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Addison walked into Ocean Side Wellness quickly, shuffling her belongings in her arms. The Alarm hadn't gone off that morning, causing her to run a few hours late.

"Finally," Pete joked as she stepped off the elevator.

"Shut up, the alarm didn't go off." Pete laughed at her then continued to say, "There is a teenage girl in your office. About 16 or 17, tall, red hair, blue eyes, interesting combination. She looks almost exactly like you. She wouldn't tell me who she was, but insisted on waiting in your office. Wouldn't take no for an answer and made herself right at home." Addison smiled, she was pretty sure she knew who it was in her office. Without saying anything to Pete she left all her stuff in the lobby and quickly walked to the office. She pulled open the door and grinned at the girl before her,

"Zoey?"

"Hi mom," the girl answered, somewhat nervously. But before saying anything else she got up and gave Addison a hug.

"What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see you. Aren't you happy to see me?"

"Of course I am sweetie, I'm just surprised. And that doesn't really explain why you are here; just wanting to see me is not an acceptable answer. Does your dad know that you are here?"

"Ummmm, yeah?" she said nervously, avoiding looking at Addison.

"Zoey!"

CUT TO PETE

Pete had been standing in the doorway watching the exchange between mother and daughter when Violet walked up. "What are you doing? Why are you standing outside Addison's office?" she asked.

"Addison has a daughter." he said simply.

"Excuse me? Did you say daughter?"

"Yepp. That's her with Addison. Her name is Zoey. Apparently she just showed up this morning with no warning."

"How did we not know about this? A child is a big deal, something one usually shares with his or her co-workers."

"I don't know. Maybe she hates the kid or something," violet gave him a disapproving look, "Just kidding. Who do you think the father is?"

"Whose father?" Naomi asked, walking up to the pair. Pete pointed to the two who were now arguing about something, "Is that Zoey? Wow, I haven't seen her in years. What is she doing here?" without waiting for an answer she walked into Addison's office followed by Pete and Violet, neither mom nor daughter noticed their appearance. "HEY!" she yelled over the arguing, gaining their attention quickly.

"Aunt Naomi!" Zoey walked over and gave her a hug.

"Hey sweetie, it's so good to see you. You've grown up so much! How are you?"

"I'm great! Just came to visit mom here. How about you? How's Maya?"

"Maya is great too, she will be thrilled to see you sweetie, you will have to come over for dinner soon. Then you can meet Olivia."

"Oh yeah, dad told me that she had a baby," At the sound of a throat being cleared Naomi and Zoey looked over near the doorway where Pete and Violet stood.

"Are you gonna introduce us?" Pete asked. Addison rolled her eyes but said,

"This is Zoey, my daughter. Zoey, this is Pete and Violet. Violet is a shrink and Pete is an alternative medicine practitioner."

"Sweet. Nice to meet you both,"

"Yes, now if you will excuse us I believe I am going to take the day off to spend with my lovely daughter." The two left the office and walked into the parking lot. "How did you get here?"

"I flew, I didn't feel like making that long of a drive right now, and I took a cab from the airport. You know, this is the first time I've been here since you moved from Seattle. You always come to visit me, never the other way around." they got in Addison's car and began driving to her house.

"Which once again raises the question, what are you doing here?"

"I just miss you mom. I haven't seen you in almost a year."

"Why didn't you tell your father you were coming here? He's gonna freak out."

"Dad wouldn't have let me come. You know him, he's ridiculous."

"Don't say that about your father, he's not ridiculous. Just unreasonable sometimes. You're gonna have to call him you know, or else he is going to have the whole Seattle Police force looking for you."

"No way, I'm not calling him. He's gonna yell at me. You call him."

"He's gonna yell at me too! You're his child, you call him."

"You were married to the guy for 11 years!"

And look where that got us. Besides, he likes you better!"

"MOM! You're the adult. Now set a good example for your child and call your ex-husband."

"No fair, pulling the adult card," Addison said with a smile. She pulled out her phone and dialed the familiar number she was sure she would never forget. After a few rings someone answered,

"Zoey?" the panicked voice filled the phone.

"No, Derek, it's Addison."

"Addison? Why are you calling?" he asked, sounding a little shocked.

"It's Zoey, she showed up at my practice today. She's here with me now."

"She's there with you? Oh thank God, I was worried sick. She never came home from school today and none of her friends had seen her since yesterday, I was about to call the police. Is she ok? What is she doing there?"

"She's perfectly fine. And I have no idea what she is doing here, she won't tell me anything."

Derek sighed, "Ok, let me talk to her please"

"Sure," Addison went to hand the phone to Zoey who quickly backed away, "Oh come on," she said.

"I don't want to talk to him. Sorry," she said, not sounding too sorry, and then left the room without another word.

"Derek? She refuses to talk to you, she left the room when i tried to hand her the phone. What's going on? Did you two have a fight or something?"

"No we didn't have a fight Addison. I'm going to come and get her and bring her home."

"What? Why?"

"Because she essentially ran away Addison. She didn't tell anyone where she was going, or get permission to go anywhere. She can't do that, it's not acceptable, and she has to learn that she can't just get away with it."

"Ok, I agree with you on that, it's not acceptable. But maybe you could just let me try to figure this one out on my own? She obviously came to me for a reason. Just let me get to the bottom of this. You rushing out here and dragging her back home isn't going to do anyone any good. So just let me try Derek."

"Alright. But call me if you need any help or anything and let me know how she is doing. And can you try to get her to call me?"

"Of course."

"Thanks Addie. Tell Zoey I love her. Take care."

"You too Derek." Addison hung up the phone and went in search of her daughter. She finally found the sixteen year old curled up in her bed, clutching one of the pillows loosely. Addison smiled, she always loved watching her daughter sleep, no matter how old she got she always looked so peaceful and innocent, it gave Addison a sense of peace. She carefully pulled the covers up over the girl, it was only mid-day, but she decided to let her daughter get some sleep. She turned out the light and left the room.

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