A/N: It's longer! You find out the story behind Ella's name. And Max's
baby. If you've been wondering where White went he's coming soon. Thanks to
Munchi, Angel of the Dark104 and Ting (Keep looking! There's someone for
everyone!!! :D) you've all been great.
Chapter Eleven: Family
Max is now eight months pregnant and Ella and Alec have been together seven months.
'What do you think we should call the baby Alec?' Max asked. She, Logan, Alec and Ella we're sat in the penthouse.
'How the hell should I know. It's your baby. Call it Alec.'
'And if it's a girl?' Logan asked amused.
'Alexandra. Alex for short.' Said Alec. Ella laughed, Alec looked around Logan and Max were both grinning. 'What?'
'Your incorrigible you know that?' Ella asked smiling. Alec fawned; a wounded look on his face.
'You don't mean that!' Ella raised her eyebrows and smiled at her partner.
'What about Callie?' asked Max. Ella smiled as Logan began a list of reasons against it. She'd never imagined Max as a mother but now it was becoming more and more obvious. Possibly it was hormones but Max was beginning to settle things here. She was arguing about names, tiding the whole apartment. Painting and furnishing the babies room, making sure all shoes were removed before the got into the penthouse, keeping Alec from anything he could fence.
'Leanne?' asked Logan. Max wrinkled her nose. Alec slipped arms around Ella's waist and leaned into her neck.
'Making you broody?' he whispered on to Ella's neck making her quiver inside.
'You wish.' She answered easily. Alec kissed her gently; smiling.
'Michelle?'
'Jessica?'
'Are we so sure it's a girl?' Ella queried. Max glared.
'We're sorting names for a girl first.' She said and Logan grinned at Ella. Ella returned the grin happily. She felt like she belonged. Belonged here with this couple being part of their lives, belonged with Alec with his arms around her.
'I've an idea?' She hazarded.
'Please,' Logan said still smiling but a little tired now.
'What did you want to call a baby when you were younger?'
'I didn't.' Max answered; Ella smiled and then looked to Logan.
'Molly.' Logan said colouring slightly.
'NO.' Max said firmly.
'Ok, ok, ok!' Ella said quickly. 'What about naming the baby after someone?' Max looked at her.
'Tinga, maybe.' Logan said, Max shook her head gently.
'Hannah?' she said gently. Logan took her hand and said,
'I like it.' Max smiled brightly at him.
'What about you though? Have your say first.' Logan froze. He shook his head.
'I love Hannah.'
'Logan.' Max said a warning growl in the back of her throat.
'Elena.' Max's eyes shot from Logan to Ella and back to Logan.
'Who?'
'My sister.' With that he stood up and walked away. Max froze, on the brink of tears.
Alec stood up and went to Max.
'Go to Logan.' Alec told Ella and Ella went.
Logan was sat on the windowsill of the baby's room. It was pale blue so whether the baby was a boy or a girl it wouldn't matter.
'Max is crying.' Ella said by way of greeting.
'I know. I'd just make things worse.'
'Probably.' Ella wasn't going to lye. She hadn't yet and wasn't planning to. 'So I'm named after your sister?'
'You look like her.'
'But Ella not Elena?'
'My sister was always El. Never Ella, you look like her but you don't act like her. I could tell that even after a few minutes.'
'What happened to her?'
'How do you know something happened to her?'
'You said WAS not is.'
'She drowned. Seventeen years ago. She was thirteen.'
'I'm sorry.'
'People always say that.'
'I mean it. I'm sorry I never met her, because she obviously meant a lot to you.'
'She did. That's why I'm glad you got called Ella.' Ella wrinkled her eyebrows in puzzlement. 'You're nothing like my sister but you are like a sister to me.'
'Thank you. You and Max are the only family I have.'
'I know.' Ella hugged her friend- her brother. 'What do you think we should call the baby?'
'Matthew.' Ella said promptly. Logan laughed ruffled her hair and answered.
'I'll defiantly think about it.'
'I don't know why you two are so bothered anyway! The kid will ate it anyway!' Alec said later that evening. Max and Logan had agreed to leave Elena's story alone. After all Max got pretty crazy about her family.
'He has a point Max.'
'True. But at least WE'LL like it.' Max said. The group laughed. Moments like these were precious to them all. Max and baby in Logan's arms whilst Ella was in Alec's. The four of them happy and content. More like a family than they'd realised.
'I was thinking about naming the baby after Matt Sung if it's a boy.' Max said. Logan and Ella burst out laughing.
Alec and Ella were asleep about two weeks later when Alec's cell rang. Moaning softly He reached for it.
