So here is the sequal to my oneshot "A New Word", you will probably need to read that one first.
Set about two years after the one shot.
Summary: Violet returns after two and a half years after going to touch monkeys, and finds life has moved on far more without her than she had anticipated.
PADDISON obviously....and I am partial to a bit of Addie/Pete with Lucas. It is just far too cute.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Pete groaned as the alarm clock woke him up. He begrudgingly opened his eyes and leaned over Addison to turn it off, before settling back into bed. He looked down at her, her eyes were still closed but he could tell she was awake.
"I hate Mondays." She groaned, rolling into his side. He put his arms around her and nodded in agreement- just like he did every Monday. He smiled as he thought about the routine they had found themselves in. Who would have thought two and a half years ago when she said that she could love him too this is where they would end up? She finally opened her eyes when the snooze on the alarm went off. "I should go wake him up- he hates Day Care." She stretched and tried to roll out of his embrace- he just held on tighter. "Pete. Let go." She scolded, smiling the whole time.
"Why?" He asked petulantly.
"Because, we both have very busy schedules this morning and Lucas needs to get to Day Care." He relented and let her go. She got out of bed and pulled on her robe, he did the same on his side of the bed. Before she could leave the room he grabbed her arm and pulled her back to him, and so she could not protest he kissed her which she returned. When they pulled away she bit her lip and looked at him. "You get in the shower. I'll wake him up." She kissed him briefly before leaving their bedroom. He smiled to himself as he walked into their ensuite, he really did love their morning routines.
Addison left their bedroom and walked down the hall to Lucas's room. Things had changed a lot over the last two years. By the time it was Lucas's first birthday her and Pete were a fully-fledged couple. They threw him a party at her house- because it was closer to everyone else's and Lucas liked the beach. It wasn't too long after that when Pete and Lucas had moved in with her, which had been his decision because if he was honest Pete preferred her house over his old one. She smiled as she opened the door quietly to see the three year old boy sleeping soundly in his bed. It had been his third birthday the week before- Addison could not believe how quickly time had gone. She moved over to his bed and sat on the edge of it.
"Wake up sleepy-head."She said softly, shaking him slightly. He frowned and made a protesting noise.
"Too early." He mumbled.
"I know sweetie but me and daddy need to go to work." She rubbed his back; he opened his eyes and looked at her sleepily. "And you need to go to Day Care." He instantly closed his eyes again.
"It's only for the morning. At lunch time I'll come get you and you can play in my office if you want." His eyes opened again and he smiled at her. The boy certainly knew how to play her. "Come on then- breakfast time." She pulled the covers back from him and he sat up. She moved from off his bed and expected him to stand next to her.
"Mummy can you carry me downstairs?" He smiled cheekily at her. Addison remembered the first time he had called her that- she had freaked out a little. She had suddenly felt guilty for depriving him of his real mother- who was still to return to LA. Pete had calmed her down, telling her that she was more of a mother to him than his biological one was. After that it made her smile every time he called her mummy and whilst everyday she wished it was the complete truth, she knew that he was his mum minus the biological side of things. She loved him like a mother and feared everyday that Violet would come back and blow her life apart.
She rolled her eyes at him.
"As long as you don't tell daddy, he'll be jealous." She picked the boy up from his bed and carried him downstairs.
Pete strapped Lucas- who was still causing a fuss- into his car seat in the back of the car. He was like this every Monday when he went to day-care, apparently when he spent an entire weekend with his parents he seemed to forget what happened five mornings a week. Pete liked the fact that they would spend most weekends as a family, apart from the odd time Addison had a surgery. He finally managed to get the child strapped in and closed the car door, as he did so he saw his wife leave their house in a rush, walking quickly towards the car.
"Sorry." She said as she got in to the passenger seat of the car. "Hair emergency." Pete smiled at her, not mentioning the fact that she was late every Monday. He wasn't even sure it counted as being late anymore, just a new time to get ready, but he didn't say anything because it was just another part of their morning routine. They drove to Lucas's day care, which was only a five minutes drive from the practice. "Back in a minute." She told him, as she kissed him quickly on the cheek she got out of the car. She got Lucas out of the back and carried him into the day care, knowing it would take a lot less time than convincing him to walk there.
Addison put her head in her hands as she looked over her paper work; it had been a very long morning. She had found over the last couple of years that being the director of the practice whilst being someone's pseudo mother was a lot of work, not to mention the increasing amount of surgeries that had been thrown her way. She fiddled with her wedding rings and smiled to herself. Her and Pete had been married for six months now, it hadn't been as lavish as her first one- which she had put so much effort in to for it to only end in disaster. She looked to the wedding photos on her desk and smiled wider. She had one of the wedding party- which had included Sam and Cooper as best men (Pete had said he couldn't decide); Naomi, Charlotte, Maya and Amelia as bridesmaids and Archer- who had given her away.
The second photo was of just her and Pete, it had been taken as he whispered something particularly rude in her ear as the photographer was clicking the button. She had scolded him at the time, but it had turned out to be her favourite photo- they had their arms around each other and were both facing the camera, but she was laughing and he had a mischievous grin on his face. The third photo was of her, Pete and Lucas. She was holding Lucas, who was resting on her hip and Pete had his arms around her. Whenever patients saw the photo they commented how much the toddler looked like his father, but had her smile. When they said this she always remembered what Pete had said all those years ago in the park. People see what they want to see. It was true to an extent, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't ignore the obvious streaks of Violet in Lucas's features despite him looking primarily like Pete. It was times like that Addison knew she would give anything to be Lucas's biological mother.
She shook herself out of her thoughts and looked at her computer screen and tried to finish making sense of the practice's accounts. She jumped a little bit when she heard a knock at her door; she rubbed the bridge of her nose before calling out.
"Come in." She didn't even look up to the door, or to who had walked in to her office.
"Addison." She froze as a familiar voice filled her office. She looked up.
"Violet."
So what do you think?
There will be a few chapters in this story- not sure how many yet.
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P.S I am thinking of doing an AU Paddison soonish so look out for it :)
P.S.S If you like this read my other stories like "Headlights on Dark Roads" and review, shameless plugging I know... :P