If You Left Him For Me.
Chapter 3
~Ella~
It was now after 7. Riker and I had just given Sam and Ty their baths and put them in their footed pajamas. Riker and I were sitting on the couch, Sam in my arms, and Ty in Rikers. They were asleep.
“I wish I could do this every single day.” Riker said. I looked at him. “Really?” I questioned. Ross rarely helped me put them to sleep. He help when they were first born but by the time they were 6 months he stopped. He just stopped helping me.
Riker nodded. “Yes, every day. These are my babies. Of course I want to do this every day.” He said. I smiled. Maybe I should choose Riker, whoa Ella, don’t get too far ahead. You still have a week with Ross, maybe he loves you enough to try during that week.
Riker leaned over with Ty still in his arms and kissed my cheek. “Let’s go put them to bed and we can cuddle. Sound good?” I nodded feeling my cheeks heat up and not trusting my voice. We both stood up off the couch and walked down the hall to their room and put them in their cribs. Once again before we left Riker kissed each of their heads and said ‘I love you’ to them.
He grabbed my hand and laced our fingers together. My face instantly got hot. Why was I so nervous? Come on Ella you are acting like a fifteen year old girl whose crush just talked to her for the first time. He’s only holding your hand.
We walked down the hall a little farther to my bedroom. “The bathroom is across the hall for you to change.” I told Riker. He nodded his head. “I remember, but I’m just going to take my shirt off and sleep in my shorts.” He replied before pulling his shirt up and over his head. I couldn’t help but stare. I could tell that he had been working out, but it’d been two years since I’d last seem him without a shirt on. Two long years.
“Like what you see El?” Riker asked with a chuckle. I hadn’t noticed that I’d been staring at him for that long. I laughed, “In your dreams babe.” I replied. Wait….I called him babe. “Oh so now I’m babe?” he said whist laughing before pulling the blanket up and getting into bed. I just laughed before doing the same.
~Riker~
She called me babe. I wanted to scream. Maybe we are getting back to the way we were, Before I left because I was an immature idiot who left my then pregnant girlfriend. Maybe I will be the one who marries her. Maybe I will get to have more children with her and watch them grow up. I sure hope so.
We were lying in bed. Just talking and thinking. “Riker?” Ella asked. “Yeah?” “I still love you.” Ella replied. She still loved me? Why? I was a stupid jerk who left her and our unborn children. I don’t get why she would still love me.
“Why?” I asked. “Because, you are the father of my children. You act like a dad. You treat me well. You treat me how I should be. I’m sorry I ran off with Ross after I told you. I just-“she began to cry, “Ella, you did nothing wrong. It is my fault. I am the one who left because I had no idea how to react. I should be the one who is sorry, not you. I love you too, I always have Ella and always will. “I said before she rolled over so we were chest to chest. I wrapped my arms around her, letting her cry. I kissed head over and over and kept repeating the words ‘I love you’. She is my world. I don’t know what I was thinking when I left her.
“Riker, can you sing to my?” She asked. “Of course El.” I replied before kissing her lips. I kept my arms around her and began singing one of her favorite songs.
Hello there, the angel from my nightmare
The shadow in the background of the morgue
The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley
We can live like Jack and Sally if we want
Where you can always find me
We'll have Halloween on Christmas
And in the night we'll wish this never ends
We'll wish this never ends
Where are you and I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
This sick strange darkness
Comes creeping on so haunting every time
And as I stared I counted
Webs from all the spiders
Catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you
and hear your voice of treason
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight
Stop this pain tonight
Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head I miss you, I miss you
Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head , I miss you I miss you
After I was done, I heard Ella say ‘I love you Riker’ before she cuddled closer into my chest as she fell asleep. I smiled and kissed her head again. “I love you more Ella” I said before falling asleep.
A/N: Okay, so the next few chapters probably won’t have a Ross P.O.V. I’m trying to focus more on Ella and Riker. There will be more Ross soon, probably when it’s his week. So anyone wanna guess who she’ll marry. I’m sort of leaning on Riker. He’s being such a cutie (: If the person you want her to marry, doesn’t marry her. I might make an alternate ending for the other but, this story isn’t gonna end for a while (:
