A/N: Sorry for taking so long with this update. I literally went through this 15 times and changed a lot of things! Enjoy
Christian's POV
I hear Chanelle scream from inside of the restaurant. I ran out and her friends followed me. I see Gideon crossing the street with Chanelle draped across his shoulder. He throws her in the back of his SUV and pull of quickly. DAMNIT! This can't be happening right now. I walk back into the lobby and I see everyone looking at me.
"Did she..." Kellie couldn't find the words.
"No. She was taken by Gideon. I seen him throw her in the back of his car." I said while running my hands through my hair. I see Heather fall to the ground and begin to cry.
"This is all of my fault. I let my anger get the best of me and I knew she was going to run away because anytime I speak my mind, it irritates her." Heather is placing the blame on herself but in all actuality, I should have went for her. "We have to get her back!" Heather says through her tears.
"I can't risk you girls getting hurt. I'd rather you girls go home and wait it out." I say. I don't want them to get hurt. Jules walked up to me and showed me her military I.D.
"I can assure you Mr. Grey that all of these girls have been fully trained by me to handle the most toughest situations. Did Chanelle tell you she can handle a sniper rifle?" She asked me. I shook my head. I'm very anti-gun but I guess it is for her own good.
"Ok fine but I don't want any of you getting hurt." I say and they all smile.
"Oh don't worry about us Grey. We have our ways." Kellie says. The girls go out of the door and head for a van sitting in front of the hotel. I wonder what they are doing. My phone rings and it's Chanelle calling.
"Chanelle?" I say with excitement but then I get angry.
"Nope but she is...tied up at the moment. You never mentioned how absolutely gorgeous she looks bonded." Gideon says while laughing.
"What do you want Cross?"
"I want you to head back to Seattle and leave Chanelle here with me. She doesn't want you Grey." He spits out. I begin to chuckle a little bit and even though she didn't sign a contract to become my submissive, I can pretend she did. "What's so funny Grey?"
"She doesn't want me? Well, if she didn't want me, she wouldn't have agreed. She is legally mine Cross and I can have you arrested for stolen property. See Cross, we are both in the same boat. High powered with a lot of skeletons in our closets. Give me back Chanelle!" He begins to laugh and I become more concerned and angry.
"See it's not so...WHAT THE FUCK?!" He screamed in the phone as glass shattered in the background. "FUCK! MY LEG!" I hear a door open and slam against the wall. I hear a familiar voice in the background.
"We told you not to fuck with Chanelle and you didn't heed our warning Cross now you are laying here with a bullet in the fucking leg. How does it feel you bastard?" That's Jules! I'm grateful for her friends but they are pretty violent. The phone moves and I catch my breath.
"We have her! Cross was stupid enough to bring her back to his place. We are on our way back to the hotel." Kellie said as she hung up. I loosened my tie and made my way up to the room. Once there, i'm going for the brandy. I pour a little bit into a glass and down it. I'm going to have to double security for us while we are here. There was a knock on the door. I walk up to go answer it and it was the girls and Chrissy had Chanelle in her arms. She handed her over and Heather walked up to me.
"Please take good care of her Grey. She has been through hell and back with Gideon and I don't want a repeat incident. None of us do. She is like our younger sister and we will do anything to protect her and i'm sorry about tonight. I shouldn't have grilled you like that." She looks down and I give her a nod.
"All is forgiven Heather. I thank you and the rest of the girls for your help." She turns and walks away. I close and lock the door. I walk to the room and lay her on the bed and I sit down, watching her. Such a beautifully broken angel. I want to fix everything in her life but how can I when I haven't even dealt with the situations in my life?
Chanelle's POV
I blink my eyes open and sit up quickly. I begin to run and bang on the door. "HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!" I feel strong arms on me and I kick and scream! "GET OFF ME GIDEON! PLEASE? LET ME GO!" I feel gentle hands in my hair and a soft kiss planted there. I look around and I noticed i'm back at the hotel. I breathe in and smell Christian and began to relax.
"You sure know how to wake someone up." He says with a hint of humor. I drop down to my knees and began to cry. "It's ok Chanelle. You're with me now. No need to cry." His words were soft and gentle.
"When did I come back?" I asked. I was confused. All I remember was being hit and thrown into the back of the Bentley.
"A few hours ago. Your friends saved you." I got to thank Jules. She had that plan in place since the breakup.
"Where did he take me?" I asked again. Christian sat on the floor with me.
"His place."
"How fucking predictable! He is now known as the worst abductor in history!" Christian and I both began to snicker. He looks at me and runs his hands through my hair. "Christian...you...you shouldn't be with me. I'm just too much trouble." He holds my head between his hands and looks at me
"I'm just glad that you are safe and unscathed sort of. Things could have gone differently you know." He says.
"At least I know nothing major happened but I can't make any guarantee that he won't try something like this again. Actually, there is someone I need to see tomorrow. Right now, I just want to snuggle up in the sheets and watch Vampire Diaries and Scandal on Netflix." I say while stretching upward. He begins to tickle me and I fall to the floor. "HAHAHAHAHA! Christian stop it! Stop! Ahhh! Christian?! Stop I can't breathe!" He stops and picks me up and puts me in the bed. He kisses me gently and then backs away then he comes and kisses me with such hunger. I lean into it and moan in his mouth. I move my hands upward and lock them. Christian lifts up my shirt and reveals my black and white lace bra. He smiles as he kisses downward. He gets up and lays on the bed. I roll over and put my hands on each side of his head and kiss him.
"Are you sure about this Chanelle?" Christian asks with concern. I smile and look at him.
"I have never been so sure in my life." I say. He smiles and we go under the covers.
The morning came and it was a gray, dull, lifeless New York morning. I grab the shirt that Christian was wearing and walk over to the window. It's snowing a little and I see people scurrying to get where they need to be. I grab my cell and walk out to the living room and I begin to make coffee. While i'm waiting for the coffee to finish I decided to dance. I put on 'Alone' by Sistar. I love this song because before I left for Seattle, Aisha and I would do the dance in the living room of my parents house. I began to do the dance and i'm in my own world. I went to drop my leg to the side and I feel hands run up my leg. I stop and turn into him.
"Good morning Mr. Grey. Did I wake you?" He smiled and ran his fingers through his hair and kissed my forehead.
"Yes but what I walked out seeing was well worth it." He says while walking over to get to mugs out of the cabinet. He pours coffee into the mugs and there was a knock at the door. "Did you order breakfast?" I bit my lip and walked away to put some sweats on. I came back and he laid out our breakfast on the dinning table.
"I took the liberty of ordering us breakfast and I chose for you if that's ok." I said looking into his eyes.
"That's fine. What do you have planned for today?" He asked me. I can't let him know i'm confronting Eva about Gideon but I hate lying to him.
"I'm not sure. I was hoping I could accompany you to the Crossfire building. You could use my interior decorating expertise." I say in hopes that I could see Eva. Christian's face is expressionless. Fuck! I hope he isn't mad that I made that suggestion.
"Out of the question Chanelle. Gideon will be there and i'm already pissed at him for taking you. I am not letting him get that close to you again." He says forcefully. Fuck! I need a plan B. Think Chanelle!
"Well then, I will go to a spa and pamper myself." Though not a full lie but i'm still going to Crossfire to talk to Eva.
"Great! I'm going to get dressed to meet with that fucker Cross." He says and gives me a kiss on the cheek and walks away. I run into the spear bedroom with my phone and try to book a car for the day since Christian was taking the one we were sharing. I manage to get a Mercedes CLK for a cheap price too. "Chanelle! I'm leaving. I'll see you later." Christian yells out.
"Ok. Have fun! Don't kill anyone please?" I yell back. He laughs and closes the door. I hop in the shower really quick and wash up. After the shower I brushed my hair up in a ponytail and stood in front of the closet. He must have unpacked our bags. I decided on a simple long sleeve black dress and my Jessica Simpson nude pumps. I pulled out my black trench coat and did my make up. I got the call from my driver saying he was here and I left the room. Today should be an interesting one.
