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A/N Nobody will be surprised but I don´t own anything from Twilight...

Ch 21

Ellen woke up in the morning alone in the bed. She was a little bit shocked how she got there. She didn´t remember much. She knew about the Police visit at night. She thought about everything when the door suddenly opened and Carlisle entered the room. He smiled as he saw her awake. He was bringing some coffee and milk with corn flakes: „ Patty claimed you like this for breakfast." Ellen wanted to get up but he stopped her and gave the little bed table to her. She smiled: „ I have never had breakfast in bed…" „Well, you have to start someday ….then why not today?" She frowned a little bit: „ I want to apologise…. I don´t remember much…"

He touched her hand: „ You had a nervous breakdown… sometimes…..it happens….but you´ll be fine…"

Ellen looked in her cup of coffee: „ I hope so….. this is so incredibly hard….. I don´t want you to have problems because of me….you have already done so much for us….."

Carlisle kissed her cheek: „ don´t worry about it… you should concentrate on the fact to feel better….. for Patty and for me…"

She smiled sadly: „ I´ll try….I promise…"

He stood up: „ I apologise, Patty is downstairs alone, I should probably go check…."

„Yes, please….she can be pretty naughty sometimes…thanks…. For everything…"

„You´re welcome…" He closed the door and left the room.

Ellen was eating her breakfast. She admired how he cared about her. She wasn´t used to anything like this. She must have cried a lot last night, because the eyes hurt a bit. She promised herself that she won´t cry anymore. Yesterday night was the first and also the last time. It cannot repeat again. She must be strong now, for her own child. Patricia needs her mum to be balanced. After she finished the breakfast, she took shower and headed downstairs. Carlisle and Patty were playing some game having fun at it. Carlisle pointed at the stairs and Patty ran to hug her mum immediately. Ellen carried her to Carlisle and Patty said: „ Mum, uncle Carlisle made you the breakfast, did you like it?"

She smiled: „ Yes, sweetie… it was very good…."

Carlisle had a phone call and when he hang up, he came closer to Ellen: „ Elly, Alan phoned….he would be here in few minutes…. Are you ready to do that?"

She nodded: „ Yes, absolutely…"

Carlisle caressed her shoulder: „ great….then let´s have this finished…."

Ellen went to change for some better dress and the bell rang exactly as she was walking downstairs. Carlisle went to open the door and Ellen could see a young handsome black hair man, at the age of thirty five maximum. He looked really so nice and friendly and Carlisle invited him in the living room:

„ Alan, this is my friend, Mrs. Ellen Wiliams…."

Then continued: „ Ellen, this my friend and family attorney, Mr. Alan Jones…"

He offered her hand and Alan began: „ Ellen, I heard from Carlisle that you would like to file for fast divorce…"

Ellen nodded and he began asking her personal information about the property and custody of Patricia. Ellen mentioned the information about the charges she found out about and Alan promised to search for some detailed information.

She added: „ Mr. Jones, I really wish this to be over soon….I don´t want anything from him, I just want my daughter with me…."

He smiled back: „ It shouldn´t be a problem, Ellen… don´t worry…."

Carlisle hugged Ellen around the waist: „ See? I told you he is the best ….."

They all laughed and Ellen watched Patty who sat down at the table drawing something. She signed the prepared papers and after few minutes Alan was gone…

Ellen went to prepare the lunch and she seemed to be in much better mood. Something fell down from her and she was in a very nice mood. She couldn´t explain it. It began when Carlisle hugged her around the waist. How could he know that she just needed that at the moment? Perhaps just a coincidence. She concentrated on the lunch and sometimes looked through the door in the living room where Carlisle and Patty were making fun, throwing pillows at each other. They were laughing all the time. After an hour Carlisle appeared in the kitchen looking around and Ellen asked: „ Is anything wrong?" He smiled: „ Yes, I am missing one little baby girl…" They could hear from the next room:

„ I am no longer a baby girl…..!" That made Carlisle and Ellen laugh and he apologised:

„ Sorry baby..…."

