Dell stepped back in shock, as he saw her, his eyes not meeting hers as he spoke softly.

"What do you want Naomi?" he said softly, his voice faultering.

"I came to check up on you...and your new place, we haven't spoke in..." Naomi started.

"Look I told you, I'm not coming back, I refuse" he snapped before turning to walk in, leaving the door opened for her.

"I'm...not asking you to come back" she spoke softly, and for the first tme Dell turned to look at her.

Her hair was perfectly placed as well as her outfit, she must have came straight from the practice. "What do you want then!" he yelled at her. She then stepped towards him, pulling out a small card from her purse.

"I wanted to give you an invitation...Addison made them...I..I told her not to overdue it...but.." she then stopped as she saw his expression.

"You just love rubbing this marriage in my face don't you" Dell snapped once more. "Please...just leave!" he cried attempting to yell at her.

Naomi gasped turning away. "This isn't easy for me you must know that.."she cried. Dell then sighed deeply, his body calming as she spoke.

"Don't cry Naomi....I'll come...if it's what you want" he frowned walking towards her. Naomi turned towards him quickly wiping up the tears that were forming. "Naomi.." he said softly gently caressing her cheek, admiring her features.

"Yes..." she gasped holding her breath gently. "Could you just.."

Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door, Dell quickly came to his sense parting from Naomi at once. He then quickly went to the door opening it slowly. "Dell? Dell is that really you?" a voice asked. Dell gasped loudly seeing the woman in front of him, a face he thought he'd never see again.

"Heather?" "Oh Dell!" she smiled hugging him. "It's been to long....way to long" she sighed before looking in.

"Oh you have company...I'm sorry...I should go" Heather spoke quickly.

"No...no this is...Naomi...I mean.. my boss...whose name is Naomi" Dell said quickly. "Naomi Bennett" Naomi smiled walking up to the doorway. "This is Heather...my...ex" Dell looked down.

He had spoken to Naomi before about his disasterous relationship with her. The drugs, the drinking, the days when he had nothing to look forward to in life.

"Oh..."Naomi managed before quickly smiling. "It's great to meet any friend of Dell's...I'm going to go" Naomi said quickly. "Dell" she nodded before leaving. Dell watched her as she made her way to her car, a soft frown upon her face.

"Looks like your doing good for yourself" Heather smiled.

He then put his focus all of his focus on her, the years had been good to her despite their past tramas. "I could say the same for you" he nodded going over and starting to unpack another box. "What are you doing here?' he asked suddenly.

"I need your help..." she said softly. "You need money" he replied simply. "No...I need a place...for our daughter.." she said slowly. "Our daughter.." Dell gasped dropping the box the ground in shock.

Addison stared at her cell phone continously, hoping that it would ring. Her thoughts had ranged from Kevin to Pete even to her brother Archer of whom she hadn't spoke to in ages. She sighed as she sat back in her couch, downing the last bit of wine from the bottle.

The first day of the practice had been a success, with many of their patients coming back to them, she should have been grateful to see so many familiar faces. Yet her anger with Kevin had yet to subside, her mind going back to their last phone call.

"I can't believe you would do this!" she shouted. "It's my job Addison, I had no choice!" Kevin yelled. "You always have a choice!" "The world has laws Addison, they can't be bended, no matter how personal the case may be" he sighed.

"The way you handled it was beyond unacceptable, you had already assumed Naomi guilty before a thorough investigation!"

"You know nothing of the stress of this case, nor what I risked taking it on...I did it for you...for us, I tried to save Naomi from the repercussions" Kevin spoke thoughtfully.

"Nothing I do is enough for "Addison Forbes Montgomery" and it never will be!"

Addison shook her head gently as she cleared away the thoughts. Kevin had been right on some counts, but she couldn't admit it to herself yet. The afternoon sun was shining brightly as she looked outside, she had planned to dine out with Naomi, but as usual she was stuck within her own complications, she felt incredibly lonely.

She smiled as she looked out the window seeing Sam on his treadmill, no doubt singing along to his oldies. Sam seemed the least affected by everything, he kept his usual calmness and confidence, which kept everyone's spirits up for the time being. Addison sighed pulling on her workout clothes, jogging would at least keep her mind off a couple of things, one of the most surprising of things, her interesting thoughts pertaining to Pete.

"Get yourself together Addison" she laughed gently to herself before shutting the door behind her. After a few seconds she found a comfortable pace, smiling as the soft wind calmed her. "See...I'm fine..." she said aloud, as the park came in view. "I don't need Kevin....or Pete...or Derek..." she continued as she ran faster.

"Or Archer...hmm but that handbag in the window of Saks is a must" she thought smiling. "That handbag looks just like my first date with...Kevin..." she sighed. "That arrogant self absorbed..." she gasped as she suddenly fell to the ground, not noticing the figure in front of her.

She groaned loudly as she rolled over, scraping her elbow in the process. "Oh my god! Are you alright!" a voice said.

"Sorry...I wasn't looking where I was going.." the voice continued quickly.

"A little help please" Addison managed as she looked up at the figure, it was a man, she quickly assumed that he was around her age, another appealing aspect was that he was incredible attractive. "Of course..." he said quickly pulling her up with ease.

"You should really watch where your going..." she groaned.

"Sorry...I was lost in thought you could say" he said frowned. "You scraped your elbow...I should take a look at it. he insisted. "No...it's fine I'm..." she started. "I'm a doctor I insist" he smiled. "My name's Noah by the way" he smiled widely.

"Addison.." she smiled a soft blush coming to her cheeks.

"Chinese or Mexican" Cooper asked. "Definitely Chinese" Violet answered smiling.

"Or we could go for pizza" he suggested. "I could go for pizza" Violet nodded.

"Chicken..." "Cooper will please make up your mind" she laughed. "I think we've went through all the food there is" Cooper laughed softly lost in thoughts.

"Are things alright with Charlotte?" she asked him curiously. "You seriously want to hear about my relationship with Charlotte King right now?" Cooper looked at her.

"Fine your right I don't" she laughed. Cooper smiled "Things are...interesting" Violet sighed nodding before sitting up.

"You pick wonderful woman I might add Coop" she laughed to herself. Cooper then felt a soft pang in his heart for Violet, the woman he once loved, or so he thought.

"Well none compares to my bestest friend in the world" he smiled.

"Good save" she laughed before her phone ranged.

"Hello, this is Violet.."

"Violet...it's Pete..I need you" Pete said softly.

"What happened?"

"Just come please...I'm at home" he continued. "Well Cooper's with me right now, can I bring him along?"

She then heard him give a soft sigh. "Nevermind...I'm perfectly fine Violet" he said quickly hanging up the phone. "Who was that?" Cooper asked. "Pete..." Violet said thinking as she sat down beside Cooper once more.

Sorry it took so long to update :-(, wasn't certain where I wanted to go with the story, but I think I've found a better direction :-), thanks for all the reviews. I'm going to try really hard to get another update in within the next week. I've missed writing so I'm happy to be back. Thanks guys, Tresa UTNT