Here's a scene that is mentioned in the book, but we don't really get to see what happens, we just know that Ellie and Steven ran into Coop and his wife at the symphony. So, here is my interpretation of what happened that night. This may turn out to be a two-shot, it depends on YOU. Enjoy.


Ellie put her earring in and looked at Steven. "For Christ's sake Steven tuck your fucking shirt in."

"What, all the kids are wearing their shirts like this."

"Yes, yes Steven they are. However, you're a thirty-five year old lawyer. Please, act and dress like one."

"Come on, Ellie, do we have to go to this stupid opera?"

"Symphony, Steven, it's the fucking Philadelphia Philharmonic Symphony. Quite frankly, if you don't want to go, I don't give a shit, stay home and brood, but I'm going. Don't be surprised if I don't come home though. Never know who I'll meet there."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

She smiled. "Maybe I'll meet the love of my life there, be swept off my feet and go home with him to have amazing, mind blowing, orgasmic sex. Meanwhile, you'll be left here by yourself with your damn basketball game and your right hand."

"Okay, Ellie."

She scoffed and shook her head. "You're a weekend lover, you know that Steven? The love is always weak on your end."

He put his hands on his hips. "Look at you; you'd think you were an English major or something."

"You're definitely an attorney, it's been my experience that attorneys have incredibly small dicks and can't make a woman orgasm to save their life. They tend to overcompensate by being the biggest dicks they can be to those around them."

"You mean to tell me—"

"Nope, you've never given me an orgasm. Not once in the four years we've been together. You know why I always shower by myself after we fuck? I have to finish the job myself while thinking of fucking Mel Brooks shirtless."

"Wow, Ellie. That was low."

"Yeah, well it's the truth. So, are we going to walk out of that door and act like a fucking couple or am I going alone?"

"Alright, fine."

"Tuck in your damn shirt and let's go. I'll meet you in the car." She slipped into her coat and walked out, closing the door, hard, as she left.

Steven tucked in his shirt, grabbing his jacket and walking to the car, seeing Ellie in the passenger seat, her arms crossed. He opened the door and slid in the driver's seat. "Look, El, baby—"

She put her hand up. "Don't. Just drive. We'll fight when we get home." She looked out the window and shook her head. She just wanted to get lost in the music. She'd been looking forward to this for months; she wouldn't let Steven's immaturity ruin this for her.

They spent the rest of the drive in silence. She got out of the car and looked at Steven. "Come on, let's go sit down." Ellie walked with him inside, shrugging away from his arm as he went to put it around her. When they found their seats she looked around. "We're closer than I expected."

"Why does it matter, it's not like you need to see anything, they're just playing music."

She rolled her eyes. "I swear you stopped maturing at fourteen." The musicians took their seats on stage and the conductor came out. Ellie applauded with the rest of the audience, she glared at Steven who started clapping after a roll of his eyes.

Ellie closed her eyes as the music played, a smile on her face. She felt the music take her to another place, a calmer place where she didn't have to deal with Steven. A place where she was with a man she truly loved, who loved her. Her eyes shot open when the face in her mind was Coop. She looked at Steven who was sleeping and she rolled her eyes. She got up and walked out of the symphony and to the bar. "Jack on the rocks," she said, taking a seat at the bar.

"Make that two."

Ellie would know that voice anywhere. She gasped and turned around and smiled. "Coop!" She pushed herself off the stool and threw her arms around him. "My God, Coop, it's been forever."

Coop smiled and hugged her close. He could smell her hair, it was intoxicating. "Ellie, I've missed you," Coop whispered to her.

"You… I've missed you too." She nodded at the bartender and took a sip of the whiskey placed in front of her. "So, uh, how's married life?" she asked looking up from her whiskey with just her eyes.

He sat on the stool next to her and took a sip of his own whiskey. "Well, it's not what I thought it would be. Jess and I… we've been fighting a lot lately. I just… we're two different people."

Ellie smiled gently, shrugging her shoulders. "I'm sorry." She gently touched his shoulder.

He shrugged. "How are things with you and the big attorney?"

"Steven?" She scoffed. "I don't know why I bother anymore. He's like a child. His daughter is more mature than he is." She shook her head. "We've been dating for four years, we live together, and we're still nothing more than sex." She looked over at Coop. "Heck, we can't even get that right."

"What do you mean, it's not hard."

She laughed. "That's what I thought too. I mean, how hard can it be, you know? It's been four years and that man still doesn't know me well enough to know where to touch me, where to kiss me."

