Cpov
Ana comes walking out very shy not even trying to look up at us. I put my arm around her waist." Mom, Elliot this is Anastasia my girlfriend, Ana this is my mother Doctor Grace" grace interrupts me "just Grace sweety" I nod "and this is my older brother Elliot grey" before I even finish my mom is hugging Ana so tight that I'm scared she might break her. Elliot pats me on the back and whispers "well done little bro"
After everyone's got a glass of wine in Ana seams to have started to feel more at ease with everyone. Elliot is telling her all my most embarrassing story's and I'm not a fan. We usher them out of the apartment with the promise that Ana will be at the gala tomorrow so they can get to know her better then. As soon as the elevator door closes I envelope her in a hug and tell her how sorry I am that she had to meet them like that but that they already like her.
Apov
Christian takes my hand and leads me to his bathroom. "Why don't we have a nice relaxing bath?" I can feel my cheeks go red as I think about it and it's not that I don't want to it's just that I'm still shy about my body in front of him. He kisses me and starts kissing down my neck and I feel tingles all over and next thing I know I'm sitting in front of him in the bath.
After our bath and another session of Christian showing me how amazing sex can be. Then he leads me out of his room and up the stairs to the guest room I stayed in the first time. The room is filled with dresses and shoes and make up and he says that he had everything sent over so that I can pick what to wear for the gala.i was honestly just thinking of borrowing a dress from Kate. We go back down stairs and I sleep more peaceful then I think I have ever slept.
The next morning I'm woken up by my phone ringing and I have to fight out of Christians arms to answer it. I walk out of his room in one of his shirts again to answer "morning Kate" I yawn. "Hey Ana just thought I'd check in. It feels odd not having you home for the weekend. Do you and Grey want to grab breakfast together?" My heart swells, she's making an effort. "I'll have to ask Christian but that does sound lovely. " she's laughs and tells me to let her know before hanging up the phone.
As I open the door to go back into Christians room I hear him scream and he starts to thrash all over the bed. I try to calm him down but his arms keep preventing me from coming close to him. I feel helpless looking at him in pain. I pick up Christians phone and call Taylor. I'm so scared Christian will hurt himself. Within a minute Taylor is in the room. He grabs both of Christians arms and pins him down shouting at him to wake up but it's not helping. I climb onto the bed and crawl up to his head and set it on my lap crying as I ask him over and over to wake up and then his body starts to still. Taylor looks at me with an apologetic smile "this happens Miss Steele. You calm him down and that's an incredible power with someone like him" with this he turns around and leaves closing the door behind him.
For the next ten minutes I do not dare move from my spot. I'm rubbing my fingers in his hair when his eyes finally open. "Ana?" He looks confused.
Cpov
I open my eyes to the feeling of fingers in my hair. It feels so soothing. I open them and look up at the face of my angel. I thought she was gone. In my dream she was ripped from me and the pimp came back. She's been crying, she's probably thinking you are crazy grey and how fast she can get out of here. "I thought you were gone." I hear myself say. "No I'm right here" my sweet Ana says as she holds me. After a while she asks "are you okey?" I nod not sure how to explain. "They are night terrors. I've had them since I was little. Weirdly the only time I have slept without them has been since you came into my life" she smiles and my worries start to disappear.
"So I'm meeting the best friend?" She nods and gives me a kiss as we get in the car. Kathrine Agnes Kavanagh. I know her dad from business and her mom from charities and if the background check is anything to go by she is a reckless cannonball and not my type of person but since she is Anas best friend I will have to try. We reach Anas apartment and she suddenly goes pale. "Ana what's wrong?" I look at the building and see a old beat up pick up truck in the drive way. "That's my dads car"
Ray Steele is exactly how I imagined him. My dads age, well built, poker face permanently on except when it comes to Ana where he can't help but smile just like I do. "So your the boyfriend?" He gives me a firm handshake "it's funny that Ana has not mentioned you to me" Ana fidgets with her jacket. "Sir it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Christian Grey, as for Ana not mentioning me yet well we have not even been dating a full week yet." After I make it past him I meet Kate. She seems just as crazy as the rest of her family.
I offer to take everyone out for breakfast but Ana insists on making pancakes here. While Ana preps food, Kate has started mixing up mimosas and that leaves me and Ray awkwardly in the lounge."so what do you do for a living?" Oh great the lets investigate the boyfriend has started. "I'm the owner and CEO of grey enterprise holdings" he looks up shocked " isn't that where my Annie works?" I nod "she is interning for my company, but I do not have much contact with her at work as we work in very different departments." He nods again. There is a knock on the door and Ana shouts asking one of us to get it. I get up and open it up to find Taylor bringing Anas phone that she must have forgotten at my place over. Before I can close the door Ray asks me who this is and that is how Taylor got invited to brunch.
