Date : 27.08.2007
Title : Loves' Past and Present
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 10 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Lt. Col. John Sheppard/Lyssa Hunter
Major Evan Lorne/Dr Ellie Harrison
Warnings : Angst/hurt.
Spoilers : This story is part of a series and follows on from Love's Dance With A Stranger.
Feedback : Yes
Disclaimer : Dr Ellie Harrison, Major James Reece, Lt Franks & Heather Russell are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid. Stargate & Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, have nothing to do with me.
Summary : Find out how Sheppard and Lyssa's wedding plans cause chaos on Atlantis and what happens when tragedy strikes for Ellie and Lorne?
Ellie looked down at Lorne as he smiled up at her and she felt like the luckiest woman alive as she answered his question.
"Yes! Yes, I'll marry you".
Lorne immediately jumped up and wrapped his arms around her waist, lifting her off the floor as he swung her around, both of them laughing like a pair of kids as they kissed.
"I love you so much", Ellie said as she clung to Lorne and he smiled as he pressed closer to her.
"And I love you and from this moment on we are never going to be apart", he promised and Ellie practically melted at his words.
She giggled and sighed.
"Well, that sounds wonderful but you know Atlantis and there are times when we'll have to spend a little time apart".
Lorne pulled back from her slightly and frowned.
"Atlantis. Jeez, Ellie I almost forgot, I don't even know if I can go back there. My position will have been taken……..", he trailed off as Ellie shook her head.
"Sheppard made Dr Weir promise to keep it open for you for a certain length of time. Major Reece went off-world with us whenever we needed to go so you can still be SGA-2's team leader….if you want to be that is?".
Lorne smiled and pulled her to him again.
He was amazed at how life could change in such a short space of time. He had been thinking about Ellie and now, here she was in his arms and she'd agreed to be his wife.
"How and when did you get here? Where are you staying?", he asked and Ellie smiled.
"We arrived about two hours ago and Daniel found your mom's address for me. Mitchell drove me over there and Rachel brought me here. As for where we're staying…..I have no idea. My bags are in Cameron's truck", she replied and Lorne regarded her.
"You said 'we'? Who else came home?".
Ellie clamped a hand over her mouth as she remembered,
"Lyssa! Oh my god Evan…..she's been alone with Cam now for a while….."
"He knows she's engaged to Sheppard though right?", Lorne said and Ellie nodded.
"She'll be ok then……I'm sure", he said and Ellie sighed hoping Lorne was right. Cameron could be very charming when he wanted to be.
"So……you met Rachel…..and my mom?", Lorne asked and Ellie smiled.
"Your sister is great….."
"And my mom?"
"Um…….not so great…….she doesn't like me……", Ellie answered glumly and Lorne said warily,
"What did she say?"
"Nothing as such, Rachel didn't give her much of a chance to. It's just, with what Heather said and you never asking me to marry you until now…..I just got the impression that I wasn't really good enough….", Ellie trailed off as Lorne looked at her in a way that brought it home to her just how silly that assumption was.
"Come on. You're going to meet my mom properly. She has a right to know she's going to have a daughter-in-law very soon", Lorne said as he turned Ellie around to walk her back down the dock.
OOoOO
Lorne's sister had just arrived back at her mom's house when the doorbell chimed again and she watched as her mom went and answered it.
She groaned as she re-entered the lounge, Heather right behind her.
"Rachel", Heather said silkily and Rachel forced a smile.
"Heather", she returned the greeting.
"I can't seem to catch Evan in lately…….", Heather trailed off as her eyes rested on the portrait of Ellie and she struggled to continue, "Do you……er…..do you know where he is?"
"No", Rachel replied instantly but her mom said,
"Yes", at the same time and Heather looked from one to the other and Rachel groaned as her mother said,
"He's at the dock, but you'd better hurry as this", and she pointed to the painting, "Ellie person is there with him right now".
Heather nodded and raced to the door as quickly as her high heels would let her.
"Why did you do that?", Rachel asked and her mom shrugged.
"He has a right to choose which one he really wants and if seeing the two women together helps him do that then I'm all for it", she said and Rachel glared at her.
