Missing You Fanfiction

Missing You

Chapter 1

Ellens POV

I pull up outside the gates to our home and punch the code to open them. I sigh as I wait for the gates to open fully so I can drive through. I love working at the show, everyday is something different and the people I have met are amazing but it’s just so tiring. I always find myself going to bed at like 9 o’clock because I’m so exhausted. Portia always complains that I work myself too hard but I really enjoy it. When I’m on summer break I like to relax as much as I can though to make sure I’m really rested for when the show starts back up in September. This year I did just that but for some reason I’ve only been back for about a month and I’m already exhausted. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older? I don’t know. I am jolted from my train of thought by the gates clunking into their open resting position. I put the car into drive and make my way up the drive. As always I enter the house to a delicious smell emanating from the kitchen. Portia decided to learn how to cook a few years back and since then has been making our evening meal every day. I love this because it means it’s only the two of us when I get home at night. Don’t get me wrong I love the staff we have at the house but when I get home from a long day at the studio all I want to do is spend some alone time with my wife.

“Hey honey, I’m home!” I shout through to the kitchen as I replace my shoes for some comfy slippers.

“Hey baby” the voice I long to hear each day shouts back. I quickly pop into my office to put today’s paperwork away before heading towards the kitchen. I stop at the doorway and lean on the frame watching my wife stirring what she is cooking. She obviously hasn’t heard me enter the kitchen as she is humming along to the song on the radio. I silent giggle too myself trying not to make my presence known. I walk over to her and wrap my arms around her, resting my chin on her shoulder.

“Jesus Ell” she say’s shocked.

“Didn’t you hear me?” I giggle.

“Well I heard you in the hallway but not in here!” she laughs.

“Mmmm you smell good” I say burying my head in her shoulder.

“Hmmm, you didn’t hear me singing did you?”

“Well I heard you humming along” I laugh before dipping my finger in the sauce she is cooking and tasting it.

“Oi, it’s not ready yet” she says pretending to be annoyed but turning around to face me.

“Well it tastes good to me” I say licking my lips and giggling at the same time. She rolls her eyes before placing her hands on my shoulder and gently placing her lips on mine. “Mmm but that tastes better” I mumble then realise that she heard me as she stifles a laugh before turning back to stir the sauce.

“How was the show anyway?”

“Really good as usual, Jen said to say hey by the way.”

“Oh yeah I forgot she was on today. How is she?”

“She’s good yeah, I said we’d get together soon for a meal or something.”

“Yeah that sounds good to me.”

“Oh and we had this adorable kid on for the monologue. He was so cute!”

“Aww you’ll have to show me a clip. Anyway this is nearly ready now, could you pass me some plates please?”

“Sure” I say before grabbing the plates she has set on the table and placing them next to the oven.

As I watch Portia dish up the food I hear the scratching of claws across the wooden floor in the hall.

“Go on, quick before this goes cold” Portia laughs as she places the plates onto the table and heads off to get the drinks. I laugh and look around to see Charlie, George, and Chairman looking up at me expectantly. For some reason the cat’s always come looking for food right before we have our tea. The dog’s however, seem to know better and only come after we have finished. I grab their food and give them a bit of fuss before heading back to the table for my own tea.

“So how was your day?” I ask tucking into my food. “Mmm this is delicious babe”

“Thanks I do try” she laughs. “It was good thanks, had a meeting with my agent about a really exciting opportunity which I actually need to speak to you about”

“Oh yeah, how come? You know you don’t have to ask me to do anything?”

“No it’s not that it’s just the location of the shoot”

“Ah”

“It’s an Australian comedy film called Now Add Honey directed by Wayne Hope”

“Oh I like him he’s a really good guy”

“Yeah I spoke to him on the phone today; they really want me to play a character called Beth Morgan.”

“Sounds like a really good opportunity babe”

“Yeah I know, the only problem is they’re filming in Australia”

“That’s fine babe, you know I’ll miss you but it’s a huge opportunity”

“I know, so you think I should say yes?”

“Of course! You’ll get to spend sometime at home anyway and see some of your family.”

“I guess so, it’s just 6 weeks is a long time”

“Yeah I suppose but we have phone calls and facetime and it’ll fly by especially if you’re filming.”

“I guess so”

“Mmm babe that was gorgeous” I say after taking my last spoonful.

“Thanks”

“Hey brighten up yeah? When do you have to go?” I say as I collect our plates and place them into the dishwasher.

“I think they said filming starts in a month so like the end of November beginning of December time so I might get like a week or so off in the middle of shooting for Christmas and New Year but we won’t be able to go away like we usually do” she says dishearteningly. I walk over to her and carefully sit myself down on her lap wrapping my arm around her neck to the back of the chair.

“Babe we’ll sort something out yeah? I don’t mind if we can’t go away we’ll just go somewhere special next summer. Your taking this job because I can see you really want to do it so end of discussion yeah?”

“Okay” she laughs before resting her head on my shoulder. “Thank you Ell.”

“Hey, no problem it’s what I’m here for” I say turning my head so I am looking into her eyes.

“I love you” she says before closing the gap between our lips. I feel her smiling into the kiss as I reciprocate.

“Mmm I love you too” I say before letting her tongue explore my mouth. I place my free hand on her cheek as our kiss deepens. I feel Portia pull back to get some air so I reluctantly let go of her face. As I open my eyes she is looking at me with a cheeky grin on her face and I feel the butterflies in my stomach again. That feeling will never get old no matter how long we’ve been together. I stand up and grab her hand pulling her up from the chair with me.

“Come on you lets go watch some TV”

Chapter Two

1 Month later…

“Ell Honey have you seen my slippers?”

“Erm..no sorry babe have you checked the bathroom?” I say walking to the bedroom where I can hear my wife running around. “Wooooah” I say looking at the state of our room. “What happened in here?” I ask as I pick up a pair of tights that have been thrown onto the floor.