I get downstairs and I see the black Mercedes sitting in the front of the hotel and I smiled.
"CHANELLE!" I heard someone yell out. I turn around and I see Kellie getting ready to start her shift.
"Hey! What's up?" I asked. She is studying me up and down making sure I was ok.
"You look hot. Where are headed?" She asked. I can't tell her I am going to see Eva. She would kill me.
"Ummm...i'm meeting up with my dad and Christian for lunch then going to do a bit of shopping." I say. She eyes me suspiciously and nods.
"Oh ok! Have fun. I'm her till 11:30. Come visit me." Kellie said. I smiled and headed out the door. I walked out and the driver hops out of the car and opens the back door. I slide in and waited for him to get back in. When he gets in, he starts the car.
"Where to ma'am?" He asked.
"The Crossfire Building. I have some business there." I said forcefully but I didn't mean to say it like that. He nods and pulls out into the New York Traffic. I look out the window and begin to remember all the good times I had in this city. Catching the subway had to be the most confusing though.
"We are here ma'am. Am I to wait for you?" I look up and I see the Audi Q7 sitting there.
"Yes. I won't be long." I said. He got out and opened the door. I put on my Coach shades and walked in the building. I walked up to the security desk and said I had an appointment with Mark Garrity which was Eva's boss. Security gave me a visitor's pass and I headed up to the office.
I walk in the door and I see the receptionist. "Excuse me. I am here to see Eva Tramell. My name is Chanelle Howard-Jones." The receptionist eyes me and makes a phone call. She looks at me and hangs up the phone.
"She'll be right with you. Please take a seat." She says and I smile at her. I hear someone walking and I see a blond come out of nowhere.
"Well! Well! looked what the cat dragged in? Hello Chanelle." I can't stand this bitch. We were friends but she broke the number one chick rule...Never date the same guy your friend broke up with. I stand up and give her air kisses.
"Eva. It's lovely to see you again. I was wondering if we could talk. How about lunch?" I say. I just want her to know that I have no interest in Gideon and now that we aren't friends (and now business partners) that she can have the slime ball.
"Sure. Let me get my purse." She walks away and I'm waiting. She comes back a few minutes later. "Where would you like to go?"
"Anywhere." We both decided on going to a deli not far from here. We get to the elevator and catch it down. As we hit the ground floor, I got this erie feeling like I was being watched. Both of our cell phones went off. I got a text from Christian.
YOU ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE CHANELLE!
Fuck! I knew I was being watched from the moment I stepped foot into the building. I rolled my eyes and Eva laughed.
"I take it you got an angry text message." She asked I smirked and shook my head yes. We finally got to the deli and had a seat after we got out food. "Listen Chanelle! I know we aren't on the best of terms but you have to understand that I'm falling for Gideon and he doesn't want you anymore." She say and I begin to laugh. "What's so funny?"
"I actually brought you here to tell you about the extra curricular activities your darling Gideon has been involved in." She stops eating and takes a sip of her water.
"You had sex with him recently?!" That was an incredibly stupid question.
"No Eva. Did he tell you he was going to Seattle for a few days?" I looked up and her face went pale.
"No. He didn't. Why was he in Seattle?" She asked.
"Making my life even more of a living hell than it already is. He destroyed my house Eva and tried to rape me again." Her face goes red.
"I don't believe you!" She gets up and walks away.
"Ask him Eva. Wouldn't hurt." I say as I get up and follow her out. She stopped dead in her tracks and I look up and I see Christian and Gideon standing there in front of their cars. Fuck! I know I'm in trouble. I noticed the Christian's eyes were focused on Eva. What is going on here?
"Chanelle, You are dating Christian Grey?" She asked. I nod slightly and she rolled her eyes. What the hell was that about? I am so confused.
"Hello Eva." Christian said. WHOA! What the hell did I miss?
"Um...yeah! How do you know each other by the way?" Eva looks at Gideon and looks to Christian.
