Everyone at Oceanside learned rather quickly that when the blinds were drawn and Pete's door was closed that it was in their very best interest to keep their distance. They also learned it was always knock at your own risk because neither Pete nor Addison particularly liked being interrupted, and any time you did knock, it was always followed by a loud groan and a few choice words from the other side.

"You have to stop that," Pete whispered quietly into Addison's ear. She was kissing his jaw, slowly making her way down his neck, "You seriously have to stop that," he repeated again when she completely ignored his request.

"I thought you liked the kissing. We're very good at the kissing," she mumbled, still playing around his neck with her teeth and tongue now.

"We're excellent at the kissing. But, that's not the point," he stated, trying his very best to stay calm.

"And the point. . ." she said quickly before taking his earlobe between her teeth.

"Ok." He said finally pulling her back from him and holding her at arms length. She looked disappointed at him because he'd stopped the kissing, and he had to say that the sexy pout she was flashing at him that very moment was almost enough for him to forget what he was thinking and beg her to return to more of the kissing. But he continued, still firmly holding her arms. "The point is, if you continue what you're doing I'm going to be completely unable to fight the urge to push you up against this door and have my way with you right now," he breathed, flashing his very best cocky grin.

"And that would be so bad, why?" she teased back.

"Well although I'm thinking we would easily fulfill one or two previous fantasies I've had about the two of us, it would completely go against our agreement to take this slow."

She frowned a little remembering that they actually had had that discussion, the morning after their first date. They decided Pete's chivalrous act had really been a good thing. Everything between them had all been spilling out so fast over the days previous to the date, they both decided to take one step back and make sure everything was functioning naturally and not all on fast forward like it was beginning to feel. And although neither of them verbally agreed to hold off on the sex, they both knew each other well enough to realize that with them sex was going to be a very important step and they should wait until it felt—for lack of a better word—perfect.

"It's only been four days Pete," she half-whined. "A girl can only hold out for so long," she teased placing her hands back on his chest and stepping closer to him once again.

"Well, keep on holding, baby." He quipped, "I've got to get back to work," he said, quickly kissing her mouth, "Go find another doctor in this practice to bother, would you?"

"Was that you just giving me permission to go and make out with, say, Cooper? Because don't think I won't…" she teased, pushing past him for the door.

"I was actually thinking more someone like Violet." He suggested playfully as she scoffed at him and exited his office and started down the hall, "Or Naomi would be fine, if you prefer, I'm not picky," he called out down the hall after her, but she continued on to her office pretending not to hear him, but smiling to herself the whole way. He couldn't help but smile to himself, too; he extremely enjoyed the little moments like that; so did she.

--

"So?" Naomi questioned that afternoon at lunch, "Still nothing to report on the sex front, huh?"

"No." Addison pouted, sitting down in her chair and opening her yogurt. "It's been a loooong time, Nae." She said, as if emphasizing the word long was going to make it any more obvious that it had been quite a while since she'd gotten any. "It's not like I don't agree with deciding to take it slow. I mean the whole Addison and Pete thing just kind of happened really quickly and the last thing I want to do is rush into anything that's going to freak one or both of us out, but. . . I really, really want to have sex with Pete."

"Are you sure that it's not just you, you know, needing sex." Naomi stated plainly.

"Nae, if it were just about the sex, don't you think I would have just done it with Kevin at the first chance I had? I've been waiting for it to feel right, and it finally does, it's just I don't want Pete to freak out if we move too fast."

"Well hey, there's always the—

But Addison quickly interrupted, "You better stop right there because if I hear you say shower-head I'm going to throw my yogurt at you."

"He's not going to say no. Just tell him you're ready." Naomi suggested.

But Addison had gone back to focusing on her yogurt and was definitely ready for this conversation to be finished. She couldn't think about the sex anymore, or she knew she'd march right down to her sexy hippie boy's office and have her way with him.

