Disclaimer : I do not own any character of (The Last of Us) TLOU is owned by Naughty Dog, but all the Oc character are from my invention.

A/N: Okay people, this is the chapter before the last one. I just want to thanks all the people that read this story, I just hope that you enjoy it. is been a long ride for me I start this story almost 2 years ago and after I start this one a hurricane hit us and I was with out of power for 5 months. But even that of that I continue with this and finished. I read a lot of story here, and some time people left the stories unfinished, so I tell myself that I never going to do that. I will finish everything I start so don't worry about that. Well I have plan for a third one, but as I not sure if people are going to want that I will left that pending for now and get a little vacation on the TLOU universe. If you want it just LMK and I will try to do it. if that is the case, I will left this story with a open end just in case. Thanks again for read my story, if you like it left a comment, if not you can left one on that too.


Chapter 51 : Back where we belong

Tommy comes back with Wendy a half hour later. Both of them get surprised when they see Ellie awake. Wendy moves quickly and starts to check on her. As both of them are still weak, Wendy tells them that they need more rest to recover. Joel tells her that they want to go back to Jackson as soon as possible, but Wendy insists that they stay at least two more weeks, so she can monitor Ellie in case she has some side effects. In the morning, Wendy informs the people who were worried about them that Ellie and Joel woke up and are fine. Wendy tells Carlos to take Tommy to the watchtower and use the radio there to call Jackson. As soon as Tommy contacts the town, he tells Maria the great news. She tells him that she is going to make the arrangements to go back there with Dr. Wilson as soon as possible. Tommy tells her to bring two extra men with her so they can take the horses back to Jackson with them.

John and his son come to visit them as soon as they get the news. Jonathan is so happy to see Ellie well again. That day, Matthew calls for a meeting to discuss the town problem with the supposed Fireflies menace and the new people coming to the town, but that doesn't go well for him, as the people have started to get more secure with Carlos's team organizing the security. Carlos and Wendy explain to the people that after almost a month, there's no sign of any Fireflies in the area. So at the meeting, people call for a new leader, based on the loss of confidence in Matthew's leadership.

Maria arrives the next day, but this time she doesn't come alone; she brings her two babies with her. Jenna wants to come, too, but as her son was born with some complications, she needs to stay in Jackson, so she sent a letter with Maria for Ellie. As soon as they arrive, they go directly to the clinic to see Ellie and Joel.

Joel is eating a sandwich when he hears the door knocking. "C`mon in" he says with his mouth full while Ellie is still sleeping on the bed beside him.

The door opens and Wendy goes inside. "Good morning - I see that my assistant brought you breakfast. It's good to see you eat again, Joel," says Wendy, looking at them. "Ellie still sleeping?"

"Yeah, she was so tired last night, so I don't want to wake her up," says Joel, puting the rest of his breakfast on the table beside the bed.

"Yeah, that's good for her. Okay, this morning, someone who wants to see her arrived... and you too, of course." Wendy moves away from the door, and Joel gets the little surprise on who the visitors are. Tommy and Maria enter the room with their children in their arms. They move close to the bed, where Joel is.

Maria is the first one to move close to him. "I wanted the two of you to see them as soon as you woke up, but I see that Ellie is still sleeping, so is everything okay?" asks Maria, looking at Ellie.

"Yeah, she's just tired... don't worry, she'll be up soon. But try not to tire her out too much; she needs the rest. Okay, I will come back later - it was a pleasure to see you again, and you have two beautiful babies." After she says goodbye to them, Wendy walks out of the room and closes the door.

Maria looks at her until she is gone, then looks at Joel. "Okay, we wanted to wait for you two to come back to Jackson, but as Tommy told me that you both need to stay here for 2 more weeks, I decided to bring them here so you finally have the chance to meet your niece and nephew." Maria is carrying the girl and Tommy the boy. "I wanted both of you to see them together, but I don't think that we have to wait until Ellie wakes up."

Tommy moves closer, so that way, he goes first. "This is Robert... Robert, this is your Uncle Joel," Tommy is saying as he passes the baby boy to Joel.

