This one ran a bit long, but the idea was just so...there. It's set a few months before the Maddek drama explodes. And I've put in a mention of Savannah because Bleu wrote a wonderful, wonderful story about Savannah and Addison's relationship, and I'd completely forgotten about Savannah until I read it. So now I'm introducing her and figuring out a way of explaining Erin (who was originally going to perform Savannah's role, but obviously can't because Savannah is there). It was okay, I was going to phase Erin out before the beginning of the show anyway. Story development and all.
Friends
"What kind of mother?" Erin is close to screeching. "What kind of woman falls in love with her husband's best friend and produces a lovechild?"
Addison makes the appropriate sympathetic noises, her mind worrying over this new development. She'll soon have to break out the good ice cream (not the low cal, non-dairy, soy milk kind, because life has seriously done some screwing here.)
"I am a third year resident, Addison; I don't have time to find out that I was a product of my mother's slutty inability to keep her pants on. I mean," Erin's arms flail around her, "does the word fidelity mean anything to her?"
She doesn't ask Addison if she agrees. There are certain things you shouldn't have to ask your best friend (even if people like Savannah exist now).
And because she doesn't ask, she doesn't see Addison nervously twist her wedding band, she doesn't see the flash of alarm.
It would have been the end of it if she had.
Reference: Not a book reference, but the low cal, non-dairy, soy milk, when-you-get-screwed-over-all-the-time-ice-cream is from Friends the TV show, in a conversation between best friends Rachel and Monica. Did anyone else think that Rachel and Monica weren't exactly the healthiest best friends? Because that's what I'm aiming for here with Erin.