This is my first Fanfiction and I know that there will be grammar and probably some spelling mistakes even though I type it up in word first. I am nervous about putting this out there, as I know that some people can be pretty brutal on this site. Having been an avid reader to this site for many years, I know there are some die hard fans that only like things done in a certain way. If I don't meet up with your expectations, then I apologise in advance.

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APOV

"Oh Tash! You will never guess who I almost bumped into in the hallway earlier." Says perfect blonde number one.

"Really! Oh you are so lucky. It's been a while since he's been down to my department. Oh I could just sit and stare at him all day... that man is so handsome, what I wouldn't do for ten minutes alone with him." Says perfect blonde number two, as they both giggle.

"I know, I know." Says perfect blonde one.

I try very hard to hide my smile and turn to Barney sitting in front of me, as he chews on his sandwich, rolls his eyes and takes another bite out of his sandwich.

"Oh, do you think he is going to be there tomorrow at the GEH annual picnic?" Blonde two (Tash) asks blonde one.

"Well I hear that he goes every year, and I'm going to make sure I actually bump into him this year." Blonde one exclaims.

I tune out the perfect blondes and focus on Barney. He is sitting at the canteen table, wearing a rumpled gray shirt and a dark blue star trek enterprise tie. "You know Barney. I think we have chosen the perfect time to get those upgrades installed. As every is going to this picnic event tomorrow and we will have the place to ourselves."

"I know Ana, that's why I tried to get this done for then, as we don't have to worry about booting people out of the system while we do it." He nods in agreement, and takes another bite out of his sandwich and chews. "But are you sure you are okay about missing out on the picnic and Mr. Grey." He chuckles.

"You know I wouldn't be going anyway as I'm not an employee, and I think I will just have to suffer the consequences and on miss out on bumping into the 'oh so wonderful and handsome' Mr. Grey." I say dramatically while trying to hide my sniggering. "How life is so cruel." I laugh. Noticing the two perfect blondes glare in my direction, and then they get up to leave the canteen. We Watch them walk away, turn to look at each other and burst into laughter.

"Jeez, are all the women in this place as desperate as those two." I ask and nod my head towards their retreating figures.

"Yeah but some are worse, they actually start lowering their tops and checking their make in the mirror when they know he is on his way down." Barney replies.

I shake my head in disgust. Yes, he is very good looking, but boy does he know it and is he is and seems like such an arrogant arsehole. I have not met him personally, but I have seen him quite a few times while I have been working here. When he has strolled onto the floor in where I was working and has walked past me. I actually don't think that he notices those around him, as he ignores everyone and focus only on his intended victim. I say victim because usually when he has to come down to a department you just know that someone is going to get a roasting. Everyone sure notices him though, the whole area goes quiet and all the women start sighing and preening themselves. It is actually funny to watch.

"Just shoot me if I ever get that like that." I say.

"I don't think I have to worry about that, now will I." He says raising his eyebrows at me.

"Nope, I don't think you will." I reply laughing.

I have known Barney for the last twelve years. We met when I was sent for advance learning classes. He was seventeen and I was ten. I had to go to advance class because the normal classes for my age were too basic for me and I got disruptive because I was bored. They decided that I needed to be put into some higher learning classes and sent me off onto a higher education course. He was one of the few people that didn't make fun of me for being in the class and he treated me like a little sister and looked after me. We would hide in the library during break times to get away from the others who would make fun at us, and go through our computer codes and programmes together. We both had a vast understanding and aptitude towards computer software and programming and we have been bouncing our ideas off each other ever since.

Barney called me a few weeks ago and asked for my help in upgrading the systems here at GEH, and of course I was happy to help my friend. He just had to clear it with Welch and Mr. Grey first and then get me to sign a NDA before I could start. I have met with Welch, but Mr. Grey was not interested in meeting with me, and just told Barney that if he thought it was necessary then 'just get it done,' once I got clearance first mind you. He is not interested in meeting with people, only in the results.

