As Pete walked out of his office a few weeks later, he looked up to see Addison stood at the reception desk with another guy. He didn't think much of it first but as he heard Addison's girly giggle and saw the way the guy looked at her he came to a stop and watched them. He felt his whole body tense as he watched the interaction between the two of them. He knew exactly what the guy's intentions were and it only made his body tense even more and his grip on the file he was carrying tightened.
"Hey," a voice appeared by the side of him.
"Hey." Pete briefly glanced down to see Naomi standing next to him.
She frowned as she caught the expression on his face. "Is something wrong?"
"No, everything's fine."
"It doesn't seem it."
"That guy is hitting on Addison." Pete nodded in their direction but didn't tear is gaze from them. Naomi let her gaze travel to the two of them and watched. "He's not even trying to be subtle about it," he scoffed annoyed as the guy touched Addison's arm.
"Does it bother you?"
"No...it doesn't."
"Really?" Naomi raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't seem like that."
"It doesn't bother me, it's just...I mean she's pregnant. Why would she flirt with him when she's pregnant?"
Naomi gave a knowing smile. "It is bothering you."
"I just don't get it." Pete shrugged. "I mean, I was going to have drinks with another woman and she started yelling at me. And she wasn't even pregnant back then."
"So, what is bothering you the most about this? That it seems she doesn't care?"
"No. I mean, I don't know, just the fact that she's flirting with him."
"Pete, whose baby is she carrying?"
"Mine." He looked down at Naomi.
"Exactly." Naomi looked back at him. "She chose to have a baby with you, not him."
"But she's still flirting with him."
Naomi smiled softly and shook her head. "Pete, she chose you. Deciding to have a baby with you was a big decision for Addison. She didn't think about it lightly. She wants to have a baby with you. She wants you in her life. She's not the type of person to have a baby with just anyone. The fact that she chose to have a baby with you shows that she cares. She cares a lot."
"I was the only one who offered to have a baby with her." Pete looked at her and she could see the insecurity in his eyes.
She smiled softly. "She could have easily have said no."
Pete sighed and looked back at Addison. "It's just weird, seeing her with someone else when she's carrying my baby."
"You really don't know Addison that well, do you?" Naomi couldn't help but laugh.
"I do know her." He looked back at her.
"Take a proper look at her and her body language right now."
Pete frowned slightly and turned back towards Addison and the guy.
"See how her head and her body is slightly angled this way, towards you?" she asked. "See how her eyes don't ever stay on him for very long?"
"But why would she do that? I mean I can't even blame her if she wants to flirt with him."
Naomi grinned. "She wants your attention."
"My attention?" He frowned as he looked at Naomi. "She has my attention."
"If you think so." She shrugged. "I can tell you without a doubt that she'll turn around in a minute, walk over here to you and touch your arm." Pete looked at her unsure before he turned his attention back to the reception where Addison was still talking to the guy. "Just watch, Pete," Naomi spoke confidently. She knew exactly how her friend worked.
He kept his eyes on the two of them and watched as Addison politely excused herself from the conversation, grabbed a file from the reception and turned around to walk away. As Addison caught sight of Pete, she smiled and lifted her hand in a wave. He gave a small smile back and lifted his fingers in a small wave.
"Hey, I thought you weren't coming in until later." She stopped by his side.
"I came early because I had some paperwork to catch up on," Pete explained.
"Do you think you could take a quick look at my patient?" she asked and placed a hand on his arm.
"Yeah, of course." He glanced at her hand before back up at her face.
"Great." She smiled happily and began to give him a quick account of her patient. Naomi smiled as she watched them make their way back to Addison's office.
Naomi smiled at her friend as she sat down across from her in the kitchen during lunch that day. Addison smiled back before she ate another mouthful of her salad.
"How are you feeling?" Naomi looked at her as she took a bite of her apple.
"Good." Addison nodded. "Good. You?"
"I'm fine." She gave a smile. "How's the morning sickness?"
"Getting better. It's easing off now."
"That's good." Naomi nodded. "I remember when I had it, it was horrible. And you shouldn't have to go through it alone either."
