Pete woke up early the next morning, Addison still curled up close to him. Her bump was pressing into his side. He shifted away carefully, just enough to place his hand gently against her belly. “Hmm.” She mumbled and snuggled up to his side again. He smiled at her, his hand stroking her bump. The baby began to kick gently and she moved a hand to her bump while still sleeping peacefully. He covered her hand with his own, feeling their little baby moving inside. Addison moved closer again as she slowly opened her eyes.

Pete smiled at her. "Good morning." He whispered.

“Hmm, morning.” She yawned and stretched a little. Pete's hand was still on her bump, their baby still kicking. “I have my scan later.”

"Yeah, I know."

“I’ll have to get Nae to pick Scarlet up.”

"Yeah." He nodded. She nodded as well. "We should get ready." Pete said, looking at his alarm clock.

“Yeah, Scarlet will be awake soon, I’m going to take a shower.”

"Okay." Addison slipped out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. Pete watched her closing the door behind her before getting out of the bed himself. A few minutes alter Scarlet bounded into the room. "Hey little one." Pete said smiling at her.

“Morning!” She smiled brightly and jumped onto the bed.

"How did you sleep?"

“Okay.” She grinned at him.

"Do you want breakfast?" She nodded her head making her messy curls bounce. Pete smiled, holding his arms out to her. "Come on then." Scarlet smiled and let him pick her up. Pete walked downstairs with her, placing her on a chair in the kitchen. "Pancakes?"

“Yes!” She grinned and watched him. Pete smirked at her as he started preparing her breakfast. “If you’re having a baby with mommy does that mean you’re going to be my daddy?”

Pete turned towards her, unsure of what to say. "I, erm... I don't know." He paused. "I mean it's not like I don't want to, because I do. It's just that... it's not that easy."

“Why not?” She swung her legs under the chair and back again, looking at him.

"It's not just my decision, you know. Your Mom... I- I... just can't promise you anything yet, okay?"

“But I want you to be my daddy.”

Pete smiled. "Yeah, I want to be your daddy, too." He whispered.

“Then why can’t you be my daddy? I don’t have a daddy now.”

"Yeah I know." Pete said, placing a plate full of pancakes in front of her.

“Can I call you daddy then?” She picked up her fork.

Pete leaned down and kissed the top of her head. He didn't want to get her hopes up, ending up disappointed in the end. "Maybe you... maybe we should talk with your Mom about that." Scarlet nodded and began to eat her pancakes. Pete smiled and poured himself a cup of coffee as he sat down next to her.

“What’s that?” She wrinkled up her nose at the smell of the coffee.

"Coffee." She just wrinkled up her nose more. Pete smiled at her.

Addison entered the kitchen a few minutes later, freshly showered and dressed. “Morning sweetie.” She kissed Scarlet on the top of her head.

"Do you want breakfast?" Pete asked.

“Yeah, me and the baby are hungry.” She rubbed her bump as she sat down.

"What do you want?"

“Hmm, I am craving a nice fried breakfast.” Pete just smiled and started working on Addison's breakfast. “Did you sleep well sweetie?” Addison looked at her daughter.

Scarlet nodded, her curls bouncing up and down. "Are we sleeping here more often now?"

“No sweetie, we’re staying at Naomi’s until we find somewhere to live.”

Scarlet pouted. "But I want to stay here Mommy."

“It’s not as simple as that.”

"But why?!"

“Because we can’t sweetie.”

"But why? Pete wants us to stay, so why don't we just stay with him?"

Addison glanced up at Pete before turning back to her daughter. “We just can’t okay.” Scarlet pouted and tears filled her eyes as she kept on eating her pancakes. “You can still see Pete.”

"But I want Pete to be my daddy." She whispered, looking down at her pancakes.

Addison sighed and looked at her daughter, she knew she would regret it. “Just because we won’t live with him doesn’t mean to say he can’t be your daddy.”

Scarlet looked up at her mother and smiled. "So Pete can be my daddy?"

“If you want him to, but it doesn’t mean we’ll live with him.” Scarlet looked disappointed, but nodded. Addison smiled and kissed Scarlet’s forehead, before glancing up to see Pete’s expression. Pete had a small smile on his lips, but he couldn't hide the hint of disappointment in his eyes as he handed Addison her breakfast. “Thanks.” She smiled at him. Pete nodded and sat down next to her. Addison began to eat her breakfast, smiling at the taste.

