Not your typical Ana/Christian story, though not entirely different. Ana's college experience is very different than in the book. Her upbringing has taught her to rely on no one. She has difficulty trusting anyone, but especially the billionaire who unexpectedly comes into her life.

Sequel to Where the Spirit Meets the Bone: against all odds, Ana and Christian found each other again and friendship blossomed into more. But with new beginnings comes new hurdles. Can they stick it out when unexpected challenges, insecurities, and ghosts from their pasts try to disturb their newfound happiness?

A mirror image is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. So, what will happen when Christian meets his mirror image? Will his image be like him or be completely opposite? C x A, Oc X Oc

What if instead of Ana being an English Literature student, she was an aspiring pilot and she met Christian during one of Christian's joy ride's. Ana works at the flying club, Christian rents a spot in the hangar for his private plane. Sparks fly, it's love at first site.

Would it really be a second chance I'm asking for when we'd barely had a first? Growing up life was hard, but we always stuck together like we were the three musketeers, her monsters too, Luke Sully, me Mike with Ana our Boo. One night was all it took for three best friends to become two, and she was gone before I could tell her the truth. HEA as always and never any cheating.

Ana is working within the GEH family and moves up thru the ladder quickly due to her intelligence and hard work. After working a year, she is approached by The Christian Grey with a proposition that will change their lives. She is offended and Christian does what he has to do to get what he wants: blackmail. OOC and AU.

Christian Grey had fallen hard for Ana, a passion that grew stronger over time. But obstacles, Elena Lincoln and his own stupid pride were destroying his marriage.

With Elena out of their lives forever, and a baby on the way, things have never been better for Christian and Anastasia Grey. Now is the time for their happy ever after. But if something seems to be too good, it probably is - and there are some things even the Master of the Universe won't see coming. [Sequel to 'And So I Ran']

When Anastasia Steele meets Christian Grey she is just a regular girl with an open heart with a lot of knowledge on the evils of the world, but she wasn't worldly or knew or care who Christian was. What they don't know is that their lives have always been interlocked in one way or another, not because of who they are but because of their pasts. HEA – No Cheating – Multiple POV's

After a year of settling for mere friendship, Christian and Ana try for more.