Colder Weather

Inspire by the Zac Brown Bands song "Colder Weather"

Summary: Ana and Christian both take trips to Aspen during the month of December where they really hit it off. But then comes the goodbye and neither want to leave. What will happen to our favorite couple as they take on a month of colder weather together.

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Christian POV

"Christian! I swear to god if you don't take this one month for yourself, I will personally kick your butt you hear me? Trust me, Grey House will be perfectly fine without you for a little while." Ros says fallowing me around my office as I go about packing up for the night.

Ros is my second hand woman at my company, Grey Enterprises and Holding Inc.; she has been with me since I was building it out of my dorm room at Harvard. Ros even stood by me when I dropped out of College and decided to throw myself into said company. It truly has paid off, because now I own a billion dollar empire that reaches people all around the world.

But today she is getting on my last nerve with this vacation crap, that has all she has been talking about for the past 2 months when I casually mention I might take a little time off. Now, in her mind, it has escalated to a month trip for Christmas at my vacation home in Aspen.

"Ros lay off about the stupid trip, your starting to sound like my mother," I mutter flicking through some last minute documents that need to be taken down to legal.

"Christian Grey, you are working yourself into an early grave mister," she scolds. I look up at her giving her my signature scowl.

She sighs and heads for the door, "Just think about it Christian, you really deserve some time off okay; everything here will be just fine if you leave for a month."

I stuff the papers into my bag giving her a nod with out saying anything definitive. Looking up I see that she has already headed back to her own office to pack up her own stuff, no doubt going home to her partner Gwen and their little boy.

"Sir whenever you are ready I have the car pulled around," I shaken from my thoughts as Taylor enters my office. Taylor is my CPO and he does hell of a job at it, it's why I compensate him well.

"Thank you Taylor, has my guest arrived yet at the apartment?" I ask fallowing him out of the office and into the elevator.

"Yes sir, she is just waiting for you to arrive," he nods.

"Perfect," I say as we arrive in the underground parking garage.

The rest of the ride is silent, I reflect on what Ros had said only minutes ago. Maybe it would do me some good to just get away from it all for a little bit, just to be myself without all the pressure of my family and the tabloids. I push the thought away because the only thing that is important is Grey House and what waits for me in my apartment on Friday night. I grin to myself thinking about this weekend and what I in store for me and my quest.

We reach Escala in the time that it takes me to check a couple of emails, I quickly exit the car not even waiting for Taylor knowing he will head for the back entrance to his side apartment. Stepping into the elevator I punch in the four digit code to the penthouse suit; I shrug out of my suit jacket and yank off my grey tie.

The ride takes no time at all as I am welcomed by the cold white exterior that is my foyer. Something smells heavenly so I fallow my nose to the kitchen where I can see Ms. Jones finishing washing the dishes.

"Something smells wonderful Ms. Jones," I say draping my coat over the back of sofa as I make my way in.

"Thank you sir. I have left some food in the oven for you and Ms. Williams when you are ready. Have a good night Sir," she says leaving the kitchen.

"Goodnight Ms. Jones," I say pulling out a wine glass from one of the shelves. I pick out one of my most expense and favorite bottle of wine and pour myself a glass. I want Ms. Williams to be at the height of anticipation when I finally acknowledge her presence. So I make slow work of my glass of wine, savoring the deep and rich taste of it. I have to chuckle to myself a bit at the thought of everything I am going to do with Ms. Williams for the next couple of days; by the end of this weekend she won't even be able to move.

Once I finish my wine, I take the stairs two at a time and head straight for the room at the very end of the hallway. I push open the door knowing that she is already inside waiting for me; the smell of citrus cleaner hit my nose and I feel powerful. Control, Power, that's what this is all about for me. One simple word is how I would describe my life, Dominate.

Ana:

"Ana! Omg Ana!" that would be my overly bubbly roommate Kate. That doesn't mean I don't love her, its just she's….bubbly.

"Hey Kate, how was your day? Mine was fine thank you for asking," I say jokingly from the couch in our living room.

"You will never guess what happened today!" she squeals and plops herself down onto the couch right next to me.

I close my laptop and peer over to her, "What happened?"

"Well you remember how my parents where going to go to their house in Aspen for December?" she asks and I nod.

"Well something came up and they said that we could totally use it for that month. We should do it! You and me; all expense paid vacation for the two of us." she is bouncing up and down.

"Kate, I don't know if I can go; I literally just started working at Seattle Independent Publishing. I can't just ask for a month off and leave town." I sigh.

