A multi-chapter fic bout Gabby and Steve but while Steve is still with Claire, G/S fanfic of course, starting from when Gabby first finds out about Steve and Claire, it will be more Steve and Claire this chapter even though I loathe Steve and Claire together, and it will be Gabby and Steve from chapter 2 onwards. :P Please review
"So what is Steve like as a friend?" Claire asked Gabrielle at the end of her shift
"Why do you ask?" Gabby asked her
"No reason just wondering why" Claire responded
"Come on you can tell me, there's got to be a reason" Gabby replied
"Okay, I sort of have a thing for Steve" Claire said sheepishly "And you two seem close so..."
Gabrielle clenched her hands together tightly; she couldn't stand the thought of Steve being with someone else "I think you should ask someone else that question" she said getting up
"Okay" Claire said cheerfully
2 days later
"You look happy" Gabrielle commented when Claire walked into the E.D
Claire grinned at her "I went out with Steve last night, I asked him out and he said yes" she said gleefully
"Oh" Gabrielle said shocked "That's great news" she said forcing a smile onto her face
"Yeah I know" Claire said as she walked off...
... "Hey Gabby" Steve said to her later that day when she was in her office
"Hi" she replied shortly
"So what are you doing?" he asked her, ignoring that she was being cold towards him
"Why do you need to know?" she asked him coolly, keeping her eyes on the work in front of her. She had no idea why she felt so jealous right now, Claire and Steve were not even going out, she thought she was over Steve ages ago.
"Okay what is your problem, why are you being such a bitch to me?" he asked her "Have I done something to make you mad at me, because if I have I am sorry, but it would be a lot easier to be sorry if I knew what I have done to make you mad at me"
"Do you think you have done something to make me mad at you?" she asked sarcastically
"God Gabby stop it with these stupid games, just tell me why you are being such a bitch to me" he told her starting to get angry with her
"Okay you want to know why I am mad at you?" she asked him
"Yes, I think we have established that already" he said wanting an answer from her
She got up from her desk and stood in front of him "Figure it out for yourself" she hissed at him, the venom in her eyes making him jump and step aside so she could get out the door.
"Hey" Steve said to Claire when he came home, it had been a month since Steve and Claire had started going out and they had now moved in together, over the past month he still hadn't figured out what he had done to make Gabby so mad at him, so she was still being cool towards him and not speaking to him. Plus every time he tried to find out why she was being so mad at him, he would get the same few words he got the frist time he had asked her 'Figure it out for yourself'
"Hi" she said smiling up at him from where she was sitting
He leaned down to kiss her quickly once he put his bag away and sat down next to her. She cuddled up to him and when he didn't responded she knew he had something on his mind that was bugging him "What is bothering you?" she asked him
"Nothing" he replied avoiding the question as best as he could
"Really, if it is nothing then why is it bothering you so much?" she asked him smugly
"Okay, it is just Gabby" he said sighing
"What about her?" Claire asked feeling a touch jealous
"It is nothing much just that we used to be really good friends but for about a month now she is always being cold towards me and always ignores me now?" he said a little flatly
"Have you asked her why she is being so cold towards you?" Claire asked him
"Oh gee I never thought of asking her" he said sarcastically "Sorry" he said when she looked hurt "It is just that every time I ask her what I have done to make her mad at me and I have asked her like 8 times, and all I get each time is 'Figure it out for yourself' which obviously does not help me in anyway, I just want Gabby and I to be friends again but I do not know what I did to make her mad at me and until I figure it out she is still going to be mad at me" he said taking a big breath
"How about I talk to her for you, maybe she will tell me and then I can tell you, Okay?" she asked him smiling up at him
"Thank you" he said kissing her hungrily "You're the best, I can not thank you enough"
"How can think of ways" she said suggestively and seductively kissed him, she then started kissing him enthusiastically and unbuttoned his shirt. "God I love you" he said pulling away and smiling down at her; before quickly taking her top off and groping her breasts.
Both Claire and Steve and missed the fact that Gabrielle started being mad at Steve a month ago exactly when she found out that they were dating.
"Come in" Gabby said when she heard someone knocking on the door to her and Frank's office. Claire walked in and sat on Frank's desk; dangling her feet off the edge of the desk. "What do you want?" Gabrielle asked her
"Well I was talking to Steve last night and he is pretty upset about you being mad at and not talking to him anymore, so I offered to ask you why are so mad at him, since you will not tell him, So why are you mad at him?" Claire asked and explained to Gabrielle
"I will tell you the exact same thing I told Steve, that he has to figure out what he has done to make me mad at him and then fix it, then I will be nice to him and will not be mad at him anymore" she said giving a quick smile.
