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Recap - Ana was the dancer on the bus that CG had sex with! :)
Now let's continue, shall we?
APOV
(earlier that day)
We're all baking cupcakes for tonight. I love baking. Kate asked to speak to me alone for a moment. We're in Mia's room, sitting on the bed.
"So, Elliot and I have been texting. He wants to go to a strip club, but Christian is dead set against it. Christian said the only girl he wants to see take her clothes off is you. I'd like to go to a strip club. I don't care if it's men or women. So I've come up with an idea." She grins. Oh, boy! Kate and her brilliant ideas. This should be good.
"Let me guess. We all go together?"
"Kind of. Not quite together. Elliot is renting a party bus. Taylor will drive the bus to the strip club. Us girls follow in the SUV, driven by Sawyer. And we'll meet them there."
"Christian isn't going to want to go to a strip club just because I'm there."
"Will you let me finish? You'll be on the bus with the guys. But hiding out in the back, until they get there. Elliot will tell Christian there's a dancer in the back for him. And the guys go inside the strip club. What do you think?"
"Okay... But what are we doing after?" If I see Christian, I'm not going to want to leave him.
"Elliot planned to take Christian bowling, instead of the stripper bar." She shrugs. "We can join them, and bowl. I even got these cute shirts made."
She shows me pink shirts for the girls, that say Team Bride. And blue shirts for the guys, that say Team Groom. She also has a white Bride tank top and a black Groom T-shirt, for Christian and I. That'd be perfect for bowling.
"So we're going to blend our bachelor and bachelorette parties?" I ask, excited. "Like a Jack-n-Jill party?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, let's do it." I grin. I get to see my man! This will be fun!
We walk out and to the kitchen to tell Mia and Hannah the plan.
"We're going to meet up with the guys." Kate lets them know.
"Where?" Mia asks.
"Elliot wants to see some strippers. Christian doesn't. Elliot rented a party bus and we're going to sneak Ana on before they get on. Then, we'll enjoy the strippers while they, well... do whatever they do on the bus. Then after, we're all going bowling. Elliot rented out a bowling alley, so it's just us."
"So we're going to a strip club then bowling?" Mia says. "We'll need to change in between. I can't bowl in my clubbing dress."
"There's a back room on the bus. We can get dressed for the club here. Then change on the bus, into jeans and these shirts, for bowling." Kate shows the girls the shirts.
"Oh, cute!"
After we pull out the cupcakes, they need to cool before we frost them. So we're going to get the girls ready for the club, and me ready for Christian.
"I don't want him to know it's me at first." I giggle.
"You can have your back facing the door." Hannah suggests.
"Oh! You can wear a wig! I have a bunch!" Mia pulls out multicolored wigs. She puts them on the bed for us.
"Let's all wear wigs." Kate grins, going through the wigs.
I pick up a short black wig. I walk to the mirror and put it on. He'll never know it's me, unless I turn around.
"Thank y'all girls," I say with a southern accent. My back to the girls. "Y'all are the best."
I turn around, giggling. Mia has on a pink and blue curly wig that has pigtails. Kate has on a multicolored pink wig. Hannah is putting on a pink and ultra blonde wig. I giggle. It reminds me of that scene in the movie Greace.
"Oh, Ana!" Mia says, grinning. "You should do that voice when Christian walks in! He wont know it's you until you turn around!"
We all giggle.
Mia also pulls out crazy socks. We decide to wear the crazy socks when we bowl.
Kate and Mia, do my and Hannah's make up. After they're dressed for the strip club, we go downstairs to frost the cupcakes. I stay in my white summer dress, but changed into some sexy lingerie. I put one of my new pairs of jeans, my white Bride tank top, and an extra pair of panties, just in case, in a bag. Kate puts a pair of jean shorts in my bag. I'll change after Christian and I have our fun. I also put my sexy heels, I just bought, in and I grab a towel. Kate ran out to her car and gets her IPod for me, to play some music for the dance.
We frost the cupcakes. Kate and Mia have red lips and black mustache's, that they put on top. It will work perfectly for our Jack-n-Jill, bachelor/bachelorette party.
