Two days later, Addison, Amelia, and Ella arrived in Seattle. Callie and Arizona helped look for an apartment for them and found a three-bedroom apartment in their building that was available immediately. As they made their way toward the building, Addison called the landlord to have him meet them to get the keys and for Addison to sign the lease agreement.
When Addison turned the car into the parking lot in front of the building, Ella recognized it right away. "This is Daddy's apartment! Are we living with Daddy?"
Turning the car off, Addison answered, "Yes, this is the same building as Daddy's apartment and it's where we're going to live, but we're not going to live with Daddy. He lives on the third floor and our apartment is on the second floor. Daddy lives with Lexie and sometimes Sofia. It's going to be just us here."
As Amelia got Ella out of the backseat, she looked at Addison, "I'm sure she doesn't want to hang out while you get all the paperwork in order. Mark's home, I can take her up to see him."
"I get to see Daddy?"
"Yep, go see Daddy. He doesn't know we're living here, yet. Do you want to tell him?" Addison asked as Ella nodded her head.
Ella bounced around the elevator the entire ride to the third floor and as soon as the doors opened, she took off towards Mark's door. Upon arriving at the door, she pounded as hard as her six-year-old fist could. "Just a minute," called a voice from inside as Amelia approached the door.
"Ella, Amelia, what are you doing here? I thought you were still driving up today?" Lexie asked after opening the door and allowing the two into the apartment.
"We're moving here," shared Ella.
Feeling the need to clarify what Ella had just said, Amelia spoke, "Addison got an apartment downstairs. She hadn't told Mark yet that they would be in the same building as you guys and Ella wanted to tell you right away. Addie thought if you or Mark weren't working tonight, Ella could stay here while we work on unpacking her room."
"That's fine with me. Mark is across the hall right now. We both work tomorrow, so we'd have to bring her down pretty early tomorrow, unless one of you want to come up here until she wakes up. Hey, Ella. Your dad's across the hall by Sofia right now, do you want to go see him?" Lexie called down the hall. Ella ran to her room almost immediately after giving Lexie a hug when she opened the door.
That evening, Mark, Lexie, Callie and Sofia were in Addison's new apartment, enjoying yet another meal of take-out, and helping to unpack. Well, Sofia wasn't helping, but Ella was excited about seeing her little sister and the girls were playing in what was going to be Ella's room.
As they worked to unpack the boxes labeled 'kitchen' Callie commented, "I think Sofia will love having Ella around more now that they're getting old enough to actually play together."
"Speaking of Ella and Sofia, they're going to have another sibling to play with in about seven months. I'm pregnant," stated Lexie.
The room was filled with a chorus of congratulations and hugs to both Lexie and Mark. "How far along are you exactly?" Addison asked.
"Eight and a half weeks. I'd been exhausted a few weeks ago, but I thought it was just from having worked so much. When everything settled down, I was still super tired and then I realized I was a few weeks late, so I took a test and it was positive. I wanted to confirm it, so I took a test at the hospital and told Mark that night."
A few hours later, everyone had gone back to their apartments and Ella had gone with Mark and Lexie as Addison and Amelia worked to set up Addison's bed and the couch so they could go to bed. Once everything was set for the night, Addison told Amelia she was running to the store to get some groceries for the next morning and returned with two paper bags.
Amelia helped to put the groceries away and got to the bottom of the bag when she stopped. "Addie? What's this?"
"What does it look like? Did all those drugs fry your brain last year? Give me it. I'll be right back."
"Are you pregnant? When was the last time you even had sex?" questioned Amelia, choosing to ignore Addison's drug comment.
"I've been exhausted the past few weeks and I'm late. I just want to be sure. I'm forty-six, it could just be menopause. I'll give you more details if there are more to give. Lexie talking about being tired and late made me realize that I'm a week late," Addison said as she walked into the bathroom, only to emerge a few minutes later with the piece of plastic in her hands.
She didn't say anything as she sat on the couch, still staring at the test in her hand. Her thoughts were interrupted when Amelia asked, "Is it positive? Am I going to be an auntie again?"