"You're not hard to figure out, El."

She smiled and took another sip of her drink. "I didn't think so, considering you had me figured out less than a minute in." She winked and took a deep breath. "What am I doing?" She scoffed again and shook her head.

Coop leaned over and kissed behind her ear softly. Ellie closed her eyes and gently bit her bottom lip. "You look beautiful tonight, Ellie."

Ellie smiled and blushed gently, looking into his eyes. "You know, you aren't too bad on the eyes either," she whispered, looking at his lips.

He set his drink on the bar and gently caressed her face, his thumb gently pulling on her bottom lip. She gasped and closed her eyes. Coop leaned in and kissed her gently.

Her hand came up and rested her hand on his cheek as they kissed. The kiss ended and Ellie's eyes opened looking into Coop's eyes. She smiled and bit her bottom lip. "You haven't changed a bit," she whispered.

He smiled and chuckled. "Neither have you."

She gulped down her drink and looked at him, standing up. "Meet me in the ladies room," she whispered in his ear, gently biting his ear lobe. She pulled away and winked before walking into the ladies room, waiting for Coop.

Coop smirked and slid a ten dollar bill across the bar to cover their drinks and a tip and he walked back to the ladies room, gently knocking on the door, their special knock. Ellie quickly pulled him in and locked the door, kissing him passionately. He pulled her closer, gently touching her skin.

Ellie smiled and broke the kiss, she hiked her dress up and she slid her panties down taking them off and dangling them in front of him. "These are for you," she bit her bottom lip.

He smiled and took them, shoving the lace into his pocket. "If we weren't in this bathroom, I'd rip that dress off of you, kiss all over your body."

She gasped and pulled him in by the lapels of his jacket. "I wish we weren't in this bathroom, but I need you, now."

He pushed her against the wall and pulled her dress up, and slipping his fingers inside her. She gasped and let her head fall back against the wall. "God you're so wet, Ellie."

She ran her hands down his chest, unbuttoning his pants and pushed them and his boxers down. She took him in her hand and smiled. "Mm, I forgot how big you are." She kissed him, feeling him take her hand in his and push into her. She groaned and lifted one of her legs, wrapping it around his waist.

"You feel so good, El. So perfect."

She groaned, feeling his lips on her neck, gently sucking on the spot that drove her wild. "God, baby, please move." She felt him start thrusting his hips inside of her, she started moving her hips into his, meeting him thrust for thrust.

He let go of her hand and picked her up, her other leg wrapping around his waist. He bounced her on his dick, getting deep inside of her, moving hard and fast. He felt her walls clench around him and heard her moans getting louder. "That's it baby, let go. Come on, come for me."

His words did her in, they always did. Her eyes rolled back in her head and her back arched, holding onto him for dear life. "Shit, Coop," she moaned in his ear, letting out a breath. She felt him come inside her and she smiled. "Mm. God, that was incredible," she whispered as her head fell back.

He smirked and licked up her neck. "It's like we've never been apart."

She felt her heart sink. "Coop, oh my God, what did we just do?" Ellie covered her mouth, looking into his eyes.

"El, baby don't."

"Coop, you're married."

"And you have a boyfriend."

"I wouldn't call him that. We've been seeing each other four years and every time we have sex I have to finish myself off in the shower. We live together but he…" she let out a breath and closed her eyes. "He doesn't love me."

He caressed her face. "Look at me, Ellie; I don't regret what just happened. Jess and I, we've had problems since the day we got married. I've loved you from the day I met you."

"Coop." She closed her eyes and rested her head on his chest. "I love you." She wrapped her arms around him. "I never stopped." She closed her eyes and listened to his heartbeat. That was the best song in the world to her, the sound of his heart. It always had been, always will be.

They stood in silence for a while, wrapped in each other's arms when she heard people outside. "Intermission," he whispered and quickly pulled his pants up, tucking his shirt in.

"I love that I don't have to fight with you to tuck your shirt in."

"Steven?"

"Steven." Ellie fixed her dress and looked at Coop. "Kiss me again, one more time before we have to go out there."

Coop smiled and pulled her in for a passionate kiss, his hand resting on the small of her back. "I love you Ellie."

She smiled and kissed him again quickly. "I love you, too. Come on, let's get out there." She opened the door and they slipped out. She saw Steven and she groaned. She put on a fake smile and walked over to Steven. "Uh, Steven, this is John James Cooper IV, Dr. Cooper, actually. Coop, this is Steven."

