A/N: Sorry Gg I wasn't lying to you... I forgot my chapter order is different than what I have uploaded (because of the bonus chapter)… It's the next one! I promise... And thanks again to MrsCTGrey for being my beta
Posting early because of the holiday weekend.. enjoy
Memorial Day Weekend- May Camping Trip
Christian:
It's the Friday before Memorial Day, and we are at Salt Creek near Port Angeles. It's a three-hour drive from Seattle, so we left a little before nine this morning and arrived around 12:30. Even though it's one of their busiest weekends, I was able to rent out about 80% of the campground, early this year. I couldn't get the other 20% of the grounds because some people had made reservations years in advance. However, they are on the opposite side of us. I hired a full team of security, 15 on during the day and 15 on during the night. Taylor will be supervising the 30-man team, but he is also here to enjoy camping with Gail. Sawyer has the week off.
Ana and I, along with Teddy, have a ten-person tent. It's nice because it splits the area from Teddy and us in the middle of the tent. This way mommy and daddy can have some private time, and Teddy isn't too far away. Plus once Teddy is asleep, he sleeps like the dead.
Mia had brought her friend Jess and watching those two set up camp was hilarious. They had no idea what they were doing and kept stumbling over the poles. The first time they got it they put up inside out, have no idea how they managed that. We all finally took pity on them and helped them out. They laughed about it later.
"Oh man, this weekend is going to be so much fun!" Danny cheers. "I just hope I brought enough beer."
"I think the three coolers full will be enough" Maddie tells him, patting his arm.
"Maybe." He gives her a sly wink and kisses her on the cheek.
I swear those two just to need to make it official already. It's been almost six months already since they started doing whatever they're doing.
"What should be done first?" I ask
"Swimming!" Teddy calls out. "I wanna swim."
"Ok, swimming it is then."
We head off to the beach and get Teddy in a life jacket, even though he knows how to swim, we're not taking any chances out here. Elliot quickly scoops him up and carries him into the water. Teddy is laughing his head off as Elliot tossed him in the water next to Danny.
I take off my shirt, about to join them when Ana pulls off her cover up. Holy shit. She's wearing the tiniest blue bikini I've ever seen.
"Hey, Ana?" Kate asks her, my eyes still glued to the little triangles that barely cover my wife's breast.
"Yeah?" She asks, starting to put sunscreen on her arms.
"I think you're giving Christian a stroke." She chuckles.
Ana turns to look at me; I'm pretty sure my eyes are still bulging out of my sockets.
"Christian, close your mouth, you're catching flies."
I walk up to her and put my arms around her so I can whisper in her ear, "When did you get this little number? I should be upset that you're showing all of this…" I rub my hand up and down her body "to everyone. This is mine."
"I got it this week for this trip. Don't you like it?" I nod. "And considering we are the only people out here I think the point is moot."
"DADDY!" I hear Teddy call out to me.
"What about all the security guys that are enjoying the view right now?" She just shrugs at me as Teddy calls out to me again.
"I think your son is calling you." She smirks and lays down on the blanket next to Kate. I groan.
"We'll talk about this later." I give her a pointed look as I run off to the water, with Ana laughing behind me.
Danny, Elliot, Taylor and I are throwing Teddy in the water or throwing a ball around while the girls sunbathe. I don't know how long were playing when someone comes up to me, putting their hands on my head, trying to pull me under. It only takes me a second to realize it's Ana. I notice that Maddie and Kate are trying the same thing with Danny and Elliot. Gail and Taylor are holding Teddy watching the show.
"Get him mommy!" Teddy cheers Ana on, and I let her take me down. She releases me when I get under the water, so I take that chance to swim under her and put her on my shoulders. I lift her up and then throw her into the water. Teddy is cracking up as his mother lands in the sea. She comes back up spitting water.
"I should have seen that coming." She sputters out and comes swimming over to me, putting her arms around my neck. "Truce?"
"For now." I smile at her and kiss her cheek. Teddy comes swimming over to me and tries to dunk me.
"Hey, I thought you were on my team?"
"Nope. Mommy's team." He keeps trying to dunk me, and I finally let him take me down. I feel a little ganged up on now.
After we had enjoyed the beach, we went to go check out the Marine Sanctuary. They had this little water table that you can pet some of the sea creatures. Teddy loved that but got a little freaked out when it came to touching the stingray. After that, we go back to the campsite to start dinner.