"It really is," Addison agreed and ate another mouthful.
"Was that a patient you were talking to earlier at the reception?" she asked casually.
Addison frowned as she tried to remember. "Oh, no, well, his sister's son is a patient of Cooper's."
"Oh." Naomi nodded and took another bite.
"He wanted to know where the toilets were." Addison shrugged.
"Pete thought he was trying to flirt with you." She looked down at the newspaper and turned the page.
"Oh." Addison's lips curved into a frown. Naomi nodded and looked back up at her. "I didn't notice." Addison shrugged again and continued to eat.
"What if he had been trying to flirt with you?" She watched her.
"What if he had? Nothing would have happened."
"Okay." Naomi nodded.
"I'm pregnant, Nae, being in a relationship isn't top of my list right now."
"I was just wondering." She shrugged. "Are you and Pete still, you know?"
"Still what?"
"Having sex." Naomi looked at her best friend.
"Oh, well, we haven't since we found out I was pregnant." Addison shook her head slightly.
Naomi nodded. "Well, that was a while ago then."
"Yeah, there's not really been a need for us to." She shrugged.
"Yeah, now that you're pregnant."
Addison nodded slowly and looked up at her friend.
"I just wasn't sure because you're spending so much time together and you seemed to be enjoying it while it lasted."
"We were," she agreed. "It was nice to have that closeness, but you don't need to be in bed with someone to be close I've realised."
"No, you don't," she agreed and smiled softly.
"Exactly. Pete and I are just enjoying this pregnancy."
"That's good, you should." Naomi nodded. "I was just wondering how things were between you two."
"Things are good."
Naomi nodded once more and took another bite of her apple.
"Archer is over the moon," Addison told her friend. "He's really happy and he can't wait to meet his niece or nephew."
"Oh he's going to be a great uncle." She smirked.
"Isn't he just?" Addison rolled her eyes but smiled.
"Kids love Archer." Naomi smiled as well.
"They really do."
"That baby is so loved already and it's not even born yet. You should've heard Maya when I told her. She's so excited."
"She is?" Addison looked at her friend.
"Yeah." Naomi nodded. "She's going to beg you to let her baby sit."
Addison laughed softly at the girl's enthusiasm. "Tell her anytime she wants."
"I will." Naomi smiled.
"I still find it hard to believe."
"I know. It feels like it happened so fast. I'm so happy for you and Pete, you have no idea."
"Thank you, Nae." Addison smiled softly.
"Have you already talked about how things are going to work out once the baby is born?"
"No." She shook her head. "We haven't discussed that yet. We haven't discussed much. We don't want to jinx it."
"Yeah, you still got plenty of time," Naomi agreed.
"We do. We have five months."
"The real fun of the pregnancy hasn't even started yet," she joked. "Believe me."
Addison rolled her eyes. "Don't sugar coat it, Nae, will you."
"Oh I'm not." She smiled. "Well, it does start out fun. When I reached my third semester I couldn't keep my hands off Sam."
"Well, that makes me feel great."
"Why? Sam enjoyed it." Naomi shrugged and ate some more of her apple.
"Yes, but what am I meant to do? I'm not married," she pointed out.
"Oh, right. I just gathered..." she trailed off. "Well, not all women get a crazy sex drive during their third semester."
"I guess." Addison nodded slightly.
"There's always Pete," Naomi added quietly and looked down at the newspaper.
"Yeah, I guess there is."
"I didn't mean to upset you, I was just saying. You probably won't even get as bad as I was."
"Yeah." Addison nodded. "You're probably right." Naomi nodded as well and finished eating her apple.
That night Pete was stood in front of Addison's house with a bag of homemade Spaghetti in one hand and a movie in the other. She opened the door and was surprised to see him stood there.
"Hey." Pete smiled as he looked at her. "Am I interrupting anything?"
"No, no. Come in." Addison held then door open wider for him before they made their way to the kitchen.
"I made you Spaghetti." He put the bag down on the counter. "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet." She shook her head and pulled two plates from the cupboard. "Have you?"
"No, I thought we could eat together."
"Good. What would you like to drink?"