"Can't you just ask and see if you can take your work with you, that way you can still come?" she takes my arm giving me a puppy dog look.

"I don't know Kate…" I drag out.

"Just promise me you will at least ask!", she says, " Now, what do we want for dinner? Pizza? Or Take-Out?" I laugh at her sudden switch.

"Pizza," I confirm.

The next morning when I get up Kate is already gone; she works as a intern for the Seattle Post so she has to be up really early in order to get started. Not only that but she sometimes has to go into the office on the weekend, like today, which is a bummer. I make some coffee and quickly get ready, I decide that I will take a quick jog then get some breakfast in the Pike Market District.

I'm not far from a little park so I plug in my iPod and start to jog. My mind soon wonders to the potential vacation that I would take with Kate. It would be really nice to just get away for a while and I have heard that Aspen is really nice this time of year. It would also mean that I wouldn't spend Christmas with my Dad, but I know he wouldn't really mind it if I went. Then there is work and I can't exactly ask for an entire month off especially sense I just started. Not to mention my boss, Jack Hyde, gives me the creeps and would be really weird if I asked for the time off.

I'm not watching where I am going so I accidentally bump shoulders with a man who obviously also wasn't paying attention to where he was going. Just as I am about to apologize he bites out, "Watch it!"

I stop and watch him jog away nothing but a fading grey sweatshirt and hood in the distance, I didn't even see his face. What a jerk, I think to myself as I start to jog again this time blocking everything out except the sounds of my feet against the pavement.

When I finish my jog I decide to stroll to the Pike Market which really isn't that far from where I am. I head into my favorite little cafe and get a blueberry muffin and english breakfast tea. I make short work of my muffin while checking some of my emails, but realize I have a text from Kate.

From Kate:

Ana, don't forget to ask your boss about the trip. Also I'm getting off early today so if you want we can go shopping.

I text her back right away.

To Kate:

Yeah I was going to email him right now. Shopping sound wonderful, let me know what time you want to go.

From Kate:

How about 1:30 this afternoon, then we can get some lunch also :)

To Kate: Sounds Great!

I switch over to email and quickly type out a email to my boss Jack Hyde; like my mother always says you can get anything if you don't ask.

To: Jack Hyde

From: Anastasia Steele

Hi Sir,

I am so sorry for the inconvenience; but for the month of December I have had something come up and I was wondering if it might be to much trouble if I work away from my desk for that month? Thank you and again so sorry for the inconvenience.

-Anastasia Steele

Assistant to Jack Hyde SIP.

There that should take care of it, because he gives me the creeps I didn't want to tell him exactly where I was going for a month. Plus the less he knows the more likely I will be able to go. A little ping comes from my phone letting me know I have a new email, whoah that was quick I think to myself opening it up.

To: Anastasia Steele

From: Jack Hyde

That will be fine, we can talk more details on it on Monday. You own me this one Ms. Steele ;)

-Jack Hyde

Editor SIP

Creepy, is all I can say for him, although Kate will be happy that I can come on her stupid trip. I shouldn't say stupid because I am betting that it is going to be really fun, plus I have always wanted to learn to ski.

It's about 1:30 when Kate rolls into the restaurant that we agreed to met at. I give her a hug and we both slide into the booth.

"Hey girly," I say, " How was your morning?"

"It was really good, we are running this new article on Christian Grey it should be really interesting. What about you, where where you at all this morning?" she sips her water.

"It was okay, I went for a jog and some jerk was really rude about us bumping into each other. Oh but creepy Hyde said that I could go on the trip, so it looks like you are stuck with me for a whole month in Colorado," I chuckle as she almost does a spit take.

"Steele! You should have lead with that information!," she's bouncing in her seat now, "Omg Ana, I am so excited for us. This is going to be so much fun, I can't believe your boss said yes."

"Yeah neither can I, to be perfectly honest," I think about the "you own me" comment and get a little bit of shivers.

Kate and I spend most of the rest of the day just shopping for the trip, we both don't have any kind of winter clothes that would be actually helpful in Aspen. I am actually really happy that I decided to go on this trip, I truly think it will be really good for us to get out of the city for a little while.

By the end of the day both Kate and I are exhausted and we pretty much just crash. When I'm nearly asleep and random thought of the mysterious jogger pops unwontedly into my head. What a jerk is the last thing that I think before I drift off into a blissfully deep sleep.

There you have it, the first chapter :) Please let me know what you think, if you liked it if you hated it.

Until Next Time

-AJ