"What is your problem Gabrielle, my boyfriend just wants to be friends with you again; that is not a crime so should be grateful" Claire said standing up for Steve
"You know Claire" Gabrielle said standing up "You should never mess with the person who is your boss and decides when you do your shifts, I am the one who can put you on nights and weekends for the next month" she said smirking she was in no mood to deal with Claire right now and every time she called him her boyfriend it just made Gabrielle more and more envious and jealous, which just made her more mad at Steve and now Claire
Claire realised now was probably a good time to back off and walk away since Gabrielle didn't seem in any mood to talk right now. "Okay, I am just going to go and leave you alone now" she said giving a quick smile and dashing out the office door
Once Claire was gone Gabrielle sat on her chair and tried to hold back the tears
"Sorry" Claire said to Steve when she came up to his office "She would not tell me either, she just got angry and said for you to figure it out yourself and the fix it, she had a go at me as well and by the way I might be on nights and weekends for a few weeks" she told Steve sheepishly
"That is okay, I will either get it out of her eventually or I will figure it out myself, at least you tried, it is a pity you will be on night and weekend shifts because I am feeling very horny at the moment" he said giving her a smile that could make any girl melt
"Are you now" she said smirking, "Well then maybe you would like to help me at home when we both go for our lunch break" she said smiling seductively
"I would be happy to help you" he said staring down at her chest
Gabrielle watched Steve and Claire from where she was sitting at the computer, she could not believe she was so jealous, this was Steve for god's sake the guy who had broken her heart more than once doing the worst possible thing, but then again she was with him for 5 an a bit years and she did lose her virginity to him. She continued to watch them until they came back over to where she was and she whipped her head back to the computer screen. She could hear them whispering things to each other like 'I can't wait until tonight' and 'You are so sexy', every word just ate Gabrielle up more and more each time.
Gabrielle pursed her lips together, she finally decided she couldn't listen to this anymore, she stood up from the computer and walked off.
Steve lay awake that night he could not stop thinking about Gabrielle, his friendship with her, their previous relationships and all the time they had spent together, whether they were friends or boyfriend and girlfriend, he was really starting to miss her friends and company now. 'I have to confront her somewhere; where she can not escape and I can finally find out why she has shut me out and is mad at me' he thought to himself looking out the window at the cold, rainy Sydney night.
Steve was up early the next morning he had not slept a wink last night, he stayed away all night thinking of away to trap her in her and Frank's office, so she had to tell him why she is so mad at him. He packed his bag and went to work leaving Claire at home alone.
Gabrielle was exhausted the rain had kept her up all night, she got up out of bed and walked into the bathroom, "Geez how old am I?" Gabrielle said to herself looking in the mirror, she walked into the kitchen and looked at the picture of her and Steve on her Dad's farm; she smiled those few years of her life had been the best.
Steve was too nervous to talk to Gabrielle when she first came in the door for work, she looked so strong but sexy and graceful at the same time...
...Steve watched Gabrielle all day waiting for the right moment to talk to her and he finally got it when she came back from her lunch break.
Gabrielle came back into the ED soaking wet after her break, she had got caught in the storm when she was walking back to All saint and had forgot her umbrella, so she ended up dripping wet.
She went off to her and Frank's office to get another uniform so she could get changed out of her wet one, she decided to go home after she was changed and relax.
Gabrielle didn't notice Steve who had followed her into her office until he coughed discretely, she jumped and spun around to wear Steve was standing in front of the only escape out of this room, and he looked like he wasn't just about to step aside if she glared at him.
"What do you want?" she asked him as cold as ever
"For you to finally tell me why you are mad at me" he said to her not backing down to her death stare, he clicked the lock in the door behind him so she could not run away "And this time there is no escape"
"I told you already, Figure it out for yourself" she told him putting her bag down on her desk
"Well I am sick of trying to figure it out, it has been a month now Gabby and I still can't figure it out, I hate you being mad at me, I miss you being my friend, spending time with you, having someone to be there for me and be close to me after all we have together" he said to her
Those last few words broke her and she began to cry "Oh God" she said "Okay you want to know why I am mad at you" she said "It is because I still like you, okay, and it hurts me to see you and Claire together and know that you are doing the same things you did with me when we were together when we first started going out" she said sobbing "I am just mad at you and her going out, I am not bad at you personally but it makes me feel better to be mad at you" she said tears streaming down her cheeks now.
"Steve stood there standing still, staring at her.
Author's note
Sorry it is such a short chapter but since this is a multi-chapter fic I planned what was going to happen in each chapter and this is all I could put in.
I have the other chapter ready but if there is no reviews there will be no update for a while, simple as that
And feel sorry for me I had to write about Steve and Claire, worst thing that I have ever had to do!
Review please :P