Mark closed his eyes for a while thinking about everything that Erica had said so far. From what he heard she was the perfect woman for him. He smiled at that thought. He'd always thought somehow he'd end up with Addison, but from what Erica had told him he and Addi were meant just to be friends.

"Did you ever get to play Addi again in Scrabble?" Mark asked.

"Not really, but we did go to her wedding."

"Really so she married the guy she was seeing?"

"Yeah, the whole thing was nice and a bit short notice."

A few days after Valentine's Day Mark and Callie received invitations to Addison's wedding, of course Mark's was addressed to both him and Erica while Callie's was addressed to Miguel as well. The four friends booked seats on the same flight to LA in mid March to attend the wedding of Addison Forbes Montgomery and Peter James Wilder.

"God I love LA." Callie said as she stepped out of the airport and into the sun.

"Maybe you should move here then." Mark suggested.

"I don't know, too much of a good thing you know?"

"Please explain that one to me." Mark said.

"Well if I lived in LA it'd be summer all the time, no reason for me to miss what I already have."

"Right," Mark put his shades on and shook his head.

"Don't worry Callie, your statement made perfect sense; it was just too deep for him to understand." Erica said.

"Thanks Erica, Thanks a lot."

"Now children let's all behave." Addison said as she walked up to them.

"Addi! It's so good to see you. You look fantastic by the way. I can't believe that your pregnant and getting married!" Callie exclaimed hugging her friend.

"Yes well, it was by some miracle that this little one came into being." Addison smiled as she rubbed her belly. She pushed strands of her red hair out of her face and turned to Miguel. "It's good to see you again too Miguel. I heard you've swept Callie off her feet."

"I did my best." Miguel smiled and gave Addison a hug as well.

"Mark, I still cannot believe that you have been seeing the same person for almost a year. I'm so proud of you!"

"Thanks Addi. You look great by the way."



"Thank you. Erica God help you for putting up with that man," She said pulling the blonde doctor into a hug.

"Its hard work and somebody's got to keep him in line wouldn't want to let him loose on the female population." Erica smiled. "How far along are you any way?"

"Six months, sometimes its hard to believe this is all happening now. I'm so glad you all could make it. Did you make reservations at the hotel?"

"No, you asked us not to."

"And since when have you ever done anything I asked Mark?" Addi asked rolling her eyes.

"Do we need to?" Miguel asked.

"Of course not. I have two spare rooms in my house one of which you and Callie will be staying in and Mark you're staying next door with Sam."

"Wait a minuet; you live next door to Sam."

"Yes, and let me tell you he has seen more of me than he ever wanted to."

"Okay Addison, really that's too far." Mark said.

"Maybe we should all get to the house and settle down. Personally I'd like to take a nap." Erica suggested.



"Of course. This way. I rented a mini-van for this week so we could all be together." Addison said as she showed them to the vehicle.

The ride to Addison's house was filled with laughter and catching up among the friends. When they arrived at the house, they saw a number of other cars parked in front of the house.

"Don't tell me the wedding is today Addi." Callie said getting out of the car.

"No, everyone from the practice is over here helping to set up. Really I don't know why because it is just you guys, Savy and Weiss, and them for the wedding. Oh, and I hope you don't mind Mark but I invited Nancy too."

"Why exactly did you invite Nancy?"

"Because, she's the closest thing I have to a sister and we still talk every week."

"Does Derek know?"

"What Derek doesn't know won't kill him. He doesn't have to know every one I associate with. Besides, Nancy said that he barley calls her anymore." Addison led the group into the house where her colleagues and friends were setting up.

"Hey Addi your back." Naomi said.

"I told you it wouldn't be long. I think we should introduce everyone so how about we just go around and say names?"



Everyone went around and introduced themselves. "So which one of you is the groom" A voice said from the hallway.

"Nancy!" Addison said excitedly as she went to hug her former sister in law.

"I saw the door open and decided to come on in. So is someone going to answer my question?"

"That would be me, Pete Wilder." He said extending his hand.

"It is nice to finally meet you. I've heard so much about you. By the way, I'm Nancy." She introduced herself.

"Well if it isn't Nancy pants." Mark said as he made his way over to the slender brunette with short hair.

"Watch it crater face."

"Aw Nancy did you have to pull out the high school nick names?" Mark asked as he hugged her.

"You started it any way." She smiled sweetly up at him. "Here take my bags to my room while I meet everyone. Oh but before you leave, point out your date so I can bad mouth you."

"Erica's over there with Callie. She has blonde hair."

"Thanks." Nancy walked over to where Callie and Erica were sitting with Naomi making small talk. "Hello ladies, how are you all this lovely day."



"We're fine Nancy. It has been a long time since I've seen you. It had to be at Derek and Addi's wedding." Naomi said as she went to hug the newest arrival.

"I know. We have got to stop meeting each other exclusively at Addi's weddings, my God. So, which one of you is lucky enough to be sleeping with the man candy I sent to put my bags up?"

"That would be me, Erica Hahn."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Nancy. Hook up with me later I have got some stories for you." Nancy smiled mischievously. "And you are?"

"Callie Torres, I worked with Addi for a while before she left Seattle."

"Well Seattle doesn't sound like it was a complete waste of time for her; she made a couple of friends."

"I guess you could say that," Addison said joining the group and bringing Violet with her. "Violet looked like she was feeling a little left out, hanging around over there with Cooper."

"Addison I was perfectly fine over there. Cooper and I were having a nice discussion about his latest internet escapade."

"He's still doing that?" Naomi asked.

