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Christian looked between the two, his voice quiet and menacing 'Jess, Harry wants you. I'd like a word with Caleb'.

She looked between the two of them and Caleb nodded, watching as she awkwardly re-entered the suite and closed the door.

Christian looked at Caleb for a few seconds in silence before he finally spoke 'if you ever- ever- hurt her, I'll kill you, do you understand what I'm saying here Caleb?'.

He nodded 'I wouldn't go after someone to end up breaking their heart, I'm not going to end up like my Mother'.

Christian was slightly taken aback and Caleb shrugged

'you must have realized that she's never around and no one ever talks about her- so would you if she'd walked out on her husband and children- and grandchild-...I don't want to be with Jess if it's going to take her away from her son'.

Christian was silent for a minute, not looking away from Caleb. 'She won't. Just...I can't stop her from having a relationship with you, god knows I'd like to try but she's nearly eighteen and so are you... Just don't break her heart alright?'.

Caleb nodded formally at Christian, saying a quiet 'thanks', before they both went back into the suite.

Inside Jess was crouched down to one side of the talking group, at eye level with Harry. She was talking to him quietly and he was nodding, sucking his thumb and looking around at the adults slightly.

Christian nodded slightly and very curtly at Caleb before heading over towards Ana and Elliot, who were talking to a large group of people.

Caleb waited for her to stop talking to her son and moved over, touching her back and making her glance up with a smile 'Hey'

'Hey, everything okay?'. Jess nodded 'we were just making sure we were behaving our self today weren't we?'. Harry nodded enthusiastically and Caleb laughed as she picked him up, holding him on her hip.

'Don't want to be embarrassing ourselves do we Harry?' He shook his head, playing with her hair and Caleb smiled at the little boy and Jess glanced over him.

'So, Caleb, you survived. That I didn't expect'.

'I think Christian was very reasonable to be honest. I have managed to retain all my limbs so that's nice. Though if I ever hurt you, then I lose anything I'm particularly attached to'.

Jess blinked in surprise 'You mean he's okay…?'. Caleb nodded 'I know, I was as surprised as you. I'll look after the little guy if you want to go talk to him?'.

Jess faltered for a second before putting Harry down again 'Stay with Caleb okay, make sure he behaves himself alright?'. Harry nodded, grinning as Caleb laughed.

Jess tapped Christian on the shoulder 'Can I have a word?'. He looked clearly surprised but nodded, moving to one side of the suite with her, sipping his wine slowly

Christian… what did you say to Caleb?'. He frowned slightly ' didn't he tell you himself?'. Jess half rolled her eyes 'I wanted to hear it from you'.

He frowned again but told her

'I said I couldn't stop you being together and as much as I would like to, I can't control your life to that degree. Caleb is a nice enough boy, I'd rather him than anyone else frankly. Don't get me wrong, I've made it very clear that if he hurts you, I'll kill him, obviously. But… you can date Caleb McManus…if you must'.

Jess smiled widely and flung her arms around a very stunned looking Christian who looked confused 'What was that for?'.

Jess smiled 'for being reasonable. You know, I really am grateful you took me in Christian; and I'm glad you're still going ahead with the adoption, you're already a good Dad'.

She smiled widely at him and went back over to Harry and Caleb, who were standing with a group of about five other people including Caleb's father, who she stood next to.

George's voice was quiet and amused 'So, my son has found a kindred spirit with your son Jessica, which is good, seeing as you are all he talks about'.

Caleb was crouched down with Harry playing some sort of game and glanced up at his dad with a distinctly unimpressed look as he overheard what he had said, though Jess simply laughed.

Over the game, Christian, Ana, Elliot and George were all glancing over at the pair of them. Caleb had his arm languidly over Jess's shoulder as she stood with Harry in front of her, standing on a box as she held on to him.

Caleb and Jess dated for two months, with everyone at their school saying 'I knew it' almost unanimously before the girls decided to ask overly- personal questions about their relationship.

Even Christian was fairly okay with the two being together, largely as Jess made it clear they weren't going to be having sex on each and every surface each and every minute of the day

. Of course, he still didn't leave them alone for very long, but it was progress for someone like Christian Grey.