"I want S'mores for dinner," Teddy says.
"Oh, me too," Elliot agrees with him and gives Teddy a high five.
"Ok, kids, we can have S'mores after dinner," Ana tells them sternly.
"Oh, mom," Elliot whines and puts on his best pouty lip. Ana shakes his head at him, trying not to laugh.
We made hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. We all have our camping chairs around the fire, while we drink beer, laughing, and talking.
"I'm looking forward to the bike ride tomorrow," Danny tells us.
"Ugh…you are. I would rather sunbathe," Kate whines.
"Oh, you'll be fine Kate. You complained last time, and it was fun," Ana tells her.
"But that was forever ago. I was younger then."
"Oh, suck it up, Kate." Danny hollers at her. Kate sticks out her tongue at him.
"So is this how camping will always be now, with these "trees," as Ana calls them, watching us?" Elliot asks.
"Yeah, can't be too safe Elliot. The bigger GEH gets, the more threats we get. We're out in the open, never know what could happen."
"Anyways, did anyone see that new Marvels movie?" Ana changes the subject quickly. I know with all the new threats coming in and what happened months ago still weigh on her mind. I made one of her other IT guys take over investigating threats. At first, they were harmless, but now they're starting to get more aggressive. She got one right after the kidnapping. Threatening her and Teddy about how the last guy messed up and he would make it right this time. We ended up tracing the e-mail to some frat boy at Udub. He ended up being harmless and just wanted to start shit, but ended up with six months in jail and five years' probation. It was at that point I made sure Ana would not deal with that ever again, and she more than agreed.
After making S'mores and playing "Would you Rather?" Teddy is curled in my arms sound asleep.
"So when Ana sprained her ankle all those years ago, where was it that you sneak off too?" Kate asks.
"The same place we plan to sneak off to tomorrow while you guys watch Teddy," I smirk.
"Come on you guys…I want to know the story." Elliot complains.
"The beach…When we were running back after an older couple caught us, I tripped over a damn tree root and twisted my ankle," Ana tells them
"Wait you never told us you got caught," Danny asks intrigued.
"Not really caught. We were in the water and thought we were alone. When this old couple who were probably in their late 60's were walking along the shore. They stopped and laughed at us. The lady yelled out to us and said: "I remember those days." Or something like that and then they walked off. Ana was embarrassed, so we came back. Good thing we were already finished." I wink at Ana who buries her face in her hands.
Mia who was covering her ears during that conversation joins in.
"So when am I getting another niece or nephew?" She asks looking at me.
"Don't ask me, ask Elliot." I wave off the question.
"Oh, no dude, that's all you and Ana. Plus Teddy needs a sibling." Ana looks away from me sipping on her beer.
"Maybe in like five years or so. With work being so busy it wouldn't be fair to add another one to the mix." I tell them. Ana is still not looking at me, nodding her head.
"You're not going to be busy Christian," Elliot says. "Plus you did great with Teddy."
"Elliot, have you ever thought maybe I want to have some time to ourselves. That I don't want to worry about working long hours so I can spend time with them more than I do? Plus we're only 20, give us a break." I dismiss him and lay Teddy down. If they want another kid around, why don't they have one?
I lay Teddy down, wrap him in his sleeping bag, and kiss the top of his head. There's not a single day that I regret having Teddy. He's brought so much light and love into my life I thought I could never feel. He's finally getting to the age where I feel more comfortable about leaving him with his grandparents for an extended period. I was thinking after our year anniversary, Ana and I could go on a second honeymoon.
I'll only be 21 next month what's a couple more years like when we turn 25 or 26. Only last week my mom was asking the same thing. What's the hurry? I shake my head to rid myself of the thoughts and head back out to the campfire.
I notice Danny and Maddie have run off somewhere. Ever since the Coping Together Ball they have been inseparable but neither one wants to say that they're together. They both seem to have 'relationship phobia', whatever it is they both seem happy.
Taylor and Gail retired a while ago to do their own thing. Elliot, Kate, Mia and Jess are huddled together having their private conversation. Then I notice Ana is missing. "Where's Ana?" They all stop talking and look guilty.
"She said she was going for a walk and that she had one the 'trees' with her," Kate informs me.
