AN: Sorry this chapter is so short. I didn't want the first chapter to be super long and it doesn't really fit with the next chapter. I've got several chapters already written for this, so updates shoudl be fairly frequent.
"I told her, Mark. She hasn't said anything to me since we left the airport, Amelia is trying to talk to her about it right now. Call me when you land, maybe you can talk to her about it and let her know that it's a good thing because she'll get to see you more," was the voicemail Addison left for Mark as she heard footsteps behind her.
Hiding behind Amelia, Ella quietly spoke, "I'm sorry I got mad at you, Mommy." Amelia stepped aside to prevent her from hiding any longer.
Addison knelt next to her daughter and pulled her into a hug. "It's okay, kiddo. I know moving is a scary thing, but you'll have me, and Daddy, and all of your family in Seattle."
"Did you ever move when you were my age?" Ella asked with a quizzical look.
"No. I didn't move until I was eighteen and moving to New York for college. I lived there for almost twenty years before I moved to Seattle and I only stayed there a year until I moved here. I was scared every time I moved and I was old when I moved."
Mark returned Addison's call in the middle of their dinner, which consisted of pizza. Addison didn't like the idea of pizza for dinner, but she thought it would help cheer Ella up. They were going to be having many easy meals like that for the two weeks until they moved. Addison was still going to be working full time at the practice up until the day before they were to leave Los Angeles, so their nights were going to be filled with packing up the beach house.
Amelia was planning to finally get her own place in LA. She lucked out that Addison had been gracious enough to let her stay, but there was no way she would be able to afford the beach house on her own.
"I'm off tomorrow. I have a couple of appointments to look at apartments and condos, one of them is in the same building as Charlotte and Cooper. If she wants to come with me, Ella can give me a second opinion on the places," suggested Amelia as she smiled at Ella.
"Can I go? Do I have to go to daycare anymore?"
Addison took a minute to answer the question. Amelia had already talked to her about Ella looking at places with her, but she wanted to make Ella think she was really thinking about it. "I guess you can go. Remember to listen to Aunt Amelia and to be on your best behavior. If you don't go to daycare, you'd be stuck at the practice with us all day. It's not very fun there when you're there all day. It's different when you come for a little while after school or we just stop for a few hours on the weekend."
"Please, Mommy? I promise I'll be really good. I can stay in your office and color and play my games all day," Ella had acquired quite a few coloring books and games that were kept at the practice.
"I'd have to talk to everyone else about it. Have fun tomorrow. Remember the only thing you can buy tomorrow is a place to live. I don't want to come home to a ton of new stuff we're going to have to pack," Addison reminded Amelia.
