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"So Addison, tell me about Seattle, why did you leave?" Kevin questioned at dinner that night. He had selected a high-end Japanese restaurant that he figured would be right up Addison's alley. It was eloquent yet unique, and it definitely didn't have a snobby atmosphere. He just knew she would love it. He had made it his own little personal mission to take her to all his favorite places in town considering she probably didn't know her way around too well yet. She had mentioned during their first date that she had just moved to Santa Monica from Seattle, but she hadn't told him exactly why she had decided to leave.

"Well…" she paused while trying to think of the right words to say, "it rained a lot," she finished with a slightly bitter laugh. Kevin probably didn't pick up on it though. Only someone who knew her extremely well would.

"I left for many reasons. Mostly because I didn't get a promotion I wanted and I decided that I needed a fresh start." Addison said as she gazed at Kevin's selection of restaurant. She really loved it. So far he'd taken her to a fabulous bar, a nice cozy lunch place, and now this. He had excellent taste.

"I've always wanted to take a road trip up the coast that ended in Seattle, it seems beautiful, but I never seem to find the time." Kevin answered not addressing the matter of why she left. He discovered she was always pretty vague when he asked her personal questions and he figured that there was probably a story, but he didn't want to push her.

"Oh, believe me, it's definitely worth doing once. The first time I came down here I did a road trip. At the time it didn't seem too enjoyable but looking back it was a fun experience."

"We should take one together," Kevin said smiling. He liked the idea of doing things in the future with Addison. She was beautiful, smart, kind, and funny. He didn't know what else you could ask for in a woman. Their dishes came and they ate in a comfortable silence.

"Tell me what you think love should be," he stated suddenly.

She stalled.

"Oh God, I don't know. It should be a lot of things I suppose. You tell me first."

"Okay well, for me, love isn't about passion. Not from the beginning. Passion leads to tricky, complicated things. Love should be about comfort. It should be about knowing a person inside out, and from that comfort finding passion."

"Wow, that's… deep," Addison said a bit dumbfounded, "I agree mostly. All I know is that love is hard. It's something you have to work at, and when that will to work dies, so does the love, but Kevin these aren't really third date topics."

"Oh, I'm aware, I just wanted to know. Get everything out in the open, and while I'm getting everything out I think there is something I should tell you. I have a kid. He's seven, and probably the cutest thing I've ever laid eyes on. His mom and I were never married. She made that choice, I wanted to do what I thought was the honorable thing, but we share custody. She gets him more than me, but that's okay because I have a pretty demanding job and I want him to grow up with a parent around all the time, not a sitter. I know it's a lot to digest so how about I get the check and drive you home?"

"Wow, I… I don't know what to say, alright, let's do that."

The car ride home was spent in a slightly uncomfortable silence. Kevin couldn't make up his mind on the radio station and Addison was too shocked to say much of anything. It wasn't that having a son was a bad thing, he clearly cared deeply about the child, but guilt was overtaking her. She should have told him everything about herself. She should have told him about Derek and Mark and possibly Alex. There was so much left to say. The fact that he'd opened up to her should have made her feel like it was easy to do the same, but it did the exact opposite. She knew how freaked out she was about a child, she could hardly imagine how Kevin would react if he knew she'd cheated on her husband with his best friend. To be quite frank with herself, she didn't want him to run, she liked him more and more as things progressed, and she didn't want whatever it was they were to end. Let him think she was perfect, so long as he didn't know the truth. Addison knew that was a horrible way to start a relationship, but she didn't know what else to do. When they got back to her place he opened her door and walked her up the steps. She gave him a hug and a quick kiss and walked inside her home. She stood standing by the door until she saw his car pull away at which point she quickly sank down against the wall. It wasn't the first time she'd regretted her actions, and it wouldn't be the last. All she needed was a moment to let the sadness in, and a glass of wine and she'd be fine in two hours tops.