“Sorry, I’ll tidy up in a minute I’m trying to pack” she shouts from our en-suite bathroom. I pick up the things that have been thrown onto the floor and place them back in the correct drawers. I can’t believe that tomorrow Portia’s flying home for six weeks. I’m trying to arrange to get out there myself for my show’s Christmas break to surprise her but it’s proving difficult to arrange. I sit down on our bed with a sigh but I feel something underneath me. I stand back up and pull back the covers to see the slippers Portia was looking for a minute ago. I pick them up and walk to the doorway to see her frantically opening every drawer and cupboard in the bathroom.

“Are these what you’re looking for?” I say smiling at how cute she looks searching in every drawer. I see her turn around to see me holding them up and the smile on her face makes me melt.

“Oh my god Ell thank you where did you find them?” she exclaims walking over too me and placing a quick kiss on my lips before taking them off me and heading back into the bedroom.

“They were under the bedcovers” I laugh turning around to see her trying to squeeze them into an already over packed suitcase.

“I swear I’d already looked there and now they won’t fit in!” she says waving her arms into the air from defeat of trying to get them into the suitcase.

“Why don’t you just take another suitcase babe? It’s not like we can’t afford it” I say wrapping my arms around her waist and placing my chin on her shoulder.

“Just for a pair of slippers Ell that’s ridiculous!”

“No silly, why don’t you transfer some more of this stuff into another case? Cus there is no way that case is going to close unless an elephant sits on it!” I say causing Portia to stifle a laugh.

“I guess so. I’ll just go and get another case” she says trying to wriggle free of my grasp but I stop her as she turns and push her into a sitting position on the bed.

“No let me, you need to relax a bit okay?” I say stroking her cheek. She nods and relaxes onto the bed. “Why don’t you have a nap whilst I sort these cases out?”

“Yeah I am a bit tired actually are you sure though ell?”

“Of course now get some rest” I say laughing and heading back through to the closet to grab another suitcase. When I re-enter the room Portia is sound asleep so I grab the suitcase she has packed and take it through to the closet with the other case to repack her things so I don’t wake her up. Once I have finished packing the cases I grab my phone and order us some food from Portia’s favourite vegan delivery place for later. I walk back into the room around half an hour later to see that Portia is starting to stir from her nap.

“Hey baby” I say perching myself on the bed next too her and stroking her hair.

“Mmmm hey”

“Good nap?”

“Mmm yeahhh. Did you finish my packing?”

“Of course and I ordered us some food so you don’t have to worry about cooking tonight”

“Aww thanks Ell you really are my star”

“No that’s you” I say giggling. “Now come on get up it’ll be here soon”

“I will when you move” she laughs.

“Oh sorry good point” I say standing up and helping her out of bed. I take her hand and lead her through the house into the lounge. She gasps as she looks around at the cushions and candles I have laid around the room.

“Aww Ell you didn’t have to do this” she exclaims pulling me into a hug. I smile as she leans back and looks into my eyes.

“Only for you my darling” I say as I look back at her. I can’t help but smile at how beautiful she is and the love I see looking back at me from her eyes makes me go weak every time.

Portias POV…

As I go to sit down on one of the cushions Ell has laid out I hear the alarm for the gates buzzing so I turn around to go see who is here but Ellen stops me.

“I’ll go, you just sit and relax. It’s probably our tea anyway” she laughs before turning and going to find out who is here. I look around at the room and marvel at how amazing my wife is. I can’t believe that tomorrow I will be leaving her for 6 weeks. We hadn’t planned what we were doing at Christmas yet due to not knowing our schedules. We both wanted Ell to come out and spend Christmas in Australia but we don’t know if that’s going to be possible. I sigh as I realise just how long it could be before I get to see her again but I am brought back to reality by the smell of amazing food. I look up just as Ell walks through the door with the boxes of food and some plates. I grab a couple off her so she can sit down and we sit eating our tea in a comfortable silence. I usually find it awkward when I’m sitting in silence with someone but with Ellen it’s completely different. I just love to know she’s next too me whether we’re talking or not.

“Hey what’s on your mind babe?” she asks breaking the silence.

“Oh just having to leave for so long I guess. I’m looking forward to it though it’s just well I dunno, I guess I’m just nervous I suppose as I don’t really know any of the cast either.”

“Aww come here, don’t worry about that I’m sure you’ll fit in with them in no time and they’re only in the same boat” she says encouraging me to get closer to her so she can wrap her arm around my shoulder.

“Yeah I guess” I say sighing and rest my head on her shoulder. “I’m going to miss you so much as well, four weeks till Christmas is a long time.”

“Hey don’t think about that yeah?” she looks at me and waits for me to nod my head before continuing. “You’ll be so busy and we’ll talk to each other whenever we can. Just take each day as it comes and it’ll be Christmas before we know it” I smile and reach up cupping her cheek in the palm of my hand before placing a quick peck on her lips.

“Hey is that all I get?” She laughs.

“You can have as much as you want” I say laughing with her.

“That sounds too tempting but come on lets clean these plates up and take a bath.”

“That’s the best idea you’ve had all night”

“I’m full of them” she says sarcastically.

“You really are, thank you for tonight babe” I say whilst helping to carry some of the plates through to the kitchen.

Ellens POV

Whilst Portia does the washing up which she insisted on doing without letting me help I go upstairs and run us both a bath bringing up some of the candles I had downstairs. As I hear her coming up the stairs I quickly run through to the bedroom and cover her eyes with my hands.

“Ell what are you doing?” she laughs.

“Sssh just walk in the direction I push you, trust me”

“Okay…” she says hesitantly before doing as I say. As we reach the bathroom I stop her and take my hands off her eyes.

“There you go, not so scary eh?”

“Aww Ell” she says before turning around and placing a quick kiss on my lips.

“Well come on then what are you waiting for hop in” I say as I help her to undress. I help her into the bath and perch myself on the side as she makes herself comfortable.

“Mmmm” she says as she settles in amongst the bubbles. “Not going to join me?” she asks looking at me expectantly.

“Nahh this is for you to relax before your busy few weeks ahead”

“Oooooh come on Ell” she looks at me giving me puppy dog eyes. “I’ll be more relaxed if you get in”

“Oh go on then” I laugh and begin to undress myself. “Budge up then” I say before placing my leg into the water. “OUCH! THAT’S HOT!” I say momentarily forgetting how hot Port likes her bath water. I see her laughing at me out the corner of my eye. “Right your going to get it once I’m used to this water” I laugh pointing at her.