"I worked for Christian for a little bit before moving to New York. So Christian are you still the biggest asshole ever or have you changed?" I shoot Eva a cold look and she is smiling. Gideon walks up in between me and Eva and places his hand on her shoulder.
"Well, this is an interesting turn of events. While you sort this out, I'm going to take my errant girlfriend back to work." Gideon grips up Eva and pulls her towards the Bentley.
"Oh Gideon! Make sure you tell her about how you kidnapped me yesterday. I'm sure she would love to hear all about it." I say. Christian grabs my arm and angrily whispers in my ear.
"Get in the car. Now!" I look at him and began to walk back to Crossfire.
"I have a car since you took the only car we had." I said. He grabs me again.
"Now you don't. Gideon thought it was a friend of his and the driver said he was driving you around. I paid him and sent him off. Now get in the fucking car Chanelle!" I snatched my arm away from him and climb in the back of the Q7. We pulled into the traffic and I looked out my window.
"What the fuck were you thinking Chanelle?" He yelled.
"Not now Christian." I said in an angry whisper. I don't want to talk in the car. I would rather us talk in the privacy of our own space.
"I asked you a question Chanelle." He spat out. I began to shake. I tried my hardest to calm down but it wasn't working.
"Not now Christian. We will talk back at the hotel." I can feel my voice raise in volume. He looked at me. Does this man think i'm really going to give him an answer right here right now? He must not know who I am.
"ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION! WHY WERE YOU WITH GIDEON'S GIRLFRIEND? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" He yelled out and like that I mentally blackout.
"WE WILL TALK IN THE FUCKING HOTEL ROOM CHRISTIAN! I'M NOT ABOUT SHOUTING MATCHES SO PLEASE JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP UNTIL WE ARE IN PRIVATE!" I spit out and I see his face go red. We arrived to the hotel and I jump out of the car and walked into the hotel. I hopped in the awaiting elevator and hit the button for the last floor. I see Christian stride toward the closing doors but he was too late. I made it to the room before he did. I kick off my shoes and go into the bathroom. I turn the tub on an set up a bath. I ran into our room and grab my iPod dock and iPod. I turned it all the way up, locked the bathroom door and get into the bathtub.
"CHANELLE! WHERE ARE YOU?" Christian yelled. I didn't pay any attention to his irate behavior but I let my problems melt away. I looked to my left and I see small bottles of Jack Daniels. "Ah JD! My best friend. You never let me down." I whispered to myself. I opened up one bottle and I down the amber liquid. It burns on the way down but it feels so good. I get out of the tub and I begin to dry myself off and put on my pajamas. I opened the second bottle and down it. I'm starting to feel tipsy but it feels good. I sit on the toilet lid and opened up the third bottle. I struggle with this one and I took four large sips. I went to open the bathroom door and I fell to my knees. Christian sees me and he comes running to make sure i'm ok.
"Are you drunk Chanelle? What have you been drinking?" He looks over and see 3 empty bottles of Jack Daniels on the bathroom floor.
"W-What's it to you Grey? Yo-yo-you don't like me! I think y-yo-you think I am a horrible person and I am (burp) ok with that." I look up into his eyes and I think i'm seeing double.
"Come on Chanelle! You need water." He picks me up and move me into the room. I flop on the bed.
"Christian! Wh-Why are you so mean to me?" I said pointing to my chest. I begin to giggle and he walks out of the room. When he leaves, I grab one of his work shirts and take off my sweat pants. I walk out of the room and stumble to the kitchen. He turns around and let's out a sigh.
"Chanelle what are you doing?" I stalk over to him with grace and balance and put my hands on the granite counter top.
"I want you to take me. Posses me. I want to be-be-be everything you want." I go to kiss him on the cheek and he moves.
"Chanelle you are incredibly drunk and have no idea what you are talking about." He walks away and I fall. I stood up slowly and realize the room is spinning too fast. Oh I think i'm going to be sick. I forgot what JD does to me. I double over and fall to my knees again. I can see the world go dark. I fade in and out. Shit! I need to stop this and I fall to my side. Passed out.