Ellen wanted to ask something but he already turned around and pretended that he searches everywhere. After few moments she heard Patricia scream so he must have found her.

After the lunch they headed for walk to the surroundings of Forks. They stopped at the mall for some supplies for the kitchen. Ellen was still feeling uncomfortable. It was for the first time that she was seen with Carlisle publicly without being faithful to her husband. She could finally do whatever she wanted, to see who she wanted. She hoped that Mr. Jones would have good news soon. Carlisle could feel that she must have been nervous from all the looks of the local people. With his hearing he could hear some comments. Luckily Ellen wasn´t capable of this. She would certainly be depressed. How can some people be so cruel? Ellen was holding Patty with one hand and he touched her other one. He tried to calm her and it worked. Ellen looked at him and smiled. He again heard some comments but he didn´t care anymore. Ellen is here with him and this is the only thing that matters. Nobody has the right to judge them. Patty wished to sit down in the shopping cart and so Carlisle was pushing the cart and Ellen chose what to buy. She was surprised that he was patiently waiting when she finishes. Derek was always complaining but Carlisle always asked about some details and it helped her to remind what she just wanted. She liked shopping with him.

In the evening, when Patty was already in bed, she was sitting in the living room next to him with a cup of cocoa in her hand asking: „ How is it possible that you like shopping?...you didn´t look like you had problems today….well, men usually don´t enjoy that…." He smiled: „ Well, I am sure you will have the chance to meet Alice and Rosalie much better. They are truly shop addicted….they would spend the whole day shopping. And with my sons we used to take turns in taking their bags, so I am pretty used to this….and you, honey, were fine, it didn´t take long so I didn´t have to complain…." She smiled: „ Well, I am curious about girls´ shopping days…." He corrected her:

„It´s gonna be Christmas soon, so I think they will certainly take you with them. They already infected Bella….she used to hate shopping, now I think that she already gave up and joins them….." Ellen laughed when she imagined that…

When she kissed him for good night, she headed to shower and back to her rom. She was laying in the bed feeling lonely. She knew that he was next to her last night. She felt she could get used to his presence very easily. But she didn´t want that. She needs to keep some distance. She doesn´t want to complicate things. She was thinking about the last few days and she had to admit that she liked his company. He was easy to get used to…. And this shocked her. She missed him holding and hugging her. It made her feel safer but she knew she cannot ask him again. She forbid herself to go to him. It just wasn´t appropriate.

Carlisle was sitting downstairs writing something in his laptop and he could hear that Ellen wasn´t still sleeping. She was moving in her bed. He desired to much to go to her room but he knew he couldn´t. He reminded of the following week. Ellen will have to get to work somehow, it is pretty far from her school therefore he wrote the email to his friend who owns a car shop to prepare a new car for him and a good child seat too. He knew that Ellen would protest, but he couldn´t let her walk the whole long way and yet now in winter.

The weekend passed pretty quickly and on Monday the girls were preparing for school. Ellen finished tasks for the kids at the laptop and helped Patty get dressed. Carlisle was waiting for them. He wanted to take them personally, no matter how much Ellen protested that they could walk. He asked about the time they would be leaving and promised to wait for them. He wanted to surprise them with the new vehicle. At 7.30 they were in front of the school and Ellen had enough time to get Patty to her class and head in her office.

Ellen was glad to be at school again. She loved work and missed the little kids when she was at home. They began doing some mathematics and she let them work independently. She sat down to the table and could see the mobile shaking slightly. She opened it and noticed a text.

from Carlisle. He asked about her day. She wrote him back, but had to smile. He was sometimes cute when he asked just like that. They same thing he did in the afternoon. She had some meeting with the director and her colleagues, so she couldn´t reply immediately but just the text itself made her smile.

After school they were waiting in front of the school and Ellen was looking for the black Mercedes. But instead Carlisle waved to them from the new small dark blue Volvo. Patty ran to him and he gave her in the child seat. Ellen sat down next to him and when he sat back she asked:

„ New car? It is nice….."