I have had so much fun working here with my old friend again and I will be sad when this project is over. As this project is coming to an end, I am going to make sure that we have some fun when are here tomorrow. It is only going to be us and the building security so we can get loads done with worrying about interrupting anyone while we have to boot them out of the system to get it done. I very much doubt that Mr Grey would be happy with the down time his staff would have to endure if we tried to do this during a week day.

"Well then my friend, I suppose we better get back to the grindstone." I say as I collect the empty wrappers and rubbish off our table and place them onto a tray so I can throw it in the rubbish bin on our way out.

"Yep, I have to do some background checks for Mr. Grey this afternoon, will you be okay with finishing off the programmes by yourself." He asks.

"Sure no problem Barney, don't worry about it. I'll be fine." I say turning to smile at him as we leave the canteen and make our way to the elevators. When we arrive on the fifteenth floor we go our separate ways and I settle down at my workstation of the last couple of weeks and start double checking the codes making sure that everything is ready for installation tomorrow.

I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Welch standing behind me.

"Oh hi Welch, what's up?" I ask, turning back round to the computer.

"Hi Ana, just checking that everything is going okay." He asks, pulling a chair over and sitting down beside me.

"Yep, everything is going well, we should have no problems getting this done tomorrow."

"Good. You will be finishing here soon. What are you plans when you have finished here?" He asks.

I stop what I am doing and turn to face him, before replying. "Oh I have some other work lined up. As a matter of fact I have been working on a new software programme at home for another Company. They have contracted me to write a new security programme for their systems. It's nearly done so I just have to go over there to install and test it." I have lots of things in the works actually and I really don't like to talk too much about them with others, so I try and be as vague as possible when answering these types of questions. I don't like to discuss my work with anyone.

"That's great, what's the Company."

"SIP" I reply.

"Oh... that's good, well, I will see you around. Bye Ana" He says getting up and leaving the office. I watch him leave a little confused by his question, but don't pay it any mind to it and get back to what I was doing.

"Hey, Ana" Barney says sitting next to me. "How is it doing?"

"I'm just about done." I say finishing off the last of the checks, before turning around to face him. "You get everything done, for the Boss man?"

"Yeah, all done and passed it over to Welch."

"Great, then let's finish up here and then get something to eat. We can go over everything that we need to do tomorrow." I say noticing that it is now 6.30pm and it suddenly hits me that I am getting hungry. As I start packing up my things and getting ready to leave.

"Sure, give me ten minutes and I'll be with you." He says as he stands up and starts to scurry off.

"Okay, finish what you have to do and meet me at mine when you are done." I shout after him, knowing that his ten minutes can be anything up to an hour.

"Okay." He acknowledges as he leaves.

I am just finishing up the dinner, which comprises of peri peri chicken, baked potatoes and salad, when there is a knock on my door. I open my door to a sheepish looking Barney.

"Sorry Ana, it took longer than I thought." He says shuffling his feet with his hands in his pockets.

Shaking my head, and laughing at him, I open the door wider to let him in. "Don't worry about it. I'm use to your 10 minutes by now."

As he crosses the threshold he takes a deep breath. "Mmm that smells really good."

"Glad you approve." I reply as I make my way in to the kitchen to start plating up the food.

We sit and to eat at my dining table as we go over everything that we need to get done tomorrow. We plan to install the software and do random test various terminals within the GEH building. We plan to go on every floor and try the system out in every department to ensure that it is working properly. We are each going to take a different floor at a time in order to get this done more quickly. Once we have done our checks in each department, we will both go through the security offices and Mr. Grey's office together as we want to ensure those computers are working correctly. We are also putting in a separate server dedicated purely for Mr. Grey's own personal shit... erm I mean stuff. I am half tempted to set his screen saver up with dancing pink elephants in tutu's going across his screen to the tune of the Sugar Plum Fairy. I don't think Barney would let me get away with that though, but I would love to see Mr. Grey's reaction to it though. Mind you, I very much doubt that he would see it as a joke, and he might fire Barney for it. Hey, I have heard of him firing people for less. As I said before he is a complete arsehole, so it would be best if I refrain.