Maybe my girl wants to have a little tryst on the beach. "Could you guys listen out for Teddy while I go look for her?"
"Yeah, no problem." I'm brushed off by them and ask Thomas, one of the security guys where she went. Just as I thought, she went to the beach. She's laying down on a blanket, hands resting behind her head, gazing at the stars. I go and lay down next to her.
"Hey, why didn't you tell me you were coming here?"
"Wanted to clear my head" She responds, not looking at me.
"About what?" I ask concerned.
She sighs, "Nothing."
"Really?" I rest my hand on her breast and nibble her ear.
"I have ways of making you talk Anastasia." She quickly moves away from me to sit up and wrap her arms around her legs. I sit back up, confused by what's going on.
"Did something happen? Because you were fine thirty minutes ago." She still won't answer me. "Come on baby, talk to me."
"Who's with Teddy?"
"Everyone but Danny and Maddie." She nods
"I don't like how you assumed what I wanted." Huh?
"What are you talking about?" I'm so thrown off with her change of mood.
"About having another kid. You decided for both of us that we wanted to wait. You never once talked to me about it."
"Oh, come on Ana. For one they were practically hoping that you and I would make another baby tonight. Shit, even mom got on me the other day. You know better than anyone how busy we are. You know it's not time."
"So you made the decision on your own?" She questions finally looking at me her eyes empty and filled with no emotion.
"No Ana, I didn't. I gave them my thoughts. I'm not ready for another one yet."
"And if I was?"
"Are you?" She shrugs. "See you don't even know, so the point is moot."
"Moot?" I see a tiny half smile. I don't know what it is about that word that we both find funny.
"Yes, moot. Can we shelve this discussion for another day and go back to having fun?"
"Fine, I just wished you would have talked to me first before telling everyone your 'thoughts'. You should have just told them to back off and said we don't know." I sigh, she's right I should've talked to her first, but it doesn't change how I feel.
"You're right, I'm sorry. Forgive me?" I put my hand out.
"Always do." She doesn't sound believable, but I let it go, and, she shakes my hand. After a couple of minutes of silence, I push her down onto the blanket and get on top of her. I capture her lips to mine, putting my hand up her shirt, massaging her right breast. I push my hardened member into her as she lightly moans below me. I'm about to reach down her pants when she stops me.
"As much as I like this, do you think we can take this to the tent where we're not being watched?"
"Mmmm…" I say against her lips. "It's never bothered you before."
"Shut up!" She pushes against my shoulders for me to get up.
Ana:
I finally manage to get Christian off of me, and we head back to the campsite. I'm still slightly upset with Christian for taking it upon himself to make the decision to wait to have more kids. When the subject comes up once in a blue moon, he's never said anything like what he did today. I don't want to wait five years, I don't want there to be a huge age gap between Teddy and his siblings. I sighed and decided just to shelve it for now. There's no point of arguing, and plus there's time for him to change his mind.
We get back to the site, and Elliot and Kate are the only ones left by the fire. Kate gives me a worried look and mouths 'are you ok?' I nod and smile at her. I knew they could tell I was upset with the conversation.
"Thanks for keeping an ear out for Teddy you guys," Christian tells them.
"No prob, C. Kate and I are going to hit the hay. If the tent is a rockin' don't come a knockin,'" Elliot says wiggling his eyebrows.
"Really Elliot?" Kate says
"What? There gonna do the same thing… come on lovely, let's go. Night"
I shake my head at them, and Elliot pulls Kate to their tent. "Night."
"Shall we?" Christian gestures to our tent.
"We shall."
We enter the tent, and I go over to Teddy who's sleeping soundly and give him a kiss on the head. Then make my way to our side of the tent. Christian and I have a small mat underneath our double sleeping bag.
Christian undresses in a flash and standing before me gloriously naked. I gulp in anticipation. He moves inside the sleeping bag and pats the spot next to him. I pull my shirt over my head and unhook my bra, his eyes watching my every move. I decide to remove my sweatpants and panties at a snail's pace.
"Ana," Christian groans "You're killing me."
I giggle and kick my pants off, and they land on his face. I notice he sniffs my panties as I climb into the sleeping bag. His lips crash to mine, while he pulls me on top of him.
"We need to be quiet," Christian whispers against my lips.
I nod as I go to kiss him again. I rub myself against his massive hard cock. He moans, and I line myself up and slide him into me.
