Date : 23.03.2008
Title : The A.U. Series : Ellie and The Major
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 11 of 11
Rating : M
Pairings : Major Evan Lorne/Dr. Ellie Harrison
Warnings : Some Sexual Content, Romance, Adventure, Maybe Some Strong Language.
Spoilers : This story has character's in it from my Loves series and follows on from my last story - Lost City of the ZPM's
Feedback : Yes please, always welcome whatever it may be.
Disclaimer : Dr. Ellie Harrison, Lt. Matthew Franks and any O/C's are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid and is from her Atlantis stories Behind The Mask and Reunions. Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, has nothing to do with me.
Summary : Lorne owes Ellie his life and not for the first time but when payback time comes, will the Major be able to do what needs to be done to stop her turning to another for help?
Sheppard stared at Weir as he tried to digest the information that she had just told him.
Ellie and the city were safe from Allen…she had slept with someone and so her new found virginity was gone.
'Damn…which lucky bastard had gotten in there?', he thought bitterly.
"John?", Weir asked, her voice breaking into his thoughts.
"Hmm?", he asked.
"Are you alright?", Weir asked, thinking he looked a little…pissed off.
"Yeah…fine", he replied and Weir frowned.
"I thought you should know, just in case Allen still returns, but if what Zerrin tells us is correct then he will be powerless anyway, isn't that right?", she asked and Sheppard nodded.
"Yeah, that's right", he replied.
"How is Zerrin getting along?", Weir asked. They had placed the Abalakian in the Athosian part of the city and asked some of Teyla's people to watch her discreetly.
"She's doing great, apparently she just wants a nice quiet life away from her weird family and she's promised not to try and heal anyone unless we specifically ask her to first", Sheppard replied and Weir nodded.
"Okay, well, keep me posted on her progress", she said, moving away and Sheppard sighed.
He wanted to see Ellie, he needed to talk to her.
--
"So let me get this straight", Ellie said as she lay with her head against Lorne's chest, her fingers making lazy circles against the smooth skin of his abdomen.
"You think that because you've slept with me and taken my virginity to save me from Allen, that makes us even?".
"Yeah", Lorne replied, grinning as Ellie lifted her head to look at him.
"It so doesn't!", she said indignantly. "I have saved your life way more times than you have saved mine".
"I don't think so", Lorne teased, his smile widening as Ellie opened her mouth to protest but stopped short as a knock came to her quarters' door.
She and Lorne looked at one another, neither certain what to do. At the moment no-one but them knew about the change to their relationship and they kind of wanted to keep it that way for the time being.
"Who do you think it could be?", Ellie whispered, glancing at the door before looking back at Lorne who raised an eyebrow at her.
"How would I know?", he replied quietly and Ellie stuck her tongue out at him.
Lorne smiled and pulled her on top of him, kissing her until suddenly they heard Sheppard's voice through the door.
"Ellie? You in there?".
Ellie's eyes widened.
"What does he want?", she whispered, gasping as Lorne suddenly gripped her waist and lifted her, positioning the tip of his hardened length against her soft opening.
He didn't know what his C/O wanted with Ellie but she was his now…not Sheppard's and he wanted to remind her of that fact.
He thrust his hips upwards and Ellie gripped his shoulders as all thoughts of John being stood on the other side of her door fled from her mind.
They settled into a rhythm and Ellie rose and fell, grinding her hips against Lorne as he gripped her bottom.
As he sat up, his mouth teasing one of her nipples, Ellie felt the beginnings of her orgasm and she knew that whether Sheppard was still on the other side of the door or not, she would not be able to hold in the cry of ecstasy that would rise as she came.
Outside, Sheppard sighed. Ellie was obviously out and about somewhere so he headed off to see if he could find her.
He was just out of earshot when Ellie exploded and she let out a loud cry of pleasure that was closely followed by a groan from Lorne.
Ellie lay her cheek against the top of Lorne's head, smothering him with her breasts as she sighed contentedly.
"That was….that was….", she murmured, unable to finish and Lorne smiled and stroked her back.
"Mmm…it was wasn't it", he said, his voice muffled slightly and Ellie nodded, feeling sleepy again.
Feeling her relax, Lorne rolled them over gently and they lay side by side, gazing at one another.
"I'm so happy", Ellie said and Lorne grazed her cheekbone gently with his knuckles.
"Me too", he replied.
--
The day that Allen was due to return to Atlantis came around and none too surprisingly he didn't make an appearance, a fact that Ellie and Zerrin were thankful for.
Later that same day, Ellie was taking a walk when she ran into Lorne who was on his way to the armoury to do a weapons stock check.
"Hi", she said, smiling at him.
"Hey", Lorne replied.
"So….do you have plans for this evening?", Ellie asked and Lorne grinned at her.
"Only if they include you".
Ellie blushed. "Well I think it's about time I got to see the inside of your quarters, don't you?", she asked and Lorne smiled.
"Sure…but lets eat together first tonight…we should at least attempt some kind of date I mean, I'm starting to think that you only want me for one thing…", he teased and Ellie reached out and pinched him.
"Hey! That hurt", he said and Ellie laughed.
"I'll kiss it better for you later", she said and Lorne stepped a little closer and bent so that his mouth was close to her ear.
"Promise?", he asked, kissing her cheek and Ellie nodded.
"I promise".
As Lorne moved away from Ellie, Charlotte's eyes narrowed and she glared at Ellie from her position down the hall.
She had heard that Ellie had spent the night with someone and she just hoped that it hadn't been Lorne but from the little display she had just witnessed it looked a distinct possibility that it had been him.
"Damn, I need to move quickly…before they get any closer", she muttered to herself as she moved away.