Barney does not know this yet, but I have brought us both a Star Trek tops to wear. Barney is yellow Capital Kirk tunic and mine is a red Uhura dress, both in the design from the movie 'Into Darkness', as that was the last Star Trek film we saw together. I have also got us a pair of Star Trek communicators, and have rigged them so we can talk to each other while we work. I thought it would make it a bit more fun if we pretend to treat this as a mission while we are going through the building upgrading and checking the systems. No-one is going to be there, as the GEH staff is going to be at this annual picnic tomorrow. So hopefully we are left to do our own thing, and it is a Saturday after all.

After we finish up with our plan of action for tomorrow, Barney helps me clean up the dishes and bids me goodnight and arrange to meet up at GEH around 8am.

Once he leaves I grab myself a large glass of wine and head into my study to finish doing some more work for SIP. I have another two weeks to complete this and then I will arrange with Mr. Roach as to which weekend would be best to install the programme. As I am typing away I feel the soft fur of Garfield, my large ginger Maine Coon cat, brushing against my leg. I look down at him and smile, as I lean down to give him some fuss. At which point he rolls onto his back paws in the air and starts purring. Turning back to my computer, I save my work and turn off my computer, and then I pick up Garfield and tickle him under his chin as I make my way to bed.

I wake with the desperate need to pee and Garfield chirping down my ear. I give him a quick stroke and get up to head into my bedroom to start my day. After finishing my morning ablutions, I wrap myself in a silky dressing gown and go into the kitchen to feed Garfield and make myself a cup of tea. I sit at my breakfast bar sipping my tea and going over the checklist that Barney and I made last night to double check that we haven't missed anything. I notice Garfield close by chasing a toy mouse around, he picks it up throws it and then promptly squats down into a pouncing position, his bum raised in the air and with a little wiggle and he is off chasing and patting the toy mouse with his front paws. He is so cute in his play that he makes me laugh. I take a quick look at the time and decide I should start getting dressed and head over to GEH to meet up with Barney. I put my Uhura dress and a pair of thick black leggings with a pair on knee high black boots. I scrape my hair back into a high ponytail and apply some mascara to my eyes and lip balm with a hint of pink to my lips. I grab my keys, purse, the bag containing Barney's tunic and the communicators, and put on a three quarter length coat and then I go out of my apartment to meet up with Barney.

I arrive at GEH about 7.45am and look up at the imposing building, and reflect that the build really does represent the owner. It is large and beautiful in its design but highly intimidating. I remember the first day I arrive and how self conscious I felt entering this building and all the perfect looking staff that made their way around this building. I didn't think that I would fit in here and I was right, I don't. I am so glad that I would not have to work here indefinitely, it certainly doesn't help ones ego working in a place like this. I know I am not ugly, but I certainly don't measure up to all the perfectly groomed and attractive people that are employed here. I enter the building and give a quick nod to the building security and make my way up to the IT department. Once there I see Barney bent over a computer, tapping away as I arrive. With a big smile I go over to him and dump the bag in front of him.

"Hi Ana, what's this?" He asks, as he looks to the bag and then at me.

"Hi, take a look and see." I reply, I have not taken my coat off yet so Barney does not know that I am supporting the Uhura dress or that I got him a Kirk tunic. He frowns and hesitantly opens the bag and looks inside. His frown then turns into a smile and he looks towards me. "Really?" he questions.

"Yes, really." I reply. "Put that on and let's do this in true Star Trek fashion." I say as I unbutton my coat as I reveal my dress. "Besides no-one is in today they are all at this picnic, so we don't have to worry about it. Go on and get changed Captain Barney." I smile at him. He shakes his head at me and heads off the men's room to change his top. I take out the communicators and wait for him to return. He come back with a huge smile and stroking the front of his top with one hand and his shirt balled up in the other.

"Wow, this is great, thanks Ana."

"No problem, I'm glad that you like it." I say turning to pick up a communicator and handing one over to him. "This is our only form of communication today." Then I explain that as we will be on different floors we can keep in touch with each other using these as we make our way through the building.

"This is so cool." He exclaims with a big smile. "Let's get started shall we, I have informed Mr. Grey and Welch of our plans for today."

I nod at him. "Okay, let's boldly go where no man or woman has gone before." I state with a giggle as we head off towards the elevators.