“Oh come on it’s not that hot!” she laughs watching me as I lower myself slowly into the water. By the time I’m fully in the water she is in hysterics.

“What’s so funny you?” I ask her.

“Oh Ellen” she manages to say between laughs. “The facial expressions you were pulling as you got into the water were hilarious!”

“Oi you know I don’t like scalding water!” I laugh. “Right that’s it” I say before grabbing a load of bubbles and lunging forward and placing them on her face but before I can grab anymore my face is met with a wall of water. “AHHH” I scream as the water splashes over my head. Once I have recovered from the shock I sit myself up switch my body around so my head is at the same end as Portia’s. I then place my hands on her shoulders and before she has time to realise what I am doing I dunk her underneath the water.

“Ellen!” she laughs as she resurfaces and wipes the water from her eyes. We both burst out laughing at how silly we were being. Once I have recovered I wrap my arm around her shoulder and place my head so it resting against hers on the edge of the bath.

“I’m really gonna miss you” I say quietly.

“Me too Ell” she says before turning her head to look at me. I smile before closing the gap between our lips. As the kiss deepens I feel her body turn towards me and her arms snaking around my back. I suck at her bottom lip before gently swirling my tongue around the inside of her mouth. I pull away to catch my breath before turning her body and my own so I am hovering above her. This time I am attacked by Portia as her lips forcibly meet my own and her tongue roughly explores my mouth. I feel Portia’s hands making their way to my breasts and the moan I’ve been trying not to release escapes. I feel Portia smiling beneath me as she hears the effect she is having on me. I pull away to catch my breath before leaning down towards her ear.

“Maybe we should take this someplace else?” I whisper to her.

“Definitely, but we haven’t washed our hair or anything yet” she replies.

“Are you seriously saying you can wait that long? We can shower afterwards?”

“No, good idea lets go!” she says pushing me upwards. I step out of the bath and take her hand to help her out. We both grab some towels and quickly dry ourselves off so we don’t wet the bed sheets before racing each other back into our bedroom.

Chapter 3

Portias POV

I faintly hear the sound of ringing in my ears as I turn over making myself comfortable. As I begin to wake up properly I realise the ringing is the Alarm going off beside me. I quickly hit the off button hoping Ellen hasn’t woken up yet before turning to see that she is still sleeping like a baby. I smile as I stroke her hair thinking about what happened last night and how amazing my wife is. My mind then wanders to why on earth the alarm was set so early before my brain finally kicks into action and I realise I have to get up if I’m going to make my flight on time. I place a light kiss on Ellen’s head before slipping out of bed and heading to the bathroom. Once I have finished getting ready I put the clothes I have left aside for during and after the flight into my hand luggage. I always take a set to change into during the flight that’s more comfortable due to the length of the flight. As I make my way out of the bathroom I see a fully dressed Ellen leaning against the doorframe into our walk-in closet.

“Trying to slip away without saying goodbye are we?” she says trying to act serious but the corners of her mouth are forming into a smirk giving it away.

“Of course not babe I just wanted you to get as much sleep as possible before we left I know you have a long day today”

“Hmmm…nice save” she laughs before walking over in my direction as I place my bag down onto the bed. “I’m going to miss you” she says quietly as she takes my hands in hers. I feel the smoothness of her skin rubbing against mine as she strokes the palms of my hands. I look up too meet her gaze and my heart flickers as I see those beautiful blue eyes staring back.

“I’m going to miss you too babe” I say as I take my hands out of her grasp and place them on her shoulders. I feel her hands wrap around my waist but I refuse to avert my gaze. I see the love and sadness in her eyes but before she starts to cry I close the gap between us placing a strong passionate kiss onto her lips. When I break away I see a tear escaping from her eye so I wipe it away and give her shoulders a bit of a shake. “Oi you no crying yeah?”

“It’s not that easy” she says smiling through her tears.

“I’ll see you in four weeks yeah? We’ll sort something out and once Christmas is over we only have two more weeks till I’ll be back here.”

“Yeah I know, I’m just being silly” she says shaking her head and wiping her eyes. “Right lets get this stuff all downstairs before the car arrives.”

I watch her walk over to the cases I have packed, pick them up and head towards the bedroom door.

“Well come on then, what are you waiting for?” she laughs.

“Well I dunno just…you…oh I dunno” I say in shock at her sudden emotional change. I see her drop the suitcase in the doorway and head back over towards me.

“No come on tell me”

“It’s just…well…are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah babe honest, I guess I just realised how long you’re going to be gone for but then you kinda reminded me that I should be able to see you over Christmas and I guess the sooner you go the sooner you’ll be back right?”

“Hmm..I guess” I say laughing at her logic.

“Now come on the sooner we get downstairs the longer we’ll have to cuddle before the car get’s here” she says winking at me and heading back to where she dropped the suitcases. I pick up my hand luggage and make a quick check of the bedroom and bathroom before following my wife downstairs.

Snuggling into my wife’s chest I hear the buzzing of the security gates opening signalling that the car has arrived to pick me up. I sit up off my wife and look into her eyes which are now starting to form tears.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t take you to the airport myself babe” she whispers trying to hold back her tears until I’ve left.

“Hey it’s okay I know you have work” I say pulling her into a hug. I keep her in my embrace until I hear the doorbell chime.

“Coming” I shout releasing my wife and standing up off the sofa. “I’ll just go open the door and you bring the cases through yeah?”

“Course babe” she says as she watches me leave the room. I walk down the hall and open the door to greet my driver for the day.

“Morning Mrs De Rossi” he say’s politely.

“No, no, no call me Portia please. Mrs De Rossi is too formal” I laugh shaking his hand before pointing him in the direction of the cases Ellen is carrying.

“I’ll take those off you” he say’s grabbing the cases off Ellen and heading back outside to put them into the trunk.

“Right Ell I’d better go I don’t want to miss the flight” I say looking over at my wife as she walks towards me before pulling me into a hug.

“Okay Port but you call me as soon as you get off the plane let me know you’re safe yeah?”

