Chapter Fifteen: Small voices and Deep conversations.
A/N: New Chapter!!!! I know it's taken forever but it is finally here. Not wonderfully long there's more to come. Enjoy ( Thanks to Ting as usual. For being patient. And To Munchi, Hi and enjoy!
Alec slipped into the room. Ella was asleep on the double bed. One arm curled protectively around her womb. Alec was struck again by how beautiful she was. And his. His wife.
Alec grinned; he slid into the bed next to her wrapping his arms around her body. Ella stirred- smiling in her sleep.
'I love you.' Alec whispered to his sleeping wife.
'I love you.' Ella clearly awake whispered back.
'How long have you been awake?'
'Since about five minutes before you got back.'
'Oh. I went to see Rachel.' Ella flinched slightly at her name. 'What? On your wedding night?'
'Yes. It was important.' Ella nodded but said nothing. She knew how much Rachel had meant to Alec. She'd been his first love, his first real human contact. They'd learnt together, learnt to love. Ella was learning now.
In her heart she felt the bitterness of naivety. Alec wasn't her first, but he was the first person she'd ever loved. He'd taught her to be a person. To love. To feel. She knew she'd made a lifetime commitment to the first person she'd ever loved.
Yet part of her didn't care. True love only happens once.
'Ella?'
'Yes.'
'Are you angry with me?'
'Now there's honest for you, straight out with it. Not normal for you Alec.'
'It has something to do with love. Me loving you.'
'I'm sorry. It's nothing.'
'No its not.'
'What should we call the baby?'
'Don't change the subject.'
'Alec it's nothing ok?'
'I just said it obviously isn't nothing.'
'Just drop it ok.'
'Ok.' The couple feel silent; Alec's arms were still tightly around his wife. Somewhere in his heart he felt a tight ball of nerves.
'El?'
'Uhuh?' Ella sounded half asleep.
'It isn't ok.'
'Oh.' Ella shifted round so she was sat with her legs crossed. Alec missed her almost instantly, but said nothing.
'What is it?' Alec asked again.
'I'm scared.'
'Of what?'
'Of what I've just done. I love you Alec I honestly do.'
'Then what?' ~What's going on?~
'You love Rachel.'
'I love you.' Alec was completely confused by this whole thing.
'I know, I've never doubted that. But you've been in love. You know it. I never have, I don't.'
'Ella!' Alec pulled his wife into his arms and held her there. Finally understanding. 'We can learn. Rachel and I were never parents, or married. There are still things to be learnt. We can BOTH do that.'
Ella looked up and nodded. Alec began to laugh.
'What!'
'Nothing! Just its our wedding night,'
'And?' Ella asked fighting the laughter herself.
'Well Deep conversations aren't what usually goes on, on a wedding night.'
'What do you suggest?' Ella asked teasingly. Alec raised one eyebrow.
'All this romance has made me think.' Max stood by the counter in Logan's penthouse. A bowl of noodles held in her hand. Logan was stood bouncing Katie up and down. They were babysitting. Matthew was watching his dad with an interested expression.
He wasn't very old. But the X-series DNA in him made it possible for him to be stood holding on the counter, grinning.
'Hey kido? Mommy get a hug?' Max asked bending down to her sons level. The little boy walked towards her and put his arms around her neck.
'There are my two favourite people!' Logan said to Ella. 'With you and your mommy and daddy Kathryn.' He added and kissed his Max's face.
'What were you thinking anyway?' he asked ruffling his son's hair.
'All this romance and stuff.' Max said hesitantly.
'Yeah?'
'I know you've been married before and.' She paused blushing. A very unmaxlike thing.
'You want to get married?' Logan asked grinning.
'Well. Yeah.' Max fell silent burying her head in her son.
'Max?'
'Uh?'
'Hold Katie?' Max took the baby and watched as the love of her life walked away from her.
'Can you see daddy running away Matthew? Think mommy scared him?' Matthew gave his mother a scathing look. That said ~Too late for that. ~ Max sighed and nodded.
'Max?' Logan stood behind his girlfriend. She turned and realised how wrong she'd been.
'Will you marry me?' Max nodded and kissed her fiancé staring at the ring on her finger. It was beautiful.
'Wedding?' A small male voice asked from the counter where Matthew Alexander was sat.
His parents spun round. Max nearly dropping her niece. They glanced at each other the looked back at their son.
'Pardon?'
'Nother Wedding?' Matthew asked again. Max began to cry. Logan picked his son up fighting tears himself.
'Yes son, another wedding.'
'Mommy and Daddy wedding?'
'Yes.' Max said and hugged her fiancé and son tightly.
