Addison woke to Lucas pulling on her shirt; she looked down at him and smiled. He smiled back at her, he had the cutest little grin on his face; it reminded her so much of Pete.

"Hey little guy how about we get you something to eat and then get you back to mommy or daddy."

A few minutes later Addison found herself sitting on the couch in her office feeding Lucas like she had so many times before. It was different before though because before she was in his life all the time and now she only saw him when Pete came down to the office with him to see Violet or when Violet brought him in which was practically never. Addison finished feeding Lucas, wiped his face and hands then walked with him to the kitchen to throw away the garbage from lunch.

Lucas clung to Addison's hip as she carried him around the office, she checked with Cooper who said that Violet didn't come in today so she got on the elevator and went to Pete's floor. She walked down the familiar hall, she smiled thinking back to better times when she and Pete were still together and she would bring Lucas to see his daddy or when she would go to visit them during the day. She reached the door and took a deep breath.

"Knock Knock, can we come in?"

Pete looked up, pure shock in his eyes; he was speechless, he knew Addison had Lucas and that she would most likely be bringing Lucas back to him. "Uhh, yeah come in."

"Lucas, it looks like we surprised Daddy, huh. I'm just returning him to you. I hope you weren't worrying too much."

"No, I wasn't. I saw you two asleep on your couch you both looked so peaceful I didn't want to wake you; plus I knew you would be fine with him you were always so good with him."

"Yeah, well I gave him lunch just a hot dog but I figured I'd let you know."

"Thanks, Addie I appreciate it."

"This is the first time I've had help with him in a while."

"Violet really isn't taking well to her motherly duties?"

"Nope."

"I'm sorry."

"There's nothing to be sorry for."

Addison gave one of those smiles that said I'm sorry anyway, kissed Lucas's head then walked over to Pete and handed Lucas to him.

"I'll see you guys later."

"Bye Addie."

Addison turned around and saw Lucas waving bye to her, then she said to Pete,

"Pete please don't be a stranger. Stop by sometime."

Addison made her way back down to her floor and into her office. She immediately found herself bored without Lucas there. She checked her schedule, she only had one patient and that wasn't until later in the day; so she went to go talk with the new secretary, who told her that her patient had actually cancelled early and had to reschedule. So Addison went back to her office, packed up for the day and headed home.

Before she made it home Addison found herself stopping at a local baby store, that she and Pete had gone to many times before when they needed stuff for Lucas. She looked around at all the different types of cribs and the different themed bedding, tears filled in her eyes when she thought of all she had to look forward to but had no one to share it with. She blinked back the tears and went to look at gender neutral clothes; she wanted to get a few things. She knew it would still be months until she had the baby but she felt like she had lost four months of shopping time. She picked up a few packs of onesies that would work for a boy or girl and two packs of the cutest bibs she had ever seen. She was so focused on reading the bottle of lotion for stretch marks she had just picked up, that she crashed into another person's cart as she turned into the next aisle.

She look up apologetically and went to say that she was sorry but that did not come out.

"Hey Pete, Hey Lucas, what are you two up to?"

"I just had to pick up some more diapers, wipes and formula. How about you?"

"A friend of mine is having a baby so I'm just picking up some things to make a gift basket for her."

"That's nice of you."

"Well that's what friends do, you know. Alright, well I'll see you around; bye Lucas."

Pete watched as Addison walked away pushing the cart. He really missed her and he knew Lucas did too. As much as Addison didn't want to replace Violet, she had she had filled the part of Lucas's mother better then Violet did.

"Addie wait," Addison stopped in her place when she heard him say her name she turned around and looked at him, "Come have pizza with us, Lucas misses you and we would love the company."

"What about Violet?"

"She's at a meeting, come on please; you wouldn't want to disappoint Lucas would you?"

"Alright, alright fine; the usual place that we used to go to?"

"Yeah, that's the place."

"What time?"

"How about in a half an hour?"

"Sounds good see you there."

Addison walked into the pizzeria a little late and found Pete and Lucas sitting at a table waiting for her.

"Hey guys."

"Hey, I ordered you water for now because I wasn't sure if you wanted a soda or a drink; so you can order whatever you want when the waitress comes back."

"Thank you."

"So what do you think you want to eat?"

"What are you guys having?"

"Pizza, breadsticks and some kind of appetizer."

"That sounds good to me, why don't we get one large pie, a half order of garlic breadsticks, a half order of plain breadsticks and what kind of appetizer do you want?"

"Why don't we do the pick three appetizers, mozzarella sticks, boneless bbq wings and plain chicken wings for Lucas?"

"Sounds good, I'm starving."

Addison reached for a crayon and began coloring with Lucas as Pete gave their order to the waitress.

Two sodas, a juice, a pizza, breadsticks, three appetizers and two hours later, they found themselves leaving. Addison gave Lucas a hug good bye, thanked Pete for inviting her out with them, then went to her car. She watched in her rear view mirror as Pete got Lucas settled into his seat and then drove off. It killed her to know that her child would probably never have that.

It was eight o'clock when they had gotten out of dinner, fifteen minutes later Pete found himself turning down his street and then into the driveway. He was worried about getting the third degree about staying out late from Violet but her car wasn't in the driveway when he pulled in. Someone was out having some fun of her own, he thought to himself.

Pete unloaded the bags from the car and then picked Lucas up out of his car seat. He put the bags on the island in the kitchen then carried Lucas up to the bathroom for his bath. A half an hour and a lot of laughs later, Pete was soaking wet as he put a clean, dry and very tired Lucas to bed. Pete jumped into the shower once he knew Lucas was asleep, and then went downstairs to unload the bags from the baby store. He set the coffee pot for the morning, went upstairs checked on Lucas and then went to bed himself.

Addison found herself in pajama bottoms and a bra standing in front of the full length mirror in her room, looking at the small baby bump she was getting. She put her hand over it and smiled at the thought of having her own baby in five months. She grabbed the bottle of lotion she had bought early in the day and rubbed some over the bump and her sides; she wasn't showing any signs of stretch marks yet but she didn't want to chance it. Addison put the bottle on her nightstand then grabbed the tank top off the bed that she had picked out for bed. She crawled into bed and fell asleep with a smile on her face as she thought about her day with Pete and Lucas.

A/N: here's the second chapter. I'm really enjoying writing this story so I really hope a few of you out there are enjoying reading it. Let me know, leave me a review =]