APOV
Christian's noisy alarm wakes me out of a perfect sleep. I scrunch my eyes together and try to will the day from not coming. But unfortunately I feel Christian's body move from underneath mine to reach over and slap the alarm clock off. My head rests right over his heart and his left arm lies protectively across my back. I couldn't be happier.
"Ana," his groggy voice sounds. "It's time to wake up baby." Baby! I love it! I shake my head and snuggle my face into his chest and feel his body tremble as he softly chuckles. His arms circle around me again and slide me up his chest so we're face to face. I smile as I look down into his gorgeous eyes. "Good morning. How did you sleep?"
"Perfect, no nightmares or anything. How did you sleep," I soundlessly ask.
"Wonderful, no nightmares either."
"I forgot to ask you, did you and Jason figure out who it was who broke into the apartment last night?"
"We looked over the tapes and recognized them as three college guys who live in the building. Once we get all the video footage from the building, everything will be settled tonight." We continue to bask in each others warmth and stare into each others eyes until a second alarm goes off. Christian sighs, rolls his eyes and reaches over and smacks it off as well. "We better get up now so we're not late." I nod and slide off his body. We embrace before parting and going to our own bathrooms. After showering and blow-drying my hair, I slip on my dark blue robe and head out to the kitchen. We enjoy a filling breakfast with Jason and Gail once again before we get dressed. I pull my hair back into a bun and apply a little bit of mascara, foundation, and nude lip-gloss Kate and Mia gave me. I decide to wear a red button up top with black slacks and a black dress jacket along with my black boots. I put on my coat and step out and find Christian in the kitchen. "Lovely as always. Ready to go?"
"Yep. Is Jason not coming," I ask.
"No he's going to stay here with Gail while everything gets fixed and put into order." I give Gail a quick hug and high five Jason before Christian and I head down in the elevator. When we arrive we walk towards a black sports car.
"What kind of car is this?"
"It's a Audi Spyder." He opens my door and I practically melt into the leather seat.
"It's very nice." He smiles at me while we buckle.
"I'll let you drive it sometime."
"You'd let me…drive?"
"Sure why wouldn't I?"
"I've never driven. I was never allowed to. Roberta was the one who helped me get my driver's license." He looks at me in shock.
"Someday soon I'll change that." He places his hand over mine and caresses it with his thumb before we pull out of the parking garage.
After we park, Christian opens my door and offers me his hand, which I take willingly. Walking hand in hand, we step inside his office and I see people bustling around like crazy. I hear a few people say good morning to him, all calling him Mr. Grey, but he only nods his head and never removes his hand from mine as we walk at a steady pace. We step into an elevator and ascend to the top floor. When we step out I see a blonde woman sitting behind a desk.
"Good morning Christian," she says as she gives me a kind smile.
"Good morning Andrea. Ana this is Andrea Wilkins, my executive assistant. Andrea this is Anastasia Steele, my newest guest."
"Very nice to meet you Ana. Welcome to Grey Enterprises and Holdings. Here are the calls you have gotten so far Christian. Can I get you anything to drink Ana?"
"Do you have tea?"
"We do. I'll bring that in with Christian's coffee." I thank her before we walk into Christian's office. He opens the door and I instantly love it. Like his library, one wall is a window looking out onto the city. In front of the window sits his desk with two armchairs in front of that with a table between them. On each wall there is a large painting. Against one wall there is a black couch. There is another door, which probably leads to a private bathroom. On his desk sits two white boxes, one smaller than the other.
"Do you like my office," he asks shyly.
"Like it? It's gorgeous!" He walks behind the desk and takes off his coat. He's wearing a red business shirt with a black vest and dark gray dress pants. We both look at each other and giggle at how we practically match. Andrea soon comes in and gives Christian black coffee and me my tea before leaving us and shutting the door. I sit in one of the armchairs and sip my tea while he pulls out his laptop and starts answering emails.
"Oh here I'm sorry. These are for you." He gets up and hands me the two boxes. I open the largest box and find an Apple laptop. "You can use it to take college classes if you wish." I sit there speechless staring at the beautiful technology before I move to open the smaller box. Inside that I find a new phone with a protective blue case. "On that you'll find information on people who I trust and who know about what I do that includes Andrea, my COO Ros Bailey and Ros' wife Gwen. Kate and Mia are on there of course so now you can text them if you want."
"Is that why some people call you Christian instead of Mr. Grey?"
"Yes. The ones who call me by my first name know what I do outside of work."
"Oh Christian, I don't know what to say except thank you." I rise and walk into his open arms. I fight back the tears as his arms surround me, pressing me against his chest. We hear a knock on the door and separate, and I can feel the heat come to my face. In walks a woman with black hair in a cute bob and in a nice pants suit.
"Morning Christian. You must be Ana. Ros Bailey, nice to meet you," she states with confidence as she shakes my hand.
"Nice to meet you as well Ros."
"I just wanted to remind you we have a meeting in five minutes Christian."
"Alright I'll be there soon." Ros waves to me before she exits.
"She's really nice."
"She can be. Most of the time she's a pain in my ass." I giggle while Christian walks back over to me. "This meeting will last a while. I'm sorry I dragged you here on a day with a meeting."
"That's okay. I'll figure out my computer and phone."
"Okay have fun with that. I'll be back hopefully soon." He kisses me on the forehead before walking towards the door. Before leaving he gives me a wink, which causes my face to heat. Luckily he's gone before he can see.
After texting Mia and Kate, letting them know my phone is activated, I connect to the Internet, set up my own email account, and fill out an application for Washington State University. After loading the application, I get an immediate link to a range of tests. Strange I know, but I take them anyway. It probably won't help with my admission but it'd be nice to know what I've remembered from all my readings. Two hours and forty-five minutes later, I'm finally done. I'm just glancing at the other contacts in the phone when I hear my email notification going off. I open it and am surprised to see it's from the head of the admissions department.
Dear Ms. Steele,
We are please to inform you with your testing and your scores from the ACT and the SAT, you will only need to complete one year and a semester to earn a degree in English. You may begin enrolling in classes in January. I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Loretta Johnson
Chair of Admissions of Washington State University.
I cover my mouth and read the email over and over and over. This has to be wrong. Can it really be true? Can I really earn a degree in such a short time?
"What is it Ana," Christian's concerned voice sounds from over by the doorway. He comes kneel beside me and reads the email over my shoulder. He reads it twice like I did before he gets up and goes to his phone and pushes a button. "Andrea, please get me the Chair of Admissions of WSU as soon as possible." Within a minute, Andrea buzzes back telling him which line she's on. "Mrs. Johnson this is Christian Grey. I'm calling in regards to the acceptance letter Anastasia Steele just received." I see something subtle change in him as he talks to her. It's his CEO side that is present now and to be honest, it's very sexy. His air of control and confidence is obvious and quite hot. "Thank you very much Mrs. Johnson." He hang up and grins like he won the lottery, even for a billionaire. "She said you tested out of all the major core classes." I get up with my mouth open like a fish. "You'll only need to take minor classes like math, the sciences, and a gym class for some reason. You'll have a degree baby!" I jump up into his arms and circle mine around his neck as he swings me around in a circle. He chuckles before placing me back on my feet. "You should be the CEO instead of the college dropout." I'm shocked to learn this but I'm still so happy about all of this. "Well this calls for a celebration. Ready for lunch?" He offers me my coat.
"I am." I slide into it and he slips into his before we join hands again and walk out of the building, joy radiating off of us, as we head to a nearby restaurant.