A/N: Ok, more! Ella's return to Alec and hints about what happen whilst she
was away. Plus a small surprise! Thanks to Ting and Dari. You're both
great.
Chapter Thirteen: Letters, Love and Katie.
'Alec?' Max asked gently.
'Oh yeah. Sorry I was miles away.'
'Day dreaming about Ella again?'
'Suppose so.'
'It's been a year Alec. I know you love her but get over it. Please I hate seeing you like this.'
'Hey, Matt!' Alec called to his godson smiling. Ignoring Max's comment totally.
'Al-lec!' Matt said sauntering towards him. He was about one year old but already developing FAR faster than the average baby.
'Hey. I got to go little man. See you tomorrow.' Matthew nodded regally and wandered over to his father.
'Bye.'
'See ya.'
Alec returned to his apartment. He'd never changed the locks. just encase. It was over a year, since Ella had left. He hadn't cheated, there had been a few drunken nights but never anyone her remotely cared about. He still loved Ella and felt in his heart she still loved him.
Opening the door he was struck by a familiar scent. He'd mourned his loss privately. Only letting his sorrow show when he was alone. Recently he'd started going off into dazes, thinking about Ella. The scent was of a perfume Ella had worn.
His heart began to pound. But his mind stayed resigned.
~How many times? You keeping hoping to look round and see her there. It's never going to happen Alec.~
'Hey.' His heart felt as if it would explode. It was Ella. She looked older, there were line deep in her face from stress and her hair was shoulder chin length now but it was Ella.
'Ella?'
'Yeah.' Alec moved to kiss her. Something he'd wanted to do for so long.
'What.' He forced the urge down and stopped.
'I said I'd come back if I could.'
'How are you?'
'Good.'
'I'm glad.'
'Don't stay over there Alec, please.' Alec didn't need telling again he moved very quickly to her side and pulled her into a deep passionate kiss.
'Alec.' Her voice came out as a kind of moan. He kissed her more deeply. But he pulled away afterwards.
'Where have you been?'
'Los Angeles.'
'Have fun?'
'Not really. I love you.'
'I'm not sure anymore Ella.'
'Of what?'
'If you love me.' Alec couldn't believe he was saying this. But it was true he realised. A year had been hell for him if she loved him how could she have stayed away so long?
'I do. Alec I do.'
'Why stay that long?'
'White's men. They chased me at first. I was half way home. Here, I mean. Coming back to you. Two days after I'd left. They caught me. I got away just but I daren't lead them to you.'
'Ella.'
'Read this.' she handed him a letter. ~Another letter?~
Alec,
It's been six months now. I lost White's men again. But I can't keep running. It isn't safe. I want so much to come to you. To come home to your arms.
I know now things wouldn't have stopped us and I want you. I love you so much and it hurts to think you might be with some else.
I want to come home. Believe me I think of you every night and everyday. And I feel you think of me. I wish on every star in the sky to let me go back to you.
Love Ella
He turned the page. There were four in total.
Alec,
I lost them permanently. But I can't go home yet. This illness is trying to kill me I swear. I write to you every night and yet I know I might to ever go home.
I love you. You must believe that, we're meant to be. We balance each other; we keep each other sane.
I miss you every second. My heart aches with this pain. I shouldn't have left. I need you.
All My Love Ella
Alec,
I nearly lost to this illness today. It was as bad as seeing you fighting Kyle. I thought I'd lost you then. That I'd never see you again. I prayed for you to win. Then I prayed to help you and I could. I didn't really believe in God before. But I do now.
Finding and keeping you. It was so much more than a miracle that I had too. I still pray now, Alec. For you, for your happiness. I pray for this illness to end so we can be together and nothing can hurt us.
Loving you more every second,
Ella
Alec,
I'm leaving tonight. The illness has passed and it's safe for us. I'll see you soon and I can't wait.
Loving you Ella.
He was crying. Tears were spilling down his face. Ella wiped them away gently and kissed him.
'You were ill?'
'No.' Ella stood up and lifted a bundle in her arms and handed it to Alec. 'She was.'
The baby blinked. Hazel eyes and a tiny smile met hazel eyes.
'What's her name?'
'Kathryn Natalie.'
'It's suites her. Beautiful like her mother.'
'She's her fathers eyes.' Alec looked up. The baby he held against his chest was about three months old. Ella had left twelve months ago. That would have to mean she'd fallen pregnant on the night she left.
'Max and Logan's apartment?'
'It's strange isn't it?'
'She's my daughter.'
'There hasn't been anyone else before. Or after.' Alec met Ella's eyes and smiled. So this was why she hadn't come earlier.
~I'm a father!~
'Hello little one.' Alec whispered.
'ELLA!' Max screamed and fell on the girl hugging her.
'Heya.' She grinned back. ~Why did I leave?~ Ella thought.
'Welcome back kid.' Logan said smiling.
'There's someone else I'd like you to meet.' Alec interrupted. 'Max, Logan meet Katie.'
~They've accepted me. As if I've never left. Katie, she and Alec seem so natural. I made the right choice coming back. But. No. I'm home now. That's back in LA.~
Ella turned and saw Alec asleep. Three month old Katie asleep on top of her father. She grinned and looked back over Seattle.
'El?' Alec put his arms around her grinning.
'Yeah?'
'Marry me?' Ella spun around. Alec was still grinning and holding out a ring. It was white gold with a single sapphire set into it.
'What?'
'Marry me? Ella I'm proposing.' Ella's heart swung in circles.
'Alec. I left you.'
'You came back. I love you.'
'I love you.'
'Then marry me.'
Ella remained silent for a moment before it hit her. She loved Alec. That was all that mattered. Anything in LA was over now. All that was important was Alec. And they were in love.