Joel takes the baby in his arms and smiles. "Hey, little Robert… How you doing… ummm," Joel starts as he shifts the baby in his arms. Thankfully, the time he had to rest helped him with his injured arm. "You're a cute little thing. I think you get that from your mom."

"Hey!" he is going to say more, but Maria starts to laguh, as she agrees with Joel.

"Yeah, you're going to be a good boy, just like your father. But don't believe all the things your dad tells you about me, okay?… because half of that is not true." The baby starts to giggle, and that makes all of them smile.

As soon as Tommy takes the baby back, Maria moves close to him and passes him the girl. "And this is your niece... her name is Jolene."

Joel takes the baby in his arms. "Jolene?... that ain't a common name," says Joel, looking at Tommy and Maria.

"No, we wanted to put a little of you in there. Don't take this in a bad way, but at first, we thought that you were… you know. And we wanted to name the girl a little... you know... like you," says Tommy a little nervously.

Joel smiles at them, then looks at the baby in his arms. "Yeah, you told me some of that the first time you came. And I feel honored for that, bro. It's a little surprising, too, after all the shit I did in my life... thank you." He starts to play with the baby a little with his finger, and to see her grasp his hand gives him some good memories back. He starts to remember the first time he held his daughter in his arms. But he snaps out of his thoughts when the girl starts to cry. "Here, I think she is hungry?"

Maria moves close and grabs the baby girl in her arms. "Yeah, these two eat a lot!"

"I think that it's Joel's personality… he has that effect on all the girls he meets in his life." Everybody turns and sees Ellie on her side, looking at them with a smile.

Everyone in the room starts to laugh. Maria and Tommy move quickly to the side of her bed with the babies. Ellie sits up, still a little weak, but not too much to stop her from taking the babies in her hands. Tommy and Maria introduce the little ones, and start to talk to her and let her know how happy they are to see her awake.

Tommy and Maria stay in town for a few days. Maria is happy to give Ellie some company, and give Jenna's note to Ellie. She reads it and is happy that Jenna got married and had a boy. She feels a little sad that she wasn't there like she promised, and that the baby was born a little sick. She already wants to get better so they can go back to Jackson and see her friend.

*Two weeks later*

After Ellie gets better, she and Joel say goodbye to Wendy, John and his son, and a few others. Wendy tells them that she is going to go to Jackson and visit them to see how she is doing. Wendy talks with Maria and Tommy about opening a new trade route between the two towns. Carlos escorts them back to Jackson, and after a few hours, they finally arrive. As soon as they enter the town, Maria, Tommy, and a few others are waiting for them. Most of them are friends of Ellie's, and people that got to know them. There's still a lot of people that don't know Joel or Ellie, and others just know them by name. But the ones who are there are happy that they are alive and that they came back.

The first one that moves close to them after Maria and Tommy is Jenna. Ellie looks at her, happy to finally be there with her. Both of them run into each other until they get into a hug. It's the longest hug she's ever given anyone - except for Joel, of course. After they separate, Jenna tells her that they have a lot to talk about. She invites Ellie to come to her house to see her son, Jack, and Brad, since he has to stay with the baby. Ellie feels sad about that, but is happy to see her best friend again. After that, the rest of the people start to hug Ellie, and welcome her. Ellie is happy to see faces that she's missed since she went out. Jenna's mom is there too, as are Bob, Carl, Wilson, Rose, and her husband. A few kids and teens that worked with Ellie on the farm, and even Victor and his son, are there. As Ellie continues greeting and talking with some people, she sees Joel move close to a person in a wheelchair. She doesn't notice at first, but after a moment, notices that the person is Dylan. She smiles at the last person greeting her, and walks toward him.

"Hey, big brother, it's good to see that you made it back in one piece," says Ellie as soon as she gets close to him.

Dylan looks at her and smiles. "I'm happy too, to see that you and Joel are back." Ellie kneels in front of him and hugs him. Tears are falling from both of them. "Ellie, I'm so sorry for what happened to you. I want you to know that I feel so bad that you have-" Ellie stops him by putting her finger on his lips.

