A/N: So! Finally lots of Gracie! They are going to the zoo now and we're all very excited about it. Okay, this has been written for a couple of months and I'm on chapter 12 or so right now… Today was competition day! But I only got 7.8 which isn't bad but it meant that I only got in second. Cruel world.

Do you guys all want them to have sex or something? And once I'm at that point, M rated chapter or the "and then they made love" crap? :-p let me know!

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Zebras in Seattle?

"Mommy! Hurry up, I really wanna go!" Grace called up the stairs while she was sitting at the coffee table, eating her breakfast with Richard and Adele. Addison walked down the stairs, she had only gotten home about two hours ago. She had fallen asleep with Derek on his porch and then had to hurry back to at least make it look as if she had spent the night in her own bed.

"Well someone looks tired." Adele raised her eyebrows at Addison.

"I don't have any make up on yet, I always look tired then." Was the only reply she got before Addison kissed her daughter's cheek and walked upstairs with a mug and the entire coffee pot to get ready.

"When will he be here?" Grace looked over at Adele, asking the exact same question for the tenth time.

"Sweetie, in half an hour." Grace sighed, rolling her eyes. "Why doesn't the time ever go faster?"

"Because time always is the same, no matter what you do, you can't make it race or stop. At least Max Frisch has thought so."

"Richard, she is six years old." Adele scolded her husband; she couldn't believe that he always had to treat her like an adult, mostly because he never was around kids.

"Why wasn't mommy home last night?" Both of the adults looked at her in surprise. How did she know?

"But she was home, darling."

"Nuh uh, I wanted to ask her something and she wasn't in her bed."

"She probably just went for a walk." Adele was relieved when Grace nodded her head; she seemed to accept this explanation.

"Alright, I'm ready." Addison said as she came down the stairs again, this time fully dressed, empty coffee pot in hands. "And I think I'll have a caffeine shock sooner or later." And then the doorbell rang.

"YAY!" Grace squealed and got up from her chair, running towards the door.

"You're right, you look much better with make up on."

"Thanks Adele." Addison gave her a look and got up, walking to the door. "Bye."

"Mommy! Derek is here!" Gracie was jumping up and down in excitement.

"I know. I can see him." She chuckled at her daughter. "Hi." She smiled at Derek.

"Hey." Derek grinned at her; he looked about as tired as she did.

"You want some coffee?" She offered him her thermos.

"Thanks but I've already had more than enough of that this morning."

"Mommy did too." Grace rolled her eyes. "Can we go?"

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"Mommy, can I have a zebra?" Addison looked at her daughter and laughed. "No, I don't think Seattle would be the best place for a zebra, honey."

"But they have them here." she had a point.

"This is a zoo, they have all kinds of plants... And... heaters?" Addison gave Derek a look, she needed a little help here but he shrugged his shoulders, not having a clue what to say.

"Why heaters, mommy?"

"Because zebras live in Africa, they would get really cold here." Derek explained and judging by the look on Grace's face this seemed to make way more sense now that Derek was the one saying it.

"How come everything you say makes sense?" Addison whispered to him, standing a little closer than she had intended.

"Because I'm totally awesome." He grinned, not completely satisfied with proximity but it was better than nothing.

"As if." She rolled her eyes, nonchalantly moving a tad closer.

"Aren't you going to kiss?" Both of them had thought Grace had been so preoccupied with the zebras that they hadn't noticed her watching them.

"Why would we do that?" Addison raised her eyebrows at her daughter.

"Because you have been moving closer and closer."

"There are a lot of people here, sweetie." Derek had to chuckle at Addison's lame excuse, both of them knew Grace wasn't really going to buy this.

"Sure." The little girl rolled her eyes. "I still want a zebra though."

"We can get you a stuffed animal from the gift shop later?"

"YAY! Derek, you're awesome."

"See, I told you." He whispered to Addison, who just rolled her eyes. How come her own daughter liked him better than her? This was ridiculous, but somewhat cute. She tilted her head to the side, watching Derek pick Grace up so she could see the zebras better. He was so great with her.

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"Today was great." Addison smiled at Derek, Grace asleep in her arms. "She really loves you. Shocking."

"Well, like mother like daughter." He joked, it wasn't even four pm but the day had been really exciting for Gracie.

"I have to put her in bed. Thanks for this." She pulled him closer by his T-shirt and pecked his lips. "Oh, and also, thank you for this." She held up the little zebra he had bought her daughter.

"You're very welcome." Derek kissed her again, this time for a little longer. "I'll call you later?"