--
Later, Ellie was on her way to the mess hall to meet Lorne when Sheppard caught her up.
"Hey Ellie…where've you been hiding? I've been looking for you everywhere", he said and Ellie avoided his gaze as she felt guilty for ignoring him when he'd knocked at her quarters.
"I haven't been hiding…I've just been…resting", she said and Sheppard nodded, noticing that she didn't slow down.
"I wanted to talk to you", he said and Ellie finally glanced at him.
"Oh? What about?", she asked, still not slowing down and Sheppard had to resort to speeding up and coming to stand before her to stop her in her tracks.
"Us", he said and Ellie blinked at him.
"Us?", she repeated, not understanding what he was going on about.
"Yeah…I've kinda been thinking lately…", he paused as he saw her attention waver as she spotted someone over his shoulder and he frowned.
Ellie saw Lorne entering the mess hall and she found it hard to concentrate on what Sheppard was trying to say to her.
Sheppard sighed and the sound drew her gaze back to his.
"Sorry John, what were you saying?", she asked and he shrugged.
"Are you busy later…I'd like to talk?", he said and watched as Ellie bit her lip.
"I'm sorry, I already have plans for later…but we could talk soon", she offered and Sheppard nodded and stepped aside.
"Okay…no worries", he said, watching as she headed off.
Shaking his head he went in the opposite direction. He needed a beer.
--
Ellie found the table where Lorne was waiting for her.
"Hi", she said and he stood, resisting the urge to kiss her in front of everyone.
"Hi", he replied.
They moved to the food counter and got their evening meal.
They talked as they ate, both surprised at how much they had to say to one another in light of the fact that they had once thought that they had had absolutely nothing in common.
"So your favourite dessert is chocolate cake", Lorne stated and Ellie nodded, eyeing the slice that was waiting on her food tray.
Their eyes met and Ellie blushed as she had a wicked thought. Lorne seemed to read her mind and he grinned and said,
"Why don't we take the cake back to my quarters?".
"That's a great idea", Ellie replied and they stood to leave just as Charlotte appeared at their table.
They glared at her and she twisted her hands together as though she was nervous.
"I was wondering if you guys would give me five minutes of your time? I need to tell you both something", she said and Lorne and Ellie glanced at one another.
"Why should we after everything that you've done?", Ellie said and Lorne nodded in agreement folding his arms as Charlotte looked at him, pasting her best 'pleading' look onto her face.
"Please…I wouldn't ask if it wasn't really important", she said and Lorne looked at Ellie.
"It's up to you…I'll go with whatever you decide", he told her and Ellie sighed deeply.
She wanted to tell Charlotte where to go but there was something on her ex-friends' face that she couldn't ignore. Despite her better judgement she heard herself say,
"Okay…five minutes".
Charlotte nodded and said,
"Thank you. Can we go somewhere a little quieter though…I don't want everyone to hear what I have to say".
"We can use my office", Lorne said and Charlotte smiled at him gratefully.
As they made the journey to the office, Charlotte made sure that she put herself in between Lorne and Ellie at all times and she succeeded until they were actually inside the office where Lorne made sure that he stood by Ellie's side, his arm casually draped around her waist.
"So what's this all about Charlie?", he asked and Charlotte took a deep breath and said,
"I have done some terrible things in the past and I recently found something out that made me think about the way I have been with the people I care about", she said, pointedly looking at Lorne, hoping to see some kind of emotion but his face remained impassive and she had to steel herself to continue.
"I'd like to try and make things up to you to, seeing as I don't have much time left".
"Are you leaving?", Ellie asked sounding hopeful and Charlotte smiled.
"Kind of", she replied.
"Kind of. What does that mean?", Lorne asked and Charlotte looked at him, her eyes becoming teary and she silently praised her own acting abilities as she said,
"I'm…I'm dying".
Lorne and Ellie stared at her and for a moment she wondered whether they believed her or not, the incredulous look they both wore making her doubt whether she could actually pull this off.
"Will one of you say something", she said eventually and Lorne cleared his throat.
"You're…dying?", he asked and she nodded.
"How long do you have?", Ellie asked, feeling shocked and wondering how someone so healthy looking could possibly be dying.
"A few months", Charlotte replied calmly and Ellie nodded, uncertain what to say.
"So…how do we fit in to all this?", Lorne asked, still betraying no emotion and Charlotte stepped a little closer to him.
"I don't want to be alone through this Evan. I know that I've caused you both pain in the past and I want to try and show you both that I can change", she turned to Ellie and said,
"I want us to be friends again…we had some good times".
Ellie nodded again, not sure what else to do and then watched as Charlotte turned back to Lorne.
"And as for you…I…I still love you Evan. I want us to try again…I can make you happy I know I can…and it would be my one dying wish if you would say you'll be mine again for the last few months of my life".
Ellie turned to Lorne, horror in her eyes and her stomach sinking as she saw that he was looking at Charlotte with a bemused expression upon his face.
Charlotte bit back a smile and said,
"I realise that this is a lot for you both to take in so I don't expect you to give me your answers right now. Sleep on it and let me know…".
Lorne nodded and Charlotte turned and left them alone. She was relying on Lorne's sense of honour for him to do the right thing and she knew that Ellie was just as gullible and too soft hearted for her own good.
Lorne turned to face Ellie and they stared at one another, neither knowing what to say.
The only thing that they could think of was how their newly found happiness was suddenly in danger of being lost, but what was the alternative?
That they let down a dying woman and rob her of her last wish for joy? Could they do that to Charlotte?
But on the other hand, could they bring themselves to sacrifice one another?
The End
Find out what Lorne and Ellie decide to do and what it is that Sheppard wants to tell Ellie in my next story…