"Ahh…" I know that was loud, but I don't care, it's always an amazing feeling when he fills me. It's the best feeling in the world.
"Shh…" He tells me, smiling behind those grey orbs. "You feel so good, baby. I want you to ride me."
He captures one of my nipples in his mouth. I bounce on top of him, his hands grabbing my ass, helping me along. He then pulls my head down to his, kissing me hard, taking over the pumping action. It's not long before we both go over the edge at the same time.
Sated, I lay my head in the crack of his neck, with him still inside of me as we fall asleep. I don't know what time it is when I wake up, in the same position I fell asleep in. It's still dark, but I can tell the sun is starting to come out.
"Babe, if you keep wiggling like that I'm going to have to take you again," Christian says sleepily and thrusts into me.
"I'm not stopping you..." I kiss him, and we make love once again.
When we're done, I quickly get dressed so I can run to the bathroom. I really have to pee now. Teddy is still sleeping soundly when I go past him.
On my way to the toilet, Kate catches up to me.
"You're up early," I tell her. She looks like a zombie, her hair is a total rat's nest.
"I would have slept longer but was woken up by 'faster Christian, faster,'" She moans.
"You're full of shit! We were really quiet," I say shocked.
"Maybe, but you do realize there's no other noise out here. So you guys came through pretty clearly."
I blush, I didn't think of that. It is pretty eerie quiet out here.
"It's ok. I made Elliot take me so I could block you guys out."
We enter the bathrooms, and I relieve myself, then go to the sink to brush my hair and teeth.
"You could have told me how frightful my hair was," Kate complains pushing the brush through her hair.
"Sorry, I thought you knew." I shrug.
Maddie comes waltzing in a few minutes later and pulls out her toothbrush.
"Thanks, Ana, for the 6 am wake up call."
"Shut up. I tried to be as quiet as I could."
"Sure you did… then Kate and Elliot…" Maddie is cut off my Mia
"Ugh, then you and Danny" She sticks her finger in her mouth and makes a gagging noise.
"How I wish I had a boyfriend with me. Jess and I our moving our tents as far away from you guys." She shakes her head grossed out. "My brothers… eww."
"Sorry Mia," I say.
"I thought it was hot." Jess quips. "It made me miss Cole."
"Really Jess? I'm going to go clean my ears out of all this filth."
Mia walks to the showers, Jess just shrugs and pulls out her brush.
"Was Teddy the only one not to wake up this morning?"
"Oh please you know Teddy could sleep through an earthquake and a rave going on. He's been like that since he was a baby," Maddie answers. "Good thing too, because I'm sure mommy and daddy were always shaking those walls back in Boston." She laughs.
"Those walls were paper thin." I shake my head the memory.
Next thing I know Gail comes walking out of the showers with a towel on her head and dressed for the day. I didn't even know she was in here.
"At least you guys don't have to stay in the same house as them. I mean who do you think gets to watch Teddy while they go 'wash up' for dinner." She winks at me and laughs.
I know she doesn't mind I've asked her before. That's why she's the best, she's been like a second mom to me. And it's not like it's all the time.
"I'm going to get breakfast started." And then she's gone.
When we're all finished getting ready, we head back to the site. The guys are setting up the picnic table, while Gail makes eggs on the griddle over the campfire. Teddy is at the table eating his weight in watermelon. I walk up to Christian and wrap my arms around him resting my head on his chest. His hair is still damp from a shower.
"What took you guys so long?" He leans down and kisses the top of my head.
"There are only three showers, and we were busy talking. Did you know everyone heard us this morning?" I bury my face more into his chest. God, he smells good.
"Yeah, that's what the guys told me." He chuckles. He lowers his head to mine so only I can hear. "What was I supposed to do when I woke up inside of you?"
I look up at him and smile "I guess you're right." I kiss his cheek and go sit down next to Teddy, who is covered in watermelon juices from his head to his toes. Well, I guess we're going to need to hose him off.
"You are a mess, little man," I tell him, and all I get is a little toothy grin as he goes back to chowing down on his watermelon.
After breakfast, we rent the bikes for our biking adventure. Christian's bike has a small trailer attached to it for Teddy to ride in.
"Teddy is so lucky. He just gets to sit back and enjoy the ride," Kate complains.
"You'll survive Kate," Danny yells at her.
