Christian POV.
I can't believe I slept all night I normally wake but screaming but fuck, Ana she's magical almost a cure. But thinking of her reminds me of Leila, the main fucking reason i'm here.
Flashback
Leaving the stage after my bow and the drop of the curtain for the final time the buzz still there, knocking back my third bottle of water.
"Chrisssy! Oh my god that was amazing!" Leila jumps into my arms
"Yeah, Yeah it was!" I spin her around.
"I don't want this buzz to end!" she winks slipping a piece of Acid paper into my mouth before kissing me I look over and see the knob head of assistant director Jack Hyde looking at us
"Come on baby lets head off!" I pull her out to the changing rooms the world starting to spin and after a quick bang in the changing rooms Leila is dragging me to this club she's a member of.
End flashback
"Dude what's the deal where were you last night?" Elliot jumps onto my bed winding me
"I was out I grabbed food in fifties, I smile remembering Ana's smile when we sat down to pub grub instead of gourmet food. Good old fish and chips. Garrett the owner being a Brit himself.
"wiiiiiiiith?"
"You know who you had Taylor babysitting me why don't you tell me" no way is this fucker getting anything from me.
"AAAAAAANNNNA?"
"Yep she's amazing we've almost been in the same shows" I look at him and I can see he's thinking the same thing I am.
"Christian just don't get ahead of yourself remember Leila." I jump out of bed storming into the closet.
"Yes Elliot I had a thing for Leila and she died, I never loved her though" I feel terrible for saying that in a way I feel like it was my fault I should never have
"Christian!" Mia yells
"Yes pixie!" I can't help but open my arms to her.
"Did you have a nice night with Ana?" not her too
"You know what I've gotta get to work I have a session with SFX for my mask"
Later on that day i'm standing at the side of the stage watching Jose and Ana doing the kiss scene before I make my entrance mwahahahaha
"Oh Ana Banana if I was straight those kisses would..."
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Jose Rodriguez- Henderson" That would be Jose's husband Erik Henderson Jose's assistant
"Sorry baby but look at her ooof!" It's times like this i'm glad Jose is gay one less person to compete with for Ana and she will be mine.
Today has been so much better we have over half of the show sorted with fucking Hyde here. Maxie the director is amazing fresh out of University has been an assistant to so many musical directors.
I keep thinking of ways to get out of Hyde's hold, damn him to hell if only he hadn't followed us to the club. The fucking red room.
"Well howdy Mr Grey" oh great remember when I said i'd get back to Elena a southern belle she's not.
"Hey Elena, i'll be on now soo..." she rubs her hands up my arms gripping me.
"Oh baby come on I don't see much of you since this little bit managed to sleep her way into the roll" I snap my head
"Come on you didn't think she got this on her own" fucking bitch I remember how freaked out Ana had been by Hyde last night.
"Phantom!" Susie pushes me on stage.
Ana POV.
I'm so glad corset dresses are no longer in fashion I swear I can't breathe with this damn dress on
"Okay Ana this fits perfectly" Mia ties a bow in the back of the last dress I have to try on today
"If you say so Mia I feel like a turkey ready for Christmas" I giggle looking at a confused Mia
"Turkey for Christmas? Thanksgiving yes Christmas Ham all the way, you Brits know nothing" she joins in with the giggling.
"Well Christian better like the food tonight or he'll never have Gail cook for him again."
"Gail? And in Gail Steele?" Mia looks at me shocked
"Urm yes, my father's sister"
"She was Eliza in my fair lady oh my god I have the recording back home she's amazing she's your aunt?" I nod puffing my chest out feeling ever so proud.
"Why did she ever stop..."
"Performing well she had throat cancer and back in the 90's well the surgery destroyed her vocal cords she now sounds like a women who smokes 60 a day"
"Aww that's so sad so now she's you agent?"
"Yep me and a few other's she runs a company that employs many different agents "
After redressing and being forced to invite Mia Elliott and Christian for dinner much to Christian's charging and an explicit text from Gail we're in the car making our way over to my brownstone.
"You don't live that far from us we have the penthouse in Escala" Christian points out he made sure of it that Luke Ethan and himself were the ones in my car leaving Taylor Mia and Elliott. Gail made Kate stay and help her claiming she's never cooked for so many people but I know that's a lie.
"Really we looked at a place there but Annie wanted a house." Ethan who is in the front seat injects himself into the conversation.
"Shut it Eth leave the poor man flirt" Luke looks at me in the rearview mirror "Fuck" he swerves "I will never get used to driving on the wrong side of the road. "
"Well be lucky Annie had her car shipped over." Ethan added punching Luke
"Please excuse them too much weed in their teenage years." I look at Christian he is so handsome.
"So your twins?" Christian asked
"Yes sadly we shared a womb until this freak kicked me out" a little inside joke
"Yep and you took all the talent Annie"
"fuck you Luke!" Ethan
"Oh yeah I found a few video's of you on youtube you were amazing as Mary, I wish I could have performed with you" okay now that is flirting.
"Thanks I can't believe you found them" fuck i'm blushing so much i'm so glad the car is dark. We pull up to the house and Christian is out of the car opening my door in a flash.
"come on bellend time for grub" Luke races Ethan into the house
"Come maybe we can sing later " I wink and head inside
Christian POV
What the fuck, she's flirting back oh my god i'm going to throw up
"Dude, don't worry just go with the follow and do what your big bro...woah!" we walk into the house to find Ana and Ethan sitting at the counter with an older lady hugging and talking but I see what catches Elliott attention the blonde dancing in the kitchen.
"Watch the master" he licks his thumb and little finger smoothing out his eyebrows. Dick.
