The first few weeks back in Seattle were rather uneventful for Addison and Ella. Ella was spending Monday, Thursday, and Saturday nights with Mark. Those were usually the nights that Alex came over so he and Addison could talk about her pregnancy and what was going to happen after the baby was born. No one at the hospital knew they were expecting, but when Addison took Ella upstairs one night the week before she was going to start school, she decided to tell him.

A fourteen-week pregnant Lexie opened the door and let Ella and Addison in. Ella immediately ran towards her room to put her backpack away as Lexie invited Addison to sit and talk.

"Is Mark home? I need to talk to him about some stuff that I didn't feel like bringing up when I saw him at work yesterday," just as Addison said this, Mark walked out of the bathroom.

"I'm right here. What's going on? Everything's fine with Ella, right?" Just hearing the questions when she said she needed to talk to him made her not want to tell him what she was about to.

"She's fine, great actually. I'm surprised at how well she's accepted the move and all the changes that have been going on lately. The first thing I wanted to bring up was getting a nanny for Ella. With her starting school, it will be easier to have someone pick her up from school and bring her home to do her homework, eat dinner, and go to bed a regular time. I had one for her in LA last school year and she loved it," started Addison.

Mark paused before answering, "I guess a nanny would make it easier for us. One of us wouldn't have to leave the hospital every day at three to pick her up. I want to have a say in who the nanny is, though."

"With you being an equal parent now, I'd have been surprised if you hadn't wanted to have a say in who the nanny is."

At this point, Lexie interrupted, "You said that was the first thing. I wanna hear what the second thing is and I have to leave in a few minutes," noticing the look Mark was giving her, she continued, "Sorry. I feel like a mother to Ella; I want to know what's going on with her."

"I talked to Ella about this three weeks ago and to be honest, I'm surprised she hasn't already mentioned it to you. I'm nine weeks pregnant."

"Did you do artificial insemination or something before you moved? I didn't know you were seeing anyone," stated Lexie.

"I'm wasn't and I'm still not seeing anyone. It wasn't artificial insemination, I got pregnant the old fashioned way."

Addison couldn't help but laugh at Mark's reaction. "I swear it's not mine, Lexie! Who's the father? Do we know him?"

"You know him, before I say who it is, promise you won't hit him the next time you see him. He's been really supportive since I told him and he's completely on board with being an active part of the baby's life."

"Why would I hit him? You're happy, Ella's happy, I'm happy," stated Mark.

"Fine. I already told him that I was telling you tonight, so he's probably going to steer clear of you for the next few days. It's Alex. I slept with him over Father's Day and found out I was pregnant after the move," Addison was waiting for any kind of reaction from either Mark or Lexie when Ella came back into the living room.

Ella sat on the couch between Mark and Lexie and gave her father a hug. "Did you tell them about the baby, Mommy? Is Daddy going to be mad at Alex? I really like Alex, he's nice. He visits me at daycare and plays on the monkey bars with me."

Squeezing his daughter, Mark answered for Addison. "She told us about the baby. I'm surprised, but since you like Alex so much, I won't be mad at him. Are you thinking about what you want for dinner?"

Addison was pleasantly surprised at how well Mark took her news, but contributed some of that to Ella's presence.


Addison was planning to spend the evening alone due to fact that Alex was also working that night, so she was quite surprised when there was a knock on her door as she was getting ready for bed. Looking in the peephole, she was surprised to see Alex standing in the hall and quickly opened the door.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had to work."

"I left my resident with instructions to page me if anything happened. I knew Ella would be with Mark and I've gotten kind of used to our nights. I saw Lexie at the hospital; she told me that you told her and Mark about the baby. How'd he take it? I mean, he didn't come hunt me down right away, so I'm guessing it didn't go horribly."

By now, Addison had let Alex into the apartment and he was making himself comfortable on the couch after having poured himself a glass of apple juice. "You know you didn't have to leave work to come hang out with me. I was actually looking forward to going to bed early tonight."

Alex sighed and answered, "I'm still trying to figure out what we are to each other. We flirted a lot before you moved to LA, but once we got together, you left. Since then, whenever you've been in Seattle and I've been available, we've ended up together. It usually starts with you yelling at me for something you heard I did and then we get drunk and I leave your hotel before we have a chance to talk about it."

"Alex, we're friends. I know before I moved to LA, I wanted to be more than friends, but you shot me down. If something happens between us, great, if not, I just want us to be able to civil towards one another for the sake of the baby. Ella has started to get attached to you, so if you bail, she'll know and I don't want to disappoint her with yet another failed relationship."