After Ray and Taylor swap army stories Ray turns to him and asks "if he was dating your little girl would you be happy?" Taylor takes a minute to answer and all I can think is the fact that he knows about all the subs. He then starts to nod." Mr Grey permission to speak free" I nod knowing he would not say anything without my okey."mr Grey has a harsh exterior and you can read all about that online, but the part they don't show is the man I know. He's caring and very smart. Last year alone he spent over $2million on charities that no one knows about and more personally he makes sure my daughter never goes without anything. But mostly and this is why I would be happy if he dated my daughter, we'll look at Ana,have you ever seen her this happy? Cos if my Sophie was ever that happy it would make me happy."
I'm shocked beyond words. Is he acting or is that really how he feels? As we make our way to the table, Ray stops me and says "don't hurt her" before moving past me to the table. "So Christian how's the law suit against you for that shipyard leak in Taiwan going?" Kate asks looking at me like I could be a money train. "Kathrine I normally don't talk openly in front of anyone who has not signed a non disclosure agreement, I mean even Ana had to sign one when we started dating. You are part of a very powerful media family so please don't take this the wrong way but unless you sign not to sell anything I say without my permission you will find I can be a very silent man." She laughs. "Well I can just sell the story of you not being gay and make a good buck right now." We stare each other down before Taylor asks to speak to me and Ana in private.
"Sir tonight when the press find out they are going to go crazy so why not do a interview with her that can only air tomorrow when everyone knows you have a girlfriend but no clue who she is yet, that way they would not be hounding as hard trying to find out who she is." I think about this and turn to Ana. " are you sure you are ready to go public?" She nods and places her hand in mine. "Taylor we will need more protection and miss Steele will need her own cpo" Ana looks at me confused "basically your very own Taylor " we all laugh at this.
We go finish brunch and after everything we sit down in the lounge. "Kathrine we are going public tonight at my parents gala but I have a proposal for you" she smirks "I'm not Ana; you can't just propose to me" Ana and Ray laugh at this. "You know I don't give interviews, so why not do a interview with us right now but you can only air it tomorrow" Kate looks confused "why" I smirk " well think of it this way you can run to daddy right now with the story of who I am dating and sell it to him but ruin any chance of getting a scoop from me again, or do the interview and tomorrow when everyone is trying to find out who Ana is you can sell the interview to whoever you want in exchange for signing a non disclosure. I promise that anything press needed I will in future use you as my one of choice then.."
Kate thinks about it for a moment before taking the non disclosure from Taylor and signing it. "Shouldn't I sign one aswell?" Ray asks looking rather confused. "Under normal circumstances I would insist but I'm not going to. You are Ana's father and as such a trust needs to be built so I'm giving you the power to be able to destroy me if it ever came to that." Ana is beaming at me with pride and that's a weird feeling. "Okey but word of advise when you meet Ana's mom make her sign one. That woman has the biggest mouth on earth."
Apov
20 minutes later and late has changed my clothes to a sundress and done my hair and make up. Christian has removed his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeves and is wearing a grey vest over his white shirt. We both sit down on the couch opposite Kate and she has set up her video camera to get all three of us. Taylor and Ray left together to go interview potential cpos and even if I think I don't need one I have been outvoted. Christian takes my hand. "Just breath hun you are talking to Kate, your best friend about us." I nod "but what if I mess up?" He smirks "then we ask Kate to retake it" they both nod confirming this.
Welcome, I'm Kate Kavanagh and joining me today is no other then Christian Grey, Seattle's youngest self made millionaire and most eligible bachelor. Or is that a thing of the past now Christian? "Well Kate let me introduce you to the reason for this interview. This is Anastasia Steele" he squeezes my hand" my girlfriend "Kate smiles well lady's and gents there you have it confirmed by the man himself. So Ana tell us how did you catch Christian? I laugh. " I honestly didn't. He caught me. I had fallen, being the clumsy person I am and Christian picked me up"
The next couple of questions go by smoothly and then Kate asks the thing I was dreading. You have never been seen with a woman before and rumors of there being a man in your life has always surfaced any feelings on that. "Well I never met anyone before Ana that I wanted to share my life with. On the gay subject, I'm not and I'm not bi sexual either before you go there, but I have never taken offense when called gay as I personally feel the gay community has had so much against them and still come out stronger every time. That's something to be proud of." I beam with pride I can totally see Christian has done public speaking for a long time.
When we finish the interview Kate thanks him for his time and for giving her the chance. We walk outside and find Taylor, my Dad and a blond haired dude that looks like a surfer standing there waiting. "Mr Grey Miss Steele this is Luke Sawyer. He will be your CPO."
Tpov
I can see the boss get ready to murder me so I start." Luke is an ex marine, I know him from projects we did together on the force. I trust him and as for the not so clean cut look, well he will better blend in to places that miss Steele goes if he doesn't look like me" Ana and Ray both agree but I can see Mr Grey is hesitant. "Trial run?" Luke offers seeing the internal struggle. "Sure trial run but let me make this straight her safety is my number one concern and if anything and I mean anything happens to her well even Taylor will have a hard time finding your body" they shake hands and just as I thought we had made it clear without Christian going full on crazy on us Ana just had to add " your gonna have a really boring job. This is not necessary at all just boys freaking out. I'm Ana by the way, what did they say your name was again? Luke? Really nice to meet you!"