Will and I are just coming inside when a knock at the door catches us off guard. I run to grab it while Will is putting his outside toys in their box. When I check the security monitor I see Christian's face and I instantly smile. I haven't seen him since Sunday night. We have plans for Friday so I assumed I wouldn't see him until then. I swing open the door and there he is looking extremely fine in his fitted suit.
"Hey baby. I tried calling before I came over, but you didn't answer." He pulls me into his arms and gives me a kiss that would make anyone else blush.
"Sorry, my phone was inside. Will and I were playing out back. You are just in time for dinner. Want to join us?" I say while turning around and walking towards where Will is. He smacks me on my butt, catching me off guard.
"Christian! Why did you do that?" I ask in mock horror.
"Baby, I couldn't help myself. It just looked so amazing. I had to spank it." The way he says the word spank has my panties wet.
"Pervert." I mutter under my breath and feel another hand come down on my opposite cheek.
"I heard that." He smirks.
"Mr. Grey, if you could keep your hands off my butt, I know of a sweet little boy who is going to be so excited to see you." I motion for him to follow me.
CPOV:
I follow my gorgeous girl till we are in the mud room where she keeps Will's toy box for outside. She points and tells me to go in. I turn the corner and see him on the floor playing with a fire truck and police car.
"PULL OWVER FIREMAN!" He exclaims then instantly giggles at himself. This is totally Ana's child. She makes herself laugh all the time.
"Hey, the fireman and policeman are supposed to work together." I tell him and without missing a beat he responds.
"But he was speeding." It takes him just one more second before he looks up and his whole face lights up. He jumps up and runs into my arms.
"Cwistian, you come see me?" He wraps his little arms around my neck and hugs me tightly to him. I would love to come home to this sweet boy and his mom every day if I could. They just instantly put you in a better mood.
"I sure did. I thought maybe I could have dinner with you. How does that sound?" His eyes light up and he nods his head. I walk into the kitchen with him in my arms.
"Mama, what are we having for dinner?" I ask as I give her a kiss on the cheek when I pass.
"We are having a baked lemon pepper chicken on a bed of creamy mashed potatoes with a side of garlic green beans. Sound yummy?"
"Yup!" Will and I agree at the same time.
After a wonderful meal and putting Will to bed, Ana and I are sitting on the couch watching some tv show about being naked in the wild. No way in hell I would do that.
"So what is this dinner we are going to Friday?" Ana asks thought a yawn. My people seem to get tired early.
"It's a business dinner for a company I want to buy out of New York. It would really open GEH up on the east coast with the purchase."
"Have you ever thought about going south?"
"South? As in California?" She shakes her head.
"No like the South. Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, etc. Google just bought property for a huge data center in Alabama. You are really into agriculture. I'm sure there would be tons of opportunities for you in the South." My girl is smart. I never thought about expanding to the south. I will have to look into it tomorrow morning.
"I'm exhausted. We played so hard today." She snuggles into my side more. I lean down and whisper in her ear.
"Can I - I was wondering.. can I stay with you tonight?" I know I just sounded like an idiot. Good going Grey. She looks up at me, her face impassive.
"I don't think tonight is a great night. You don't have clothes for tomorrow. Why don't we try Friday night? Will won't be here so you won't be woken up at 6 am." She finishes with a giggle. Then her face returns to its impassiveness. Does she want me to stay? She doesn't look excited about it at all.
"I've never been to your place before." She states so casually. I know you haven't baby. It might show who I really am. A cold, arrogant asshole who is not the fun guy you have grown to like hanging out with.
"Well, maybe this weekend I could take you over there. I much rather be at your house though. It's a home. My place is just a place to lay my head and work." She frowns at this, but before I have a chance to kiss the v that forms when she frowns – her face is back to impassive.
"Okay, I am going to head out. I am so glad I got to see you tonight baby." I give her another kiss and all I want to do is stay with her forever. She walks me to the door and makes me promise to text her when I get home. She knows I text her when I walk through the front door of my penthouse. I can't wait for Friday. I will finally get to hold the girl I am falling for all night.
Friday
APOV:
I am dressed in a beautiful lace, navy fitted dress that hugs my curves in all of the right places. I am putting in my earrings by the front door when I hear a familiar knock. My Christian is here. I swing open the door and see Mr. Gorgeous standing there in a fitted grey suit. Dear Jesus, please help me get through this night without drooling over myself.
"Hey baby. You look gorgeous as always, Ms. Steele." He leans in to kiss me and when I pull away I wipe my lipstick off his lips.
"I believe these are for you." He hands me a beautiful set of white roses with a few light pink ones scattered in there.
"These are beautiful. You spoil me Mr. Grey." I say with a wink. I place the already vased flowers on the coffee table and head back to the door. When I walk outside I notice a different vehicle in my driveway.