Christian's POV
It's eerily quiet out in the room. I walk back and I see Chanelle on the floor. Passed out. Not breathing! Fuck! I dial the front desk and tell them to call the ambulance. I shouldn't have made a scene with her. I knew she was fragile. I led her to drink a lot and now this is where she is. Way to go Grey! You are making this girl's life even more of a living hell than it already is! I shake my head and I drop to my knees. I grab her hands and kiss the back of them.
"Stay with me Chanelle. Please don't leave me. I am so sorry! I knew I should have trusted you." I'm resisting the urge to shake her. There was knock on the door and the medics rush in to check her. For once in my life i'm scared. What's wrong with this beautiful angel? The medics ask me what happened and the one medic recognized her. She silently shook her head. "Not again." She whispered.
"What's wrong with her?" I ask in a panic.
"Mr. Grey she has alcohol poisoning. We must take her to the hospital immediately." They place her on the stretcher and run out of the room. I grab my jacket and followed them. We reach the first floor and I see Kellie standing there with her mouth wide open. She takes off her apron and runs with the medics.
"What did you do Christian?" Kellie says with concern and a hint of anger.
"We got into an argument and it led her to drink. She has alcohol poisoning." Kellie's face goes pale.
"Fuck! It happened again! I'll ride in the back of the ambulance. They are more than likely going to take her to Lenox Hill because that's where her aunt works." Kellie yells to me. I hop in the back of the car and told the driver to follow the ambulance. How can I be so dumb. I rest my head on the window and began to think.
Chanelle's POV
My vision is blurred and my head hurts. I feel like I was ran over by a tractor trailer. I look around and I notice where I am. I see Kellie sitting next to me and Christian looking out the window.
"Can someone explain to me why on God's green earth am I laying in Lenox Hill Hospital right now?" I spit out.
"I think someone wants to apologize." Kellie said. She smiled and walked out of the room.
"Christian. What the hell happened?" I asked softly. He let's out a sigh and runs his fingers through his hair.
"We got into an argument, you got mad at me and stormed off to the room, took a bath and virtually drank yourself into a coma. Chanelle, you had alcohol poisoning." My eyes go wide and I begin to cry.
"Not again." I whisper. I try to stifle my sob but I couldn't. Christian ran over to me and held me.
"Everything will be ok Chanelle. This happened before?" I nodded my head yes.
"After the whole thing with Gideon, I was broken. I took a leave of absence from my job and I went on bender. There was no point in my day where I was sober. I drank from sun up till sun down. I almost destroyed Sammy's apartment at one point. I got alcohol poisoning and was in the hospital for a couple of days because not only did it affect my asthma, I was severely dehydrated. I was placed in rehab for about a month after getting out of the hospital. I learned to control my urges to drink but I drink when I'm in stressful situations." I wiped my face and turned away from Christian. "I'm an embarrassment to you, my friends and my family. Maybe coming back here was a bad call." I begin to silently cry and the bed sunk in a little.
"You are not an embarrassment to me or anyone else Chanelle. You have no idea how worried we are about you especially since we are on Gideon's turf. Anything can happen." He rubs my back and kisses my neck. I begin to relax a little and let out a sigh.
"I am so sorry Christian. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. I thought that if I could get through to Eva, I could somehow get Gideon off my back for once." I tried to sit up but my body wasn't allowing me to. I'm sore as hell. "So you were Eva's employer once?" I say trying to change the subject.
"I wasn't really proud of those days. She worked as one of my assistants. She was a hard worker but she never respected me. I don't know why but she had said that all I do is use woman." Christian shook his head as if it was a sour memory.
"She is a firecracker. We were friends until she went behind my back and started dating Gideon." I said as I rolled my eyes but I shouldn't have done that. I am incredibly dizzy and I almost passed out again but I caught myself and began to breathe in and out slowly.
"Some friend. Isn't that an unwritten rule? Thou shall not date idiot asshole ex boyfriends or bitchy girlfriends." Christian said. I began to laugh because he made it funny. "Chanelle?"
"Yes?"