Kate has been texting Elliot. They're going to Escala to change soon. We all walk out and get into the SUV with, a not so impassive, Sawyer. We giggle at his attempt not to smile. I sit in the front with Sawyer and the girls sit in the back. He drives us to Escala. He makes a call when we're almost there.
"No!" All us girls shout.
"Don't call Christian!" Mia shouts.
"Taylor." Taylor answers, and we all relax.
"T." Sawyer smirks at our obvious relief. "I've got the ladies and we'll be at Escala in 2 minutes."
"Got it. The boss and the guys are still upstairs."
"Over and out!" Kate yells and we all giggle.
Sawyer pulls up behind a big black bus. It must be the party bus. Taylor is standing at the curb, waiting for me. He opens my door and escorts me to the party bus. He opens the bus door for me.
"The room is in the back, Ms. Steele."
"Thanks, Taylor." I start to go inside, I step up on the first step. "Oh! I almost forgot." I turn around and hug him. He stiffens. "Sorry." I pull back. Does he have touch issues too? "I just didn't get a chance to say thank you. Ya know. For saving my life."
"No attribute is required, Ms. Steele." He smiles a rare smile. It makes him handsome. I see what got Gail. I smile back and get on the bus.
I go to the back room and shut the door. I walk to the bed and sit on it, then wait. Kate texts me.
We're going to drive around. We don't want CG to see the SUV. -KK
Soon I see my sexy man walk out of Escala's front doors. I stand looking out the tinted windows, watching him. Elliot, Ethan and Jose are with him. He looks so hot! He's wearing jeans, shirt, and a leather jacket. He looks like a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, nothing like his CEO self. It reminds me of that day I went with Kate and Elliot, to his parents barbeque. I watch them walk to Taylor and climb aboard the bus. I can no longer see them, so I sit back down on the bed and wait... again. Soon the bus starts to move. While I wait, I put on my sexy, 6 inch killer heels, that strap around my ankle. I look through Kate's IPod, she put in my bag, to find a song to dance to.
I can hear the guys talking, but not what they're saying. I hear a lot of laughing. I smile, knowing my Christian is having a good time. Taylor drives a while until the bus slows in front of a club. There's a sign that says 'Girls Girls Girls' with silhouettes of strippers on the windows. I hear Christian getting upset and Elliot talking to him. I stand up and take my dress off. I take out the robe that I put in my bag, and put it on. Just incase I have to chase after him. If he stays, however, I know he'll fuck me as soon as he realizes it's me. I wonder if I'll even get to dance for him. I put the towel I packed, on the bed for us to use. Since there's no bathroom in this room. I'm standing at the IPod docking stating, it can also play CDs, how neat. I hear the door open. I suspect it to be Christian. So, I don't turn around. I'd hate to give myself away too soon. I find the song I'll dance to, I put the IPod on the docking station to get it ready. I hear the door slam loudly. Yup, it's Christian. And he's not happy. I bite my lip, to stifle my giggle.
I smile, then drop my robe and hear his breathing hitch. Shit! I hope he hasn't figured out it's me. I better play along.
"Your brother mentioned ya don't like to be touched." I say in a thick southern belle accent. Faking my innocence, that I'm not me. "I have my own no touching rule, as well." I push the play button on the player, starting the song Closer by Nine Inch Nails. "Sit and we can begin."
Will he? Wont he? I hear movement and him sit on the chair. I smirk. He knows it's me.
I starts moving my hips, to the beat. My hands roam my body. I get down low and come back up, continuing to move my hips. I turn around and smile seeing my sexy man. He smirks at me. He knew. I slowly walk closer to him, biting my lip. I point a finger, touching his hand with it. I move it along his arm, up to his neck, walking around him.
I stop, behind him and bend. "If you touch me." I whisper seductively, in his ear. "I stop dancing."
He falls onto the bed and I collapse onto his chest. I'm trying to catch my breath. He's panting. I knew he wouldn't be able to keep his hands off of me. I smile sated, glad he didn't.
