The black metal handle is hot under my hand, and through the glass I can see Sofia walking away from the door, down the main hallway, a box in her pudgy arms. I pull open the door, and she hears it open, turns, and sees me. Her face goes momentarily blank. And then her hospitality kicks in, and she sets the box down on the floor and bustles toward me, arms extended to hug lets me go and stands with his hands in his pockets as I embrace her. She's the same as ever, medium height, carrying most of her extra weight in her hips, graying black hair coiffed into a thick helmet of hair-sprayed perfection.
"Sweetheart how come you never come to the library any more?"she asks while sounding a bit affronted.
"She's been busy.."Christian says while pulling me in closer.
suddenly aware of how I must look, how I must smell. I'm sure she can smell that I have been making out or maybe I am just paranoid since Christian and I had shared a rather passionate embrace in the elevator, see it in the rat's nest of my hair. I wish I'd had fixed my hair with a brush, but there's nothing to be done now.
"how are you sweetheart? Why, I haven't seen you in an age! I thought y'all would never come back to see us! Don't you look just beautiful, and my, oh my, who is this tall drink of water?" Sofia chatters nonstop, her accent thick as sludge and twanging like a plucked guitar string. Then she really sees Christian and she recognizes him. "Oh. Oh. Oh my…but you're—oh..oh my god..The Christian Grey?"
"Yes ma'am"Christian says politely.
"Why have a seat both of you I mean"and Sofia blushes some more.
"Hey Sofia we will catch up some other time,I am heading to Seattle tomorrow for a few days and wanted to burrow a good book from the library so it will keep me preoccupied while I stay there"
"Hmmm Ana would type of book would you prefer?"
"You know my type,classics I guess but I want to read something new for a change.."I answer honestly.
"Read At first sight by Danielle Steel or Best of me by Nicholas Sparks?"
"I will take Best of me,thanks"
and then Christian and I walk hand in hand out of the library,I ask Christian if he can drop me home but he says since we will be leaving early morning for Seattle tomorrow,he wants me to sleep at his place and I simply nod because I am too tired to argue.
"Baby"He says ever so softly to me and leans down to kiss my lips and I know I should move but I don't.
"Christian why do you keep doing that?"
"For practice baby since everyone back home thinks we are involved we should look like that too don't you think?"
"But do we really have to kiss for that?
"Yes and we will have to much more.."he whispers seductively but I tell him that I need to wake up early and so I am going to sleep in the guest room.
"Sleep with me?"
"Grey is that how you ask women to sleep with you,no wonder you had such horrible luck"I say while smirking.
"Ana this isn't how I ask a girl if she wants to sleep with me,this is how I ask you"
"And for the other girls?"
"Hmmm,I just do this" and then lifts me up and starts kissing my neck with fervor,"woah okay stop I get it"