"Where is your SUV?" I say a little sad. He looks so incredibly sexy driving an SUV.
"This is my R8. One of my favorite vehicles." He looks at it like this car is his child. I can't help but giggle.
"Something funny Ana?"
"Nope." He helps me in the car. When he climbs in I see how extremely sexy he looks. So it is in car he looks amazing in. Interesting. We get just about a mile down the road from my house when the car starts to sound really funny.
"Is everything okay?" I ask a little nervous.
"Something is wrong. Let me take a quick look." He climbs out after pulling over.
"SHIT!" I hear him scream from outside the car. I climb out and find him leaning on the side of his door. I make my way over to him and see he looks completely upset.
"Hey, what's wrong?" I say running my hands up and down his biceps.
"Every time I try to take you out something shitty happens. I just want to take you nice places, show off to everyone how hot my girl is, make you laugh, feed you great food – not be caught in a rainstorm, have everyone stare at us like their favorite dinner, or have my car get a flat. I just had new tires put on this car." He says with a defeated sigh. I now see the totally flat tire look pitiful in the back. I look back at Christian who has his head down.
"Christian?" He doesn't move. "Hey, look at me." I tell him and put my hand on his cheek. He looks at me and leans into my touch.
"Can you reschedule the dinner?"
"My second in command is going. So there is technically no reason for me to go. I just wanted to take you out." Okay, this is good.
"Well then. Call Taylor and tell him what happened. Ask him to take care of it and lets start our walk back to my house." He looks at me like I am crazy.
"We are more than a mile away from your house. You have 6 inch heels on."
"So? Look, let's get back to my house, order Chinese, put on a movie and enjoy a quiet night in. We can go out tomorrow night. This night is not ruined. We will just spend it at home, not at a restaurant." I give him my best bright eyed look and start to pull his hand to start our walk. We make it about half way and the sky falls out. Rain is coming down so hard that it makes my hair straight. I can't help but laugh. Christian does not find this funny and continues to sulk the whole way back.
We finally make it back to the house and I direct him to my room to change into his pjs. He is still sulking and I am racking my brains as to how to change his mood around. I grab my pjs and change in the guest bedroom. I am not ready to be completely naked in front of him yet. Hopefully soon.
I meet him back downstairs and he is paying for our food that's at the door. He goes to the kitchen, but I direct him to the living room.
"We are going to pig out in front of the tv tonight." I explain when he looks at me crazy. I push the coffee table out of the way and pull the floor pillows out of the corner. We have a quiet dinner and my guy still looks so defeated. I decide I know what we need to crank this night up. Tequila of course. I go to grab it and two shot glasses. Mr. Grey is going to have a fun night whether he like sit or not.
"Tequila? Why are you bringing that out?"
"Look who can talk!" I say playfully and finally see a small smirk come from him.
"Mr. Grey, we are going to play the question game." I say making it up as I go. "For every question you ask, you have to take a shot. Here, I'll go first." I pour the liquor and try to think of a good question.
"Have you ever smoked marijuana?" He laughs. Oh my man has a beautiful laugh.
"No, Ana. I have never done anything like that. What about you?" I don't answer since he didn't take his shot. He finally remembers and downs his drink like a pro.
"Yes, I have." He looks astonished at this.
"Miss Goody-Pants has smoked weed. When?" I don't answer again and he finally catches on.
"Right after my senior year of high school. Have you ever been arrested?" Shot. He laughs again. It seems my goal is working. He stretches out against one couch and I lean against the opposite one. We are facing each other and I can tell this is going to be fun.
"Almost. In high school, I had a terrible fighting record. I just wanted to hit anyone or anything. I got into a fight at school one day and I ended up knocking over one of the teachers. That bitch wanted me arrested for knocking her over- EVEN though I was pushed into her. They actually handcuffed me and everything until my dad showed up. I was grounded for months." He smiles as if he is such a bad boy while I laugh my heart out.
"Wow, you were such a bad boy." He laughs again.
"I'll be your bad boy, baby." Is he tipsy? Oh I love it!
"I'll hold you to that." I say with a wink. We continue on with our light hearted questions and it has completely changed his mood. I just finished my story about my skirt falling off during a cheer stunt in high school. He gets this dark look in his eyes and I get a little nervous about his next question.
"When did you lose your virginity?" Oh shit. We were having so much fun until now. He takes his shot and looks at me expectantly. Here goes nothing..
Next time we see our sweet couple they may be revealing some deep secrets – while intoxicated. As soon as I post this, I will be starting the next chapter which will hopefully be up soon! This was just a sweet little filler before we get to some good stuff and MAYBE a lemon! What!? :) Thank you again for my sweet reviews and messages. I adore all of you! As always, I do not own FSOG.
xoEW
