One week later

Ana and I just got Autumn to bed, so we make our way to the living room. On the way, Ana's phone rings and she answers, "Hey Kate." I drown out the rest of her conversation and think about the last week. It's been going very well for Ana and I. Sure, she hasn't yet told me she loves me yet, or we haven't made love yet either, but she shows me in different ways that she cares. Rather its small kisses throughout the day, light touches every chance we get, or our banter through text message while I'm at work. Instead of talking or anything else most nights we end up making out on the couch. Sure I've gotten to third base s couple times, but we're taking it slow.

I think Ana is still hesitate about me, even if she won't say it, but I see it in her eyes, that she's waiting for that other shoe to drop.

Autumn couldn't be happier. I think she's already secretly planning our wedding.

I notice Ana hang up and she looks over at me.

"That was Kate, and she asked if I wanted to go out tonight. I told her yes. I hope that's ok?"

"Of course, it is. I'll have Gail listen out for Autumn."

"You want to come?" She asks surprised

"Yeah, do you not want me too?"

"It's not that…" She starts to twiddle her thumbs.

"Then what is it Ana?" I snap. "Do you not want your friends to know about me? Don't want to be seen with me?"

"It's not that Christian."

"Then what?"

She sighs, "I'm the Nanny, remember. You're a public figure followed by paparazzi all the time. I can't imagine what people would say when they find out you're dating me?"

I'm totally shocked by this admission. "Why the hell do you think I would care? I want the world to know we're together."

"You do?" She asks shocked.

Have I not shown her? I mean, I guess we haven't really made any public appearance yet as a couple….

"Haven't I shown you this last week? I love you, Ana. You're mine and I would love nothing more to shout out from the rooftops." I stop and look at her. She's staring down at the floor and nervously biting her lip. "But fine, go without me. But, I'm not ashamed to be with you." I turn and start to walk away.

"Christian…" I spin around and look at her

"What Ana?"

She charges towards me, thrusting her hands through my hair, and planting a kiss on my lips. It's needy and wanting. I distinctively wrap my arms around her, pulling her close to me as our tongues clash.

She pulls away from me, both of us panting. I can see the tears well up in her eyes as they try to tell me something.

"I love you!' She blurts out.

I crash my lips to hers again. Before I know it, I have pushed her down to the couch, my body hovering over hers.

I need her.

I want her.

Badly.

I work my lips down to her neck, sucking gently, as my hand works it's way up her shirt. My thumb runs over her covered nipple and I feel it harden under my touch.

"Christian…" My name comes out of her mouth more like a moan.

"What baby?"

Tell me you want me as much as I want you.

"As much as I'm loving this, I promised Kate I would meet her out…"

My lips stop their attack, my eyes meet hers. I can tell she's as needy as I am, I can feel the heat coming from her core.

And yet we're stopping.

"I'm sorry…" she whispers looking away from me.

"It's ok, we'll have time for this later." I kiss her nose as I stand up. I adjust myself and help Ana stand up. "I'm just going to tell Gail we're leaving."

She nods at me, before turning away from me, hugging herself.

The more I think about it, our first time together should be special, in my bed, not a hurried session on the couch.

I inform Gail that Ana and I will be going out for a while and if she could please keep an eye and ear out for Autumn. She more than happily agreed. Taylor and Sawyer will be coming with us.

I walk back to the living room and Ana is staring out the window, lost in thought.

I approach her putting my arm around her, "You ready?"

"Yeah," She says softly.

"Listen, Ana if you don't want me to go…"

"I want you to go."

"Then what's wrong?"

"There's something I need to tell you, but I wasn't sure how to tell you or how you would take it." She says wrapping her arms around herself again.

"You can tell me anything. What's wrong? Tell me." I urge her. Something has been on her mind all week. I know.

My imagination is running away from me.

"It's nothing wrong, well at least I don't think, but…" She hesitates not looking at me now.

"But what…?"

"I'm a virgin." She says it so quietly, I wouldn't have heard it if I wasn't listening.

That's not what I was expecting to hear. How is this beautiful angel a virgin? And how did I get so lucky that she'll only be mine at the same time.

"How? There must have been boys just falling at their feet for you."

"There was nobody I ever wanted. I always believed if I was going to do that, I wanted to be in love with that person. I guess to, I just also never really trusted anyone before either. I mean my first boyfriend dumped me because I wouldn't put out, then spread rumors about how much of a prude I was. Didn't really make jump at the male population after that. And I knew I could never be as promiscuous as my roommate Kate was. But now…"

"But now what?" I move to stand closer to her, breathing in her scent.

"I want that with you." She finally looks up at me.

