A/N I do not own Eli Stone and I won't say it again.
Eli Stone was finally back at work after three months of rest, relaxation, and utter boredom. Of course, he had many visitors including: Nate, his mother, Maggie, who came at least five times a week if not seven, Patti, Taylor, and strangely, Matt Dowd, but he came to brag about his and Taylor's relationship.
"Good Morning Mr. Stone," Jordan Wethersby pulled Eli out of his stupor, "I trust all is well, now. There will be no singing nor dancing in court?"
"No sir, my neurosurgeon gave me a physical just yesterday."
"Not your brother?"
"No," Not after his brother's almost perjury. No Nate just made sure he didn't do anything strenuous—or stupid.
"Good, I'll see you at the staff meeting in thirty minutes then," Wethersby left Eli to find Patti for all of his missed phone calls received over his absence.
He finally arrived at his assistant's desk to find her talking to none other than Maggie Dekker.
Then the trouble started:
My life is brilliant
My life is brilliant, my love is pure
I saw an angel of that I'm sure
He smiled at me on the subway
I was with another man
But I won't lose no sleep on that
'Cause I've got a plan
Maggie was singing, and walking seductively toward him.
"Not again," thought Eli.
You're beautiful, you're beautiful
You're beautiful, it's true
I saw your face in a crowded place
And I don't know what to do
'Cause I'll never be with you
Maggie grabbed his tie and pulled him to her and started dancing with him as other associates danced around them. Eli had had a crush on Maggie ever since he had broken up with Taylor. Here she was, in a vision, which was bad. Here she was, not engaged, which was good.
Yes, he caught my eye
As we walked on by
He could see from my face that
I was flying high
And I don't think that I'll see him again
But we shared a moment that will last 'till the end
Eli realized that all of the words that should be 'she' or 'her' were now 'he' or 'him'. What did it mean? The aneurysm was gone, but the visions were back. Was Chen right?
"Eli?"
"Huh?"
"Eli? Eli?" Eli came back to reality to see Maggie and Patti staring at him. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just been so long since I've been here," He didn't want to tell Maggie want he saw; she was engaged.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes," Eli looked down as he answered and exclaimed, "Your ring! It's gone. Aren't you still engaged to Scott?"
Now it was Maggie's turn to look down, "No. Not anymore." And then she was crying, which was bad, and was one of the many things Eli couldn't handle.
He put an arm around her and guided her into the Library (he still had no office) and helped her to sit down. "You can tell me what's wrong, you know that." He handed her a hankerchief from his jacket pocket.
"He wanted to live a simple life, away from the city. It would be hard for me to practice, and he knew that's what I want to do, help people," She sniffled and Eli hugged her. She smelled like flowers, and Eli rather liked it, but now was not the time, "But he just ignored that every time I tried to talk to him about it, so we argued about how he didn't listen, and…"
"Don't worry Maggie," He smiled, "You'll find another guy who cares about you. There has to be somebody as weird as you." Maggie now smiled, which lit up her tear-streaked face.
"Thanks Eli, I didn't know you could be so sensitive."
"This is new Eli, remember?" Eli patted her and then looked at the clock and realized that they were going to be late for the staff meeting, "We've got to go, the staff meeting."
"Oh, you're right." Maggie got up to leave, but turned and said, "Thanks again Eli," and set off to get her briefcase.
Eli grabbed his as well and went towards the conference room. It was an odd beginning to his first day back, and he was afraid that it might get worse.
A/N Hello! Well, I thought there weren't enough Eli Stone fics, let alone Eli/Maggie fics, so… Tell me what you think and if you think Maggie and Eli will end up together in the tv series. The song is James Blunt's You're Beautiful by the way.
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