Fifty shades of grey by BaS Chapter 1 (BaS - Books and Stories)

Описание: I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror. Damn my hair—it just
won’t behave, and damn Katherine Kavanagh for being ill and subjecting
me to this ordeal. I should be studying for my final exams, which are
next week, yet here I am trying to brush my hair into submission. I must
not sleep with it wet. I must not sleep with it wet. Reciting this mantra
several times, I attempt, once more, to bring it under control with the
brush. I roll my eyes in exasperation and gaze at the pale, brown-haired
girl with blue eyes too big for her face staring back at me, and give up.
My only option is to restrain my wayward hair in a ponytail and hope
that I look semi-presentable.
Kate is my roommate, and she has chosen today of all days to succumb
to the flu. Therefore, she cannot attend the interview she’d arranged to
do, with some mega-industrialist tycoon I’ve never heard of, for the
student newspaper. So I have been volunteered. I have final exams to
cram for and one essay to finish, and I’m supposed to be working this
afternoon, but no—today I have to drive 165 miles to downtown Seattle
in order to meet the enigmatic CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings, Inc. As
an exceptional entrepreneur and major benefactor of our university, his
time is extraordinarily precious—much more precious than mine—but
he has granted Kate an interview. A real coup, she tells me. Damn her
extracurricular activities.
Kate is huddled on the couch in the living room.
“Ana, I’m sorry. It took me nine months to get this interview. It will
take another six to reschedule, and we’ll both have graduated by then.
As the editor, I can’t blow this off. Please,” Kate begs me in her rasping,
sore throat voice. How does she do it? Even ill she looks gamine and
gorgeous, strawberry blond hair in place and green eyes bright, although
now red rimmed and runny. I ignore my pang of unwelcome sympathy.
“Of course I’ll go, Kate. You should get back to bed. Would you like
some NyQuil or Tylenol?”