"You don't need to apologize... you did all you can to help me out there. So don't feel bad for that. I found Joel, and we're back. Knowing that you and Alice made it back alive makes me happy, too."

"Thank you…" says Dylan, hugging her again. Joel moves close and puts a hand on his shoulder. Both separate again, and wipe away their tears.

"It's good to see you, Ellie. I'm so happy that you came back," says Alice from behind the chair.

"Thanks… and thank you for saving Dylan and taking care of him. Tommy told me what you did."

"Yeah, I'm happy that all went well. You two saved my life too, so I'm glad that I could return the favor," says Alice, smiling at them.

Tommy moves close to them and makes an announcement: he and Maria are going to do a little reunion in his house at night to welcome them. The dinner is going to be only for close friends, but he says that they are going to do a bigger one next week. After that, people start to go and continue with their day's work. Tommy talks to Carlos and Angel and tells them that they can stay for a few days until they make the arrangements for a few supplies to take back to Pine Hill as a gesture for the new trade treaty between the two towns. After that, he and Maria drag Joel and Ellie to their house to eat and rest.

On the way to Maria and Tommy's house, Ellie asks them if she can go with Jenna to her house to see her baby and say hi to Brad. Ellie tells them that it's only for a few hours and that she's going to get back to the house before the reunion starts. After that, Ellie and Jenna walk away from the group. As soon as Tommy, Maria, and Joel arrive at the house, Tommy tells him that they can stay there for a few days until the maintenance crew finishes with some repairs to their old house. Joel tells him that if something needs to get fixed, he can do it, but Tommy insists that he rest his arm for a few weeks, even though Joel says that his arm is fine now.

( Later, at Jenna's house)

As soon as Jenna and Ellie arrive at the house, Ellie is received with a hug from Brad as he tells her how happy he and Jenna are to have her back. They exchange a few words before Jenna takes Ellie to the baby's room. As soon as they enter, Brad excuses himself and tells them that he's going to the kitchen to bring them something to drink, so Ellie moves closer to the cradle and looks at the sleeping baby boy.

"He looks so beautiful," says Ellie as she passes her hand over him. The baby moves at the touch, but stays asleep. "So Dr. Wilson told you what's wrong with him?" Ellie asks, looking at Jenna now.

Jenna moves close to her and looks at the baby. "He's not sure what it is. He said that it's a rare disease, but with the medical equipment he has, it's difficult to know. The good news is that if we care take care of him, he will be okay."

Ellie puts one hand on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry... I wish things were different, and that your son was born healthy… So how are you and Brad holding up?"

"We're fine... we love him and we're making sure that he has a good life. The doctor said that maybe it's only temporary and when he gets older, he'll get better," she says sadly.

"I know that he's going to be fine. He has two great parents that are going to do everything for him," says Ellie, smiling at her. Some tears start to form in Jenna's eyes while she moves and hugs Ellie hard.

"Thank you… Oh, Ellie, I missed you so much."

"I missed you, too," Ellie answers back.

After a minute, Jenna moves away. "Okay, I know we have a lot to talk about. We have a lot of time later for all the stories and details. But I need to hear the abridged version now. I want to know what happened to you after you found Joel, and what you did, and what happened with those Firefly people. Also, Maria told me that you were sick, but she didn't tell me much."

"Oh, man… that's going to be a lot, and I have no idea how to start." Ellie and Jenna move to the bed in the room and sit. "But before all that, there's something I need to tell you."

Brad comes back with the drinks and tells them that he is going out to to do a few things, so that way, they can talk in private. Ellie tells her about the baby, and that Joel and her are together. Jenna is a little surprised, but happy for her. She is the only one that knows about her love for Joel. They talk for a few hours about a lot of things, but knowing that they need to talk more about all that later. After that, Brad comes back and tells them that the little welcome dinner is going to start in one hour so they need to prepare themselves to go there. After they arrive at Tommy's house, the little reunion has started; only the closest friends are there. The welcome dinner lasts for a few hours... they just talk, eat, and drink. After the dinner ends, all the people there go back to their homes. Maria shows Ellie and Joel the new room where they are going to stay for a few days, since the old one that they used before is the baby's room now. Maria also tells them that they need to talk about their relationship they have now, but that that can wait for later.

