A Shadow Of Doubt

Barney Miller's Date

Barney
Now that I am not on the Steele payroll I finally made a New Years resolution to start dating seriously and Anastasia was my first date I went on. We had fun and she started dropping by for lunch, because we worked so close in proximity to each other. I have to say my friends and co workers were jealous of my dating such a beautiful woman. Mr Grey seemed a little mesmerized by Anastasia after a while we decided it was too uncomfortable for her to join me for lunch so I met her elsewhere.
Christian
I can't believe Barney is dating such a beautiful woman, I think all the men in the cafeteria were stunned as they enter the cafeteria together hand in hand. I felt a pang of jealousy and took my meal and left. It was later that I realized who it was he was dating, Anastasia Steele. I wonder if I hadn't paid attention to how beautiful she was or she had grown into her fantastic looks and body. I looked at photos and she definitely changed her body and her face, but there was no plastic surgery there. She had been working out according to Barney her father had insisted on her getting self defense training and working out regularly and eating healthier. Barney said all those things had made her more beautiful than she already was. I guess later he told me they are now just good friends. I asked if he minded if I asked her out.
Barney
Mr Grey asked if I minded if he went out with Anastasia and I told him that if he was just wanting a one night stand to not even think about it because him and mr Steele would kick my ass.
Christian
Not many people can speak like that to me, but Barney is in demand and could easily go his own way and name his own salary and benefits. So I assured him that I was looking at getting to know her. Now if I could get her to believe me in regards to me. Now how do I ask her out on a date and assure her it is a real date and not just me wanting sex from her. Maybe ask her father for permission to ask her on a date.
Raymond Steele
I can't believe the call from Christian Grey asking me if he can ask Anastasia to go on a date with him. I told him not to hurt my daughter or I hurt him. He said okay.
Anastasia
I got a strange call from Christian Grey asking me on a date out of the blue. I told him that I am not one of his hit it and quit it girls and to look elsewhere and hung up. I think that was a clear message where I stand on dating a guy like him. I guess he doesn't get no as an answer often, because he called back and again and again. He showed up at my office and made a scene that got him into my office. He told me would harass me until I agreed to at least one date with him. I finally agreed and he left me scowling and him grinning from ear to ear.
Christian
I decided to go get a date in person and I succeeded. I have never had to go this far to get a date with any woman in my life. I am smiling as I walk back to my office from Steele investigations. I think I like that she didn't just immediately say yes and made me work to get her to say yes.
Anastasia
Dad told me that Christian asked him if he could ask me to go on a date with him and dad said he could, but he better not hurt me. I told him how he showed up after I told him no and wouldn't take no for an answer. He came in person and bullied me into saying yes just to stop his tantrums. One date and he better be a gentleman and I made no promises of another date.
The date
Okay flowers to apologize for his tantrum was a good sign. He forgot to set the day and time for the date before he left smiling. So he chose the Saturday and at six pm and he is picking me up. How he knew where I live is beyond me. He told me to dress nicely and be ready to have paparazzi around us. I finally understood what he goes through and wants to keep his private life private. If you go on a date with him they have you engaged or married or whatever their vivid imaginations can write. Christian told me they can get brutal in their assessments of the situation and take photos that are made to look one way when they are nothing like what they were doing really. We headed to his restaurant called the Mile High Club. He as always looked like he walked off the GQ magazine and all the women drooled as we were taken to his private table. I thought the hostess was going to pop a button on her blouse and let loose her double d boobs. We followed the server to the table and she gave us our menus, actually she gave Christian the menus and he had to hand me mine, while she stared at him fluttering her eyes at him and she asked him if she could get him anything or do anything to make him comfortable. I laughed when he told her to have someone else serve us and take or order. She finally glanced at me and gave me a snide look and walked away. We got another server finally.
Christian
The server and the hostess were absolutely horrible in their display of hostility towards Anastasia. It was unacceptable I texted the manager and had him change servers and had him speak to the hostess about her showing too much cleavage. We actually had a great time after that. I found out a few things and that she met mom when she was in the hospital. We are both very private people and so is Barney, but they had nothing in common and he thought being friends was for the best. I couldn't stop talking to her, it was like we had so much in common and enjoyed so much. We worked out and trained in self defense when we had time. She being a PI has license to conceal and carry and she goes to a firing range to keep her skills up.
We left and took a drive up to a piece of property I was having Elliott work on and recreate the home the way I like along with energy efficiency and green technologies. I am building a home for my security teams. My head of security and household had just married so I am having their home built and with a privacy fence so they can enjoy their days off. She looked at it and loved the place and the views. I hugged her and gave her a simple kiss that turned into a passionate one before we knew it. I want to see her again, so we headed back to her home. I asked her if she would go out with me again? She agreed to another date. I told her I would call and set it up.
Anastasia
He is a great kisser and he kissed me several times and he gave me a simple kiss on the lips at my door and left after I locked my door. He asked for another date and I said yes.