"What the fuck... did you do... to your hair?" He pants out.
I lean up to look at him. "It's a wig." I let him know.
I pull it off, and my long hair tumbles down. He kisses my head.
"Good. I'm glad you didn't get it cut that short."
He grabs the towel, that I placed near the bed, and cleans off his dick. Then he pulls his jeans back up. He cleans my sex and gives it a kiss.
"I told you, I love fucking this pussy." I giggle.
I sit up to take my heels off, so I can put my jeans on.
"What are you doing here?" He asks. "Not that I'm complaining." I giggle. I sure didn't hear any complaining.
I stand up and put on new panties, then my jeans. I have to jump around to get my ass into these skin tight jeans.
"Apparently, Kate and Elliot arranged it. They wanted strippers, but we didn't. Your guys and my girls are in the strip club, while I gave you a personal lap dance, on this party bus." I tell him, putting on the white Bride white tank top. I looks over my shoulder at him. He's still sitting on the bed. I smirk. "You weren't suppose to touch me."
"I couldn't help it." He smirks.
I turn around walking back to him. He looks at my boobs. Pervert. I straddle his lap and wrap my arms around his neck. He wraps his arms around my waist. I kiss him.
"I knew you wouldn't be able to keep your hands to yourself." I murmur against his lips, then giggle. "Good thing I was the one giving you the dance."
I know he wouldn't let anyone else give him a lap dance. And he sure as fuck, wouldn't dare have sex with anyone else.
"Funny." He says deadpan. "Only you, baby." He kisses me. "I was actually coming in here to tell you to get the fuck out." I knew it! "But then I saw Mia, Kate and Hannah run into the strip club, looking like the fucking cotton candy gang." I giggle. The cotton candy gang? Oh, their wigs. "I suspected it was you," Damn it! "but when you turned around, I knew for sure." I smile at him.
"I love you, Christian." I tell him.
"I love you, Anastasia." He tells me.
We kiss.
He falls backwards onto the bed, bringing me with him. I giggle. I roll off him, keeping my leg hitched around him and my head on his chest. He starts playing with my hair. I lay my hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. We lay content, in each other's arms. I sigh, happily. He kisses my head.
"One more week, baby." I squeeze him. I can't wait!
We hear laughing and the bus moves ever so slightly. Our group must be back. I try to sit up, but Christian holds me tight.
"No." He holds onto me. "Don't go."
I giggle. "I'm not. We're joining you."
"Really?!" I smile at his excitement.
"Yeah. We're all going bowling." I sit up and reach into my bag. "Here, you have to wear this." I hand him his black Groom shirt.
He takes off his shirt, that he's still wearing. I am a lucky, lucky girl. Gees, he didn't even get undressed fuck me. I giggle. He puts his Groom shirt on.
"Oh! I forgot Kate and Mia want us to wear crazy socks when we bowl. "
I shimmy back out of these ridiculously tight jeans, that make my ass look great. I grab my shorts and my solid white thigh high socks, out of my bag. I sit on the bed and pull up my white socks to my thighs and look at Christian, through my lashes. He's already starring at me. I pull the other sock up my leg, to my thigh. I notice him adjust his pants. I put my feet through my shorts and stand to pull them up. I'm not wearing my shoes yet.
"Ready?" He asks husky voice.
"Later." I say seductively. He smirks
We walk to the door. Christian opens it. We see everyone back on the bus, already sitting. They all have on their, blue Team Groom or pink Team Bride, shirts on. Mia has on her pink stripped, above the knee, socks. Kate has on retro tube socks. They look cute! Hannah has on two different colored socks.
"Holy fuck!" Elliot shouts in mock surprise. "Ana! What, what are you doing here?" He quickly looks around. I giggle.
Christian and I walk out holding hands. Everyone is grinning at us. Everyone, except Ethan. He is smiling, but I can see it's faked. Christian sits pulling me onto his lap. He wraps his strong arms around me. I hold his arms to me. We sit in the corner.
"Well played, Lelliot." Christian says. He kisses my head. Did he just say Lelliot?