"Oh, baby." I lean down and kiss her.

She's mine. Only mine.

"I promise, I'll make our first time special. And so, you know I'll wait for you to be ready." I tell her gently, smoothing the back of her hair.

"I am ready." She says playing with the buttons on my shirt.

"Why don't we make that appearance with your friends, then if you still want too, we can come home, and I'll make love to you till the sun comes up." I tell her kissing the spot behind her ear, that I just found out yesterday that drives her crazy.

"I think I would like that."

Let the foreplay begin. I'm going to keep her wanting all night.

Thankfully, the club we are going to is one that I own. The crowd is heavy tonight, at Jax's, as we are escorted to the VIP area.

"Do you see your friends anywhere?" I shout over the loud music.

Ana looks around the crowded bar in search for her friends. She points down below at a small group sitting at a high-top table.

"Why don't we go get them and bring them up here?" I offer.

We walk down to the floor below, and a bubbling blonde bounces over to Ana engulfing her in a hug.

"Ana-bee, you made it." They break apart, and the blonde looks up at me wide eyed.

"You brought your boss?" She whispers, but I hear it since she's practically yelling over the thumping music.

"Kate, this is my boyfriend Christian. Christian, this is my best friend Kate." Ana introduces us. Kate's mouth pops open.

"Your Your… when?" Kate says amazed.

"About a week ago."

"Wow. Well, it's nice to meet you Christian." Kate puts out her hand to shake mine and I accept it.

"You too, Kate. I've heard a lot about you."

"Don't believe a word of it." She laughs, "Let me introduce you to the rest of the crew." We walk closer to the table and I see two more females and two males. One surfer looking guy, and another that looks like a weasel. He's giving me daggers as I approach the table with my arm draped around Ana's shoulders.

"Guys, this is Christian, Ana's boyfriend. Christian this is Jen..." She points to another blonde who gives me a small wave, "Rachel..." a redhead, with her jaw on the floor, "Ethan, he's my brother."

"What's up, man?" Surfer boy greets me. I give him a polite nod.

"And lastly, Jose."

Jose, the one that made a pass at my girl. Red flags are going up everywhere.

Jose doesn't say anything to me, and Ana snuggles closer into my side. My hand moving up and down her arm.

"We have the VIP booth upstairs; did you guys want to come up?" Ana asks.

"Oh, hell yeah." Ethan and Rachel agree quickly.

"Yeah, that would be awesome." Kate also agrees and Jen and Jose nod there heads. However, i can tell Jose isn't impressed.

We all make our way to the VIP section. I tell them to order whatever they want, it's on the house. They all thank me and order another round. I order a beer and Ana orders a Strawberry Mojito. As we wait for our drinks, my hand moves up and down Ana's leg, inching closer and closer to her core. I can see the goosebumps form on her body. She looks up at me and blushes. Her hand moves to my leg, and her hand brushes over the bulge in my pants.

After the drinks are served, everyone moves to the dance floor, as Ana and I stay back canoodling with each other. Jose also stays at the table with us, much to my displeasure.

"Ana, do you want to dance?" The little punk has some nerve asking my girl for a dance.

"I don't think so, Jose." She answers, shaking her head.

"Come on, it's just a dance. I'm sure your boyfriend won't mind." He spits out, then looks at me with some kind of death stare.

You don't intimidate me, dude.

"Actually, I would mind." I say sharply.

"Well, I wasn't asking you!"

"She already said no. So, why don't you just get lost."

"What are you worried about her running off with the better catch." He throws back at me.

I can't help but laugh at him. "You're kidding right?"

"Guys, cut it out. Jose I already told you no. Now, stop. Christian, do you want to dance?" Ana doesn't even give me a chance to answer as she pulls me down to the dance floor.

"I'm sorry about that." She tells me, as we start moving to the music. I grab her hips and pull her close to me. Her hands move to the back of hair, are noses now touching, as we grind together.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. I'm just pissed with him trying to make a move on you, right in front of me." I tell her as I talk in her ear. I start kissing the side of her neck, as she throws it back giving me better access to it. "Are you wet for me, baby."

Her head shoots up and looks at me. She bites down on her lip, "Very." She mouths.

I grab her, pulling her even tighter to me. Our hips still moving to the rhythm of the music. "I love you, so much baby. When I get you home, I'm going to worship every inch of your body." I tell before I nip on her ear. Her breathing hitches, as she moves my head so my lips take hers. My hands move to her ass, our bodies still moving, we're lost in our little world. And it's taking every ounce in me, not to take her in the middle of this dance floor.