"Promise me that you will limit your drinking? I want this to last. Even though I have know you only all of a week and a half, I would like to keep you around." Christian said with a quiet voice.
"After this, I can honestly say that this was my wake up call." I said with my eyes closed. The door to my room opens.
"Seriously Chanelle! When are you going to stop doing this to..." My aunt Claudia is silly. She took a peek at Christian and she was floored. "Hello! I'm Chanelle's aunt Claudia." Christian smiled and shook her hand.
"Christian Grey. Nice to meet you." Claudia looked into his eyes lovingly.
"Ummmmm...Claudia Jean Howard. I'm over here and he is taken!" I snapped my fingers and she shook her head. She looked at me and I shook my head. "Geez you did this when I brought He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned home."
"Well, he was gorgeous until that issue happened! Now I want to punch him in the face until it's completely rearranged." Christian gets wide eyed and I begin to laugh.
"You're in the clear for now. I had my doubts about you when you first walked in here and you told my staff what happened to Chanelle." Claudia begins to eye him up and down then she walked over to me. "Ok Chanelle. Are you feeling sore?"
"Yes. It hurts a lot and i'm thirsty. Go rectify this problem Aunt Claudia. Now!" I say jokingly. She gives me a stern look and I stop laughing. She begins to laugh. It works every time.
"I will get you your Cranberry juice and sprite hold your horses. I have to check your vitals. My darling brother wants you out of the hospital today." SHIT!
"Dad knows? Damnit! I'm fucked!" I say silently.
"Watch your language. You may be a young lady but I am still your elder!" I held my hand over my mouth. "Actually he is on his way now." I look at Christian and signal for him to leave while he can. Christian speeds toward the door and I hear him stop.
"Where do you think you're going? Get back in there!" Fuuuuuuuuuuck! Papa Bear is here.
"Yes sir!" Christian walks slowly back into the room and followed behind him is my dad.
"Hi daddy!" I say sweet like. He scowls at me and I sink into the sheets.
"Are you going on benders again Chanelle? What have I told you about excessive drinking?" He turns and begins to scowl at Christian. "And you! If you EVER yell at my daughter again, I will have your head mounted on my office wall. You got that?" My dad is really scary when he is angry. I tried to save Christian but he was a little too late. "What is this I hear you went to lunch with Eva?" I had to tell him the truth.
"I wanted her to know what her current boyfriend was doing. Gideon never gets shit through his head with me. Maybe she could do something." I said. My dad has ways of making you feel very small with just his soft words.
"Chanelle, Eva is a basket case too!" Not this argument again.
"SHE WAS RAPED BY HER STEP BROTHER DAD! HOW DOES THAT MAKE HER A BASKET CASE! Geez way to be sensitive." I said with a roll of my eyes. My dad knows how to push people's buttons.
"I...I didn't know that. Oh geez I feel horrible now." My dad turned away and Christian walked up to him and places a hand on his shoulder.
"Dad. It's ok! I was stupid for going up to her." I said while lowering my head. I knew coming here was going to be a problem. Now everyone I know and love is mad at me. "I just want to be by myself right now. Can you guys please leave?" A single tear falls down my face and Christian walks up to me and wipes my tear away.
"Talk to us Chanelle. What's on your mind?" Christian said. I look up at him and all of a sudden I hear yelling.
"YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE! YOU NEED TO FUCKING LEAVE!" My dad yells out. Who the hell is he talking to?
"Well! Pleasure to see you again Mr. Howard. How's your wife?" I find the strength to get out of my bed because I know that voice.
"Chanelle you need your rest." Christian says while holding me.
"No! He needs to leave!" I say. Christian holds on to me as I look up and see Gideon with a half smile on his face.
"Gideon you need to leave. NOW!" I say through clenched teeth.
"Now why would I want to do that? After Christian yelled at you to get in the car, I knew for sure you would drink yourself into a coma. I couldn't miss this." He says. I can feel Christian's hand tighten around mine.
"Gideon! I am so sick of you. I guess I need to beat your ass with my bat again to make you understand what 'stay away from my daughter' really means." My dad gets in his face. Gideon and my dad are nose to nose and i'm too weak to actually stop the fight.