“Course babe” I say pulling away from her hug and looking into her eyes which are now full of tears. I feel her hand wipe something away from my cheek and realise that I am now crying myself. I take her cheek in mine and brush my lips onto hers. Our kiss quickly becomes passionate and I feel the overwhelming love between us rush through me. I quickly pull back before it gets too heated and take her hands in mine.

“I’ll see you at Christmas babe”

“Course” she says smiling for the first time since we came downstairs.

“I love you” I say before quickly pecking her on the lips and walking through the doorway onto our drive.

“I love you too Port have a safe flight” she says before kissing her hand and waving it towards me.

“Will do” I laugh before sitting in the car and thanking the driver. As we exit the drive I see Ellen reaching for her pocket as she is waving me away. Within minutes of reaching the main road just beyond our estate I receive a text.

Miss you already babe.

I love you.

Your’s Always.

E

X

I smile and quickly type out a reply.

Miss you too, have a good day at work darling.

Love you too.

P

X

Chapter 4

18 hours later…

I exit the toilet to the plane wearing the blue dress I picked out to walk through the airport.

“Oh my god it’s Portia De Rossi!” I hear someone exclaim from behind me. I turn around to see a dishevelled looking man emerging from the toilets opposite me followed by a lady who was still rearranging her top. I smirk knowing full well what they’ve been up too in that toilet. I make a mental note to not visit that one for the rest of the flight.

“Hello” I say a little confused. “Do I know you?”

“Oh nooo!” exclaims the lady. “It’s just, well I’m, I guess” she stutters.

“She’s your biggest fan” the man responded coherently.

“Oh right, well would you like an autograph?”

“Oh would you?!” she continues to speak in a high pitch voice that was beginning to get on my nerves.

“Erm..sure of course” I say a little hesitantly.

“Oh my thank you!”

“Stop speaking in such a stupid voice you’re scaring the poor woman” the man retorted to the lady.

“Oop’s sorry” she laughed. “Could you sign this?” she asked handing me a notebook from her bag.

“Of Course who should I make it out too?”

“Lilly”

“Okay Lilly here you go” I say signing the book and handing it back to her. “Anyway I’d better get back to my seat” I say turning to walk back to my seat.

“Thank you!” I hear them shout over my shoulder. When I finally reach my seat I barely have enough time to sit down before the pilot informs us that we will be shortly landing. I quickly put all of my stuff back inside my bag before placing it inside the locker and strap myself up.

Walking through the security gates I see the lady I signed the autograph for excitedly screaming down the phone to someone. I smile to myself that I can give people some happiness at least. It’s not long before I am being ushered into a car and whisked off to the hotel. I look at my phone to see that it is 8pm here in Australia so will be 2am in LA. I know Ellen will worry if I don’t let her know I have landed so I drop her a quick text to let her know that I’m here and on the way to the hotel.

Hi babe,

Just landed and through the airport am on the way to the hotel now. Hope you I don’t wake you I know it’s late in LA. Hope you had a good day. Miss you.

Love

P

X

Once I’ve ensured that the text has sent due to having a different sim card in my phone I place it in my pocked and relax into the long journey to the hotel.

Ellens POV

I walk into the empty house, take off my shoes and head towards the kitchen. Slumping into the chair I look at the clock on the wall to check the time. I know Portia won’t have landed yet so I sigh to myself. I know we’ve been apart before but it’s so difficult when she’s all the way in Australia. At least when she’s still the US the time difference isn’t too bad and I can still call her whenever I want too. Almost as if they sensed my sadness I hear the pounding of small feet on the wood flooring in the hall before our dogs appear in the doorway. I walk over to them and give them a bit of fuss before putting them some food out. I stick myself some food in the oven before feeding the rest of our pets. Once I have finished my tea I wash the dishes and head up to bed. As Portia’s away I stayed at the studio a bit longer tonight so I could catch up on some work and begin to arrange the plans for my visit to Australia.

I should probably catch you up to speed on that actually. When I heard that Portia was going to Australia I came up with the cunning plan to go out for the month of Christmas to surprise her. I hit a bit of a snag when she expressed interest last night in booking flights back to the US for the two weeks she had off but I solved that by informing her that Mary my producer would sort all that out for her as she had a discount with the flight company. You’re probably thinking we have enough money to pay the full price but I couldn’t think of another excuse to stop her buying the tickets herself, so I gave her some fake flight dates and she seemed to buy it thankfully. Anyway we finally cleared with the TV networks and Warner Brothers the dates for our Christmas break today. I have had to extend the dates due to my trip which is why it’s taken so long to sort it out. Now I only have a month to book all the flights and accommodation for not just myself and Portia but the rest of our families. We always spend Christmas with our families so I can’t expect Portia to not see them for six weeks especially over the holidays. I also have a few surprises I want to do for Portia whilst I’m out there so the next few weeks are going to be really busy.

As I reach the bedroom I switch on the TV and grab my second watch out of the bedside drawer. When Portia’s away I always wear two watches so I know what time zone she is on immediately without having to work it out every time I think about her or want to contact her. I switch the time to 4pm and place it on my bedside table along with my other watch ready to put on tomorrow. I quickly undress ready for bed and watch the TV for a bit. I can’t really concentrate on the TV though as I can’t help but feel how empty the bed is. I let out a deep sigh before deciding that I should probably get some sleep.

*HONK HONK*

“Mmmmm, babe what was that?” I say groggily. I wait for a reply before opening my eyes and through the darkness make out the heavy lump on my arm is in fact Mabel and not Portia. I suddenly remember where Portia is and realise the noise was my phone. I slowly extract my arm from underneath Mabel laughing quietly to myself at all of the animals that have descended on the bed in the absence of my wife. I grab my phone and quickly turn the brightness down before opening up Portia’s text. I smile knowing my wife is safe and quickly tap out a reply.

Hey darling,

Thanks for the text. Glad you’re there safe. I had a good day as always at the studio. Hope you like the hotel. You did kinda wake me up :P But it’s fine I’m glad I know you’re safe now. I also thought Mabel was you when I woke up. How funny is that?

Miss you too P.

