DON'T OWN FSOG.
CPOV
It's a cold February day so we are just staying inside. We're in the family room Ana is playing Old Maid with Teddy. London is laying on me mesmerized by the movie Frozen playing on the tv. I smile thinking back to how it all started.
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I had interviewed six people already and so far they all sucked. I hear a knock and yell come in. In walks a man at least two hundred pounds and six four. Tattoos all over his arms.
"Christian Grey" I introduce myself and he shakes me hand.
"Ray Steele"
"So tell me about yourself." I ask after he takes a seat
"Born and raised in Seattle. Divorced. 36 years old. 4 years military. Since I was discharged been working private security."
"Why did you leave the military?" He smiles
"My daughter."
"Oh?"
"She just turned eleven. Her mother left before she was discharged after her birth. Haven't seen her since. "
"Will she be a concern for anything?"
"No sir she knows what I do. She understands security procedures."
"I will need you to travel with me what about her care or school."
"If it is alright with you I'd like her to go with me."
"I don't see that as a problem. School?"
"She can do cyber school. She hates it anyways. She is very shy. Loves books."
"Well if you accept the job I'd like to meet her." He nods
"You will live in my penthouse apartment in Escala. All travel, food, cleaning, and suits will be provided for you and of course your daughter. It pays 7000a week plus bonuses. When can you start?"
"ASAP sir"
"Please just Christian."
"Ok Christian. My daughter's outside I can go get her now if you'd like." I nod and he goes out and comes back in with a little slip of a thing. She has pale skin, long brown hair, and big brown eyes.
"Christian this is my daughter Anastasia. Anastasia this is Christian Grey."
"Hello Anastasia." She smiles
"Hello Mr. Grey."
"Just call me Christian."
"I like to be called Ana." I chuckle
"Okay Ana it is."
Over the next couple of weeks Ray and Ana get settled in Escala. Ana is now being cyber schooled which she seems to be enjoying. I will never forget when she found the library she squealed and jumped up and down. As for Ray and I we have become fast friends. When he is doing his bodyguard duties or checking things out Ana spends time with me. It's easy sometimes hard to remember she's only eleven.
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This is the first Christmas I ever celebrated in my apartment. Ana insisted we needed a tree. So we have a six foot Douglas fur with blinking multi color lights on it. The housekeeper Gail has made a wonderful dinner. Everyone is happy but my parents. I got yelled for thirty minutes by my mother for missing it with them. It doesn't really bother me. Christmas or any holiday really with them is like being with Ward and June Cleaver on Xanax. It's so fake. Growing up all year it was nannies, housekeepers, and cooks who took care of us not them. So I don't see a reason to pretend we are a happy family at Christmas.
"Chris Ms. Gail says dinners ready." I chuckle at her as she says it all in one breathe
"Come on slow poke." She whines
"Ana I'm coming calm down." She huffs
"But the sooner we eat the sooner we open gifts." I laugh
She is now twelve and tells Ray and I she isn't a baby anymore but then she whines about gifts it's hilarious. I decide to gi before she stomps her feet.
I follow her out and see Ray laughing
"What?"
"She's so hyped up. " I nod agreeing
After dinner we open gifts. I got Ray a new truck his died last week. I got from him a new mp3 player for when I workouts. Ana gave him a custom license plate for it and military cadences on cd that he loves to listen to. She got me a shirt with a grey silk tie.
She got from Ray a new tv and computer. I got her a new wardrobe since a few weeks ago she cried that he clothes were for babies.
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Today is Ana's 13th birthday. We are in Virginia on a business trip. So we have a nice dinner and presents. Ray bought he very expensive gold earrings. I got her some designer purse she went on and on about. Most kids would complain about not being around many people her own age but not Ana. She loves traveling and is excelling in her studies.
Over the last three years my relationship with my family has become more and more strained. Honestly I see Ray and and Ana as more of my family then they are.
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We just got home from another trip this time to London. Ray and Ana went to a doctor's appointment and I'm working on paperwork at home. My phone rings.
"Hello"
"Yes may I speak to Mr. Grey"
"This is him"
"My name is Zoe I am with Seattle Grace Hospital. We had a Raymond and Anastasia Steele that we're brought in you are listed as next of kin." Oh god
"What happened?"
"They were part of a car accident."
"I'll be right there." I hang up and run down the steps skipping the elevator it will take to long. I arrive ten minutes later.
I run to the information desk when the nurse finally looks up.
"May I help you?" She is actually trying to flirt with me.
I tell her who I'm looking for. She tells me Ray didn't make it and Ana is in surgery. Then she directs me to the right waiting room and to wait for the doctor.
I can't grasp this. He was her this morning joking about pineapples. Now he's gone.
I do something I have never done in my life I pray. I pray that Ana makes it.
Finally a doctor comes out. He explains she has internal and external injuries. Broken ribs, arm, ankle, spleen removed, impaled by a road sign, nicked her lung , punctured her stomach lining, glass in her eyes, and chest trauma. He stated she lost a lot of blood and had a few transfusions. He also says the next 24 hours are the most critical. She is moved to a private ICU room.
The next three weeks I never left her side. She was moved to a regular room during this time. We cried together when I told her about Ray. She had the glass removed successfully with no side effects. She got her casts on and started the slow road to recovery. She was released after three weeks.
The day after she was released we had planned Ray's funeral it was just going to be us.
I was letting her sleep as long as possible. My phone rang.
"Hello"
"Is this Mr. Grey?"
"Yes"
"This is Mrs. Crowell Washington Department of Child and Youth."
Huh?
"How may I help you?"
"We were made aware if Mr. Steele death. It is also our knowledge that he left behind a underage child. Since she is under the age of 15 and has no other living relative she will become a ward of the state of Washington. "
"She lives with me."
