This one's for Kayli and Nat, who pestered. Here you go kids.

Destination: Almost Perfect

"Call n' Return"

You promised me starry night skies
They just remind me of your shinning bright eyes
I'm missing your voice at night time
This sepa-separation seem-seems a sad crime
But don't don't don't think think that I forgot you
you you are are are oh so sweet uh- I I I -
I know If only you were here
(things would be more magical)
If I were there
(Right now would be more radical)
You're so not near
(I'm wishing I could place a call)
and feel closer to you Oh –
"Call n' Return"
By Hellogoodbye

Kalen dangled her legs over the porch on the trailer, looked up in to the starry sky, and sighed. She was supposed to be in Seattle for four days. She'd stayed three weeks. She was doing her classes over the internet and via email, and it was driving her crazy. Post-season had started without her, Megan was freaking out, and Kalen still wasn't leaving for another three days. Richard had to okay her leaving. Well, actually, he had okayed her leaving, but her parents hadn't. And it was driving her nuts.

"K?" Derek came out on to the porch and sat down next to her. "Are you alright?"

"I want to go back to New York." She said, sighing. "I'm missing so much."

"Button, we just want you to be okay before you go back."

"I'm fine. Mark's in New York. He can take care of me if that's what you're worried about. But I want to be in my classes. I want to be on the soccer field."

"You can't play soccer yet, Kalen."

"Why not?" She snapped. "Because you don't want to have to make the trek to New York to make sure I'm okay if something happens? Richard said it was fine."

"Richard isn't your father."

"No, Richard's my doctor."

"That isn't the same thing." Kalen sighed and hopped of the edge of the deck in to the grass. "K…"

"I just want to be in New York, Daddy."
Derek sighed. "You can leave in a couple of days." Derek stood and went back in to the trailer, upset.

Kalen felt horrible. "Daddy…" Kalen went back in to the trailer and sighed as she saw Derek lying on the bed, his eyes closed. "Dad." He opened his eyes and sat up. "It's not like I don't want to be around you and Mom. You understand that, right?" Derek nodded. "I just…I'm going to school in New York. My soccer team is in New York."

"Mark is in New York." Derek said, grimacing.

"I wasn't going to add that, but yeah." Kalen sat down on the edge of the bed. "That's where most of my life is."

"I know, Kalen, but your Mom and I just want you to be safe, and healthy before you go back."

Kalen nodded, lying down next to Derek. "I know, Dad."

"And when you do get back, promise me something?" Kalen cocked one eyebrow. "You'll call your mother and I more?"

Kalen grinned. "Yeah. As long as you call me too."

Derek smiled. "I will, Button." He pulled Kalen in to a hug. "I promise."

"Dr. Shepherd?" Alex Karev came down the hall, a grim look on his face. Seven a.m. did not look good on Alex. "There's a phone call for you on line one. Apparently you're not answering pages."

Addison looked down at her pager and grimaced. "Oops. Sorry. Thanks, Dr. Karev." Alex nodded and left as Addison reached for the nearest phone. "This is Dr. Shepherd."

"Addison."

Addison smiled. "Evan. How are you?"

"I'm fine. Yourself?"

"I'm doing well. What's going on?"

"How's Kalen?"

Addison sighed. "She's fine. You know Evan, you can call her yourself."

"I needed to ask you something first."

"Okay…"

"Did she recently have a child?"

Addison froze. "How did you know that?"

"Liz and I were in Europe, hoping to adopt. Liz can't have kids, and it was taking too long in the states." Addison leaned against the wall. "There was a young American woman giving birth while we were there."

"What was the baby's name?"

"Hadley." Addison gasped. "It was Kalen."

"Yeah. How did you…?"

"The adoption agency told us she was from a prominent family in New York. A couple of surgeons, they told us. They said that the woman was in Europe to have the baby because her parents didn't know. When Liz asked what kind of surgeons the parents were, I just kind of…assumed. I was going to feel really bad if it wasn't her, but there aren't many married surgeons, one a neurosurgeon, one specializing in neonatology, with a 20-year-old daughter."

Addison laughed. "That's true. Why did you call me first though?"

"I didn't want to ask Kalen and have her freak out if it wasn't her."

"Well, you should call her."

"I will. Is she in New York?"

"No. She's here in Seattle. She was visiting and had some trouble."

"What kind of trouble?" Evan asked, panicking.

"She's fine, Evan. She has an ulcer. Overstressed, but who wouldn't be, with the year she's had."

"What do you mean?"

Addison sighed. "Derek and I moved to Seattle right before she left for Europe."

"You left her in New York?"

"She's almost 21, Evan. She can take care of herself. If I'd known she was pregnant, I would have stayed."

"Why did you guys move?"

Addison sighed. "It's a long story."

"Okay." Evan cleared his throat. "Is she with Derek right now?"

"Yes." Addison laughed. "You can still call her, Evan. He's not going to care."

Evan sighed. "Okay. I'll talk to you later, Add."

"Yeah. Later." Addison hung up the phone and sighed.

"Is everything alright?" Izzie Stevens came up behind Addison, a smile on her face.

"Yeah. I was just…" Addison sighed. "Talking to Kalen's birth father." Izzie nodded. "Apparently, he and his wife adopted Kalen's little girl."

Izzie raised her eyebrows. "Really? Weird."

Addison nodded. "Yeah. Weird."

Kalen fumbled around for her phone, falling off the side of the bed and letting out a shriek that woke Derek.

"You alright?"

"Fine." Kalen groaned, laughing. She reached for her phone as Derek rolled over and sat up. "Hello?"

"Kalen, Hi."

"Evan." She stood up and walked out of the trailer. "Hi."

"How are you?"