Love

E

X

I press send and wait for her to reply whilst stroking Chairman who was also woken by the phone and has made his way up the bed to lie next to me. I’m not waiting long when I get a reply.

Hey,

That’s good. Thanks still in the car on the way atm apparently it’s quite a way. Excuse me! Are you trying to say I look like a dog? Sounds like I’ve already been replaced as well. I’ve only been gone 16 hours!

Love

P

X

I laugh out loud at her response causing Chairman to jump a little.

Hey,

Of course not darling. :P You’re more beautiful than anyone else in the world and you’re mine :). You could never be replaced babe. I miss you so much. I’d love to keep fexting (flirt texting, yeah I just made that up) but it’s 2am here and I have a long day at the studio again tomorrow. We’re taping two shows again. I’ll ring you tomorrow night though.

Lots of love,

E

X

Hey,

Hmm..i’m not so sure of that ;) Aww no you’re more beautiful you big cheeseball. Haha oh ell I do love you. Yeah sorry I’ve woken you. Yeah I’d love that. Night darling.

Lot’s of love,

P

X

Chapter 5

4 weeks later..

Ellen’s POV

“So are you one hundred percent sure you’re going to be okay holding the fort until Friday when everyone breaks up?” I ask.

“Of course Ell, you go have a wonderful break and say hey to Portia for me okay?” Mary says.

“Will do! I can’t believe she still has no idea!”

“Well I’m surprised you haven’t let the cat out of the bag yet you’re so excited!” she laughs.

“Me too”

“Your family fly out Sunday right?”

“Yeah Micheal and Casey couldn’t finish work until then and I kinda wanted a few days with Port alone”

“Yeah course. Well I’m sure she’s going to love your little suprises” she says giving me a little wink.

“I hope so” I laugh.

“She will Ell stop worrying!”

“Hmmm I’ll see. Anyway I’d better get going I haven’t finished packing yet and the flight leaves at 10pm”

“Course, have a nice Christmas and a happy new year Ell”

“You too Mary” I say before giving her a quick hug, grabbing my things and heading out of the office. When I arrive back home I quickly finish packing the rest of my things before writing out the list of food for our animals. We always employ someone to look after the animals whilst we’re away instead of putting them in kennels. Once I am ready to leave I ring the car company to let them know and settle down on the sofa to relax whilst the car is on it’s way. Before long I feel myself being woken by the doorbell which panic’s me slightly as I realise that I fell asleep.

“Coming!” I shout through the house jumping up, grabbing my coat and answering the door.

“Mrs DeGeneres?” says a tall man in a black suit.

“Call me Ellen please” I respond.

“Are these your cases?

“Yeah” I say as he picks them up and carries them to the car whilst I say a quick goodbye to all of our animals and lock up the house.

Just before we reach the airport I pull out my phone to give Portia a quick ring before she worries that I haven’t rang her. I hear the international calling sound before it clicks into dialling her number.

“Hello?” I hear a tired voice answer from the other end of the phone.

“Hey baby it’s me”

“Oh hey ell”

“You okay? You sound exhausted, I didn’t wake you did I?”

“No no Ell I’ve literally just got in from filming”

“Gosh that’s late!”

“We had an overnight shoot to get the night scenes finished. I thought I told you yesterday?”

‘Shit’ I think to myself. I was so distracted on the phone last night that it completely slipped my mind.

“Oh sorry babe I was so tired last night it must have slipped my mind. We’re so busy with the show at the moment trying to get everything finished in time for Christmas. I really ”

“Ah yeah I guess, don’t stress about getting it done though darling I can find something to occupy myself if you need a few more days” she says trying to sound enthusiastic but the disappointment in her voice breaks me. I try to keep myself composed as I don’t want to give anything away.

“Of course, I’m pretty sure we’ll get everything done though. How was filming anyway?”

“It was really good actually just so tiring it’s unbelievable. I’m so looking forward to getting back to our bed in LA and snuggling with you.”

“I’m sure you are” I say interrupting her.

“Oi you I didn’t mean it like that!”

“Hmmm I’m sure”

“Aaaaannywayyy as I was about to say I miss you”

“Aww I miss you too Port. Not long now till Christmas”

“Right we’re here Mrs Ellen” the driver shouts through from the front.

“Who was that?” Portia asks and I begin to panic thinking of a cover up story.

“Oh erm..I’m just on my way to a meal with some of the crew. I got a driver to give me a lift so I could have a drink” I say nervously.

“Oh right” she says not seeming entirely convinced.

“Sorry I thought I’d told you about it last night”

“Oh no worries Ell just wondered who it was.”

“Anyway as I’m here I’d better get off the phone before they see me outside and wonder what’s holding me up.”

“Of Course. You go have a good night babe. Ring me tomorrow yeah?”

“Of course I will, I’d never miss ringing you” I smile knowing that tomorrow I’ll be holding her in my arms. “Se-peak to you tomorrow” I say just about recovering from spilling all.

“Of course darling. I love you”

“Love you too” I say before hearing her end of the phone click off. I let out the breath I hadn’t realised I was holding before opening the door to the car and following my driver into the airport with the cases. Luckily we’d managed to avoid the press for tonight. I was hoping they weren’t going to catch up with us as it could have given the game away. After checking in and boarding I relax into my seat looking forward to what awaits me at the other end of this long flight. I slowly drift into a deep sleep.

When I wake I feel someone shaking me, calling my name and for a minute I fear something has gone wrong. However, when I open my eyes I see the air hostess stood next to me with the food cart.

“Sorry to wake you but your food has arrived Mrs DeGeneres” the lady politely says.

“Already? What time is it?” I ask surprised at how quickly the food has come.

“It’s 10am Mrs DeGeneres. We’ve been in the air for 12 hours already.”

“Woah okay I didn’t realise I’d slept that long. I must have been tired!” I laugh. “But yeah please I’ll have whatever’s going” I help pass over my food onto the makeshift table in front of me before thanking the hostess and tucking into my food. The remainder of the flight went quite quickly after I settled into rewatching a few episodes of ‘Scandal’. There were new episodes but me and Port had agreed to watch them all together over Christmas so I didn’t want to watch them on the plane. As soon as the plane landed I was itching to get off. I checked the time and we’d landed right on time at 8am. The plan was to drop by Portia’s hotel room whilst she was filming to drop my cases off and get changed. One of Port’s cast mates had agreed to bring Port to meet me at a private beach after they had finished the day’s filming which gave me about 3 or 4 hours, between unpacking and meeting up, to get ready.

