Thank you to the people who have reviewed this fic. I'm sorry about a few typos in the last update where I got Pete and Cooper's names mixed up. I was very tired and I think it showed! Anyway, please continue to read and review. I love hearing what you think.

CHAPTER TEN

The next morning, Addison snuck into Maya's hospital room before work.

"Hey baby," she said with a smile, glad to see that Maya was looking well. Maya smiled back.

"Hey," she replied.

"I have to go to work," Addison said, picking up Maya's patient chart that monitored her progress and casting a watchful eye over it before placing it back down. "But I brought you some things to entertain you." Maya's eyes lit up. Addison handed Maya a bag that was filled with magazines and a couple of teenage fiction novels.

"Cool!" Maya said, flicking through a fashion magazine. "Mom and Dad only brought me school work."

"Yes well if you don't do your school work I'm taking the magazines back," Addison said with a smile. "I only just got back into your mother's good books." Addison checked over shoulder to make sure that Naomi definitely wasn't there before taking a chocolate bar out of her handbag.

"I didn't give you this," she said quietly, handing the chocolate bar to Maya. "If anyone asks, it was the nurse." Maya giggled. Addison leaned over and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll be back after work, sweetheart" she said.

"Bye," Maya said happily, going back to her magazine.

xxx

Violet entered the kitchen at the practice where Naomi was making coffee.

"How's Maya?" she asked.

"She's doing well," Naomi said, sounding relieved.

"And how are you?" Violet asked in her psychiatrist voice.

"I'm good," Naomi said, taking a sip of her coffee. She suddenly looked embarrassed. Violet looked over her shoulder and saw Sam standing in the doorway of the kitchen looking equally embarrassed to see Naomi, the memories of their comfort sex the day before coming back to haunt them.

"Hi," Naomi said, flustered, forgetting that Violet was in the room.

"Hi," Sam replied, blushing.

"How are you?" Naomi asked, awkwardly, as though it was a business meeting.

"Good," Sam answered nervously, looking at the floor. "And how are you?"

"Good," Naomi replied. Sam went into the kitchen towards the coffee maker. He accidentally brushed up against Naomi as he did this.

"Sorry," he said, embarrassed and blushing even more.

"It's fine," Naomi said, looking even more embarrassed. "I have to…go do this… thing," she said, rushing out of the room quickly. Violet looked at Sam questioningly. He looked as though he wanted to crawl inside the coffee machine and disappear.

Violet marched into Cooper's office, unannounced, going straight over to his side of the desk. Cooper, who was using the internet, looked shocked to see Violet.

"Haven't you heard of knocking!" he said accusingly, covering the computer monitor with his arms. Violet looked at him for a moment.

"I don't even wanna know what you're looking at," she said, shaking her head and looking away as Cooper exited whatever it was that he had been looking at on the screen.

"What did you want to see me about?" Cooper asked, pretending that the events of the last minute hadn't happened.

"The awkwardness," Violet said, crossing her arms. "I told you that there would be awkwardness between Naomi and Sam and sure enough there is and it's going to affect us all. There should be a law against comfort sex."

"Do you want to have lunch in here today until it blows over?" Cooper asked.

"Yes please," Violet replied, gratefully.

Xxx

"Sorry I'm late," Addison said, rushing out of the elevator, flustered.

"The hospital just called," Dell said from the reception desk. Their obstetrician has a case of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome and asked for a consult with you as soon as possible."

"Seriously?" Addison asked, intrigued by a difficult surgical case in her specialty and relishing the chance to show off her surgical skills in California. Dell nodded.

"Can you please cancel my appointments?" Addison asked Dell. "I'll head over there now."

"Sure," Dell said, bringing up Addison's appointments on the computer. "Oh, Addison, you have a special delivery in your office," he called after her.

"Can you take care of it?" Addison said, stepping back in to the elevator. "I'll get to it later."

"No problem," Dell replied.

After Dell rescheduled Addison's appointments for the day he went into her office and picked the flowers up from the table. He filled a glass vase with fresh water and placed the flowers on Addison's desk.

About half an hour later, Pete, after making a house call, arrived back at the practice. He knocked on Addison's office door and when she didn't answer, he opened it. She wasn't there but he noticed that the flowers had been moved to her desk and placed in fresh water. He was glad to see that she liked them.

"What are you smiling about?" Sam asked as Pete passed him on his way to his own office.

"Just my hot date tonight," Pete replied with a cocky smile. When he reached his office, Pete picked up the phone and dialed Addison's cell phone. There was no answer so he decided to leave a voicemail.

"Hey," he said in a smoldering voice. "I'm glad you liked them. I see you're playing hide and seek. Come and find me when you're ready. I'm waiting." He ended the call and smiled to himself.

A few hours and three patients later, Pete went back to Addison's office and saw that she still wasn't there.

"Where's Addison?" he asked Dell.

"She had a consult at the hospital," Dell answered, going back to his paperwork. Pete looked disappointed and headed back to his office. He dialed Addison's cell phone and was again greeted by her voicemail.

"Just letting you know that I've made reservations at Momos, the Italian place, for seven. I'll see you then," he said into the phone.

Xxx

Later that afternoon, Naomi managed to escape from the practice to visit Maya in the hospital. She greeted Maya with a big hug.

"I feel so guilty working when you're here," she admitted to her daughter.

"It's fine, Mom," Maya replied. "I feel better when you're not stressing out over me."

"I'm your mother. It's my job," Naomi said, taking a blanket from the draw and draping it over Maya. "I should take the rest of the day off."

"Stop fussing," Maya complained. "Aunty Addison!" she said with a smile, looking towards the doorway. Naomi turned around and saw Addison standing there, dressed in scrubs and looking pale and shell-shocked.

"Hey," Addison said, obviously distressed.

"Maya, honey just stay here," Naomi said. "I'll be back soon.'

"Where am I gonna go?" Maya asked, sarcastically. Naomi stepped into the hall where Addison looked close to tears.

"What's wrong?" Naomi asked Addison, concerned.

"There was this twin to twin transfusion syndrome case," Addison said, her lip quivering.

"I know. Dell told me," Naomi said. "What happened?" She feared that she already knew the answer.

"We lost both the twins in surgery," Addison said, her voice shaking. "The doctors didn't pick it up early enough and by the time it got to me they…" her voice trailed off. "And I just had to tell a mother that her babies are dead." Naomi pulled Addison into a hug. She knew how horrible it was.

"I thought it must have been bad news," Naomi said. "I tried calling you but all I got was your voicemail."

"I haven't even had a chance to check my phone," Addison said, wiping her eyes.

"You look exhausted," Naomi said. "Are you finished here?" Addison nodded.

"Her babies are dead. There's not much more I can do," she said sadly.

"It's not your fault, Addie," Naomi said sympathetically. "You know that. Now I want you to go home and run yourself a hot bath. I'll come over tonight with a bottle of wine, okay?"

"Thanks, Nay," Addison said appreciatively.