"Yeah, well... We knew you both weren't into having a bachelor/bachelorette party. But we still wanted to do something for your boring asses. So, yesterday and this afternoon were your alone fun. And tonight is your co-ed fun. Because for some unknown reason, you two losers can't stand to be apart for more than a minute." I giggle.
Taylor starts the bus and we start moving.
"I've got another surprise for you bro." Elliot grins.
"I swear to god, Elliot. I said no strippers."
"Relax. I got the okay from the Mrs."
"Ana?" Christian looks at me.
"No, the other chick you're marrying." I giggle.
"You're an idiot." Christian says.
"What's the surprise, I'm okay with?" I don't know what he's talking about.
"The girls are coming bowling with us."
"Oh, I already told him."
"And, Ana's going to strip for us on the way, using one of these handy poles." Elliot grabs one of the stripper poles on the bus.
"The fuck she will!" Christian growls out.
"Oh, come on man."
"NO!" Christian tightens his hold on me.
I turn and give him a chaste kiss. I don't want his mood to go down. Christian reaches up with one hand, holding my head. He deepens the kiss and we get lost. I pull away giggling when I hear multiple throats being cleared.
I look at everyone, and they're all smiling again. Ethan still doesn't look thrilled. He seems to be faking it well, though. Nobody notices his mood. But I've known him for years. I can see passed the mask he wears, because I use to wear one myself. Before Christian.
"Oh!" Kate jumps up. "We made cupcakes, to celebrate."
"Uhhh." All the guys say, knowing her cooking skills.
Christian whispers, "Did you make them?" in my ear. I nod. "Thank Katherine." He says to her. "I'll have one."
The other guys' eyes pop out at Christian's request. Kate sticks her tongue out at the other guys and hands Christian a cupcake with a mustache on it. She passes out the cupcakes to everyone else. Lips for the ladies. Mustaches for the fellas. All the guys watch Christian take the first bite. After he does so without complaint, they each eat theirs. I take a bite of mine, getting frosting all over my lips. I lick them trying to clean my lips. Christian holds my head with one hand again, just like he did earlier, and sucks the frosting from my lips. I giggle.
We all finish our cupcake and talk and laugh, having fun together.
The girls play on the stripper poles, on the way to the bowling alley. They're trying to do the moves and tricks the strippers did at the club. They are being silly about it though. I just lean back against Christian, watching the girls.
Taylor pulls the bus into a bowling alley lot. It looks deserted. The bus door opens and we all walk out. Christian and I walk, holding hands, to the door. An employee is waiting at the door, to let our group in. There is nobody inside the building, except employees. We all walk up to the counter to get our bowling shoes.
"Can we just wear our socks?" Mia asks the attendant, pointing to us girls.
"Sure."
All the girls are going to bowl in our socks. The attendant gets our guys new shoes, right out of a box. We walk to our lanes, they're side by side, right in the middle of the building. Girls on one side. Guys on the other. Team Bride vs. Team Groom.
"I have blue balls!" Elliot shouts coming back from getting his bowling ball. He's carrying two, both blue.
I giggle. Christian shakes his head. "This is what I had to deal with all weekend."
I reach up and he leans down, we kiss.
I go with the girls to get our bowling balls. When we come back Elliot is putting our names on the score board screen. We put our balls on the return, and start bowling.
Halfway through our second game, Bride's team winning, of course. There may, or may not, have been some slight distracting going on. I'm not at liberty to admit.
We all get hungry. Kate and I go up to the snack-bar to order fired food. I'm so going to need another fitting before the wedding, thanks to all this junk food I'm eating this weekend. Kate and I order and wait at the snack bar for it.
"Kate." Ethan comes up to us. "It's your turn. I'll wait with Ana."
"K." Kate runs back down to our lane.
When I look back at Ethan, he looks a little sad.
"You look really happy, Ana." He says to me. I give him a small smile.
"I am." I assure him.
I know it must not feel very well, when your childhood crush finds love. And it's not you. But as I've said before. Ethan's more like a brother to me. I have no romantic interest with him. Only Christian. It's only ever been Christian. I wish I would have waited for him and not been with Paul at all.