"Yeah, or you could just come in. Talk to Richard for a little." Addison chuckled. "Or maybe just talk to Adele. I think she has a thing for you." He had to laugh at that, walking inside with her.

"How was the zoo?" Adele asked Derek, who sat down opposite of her on the chairs surrounding the coffee table.

"It was good, she now wants a zebra." He smiled, he already really loved Gracie, and she was just so adorable.

"Well then Addison better look for a house with a really big yard."

"I have a big yard but it's probably not zebra suitable."

"You know her husband passed away, right?" Derek was a little shocked about the sudden change of topics.

"Yeah, I do."

"Don't hurt her. She's already broken enough."

"I would never do anything to hurt her, believe me. I really care about her, about both of them." Adele nodded, satisfied with his answer. She had always liked Derek; he seemed like a good guy. And he was yummy!

"Mommy?" Grace looked up tiredly. "Are you and Derek dating?"

"Why would we do that?" Addison tilted her head to the side, looking at her daughter.

"Because he kissed you. And you always said you have to date someone to kiss them."

"When did we kiss?" Damn it, she was screwed, what was she going to tell her six year old daughter?

"Outside. When you both thought I was asleep." Addison sighed, closing her eyes for a moment. "Look, honey..."

"It's okay, you can still miss daddy." Sometimes it amazed her how smart her daughter seemed to be.

"Is this alright for you?"

"Hmhm, I really like him." And with that Grace closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep, holding her little zebra close.

"Good night, darling." Addison kissed her temple, stroking her brown curls for a little. It hadn't even been a year since Christopher had passed away and Addison couldn't help but feeling a little guilty for moving on so quickly. She sighed, glad that Gracie was alright with all this.

"Gracie's asleep." She stated, standing in the kitchen in front of Derek and Adele. "Derek, could you..." Addison pointed up the stairs, raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah." He got up. "It was nice talking to you." Derek walked over to Addison and then up the stairs.

"You think we need to leave the door open?" She raised her eyebrows at him, this really felt like high school. Derek laughed, shaking his head. "I really hope not." He closed it behind them. "Maybe they will ground you for this."

"Then I'd have to sneak out through the window." She chuckled, running her fingers through her slightly tangled hair. Derek smiled at her, pulling her closer so he could kiss her properly. Addison tangled her fingers in his hair, quickly parting her lips for him. He willingly accepted this and massaged her tongue with his, walking her back towards the bed, his fingers running through her hair that was so long it went on below her shoulder blades. Lying down, she pulled him with her, his body covering hers. Slowly they moved up on the bed, lips never leaving one another as he moved his fingers up her sides softly. Addison brought one of her legs up, draping it over his hips to pull him closer. Their kiss grew more and more passionate when his lips left hers and he began to kiss along her jaw and then down her neck, sucking on the skin behind her ear. "Mhh..." She moaned and felt her body respond to his soft touch. Derek moved his hands underneath her shirt, earning another moan from her. His kisses descended north, teeth softly running along her collar bone. Addison quickly discarded his t-shirt, running her fingers over his exposed skin.

"We shouldn't take this any further." Derek breathed against her lips, his eyes betraying his statement.

"We're not doing anything." She replied huskily, pulling his lips down to hers for a scorching kiss while he moved his hands up her shirt further, running them over her lace bra. "Ohhh..." She moaned and bit down on his bottom lip softly before she ran her tongue over it when she felt him react to her actions, making her ache with longing. Derek didn't waste much time shedding her shirt, which mingled with his on the floor. He pulled back slightly to look at her, making her blush. Addison had always felt very self-conscious in this kind of situation. But then she saw him smile at her and before she knew it his lips were on her skin again, leaving it burning and tingling wherever he touched her.

Her hips rose off the mattress, pressing them against him, causing his arousal to grow. Addison arched her back when he began to move his kisses along the outline of her bra.

"Addison? Someone's here to see you." She heard Richard knock on the door and quickly pushed Derek off of her, getting her shirt. "I'm coming!" Addison called, seeing the rather amused look he gave her. "Yeah..." She laughed at her own choice of words. "You wanna come downstairs with me?"

"Yep." He got up, pulling his shirt over his head again when she walked a little closer to him again, kissing him softly. "I'm kinda sorry we had to stop." And with that and a smile she turned around to see who on earth would visit her in Seattle.

Soooo! You have all reviewed so nicely! How about we do that again? 10 reviews = update :-p or we could make it 20! Juuuust kidding! I hope you're not mad about the interrupted make out...

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