A/N: New Chapter!!!! I know it's taken forever but it is finally here. Not wonderfully long there's more to come. Enjoy ( Thanks to Ting as usual. For being patient. And To Munchi, Hi and enjoy!
Alec slipped into the room. Ella was asleep on the double bed. One arm curled protectively around her womb. Alec was struck again by how beautiful she was. And his. His wife.
Alec grinned; he slid into the bed next to her wrapping his arms around her body. Ella stirred- smiling in her sleep.
'I love you.' Alec whispered to his sleeping wife.
'I love you.' Ella clearly awake whispered back.
'How long have you been awake?'
'Since about five minutes before you got back.'
'Oh. I went to see Rachel.' Ella flinched slightly at her name. 'What? On your wedding night?'
'Yes. It was important.' Ella nodded but said nothing. She knew how much Rachel had meant to Alec. She'd been his first love, his first real human contact. They'd learnt together, learnt to love. Ella was learning now.
In her heart she felt the bitterness of naivety. Alec wasn't her first, but he was the first person she'd ever loved. He'd taught her to be a person. To love. To feel. She knew she'd made a lifetime commitment to the first person she'd ever loved.
Yet part of her didn't care. True love only happens once.
'Ella?'
'Yes.'
'Are you angry with me?'
'Now there's honest for you, straight out with it. Not normal for you Alec.'
'It has something to do with love. Me loving you.'
'I'm sorry. It's nothing.'
'No its not.'
'What should we call the baby?'
'Don't change the subject.'
'Alec it's nothing ok?'
'I just said it obviously isn't nothing.'
'Just drop it ok.'
'Ok.' The couple feel silent; Alec's arms were still tightly around his wife. Somewhere in his heart he felt a tight ball of nerves.
'El?'
'Uhuh?' Ella sounded half asleep.
'It isn't ok.'
'Oh.' Ella shifted round so she was sat with her legs crossed. Alec missed her almost instantly, but said nothing.
'What is it?' Alec asked again.
'I'm scared.'
'Of what?'
'Of what I've just done. I love you Alec I honestly do.'
'Then what?' ~What's going on?~
'You love Rachel.'
'I love you.' Alec was completely confused by this whole thing.
'I know, I've never doubted that. But you've been in love. You know it. I never have, I don't.'
'Ella!' Alec pulled his wife into his arms and held her there. Finally understanding. 'We can learn. Rachel and I were never parents, or married. There are still things to be learnt. We can BOTH do that.'
Ella looked up and nodded. Alec began to laugh.
'What!'
'Nothing! Just its our wedding night,'
'And?' Ella asked fighting the laughter herself.
'Well Deep conversations aren't what usually goes on, on a wedding night.'
'What do you suggest?' Ella asked teasingly. Alec raised one eyebrow.
'All this romance has made me think.' Max stood by the counter in Logan's penthouse. A bowl of noodles held in her hand. Logan was stood bouncing Katie up and down. They were babysitting. Matthew was watching his dad with an interested expression.
He wasn't very old. But the X-series DNA in him made it possible for him to be stood holding on the counter, grinning.
'Hey kido? Mommy get a hug?' Max asked bending down to her sons level. The little boy walked towards her and put his arms around her neck.
'There are my two favourite people!' Logan said to Ella. 'With you and your mommy and daddy Kathryn.' He added and kissed his Max's face.
'What were you thinking anyway?' he asked ruffling his son's hair.
'All this romance and stuff.' Max said hesitantly.
'Yeah?'
'I know you've been married before and.' She paused blushing. A very unmaxlike thing.
'You want to get married?' Logan asked grinning.
'Well. Yeah.' Max fell silent burying her head in her son.
'Max?'
'Uh?'
'Hold Katie?' Max took the baby and watched as the love of her life walked away from her.
'Can you see daddy running away Matthew? Think mommy scared him?' Matthew gave his mother a scathing look. That said ~Too late for that. ~ Max sighed and nodded.
'Max?' Logan stood behind his girlfriend. She turned and realised how wrong she'd been.
'Will you marry me?' Max nodded and kissed her fiancé staring at the ring on her finger. It was beautiful.
'Wedding?' A small male voice asked from the counter where Matthew Alexander was sat.
His parents spun round. Max nearly dropping her niece. They glanced at each other the looked back at their son.
'Pardon?'
'Nother Wedding?' Matthew asked again. Max began to cry. Logan picked his son up fighting tears himself.
'Yes son, another wedding.'
'Mommy and Daddy wedding?'
'Yes.' Max said and hugged her fiancé and son tightly.