"Oh. Fine. I'm going a little stir-crazy."

"Yeah. Your Mom said you're a little overstressed."

"Ugh." Kalen sat down on the edge of the porch and leaned against the post. "A lot has happened this year."

"You want to talk about it?"

Kalen sighed. "Not really."

"Okay. Well…I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Okay."

"Well, Liz and I just adopted a little girl."

"That's great, Evan."

"Her name is Hadley." Kalen froze. "Kalen…"

"Hadley?" She asked her voice cracking.

"Yeah. Liz and I were in Europe a couple of months ago, because the adoption process was taking so long in the states. The adoption agency said Hadley's mother wanted an American family to take her, and we were the only ones on the list." Kalen let out a small cry. "Kalen…"

"I can't believe you have her. That's amazing."

"You want to see her?"

Kalen smiled. "Really?"

"Kalen, when we figured out that you were the mother, Liz and I decided that we wanted you in her life. I wasn't in your life, and I still regret that, and I have this feeling that you'll regret it if you aren't in Hadley's. Am I right?"

Kalen took a deep breath. "Yeah."

"Okay. When are you headed back to New York?"

"In a couple of days."

"Why don't you take a detour to Boston? Come visit Liz and I, and see Hadley."

Kalen smiled. "Okay. Yeah."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. Well, give me a call when you know your flight information. I'll see you in a few days."

"Bye." Kalen hung up the phone and smiled before getting to her feet and going back in to the trailer.

"Is everything alright?" Derek asked, pouring himself a cup of coffee, which Kalen promptly stole. "Hey! Your mother said no."

"My mothers not here." Kalen said, taking a gulp from the coffee cup and handing it back to Derek. "And everything's fine. You're never going to believe this." Derek raised his eyebrows as he sipped at the coffee. "Evan and Liz were the American couple that adopted Hadley."

Derek's jaw dropped. "You're kidding."

Kalen shook her head. "They want me to be a part of her life."

Derek smiled. "K, that's fantastic." Kalen nodded. "When are you going out there?"

"Oh. I'm going to swing by on my way out to New York. Just drop me off in Boston, baby." She said, grinning.

"Okay. We'll change your ticket." Kalen grinned and flopped down on the bed. "What are you doing?"

"Going back to sleep. It's 7:30."

"No. Come on. We're going running."

Kalen laughed. "Uh. No."

Derek set the coffee cup down on the counter and moved towards Kalen, pulling her in to a standing position. "Come on."

Kalen groaned. "Daddy, no…" Kalen fought against him, laughing. "I want to go back to bed."

"K…" At that moment Kalen's phone rang and Derek let go of her so that she could answer it.

"He's trying to make me go running."

Addison laughed. "So go running."

"Mom…."

"Kalen, humor your father."

"I am humoring him. He thinks I'm hilarious." Derek made a face and threw a shirt at Kalen. "Gross, Dad."

Addison laughed. "Have you talked to Evan?"

Kalen smiled. "Yeah. Did he call you first?"

"Yes. That man…"

"Has no balls."

"Kalen."

"Come on, Mom. He called you to make sure it was okay to talk to me about my child." Kalen hit the speaker phone button and set the phone on the bed. "That makes him…" Kalen pointed with a flourish to Derek, who spun around from the direction he was facing, clad only in running shorts.

"No balls!" Derek yelled, grinning. "What's that? 'No Balls' Mitchell? Oops. Evan. His name is Evan."

"Derek!" Addison snapped, getting aggravated. "As glad as I am to see, well hear, the two of you back to your old selves, you cannot call him that."

"We were just kidding Mom."

"Yeah. Take a chill pill Addie." Kalen's eyes popped and Derek's hand flew to his mouth. That was the one saying Addison hated, for whatever reason.

"You did not…" Kalen spit out, laughing. Kalen stumbled away from the bed, trying to hide her laughter.

"Kalen. Kalen! Take me off speaker phone." Addison snapped. Kalen reached for the phone and turned the speaker phone off, gingerly holding the phone up to her ear. "I'll talk to you later." Addison hung up the phone and Kalen burst in to laughter.

"Smooth. Real smooth."

Derek glared. "Now you're really going running with me." Kalen groaned and grabbed clothes from the bag sitting at the end of the bed. She slipped in to the bathroom to change and sighed. After that, she figured she could give him a run.

Two days later, Kalen was trying to get Addison to let go of her. This time, Derek was laughing.

"Mom. I have to go. I'm going to miss my flight if you don't detach yourself from me."

Addison rolled her eyes. "I'm not allowed to hug you?"

"Not for five minutes."

Addison let go and stepped back. "Fine." Kalen grinned and gathered her bag from next to Derek.

"You'll call, right?" He asked.

Kalen wrapped him in a hug. "I'll call. If you call."

"I'll call." Derek let go of Kalen and placed a kiss on her forehead. "Have a good time in Boston."

Kalen smiled. "I will." Kalen hugged him one last time and then looked at Addison. "Don't get in to too much trouble."

"Well, you know me, K." Addison said, grinning. "Troublemaker."

Kalen laughed. "Don't I know it." Addison hugged Kalen one last time. "I love you Mom."

"I love you too baby." Addison let go and stepped in to Derek, letting him wrap his arms around her waist. "I'll talk to you later." Kalen nodded and headed through baggage claim. She waved one last time, but for the most part, it was just Derek and Addison watching her retreating form. "I wanted her to stay." Addison said. "I miss having her around, Derek."

Derek kissed the top of Addisons head. "Me too, baby, me too."

Okay. I know it ended a little weird, but whatev.

Next time: Kalen visits Evan, and is joined by Mark, who Evan has a serious problem with. LOL.

REVIEW please! – Mel.