I'm Not A Liar; I Just Don't Tell The Truth

A Private Practice FanFic

By: Karilicious123

It had been a bright and sunny day at the Oceanside Wellness Center, just as any other day. Charlotte and Cooper were already at home watching their favorite movie on Lifetime; Violet and Pete were at home putting Lucas to bed; Naomi was away on a conference; Amelia was out getting some coffee after her long day of work; and Addison and Sam were closing up their offices and heading out the door to have a nice dinner together, when all of a sudden, the office phone rang.

"Hm..Who would be calling this late? Doesn't everyone know we are closed?" Addison asked Sam as she headed towards the phone to pick it up

"Hello?"

Hello, may I please speak to Addison Montgomery; it's an emergency the young, frantic voice on the other line said

"This is Dr. Montgomery, may I please ask who is speaking?"

It's Ana! I'm sorry, I didn't know if I should call the office or if I should call your cell ph-

Delighted to hear her baby sister's voice, yet worried as to the tone of it, Addison quickly interrupted, "What's going on?"

Addison, would it be alright if I drove down to stay with you a few days? Please? Soon? Tomorrow?

"Of course you can!"

Thank you. I'll come down to the practice early.

"Can't wait to see you, Sweetie. Is everything okay?"

But Ana had hung up before she could answer Addison's question.

"Who was that?" A puzzled Sam asked his girlfriend.

"That was Ana. She wants to come tomorrow and stay with me a few days. She sounded like something was wrong." Addison said with a concerned look on her face.

"Well, I guess you'll find out tomorrow, right?" Sam said.

"Right."

"Come on, let's get out of here." Sam said as he put his arm around the radiant, redhead and progressed out the door.

Hm, thought Addison, something isn't right.

The next morning, Ana showed up right as she said she would; 8 AM on the button. She trotted up the stairs of the wellness center eager to be with people she could trust in this difficult place in her life, but afraid to tell them about the demon she had been living with buried deep within her soul.

When she first entered, she was greeted by Cooper and Violet. They tried to give her warm hugs of welcomeness, but they were only coldly and reluctantly accepted. Ana loved Coop and Vi's sense of humor, but she just couldn't seem to laugh.

"It's so good to see you both again, really." Ana said with a forced smile, "Have you seen my sister?"

"Yes, Honey, she is right in her office." Violet said with a smile back.

"Thanks." Ana said as she ran off.

"Hm.." Violet said to Cooper, "I don't know what's up, but something definitely is."

Coop just nodded his head in agreement.

Ana entered her sister's office to find Addison and Naomi shuffling through files. They stopped right away when they caught Ana's eye.

"Ana!" Naomi cried as she hugged her. Ana was like a sister to her as well.

"Hey Babe!" Addison cried as she hugged her baby sister.

"Hey guys! How are you!" Ana said, trying her hardest to seem like everything was alright.

"Busy as usual, how about you?"

"Same." Ana smirked.

"Well, I wish I could take the day off to be with you, but work is just crazy today! You can have the key to my house if you want to go and rest?" Addison suggested.

"No, it's okay! I'd much rather hang around here with all of you guys!" Ana said with a smile.

"Well good, Honey. Naomi and I have a meeting with a client, so we will catch up later!" Addison said as she and Naomi started walking out of the room. "Good to have you around again, Ana." Addison said as she kissed her sister.

Ana just smiled a small smile in return.

After Ana bathed in the glee of seeing her sister and all her friends again, she realized why she was here and suddenly was overcome with fear, anxiety, and sadness. She needed a doctor, but who? Not Addison. She couldn't know just yet. Not Naomi, for she would just tell Addison. Charlotte. Charlotte was the only other option. Ana then darted out of Addison's office on a hunt down for Charlotte King herself.

Ana wasn't paying much attention and accidently ran into Violet in the hallway.

"Hey Ana, where are you off to in such a hurry?" Violet smiled at her.

"I need to find Charlotte. Do you know where she is right now?" Ana urgently said.

"No, I don't." Violet frowned, "Coop, do you know where Charlotte is?" Violet hollered across the hall to him.

"Hm..Don't know?" Coop said as he walked over to the girls.

"Don't you know where your lady is? Geez, what kind of fiance are you?" Violet sarcastically retorted.

"Puhh-lease, like you know where Pete is right now!" Coop joked back.

"Actually, I do! Pete is in th-"

"Look I really need to speak to Charlotte. Please, just tell me where she might be!" Ana screamed, completely losing her patience.

Violet and Cooper were stunned at her behavior. "She might be in her office between patients. Check there."

"Thanks." Ana sheepishly said as she ran off to Charlotte's office.

Charlotte King was on the phone when Ana found her sitting at her desk, so she waited outside the door.

"Alright, I will schedule you in right away and get back to you. Thank you and have a nice day." Charlotte said as she hung up the phone. "Jerk." she mumbled to herself.

"Uhm, Charlotte?" Ana said as she entered the room and nervously cleared her throat.

"Ana! What a pleasant surprise! When did you get here?" Charlotte exclaimed getting up to hug the young girl.

"Charlotte, I need your help." Ana said, cutting right to the chase.

"Sure, what's up?"

"I need you to examine me. Now."