“Next!” the woman at the reception counter in the hotel shouted.

“Hey” I say as I move from the queue line up to the desk.

“Oh my god!” the lady exclaims.

“Are you okay?” I ask watching the colour drain from the lady’s face in front of me.

“Erm…y-yeah oh my god”

“What’s wrong?”

“Y-y-you’re Ellen”

“Oh” I laugh. “Yeah well at least I think that’s my name otherwise someone’s been lying to me. I thought you’d seen a ghost or something!” I say relieved as the girl begins to laugh and calm down a little.

“S-sorry you’re just like oh my god you’re like my hero. I don’t know what to say!”

“Aww that’s sweet thank you. How about you let me have a key to my wife’s room and I’ll sign you an autograph or get a picture or something?”

“Really?!” the lady squeals in excitement.

“Of course!”

“Oh wow thank you. Right erm..you want a key.” she mumbles to herself before turning round and looking at the key rack.

“Don’t you need to know a room number first?” I say trying to control my laughter.

“Oh yeah. Sorry I can’t…” she trails off as she loads up the room list on her computer. “Wh-what’s the name again? I’m sorry I know this but my brains just not functioning” she begins to ramble.

“Portia” I say interrupting her. “De Rossi”

“Yeah right thank you I’m sorry” she says before typing my wife’s name into the computer.

“No worries take a deep breath” I say and watch as she pauses for a second before inhaling and exhaling.

“Thank you. I’m sorry I’m not usually like this. Right room number 512 I’ll just get that for you” she says before turning around and grabbing a key off the rack. “Here you go Mrs DeGeneres.”

“Thank you” I say before taking the key from her then waiting for the lady to pass me something to sign or a camera. I notice that she is waiting for me to walk off or something and has clearly forgot to ask me. “So have you got anything for me to sign?”

“Oh I didn’t think you were being serious?!”

“Of course I was! Now don’t miss your only opportunity!” I say before watching her scramble for some paper and a pen. I quickly scribble my signature onto the paper and hand it back to her before grabbing what I hope is her phone which is sat next to the keyboard.

“Here take a photo of us” I say to a passing cleaner who seems startled but grabs the phone off me anyway.

“You ready?” the cleaner asks before pressing the button and handing the phone back to me.

“Thank you” I say before she walks off. I hand the phone back to the lady behind the reception desk. “Enjoy your new photo” I say before picking up my cases.

“Thank you Mrs DeGeneres! I don’t know what to say. I’m so happy. I hope you enjoy you’re holiday and Merry Christmas!” she exclaims to me as I turn to walk off.

“Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you as well” I say before turning around heading in the direction of the lifts. After a few steps I turn around and shout back to the receptionist. “Oh and please call me Ellen!”

Chapter 6

As I am walking along the beach every step seems to make my stomach flip inside. It sounds really silly but I am so nervous to see Portia. Not because of actually seeing her but of her reaction to me being in Australia. The only moment I’ve ever felt like this before was on our wedding day. No moment will compare to the moment I first saw her on that day but this is coming pretty close. As I reach the rocks at the end of the beach I perch myself on the top and hold the flowers I have brought Portia on my lap. I look across the deserted beach, relaxing to the sound of the crashing waves beside me. I chose this beach because only a few people know it exists. I didn’t want anyone else to spoil the surprise by approaching either of us for autographs or any of the other things that people ask for. I know that’s part of being famous or a celebrity or whatever you would class us as but sometimes we just want some privacy. I feel a buzz come from my pocket and immediately know it is Hamish texting me to let me know they are near. I pull out my phone just to check though.

Ellen,

We’re just parking up. I’ve told her I want to show her a really amazing spot whilst she’s out here. Won’t be long hope you’re ready.

Hamish

Oh and this is really cute what you’re doing btw.

I haven’t even met him yet but he seems like a really good genuine guy which I have to say is rare in this business. I place my phone into my pocket, reposition myself on the rock and continue to wait.

Portias POV…

As we pull into a deserted car park I begin to worry exactly what Hamish’s intentions are. I thought it was strange when he had come to me at lunch and said he had found the most amazing spot that he wanted to show me. I went along with it anyway because he seemed so enthusiastic but now I’m beginning to worry what he was planning to do. ‘Does he even know I’m gay? But he must do how can he not? So why are we here?’ I have so many questions running through my head but I push them to the back as I know Hamish is a good guy and must have some reason for this bizarre trip. I am so lost in thought that I am startled when my door is popped open and a hand reaches in to help me out. I grab the hand and lift myself out of the car.

“I can’t wait for you to see this it’s amazing” he says enthusiastically. “You just wait”

“Okay” I laugh nervously.

“Honestly” he says beginning to quicken the pace until he reaches a path that leads through the bushes on the edge of the car park. “After you” he gestures me through the gap between the bushes. As soon as I walk through the gap I gasp in shock. The view is astonishing. The deserted beach stretches for what seems like miles and the evening sun is burning down onto the sand.

“Wow”

“I know it’s beautiful right?”

“I don’t know what to say. Wow. Now I know why you wanted to bring me here!” I exclaim.

“You want to take a walk?” he gestures down the path which leads to the beach.

“Course” I say before continuing down the path onto the beach. “I wonder why it’s so empty here” I say continuing to look around the beach. All I can seem to see is empty sand until my eyes focus on a figure sat on the rocks at the end.

“I don’t know Port I guess it’s just an undiscovered beauty spot. It’s also quite remote and away from the city” he suggests.

“I guess. There’s someone down the end there though that knows of the spot”

“Oh yeah. Shall we have a walk down see if they know much about the place?”

“Yeah sounds good.”

We walk for what seems like ages but still don’t seem to be getting any closer to the end of the beach.

“Gosh this is a really long beach! Shall we turn around and walk back I’m starting to get a little cold?” I ask.