"ENOUGH GIDEON! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM AND LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR SHIT!" He starts to let out this maniacal laugh.
"Oh Chanelle. You are absolutely irresistible when you are angry." Christian let my hand go and ran up to Gideon before you know it, Gideon was pinned up against the wall.
"You listen here asswipe! She is done with you and right now you are 5 seconds away from getting your head ripped off. I suggest you walk out this door and don't look back." Christian let him go and he fixed himself.
"This isn't over Chanelle. Not by a long shot. You do well to remember that." Gideon says as he walks out of the room. Claudia looked around the room and she instantly knew she needed to break the tension in the room.
"Good news! Chanelle you can leave today. Just try to take it easy for the rest of the day." She said and I continued to look out the window. She took my dad out in the hallway leaving only Christian and I in the room.
"This is becoming annoying." I say through gritted teeth.
"I know. I have arranged something for you but that would require us to be in New York for another couple of days." He said. I rolled my eyes. Quite frankly, i'm ready to go back to Seattle.
"What is it?" I ask. Christian smiled and put a finger to his lips.
"You need to go shopping and we need to make sure you are prepared for this." He said.
Later in the afternoon, I was discharged from the hospital. I was excited to get back to the hotel because I could use a long, hot bath. Christian carried me from the car to the room. He is such a gentleman sometimes. He places me on the bed and I lay back for a minute. I hear the water running in our tub and the fragrance of lavender and vanilla filled the hotel room. I instantly relax and begin to sigh. Christian comes in the room, undresses me, picks me up and places me in the tub full of hot water. My body fully began to relax. I look up and I see Christian undressing and I just stare.
"You know if you take a picture it would last longer." He said with a half smile. I blink to break out of my thoughts and smiled. He gestures for me to move up and he slides in with me. I slide back his front to my back. I don't stiffen. This is a sign of good things to come. He pours water into my hair and watches as the strands of my hair become wet and begin to curl. "Your hair is amazing. Forgive me but I thought when water hits a black girls hair it becomes this large afro." I begin to laugh loudly.
"I'm mixed. My hair curls up when it gets wet. That's why it's always in a bun after I get out of the shower." I smile. "Do you like it?"
"I like everything about you. So, since you like singing so much, could you sing for me. It can be some tween pop song if you wish." He said. I smile because I know just the song. I breathe in the scent of vanilla, lavender and Christian.
"No puedo pedir que el invierno perdone a un rosal
No puedo pedir a los olmos que entreguen peras
No puedo pedirle lo eterno a un simple mortal
Y andar arrojando a los cerdos miles de perlas"
He begins to smile and rubs my hair. I've always wanted to sing a spanish song to someone. He leans downs and kiss my hair. "Spanish. Your language choice?" He ask with a smile as I finished the song.
"Yeah. I can speak certain phrases right now but I want to become fluent in spanish." I look at my hands. Christian runs his hands along my back.
"I hope you have it in you to sing tomorrow night." He said in a whisper. I turn around and look at him crossed.
"Christian...I...I don't know if I can."
"Sure you can and besides there is more to it then you think." He says and I look away. "Tell me you will do it." I look in his eyes and I sigh in defeat.
"Sure. Christian?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks. I'm a train wreck of a person and you haven't ran for the hills yet. I respect that." I say with a smile. He smiles back and hugs me.
"If you are a train wreck of a person then I must be a natural disaster." I laugh and get out of the tub. I dry off and put on my short nightdress with a matching robe and throw my hair into a bun. I walk out to grab a glass of sparkling water and I noticed Christian's phone sitting on the table. I pick it up and go to the camera app. I start taking photos of myself and i'm interrupted by an incoming text. The number is unknown. I go to hide it but I accidentally open it.
Christian
How are you dear. I haven't heard from you in awhile.
I miss your not busy come and see me.
-E.L
WHAT THE FUCK?! Is he cheating on someone to be with me? Fuck! I don't like being in these situations.