--

"So I'm beginning to think that maybe it's a bad idea to keep putting this whole sex thing off," Pete admitted to Cooper, letting himself into the office and beginning to pace back and forth in front of Cooper whom was sitting at his desk. "It's like now we're thinking about it too much so when we finally get around to it, something wont feel right or there will be another excuse to wait and then it wont ever happen like I want it to."

"Have you seen the two of you?" Cooper exclaimed. "You two are like the most beautiful couple in Los Angeles," he stated and Pete shot him a look, "Ok, so in this Practice, anyway," he settled for instead. "I know you're trying to take it slow, and I respect that, but sex was going to happen between the two of you anyway, whether you two were trying to 'make it work', or not. So, just stop thinking about it so much and just let it happen, and when it does it will be great. At least I hope it's great—or else there really isn't any fairness left in the world."

"Thanks, Coop." Pete said turning for the door.

"What about New Years, Pete?" Cooper questioned, stopping Pete just outside the door.

"What about it?"

"I'd say the perfect time to give her the ole Pete special." Cooper snickered.

"Ok—you've helped enough today, thank you." Pete said shaking his head returning to the office of his own.

--

Apparently New Years at Oceanside was a pretty big deal. They threw a huge party leaving Oceanside open for all employees to come and eat and drink and dance the night away until it was time to ring in the New Year.

The party was just like any other night hanging out with the Oceanside crew Addison decided when she and Pete had arrived. Naomi and Sam were still dancing around the idea of being together or not, which not only caused tension between the two of them, but with Dell as well, which was continuing everyday to be more and more of an extremely awkward love triangle. Violet and Cooper's friendship was rocky as ever, now thanks to the not so welcomed presence of one Charlotte King at an Oceanside gathering. Addison and Pete were trying not to follow along the dysfunctional path and just put aside their sex issues until after the party.

"Happy freakin' New Year," Violet said sarcastically. She was standing with Pete and Addison, but couldn't take her eyes away from Cooper and Charlotte. "He's not even the same person anymore. That she-devil has gotten to him. Ugh, I think I'm just gonna go," she said, set her drink down on the table and turned to leave. Addison looked quickly at Pete, like they should do something, and then followed Vi to the elevator.

"Hey, Violet, I know we're not, friends, but, don't be alone tonight, let us come with you," Addison said motioning to her and Pete who was still a few paces behind her, staring over that the two of them.

"Addison, I appreciate it, I really do. But, look at your guy over there, he's totally planning on getting in your pants tonight, and as crappy a night as I'm having, it would only make it worse if I screw with Pete's chances of getting laid, so you should stay with him, really. Thank you, but I'm fine."

Addison smiled as she looked back at Pete who had a guilty look on his face. "Ok, but Violet? Call us if you need anything, okay?"

Violet smiled and nodded and pushed the button for the elevator. Addison headed back over to Pete. "She says you're planning on getting in my pants tonight." She stated, wrapping her arm around him.

All he could do was give her another guilty grin and she kissed him quickly and then begged him to take her home.

--

"It's been a while," She said nervously as they climbed the stairs to her bedroom, arms awkwardly looped and running into things as they tried to talk, kiss, and walk at the same time.

"Me too," he breathed and she laughed a little.

"Uh huh," she shrugged him off, "I haven't been with anyone since before I moved here, remember?"

"I'm extremely glad you never slept with Kevin." He said placing small kisses on her neck, "And I haven't had sex since before you moved here, either." He admitted and she looked up at him.

"No sex since before you met me?"

"Nope."

"What if I hadn't moved here?" she joked.

"I was hoping that you would, you know, because—

"Don't say 'because you kissed me'," she interrupted, stopping them just at the door and she placed her hands on his chest.

"Look at you," he said shaking his head playfully, "Still trying to deny that I had anything to do with why you really came here, you can't fool me."

"If I say yes to you, will you hurry up and take my shirt off already?"

He laughed a little at her, but did as he was told. He kissed her slowly, but deeply and shrugged her top over her head. Although they'd built up so much tension about this actually happening, they didn't let too much desire and wanting get the best of them. There would be plenty of time for the crazy, wild sex—later that night, they were both hoping—but this first time they were going to try to keep it slow and meaningful.

