Nancy had been knocking at the door and calling Addison's cell-phone for the past twenty minutes. She'd already checked with the hospital and Derek was at some conference but Addison had the day off. She had to get inside Addison was suppose to call her once she had told Derek about the baby but she hadn't called; Addison is meticulous about things like that. No one had heard from her since yesterday and she was starting to get worried. What if she had become sick or if she had a miscarriage. She used the key that Addison had given her to use in case of an emergency without guilt and let herself into Addison's and Derek's Brownstone. Once inside she knew something was wrong, the table was set for dinner and was still there, Addison would never leave her house like that, and she would have a fit if her house was left anything but perfect. Nancy didn't bother to clean up because she needed to find Addison; she went upstairs and called to Addison but didn't get a response.
When she came to the master bedroom she heard sobbing, opening the door she saw Addison. Hair tangled, eyes red, she was hardly recognizable. Nancy rushed into the room and got hold of Addison looked her in the eyes then asked "Addison, what's wrong, are you okay, did something happen?" Addison didn't answer but just sobbed harder. Not seeing anything physically wrong with Addison, Nancy helped her up, and half-carried, half-dragged her into the bathroom, once there she sat her on the toilet and started to fill the bath with warm water. After the bath was filled she helped Addison out of her clothes and into the water. After a few minutes of silence Nancy spoke again. "Addi, what happened? Did you tell Derek?" Addison nodded her head yes, then said in a whisper "He doesn't want our baby; he told me to get rid of it. Then he left." Once Addison had calmed down enough, Nancy helped her out of the tub and into a bathrobe. By the hand Addison was guided to the love-chair in the room. Nancy had held her tongue long enough; she finally asked the question that had been in her head since Addison first spoke "what did my moron of a brother do? I know it had to be something really bad for you to be hole up in your room like you've been, and from what I can tell you've been in here since last night. Spill" Addison gave Nancy a watery smile and then told her everything that had happen since they had last seen each other yesterday. By the look on Nancy's face she was just as upset as Addison had been last night. "That bastard" hissed Nancy when Addison finished telling her the events of the previous evening. Nancy slowly got up from her position in front of Addison, "stay here, I'll go make you some tea" Not to mention clean up the things from last night it won't do her any good seeing those things, thought Nancy. Addison just nodded; she felt better having told someone about last night, she remained seated when Nancy left the room. She didn't have the energy to move, so she curled up in a ball and fell into an uneasy sleep.
Meanwhile, downstairs Nancy cleared the table of all of last night's remnants and put the tea to steep. While she waited for the tea, she called Kathleen, "Hey, Kat it's Nancy" "Hey Nancy, what's the problem?" "I need to talk to you face to face" "What's the matter?" "It's Addison she's going to need our help" "what did our stupid brother do now?" "Later" "okay I'll be there an hour and a half" "Kat! It's an emergency" "It's the earliest I can get out of here." What went unsaid was if Kathleen left work before talking with their mother the whole family would know that something is wrong, and that was the last thing Addison needed at the moment "Okay I'll take it." "Nancy, don't leave her alone to long." "Don't worry I won't, thanks Kat." "No problem, she's family"
After speaking with Kathleen on the phone, Nancy went back up stairs with the chamomile tea to check on Addison; and found her asleep on the love-seat. She set the tea down on the night stand and covered Addison with a light quilt, then quietly left the room. On her way downstairs she noticed the door to one of the extra rooms was closed, she knew the doors were only closed if the room was occupied, and to her knowledge nobody was staying with Addison and Derek. When she opened the door she gasped, she'd found the nursery. Addison must have been working on it for sometime; the walls were a gentle blend of pastels and what looked like the beginnings of a mural. the furniture was a light polished wood; a changing table, a rocking chair, a dresser, a new carpet, a bouncer, a swing, there were even designer baby bags Gucci, Prada, Valentino, and Tiffany's; Nancy had to smile seeing the bags, Addison being who she is had to have designer bags to go with her designer shoes. What caught her attention were the two cribs, one was of the same wood as the rest of the furniture with a white canopy top and was pushed up against one of the walls; but the other was an old fashion crib, it was a completely round made of iron coated in gold plating. The old fashion crib was placed in the center of the room and, from what she could tell; even though it was old it was well cared for. When she got closer to the crib that was in the center of the room she saw the sonogram that she had given to Addison yesterday was lying in the crib. She guessed that it was meant as a surprise for Derek, which she now knew was one he wouldn't have enjoyed or would have appreciated.
Addison awoke after a few minutes of restless slumber. She could tell that Nancy had been in the room, she had been covered by a quilt and a cup of tea had been left on the night stand. Wearily she rose and went to the bathroom, one glance at the mirror and she knew she looked like hell. She rinsed her face with cool water and pulled a brush through her hair; now she looked somewhat decent. She left the bathroom and went back into the bedroom, not finding anything useful to do she decided to clean up the mess she had left downstairs and see what Nancy was up to. A few steps out of her room she noticed the door to the nursery was opened, she knew she had closed the door, the nursery was part of the surprise she had planned to show Derek last night; she had been working on it for some time and it was almost done. She wobbled silently to the nursery door she didn't know what to expect maybe Derek had seen the nursery last night and destroyed everything; she might have missed an open door last night she'd been very upset. When she finally reached the doorway she was relieved to see that everything was still whole and in it's place, well almost everything Nancy was in the room staring at the crib in the center; she felt as if she'd been violated, nobody from the family had been in this room; she didn't want anybody there until it was absolutely perfect, and the situation with Derek being what it was nobody would be allowed in the nursery.