*A week Later*

Things start to get a little normal in Jackson. Carlos and Angel go back to the Pine Hill town with the compromise of a treaty between the two towns to trade, and other things. Joel and Ellie come back to their old house after the maintenance crew finishes with the basic repairs on the house. Joel gets a little surprised to see that the house looks the same after he's been away from Jackson for the last three years. Of course, it was less for Ellie, but she didn't stay there much after Joel left.

As they finish looking around, both of them go and sit on their favorite couch that's still in the living room. "Well, at last we are home… what a journey, right?" says Ellie, looking at the living room, and the few things they left behind.

Joel puts one arm around her shoulders and pulls her closer to him. "Yeah…it was," he says a little sadly. He's not sorry for the time he spent with Ellie in the cabin, or what they've become now. But he feels a little bad for leaving for so long, and for what happened with the General men and those crazy Fireflies. He knows that all that is going to leave a mark on both of them, but especially on Ellie.

Ellie rests her head on Joel's shoulder and smiles a little. "Maria said that she's going to send a few food supplies. But we need to get more stuff and food for the house. Including a few things for the baby." Ellie puts her hand on her belly and wonders how things are going to be from now on.

Joel looks at her and gives her a kiss on her head. "Yeah... I know, I have to talk to Tommy so I can start to do some work here... I think that we can use your old room for him, since I don't think you're going to use it now." He smiles at that.

Ellie turns her head and looks at him. "Her!" she corrects him quickly.

"Ha… and how do you know it's a girl?" Joel asks, a little amusement in his voice.

Ellie looks at her belly and touches it again. "I just know… trust me!" Ellie answers with a giggle.

"Okay, if you say so…" He pulls Ellie close to him again. "We better start to do a few things here. We need to organize the house and make a list of things we're going to need. Tommy and Maria want to talk to us, so they invited us to their house for dinner tomorrow night."

Ellie moves away from Joel's embrace to look him in the face. "They want to talk with us already?... Do you think that they're going to be mad at us?" Ellie asks with a worried expression.

"I ain't sure what they're going to say. But don't worry about it. I don't think it's going to be so bad, and they're not going to be mad at you. It's better to have that conversation as soon as possible."

"Why do they need to talk about that again?... I thought that they talked to you and they were okay with that. Anyway, I'm 19 now, so I can be with whoever I want," says Ellie with a little hard tone at the end.

Joel hugs her and pulls her close to him. "Don't worry about that, kiddo. I think that they only want to get all this clear. But we need to accept that things are going to be weird here. Even though Tommy and Maria might be okay with us, that doesn't mean that other Jackson citizens will be."

Ellie puts one hand on her belly and looks at it. It's not even formed yet, but she already feels their child in there. "Well, I hope that they'll be okay with this, and I don't care much about what people here say. Because I love you and we're going to have a baby together. And that makes me the happiest person in this world," she says with a firm voice.

Joel moves his hand and grabs her face. "It don't matter what they say... I love you and our baby. So don't worry, we're going to be fine," says Joel camly, and then he kisses her on the lips.

The kiss is short, but she loves it; she spent so much time without him that the only thing she wants right now is to be with him all the time. "I just hope that when our daughter is born, people don't start to give us crap about her, or us, for loving each other," says Ellie more calmly.

"Ha, Ha… You still think that it's a girl?… Well, I think that it's a boy." Joel moves away a little and pokes her side softly just to tease her.

She moves close and pokes him back. "Joel… I'm not kidding… I'm telling you, it's a girl!... and I already have a name for her." Ellie moves and sits on his lap, putting her hand on his shoulder. "Besides, no one is going to like a little Joel around here."

