No Ones POV:
Filming season 1 episode 2.
Ellen's POV:
Things between myself and Patrick are extremely uncomfortable, he barely looks at me except when we film. I arrived on set and headed straight to the trailer we had to share, as I opened the door I saw Patrick standing in the kitchen "hi" I said quietly. He looked around and went back to what he was doing. I was thinking of taking Stella to set throughout the week to introduce her to everyone but I was worried how Patrick would react.
"So I'm going to take Stella here tomorrow" his head whipped around. "Do you want people to know I'm her dad? I mean I just found out not long ago" "Patrick of course I want people to know, I'm not ashamed but I can explain to her that we need to keep it quiet for a while" I sat on the sofa and he headed towards the door "ok fine, bye".
No Ones POV:
The next day, Patrick and Ellen have been called to Shonda's office.
Patrick's POV:
As I arrived at Shonda's office I heard Ellen telling her that Stella was waiting in the trailer and she wouldn't be a problem, hearing her name made a smile creep on my face. Shonda told us both to sit "Ellen and Patrick, whatever the hell is going on between you both whether you're sleeping together or you hate each other I don't care - you need to start acting professional and get over it, it's beginning to affect your chemistry on set". I saw Ellen cast her eyes to the floor and she mumbled "we haven't slept together in years". I spoke up "Shonda, myself and Ellen just have a few differences we need to sort out. Everything will be fine" I assured her and left the office with Ellen following close behind.
Ellen's POV:
I caught up with Patrick in the hall "I'm going to get Stella, I've told her the situation don't panic... See you on set in 10". With that I left and headed to the trailer, when I arrived I saw Stella outside with Sandra "hey baby, you ready to go? Remember what we talked about in the car on the way here? Our little secret" I winked. "Yeah mom I'm ready to go... I remember" she began to run ahead while Sandra looked at me suspiciously "what secret?" She begged. "That's a story for another day".
Patrick's POV:
I had just finished shooting my scene and I could hear Ellen's giggle from outside the doors, soon Stella appeared as she stood still and scanned the room looking for me. Before I knew it she was running towards me with her arms open "Dad!! Gosh I missed you" everyone stopped and looked Sandra exclaimed "did she just say Dad?!"
"hi baby girl" I said with a hushed voice trying not to draw anymore attention toward myself and Ellen who were standing side by side staring at our daughter. Ellen looked up at me with a sorry look in her eyes but no words came out. "Pat lis-" she started but I never let her finish "save it Ellen, did you even tell her what we discussed? Do you know how hard this might make things if the public hear about this?" I snapped. Ellen turned and walked away with Sandra following close behind her.
Ellen's POV:
I couldn't believe how harsh Patrick was being, this was an adjustment for all of us. I couldn't stand and listen to him speak to me that way, he wasn't being fair. I ran to my trailer and before the door could even shut I had tears streaming down my face, I'm heartbroken. All I've ever wanted was to be with Patrick and have a family but he left me and here we are.
Sandra was stood outside my trailer door, I could here her "Ellen c'mon let me in, let's talk about it". I stood up slowly trying to catch my breath and opened the door "what have I done Sandra". We spoke for 30 minutes and I told her everything from the first day I met Patrick back when I was 22 years old. "I just can't believe this, I'm so sorry you've had to deal with this on your own for so long" she said with a concerned look on her face. She embraced me and next thing I know, Patrick is standing in my trailer.
Patrick's POV:
I had to speak to Ellen, I was hard on her and I know I'd upset her which I hated - after all I was still madly in love with her after all this time. I made my way to her trailer, I felt nauseous and my hands were sweating. I stopped just outside the trailer to gather myself and I could hear her talking with Sandra "I've never told anyone the whole story before, I was broken when he left me the first time and now I'm going to lose him again - I don't think I can take it, I should've tried harder to find him. I've ruined everything with the man I'm still in love with". I think just then, my heart shattered into a million pieces she was a broken woman.
I pulled the trailer door open and my heart ached as I saw her, tears running down her cheeks, her eyes swollen from crying so much. "Ellen, please can I talk to you?" Sandra stood up and left the trailer. Ellen didn't say a word, she didn't even look at me.. "El look I'm sorry, I know this isn't easy for you to deal with and I'm being totally selfish because I'm in shock and I still obviously care about you. This is not the way I wanted this to go, I wanted to be with you when you were pregnant, I wanted to be with you when you went into labour, I wanted to be there for it all and that's not your fault. I left without ever explaining myself and I know you tried to find me but at the time I didn't want to be found and for that I will always be sorry". Ellen opened her mouth to speak but I don't think she knew what to say, just as words started forming Shonda yelled "Ellen, Patrick get your asses on set now. We need to do this scene".
The scene we had to film was not ideal for the situation we were in, Ellen hadn't said a word and now we have to go into an elevator to talk and kiss.
Ellen's POV:
Patrick had just been more honest with me in the last 5 minutes than he had the whole time I knew him. I know he's sorry for how he's reacted and he knows I'm sorry for everything that's happened. Shonda yelled so we made our way to set, I wiped my tears as we walked. We got into place and started the scene, we're professionals at the end of the day and we have a job to do.
We started the scene and the kiss got closer and closer to happening. "The line is drawn, there's a big line" I pause and wait for Patrick to speak "so this line, is it imaginary or do I need to get you a marker?" he turns to face me and I know I've just got to kiss him. Shonda had more lines planned for us but I couldn't help myself after the tension that had been building all day. I pushed him forward, dropped everything in my hands and we kissed. We kissed like we used to when we were young and in love. I missed kissing him, I missed everything about him and he was standing right in front of me. The elevator door dinged and it opened meaning our scene was effectively done.
I knew Patrick had a couple of extra scenes to shoot so I called for Stella and we left for the day. I knew we had to speak properly at some point whether I liked it or not, so I texted him.
Ellen: Hi Pat, I know we left this kinda up in the air. Call me when you're done filming or pop by the house. Let's talk x
NOTICE
Well hello everyone... long time no speak 🫣
I got an email about Wattpad and knew I had to come back and see what was going on. My other Dempeo story has 125k reads now which is just amazing!!!! Didn't think 7 years ago when I started writing it, that it would be getting that many reads.
I don't have a lot of time to write and update anymore but I will do what I can, so for now.. I hope you enjoy this update! Thanks for sticking around and I'll be back soon 💛