“Erm..I’d quite like to go see if that person knows anything if you don’t mind? I was thinking of suggesting this place as a shooting location” he says before beginning to take off his jacket and passing it to me. “Here this will keep you a bit warmer.” I take his jacket and place it around my shoulders.

“Thank you”

“No problem. Come on let’s pick up the pace a bit we’ll get there quicker then.”

Hamish is now walking so fast I’m finding it hard to keep up. I’m not really an exercise kind of person since my anorexia. I mean sure I go to the gym occasionally to keep myself in shape but I’m certainly not fit enough to run a marathon or anything. For the first time in a while I look down towards the end of the beach at the person sat on the rocks. I begin to wonder why the person hasn’t moved from the spot they are sat in. As I begin to study the figure I start to recognise things about them.

“Hey Hamish do you recognise that person?”

“No I don’t think so how come?”

“I dunno I just seem to know them from somewhere” I say before focusing on them more. By now we’re only about 400-500 yards away. I squint my eyes to try and get a better view of them. I then notice the blonde hair and the familiar build. “Hey they kinda look like Ellen” I laugh at the ridiculousness of my statement. As we begin to get even closer though I begin to question how ridiculous the statement is as they really do look a whole lot like Ell. “Wait. Oh my god” I say as I see the flowers in the person’s hand and my eye’s lock with hers. My heart starts to beat like a missile in my chest as I begin to run towards the rocks realising that it is in fact my wife. I see her stand up and open her arms which I run straight into. By the time I reach her I have tears streaming down my face. I feel her comforting arms wrap around my back as mine wrap around her neck.

“Hey Port” Ell say’s softly. I hug her tightly grabbing onto her for dear life. I rub my hands all over her back checking that she’s really here and I’m not dreaming.

“Ell” I exclaim. “What are you doing here?!”

“Surprising my beautiful wife” she says simply as I pull my head back from the crook of her neck. I look into her eyes before pulling her into a passionate kiss. I feel her strong arms holding me up as I melt into her touch. Her lips caress mine in a way mine will never tire of. I run my tongue along her bottom lip before entering it into her mouth and entwining it with hers. We both pull back when we need to breathe.

“My god Ell I love you so much. What did I do to deserve you?”

“Port I love you too and you didn’t do anything other than be yourself” she smiles. “And Hamish kinda helped too” she says gesturing towards Hamish who is standing behind me looking a little awkward. I had been so wrapped up in Ellen I’d completely forgotten he was there.

Chapter 7

Ellen's POV

I watch my beautiful wife throw her arms around Hamish with such a force he nearly falls backwards into the water. I reach out to grab his arm and help him regain his balance.

"Oops" giggles Portia. "Sorry didn't want you to fall over I just don't know how to thank you. I'm gathering you'd sensed how dissappointed i was about possibly not seeing El over Christmas?"

"Just a little" Hamish replies earning himself a tap on the arm from Portia.

"Hey I wasn't that bad. Was I?"

"You kinda were Portia but don't worry all is forgiven" he says still laughing.

"Gosh was I really that bad? I'm sorry if I was!"

"No course not I'm kidding with you" Hamish says before pulling Portia in for another hug. "Anyway guys I'd better get going as I'm sure you two want to actually spend sometime alone now you're finally here" Hamish says nodding in my direction.

"Thank you again honestly I couldn't have done this without you" I say before pulling Hamish in for a hug before exchanging holiday wishes and watching him walk up the path on this side of the beach to the buggy we had arranged to take him back to his car.

"So" Portia sighs turning back towards me after Hamish had dissappeared out if sight.

"Yes?" I question but before she has time to answer I place my hands onto her hips and pull her towards me as I sit down on the rock behind me. Once her body is slotted perfectly back in between my legs I reach up to place a soft kiss on her lips. When we part Portia turns herself in my legs to sit on my left leg.

"This is probably a silly question but I'm figuring you got a cab here and erm..." She hesitates which makes me melt inside to see her 'thinking face' as I like to call it. "Well...how exactly are we going to get back?"

"Ah baby don't you worry about that I have a plan" I say and nod towards the other end of the beach as the horses I have hired to take us back to the car park arrive on the beach almost perfectly timed.

"Oh my god El are you serious?" She exclaims as I nod smiling at her excitement. "Wow I've always wanted to do a beach ride with you in Australia. I don't know what to say"

"Don't say anything then" I wink at her before I feel her lips once again return to my own. I don't think I'll ever tire of this moment. However short, long, passionate or wherever and whenever we kiss it is always magical to me.

Before long we are both saddled up and riding back to the car park. The joy on Portia's face when she is riding a horse to me is only second to the joy I saw on her face at the altar on our wedding day. The happiness that radiates from her face is enough to make my heart sing.

"Wow baby this is amazing" I shout out to her but she is already far ahead of me by now as she is much more advanced. I fear if I was to break into little more than a trot I'd be off the thing faster than you can say the word horse. It's not that I'm scared of horses or dislike them, far from the opposite actually I love animals, it's just that I'm particularly terrible at being able to control them. I've never really grasped the concept of using reins to steer something. Whenever I pull on them the horse seems to do the opposite of what I want it too. This is something Portia consistently finds hilarious. At this very moment she is riding back towards me laughing hysterically.

"Oh come on you can go faster than that surely?"

"Funnily enough I can't! You know what happened last time I rode a horse" I remind her. However funny looking back on me flying over the front of the horse, when I accidentally told it to stop when in full canter, is now it could have seriously injured me. I've had back problems for a long time but thankfully all I was left with after my battle with Mikey the horse was a few cuts and bruises.

"Oh yeah I forgot about that. Yeah maybe it's best for you to take it slow. I'll ride alongside you."

We continued to ride alongside slowly until we reached the end of the beach and up the path to the car park. I jump off before helping my wife down then handing the horses back over to the trainer then leading my wife to the limo.

Chapter 8

Portias POV

"Wow" I says squeezing my wife's hand as the limo sets off back to the hotel. I quickly try to wipe away the tears that are once again streaming down my face. Apparently not quick enough for Ellen not to see though.