"Oh… is that so...ummm. And you think they're going to like a little Ellie. Yeah, I can see her now, hitting boys and swearing all the time?" says Joel, putting his arm on Ellie's waist and pulling her close to him. Then he starts to tickle her.

"Ha, ha,... that's not fair, Joel… ha, ha…" Ellie starts to laugh so loud that people outside can hear her. Even though their house is a little apart from the rest of the houses. Ellie tries to grab Joel's hand to make him stop. But they continue playing and laughing for a few minutes, until Joel stops tickling her, so Ellie stops giggling. She starts to look into Joel's eyes. "Oh, Joel... I missed all this so much," Ellie says before she launches forward into Joel's lips.

Ellie starts to kiss him like it's going to be her last time. Joel kisses her back with the same passion, and after a minute, they move apart just to get some air. "Oh man... I need this so bad!" says Ellie, looking at him with all her passion. Joel is going to say something, but Ellie leans down again, and starts kissing him again. But this time, she introduces her tongue to his mouth.

After a few minutes of that, the heat of passion starts in both of them. So Joel grabs Ellie's legs and stands up from the couch. Ellie moves her hands around his neck and crosses her legs behind his back. Carrying Ellie now is harder for him, as she is not a little girl anymore. But he loves the woman she's become now, more beautiful and strong.

Joel continues walking with Ellie in his arms. He gets to the stairs that take them to the rooms, so with some difficulty, he starts to climb them and continues walking toward their room. "I just hope that the bed's still in good condition," says Joel, smiling, while Ellie continues kissing him on the neck.

Joel opens the door with one hand and keeps the other supporting Ellie. As soon as they enter the room, Ellie moves her head and looks at the bed. She is glad that Joel's bed is still there. She thanks Maria for coming here after the repair crew finished and changing the bed sheets. She looks back at Joel, but not before getting some good memories from there. "Why do you ask… do you have any plans for that?" Ellie says, teasing him.

Joel moves closer to the bed. "I have plenty... but I'm afraid … that you're going to break it!" says Joel, laying Ellie down slowly on the bed. Then he lays on top of her, and looks her in the eye. "Are you sure that you're ready for this… I mean, after all you've gone through... and the baby. Maybe we-" Ellie stops him by grabbing his face with her hands.

"Joel, I want you to make love to me until I can't feel my legs. So stop talking, and fuck me!"

Joel can't hold back a little laugh as he listens to Ellie's aggressive talk. "As you wish… milady!"

Joel moves down and starts to kiss Ellie's neck and suck on her ear. He moves one hand to grabs one of her breasts and starts to massage it slowly. Ellie starts to moan at the sensation, something she hasn't felt in a long time. Yes, they have kissed each other since she woke up, but nothing more.

Joel continues with the kisses, lowering until he gets to her chest. He moves his hand again until he finds the space between her legs. Ellie spreads her legs a little to give him more space to work his trick. Joel starts to rub her center with one finger, and even though he's doing that through her pants, she can feel the heat building up inside her.

Ellie feels too hot for this to play for too long, even though she loves foreplay with him. This is something she doesn't need right now. So she pushes Joel to the side until he's on his back on the bed. Ellie moves quickly before he can do anything and sits on top of him. "What are you doing, baby… I thought you'd like-" Ellie puts one finger on his lips to stop him.

"As much as I love that, I need you inside of me… like right now. You don't know how much I want to do this. And I almost thought that I was never going to do it again." Then Ellie grabs her T-shirt on the sides, moves it up over her head, and tosses it to the side. Then she moves her hand around her back and takes her bra off, too.

Joel looks at her bare chest, and moves up and starts to kiss her tits. Ellie moves her head back at the sensation of his mouth on her, and starts to moan again. After a few minutes, he turns Ellie to the side until her back is on the bed. Then he proceeds to take off his shirt, too. After he finishes, he moves down and starts to unbutton Ellie's pants while he continues giving her a few kisses on her belly. He grabs her pants and starts to move them down her legs until she's completely naked.