Steven smiled and went to put his arm around her and kiss her cheek but she pulled away. "Dr. Cooper, wait weren't you the one who Ellie left in college."

"Steven," Ellie scolded, giving him an elbow to the ribs.

"Uh, yeah, that's me."

Ellie looked into his eyes. "I'm sorry Coop. Steven overcompensates." She growled. She saw a tall leggy blonde walk over to Coop and wrap her arms around him. The jealousy boiled inside her.

Coop cleared his throat. "Um, Ellie… Steven, this is my wife Jessica. Jess, this is Ellie and her… friend, Steven."

"Boyfriend."

Ellie elbowed his ribs again, harder this time. "It's debatable."

"Ellie, THE Ellie, it's an honor to finally meet the woman who stole my husband's heart eons and eons ago."

"Eons and eons," she nodded and looked at Coop.

"You make it sound like she's ancient, Jess. Come on."

"It's all good, Coop. We need to get going anyway, I have an early meeting tomorrow." Steven said, wrapping an arm around Ellie.

Ellie glared at him, fighting tears. "Whatever." She looked at Coop, who saw right past her look to her tears. It broke his heart. "It was really nice to see you, Coop. She handed him a business card and she smiled. "Give me a call sometime, huh."

He put the card in his pocket, feeling her panties. "It was nice to see you too, Ellie." He kissed her cheek. She closed her eyes and smiled. "I'll call you."

Ellie smiled. "It was nice to meet you, Jessica." She turned and glared at Steven, rolling her eyes, walking out of the venue, handing the valet their ticket.

Steven walked up next to her and shoved his hands in his pockets. "What, he gets to kiss you and I don't?"

She scoffed. "Yeah, Steven, he does." She looked at him, trying to hide the big smile that wanted to spread across her face.

"You know the man is married."

"At least he knows how to love a woman."

"We make love all the time, El."

She raised an eyebrow, seeing the car pull around. "No, no, Steven, we fuck."

"Same thing, come on El."

She scoffed and slid into the passenger seat, seeing him get in the car on the opposite side. "You know, sometimes I swear you have to brain in your fucking head." She shook her head. "If you think making love and fucking are the same thing then you really are dense. Maybe I'll make you a fucking appointment with Coop so he can figure out what the hell is wrong with you."

"Ellie, I think you need to make an appointment to see him. What the fuck is wrong with you? I came to your stupid show and you didn't even see most of it."

"Neither did you, you were asleep in the first five minutes. Guess where you get to sleep tonight?"

"Come on, all this over a fucking shirt and because I fell asleep at the snooze fest that was that opera?"

"Symphony, and no, it's not all over a shirt and because you fell asleep, it's because you're more immature than anyone I have ever met in my entire life. Your sixteen year old daughter is more mature than you are. You're dense as all hell, and I don't know that you'll ever be capable of love."

"Ellie –"

"Just stop, okay!? Just stop. We've been together, and I use that term lightly, for four fucking years Steven. You have never said you love me once, not once in 1,460 days. You are so fucking selfish… I really don't know why I waste my time with you."

"So that's all I am?"

"Yeah, Steven. We're different people. We're never going to want the same thing, admit it; all I am is just sex to you. Hell, not even sex, just enough to get you off. God forbid I actually get to feel something." She slammed the car door and walked in the house, walking into the bedroom, throwing out his pillow and a blanket, slamming the bedroom door and locking it. She took her cell phone out and saw she had a missed call.

She listened to the voicemail. It was from Coop. She got a big dopey grin on her face. "Hey, El. I just needed to hear your voice again. I wanted nothing more than to go home with you tonight, wrap you in my arms and fall asleep with you. You're all I ever wanted. I… I also wanted to apologize for Jess. If we're being honest, she's older than both of us." Ellie chuckled and bit her bottom lip. "I love you Ellie, more than I can describe."

She held the phone to her heart and smiled. "I love you too, Coop." She got up and pulled pajamas from her drawer and undressed. She walked into the bathroom and started the shower, making it hot. She let the water run over her, and she let the sensations of the night wash over her. Once she finished her shower she put her pajamas on, brushed her hair 100 strokes, and she picked up her cell phone, contemplating whether she should call Coop or not. "Tomorrow," she whispered to herself. "I'll call him tomorrow." She kissed her phone, putting it on her nightstand and climbing under the covers, falling into a deep, peaceful sleep.


A/N: Thanks for reading! Please review, here or on Twitter, UnbrokenBarista. So, what do you all think, should this be a two-shot? Or should it be a one shot, and I move on to their time on the Fisher farm?