"Is it good?"

“It’s brilliant thank you, I can’t remember I ate a breakfast as nice as this.”

"Good." He smiled at her.

“You’re a good cook.”

"Thank you." Addison just smiled at him. "I'll get ready in the meanwhile." He said, standing up.

“Okay.” Addison smiled and carried on eating.

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A few hours later Pete and Addison sat next to each other in the waiting room of Addison's doctor. “Do you want it to be a boy or a girl?” Addison looked up at him.

"A boy." He smiled. "But I'd be happy about a girl, too."

Addison smiled. “How many kids do you want?”

"I don't know." He said, looking away from her.

“Before I fell pregnant did you ever want kids?”

"Yeah. I always wanted kids." She nodded and rubbed her bump.

"Dr. Montgomery?" The receptionist asked. "The doctor is waiting for you inside." Addison smiled and stood up, walking into the exam room. Pete followed close behind her. She smiled at the doctor as they entered.

"So today we can probably find out the sex of your baby." The doctor smiled. "Did you decide if you want to know it or not?"

“We do want to know.” Addison grinned.

"Okay." The doctor nodded as he carefully put some gel onto her stomach. Addison took hold of Pete’s hand as the doctor moved the wand over her bump.

"So..." The doctor murmured as he let the wand wander over Addison's belly, searching for a good picture. They just looked at him silently. "The baby is healthy as can be." He said contently. "And if you look here..." He pointed towards the display and looked at Addison.

“It’s a boy.” She whispered.

"Exactly." The doctor said, smiling. "You're having a boy."

“We’re having a son.” Addison smiled at Pete with tears in her eyes.

"Yeah." Pete whispered, still staring at the display in disbelief. She squeezed his hand and looked back at the screen.

"Everything else is perfectly fine, too. So I guess I'll see you in about a month again."

“Okay.” Pete smiled at the doctor and got up from his seat next to Addison. They smiled at each other as they left the room.

"Scarlet will be happy about the news, huh?"

“She will be.” Addison grinned. “She wants a brother.”

"Yeah." Pete smiled. "Shall I bring you home or do you have to go back to the practice again?"

“Nae’s got Scarlet at the practice.”

"Okay." Pete said as they reached his car.

“Do you have to go back to the practice?”

"No actually not."

“Okay, I think I’m going to start looking for a place soon.” Pete just nodded. “I’d like one near the beach.” Addison mused.

"Yeah that's nice for kids."

Addison nodded. “That and she’s closer to you, it would save me a lot of earache.” Pete gave small smile as he pulled out. “We’ll have to think of names soon.”

"Do you have something in mind?"

“I like the name Charlie.”

"I don't know. That was the name of my dog when I was little." He smiled.

“Oh…well we don’t have to call him Charlie, it was just a thought, we have four months left to decide.”

"Yeah."

“What names do you like?”

"I don't know. Maybe Jayden or Jamie or something."

“I like Jamie.” Pete just smiled at her. “We should ask Scarlet’s opinion as well.”

"Yeah, I'm sure that's going to be fun." Addison just grinned at him. "Hey I... I wanted to talk about last night." She tensed and looked away from him. "I... I just really don't know what you want anymore, Addison. You keep on telling me that I don't deserve a second chance and that you just can't take the risk and then... that." She just looked out the window and didn’t reply. Pete sighed.

“Do you want to maybe take Scarlet for the weekend?”

"Erm, yeah. Sure." He said surprised.

“I know she’ll like it and it means I can look at houses.”

"Okay."

“You don’t have to have her for the weekend if you don’t want to.”

"No, no. I want to, really. I'm looking forward to it."

“Okay.” She nodded.

"And why don't you answer the question I asked you before?"

“Are you going to have a nursery at yours? Because he won’t be able to stay there at night until I stop breastfeeding.”

"Addison, would you please stop avoiding my question?" She just looked at him and said nothing. Pete just looked back, waiting for her to say something.

“Last night shouldn’t have happened.” Her voice was quiet.

"So you're saying that it meant nothing? Because it wasn't just sex."

“It still shouldn’t have happened.” Pete looked away, concentrating on the street again. Addison gazed out of the window again and they soon pulled up to the practice. “I’ll get a lift back with Nae.”

"Okay. I'll drive home then." She nodded and got out of the car, walking inside without looking back. Pete looked after her for a while, lost in his thoughts, before he pulled out again.