"Hey baby, what's up?" she says placing her hand under my chin to stop me from looking away from her. I look into her confused and tired looking eyes feeling a little guilty. My wife looks exhausted and I know she's obviously been working all kinds of hours in order to make this trip. To know that she's doing all this for me makes me feel guilty because in my eyes i'm really not worth it.

"I-I, it's just no one has ever done anything like this for me." I pause. "Ever."

"Aww Port i'd do anything for you yeah? Especially to see my baby over christmas!" she exclaims as if it's the obvious thing for her to do for me.

"I just I feel really guilty. You must have had to work like crazy just to get the Christmas and New Year weeks off just to see me..."

"Hey" she interrupts me. "You deserve the world baby please don't ever think you don't okay?" she looks me in the eyes widening them waiting for a response from me.

"I just-"

"No" she interrupts again. "No arguments okay?" she says more firmly this time causing me to give in a little. I can't resist my wife's bossy side.

"Okay, I guess"

"No 'I guess'" she says mimicking my voice and using her hands to show quotation marks causing me to giggle.

"Okay" I laugh at her.

"And anyway you have to put up with me for longer than 2 weeks" she says nonchalantly making me giggle again at her stupidity before realising what she actually said.

"Wait..more than two weeks?"

"Yeah we managed to work it out with the show for me to get a month off!"

"Ahhh, really?" I squeel.

"Of course, would I ever lie to you?" she jokes. I grab her cheeks in my hands and pull her face towards mine planting a long kiss on her lips. "Mmm what was that for?"

"Just for being the best wife in the world." I laugh at her shocked expression. "I love you so much. Thank you baby this is the best present ever"

"Oh there's more to come don't you worry" she says mimicking an evil laugh.

"Oi you" I say giving her arm a light tap.

Ellens POV

We are walking through the hotel reception hand in hand when I hear a voice from behind me.

"ELLEN!" A lady screams from the reception desk. We both stop and look over in confusion looking for the source of the voice.

"ELLEN" I hear again as the reception lady from earlier comes running out from behind the desk. "THANK YOU!" she squeels running up to me and throwing her arms around me. I laugh looking towards Portia who is mouthing 'what the fuck' at me. I let go of the lady in my arms and motion towards Portia.

"This is my wife Portia. Portia this is the lady who let me check into your room earlier."

"OH MY GOD" the lady in front of me squeels before throwing her arms around my wife as well. When she has let go of my wife neither of us manage to get a word in before the lady launches into an excited rant. "I sent my son a picture of us he's in hospital by the way and anyway he loved it and he sent me a picture back with a huge smile on his face so thank you thank you i have no words it's the first time he's smiled in months and he-"

"No problem" I laugh interrupting the lady.

"Oh my god i'm sorry you must be busy I just wanted to thank you for taking the picture. I'll let you get on your way"

"No don't worry about it and it was no problem. We're in a bit of a rush tonight as I have a suprise for Portia" I say sending a wink in my wife's direction. "I would love to hear more about your son though so i'll stop by reception tomorrow and we can go for a coffee if you like when you're next on your break?"

"Oh my god - seriously?!" she screams.

"Yeah course"

"Wow, oh my god okay sure yeah you carry on. Hope you have a good night!" she exclaims pushing us in the direction of the elevator. I look back to see her jumping up and down on the spot excitedly.

"She's quite a character" I laugh looking towards my wife.

"You could say that." she laughs. "But wait you checked into my room earlier?"

"Yeah course I mean didn't you wonder what happened to all my clothes?" I laugh pressing the button for the elevator.

"I guess but I wasn't really focused on what happened to your clothes to be honest in fact your wearing too many right now" she says and I look up at her raising my eyebrows to see her looking at me with a hunger in her eyes that she didn't have a few moments ago.

"Oh no we have no time for that" I say. "I have another suprise for you yet and we need to get ready"

"When do we have to be out?" she asks grabbing the collar of my shirt pulling me round so I am facing her.

"We have to be there absolute latest 8" I state firmly.

"Oh I think I can finish you off way before then it's only 6 now" she says huskily as the elevator dings and I feel myself being pulled out and down the corridor. Before I know it I am in the hotel room being pulled towards the bedroom. "I've waited for this for a month now you can't deny me now" my wife looks at me with puppy dog eyes but by this point she is already nibbling at my ear with her mouth and my mind is already being made up for me.

"Mmm" I moan. "I guess when you put it that way" I say as I am flung around onto the bed. I position my wife so she is fully on top of me as our lips meet and the passion that has built up inside us the last few weeks explodes. My hands wander up her dress on the back of her thighs until I reach her bum.

"God" I moan at the combination of how perfect my wifes ass feels in my hands and the way she is slowly inching my t-shirt up my chest.

"Mmm" Portia moans as my shirt comes off and she gets the first sight of my breasts. I begin to unbutton her blouse before throwing it somewhere off the bed. We lie there for a few minutes taking each other in. My hands wander all over her body aching to touch every single part of her.

"God i've missed you Port"

"Me too" Portia sighs. I look up into her eyes and the butterflies I still feel everytime I look at her begin. This time though the passion is overtaking and soon we are both rid of our clothes, drenched in sweat and completely out of breath.

"Oh my god." I say between deep breaths. We both smile at each other as we try to regain composure. I wrap my arm around her neck and she snuggles into me. We lie there in silence for a while so long I almost think Portia has fell asleep until she begins to speak.

"I love you so much. Thank you for doing this baby."

"I love you too darling and I was not going to spend Christmas either away from you or only have you for a few days." I say planting a kiss on her forehead. In this moment nothing else matters apart from us. I never thought i'd be lucky enough to find something this special but what we have is incomparable. I honestly don't know what i'd do without her and I thank god for her every day.

We spent a lovely Christmas with our families around us. Well the ones who had managed to get over anyway. Portia was so happy when she saw her Mom a few day's after I'd arrived. She still thanks me now and it was over a year ago. Needless to say we didn't see as much as our family as they'd hoped they would. I think almost half of my time in Australia was spent in bed if you get what I mean. We've both promised never to be away from each other for so long again. I don't think either of us could cope.

THE END.