Date : 25.05.2009
Title : The Fate Series : Part 1 - A Touch of Fate
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 6 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Lt. Colonel John Sheppard/OC
Major Evan Lorne/OC
Warnings : Some Sexual Content, Romance, Angst, Maybe Some Strong Language.
Feedback : Yes please, always welcome whatever it may be.
Disclaimer : Dr. Ellie Lorne, and any O/C's are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid and is from her Atlantis stories Behind The Mask and Reunions. Lexi Roberts was created by Soccer-Bitch. Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, has nothing to do with me.
Summary : AU : Lorne is gone for good this time and Ellie must move on with her life. There'll be no second chances this time, no way around them being parted…or is there…and is that what Ellie and Lorne for that matter, really wants?
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A/N : My O/C's are in this story quite predominantly at one point and I do apologise for that, but I felt it necessary for the series to work. Hopefully though, you'll like them enough to continue to read on and enjoy what they're getting up to! There are of course all the old favourites in here and a newbie or two…oh and remember…forget the Ellie and Lorne's of the past, this is another AU J
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Major Statham awoke and instantly sat bolt upright in his bed, the bed sheet falling down to his lap, revealing his naked chest.
He glanced around his room and strained his ears to try and hear any sounds coming from the bathroom.
There was nothing.
Ellie had gone.
With a sigh he fell back against the pillows, one muscular arm going behind his head.
He didn't know what the hell had possessed Ellie and him to make love, but they had and it had been fantastic…or at least he thought so.
It was apparent by the way that Ellie had disappeared from his quarters before he had awoken that she didn't quite feel the same way.
It was a first for him for the woman to have fled the scene before he had had a chance to and he felt a little disturbed by that fact.
"I wasn't that bad…surely," he muttered to himself before throwing back the bed sheet and stomping to the bathroom to take a shower.
Seeing Ellie again later would be interesting.
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In her own shower, Ellie was letting the water jets wash away her tears.
She didn't exactly regret sleeping with Statham, she had enjoyed the experience for what it was after all, but she felt like she had somehow cheated on Lorne and that was what was upsetting her the most.
Her brain knew that technically she had done nothing wrong, but her mind was running away with her and was telling her something totally different.
That was one of the reasons that she had left Statham asleep in his bed without waking him. She couldn't face the intimacy of waking up with another man just yet…sleeping with him was one thing, waking up with him was something else entirely.
When she finally pulled herself together enough to stop her tears, she got out of the shower, dried herself then once dressed, headed straight to the infirmary to see if there was any news on her best friend.
She found Lyssa to be awake and half-sat, half-lying in her infirmary bed looking agitated.
"Hey," Ellie said, hugging her as gently as she could.
"Hey," Lyssa returned, glad to see a friendly face.
"How are you doing, how are you feeling?", Ellie asked and Lyssa sighed.
"The wounds are healing and I am fine…I guess," she replied and Ellie frowned.
"You guess? Lyss you scared the crap out of me….what's wrong?"
Lyssa sighed again and looked over to where Sheppard was lying asleep in his own bed, various drips and tubes inserted into his arms and Ellie followed her gaze.
Understanding dawned upon her and she touched Lyssa's arm.
"He's going to be okay. He had to have a blood transfusion, but he'll be alright…do you want me to get an update for you on his condition?" she said, but Lyssa shook her head.
"No…no thanks….I just wish I didn't have to watch Lexi fawning all over him every five minutes, its driving me insane," she grumbled and Ellie bit her lip.
She wanted to tell Lyssa about her night with Statham but she didn't feel like the time was right and so she said,
"Does John have any idea at all about how you feel?"
"No! No…and I don't want him too either," Lyssa replied firmly and Ellie frowned again.
She was trying to think about how she could get the pair closer when Statham strode into the infirmary and her heart all but stopped beating as their eyes clashed.
As he came to stand by Ellie's side she dragged her eyes away and focused on Lyssa, who was seemingly oblivious to the sudden tension as she looked up at her C/O.
"Hi Frank," she greeted him and Statham looked at her, suddenly remembering that it had been her that he had come to see.
The sight of Ellie in the infirmary had scrambled his brain…a feeling he wasn't sure he liked.
"Lyssa…how are you feeling? You seriously scared the shit out of me yesterday and now you look great," he said, winking at her and Lyssa laughed easily, used to his flirtatious ways.
Ellie was not and she folded her arms as Statham and Lyssa continued to flirt.
"I'm fine thank you and you don't look too bad yourself," Lyssa said and Statham chuckled.
"All the better for seeing you," he said and Ellie cleared her throat.
"If you'll both excuse me, I'm going to go see John," she said, not waiting for a reply before she turned and high-tailed it across to Sheppard's bed.
Lyssa's smile faded as she watched her friends retreating back and it was Statham's turn to clear his throat.
"Is she okay?" he asked and Lyssa looked back at him.