'Yes.'
Chapter Thirteen: Letters, Love and Katie.
'Alec?' Max asked gently.
'Oh yeah. Sorry I was miles away.'
'Day dreaming about Ella again?'
'Suppose so.'
'It's been a year Alec. I know you love her but get over it. Please I hate seeing you like this.'
'Hey, Matt!' Alec called to his godson smiling. Ignoring Max's comment totally.
'Al-lec!' Matt said sauntering towards him. He was about one year old but already developing FAR faster than the average baby.
'Hey. I got to go little man. See you tomorrow.' Matthew nodded regally and wandered over to his father.
'Bye.'
'See ya.'
Alec returned to his apartment. He'd never changed the locks. just encase. It was over a year, since Ella had left. He hadn't cheated, there had been a few drunken nights but never anyone her remotely cared about. He still loved Ella and felt in his heart she still loved him.
Opening the door he was struck by a familiar scent. He'd mourned his loss privately. Only letting his sorrow show when he was alone. Recently he'd started going off into dazes, thinking about Ella. The scent was of a perfume Ella had worn.
His heart began to pound. But his mind stayed resigned.
~How many times? You keeping hoping to look round and see her there. It's never going to happen Alec.~
'Hey.' His heart felt as if it would explode. It was Ella. She looked older, there were line deep in her face from stress and her hair was shoulder chin length now but it was Ella.
'Ella?'
'Yeah.' Alec moved to kiss her. Something he'd wanted to do for so long.
'What.' He forced the urge down and stopped.
'I said I'd come back if I could.'
'How are you?'
'Good.'
'I'm glad.'
'Don't stay over there Alec, please.' Alec didn't need telling again he moved very quickly to her side and pulled her into a deep passionate kiss.
'Alec.' Her voice came out as a kind of moan. He kissed her more deeply. But he pulled away afterwards.
'Where have you been?'
'Los Angeles.'
'Have fun?'
'Not really. I love you.'
'I'm not sure anymore Ella.'
'Of what?'
'If you love me.' Alec couldn't believe he was saying this. But it was true he realised. A year had been hell for him if she loved him how could she have stayed away so long?
'I do. Alec I do.'
'Why stay that long?'
'White's men. They chased me at first. I was half way home. Here, I mean. Coming back to you. Two days after I'd left. They caught me. I got away just but I daren't lead them to you.'
'Ella.'
'Read this.' she handed him a letter. ~Another letter?~
Alec,
It's been six months now. I lost White's men again. But I can't keep running. It isn't safe. I want so much to come to you. To come home to your arms.
I know now things wouldn't have stopped us and I want you. I love you so much and it hurts to think you might be with some else.
I want to come home. Believe me I think of you every night and everyday. And I feel you think of me. I wish on every star in the sky to let me go back to you.
Love Ella
He turned the page. There were four in total.
Alec,
I lost them permanently. But I can't go home yet. This illness is trying to kill me I swear. I write to you every night and yet I know I might to ever go home.
I love you. You must believe that, we're meant to be. We balance each other; we keep each other sane.
I miss you every second. My heart aches with this pain. I shouldn't have left. I need you.
All My Love Ella
Alec,
I nearly lost to this illness today. It was as bad as seeing you fighting Kyle. I thought I'd lost you then. That I'd never see you again. I prayed for you to win. Then I prayed to help you and I could. I didn't really believe in God before. But I do now.
Finding and keeping you. It was so much more than a miracle that I had too. I still pray now, Alec. For you, for your happiness. I pray for this illness to end so we can be together and nothing can hurt us.
Loving you more every second,
Ella
Alec,
I'm leaving tonight. The illness has passed and it's safe for us. I'll see you soon and I can't wait.
Loving you Ella.
He was crying. Tears were spilling down his face. Ella wiped them away gently and kissed him.
'You were ill?'
'No.' Ella stood up and lifted a bundle in her arms and handed it to Alec. 'She was.'
The baby blinked. Hazel eyes and a tiny smile met hazel eyes.
'What's her name?'
'Kathryn Natalie.'
'It's suites her. Beautiful like her mother.'
'She's her fathers eyes.' Alec looked up. The baby he held against his chest was about three months old. Ella had left twelve months ago. That would have to mean she'd fallen pregnant on the night she left.
'Max and Logan's apartment?'
'It's strange isn't it?'
'She's my daughter.'
'There hasn't been anyone else before. Or after.' Alec met Ella's eyes and smiled. So this was why she hadn't come earlier.
~I'm a father!~
'Hello little one.' Alec whispered.
'ELLA!' Max screamed and fell on the girl hugging her.
'Heya.' She grinned back. ~Why did I leave?~ Ella thought.
'Welcome back kid.' Logan said smiling.
'There's someone else I'd like you to meet.' Alec interrupted. 'Max, Logan meet Katie.'
~They've accepted me. As if I've never left. Katie, she and Alec seem so natural. I made the right choice coming back. But. No. I'm home now. That's back in LA.~
Ella turned and saw Alec asleep. Three month old Katie asleep on top of her father. She grinned and looked back over Seattle.
'El?' Alec put his arms around her grinning.
'Yeah?'
'Marry me?' Ella spun around. Alec was still grinning and holding out a ring. It was white gold with a single sapphire set into it.
'What?'
'Marry me? Ella I'm proposing.' Ella's heart swung in circles.
'Alec. I left you.'
'You came back. I love you.'
'I love you.'
'Then marry me.'
Ella remained silent for a moment before it hit her. She loved Alec. That was all that mattered. Anything in LA was over now. All that was important was Alec. And they were in love.
'Yes.'