It was after two months that Jess was at the McManus house after school one day when they were studying and George was called out on urgent business, leaving the pair alone in the house.

They had given up on studying and were watching a film in Caleb's room when they started kissing, after a minute or two the kisses intensified and the movie was forgotten in the background.

Caleb pulled her closer and kissed her more deeply, his breath hitching slightly as she leant back onto the bed, Caleb still kissing her as he lay lightly on top of her Jess felt Caleb kiss down her jaw and neck, and then back up again to her lips.

Kissing back, Jess was lost in the moment until she felt a hand slowly tail up her leg and thigh

Her eyes snapped open, she pulled back from the kiss and pulled away from Caleb, looking shocked and terrified all at once, recoiling physically from her startled boyfriend, her voice loud and cutting

'Get off me!'. He blinked in surprise, sitting back up away from her on his knees, looking confused, hands up.

'Uh- what- sorry? I thought you...what have I done?'.

Jess was silent, knees curled tightly to her chest as she looked away, not meeting his eyes and looking away at the wall.

'Jess… Do you want me to go…I thought…I thought this was what you wanted… Did I misread this or something?'.

Caleb sighed, running a hand through his hair in a despairing way as Jess slowly turned to look at him, her voice barely audible. 'I…I…. I did want this, I thought I could deal with this, I just can't Caleb…not right now'.

He cocked his head to one side in a questioning pose and Jess sighed, holding her knees to her chest protectively.

'I…uh…well, I had Harry when I was young, but I got pregnant when I was very young. Harry's father, he's called Marcus…he, um, he's older, you know? I didn't want it, I love my son more than anything in the world, but I was barely a kid myself. I couldn't…I couldn't stop him'.

Jess started to feel tears forming in her eyes, making them hot and prickly as she blinked rapidly to try and keep them back 'You must think I'm 'damaged goods' now…I bet those stunning cheerleaders don't have this type of baggage, I bet they're just dishing out sex aren't they'.

Caleb shook his head and very slowly reached a hand over to Jess and she met his eyes as he very gently tipped her face to him, voice gentle.

'If you don't want to have sex then I'm not going to push you, okay? What that man did to you is disgusting, okay, that is the worst thing a human being can do. It changes nothing, okay, nothing at all… It makes me angry that you would even think that would make me leave Jess. What happened is not your fault, okay? It's not your fault, you are not 'damaged goods' and I don't want to ever hear you say that phrase again okay? Don't talk about yourself like that ever. I'm not going anywhere Jess'.

She swallowed, blinking as the tears began to roll down her cheeks and Caleb spoke again. 'It's not your fault, okay?'. Jess nodded slightly and Caleb repeated his words again, making her nod again.

Caleb smiled slightly, wiping a tear off her cheek 'I really, really like you Jess, don't ever talk about yourself like that again, okay? And anyway, I'm not with any of those other girls am I, I'm with you'.

Jess finally broke a faint smile and Caleb very gently leant in to kiss her, making sure she had time to stop him if she wanted to. The kiss was only brief and Caleb sat back up against the headboard, Jess leaning against his chest as he gently stroked her arm.

After a few minutes, Jess was asleep on Caleb, exhausted from the emotional turmoil of telling Caleb about Marcus. Sitting there in silence, Caleb saw his iPhone flash and leant over slightly to take it off the bedside table

From: Christian Grey

To: Caleb McManus

When will Jess be back at Escala? I have to talk to her about the adoption papers.

Christian G

From: Caleb McManus

To: Christian Grey

She's sleeping now, I'll leave her for an hour at least as she was emotional earlier; after that, I'll drive her back to Escala.

I think she'll want to be back with Harry as soon as possible. I know it's not my place but between you and me I think she needs to see someone about what happened to her.

Later,

Caleb

In Escala Christian glanced at his blackberry with raised eyebrows in surprise as he read over the response from Caleb. He was shocked that she had told Caleb about what had happened, but also fairly impressed that he had not thrown her out in disgust as some boys his age would do.

Putting down his phone, Christian glanced back down at the adoption papers in front of him.

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