After a 10-mile bike ride we're all exhausted, expect for Teddy. After lunch, the guys decide to play basketball, and we girls are going to go lay on the beach and relax.
"I could use a day at the spa after this," Kate says, putting her sunglasses on and laying down.
"I'm with you on that," Maddie agrees.
"I'm sure we can work something out on Monday when we get back." I offer.
"Sounds like heaven." Mia chimes in.
"So, Ana, are you really okay after you ran off yesterday? After the whole baby thing?"
"Yes, Kate I'm fine. I agree in part I want to wait, maybe not as long as he's thinking but in time."
I really don't want to talk about this right now.
"I don't know what you guys are worried about, your wonderful parents," Mia says.
"Guys, it's up to Christian and me. What we want. Plus it would mean more work for Gail. She's part of the reason Teddy is so great."
"When you guys are ready I have no problem watching another little one..and thank you, Ana." She smiles at me and pats my arm. I'm not looking forward to this conversation when we get home.
"Let's talk about something else, please," I beg
"Okay, Maddie? You and Danny what's going on?" Kate asks making Maddie moan.
"Really? Let's talk about Jess and Cole…"
"Oh no. I want to know what's going on just as much as everyone else," Jess jibes.
"We're just having a good time. I really like him. Sometimes I forget that he's younger than I am, by a lot, because he makes me feel so young." She's blushing, she's as red as a tomato.
"Well, knowing Danny as long as I have, I can tell he feels the same way. You two are perfectly matched," I tell her, trying to reassure her.
"I don't know…"
"She's right, he's never been like this with anyone. I mean you know we were—whatever—in high school, he was never smitten with someone like he is with you. His face always lights up when you come into a room. It's almost blinding. He's always making googly eyes at you. It reminds me of Ana and Christian."
"Oh like Elliot doesn't make goo-goo eyes over you." That was Gail.
"They're right Maddie. He asked me just last week how to make almond crusted chicken," She adds.
"Oh, with those cheesy potatoes?" Gail nods.
"Yeah, he made it for me Thursday night. I was taken aback about by it."
"See the man cooked for you, he doesn't even do that for himself." I laugh. "Maybe he could teach Christian something."
"Ana, I would like to keep my kitchen in one piece and not burned down., thank you," Gail chastises me.
"Yes, Gail." I bow my head a pout.
She does have a point. It is pretty scary whenever Christian is in the kitchen. I still remember that time he tried to make pancakes for me. The apartment didn't smell right for weeks afterward.
Later when we get back to the campsite, Danny whisks Maddie away. When they come back an hour or so later there holding hands and making eyes at each other.
"We have decided to become an official couple," Danny announces.
"It's about time," Elliot says.
Everyone cheers and gives them hugs. I'm so happy for them.
That night was almost the same as the night before, drinking, games, talking. Before it really got dark Christian and I took Teddy on a nature walk. He loves looking for animals and different kinds of bugs.
Sunday we spent the day hiking and swimming. While at the beach, we built this huge sandcastle with the help from one of the security guys, Nolan. He told us used to competitions building sandcastles when he lived in Ocean City, Maryland. He is now Teddy's new best friend.
We left early Monday morning to go home. As promised the girls went to the spa. It felt so good to get pampered. I feel like a brand new woman.
That night after we got Teddy to bed, and after an intense round of love making and fucking, my head rests against Christian's chest. I decided it's the time to bring up the elephant in the room.
"How long were you thinking of waiting before we have another baby?"
"You want to talk about this now?" He groans frustrated.
"Yeah, might as well. I let it go two days ago, but it's weighing on my mind. So yes now." I sit up and wrap the sheet around me. He runs his hands over his face and then through his hair.
"I don't know Ana. Like five years or so. I'm hoping things will slow down a little at work. I know I'm home more now, but I really would like to be around even more if we have another one. I mean we've been talking about expanding to New York. Maybe by then you can stay home…"
"Stay home? That's not something I want Christian. Maybe cut back my hours more, but you know I like to work just as much as you do."
"You could work from home…" I raise my hand to cut him off.
"Just stop. You know working isn't the problem Christian, and you know it."
"I would like just more time just you and me. Teddy's getting older and we could leave him for longer periods of time with my parents. We never had that chance to be just me and you."