'Yo?' he said sleepily. Ella sat up next to him.
'Alec! It's me Logan. Get to the hospital NOW. Max is in labour!' Alec stood up and began to dress quickly.
'What is it?' Ella asked scared.
'You're about to be an aunt.'
When Alec and Ella made it to the hospital. Max was sat up in bed smiling, holding a baby in her arms. He hair was lose across her shoulders and she looked so young. But the joy in her eyes wasn't that of a girl. It was that of a mother.
Ella went straight to Logan and they embraced. Alec and Max's eyes met across the room and they smiled. Far from being bothered by their partner's closeness it pleased them both. They had no idea what had gone between them in the baby's bedroom but it was something special. And it was good for them to be close. It was good for the 'family.'
'He's beautiful isn't he?' Max said as Ella hugged her. Logan moved and let Ella sit by the bed. Max handed the tiny bundle of baby to Ella and said;
'Ella meet Mathew Alexander Cale.' Alec grinned at Logan who nodded.
'Barcode?' Alec asked Logan as their other halves cooed over Matthew Alexander.
'None.' Logan smiled and added his own relief to Alec's.
'Congratulations.' Alec said quietly. Logan thanked him politely. Max looked up from the bed and said snippily;
'Get on with it you two!'
'It's nice to know motherhood hasn't changed you Max.' Alec told her, laughing when Ella stuck her tongue out at him. The two men embraced. And turned back to the girls.
'Thank you!' They said together.
'I'm glad you had a son.' Alec said.
'Why?'
'Well now the men out number the women in this family.'
'You think it'll help?' said Logan.
Mathew Alexander was asleep like his mother. His father was sitting watch over them both. Whilst his aunt stood on the hospital roof.
Alec was struck by how beautiful Ella looked silhouetted against the blazing red, orange and golden Seattle sunset.
'Hey.'
'Hey.' Her voice was quiet and fearful. Alec automatically went to her. Wrapping his arms around her; holding her close.
'What is it, baby?'
'Is this a safe world for a baby like Matthew?'
'Is it safe for anyone?'
'White's out there Alec.'
'He hasn't come near us for a year.'
'That's what scares me.'
Whilst Matthew and his parents slept (Logan fell asleep in the chair) and is Aunt and Uncle stood in silence wondering about his future, it was hard to think someone would want to harm this family.
'We'll protect him Ella. Believe me. We're all family.'
Chapter Eleven: Family
Max is now eight months pregnant and Ella and Alec have been together seven months.
'What do you think we should call the baby Alec?' Max asked. She, Logan, Alec and Ella we're sat in the penthouse.
'How the hell should I know. It's your baby. Call it Alec.'
'And if it's a girl?' Logan asked amused.
'Alexandra. Alex for short.' Said Alec. Ella laughed, Alec looked around Logan and Max were both grinning. 'What?'
'Your incorrigible you know that?' Ella asked smiling. Alec fawned; a wounded look on his face.
'You don't mean that!' Ella raised her eyebrows and smiled at her partner.
'What about Callie?' asked Max. Ella smiled as Logan began a list of reasons against it. She'd never imagined Max as a mother but now it was becoming more and more obvious. Possibly it was hormones but Max was beginning to settle things here. She was arguing about names, tiding the whole apartment. Painting and furnishing the babies room, making sure all shoes were removed before the got into the penthouse, keeping Alec from anything he could fence.
'Leanne?' asked Logan. Max wrinkled her nose. Alec slipped arms around Ella's waist and leaned into her neck.
'Making you broody?' he whispered on to Ella's neck making her quiver inside.
'You wish.' She answered easily. Alec kissed her gently; smiling.
'Michelle?'
'Jessica?'
'Are we so sure it's a girl?' Ella queried. Max glared.
'We're sorting names for a girl first.' She said and Logan grinned at Ella. Ella returned the grin happily. She felt like she belonged. Belonged here with this couple being part of their lives, belonged with Alec with his arms around her.
'I've an idea?' She hazarded.
'Please,' Logan said still smiling but a little tired now.
'What did you want to call a baby when you were younger?'
'I didn't.' Max answered; Ella smiled and then looked to Logan.
'Molly.' Logan said colouring slightly.
'NO.' Max said firmly.
'Ok, ok, ok!' Ella said quickly. 'What about naming the baby after someone?' Max looked at her.
'Tinga, maybe.' Logan said, Max shook her head gently.
'Hannah?' she said gently. Logan took her hand and said,
'I like it.' Max smiled brightly at him.