"Hey I'm..."
"Don't think so mate not that easy" I burst out laughing Elliott is being shot down for the first time ever
"Christian, Elliott Mia, this is my big sister Kate and Aunt Gail" Ana introduces us "Welcome to our home"
I look around and see a pieces of art and an awards cabinet
"Yep my big sister she won a phew awards in school and best newcomer in the Laurence Olivier Award."
Fuck I won the same in the Tony awards it's like were cast from the same mould. Amazing
"Ethan is adamant we cart that wherever we go" Ana rests her head on my shoulder i can't help but turn and kiss her nose.
"That's my queue"
Food was amazing now were sitting around talking shit to each other about childhood. I can't believe I kissed her nose and she didn't move. Fuck I want this to work but Hyde fuck he'll make my life hell.
"Hey where did you go?" Ana pushes my unruly hair out of my face.
"Nothing just thinking we're so much alike but different." I kiss her palm.
"Come with me" I look back seeing Ethan and Mia flirting, Kate and Gail watching Elliott and Taylor doing the dishes. I follow her up 2 flights of stairs and through what I believe is her bedroom. And into another room with a baby grand in the middle with bookcases full of books and sheet music.
"Wow" I look around "I have a room similar to this" Ana stands by the piano
"It's my get away when I need to hide" she smiles. "Will you sing with me?" I nod fuck yes I will, walking to the piano I see music that I recognise wicked
"Wicked?" I ask
"Mmmmhmm I played Glinda about a 6 months ago only a few touring dates between Phantom" she explains
"Okay well sing this with me" I flip the pages to As Long As You Mine sitting down I start playing she's not shocked that I play most people are hmmm.
Kiss me too fiercely
Hold me too tight
I need help believing
You're with me tonight.
My wildest dreamings
Could not foresee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me
Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed some borderline
And if it turns out
It's over too fast
I'll make every last moment last
As long as you're mine
The whole time we're singing I feel a connection to her nothing like when we're on stage we've always got an audience this is personal. I trail off thinking about her. Ana stops looking at me we've become closer though out the song.
"What is it ?" I clasp her face in my hands
"I think i've fallen for you Ana" I kiss her and don't stop she doesn't push me away
"I fell for you along time ago" huh?
"Ana I don't?"
"Let me explain, I saw you when you played London with your father I was shit maybe 8 or 9 the same age as you and it was shortly after that I managed to get a part in Oliver then Costte in Les Mis. I saw you and I wanted be like you. I followed your father until her retired and then you came on the scene I was there when your father played his last show with you as Marcus and god Christian I..."
We kiss passionately, i've never felt anything like it.
"I've seen you on stage so many times hell we even shared a stage when you played Enjorlas and I was a lovely lady" I'm shocked
"Seriously why didn't you ever..."
"I was scared you were this major performer, me what do you say a dime a dozen"
"Ana, your amazing seriously you must have flourished after that?" I run my hands down her side pulling her to my lap
"Yeah, Mamma Mia, Cats hell I never stopped between that and school. Also following you"
"Are you saying I was your poster boy?" I so was she's blushing
"Yes, happy Mr Grey" I pull her in
"Can I stay?"
"Yes"
Holding Ana in my arm's is one of the most amazing things I've ever done, lying on her bed listening to classical music another thing we have in common.
"Christian why are you here?"
"I thought we discussed this?"
"No I mean in a small theatre group?" fuck do I tell her fuck fuck fuck
"Ana, I am I need to explain something." I sit up crossed legged looking at my future she is my future right?
"Christian you can tell me anything" I take a deep breath.
"Have you ever heard of Leila Williams?"
"Urm yeah she died didn't she?" I nod
"Yep fuck Ana, I was messed up, I was kinda seeing Leila but she was getting me into drugs and drink to keep the buzz from being on stage going." The look of shock crosses her face
"Christian..."
"No wait, it was closing night of Superstar. Leila fuck she gave me LSD or some shit took me to this club 'The Red Room' she was into all that shit" I assume
"What shit?" Ana asks
"BDSM"
"EWWWWWW! What did your family think of that? You know drugs?"
I giggle at her response, I pull her to me explaining the rest of the story.
"Elliott was a trainer in a gym at the time I was touring we never seeing them it was only when Mia came to a show and saw how thin and rough I looked." She nods
"Well we went to this club in New York, I was out of it fuck I watched her have sex with another guy I drank jesus I was it wasn't me." Ana holds me tighter
"I worried I felt wrong Leila was in the middle of well whatever and I left I tried phoning Elliott and Mia. Elliott worked in a gym in New York it's where he went to school. I managed to phone the fucking place and talk to Elliott him and Taylor came to get me and from that night I never went anywhere without Taylor. They both quit and became part of the Get Christian Clean Team"
"Oh Christian you're so brave you became sober and clean...right?"
"Yes hell yes 6 months in Elliot's version of rehab will do that to a man especially with Taylor being ex Army. Well the next day when I sobered up I panicked about Leila see Elliott didn't know about her being there. The next thing she's on the news that her body was found in an alley. I had a visitor the next day. It turns out Jack Hyde was fired from the theatre Superstar was in and he had followed me and Leila for a while and threatened to go to the press about the drugs bdsm and whatever fuck. Could you imagine my dad my mom?"
"So he's blackmailing you?" I look at her shocked
"Yes, he has photographs of me there"
"Could you be a suspect in Leila's murder?"
"I don't know"
"Fuck Christian, seriously you're a typical man, if he knew all this and has photographs of you and Leila that means he was there which means he could have..."
"Killed her"