head on his shoulder and his other hand grabs one of mine. He strokes my knuckles and kisses my hair. The sniff does not go unnoticed.

"You smell so intoxicating." He mumbles against my head. I suddenly feel wetness on my arms and legs. Oh no! Rain! We leap up and start running back towards the vehicle. Christian is holding my hand and I cannot keep up in these heels. He suddenly turns around and throws me over his shoulder. He takes off running again. This man must be magic to hold me up and run in the rain.

We arrive at the car and he slides me down his body. We are giggling because it does not even matter that it is raining even more. We are drenched. Christian's eyes meet mine and he slowly leans in. He looks down right before he meets my lips as if seeking permission. I lean up the rest of the way and our lips meet. The most incredible feeling in the world. I feel like fireworks are going off inside my body. His tongue sweeps across my bottom lip and I know he is seeking entrance to my mouth. I open up to him and dear lord – this man is the best kisser in the world. My panties are wet and he is holding me up because my knees gave away long ago. He pulls away and I suddenly cannot remember my own name. So what does a girl do when she has been kissed so good she forgets her name? She giggles like a 5 year old school girl who just got kissed by Bobby under the slide. Christian looks at me amused as he helps me in the SUV. Way to go Ana, you just looked like a child instead of 23. Bet he is not interested in that second date now.

We pull up to my house after the most amazing night. Christian walks me to my door. As I put the key in and turn it he swings me around. He kisses me once more as if his life depended on it then pulls away all too briefly. He pulls me to his chest and I am engulfed in his scent.

"I just needed one more kiss before I tell you goodnight." He murmurs against my hair. "I was wondering if you and Will would like to have dinner Friday. We could possibly take him to play goofy golf afterwards or ice cream?" He is all the sudden nervous again as he pulls away and runs a hand through his hair. How did he just go from confident sex god to nervous teenager?

"We would love to, but Friday nights is usually dinner/movie nights here." He looks extremely sad about this. "Why don't you join us?" with this his face lights up like he just won a prize.

"I would love that. I'll text you when I get home." And with that he kisses me once more before leaving me breathless on the porch. Damn that man. Before I make my way to bed I check in on my sweet boy. I notice he is not in my bed which means he is in mine with Kate. I open the door to find Will wrapped around my pillow and Kate leaning up reading on her iPad. This is perfect since we won't be able to talk too much since Will is asleep in here as well. I shower and change into pajamas.

"How was it?" Kate looks at Will then back to me.

"Perfect." I smile knowing it shows on my face how happy I am. Kate nods and turns off her iPad. She settles into bed and whispers while looking at me.

"Just because we cannot talk to much right now does not mean you are off the hook."

"I wouldn't dream of it Kate." I return her smile. I am almost asleep when I hear my phone buzz on the nightstand.

Goodnight beautiful. Dream of me. –C

Goodnight Christian. –xA

A/N:

Hello all my sweet followers. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Next up will be date night with Ana, Will, and Christian. How will Christian react to being around a 3 year old for more than a few minutes? Guess we will find out the next chapter. Thank you all for the sweet reviews. They mean so much to me. As always, I do not own FSOG.

xoEleanor