Loving The Wrong *Waterloo Road*

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Ella had been looking online for jobs. She wanted to move to London. A fresh start for her and her baby. She hated how Max didn't want to be involved with the baby.

When she woke that morning, she saw a text from Max;

Meet me before work. Please. I need to talk to you - Max.

Ella didn't reply. She quickly climbed out of bed and got dressed. Rachel looked at her. "I think you should consider staying here. When you have the baby, you'll be lonely."

"I'll have my baby. That's all I need," Ella said. In truth, she just didn't want to see Max raising his other daughter while her baby was left without.

Rachel sighed. "Please. Think about it."

"I'm sorry. My mind is made up."

***
When Ella got into work, she looked around. She was going to miss the place when she left. Steph walked over to her. "Morning. You okay?" She asked.

Ella nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine."

Steph watched as Ella walked off. She could tell that there was something bothering the younger girl. She felt bad for her.

***
Alexis smiled at her sister. "Hey you. How you holding up?" She asked.

"I'm okay. I can't wait for the baby to be born. I've found a nice little house in London," Ella said as she poured some hot chocolate.

Alexis sighed. "Babes, I don't think you should go. You're gonna need help with the baby. You won't get no sleep," she said.

"I took the risk when I got pregnant. It's my fault and I need to handle this myself. I can handle it."

"El. Think about staying. Get your own place around here. That way you'll always have someone on stand by to help. Me and Max will help out too," she said.

Ella shrugged. "I don't know. I'm keeping my options open for now."

***
Max saw Ella alone in the staffroom and walked over to her. "If you want to leave then I'll go with you."

"What?"

Max nodded and looked at her. "I've thought about it and I want to be with you. You, me and our baby."

Ella shook her head. "If you would have told me that three months ago, I would have jumped at the chance. But now, too much has gone wrong. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you want the chance at being a father to the baby. But I can't go there. Alexis is the one who needs you."

Max looked at her. "Please. Give this a chance. I'll tell Alexis about the baby. I'll tell her it was all me. I promise," he told her.

"Max. Please. Don't do this to me. Don't put me in a position where I have to hurt my sister. She's been nothing but supportive of me and I don't want to hurt her," she said.

***
Tom knew there was something going on between Max and Ella. He knew he wouldn't say anything though as he didn't want to hurt Ella.

But would he use Ella to get to Alexis?