"Holy crap, Steele." We hear from next to us. "Don't make me get the hose out." Kate laughs beside us.

Ana hides her head in my chest, embarrassed.

"Do you mind, if I talk to my girl for a minute?" Kate asks me. I'm sure wanting all the details about our relationship.

"Alright, just take care of her." I kiss Ana's forehead, and head to the bathroom. I pass Sawyer on my way and tell him to watch her, carefully. I don't trust Jose one bit. Taylor follows me as Kate, Jen and Rachel move back to the VIP area with Ana.

Taylor stands outside as I can handle my business. Sadly, I'm not alone, Jose is standing at the sink. As I enter I'm met with his glare. I ignore him as I go to the urinal.

When I finish, I make my way to the sink to wash my hands. Jose still glaring at me.

I look at him, smirking. "Can I help you?"

"I'm just trying to understand what your true intentions with Ana could be? Aren't you overstepping the lines with being her employer?"

"For one, our relationship is none of your business. But, the fact that we are in love with each other is all that matters."

"Did she tell you, that we hooked up once? She's in love with me, but she's just worried about our friendship."

Oh, my god. Is he for real?

I start laughing, "Wow, you are delusional if you think that is true for one minute. Because the way I heard it was you pretty much attacked her and you ended up with a pair of bruised balls."

I can see the anger flare in his eyes, he comes lunging after me, I move but he ends up punching me in the mouth. I touch my lip and there's a trace of blood on my finger. He tries to go to hit me again and I take his fist, twisting his arm back, and bring him to the ground. His eyes not radiating fear and pain.

Taylor must hear the commotion and comes into the bathroom, he's excessing the room and knows I'm handling it.

"I want you to stay away from Anastasia. If you don't, I'll make sure to make your life a living hell. First, I'll blackmail you from any kind of photography job, including the one you have now at the Portland Tourist board."

His eyes grow wide "How did you know?"

I know everything, fucker.

"I ran a background check on your ass, after Ana told me what you did. She didn't want to be alone with you, but her heart is too big and wanted to give you a benefit of a doubt. Because she thought you were her friend, that might have just made a mistake. However, I have no problem ruining you, if you come near her again. Do we have an understanding, Mr. Rodriguez?"

I twist his arm more, this time to cause even more pain. "Ye-s-s" He struggles out through the pain.

I let him go and toss him to the ground. He falls on his ass, and I hope that he got the message. "Taylor, can you please take out the garbage. I'm going to go find my girl."

"Yes, sir."

I find my way to the VIP area and the girls are still sitting around talking. Ethan sits beside Rachel drinking a beer, not paying any attention to the chit chat.

Ana notices me first, a smile graces her lips, but then she looks at me worried. She excuses herself from the girls and comes walking over to me.

She reaches up and touches my lip, "what happened to you?"

"Your so called friend Jose and I kind of got into in the bathroom. He mentioned how you two 'hooked up once' and that you were really in love with him. I told him he was delusional and he hit me."

"Then what did you do?" She sounds warily, thinking that I might have killed the guy.

"I stopped his second attack, and told him to stay away from you."

"Oh,"

"I know you think he's a friend Ana, but." She stops my speech, by kissing me. When she pulls away I know my expression must be one of shocked. I really thought she was going to be mad at me.

"Thank you. I should have ended my friendship with him that night. But, he said he was sorry and never did anything afterwards. Or so I thought. Kate and Jen were just telling me how he's always asking about me and he said something when he was drunk a couple of nights ago, how he wanted to ..um.. You know…that was the only reason he came tonight. I guess we messed his plans when I showed up with you."

"Well, hopefully he won't bother you anymore. If he does you let me know."

I'm going to have someone following his ass to make sure he stays away. If he's smart, he will.

"I will."

"Good. Now let's get the night back to us."

"Yes, let's." She purrs and runs her hand up my chest, before it tangles in my hair. She's about to bring my head down to hers when Ethan laughs really hard, startling everyone.

"Holy shit, Grey!" He shouts. Everyone is looking over at him.

"What?" I ask confused by his outburst.

"You finally set the boy straight." He laughs again.

"What are you talking about Ethan…" Kate asks. Everyone is confused but I have a feeling it has to do with Jose.

"You got him kicked out of the bar. He just texted me, telling me that you threatened him. So, now he needs to stay away from Ana. He wants me to give her a message. I told him to fuck off. I never understood what you girls thought he was a friend."

"He seemed fine until that night. Then I don't know it's like he had some kind of psychotic break." Jen replies.

"Can we just not talk about him anymore, please." Ana begs.

"Of course, chic."

"You got a good one, Ana." Kate tells her. "Why don't we go back to the dance floor. You two need to get your freak on again, to lighten the mood." She laughs as she pulls Jen to the floor. Rachel, who I'm guessing is dating Ethan, since they've been all over each other all night, drags him to the dance floor.

After another hour of dirty dancing with Ana, we excuse ourselves to go home. In the back of the car, Ana is straddled my lap and kissing me feverishly. I would tell her she needs to buckle up, but my need for her is to great.

When we arrive back to Escala, we only part long enough to get out of the car. When we get in the elevator I lift her up and she wraps her legs around me.

My dick is straining hard against my zipper, I feel like it's going to burst out any minute. My hand reaches up the side of her leg, up her dress. I grab the fabric of what feels like a tiny thong and rip it off her, all while my lips never leave hers.

She moans against my lips as I send the fabric flying.

"God baby, do you know how bad I want you?"

She thrust slightly into me, "I can feel it. Make me yours, Christian."

Yep, my dick can get harder.

"Oh, I will baby, once we get into my room."

The elevator dings and I carry her out and towards my room. Once we get in I close and reach over and lock the door.

I lay her down on the bed, and remove my shirt. "You sure you want this? I want you to know that you can tell me to stop at anytime."

"I want you, Christian."

I reach down and move her dress over her head. She lays before me in a blue lace bra. I remove my pants and crawl on top of her. I remove her bra and send that flying as well.

"God, you're fucking beautiful." My lips move to hers before they start to trace down her neck. I savor every inch of her body, she tastes like heaven.

When I get down to her core I suck on her now sensitive clit. She's moaning and thrusting her hips at me, as I lick and savor her juices.

I brush my fingers between her folds before I insert a finger inside of her. I move up and kiss over her stomach, till i reach her breast and put one in my mouth, my finger still working in and out of her.

"Christian…" She pants out.

"Yes, baby?" I answer only stopping my assault on her body for a second. She's opened up enough and I stick a second finger inside of her, in and out, teasing her. I can feel her start to clench around me and I know she's close.

"I'm gonna…." She doesn't even get to finish the sentence as she releases around me.

I crash my lips to hers as I remove my fingers. I only break away long enough to remove my boxers and reach over to my nightstand to grab a condom.

I notice her eye my dick, and her cheeks grow redder. "I knew you were packing, but that's not what I was expecting. Will you…?"

I grin, "Oh, I'll fit baby, because I know you were meant for me. Just me. But, I'll take it slow." She nods her head at me.

"You still sure?" I ask again to make sure.

"Very, please I want you, so much." She begs. I roll the condom on and hover on top of her. My lips crash to hers as she wraps her legs around me and her hands find their way into my hair.

I slowly ease my way into her, she moans out in pleasure and in pain. Once I get inside of her I still. She's clamping down around me so tight, I feel like I might come right away.

"Baby, you're so tight. Are you ok?"

"Yes, just give me a second." She takes a deep breath and I can feel her muscles relax around me. "Move, please."

I start pumping in and out of her. Her soft moans are driving me crazy. I work my lips down her chin to the side of her neck, sucking and nibbling at it.

"I love you," I tell her, my lips never leaving her skin.

"I love you, too." She pants out, her hips starting to match my rhythm.

I can feel her tighten up again and I know she's close and so am I.

"Baby, come for me." My words are her undoing as she comes around me, and I'm not far behind her as she squeezes the hell out of my dick, and spill into her.

I rest my head on her forehead as we both try to catch our breath.

"Wow." She whispers.

I kiss her gently and roll her on top of me, her head now resting in the crook of my neck. "Wow, indeed."

She lifts her head up to look at me, "Can we do that again?"

I chuckle, "we can do that as many times as you want…" I thrust my dick at her, showing her it's ready to go again. "But, this time I want you on top."

She takes my dick in her hand and lines it up with her core before she slowly eases her way on top of me.

We send the rest of the night totally lost in each other. I don't think I'm ever going to get enough of this girl.

A/N: I don't know when the next time I'll update… at least next week. I'm working on filling in a little more detail to the next chapter and that last. To wrap it up. I mean CG does have to meet Ray. (ana already knows carrick and grace)

And I know... no Autumn in this chapter... she'll be back next chapter:)

If you know me I'm not gun-ho about writing out a full relationships. to me it would be almost the same thing that you've already read. I think that's why I go to short stories… however, I welcome ideas at this point. If there is something you want to see happen… I might be able to fit it in… if not… well:) Thanks to everyone who is following and reviewing. You're the best

And if your waiting on Lost Souls I'm working on it... but I need to make it right before I post... so please bare with me. Thank you