"Yes, I've been trying to get to the root of his constant need for meeting different strangers online and sleeping with them."



Naomi and Addison smiled knowingly before Addison piped up, "Violet, you need to stop analyzing it. Take a step back and look at the complete picture, then you'll find your reasoning."

"Do you two know something I don't?"

Addison and Naomi both looked over to where Cooper was standing, the rest of the group followed suit. Cooper had been gazing in the female's direction when he noticed all of their attention was focused on him. He quickly turned back around.

"I think we all know something you don't. Violet was it?" Erica said taking a sip of her drink.

All the women began to laugh, except Violet who stood there confused.

"Well, if you think he's attracted to me you can scratch that." She interjected after their laughter died down.

"Now why do you say that Vi?" Naomi asked.

"Because we tried the whole friends with benefits thing and it didn't go well."

"Really?" Addison asked.

"He couldn't even stand the sight of me without any clothes on and he left. It must have felt like he was looking at his sister." Violet explained.

Nancy shook her head. She'd only known the woman for about thirty minuets, and she could already see that she did not have a clue that Cooper was in love with her. The rest of the evening went much like the afternoon. Later in the night, Savy and Weiss showed up and were 

immediately separated. By the time they'd arrived, the men had made their way to Sam's house while the women remained in Addison's living room talking.

The next morning came faster than anyone had expected it to. Both Addison and Sam had to rush their unofficial house guests out so they could go home and get ready for the wedding that was to take place later in the evening.

Around lunch time Violet and Naomi showed up with Maya in tow. They all had their dresses they were wearing to the wedding with them.

"Addison what color exactly is your dress? In your condition no one would believe the whole white thing." Nancy smiled.

"It's a simple cream colored dress, but it has emerald stitching. For the empire waste there is an emerald belt and the straps are the same color." She smiled as she put a spoonful of peanut butter, mustard and ice cream into her mouth.

"Addison that is disgusting," Maya said as she painted her toe nails.

"Maya don't get all high and mighty. When I was pregnant with you I had the strangest craving for pickles, ketchup, ice cream and orange juice, in a smoothie." Naomi said.

"Mom, did you really have to go there."

"Yes."

"So Savy how's everything in New York?" Addison asked.



"Fine, all of our 'friends' miss you guys. When I told them you were getting married they all wanted to know when you got divorced." Savy explained.

"That sounds like them, always the last to know anything." Addison said.

"My mom is deeply hurt Addi," Nancy said.

"Nancy…"

"Let me finish. She knows that technically your not apart of the family any more but you could still give her a call every now and then. When I told her I was coming for your wedding, and that you were pregnant she sent this." Nancy pulled out a hand knitted yellow baby blanket and handed it to Addison.

Addison smiled as she began to tear up. "Oh Nancy, your mom always is so sweet."

While the water works began to flow, Erica decided she needed some fresh air. Addison noticed the Seattle resident leave, so she dried her eyes and went to see what was up. "Not the emotional type are you?" She asked as she stood next to her.

"Nope not exactly, but I'm happy for you." Erica smiled.

"You do know that one day this will be you right?"

Erica looked at Addison, "that is doubtful."

"You can't tell me you don't know that Mark is thinking about buying you a ring, getting down on one knee and popping the question."

Erica looked at Addison with no surprise anywhere on her face. "I know, and if he asks I'll say yes, and we'll do the wedding thing with close friends and family."

"As long as you know. So what part of this whole thing is doubtful then?" Addison asked confused.

"I believe you've met Mark my boyfriend and you've met me. We are not the parenting type. We like to have a good time. I have no problem with that at all. I just don't like all the fanfare that comes with the whole baby thing. Don't get me wrong I adore my nephew, wouldn't even mind babysitting for a while. But when it's all said and done it's nice to send him back to his mother."

"I see."

"If you ever need a babysitter, and house sitter because the view is amazing here, let me know. Please just remember to come back." Erica offered.

"I might just take you up on that. We should head inside; it's about time for us to get ready."

Erica and Addison walked back into the house where the other women were already making their way to a room to get dressed in.

A few hours later the large group assembled back outside, sans the bride, on the beach facing the ocean. At the end of the aisle under the flower decorated arch stood a barefoot Pete waiting for his bride. In the background was the most beautiful sunset one could imagine. As Addison made her way down the aisle all her friends watched with large smiles on their faces. It was undoubtedly one of the most romantic weddings any of them had the pleasure of going to.



After the "I dos" were said and the cake cut, everyone assembled on the deck for the party. "Alright everyone, as unofficial maid of honor, it's time to throw the bouquet. So if all you single ladies would please step over here with me, we can get this thing rolling." Naomi said

Erica, Violet, Naomi and Callie (who was there just for the fun of it) all stood in a small group. Addison smiled and winked at everyone and threw the bouquet back. All of the women moved out the way (as planned) and watched as the flowers hit Violet's head and fell right into her hands. She looked around at her fellow "single" ladies with shock on her face.

"What the, did you guys have this planned or something?" She asked.

None of the women said anything, they just smiled. Next the men assembled for the garter toss. There was no plan whatsoever for the men. The elastic garter just happened to fall right into Cooper's hands. "I think this is fate Cooper." Pete said.

Cooper's face turned red and everyone laughed. "I think you two ought to dance together Violet." Erica suggested pushing the still in shock woman over toward her best friend. As the music played more couples joined the floor. The small party of friends danced the night away, happy to be in each other's company for a while.

AN: So I love Private Practice, and I loved writing this chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading it. This one, despite what it may seem, does add to the plot a little bit. And the next two chapters are written as well. Thanks for reading and please review.