They shared plenty more open mouthed kisses as they continued slinking out of clothing as well as taking time to allow hands to wander; teeth and lips to brush against chests. And finally, when they felt skin meet skin, Pete followed her slowly onto the bed. When he pushed into her, they both took a moment to enjoy the feeling of their bodies intertwined. He gave her a moment to adjust her body underneath his and brushed a stray piece of hair from her face. "You okay?" he asked.

"Perfect," she smiled, and he took one of her hands in his.

It didn't take them any time finding a rhythm that felt natural, it was like they'd been doing this—together—forever. His mouth hardly left hers and when it did it was only to place quick kisses on her neck and chest. And as they begin moving more rapidly, swallowing each others breathless moans, there is a moment when they are both sure they don't want what they're feeling to ever end. But when she lets go of his hand to reach up and sink her nails into his shoulders, he can tell she's close. She begins to arch her back, pressing her stomach and breasts harder against his chest. She pulls her mouth away from his and says his name in what Pete can only describe as the sexiest half-whisper, half-moan that he's ever heard. And if that wasn't enough to cause him to follow quickly after, the sensation of her pressed against him, gasping for air, certainly is.

She held tightly to him for a moment after, as they re-learned to breathe together, and when she finally eased up on his shoulders enough for him to roll to the side of her, he breathed, "Oh my god," he took another quick breath, "Wow."

"Yeah," she said with a heavy sigh, chest still heaving, and then she giggled.

"You're laughing at me?" Pete asked, still panting a little, "Because I'm positive that was some of my best work."

"I'm laughing at us. Here we are sounding surprised. Like there was any chance we'd be bad. It's me and you; of course it was going to be good."

"Good?" he said sounding slightly disappointed, "You know how sometimes you build up your expectations so high for something and then when it actually happens it's never as good as you imagine. . . Addison, it was better, like, ten times better."

She laughed at him again and she rolled over on top of him, "It was amazing," she promised, kissing him hard so the look of disappointment he'd had before was gone. "I'm hungry."

It was silent for a second like he was waiting for her to say something and she was waiting for him to offer his cooking skills freely to her.

"So… You know where the kitchen is," he teased and she rolled her eyes at him and sighed into his chest. Bare chest and sweating Pete was definitely one of the sexiest things she'd ever seen, especially knowing he was probably thinking the same thing about her seeing as how she was just as bare and just as sweaty as he was.

"Don't do that," he begged, "Don't silently guilt me into getting out of this bed. I plan on staying this bed and repeating our previous activities for quite some time tonight."

"Please, please." She whined, but all he did was raise an eyebrow at her, like she was going to have to come up with a better reason than that. "What if I promise there'd be some hot kitchen counter sex in it for you?"

He didn't need to reply and she laughed at him as he quickly rolled her off of him, stood up and grabbed his boxers from the floor and hurried downstairs. She grabbed his t-shirt and threw it over her head and followed him to the kitchen.

Addison took her usual place on the counter and Pete grabbed what seemed like the entire contents of the fridge to make her the perfect omelet. They shared the plate together, Addison still on the counter, her legs wrapped around his waist. It was a completely sweet gesture, and she was sure that this moment, or this night couldn't be any better. She was sure she'd felt this happy before, but it was so long ago all she was thinking was that it felt like the first time, and maybe it was the first time she truly felt happy.

When they'd finished, Pete quickly chucked the plate into the sink behind them, and pressed his lips back against hers. She immediately dropped his boxers to the floor and he pulled his shirt over her head.

Pete got his hot counter sex-- which happened to be only the first of many surfaces in Addison's house to have the pleasure of being used by the two of them that night… and the next few nights after that.

Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. School and work were seriously kicking my butt this week. but it's the weekend and I'm free. I'll try to get the next chapter up tomorrow, before another work/school week from hell. Thanks again for all the kind reviews, they make the unbearable weeks bearable. hope this chapter wasnt too much. I'm sure I could never do the real addie and pete justice, but i attempted. which reminds me; I own nothing. I cry every night wishing for a Pete of my very own.