"You really think that Evan will choose Heather over Ellie?", she asked and her mom looked away.
"Time will tell".
OOoOO
"Your home is nice", Lyssa said as Mitchell showed her around his house.
"Thanks. I don't really know why I got something so big, me being on my own and all……..I think maybe it's because my family was huge and I guess I'm just used to a big house, full of people", he said and Lyssa nodded as she looked around.
"So….what do you want to do whilst we wait for Shorty?", he said, thinking of one very nice pass-time but knowing that it would be out of order to try anything like that with a fellow officer's girlfriend.
But darn, Lyssa was attractive.
She was wearing Atlantis issue combats with a black vest top, the combats fitting her bottom very nicely, the vest showing off the curves of her pert breasts to perfection.
Mitchell cleared his throat and Lyssa looked at him.
"Are you alright?", she asked and he nodded.
"Oh yeah, yeah. Um, do you want a soda?", he asked moving to the refrigerator and holding out a can to show her.
"It's not……?", she trailed off and he laughed.
"No, there's no alcohol in it".
"Then yes, I'll have one, thanks", Lyssa said, taking the can from him, their fingers brushing and she jumped away from him and moved into the lounge.
Mitchell was a very attractive man and she sensed he liked her but she was trying to ignore the fact.
She wondered how Ellie was getting on with Lorne and wished that she would hurry up and arrive.
Not that she wasn't enjoying Mitchell's company, she just didn't want to spend more time alone with him than was absolutely necessary.
OOoOO
As they reached Lorne's car, Ellie stopped and grabbed his hand.
"Wait!", she said and he turned to look at her.
"Are you okay?", he asked and Ellie sighed.
"I'm…….nervous", she admitted and Lorne smiled and pulled her to him.
"When I knocked on your mom's door earlier I felt like I was back in high school", Ellie told him and he laughed and pressed a kiss to her forehead.
She turned him around and backed him up against the hood of the car and Lorne grinned at her.
"Is this a delaying tactic?", he queried and Ellie nodded, pressing her mouth to his throat, her hands at his chest and Lorne groaned as she murmured,
"I've never made love in a car….."
At her words, Lorne reversed their positions and Ellie found herself pushed backwards, down onto the hood and desire shot through her as he buried his face in the curve of her neck, his hands at her hips.
"In a car or on one?", he muttered, pressing his arousal against her thigh and Ellie gasped,
"Neither".
"There has to be a first time for everything", Lorne said, his hands going to the buttons on her dress. He groaned loudly as the creamy tops of her breasts, straining against the lacy cups of her bra, were revealed to him.
"Do you have any idea what you're doing to me?", he asked and Ellie ran her hands up his muscular arms and then she began to fumble with the buttons on his shirt.
"Yes because you're doing the same thing to me", she replied, "Just thinking about you makes me ache deep inside", she added huskily and it was almost more than Lorne could bear to hear.
He dragged her up and against him and they moved to the side of the car. Lorne opened one of the back doors and Ellie slid onto the back seat where he followed her.
She lay down and he moved on top of her as best he could in the confined space.
Ellie giggled as she reached for the buckle and zipper on his jeans and Lorne banged his elbow as he manoeuvred her bottom half to remove her panties.
"If we'd have been in high school together….do you think we'd have made out like this?", Ellie asked and Lorne sucked in his breath sharply as her hands skimmed down his stomach and into his jeans
"Most definitely", he managed, covering her mouth with his.
He kissed her feverishly as she smoothed her fingers over his engorged length and Ellie felt him shudder with restraint.
She moaned into his mouth and bucked her lower body against him instinctively.
"Do you want to feel me inside of you?" Lorne asked, taking her lower lip between his teeth and tugging gently as she gasped and he moved to nuzzle the side of her neck, breathing in the warm, aroused scent of her skin.
"Can you imaging how it would feel?", he teased and Ellie groaned loudly and wrapped her arms around his shoulders in an effort to pull him closer.
Parting her legs, Lorne moved in between them and, running a hand along one thigh he curved her leg over his hip, pulling her body up hard against him so that she could feel how much he wanted her.