"So... You're really gonna marry this guy?"
"Yes. I love him. He makes me happy."
"I'm glad you're happy, Ana. Really. I am. But, I'm here if you need me."
I smile at him. "Thank you, Ethan. You're a good friend."
"I mean it." His green eyes shine with sincerity.
"I know you do." I hug him. He holds me tight.
I can barely see over his tall frame. But I can see Christian, watching us like a hawk. I smile at him and pull away from Ethan.
"I wont object at your wedding, or anything like that." He jokes. "But I just wanted to let you know. I'm happy your finally happy. And I'm serious, Ana. I'll be here. . . If you need me."
"Miss?" I look back and the snack bar girl has our food. "Your order is ready."
"Thanks."
I walk up to the counter and grab a tray. Ethan grabs another, helping me carry it to our lane. I turn around and almost drop the tray, startled, seeing Christian.
I gasp. "Gees! Christian, you startled me."
He looks at me, then Ethan, then back to me. He walks up to me.
"Let me get that for you, baby."
He takes the tray from me, holding it with one hand. Then he tilts my chin up with his other hand and kisses me. It's a loud wet kiss. Very un-Christian. He never kisses me like this. Is it because I hugged Ethan? Why are men so territorial?
"You're a lucky guy." Ethan tells Christian.
Christian puts his free hand on my lower back. "That I am." He guides me to our lane.
"What was that?" I ask him when we're out of earshot.
"I wanted to help you carry this tray." He says innocently.
"Not that. You and Ethan. Why did that feel like a pissing contest?"
"Because it was."
"Christian, he's just a friend."
"He's got it bad for you, you know."
"Oh, Christian. That's just not true." I say to him. Although, I know Ethan still has a crush on me from when we were little.
"Oh, it's true, Ana."
"And how would you know that?"
"I recognize the symptoms. I believe I suffer from the same affliction." He puts the try of appetizers down on the table in front of our lane.
Ethan comes up next to me and puts more food down on the table. Christian pulls me closer to him, away from Ethan. Everyone starts eating and continues to bowl. I look up at Christian. He's starring daggers at Ethan.
"Please." I whisper. Christian looks at me "Don't."
"Don't what?"
"Don't do this." I whisper. "He's just a friend."
Christian clenches his jaw and looks at Ethan behind me. Then back to me. His eyes soften. He nods and gives me a sweet kiss.
We continue to bowl. Christian is all over me like a rash, every time Ethan looks my way.
We've finished bowling and are all just sitting around, talking and laughing.
"Hey!" Kate says, coming back from the restroom. "They have a bar here. Let's just drink and dance here."
We all get up and follow Kate down to the bar section.
"Cool!" Elliot says, when we walk in. "They have karaoke!"
He walks over to the stage to pick out a song.
Mia giggles. "This should be good."
Elliot picks his song, then grabs a microphone.
The beginning of Shania Twain's, Man! I feel like a women., comes on. Playing loudly through the speakers.
Elliot says, "Let's go girls." waving for us ladies to join him.
We all laugh and run to the stage. We all get mics and join him singing.
"I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright.
Gonna let it all hang out.
Want to make some noise, really raise my voice.
Yeah, I want to scream and shout!"
We all continue to sing and dance around the stage. I catch Christian's eye. He's smiling at me. I grin back. Elliot does a solo screaming out.
"Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady!
Men's shirts, short skirts.
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style.
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction.
Color my hair, do what I dare.
Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel.
Man! I feel like a woman!"
After our song we all went our separate ways. Christian and I are cuddled up in a booth together watching his siblings and my friends. Some are dancing, some are playing pool, some play darts. I'm leaning against Christian, his arms are wrapped around me. I play with his strong hand. What is that? Is that...?! I quickly sit up and spin around to face Christian.
"You got a tattoo?!" I squeal out.
He chuckles a little. "Yeah. Do you like it?"
"Oh, Christian." I grab his hand to look at it. It says 'Anastasia' on his wedding ring finger. "I love it!"