"Just water." Pete shrugged as he put the food on two plates. "You would have eaten if I hadn't come over, right?"
"Of course." Addison nodded and looked at him. "I was just thinking about what I wanted for dinner."
"Good." He nodded slowly. "Otherwise I'm going to do this every night from now on."
She rolled her eyes but smiled softly as she got them both a glass of water. Pete carried the food into the living room and put it down on the table as Addison followed him with their drinks.
"What else did you bring?" she asked and motioned to the film as she began to eat.
"Oh just a movie I thought you might want to watch later." He picked up his plate and began to eat as well. Addison nodded and a comfortable silence settled over them as they ate.
"Like it?" Pete asked after a while and looked up at her.
"It's lovely." She smiled at him. "Thank you. You know you don't have to keep cooking for me, right?"
"I want to." He shrugged slightly. "There isn't much I can do for you anyway, so I thought I'd at least make sure you eat."
"Thank you, Pete."
"You're welcome." Pete smiled softly. "I'm glad you like it."
Once they had both finished their meals, Addison turned to face him fully. "You know, we should start planning for when the baby is here."
"Should we?" Pete leaned into the couch as he looked at her. "We still have a couple of months."
"We should at least start thinking."
"Alright." He nodded.
"We need to decide who the baby will be with and when."
"Well," Pete began, "I thought that once the baby is born I'll take a couple of weeks off so I can be there for both of you and help you adjust. Obviously they'll stay with you first and then when they're old enough we can take turns."
Addison nodded. "That sounds good. Sensible too. Would we have the baby with me during the week and you at weekends or?"
"I don't know." He shrugged. "I don't think we necessarily have to do it like that."
"Okay." She nodded. "I guess we don't."
"I mean we can if you want to. But you might want to take them somewhere one weekend or I might want to see them during the week."
"Well, we won't be able to do that until they're older so we don't have to think about that just yet."
"Yeah, you're right."
"So, after the baby is born you'll take a few weeks off?"
"Yeah." Pete nodded. "To help you with everything."
"That sounds good. You should be there at the beginning."
"Have you thought about what last name you want them to have?"
Addison frowned. "I never even considered that."
"I only just thought of it as well."
"Well, we could hyphen our names?" she suggested and tilted her head to the side.
"Yeah, we probably could."
"I want to have the same name as my baby."
Pete looked at her and nodded.
"If we hyphen our names then we both have Montgomery and the baby has your name too."
"That's probably the best solution," he agreed.
"What do you think about middles names?" she asked and settled herself back on the couch.
"I think if we choose one it should have some kind of meaning."
"Okay, that seems fair enough." Addison nodded. "Is there anything else that you think is important for us to do?"
"I don't think so." He shook his head. "I think most other things can wait a little longer for us to discuss."
"Okay. That's fine."
"Is there anything you want to talk about?" Pete watched her and took hold of her legs to put them into his lap.
She thought about it for a few moments as she let herself relax into his touch. "I don't think so." Pete nodded and looked at her as he gently began to massage her feet. "Hmm, that feels wonderful," she murmured and closed her eyes.
"Those heels you're wearing all day must be killing your feet." He smiled softly at the look on her face.
"I'm swapping them for flats you'll be pleased to know." Addison leaned her head back and repositioned herself so she was much more comfortable.
"I am." Pete nodded and looked down at her feet as he massaged them.
"I won't be wearing maternity clothes for a while," she murmured and gave a yawn.
"No, you're not even showing yet." He hesitated before he reached out and placed one of his hands on her stomach.
"I'm completely flat." Addison opened her eyes and set her mouth into a pout.
"Most women would be happy about that." Pete smiled softly as he ran his finger over her stomach.
"But I want a little bump. I want to be able to see that I have a life growing inside of me. A life that we created."
"Yeah." He nodded and softly rubbed the spot where their baby was. "I'm sure you will be soon enough though."
"Hmm." She nodded and closed her eyes again. Pete smiled and returned his hands to her feet to massage them. "Thank you," she whispered and let her whole body relax.
A/N: We couldn't resist teasing Pete there and making him jealous :P