'What about you though? Have your say first.' Logan froze. He shook his head.
'I love Hannah.'
'Logan.' Max said a warning growl in the back of her throat.
'Elena.' Max's eyes shot from Logan to Ella and back to Logan.
'Who?'
'My sister.' With that he stood up and walked away. Max froze, on the brink of tears.
Alec stood up and went to Max.
'Go to Logan.' Alec told Ella and Ella went.
Logan was sat on the windowsill of the baby's room. It was pale blue so whether the baby was a boy or a girl it wouldn't matter.
'Max is crying.' Ella said by way of greeting.
'I know. I'd just make things worse.'
'Probably.' Ella wasn't going to lye. She hadn't yet and wasn't planning to. 'So I'm named after your sister?'
'You look like her.'
'But Ella not Elena?'
'My sister was always El. Never Ella, you look like her but you don't act like her. I could tell that even after a few minutes.'
'What happened to her?'
'How do you know something happened to her?'
'You said WAS not is.'
'She drowned. Seventeen years ago. She was thirteen.'
'I'm sorry.'
'People always say that.'
'I mean it. I'm sorry I never met her, because she obviously meant a lot to you.'
'She did. That's why I'm glad you got called Ella.' Ella wrinkled her eyebrows in puzzlement. 'You're nothing like my sister but you are like a sister to me.'
'Thank you. You and Max are the only family I have.'
'I know.' Ella hugged her friend- her brother. 'What do you think we should call the baby?'
'Matthew.' Ella said promptly. Logan laughed ruffled her hair and answered.
'I'll defiantly think about it.'
'I don't know why you two are so bothered anyway! The kid will ate it anyway!' Alec said later that evening. Max and Logan had agreed to leave Elena's story alone. After all Max got pretty crazy about her family.
'He has a point Max.'
'True. But at least WE'LL like it.' Max said. The group laughed. Moments like these were precious to them all. Max and baby in Logan's arms whilst Ella was in Alec's. The four of them happy and content. More like a family than they'd realised.
'I was thinking about naming the baby after Matt Sung if it's a boy.' Max said. Logan and Ella burst out laughing.
Alec and Ella were asleep about two weeks later when Alec's cell rang. Moaning softly He reached for it.
'Yo?' he said sleepily. Ella sat up next to him.
'Alec! It's me Logan. Get to the hospital NOW. Max is in labour!' Alec stood up and began to dress quickly.
'What is it?' Ella asked scared.
'You're about to be an aunt.'
When Alec and Ella made it to the hospital. Max was sat up in bed smiling, holding a baby in her arms. He hair was lose across her shoulders and she looked so young. But the joy in her eyes wasn't that of a girl. It was that of a mother.
Ella went straight to Logan and they embraced. Alec and Max's eyes met across the room and they smiled. Far from being bothered by their partner's closeness it pleased them both. They had no idea what had gone between them in the baby's bedroom but it was something special. And it was good for them to be close. It was good for the 'family.'
'He's beautiful isn't he?' Max said as Ella hugged her. Logan moved and let Ella sit by the bed. Max handed the tiny bundle of baby to Ella and said;
'Ella meet Mathew Alexander Cale.' Alec grinned at Logan who nodded.
'Barcode?' Alec asked Logan as their other halves cooed over Matthew Alexander.
'None.' Logan smiled and added his own relief to Alec's.
'Congratulations.' Alec said quietly. Logan thanked him politely. Max looked up from the bed and said snippily;
'Get on with it you two!'
'It's nice to know motherhood hasn't changed you Max.' Alec told her, laughing when Ella stuck her tongue out at him. The two men embraced. And turned back to the girls.
'Thank you!' They said together.
'I'm glad you had a son.' Alec said.
'Why?'
'Well now the men out number the women in this family.'
'You think it'll help?' said Logan.
Mathew Alexander was asleep like his mother. His father was sitting watch over them both. Whilst his aunt stood on the hospital roof.
Alec was struck by how beautiful Ella looked silhouetted against the blazing red, orange and golden Seattle sunset.
'Hey.'
'Hey.' Her voice was quiet and fearful. Alec automatically went to her. Wrapping his arms around her; holding her close.
'What is it, baby?'
'Is this a safe world for a baby like Matthew?'
'Is it safe for anyone?'
'White's out there Alec.'
'He hasn't come near us for a year.'
'That's what scares me.'
Whilst Matthew and his parents slept (Logan fell asleep in the chair) and is Aunt and Uncle stood in silence wondering about his future, it was hard to think someone would want to harm this family.
'We'll protect him Ella. Believe me. We're all family.'