Chapter 34

APOV

Last night was simply wonderful. I almost can't believe it really happened. I love Christian and he loves me. Maybe we have a future together.

When I wake up, Christian isn't in bed. It's raining and everything looks gloomy. I look at the clock. Holy crap! It's 10 am. I can't believe I slept that long. I get up and look for Christian. The first place I look is his office - Mr. Workaholic himself.

Quietly, I approach his office door and as I stand there he looks up from his laptop. Christian gives me a huge smile, gets up and walks toward me. "Good morning, beautiful. Did you sleep well?"

"Yes, better than I have slept in a while. I'm sorry I slept so late. Why didn't you wake me up?"

"You seemed so peaceful I didn't want to disturb you."

I smile at him. "You couldn't disturb me. Did you sleep well?"

"The best. Would you like to join me for dinner at my parents' house this evening?"

"I would but I don't have anything to wear." I hold the hem of his t-shirt I am wearing.

"You know Anastasia, that can easily be corrected." He leans down and kisses me on the tip of my nose and it tickles.

"You are not buying me clothes. We can stop by my place and I can get changed."

"If you insist. While we're there why don't you pick out some clothes and things you can keep here just in case something comes up." What is he talking about?

"I'm not saying move in with me indefinitely but I just got you back. I want to spend every available moment with you that I can." My facial expression must have given me away.

"What if I get something to wear to dinner and something for me to wear to work tomorrow? Then we can discuss the rest." I don't want to move too quickly here. We just got back together.

"I guess I can live with that."

We stop by my apartment for me to get changed into a navy blue dress with a belt and short sleeves and nude wedges. I think this dress looks good for Sunday dinner with the Greys. I also pack a pair of indigo denim trousers and a white eyelet lace blouse for work tomorrow. Then I pack my toiletries and I am good to go.

A couple of hours later we pull up to Christian's parents' house. We were just here last night but it seems like so long ago.

"Ana, so good to see my son finally came to my senses," Grace says as she hugs me when we get in the door. Christian looks and me and smiles.

We walk into the great room and Kate gets up and gives me a hug. "Ana, are you ok?"

"I've never been better."

She looks at me with concern. "You tell me if you need anything, right? Especially if he does something to hurt you." She eyes Christian.

"We're ok, Kate. He loves me."

"I trust you. But I am still here for you."

Elliot comes up to me. "I like your necklace, Ana."

I look up at him in shock. "You knew about the necklace?"

"My brother isn't that smart. Someone had to help him come up with a plan. I knew you two love each other."

"Well, thank you for not giving up." I give him a hug.

"I'm really being selfish. You're the only reason why my brother actually acts human. It was nice to see him smile for once."

Throughout dinner, Christian either holds my hand or somehow touches me. It's a nice time and we share a lot of laughs, especially because of Mia and Elliot. Those two are real characters.

As Taylor is driving us home Christian holds me in his arms and gently kisses my hair. "Christian, you act like you're never going to see me again. I'm right here. Not that I mind being in your arms."

"Baby, I lost you once and I'm never going to let you go."

I look up at him. I am perfectly happy with that. "I love you, Christian Grey."

"Ditto, Anastasia Steele."

We get back to Escala and head up to the apartment. We walk through the foyer into his great room. He looks down at me and caresses my cheek. "You're so beautiful, do you know that?" Before I can answer he leans down and kisses me. "Come."

He takes my hand and leads me into his bedroom. Candles surround the room giving it a sensual glow. Rose petals are scattered on his bed. And, Sia's 'Fire Meet Gasoline' plays in the background. "Christian, this is all for me?"

He nods and kisses me once more. Slowly he undoes the belt on my dress and the zipper allowing my dress to fall to the floor. I stand in front of him wearing just my bra and panties.

He kisses down my neck and whispers in my ear, "I love you." Gently he lays me down on the bed and continues to kiss down my throat and around the lace edges of my bra. He reaches behind me, unhooks my bra, and leisurely takes it off. He kisses my breasts and teases my nipples.

"Christian…"

"I'm not going to rush this, baby." He quickly responds to my cry. He continues to kiss down my stomach to the lace edge of my panties. His hands slip under my panties grasping them and pulls them down my legs and throws them on the floor so now I am naked before him.

I don't even know when it happened but he comes back to kiss me once more and I realize he's naked. I want him. Now. I taste myself on his lips and it's… hot. He thrusts into me gently and exhales. "God, Ana, I've missed this. I missed you."

"I missed you too." He starts moving slowly at first but then picks up the pace. And, I don't know if it's because we haven't been together in over a week or now I know he loves me but I quickly have an orgasm - larger than ever before. It causes Christian to come as well so by the end we are lying together with him on top of me, both trying to catch our breath.

Everything was so intense I can't even formulate words. "Wow." is all I manage to say which makes Christian start to laugh.

We're both naked and he's holding me in his arms in a post-coital sleep state. "Christian?"

"Mmm-hmm?"

"Is sex always like this?"

He laughs and sounds young and carefree. "With you it is. I didn't know vanilla could be this good."

"Vanilla?"

"Vanilla sex." Well, that explains nothing.

"What's vanilla sex?"

"It's just regular sex - no toys or BDSM stuff."

"Oh. So you've never had vanilla sex before?"

"Nope."

"Ever?"

"Never. I know I am your first, but in some respects, you are my first for a lot of things too. You're the first woman I ever made out with, you're the first virgin, my first vanilla sex, you're the first woman I've had sex with in my bed, and you're the first woman I've ever slept with."

"You've got to be kidding? I don't believe you."

"It's true. I was Elena's submissive until I was 21. I wasn't a normal teenager. After her, I went on to become a Dominant myself. You're my first real relationship."

"I assume Elena is your mother's friend who seduced you."

"Yes."

"And you never made out with her or any of your submissives?"

"Not like you and me. Everything I did was premeditated. I like what we have. I wouldn't go back to what I had before. I couldn't."

"Yeah, me neither."

He looks at me in bewilderment, "what?" His reaction makes me laugh.

"I'm just kidding." And now I can't stop laughing and the more I try to stop the more I laugh.

"Do you think I'm funny, Miss Steele?" I am laughing so hard now I can't even answer him. I have tears running down my face and when I finally stop he's looking into my eyes with a smile. "I wish I could record that sound and play it whenever I want."

"What? My laugh?"

"Yes. It's quite lovely."

"Now I know you're lying." Christian starts to laugh with me. After our laughter has calmed we cuddle once more and fall asleep in each other's arms.