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Catching up and making plans

"Alex wait!"

He stopped in the doorframe and turned around to look at her expectantly.

She stood there for a second with the baby in her arms and then finally spoke up. "You should, umm, stay for some coffee, or...something."

"Or...something?" He asked with a little smirk on his face.

"No. Not that. I just thought maybe we could talk. You know, catch up?"

"Yeah. I guess. What about Callie?"

"She's going to bed now. She's exhausted."

"Okay. Go put Ella to bed. I'll be out here."

"Okay." Addison turned around and headed into the spare bedroom. She had asked Callie to pick up a few things, including a crib, when she had spoken with her earlier. Of course Callie complied and had stopped by a baby shop on the way home. She picked up a beautiful crib with matching blankets and a couple stuffed animals and had the crib delivered to the apartment.

Addison was very impressed in her friend's taste and decided to keep the crib Callie picked out rather than the one she and Mark had bought. She placed Ella in the crib and kissed her daughter's forehead while whispering goodnight.

She turned on the night light and turned off the overhead light before grabbing the baby monitor and cracking the door shut. Taking a deep breath, Addison walked down the hallway and found Alex sitting on the sofa.

"Is Ella asleep?" Alex asked.

"Yeah. She didn't travel very well." Addison said with a small laugh. "Do you want coffee?"

"Sure. I know where everything is." Alex said as he got up and followed Addison into the kitchen.

"Why do you have a key to Callie's place?" Addison asked as she watched Alex get the cups out of the cupboard.

"Oh didn't she tell you? Friends with benefits." Alex said straight faced as Addison's face fell.

"Oh umm no she……"

"I'm kidding. Addison It was a joke. This place is closer to the hospital so Callie lets me crash here." He said smirking.

Definitely got the reaction I wanted!

"Oh well it's none of my business anyway, I mean who either of you are sleeping with." Addison said trying to cover up the fact she was jealous.

"Mmm Do you know who Callie is sleeping with?"

"No. She hasn't mentioned that she is seeing anyone why?"

"Oh she is just hardly ever here and she is always disappearing from Joe's early, there has to be someone."

"She will tell me." Addison said confidently.

"Maybe not. Sometimes friends don't always tell their friends the truth." Alex said hoping to get a reaction from her.

"Alex." Addison sighed. "I'm sorry about not telling you the truth when you were in New York. You have to understand I wanted things to work with Mark but even then I knew I was fighting a losing battle. Go ahead tell me you told me so."

Alex just looked at her, handed her the cup of coffee he had just made and walked back into the living room. Addison followed and they sat next to each other on the sofa.

"Addie I'm not going to say I told you so. I just wanted you to be honest with me and tell me the truth. The truth that you weren't happy. I wasn't going to suggest you leave him and come back to Seattle with me."

"You weren't." She said with disappointment.

"A little full of yourself aren't you? Assuming that I want you."

"Oh well no of course I didn't think that." Addison said quickly blushing horribly.

"I'm just kidding. God Addie what has he done to you? You are so serious."

"It's just been me and Ella for so long and Mark was never home, I guess I have kinda lost my sense of humour along with other things."

"Well you are here now and I will help you. I miss fiery Addison." He said with a smile.

"I miss her too. Now I'm back in Seattle with friends I'm sure I can find her again." She added as she took another drink of her coffee."

"So tell me what your plans are for Sunday?" Alex asked changing the subject.

"Nothing at this stage."

"Good I have the day off. I thought I could take you and Ella out for the day."

"A day out on Sunday sounds good. Hopefully Ella will behave herself she has been so unsettled." She said smiling as she took a mouthful of her coffee.

"Well babies can sense stress; she probably knew that things were tense at home." Alex said in all seriousness.

"My My I did teach you well didn't I."

"Don't flatter yourself." He said as he rolled his eyes at her.

Alex and Addison sat and talked for another hour. She told him the full extent of the fighting and the problems she had with Mark. He had started cheating again when she was six months pregnant and when she caught him with someone in his office she finally realized it was time to leave. She didn't want to bring up her daughter in that environment and Addison also knew that she deserved better than that.

"Well I should get going and let you get some sleep." Alex said as he got up off the sofa.

"Thanks Alex for being here tonight."

"That's what friends are for right." He said with a small smile.

"Yeah, good friends anyway." She replied with a small smile of her own.

"So I'll see you in a couple of days."

"Great. We will be here."

Addison had walked with Alex to the front door and looked at him briefly before he opened the door. They looked at each other for a minute before she kissed him softly on the cheek.

"Good night Alex." She said as she pulled away from him.

"Good night Addie." He said as he glanced at her lips before he turned and walked away.

Too soon. Timing isn't right.

Sunday morning rolled around and Ella was screaming and being really difficult. She had not settled into her new environment very well at all and was fussy and clingy. She would barely let Addison out of her sight, which made getting organized twice as difficult.

When Alex arrived at 10.30am he found the apartment in a mess and Addison still in her pajamas.

"I'm sorry Alex. I don't think we will be going anywhere today. Ella won't let me out of her sight, I need a shower and Callie didn't come home last night." She said hurriedly.

"Hey it's okay, there's no time limit."

"No Alex you said 10.30 its 10.30 and look at me. I never used to be this person. How can I have gone from being so organized and in control to this?" Addison said as she pointed to her pajamas.

"Come here." He said as he pulled her into his arms. "It's not that big of a deal. Ella is upset because she knows her mommy is upset. That's all." He said as he held her.

"God I'm such a mess."

"Well a lot of stuff has happened to you. You are allowed to be upset."

"I just can't believe Mark could treat me like this. He claimed to love me for years but I was just the thrill of the chase for him and now he doesn't even want to see his own daughter."

"He never deserved you in the first place, and he sure as hell doesn't deserve Ella."

"I'm sorry Alex." Addison said as she pulled away from him.

"Stop saying you're sorry. It's okay I want to be here for you."

He touched the side of her face and locked eyes with her. They held the gaze for a short time as he glanced at her lips before leaning in and kissing her softly. He pulled her closer to him and the kiss deepened.

He moved his hands across her back and around to her face as his mouth encouraged hers to open a little more so he could slip his tongue inside. The kissing intensified and Addison moaned at his touch as her hands made their way to his well defined muscled back before settling around his neck to let him know she didn't want him to stop what he was doing.

Eventually they pulled apart for some air. She gazed at him a little surprised; the kiss had really come out of no-where.

"Why did you do that?" Addison asked a little out of breath.

"Because you are beautiful and you needed to be kissed."

A/N: So there you go Chapter 5. We hope you liked it please be kind and review and if anyone has something they would like to see happen to our favourite couple just let us know. We are always open to suggestions! Thanks again for reading.