"Good." He kisses my lips. "Because I was going to get a drunk tattoo of your face on my chest." He chuckles.
"Oh, no." I giggle. I wouldn't like that. Wait. "But what about your haphephobia?"
"Elliot mentioned that when he was talking me out of it. I obviously wasn't in the right head space. So I chose a new location." He smirks. "My dick." He chuckles.
"What?!" I look down at his crotch. I can't control my laughter. Christian chuckles with me.
"For obvious reasons. That tat did not happen." He explains. "Elliot wouldn't let me get one while I was drunk, anyway. The next morning, Jose joked about the tattoo. Asking if I still wanted your face tattooed on my body. I said no. But then I thought about it. You're going to be mine in a week. I wanted your name as my ring, until I get my wedding band. And even after, if for any reason, it comes off. Which it absolutely will not. I wanted your name there. That way, when I look at my ring finger." He looks at his tattooed finger. I look as well. My name looks so sexy there. "I'm reminded, how lucky I am. That I'm yours and you're mine."
"Oh, Christian." I kiss him. "Well, I'm very glad you didn't get my face." I giggle. "I want your name on my finger, as well." I look at my finger. I love that he did that.
"Jose is staying with us tonight. Maybe he can do yours when we get home."
"Uh... I'll wait until tomorrow. He's been drinking. I want it to say Christian, not Christina." I giggle.
He puts some of my hair behind my ear. "You're more than just a pretty face, Mrs. soon-to-be-Grey."
He leans in to kiss me, but someone bumps our table. I look, and see Elliot sitting across from us.
"Hey, Ana." He grins. "Is Hannah single?"
I raise my eyebrows, in surprise. "Uh." Why?
"Elliot, you're with Katherine." Christian says what I was thinking. "Why are you asking Ana, if her other friend is single?" Yeah, what he said!
"It's not what you think. It's not for me." He quickly explains. "I think Ethan has the hots for Hannah. I heard him talking about Hannah. I think he likes her, but wont do anything. So I'm going to hook them up." He wiggles his brows. "So... is she?"
Somehow I don't think it's 'Hannah' Elliot heard Ethan say.
"Yeah." I quickly squeak out before Christian figures out what I just did. Judging by the look on his face and how tense his body feels, he did.
"Cool." Elliot taps the table and gets up, leaving us.
I kiss Christian. "Dance with me." I need to get Ethan off Christian's mind. "We need to practice for our first dance." I stand up.
"Ana, it's our wedding. We can dance however we want."
"If we dance however we want, I don't think it would be a very appropriate dance, in front of our loved ones." He smirks at my suggestion. "Please." I grab his hand, pulling him. "For me."
He stands and kisses me. We walk to the stage, where they have an electronic juke box. I look through the songs. I find a song I want to dance to with Christian. Crazy Girl by Eli Young Band. It should be called 'Crazy Christian.' I giggle. I push play and we walk to the dance floor and start dancing. I have my hands around Christian's neck. He hand his hands on my ass. I sing.
"I ain't ever changing my mind.
Crazy Christian, don't you know that I love you?
And I wouldn't dream of going nowhere.
Silly man, come here let me hold you.
Have I told you lately?
I love you like crazy,
Christian."
I smile when he sings to me.
"I wouldn't last a single day,
I'd probably just fade away,
without you, I'd lose my mind.
Before you ever came along,
I was living life all wrong.
The smartest thing I ever did,
was make you all mine."
"Only yours." I say to him.
"Only mine." He says to me.
We kiss and continue to dance.
When it gets later and we're ready to leave, we walk outside. The party bus is gone. Christian said, Taylor returned it after he dropped us off.
Christian and I, get in the first SUV, with Jose and Hannah. Hannah sits in the front, I sit between Christian and Jose in the back. Taylor is going to drop us off at Escala, then take Hannah home. Mia climbs in the front of the second SUV, that Sawyer is driving. Kate, Elliot and Ethan in the back.
When we get back to Escala, Jose goes to the guest room, he's been staying in. Christian and I go to our room and make love all night long.