A/N: K, so again, I wasn't planning on writing again, but I did anyway, because I'm really stuck on my Sestina, which is due Monday!

Disclaimer: Sue me and you'll sleep with the fische. Old rules apply, I don't own anything.

For Beth.

Surprise, surprise

Almost three hours later Addison was sitting in front of her Margarita, she couldn't even tell how many she had had since she came here and started talking to this man.
Now here she was, with a stranger, whose name she didn't even know, telling him about her husband, their daughter and how she had left New York City to start a new life.
If she wouldn't have been so drunk Addison would have realized how pathetic this was but right in this moment she couldn't have cared less about what he thought of her or her life.

Fortunately for Addison the guy was probably just as drunk as she was. And it only took a few more sips of their drinks before they started laughing and joking.

When Addison looked into his shining blue eyes she got lost in them. They just stared at each other for a couple of seconds that seemed like eternity for them. Slowly but surely he leaned forward, coming closer and closer. Her eyes fluttered closed in anticipation of what was to come.

The sun was sneaking through the blinds, making her blink. Where was she? Addison lifted her head and looked around in the dim light. Her hand flew up to her temple, she felt as if her head was going to explode. What happened last night?
Addison's eyes widened when she realized there was someone lying in bed next to her.
This wasn't her room, not her bed and she certainly didn't belong here.
Sighing she laid back. What now? Something like this happened when she was in her twenties, but now she had a child and was way too old for this kind of 'dating'. But what was she going to do now? How was she going to explain to Richard and Adele what she had been doing all night?
Great, just great. She had moved to this rainy city to start a new life. If she'd known that she'd end up here Addison probably would have stayed where she was.
But first things first. How was she going to get out of here without waking the guy next to her, whose name must have slipped her mind, up?

"Where have you been? We were worried sick about you!" Richard exclaimed the second Addison walked through the door.

"I'm sorry, I…" Her cheeks reddened, what was she going to say?

"It doesn't matter where you were, as long as you're safe." Adele jumped in, very well aware of where Addison had been. "Just go and wake your daughter up, it's time for breakfast." Addison nodded, a guilty expression on her face as she walked up the stairs.

"Hey Gracie, it's time to get up." The little girl looked up tiredly.

"Do I really have to? It's the holidays."

"I know, but it's time for breakfast and I'll be leaving for work soon, so will Uncle Richard." Gracie sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes as Addison walked over to her daughter and picked her up. "Time for breakfast." She said and kissed the top of her daughter's head.



"You smell like daddy." Gracie murmured tiredly, wrapping her arms around her mother's neck. Addison's jaw clenched at this, she hadn't even realized that. The cologne was the same. She swallowed back the tears that were forming up in her eyes and carried her daughter down the stairs.

"Bye mommy." Gracie waved with a pancake in her hand.

"Bye sweetheart, see you tonight." She kissed her cheek and walked towards the door. First day of work. Hopefully that would turn out better than her last night.

"Okay, Addison, I'd like you to meet Preston Burke, our head of cardio." Richard introduced the tall Afro-American man standing right opposite Addison.

"Nice to meet you." She gave him a smile and shook his hand.

"Likewise, how do you like Seattle so far?"

"Well, it's… wet." Addison couldn't think of anything else to say, after all it had been raining ever since they had arrived. Preston Burke chuckled; this was the answer he'd expected. Then his pager went off.

"Sorry, I have to run, was very nice to meet you." He said and before Addison could respond he was already gone.

"So this is how it will be for me? Because those heels aren't made for running."

Richard laughed "Well, you might want to find other shoes to wear."

"We'll see about that." There was no way Addison was going to walk around like she had used to when she was an intern. Worn-out running shoes were just not hers.

"Okay, okay. I have to go now; you'll be okay on your own?" Richard was just really concerned about her, he always had been.

"I'll be fine; you have nothing to worry about, as long as you don't make me run in the heels."

"Go to the nurses' station, Derek Shepherd, the head of neurology, will be working on your first case with you." She nodded and walked over to the nurses' station, wondering what Derek Shepherd, the great neurosurgeon looked like when someone came up behind her.

"Addison Montgomery?" She turned around and was agape by who she saw.

"You?!" Both of them said simultaneously.

Okay, so what did ya think? I know, it kinda sucks and I didn't read it again, after writing.

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