"It will never just be you and me. Even if we run away for a week or two, we're both going to think about Teddy while we're gone. Call and check in. I don't want a huge age gap between the next one and Teddy. Plus if we have more kids now we will only be in our 40's when they are eighteen. GEH should run itself, and we can do whatever we want then."
"Ana. Please. Maybe I'll change my mind later, but I'm not ready yet. I want to spend more time at home. I would love just to see Teddy more than I do. Can we come back to this at a later date?"
"Just understand I am ready. Maybe not this minute or this year, but definitely before I'm 25." I lay back down and look at the ceiling.
"Do you wish sometimes we didn't have Teddy?" I say dreading the answer. "That maybe he should have come later in our lives?" There's not a day that goes by for me that I'm not glad to have Teddy in our lives.
"No!" he yells. "No, Ana I don't!" He quickly gets out of bed, still deliciously naked, pacing the floor. He's angry. I guess I should have seen it coming.
"Christian…"
"No Ana. Is that what you think? Because I'm not ready for another baby right now. For Pete's sake, we're only 20." He slips on a pair of pajama bottoms and continues to pace.
"No, it's not what I think. I'm just confused Christian, I was just asking."
"Why would you ask then?" He stops pacing and stares at me.
"Because of the way you're talking like 'it's never been me and you, we never have any time.' So excuse me for wondering." I tell him crossing my arms.
"Fine, sometimes I wish he came later in life. Is that what you want to hear? But I NEVER regret having him. EVER!" I can feel the heat of his anger coming off of him.
"Okay." I put my hands up defensively. "It was just a question."
"A pretty stupid one. I need to go get some work done." He grabs a t-shirt to put on.
"Don't walk out of here just because you don't like my stupid question. All I did was try to understand why you have such a reluctance to another baby."
"I'm just not ready Ana. Drop it. I'm going to go get some work done. You should get some sleep we have an 8 o'clock department head meeting. He's calmed down a little bit.
"What about you?" I ask willing him to come back to bed. I don't like going to sleep mad.
"You know I need less sleep than you. I'll see you in the morning."
With that, he's gone. I finally get myself to sleep sometime after midnight, to be woken up by Christian playing the piano. I look over at the clock on the nightstand where it reads 2 am. I know he hasn't been to sleep yet. I wander into the great room and watch him play. It's a sad tune.
I do understand some of his reasons for wanting to wait. I just want him to know why I don't want to wait as long. I could drag this out, stay mad at him, but I won't. It's not who I am. I think I could work on changing his mind with time. Let him see the positives of having one sooner than later. I go and sit next to him and lay my head on his shoulder, while he finishes playing the song.
When he finishes, he puts his arm around me and pulls me closer kissing the top of my head. "I don't want to fight with you about this. All I ask is you keep an open mind." I tell him circling my arms around him.
"I don't want to fight either. I'm sorry for just leaving. I'll keep an open mind, but right now…" He shakes his head.
"I get it. We'll shelve this for now."
"I could never regret having Teddy…" He whispers.
"I know. I'm sorry. You show it to me every day. I was confused, and it's something we never really talked about." He nods.
"Let's get to bed…" He stands up taking my hand and leading me to the bedroom. I know my question is still weighing on his mind, but there was a part of me that needed to know. I knew it wouldn't change a thing. Christian is a great father to Teddy. They have a bond that can't be messed with.
Getting under the covers, Christian pulls me to him like he does every night. "I love you…" I whisper as I start drifting to sleep.
"I love you too baby." And I'm out.
The next morning we wake up late. We asked Gail to get Teddy up, so we could quickly shower and dress to get to the meeting. Teddy was up eating breakfast so we kiss him goodbye. Oh, those pancakes look good.
"Don't worry I had Andrea order some pastries, croissants, and bagels," Christian tells me reading my mind. "I saw you drooling." He smiles at me.
"Thank God, I'm starving." Christian opens the door to his R8 for me. On the days he drives the R8, Taylor, and Sawyer follow behind.
We arrive at Grey House at 7:45 and go straight to the 20th-floor conference room. Andrea comes in and hands us both coffee. She's even got my favorite Mocha latte.
"Oh, you're my lifesaver, Andrea." This woman is worth her weight in gold. And only one of the few people that can put up with my husband's moods.
"No problem, Mrs. Grey." She leaves while I grab a cherry Danish. Ros comes in and sits down next to me.