We make our way through the building in true Star Trek fashion as if we are on a mission, which I suppose we are and slowly work our way from the bottom of the building towards the top and the 'Admirals office.' The system is working as it should and we have checked over hundred terminals each and we have not had any problems so far, we also have had no interruption from anyone which is great, and we are both pleased with how it is going as we make our way through the build and towards our final destination, Mr. Grey's office. We have had a few odd looks from the building security, but we ignore them as continue onwards and upwards. I am now wishing I had brought a couple of fake phasers so we could have a mock shoot out in the building, but we must concentrate on what we are doing, even if it would have been fun.

"Hey Captain Barney." I say into the communicator. "I'm about to head up to the bridge. Meet me up there when you are ready." I giggle into the device. "I will start on the assistant's terminals before going into the Admirals office."

"Okay Ana, make it so... I will be up there in about 30 minutes." He laughs.

"Aye, aye Captain!" I shout and head off to the elevator and to rise into the unknown, or to everyone else around here, floor twenty and Mr Grey's office area. I need to go set up both Andrea's and Olivia's computers with the new calendar planner that co-ordinates them both and Mr. Grey's, so it should save him time asking them what his schedule is all the time. It's all about saving time and efficiency. I ideally wonder if we should have done a Star Wars theme instead of Star Trek and then Mr. Grey could have been codenamed 'Darth Vader' instead of Admiral.

This is the first time that I have actually been on this floor and even though I have seen the layout, actually seeing it for real and being here sends a shiver down my spine. The whole place just gives off a daunting vibe the moment you get out of the elevator. Its spacious and very clean and efficient looking, you can't help but feel a little intimidated upon entering the area, it is like Mr. Grey has left his aura in this space. The other floors are decorated the same, but the staff have at least made their office space personal to them. This place has no personal effects anywhere not even on Mr. Grey's assistant's desk areas. I find it a little sad that they are not allowed even that in this foreboding area.

I quickly finish the assistant's computers before going into Mr. Grey's office and I really just want to hightail it out of there. I am very glad that he is not around today, as I think it would be worse if he was here right now. This whole area has really killed the joy I felt earlier while we were going to different floors and I really just want to get in and out of here as quickly as possible. I am silently wishing for Barney to hurry up and get here, so I don't have to stay in this place for too long by myself.

I go into Mr. Grey's office and the feeling of oppression in here for me is quite remarkable. His office is large, with a large desk and chair facing when you enter the room. To the right there are floor to ceiling windows with a fantastic view of the city, in front of the window is a large sofa coffee table and a couple of large plush chairs all in white. The only colour in this place is Mr. Grey's dark wooden desk and large comfortable looking dark brown leather chair. To the left I notice beautiful and interesting painting. It is array of smaller pictures of everyday items and I recognise the artist to be Jennifer Trouton. It seems rather odd to be hanging in this space.

Deciding to reflect on this later I grab the new server off Mr. Grey's desk and push his chair out of the away, so I can get under his desk. I start with attaching the cables to the back of the monitor and feeding them through the copper tone desk grommet. Once all attached and feed through the grommet I get down onto my knees and grab the server and place it on a special shelf under the desk. Once in the correct position I crawl a little on my hands and knees to get behind the server so I can start separating the wires and plugging in them into the back of the server.

I have just about finished plugging in the cables when I hear someone enter the office. Thinking that it could only be Barney, I breathe a sigh of relief. "Hey Barney, I am just about done here, we just need to link the PC to this server and that's it. How about we get some lunch when we are done?" I ask.

"Who are you? And what the fuck are you doing in my office?" I hear a very stern voice snap at me, causing me jump at the harshness of the tone, and thus making me to bang my head underneath the desk.

'Oh shit' I think, as I let an "Oww, crap!" and I shuffle backwards to face who I can only assume is Mr. Grey. Shit, shit, shit!

Sitting back on my heels I peck over the desk, to see one angry looking Mr. Grey towering above me. Oh Bollocks!

I lift the communicator to my mouth and say, "Beam me up Scotty!"

Thank you for taking some time to read my story.