"Um…yeah…why?" she replied and Statham shrugged, unsure as to whether Ellie would have confided in Lyssa yet about their night together.
"Just wondered," he said and Lyssa smiled.
"And there was me thinking you didn't care about female feelings."
"I don't," Statham replied stiffly, not liking the implication that he did and Lyssa laughed.
"Isn't it about time that you and Ellie kissed and made up?" she joked and Statham cleared his throat again.
"I should go…I was in the middle of a pile of paperwork yesterday and I should get on with it. Glad you're doing well Lyssa," he said, leaving her bedside before she had a chance to say anything further.
Frowning she watched him go, then watched with further amazement as Ellie left a still sleeping Sheppard's beside to come back to hers.
"Okay, what's going on?" Lyssa asked and Ellie looked away guiltily.
"With what?" she asked innocently, smoothing a crease on Lyssa's bed sheet and Lyssa tried folding her arms before realising that the action was too painful and she winced and put them back by her sides before replying,
"With you and Frank."
Ellie briefly considered lying, but then realised that there was no point. Lyssa knew her just as well as she knew Lyssa…they were like psychics when it came to one another.
"I…we…last night…" she trailed off, still not certain that she wanted to tell anyone what she and Statham had done the evening before.
"You weren't arguing again where you?" Lyssa said, sighing and Ellie bit her lip and raked a hand through her hair.
"No…we…we…" Ellie struggled again before tears blurred her vision and she blurted,
"We slept together…I cheated on Evan and I feel horrible."
For a moment Lyssa just stared at her friend, her brain trying to comprehend how two people who apparently couldn't stand one another, had ended up sleeping together.
"Okay…firstly and most importantly, you 'did not' cheat on Evan, he would want you to be happy and secondly, I need you to tell me when you started to like Frank enough to sleep with him!"
Ellie swiped at her eyes and sniffed loudly.
"That's just it, I don't like him," she replied and Lyssa frowned.
"You…don't?"
"No…I cant stand him…and he cant stand me!" Ellie said and Lyssa scratched her head.
"I'm somewhat confused," she said and Ellie managed a small false smile.
"Me too."
"Are you alright?" Lyssa asked, taking in how utterly miserable Ellie actually looked.
"I kind of feel bad for enjoying last night…" Ellie said and Lyssa's eyes widened.
"You enjoyed it?" she asked and Ellie blushed.
"Yes…but don't you dare tell Frank that I did," she warned and Lyssa chuckled and shook her head.
"I wouldn't dream of it," she said.
She was glad that Ellie wasn't entirely regretting what she and Statham had done, but she was secretly concerned about what would happen if her friend actually began to care for their C/O.
Statham's reputation with women went before him and Lyssa didn't want Ellie to get hurt.
She decided to speak to him at the earliest opportunity.
"So was it just a one off or what?" she asked and Ellie nodded her head vigorously.
"Oh yes, definitely a one off…I just need to put it down to the fact that I didn't want to be alone last night. What happened off world, to you, to John, it shook me up, brought back painful memories of something that I am only just coming to terms with and Frank, well, he was there at the right time."
"And how does Frank feel about it?" Lyssa asked and Ellie cleared her throat.
"I don't know…we didn't exactly talk this morning…I ran away before he even woke up!"
Lyssa laughed and then winced as pain radiated around her middle.
She could almost see Frank's face when he had awoken earlier and found himself alone.
"So when he was in here just, that's the first time you've seen one another since you fled?" she asked and Ellie nodded.
"Now I get why he seemed so uncomfortable," Lyssa said and Ellie's eyes narrowed.
"He seemed uncomfortable?" she asked and Lyssa nodded.
"Yeah, unusually so…"
Ellie was about to reply when her ear-piece buzzed.
It was Chuck.
"Dr Lorne, please report to Mr Woolsey's office a.s.a.p. please."
Ellie pressed her ear-piece to reply.
"On my way."
She then said to Lyssa,
"I have to go…Woolsey wants me. I'll stop by later and we'll brainstorm over how to get you and John a little closer."
"We will?" Lyssa said, wondering why Ellie had suddenly decided to end their discussion about her and Statham.
"Uh-huh, its about time that you got what you wanted," Ellie replied, squeezing Lyssa's arm before she headed toward the exit.
Lyssa sighed and glanced over at Sheppard who was still sleeping soundly, probably due to the drugs that Keller had given him.
'Maybe Ellie is right,' she thought, watching as Lexi checked his vitals for the umpteenth time that morning.
One thing that she was certain about though was that she was not one for breaking people up and if Sheppard was interested at all in starting a relationship with her, then he would have to break up with Lexi first.
What Lyssa didn't know though was that Sheppard was much closer to that step than she could have ever imagined and but for him getting hurt yesterday, today he and Lexi would have been no more.
Fate was cruel.
End of Chapter 6