"How was the camping trip? I'm bummed I couldn't make it. It had to be better than visiting Gwen's family all weekend." She groans.
She and Gwen have been together for six months now. She's as spunky as Ros.
"It was good. Teddy had a blast, and it was relaxing not having to worry about work." I tell her.
"Next time I'll be there. If we can ever get Mr. Mogul on another vacation," She says looking at Christian who isn't paying any attention to us, going through e-mails on his blackberry.
"I'm sure we'll work something out."
Soon enough everyone comes in so we can start the meeting. I hate these meetings, they're boring, and everyone but Ros is afraid to speak their minds. Don't they know Christian is just a puppy in wolf's clothing?
So, we have Mike from accounting. He's 38 years old, a little on the heavy side, with jet black hair that's greased back, and a full bread. He just started working here when Joe Mitchell our former head of accounting left to move to D.C with his family. I liked Joe, he was brilliant at his job. This guy, I'm wondering how he even got this far. He always looks at me like I'm gum on his shoes. Well, he's about to hate me even more.
"Mr. Anderson, I need to address your team. The latest tax forms were a mess, filled with errors. Then there's the bookkeeping for Coltech, I have no idea where you got any of your numbers from, but you have them in $75,000 in the red when they should be in the black. I would like you to recheck all your books, starting with Coltech."
He looks absolutely positively annoyed with me. If I weren't looking right at him, I would have missed the eye roll.
"You have something to say, Mr. Anderson?" Christian snaps. I guess he didn't miss the eye roll.
"No Sir. I'll get right on it," He says taken aback.
"Good, because if it's not fixed by the end of the week, it will be your job. Understand?"
"Yes, sir." He nods and I roll my eyes this time. I glance over his way and see him throwing daggers at me. Whatever. You can look at me like that till you're blue in the face. You're the one that got yourself in this mess, not me. Have I mentioned how much I love these meetings?
The meeting finally ends, and I decide to go to the break room for another cup of coffee. I stop at the entrance when I see Mike and Henry from marketing talking.
"Who does that girl think she is? I've been doing this job for almost 15 years. I know what I'm doing. I don't need some little girl riding the coattails of her husband to tell me how to do my job."
"You know she helped him build this company right? If you didn't want to work with her why did you take this job?" Henry asks him.
"I needed the job, and I thought I would be working with Mr. Grey, not Mrs. Grey. Shouldn't she be downstairs filing or answering phones? This is a man's world. She might be a hot little piece of ass, but she needs to know her place."
I decide now is the time to walk in.
"This might be a man's world, but I'm as good as or even better than any guy in my field of work. For one I know you're lazy and don't do half the work you need to do to get things done on time. I know Sheila is the one doing most, if not all the grunt work. I know when you were hired your resume was remarkable with glowing recommendations. Which is why you were hired, but I have no idea what you are doing. Maybe it's that affair you're having with your wife's sister that has you slacking."
Chew on that.
"How did you know about that?" He's shocked and if anything a little scared. I see Henry trying hard not to laugh.
"I have my ways. It's what makes me good at my job. Plus it helps I remember everything. You know that your e-mails at GEH are monitored, and certain words are flagged. Especially when e-mails look like they belong on some porn site. Now, it's none of my business what you do at home, but when it affects your work here, it does become my problem. Now instead of whining about working for some woman who seems to know a lot more than you. Why don't you fix the problem? Then maybe you'll be able to keep your job. Have a nice day gentlemen." I turn around to leave, and I can hear Henry laughing.
"Oh, you got told."
When I turn around the corner, I run into a brick wall of muscle.
"Hey, baby. I was starting to worry about you." Christian smiles at me, holding me in his arms.
"I was just having a pep talk with the staff," I smirk.
"Yeah? I wanted to see you before my next meeting. I realized that I haven't kissed you all morning, really kissed you." He leans down and smashes his lips to mine, my hands going straight for his hair. Usually, we don't show PDA in the middle of the office, but besides the gentleman in the break room, nobody is around. I could care less if they catch us.
"Children." I hear murmured behind me. I pull myself away from Christian's lips and look over at Mike and Henry. Henry has a small smile on his face. He's who I call my work Elliot. He's serious when it comes to doing his job, but is always good for a laugh.
I narrow my eyes at Mike. "Can I help you, Mr. Anderson?"
"No Mrs. Grey."
