17. Chapter 17 (1/2)

a/n: so it may get a little fluffier from now on. sorry :p

2 weeks later.

"what's all this?" addison asked with a tired smile as she walked out of her bedroom sleepily to find carson clumsily setting the table and sam stood in the kitchen cooking.

"happy birthday!" carson beamed.

"well thank you sweetheart" she said with a slight laugh.

"i've made us pancakes, plain and chocolate chip" sam smiled "there's fruit and toast on the table and fresh orange juice and coffee in the pot, when we're finished with

eakfast we've got presents for you to open and then callie will be here to pick you up, you're going for a spa day, and then tonight, me and you are going to a hotel for dinner, and we're going to stay the night"

"i'm having a sleepover with sofia" carson smiled.

"sam this is, this is all too much" addison said with a soft laugh "you didn't have to do all this for me"

"of course i did" he smiled, he put the pancakes onto a plate and moved over to her, kissing her gently "it's your birthday and i'm going to treat you like a princess all day"

"a princess huh?" she laughed.

"yeah" he grinned, kissing her again "now sit down and enjoy

eakfast"

"ok" addison smiled.

"mommy i made you a card" carson said, handing it to her as she sat down.

"oh honey this is beautiful" addison smiled, the front of the card covered in different types of material messily glued on in the shapes of flowers, on the inside carson had misspelled the message but perfectly written his name "your writing is getting so good now carson, cristina has done a great job teaching you"

"it's a shame his birthday falls a little too late for kindergarten, he'd do so well" sam sighed as he sat down, serving carson some pancakes.

"daycare are really encouraging him now, they've been getting him some workbooks to help with his reading and writing having they carson?"

"uh-huh" carson nodded "cuz i really love to learn mommy"

"i know you do baby and i will remind you of that in 10 years time when you should be studying but you're not" addison laughed.

"i'll always do my work mommy!"

"famous last words" sam smirked, carson giggled and took a bite of his pancakes.

"happy birthday baby" sam smiled, squeezing addison's hand gently.

"thank you" she smiled, kissing his cheek.

~x~

"i don't think i have felt this relaxed in years" addison

eathed out as she sank into a jacuzzi opposite callie "that massage was, incredible"

"yeah" callie

eathed out "i love work, i love sofia, but being here and being able to just, relax, well i didn't realize how much i missed it" she laughed "i owe sam big time for this"

"i can't believe he did all this for me" addison said with a small smile "the

eakfast and the spa and the hotel, and presents on top of that…"

"you are very lucky" callie smiled "he really loves you addie, all he does is try to make you happy"

"you've changed your tune" addison said with a laugh "you were the most reluctant for me to be with him again"

"because i saw how hurt you were before, but what i didn't see, was him and you together, amelia always insisted that he was a good guy and that he loved you and what he did was so out of character for him, and i didn't want to believe it, but seeing you together now, seeing the way he looks at you, i know you're meant to be together, and you really need to just tell him that you love him"

"i can't" addison sighed "i can't say it"

"you can honey" callie said softly "you love him, you never stopped, telling him that isn't going to change anything"

"i know"

"tonight you're going to an amazing hotel, just you and him, it'll be completely romantic and you can have as much sex as you want without worrying about any innocent ears hearing" callie laughed, addison rolled her eyes a little "so when the moment is there, tell him, and if it all ends in tears you can blame me ok? but i highly doubt it will"

"ok" addison sighed "i, i'm happy cal"

"i know sweetie" callie smiled "i know"

~x~

"thank you" addison said quietly as she lay facing sam in their hotel room bed that night, a sheet draped across naked bodies that were almost touching, sam's hand on the small of addison's back.

"what for?" he asked.