"You know if we do this now…..you could…..", Lorne began but Ellie pressed her fingers to his lips to stop him.
"I want you", she told him, "I need you…….", she trailed off, her head falling back and a moan stuck in her throat as she arched and clutched at his shoulders as he thrust into her.
Lorne stilled his movements for a moment as sensations threatened to overwhelm them both and Ellie shut her eyes tightly as she concentrated on the feel of being totally invaded by his hard body.
As he began to thrust once more Ellie whispered,
"Oh God, that feels sooooo good".
Lorne smiled in agreement.
"So….you are just after the fantastic sex", he said huskily in her ear and Ellie shook her head.
"You are not going to let me…….oh………live that one……..mmmm……..down, are you?", she asked in between groans and sighs and Lorne laughed and tugged at a nipple with his mouth.
"Never", he murmured.
When they were both more than satisfied they sat up as it was too uncomfortable to stay lying down and they began to straighten their clothes.
Ellie looked at Lorne as he struggled to pull his jeans back up and her heart did a flip-flop in her chest.
"I love you", Ellie she said impulsively, her hands pausing as she buttoned up her dress and Lorne stopped what he was doing to look at her.
He reached across and gripped her face in his hands.
"I love you too", he said, his mouth taking hers in a gently and loving kiss that made Ellie melt all over again.
They were just getting out of the car, laughing at how the windows had all steamed up when another car screeched to a halt at the side of them and Heather got out, her face clouding as it became obvious what they'd been doing.
"Evan….how could you?", she began and Ellie and Lorne exchanged a glance as she continued,
"Still….one final fling won't hurt I suppose. After all, that's all the likes of her is good for….a quickie in the back of a car…..", she trailed off as Ellie smacked her across the face.
Heather stared as Lorne wrapped his arms around Ellie's waist and pulled her back against him.
"I wouldn't speak to my wife-to-be like that Heather. She has been known to tackle female marines you know", he said and Ellie twisted to look up at him and she swatted his arm playfully.
"I was provoked that time", she said defensively and Lorne smiled.
"I know. Just like you were just now", he said and they both turned to look at Heather who had a hand pressed to the spot Ellie had just slapped.
"You're making a big mistake if you marry her Evan. Your mother will never accept her into the family", she said and Lorne shrugged.
"Ellie is my family and if my mom can't love her like I do then I guess she'll miss out on a lot of things….especially her grandchildren", he said and Heather made a strange whimpering noise as she turned and got back into her car.
"Bye Heather", Ellie called as the other woman slammed the car door shut and sped off.
Ellie turned to Lorne and hugged him.
"Thank you for that", she said and he hugged her back.
"For what?", he asked.
"For making her see how important I am to you", Ellie replied and Lorne sighed.
"You are the most important thing in my life and you have been for quite some time now".
"I'm just sorry it's taken me so long to realise that", Ellie said, then added, "I know you want me to go see your mom but I really should check on Lyssa".
"Okay, we'll head over to Mitchell's house first", Lorne replied and Ellie nodded.
She got into his car with an overwhelming sense of happiness and she grinned at Lorne as he got behind the wheel.
"What is it?", he asked, smiling at the fact that she was grinning so much.
"I'm going to be Mrs Lorne", she told him and he laughed as he started the engine.
"When does the Daedalus leave again for Atlantis?", he asked and Ellie said,
"Sunday".
"So we have seven days to find a priest to marry us", Lorne said as they left the dock and Ellie looked at him.
"What? Evan, we'll never…….", she began but he cut her off.
"We're getting married here on earth Ellie. I want our marriage to be legal and binding. I'm not saying that your wedding to Ronon wasn't lawful in his eyes but I want the real thing…..something that would be recognised here at home. I don't want the same Athosian man marrying us".
Ellie smiled at him, her heart beating faster as she realised how serious he was about it.
"That's fine by me", she said and Lorne sighed as though relieved.
"You're not giving me much time to get organised though", she added and Lorne smiled.
"Lyssa will help I'm sure and I'll do what I can".
"I'm supposed to be helping Lyssa choose a dress, not the other way around", Ellie said and Lorne shrugged.
"Now you can help each other".
End of Chapter 10