"Good then I suggest you get back to your department and fix the issues that I told you about."
"Yes, Mrs. Grey." He says biting the inside of his cheek and turning to walk away. As soon as he leaves, Henry cracks up.
"Sorry. That was brilliant Mrs. G. I'll see you guys later." He walks towards the elevators.
Christian is looking at me confused. "Can I see you in my office, Mrs. Grey?"
"Of course, Mr. Grey." I purr and sashay my butt to his office. I get into his office with Christian right on my tail.
"Do I want to ask what that was about?" He says with a smile.
"Oh, just another day in the office. Trying to keep the staff in line. You know." I wave my hand.
"I guess it had to do with Mr. Anderson. Well, you can bet he will be on his ass come Friday. Even if he gets everything fixed which I know he won't I have Sheila Jensen ready to take over his spot."
"Good." I walk over to him and fix his tie. "Don't you have a meeting?"
"I do, but it's Arnold. He can wait. I just wanted to say I'm sorry for how I acted last night. Your question about Teddy just threw me. I hope you know how happy I am with our life…" I put my finger on his lips.
"I get it. It's over with." I stand on my tiptoes and kiss him. Next thing I know my butt is pressed against the desk, my skirt hiked up, and my panties were torn. Bastard, I liked those too. Good thing I started keeping spares in my office.
"Sit on the desk" I hop on the desk, he pushes me so I'm hanging off the edge. He kneels down and puts his face into my core. His tongue lapping up my juices.
"God baby, it's been too long since I last tasted you." He works his magic until I cum all over his face. While I'm busy coming down from my high, he thrusts himself into me with one fluid movement.
"Oh, baby, you always feel so good so tight." He pounds into me at a relentless pace as I wrap my legs around him to hold on.
"Oh, God, Christian…" I grip my hands into his hair and pull while he's kissing and sucking on my neck.
"I feel you baby, cum for me… I need you to cum…"
"Christian!" I scream out as I explode around him.
"Ana!" He calls out as he shoots his load deep inside of me. "I love you, baby."
"I love you too… animal." He releases me and puts himself back in his pants.
He smiles at me wildly. "I couldn't help it. Everything felt off this morning. We didn't have our usual makeup sex or morning sex."
"I feel you there. I guess this counts as both?" I smile, making my way to his bathroom to clean up. "I still wonder sometimes how we ever get any work done."
"We work all the time. Just we function better when we both don't have built up frustration." He calls out to me.
I get myself put back together and notice Arnold is sitting in front of Christian's desk.
"Mrs. Grey." He says sarcastically at me and smiles.
"Arnie, how's the wife and kids?"
"They're good Ana. I was just telling Christian that we have to get together and have dinner. Jenny will be home from London next week. She's dying to see you two and the little one."
"That sounds like a plan. I miss that girl, e-mails aren't enough."
Arnold Puffenbarger is our friend Jenny's father. I've known their family since middle school. I was bummed when Jenny couldn't make it to our wedding. She couldn't get away, she had a huge fashion show that weekend. Being an up-and-coming model she couldn't miss it. Arnold is the CEO of Seattle Independent Publishing. He started struggling last year trying to keep the company afloat. We decided to come in and help we bought the company from him while he remained the CEO. Together we turned the company around. Now it's the most profitable publishing company in Washington.
"Great. I'll let you know guys when." I walk over to kiss Christian's cheek. I smell myself slightly on him.
"Sounds wonderful. I got to go get some work done. I wouldn't want my boss yelling at me."
"Oh yeah, I hear he's a real pain in the ass," Arnie rags on.
"You have no idea." I smile and wink at Christian, making my way out of the office.
"I guess I set myself up for that one." Arnie laughs. I look back at Christian and notice him blushing.
"Bye Ana." He waves me out the door, to avoid me from saying anything else.
By Friday Mr. Anderson is fired. He didn't even try and fix the problems. I found out later through the grapevine that his wife caught him cheating and kicked him out. Then the wife's sister dumped him because he wasn't able to support her anymore. Sometimes I'm such a gossip.
Also the next chapter is a bit of drama… not too much.. Just enough to keep us on our toes… (and don't hate Christian too much from this chapter and the next.. he's still growing and learning.) that update is coming Thursday I hope. After that the updates will maybe only be once a week... I'm running out of ideas:) So if you have any send them this girls way...