Hey, I added this chapter to get a little more background and Addison in the story. Hope you enjoy : )

Addison couldn't believe she had been living in Seattle for the past year, she couldn't believe that she left her daughter and life in New York for the rain. Derek had been her husband and she loved him, but there were times when she regretted leaving the city. Those days were the days she thought about her daughter. She and Derek had been busy and Addison knew Liv suffered for it, she had always wanted to give Olivia the best and that meant working for the life she knew her daughter deserved.

Even when she and Derek had been happy, before the complete absence and cheating, Addison had felt Liv drifting away. However it wasn't bad until Derek left, before it had been normal preteen moodiness, what Addison could only assume to be puberty. Liv would be grumpy and distant only to cuddle up with her and watch 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' for the millionth time the next night. When Derek left it had all changed, a part of Liv had left with Derek and Addison had been completely devastated. It was bad enough that her husband had moved across the country to get away from her, but her daughter's mindset had also completely changed. There were signs and Addison had chosen to ignore them, it wasn't until Sarah had come completely terrified to her about her best friend that Addison had woken up.

"Liv."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, I thought I could be better," Addison's heart broke as her daughter's eyes pooled with tears.

"Better? Liv you're perfect."

"No."

"Yes." She had eloped her daughter in a hug and let her sob. The tears were the first of her rude awakening.

Her daughter had needed her and Addison was a mother first, she knew she probably wasn't mother of the year, but she loved Liv. She crowded her daughter taking her to counselling twice a week, eating with her every night, and even giving Delia a week in the summer off so she in Liv could lounge around the apartment together. She guarded her daughter 24 hours a day for 6 months, it was eight months after Derek had left when Liv had convinced Addison and Addison had convinced herself that Liv was fine. Liv wanted Addison to go to Seattle "Mom, I know it would be selfish of me to want you and dad to get back together if I knew you didn't love him, and I wouldn't ask if you didn't. But we both know you do, I'll be fine, go to Seattle." Those had been Liv's exact words and Addison knew her daughter was right, Liv had been fine for sometime. The only thing stopping Addison from going was fear- fear that her husband had moved on, and when she had come to find that he had, she still tried. She tried for her daughter, her family, and selfishly herself.

She had loved him and she'd gotten caught up and lost. She'd gotten caught up in their perfect life with the respect, money, and images that she'd lost the love. Caught up in getting the love back that she'd lost her daughter, only to find her, and lose her again. Her husband was gone and her daughter was leaving. She would be a young lady, in two weeks she be accompanied by Jason Drummond to the ball, in a beautiful long gown she'd be just a little closer to gone forever. Addison knew it wasn't like Liv was getting married or even graduating, but she wanted to hang on. Hang on to the little girl that used to think the world of her.

"Oh, Livy," Addison yelped as her three year old daughter trotted around her closet in her Jimmy Choos. "What did mommy say about her stuff, you have your own shoes."

"Mine not pretty mummy," Liv's green eyes shined with purity. "Mommy's pretty. I can have some pretties?"

"Pretties?" Addison asked as Liv face looked up at her in pure question.

"Pretties. Pretties!" Liv cried with laughter as she held up the bow that had been tied around one of the many shoe boxes scattered on the floor.

"Oh, that pretty," Addison chuckled. "Of course baby."

"Thank you mummy. You the best mummy in the whole wide world."

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"Mom!" Liv busted through the doors of the hotel room she and Addison were staying at pure panic across her face.

"What's wrong?" Addison stood up ready to take on the world. She wasn't going to lose Liv yet.

"I don't have shoes to go with my dress yet!"

Shoes? It was 6:30 pm on a Friday, their plan was going to leave in 14 hours and her daughter decided she needed shoes from Seattle now?

"Izzie said we could probably get Jimmy Choos downtown."

Addison sighed, "Let's go."

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