"I'm aware of that sir but you are not a blood relative or legal guardian."
"You'll be hearing from my lawyer." I hang up and call my attorney
I explain everything and thankfully money talks because within three hours I am awarded guardianship of her. When I told her what happened she cried and made me promise that they wouldn't take her.
That afternoon we laid Ray to rest in a small cemetery not far from home. That night Ana was so distraught that the doctor gave her a sleeping pill so she could rest.
I was surprised when the doorman informed me my parents were here.
After they exited the elevator I ushered them into my office.
"What brings you here tonight?" I ask eyeing them carefully
"We just came by to offer our help getting your employee's child ready to go." My dad says
"What are you talking about."
"I would have assumed she would be leaving by now."
"No she won't be going at all. My attorney took care of it and I am now her legal guardian."
"Oh Christian she needs to go to the orphanage they can place her and give her a family. A normal life that's not something you can provide." My mother pipes in
"I am her family. I can will give her a normal life."
"Son you're being naive."
"No I'm not."
"She needs a stable home."
"And she has that. Here. With me."
"We are your family and you treat us like we have the plague. I thought we taught you about classes growing up she is the child of an employee you are a rich business man. You will just screw up her life even more then it already is." I was out of my chair and in his face in two seconds flat.
"Fuck you you have no idea about anything." He chuckled and I lost it and punched him as hard as I could effectively breaking his nose. When my mother attended to my bleeding father I called the police. They were removed from the apartment.
Over the next six weeks we returned to a normal routine. Ana still came everywhere with me she preferred it that way. I had the room next to mine at Grey House turned into a place for her. She decorated it herself and was so proud of it. That was where she did all her school work and was able to have her own space. Eventually over the time since the accident she had all the casts removed and everything was healed. She was left with a few small scars on her face from glass but you have to know they are there to see them. She has three more scars on her stomach from the sign and the surgery that was needed to save her life. There are also some left over problems from her injuries. On cold days or if she gets overheated her breathing becomes laboured. Also from her stomach injuries she isn't able to handle over spicy foods.
After the shit my parents did Mia came over and told me I was trying to replace her. I told her that was absurd. She insisted that she go away. I told her that was never happening and that if she couldn't handle my relationship with Ana then she knew where the door was. She yelled and told me I was being selfish and left.
What pissed me off beyond words was Elliott. He insisted it was odd and weird. Then he would say she was very pretty and he couldn't wait till she was legal. I threw his ass out. I also made sure that the doorman knew they were not welcome here.
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Ana is fifteen and as of today is a legal emancipated adult in the eyes of the state of Washington. We went to dinner to celebrate.
Over the next few months things seem to start changing. It started with innocent touches. We started spending even more time together which I was amazed that it was even possible. Then we started going on dates. It seemed so natural to be together. We knew everything about each other there was no secrets or adjusting time it seemed it was meant to be. We talked about taking our relationship to the next level but we decided to wait till her sixteenth birthday. We didn't want our relationship to be only physical. It was hard believe me. Eventually the press found out about our relationship they had a lot to say about it. We opted to issue a press statement confirming it but explained everything it seemed to make them happy.
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A lot has happened in a year. The press and the people in Seattle have seemed to fall in love with Ana. They are always showing what she is wearing or where she was seen last. Ana hates it she is like me we like privacy. All the attention made us also a bit uneasy so we got trackers we can keep track of each other twenty four seven. We each picked the item that they would be placed in. Mine was a platinum and onyx Rolex. Ana's was placed in a twenty carat platinum tennis bracelet. Those never come off no matter what.
The last year also held a lot of meaning in regards to our relationship. The night of Ana's birthday we made love for the first time. It was beyond words. I was so nervous. See there was one thing no one ever knew about me. I had never been with a woman. In high school I hated everyone to much to be around them long. After that no one ever caught my attention until Ana. That night we gave ourselves to each other and only each other for the first time. I will admit the first time was a bit clumsy but just being with her feeling that connection was wonderful. What surprised me even more was when I went for a condom she shook her head no and said she got the shit and didn't want any barriers between us. Ever since that night we can't keep our hands off each other even if we tried. During our first year together I figured out Ana liked when I took charge. She liked to be advised not really ordered to what was best for her.
During our summer vacation in the Bahamas we went crazy. Well crazy for us. We got tattoos. I had her name placed over my heart. Ana got two. One was Daddy's girl on the back of her shoulder and the other was my name on her rib cage.
The press was annoying to say the least they started calling us the king and queen if Seattle. They followed us everywhere. Which wasn't many places. We hated charity events and let's be honest people in general. We preferred the company of each other and staying in our apartment. We gad no real reason to go anywhere else honestly. Gail could cook and bake better then ninety percent if the restaurant's available. We had access to any movie we wanted. There was a pool table, game systems, and the most important thing privacy.
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Things are more hectic then ever. More traveling, business takeovers, and press. The last reason is why we talked and decided it was a good idea to start looking for a new bodyguard. Thankfully we would only need one because we were always together.
Ana was in the final stretch of her schooling. We recently bought a huge home away from downtown. We would keep Escala it held so many memories for us that we couldn't stand the thought of someone else living there.
I hear clicking and pull myself out of memories. I look up and see the amused face of my wife clicking her fingers at me.
"What?" She giggles. Even after all these years together that sound is still my favourite.
"You were off in space. Are you ok?" I smile and pull her down on my lap and kiss her with all the passion I have.
"I'm great baby was just daydreaming." She kisses my neck
"We wanted to know if you wanted to make cookies with us?"
"Of course I do."
A/N: Thank you to kamygrey I was made aware that I skimmed over a lot of Christian and Ana's past together. So I hope you enjoy it.