He smiled: „ Like it?...That is great…do you have a driving license?..." She stared:

„ Yes, of course..why.. I haven´t driven for months…"

He handed her the spare keys: „ Because it is yours…."

She protested: „ No way, you cannot mean it, you cannot buy me a car….just like that…."

He tried to stop her and touched her hands: „ Ellie, honey, this is for your safety, my house is pretty far from Forks, and from school, it´s getting cold and I don´t want you to walk every day…and Patty is too small to walk it twice a day…."

Ellen realised that he was right, but this doesn´t give him the right to buy her something so expensive.

Patty exclaimed: „ Wow, mum, you have got your own car?"

Ellen didn´t know what to say, inside she knew that he did it for their safety.

She could see that he waited for her reaction and hugged him immediately: „ You´re a treasure….but I think you´ re spoiling us…..one older car would be enough…."

He added: „ I thought this one would be perfect…."

„ It definitely is….just….Volvo cars are so expensive…." He waved the hand:

„ Don´t worry about this, and if you need to know, I have a friend in the company and he made me a good price…."

She nodded and he gave her the key and said: „ come out…." He went for her and lead her to the driver´s seat. She protested as she sat down: „ I haven´t driven for so long…" He touched her hand again: „ I am here…I will help you ….." They got to the house pretty fast and he asked afterwards:

„ Was it so bad?" Ellen shook her head and went inside with Patty. Carlisle was glad that she turned around because she couldn´t see his amusing smile. She was so cute. He wanted to kiss her immediately but he knew he couldn´t.

They spent the weekends together and at nights Carlisle had to go to the ER. On the following Sunday he had to work also during the day because one of the colleagues was sick. Ellen and Patty were playing with her dolls but they were so lonely in such a big house. Ellen prepared the lunch and as they were eating, Patty asked:

„ Mum, when will uncle Carlisle come home?"

Ellen began eating too: „today in the evening….I think…"

Then she stopped and thought: „ maybe we could surprise him….and bring him something to eat…"

She finished the lunch and packed the rest of the lunch. Patty sat down in the car and they drove in the hospital. Ellen was driving the car every day in the previous week to school and back and she felt more certain in the car. She was glad she didn´t forget it. Derek didn´t want to borrow her the car and in Forks she got everywhere on foot. She didn´t even need it. But the Cullens lived further from the town, so the car was probably the best solution. They drove to the hospital. Ellen remembered where the children ER was located so they had no problems to find it. Ellen wanted to surprise him, she thought that they would have to ask the receptionist but Carlisle was standing at the reception table reading through some papers. He noticed a familiar smell and didn´t want to believe they would come to visit him. As he could see them entering the door, he smiled at them and came closer. He hugged Patty and kissed Ellen on the cheek:

„ Did anything happen?" Patty replied:" Mum said we were lonely and we wanted to bring you lunch….. mum cooked…."

He looked at Ellen´s face who was blushing again and replied: „ Thank you really so much…you are my sweethearts…" He took the box from Ellen and gave it on his table.

Then he asked: „ May I show it here to you?" They agreed and so Carlisle carried Patricia and talked to Ellen.

After few moments his pager beeped and he checked it:

„ Ellie, Pattie, sorry…I need to go…I have an urgent case.. in few hours I will be at home, ok? And thank you for lunch, I will eat it as soon as I am done with this…."

He kissed Patty on the forehead and then Ellen on the cheek and headed away. Ellen was just watching him leaving with sadness in her was looking as he disappeared in the door. She couldn´t understand herself. Since when does she feel this way about him? He was so handsome yet in the white coat. She didn´t want to let him go, but she knew that he takes her just as a friend….and it should stay this way. She just couldn´t help it, sometimes her mind was saying something else…. But she missed him, definitely. It was one thing she was certain about…. The house was so empty without him. She understood now how lonely he must be when the kids are away…. How can such a wonderful man be so alone? He would deserve a unique woman to make him happy…. . With these thoughts she took Patty´s hand and they headed home.

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