Ellie smiles at him as soon as she sees him looking at her with hungry eyes. She watches how he stands up on the bed and starts to take his pants off, too. As soon as he finishes, Ellie is looking at him with her eyes wide open. It's been a long time since Ellie's seen Joel naked, and even with his age, he still has a good body. Joel smiles a little when he sees Ellie staring at his manhood that is already hard.

"Do you see something that you like?" says Joel, putting his hand on his side.

Ellie changes her sight to his face and smiles. "Yes!… I like very much what I see. The problem is that I don't know why you're keeping me waiting," she says in a harsh voice, trying not to laugh at that..

"Oh, I love when you get so pushy with me… I really missed this." He gets down, and goes between her legs and grabs them. He spreads them as he moves his head close to her womanhood. He's already seen that she's wet, so he moves his mouth and starts to slip his tongue inside her vagina.

Ellie starts to moan as Joel moves one hand to separate her lips and push his tongue in deeper. Ellie takes one hand and grabs one of her breasts and starts to squeeze it, then moves her other one and grabs Joel's hair, pulling him closer. "Ahhhh… fuck… ohhhh… I really missed this." Ellie starts to get louder after a few minutes of Joel pleasuring her. Joel puts two fingers together and slips them inside her. After a few more minutes, he starts to move them faster while he continues sucking on her. Ellie arches her back as her orgasm is coming hard. "Ohhh… Joel, I can't take any more… ohhhh… of this… fuck!"

Joel moves away while Ellie starts to get some air, and her body is shaking from her first orgasm in months. Joel moves up until his face is in front of her, then he kisses her.

After the long kiss, Ellie opens her eyes and looks at him. "Fuck!... I almost forget how good you are with your hands."

"Well, I'm glad that you liked it… so maybe we should-" Ellie stops him by kissing him again.

"Joel, I want you to finish this. I want you to make love to me, because I know that as soon as the baby starts to show, we're not going to have much time for that."

"Are you sure that you're ready for this?" says Joel with a kind voice.

"Joel, I've been ready for this since we came back to Jackson. We couldn't do anything at Tommy and Maria's house. But this is our house, so we can do whatever we want."

"Okay... baby… your wish is my command." Ellie smiles at him, then Joel moves a little to adjust himself. He grabs his dick and moves it to Ellie's entrance, then he starts to enter her slowly. As soon as he's all in, he moves up so his head is close to Ellie's.

He starts to move back and forth slowly. Ellie starts to moan again as he continues moving. She moves her legs and puts them on Joel's back, so that way, she can be more open for him. Joel starts to kiss her neck, her jaw, her ears, until he gets to her lips. He starts to move faster, and he loves to feel Ellie moan inside his mouth. After a few minutes, Joel moves away from her lips. "Oh… baby, you're so beautiful. I love you so much," he says while he continues fucking her.

"Oh… Joel… I love you, too… ahhhh..." Ellie makes a loud moan while she buries her nails in his back. Ohhhh… Joel, go harder… and… faster… please!" Joel hears her plead and starts to move faster. He moves his head and goes for one of her tits, and starts to suck on her nipple. As he moves faster, he starts to give her some little bite on there, and that makes Ellie go crazy. "Ohhhh… Fuck!... I'm so close… don't stop."

"I can't hold it for long, either…" Joel says as he moves up and kisses her on the lips again. "Ohhh, fuck!... baby… I'm coming…"

Ellie uses her body to grab him tight. "Don't pull… it… out… don't pull it out… Ahhhh... I'm coming, too." After a few more thrusts, they both come at the same time. "Ahhhhhh fuck!"

After a few minutes, Joel pulls out of her and moves to the side as he gasps for air. Ellie moves toward him and puts her upper self on top of him. She starts to pass her hand over his chest as both of them relax. "Shit… that was… great!" says Ellie in a lower voice. "I love you."

Joel puts one arm around her back and kisses her on the top of her head. "I love you too, baby." Both of them stay naked on the bed, enjoying the moment. Feeling so happy to be together again.