Author's note:
Well, part 1 was a one-shot but I couldn't resist extending this holiday universe. Enjoy!
bobbiejelly
I Saw Mommy Kissing Satan 2
Underneath the mistletoe last night...
Addison and Meredith make out for approximately ten minutes before they hear footsteps running down the stairs towards them.
"To be continued, Satan," Meredith whispers as she hops off the countertop, past Addison, to put the cookies back into the cupboard.
"Mommy!" Ellis bursts into the room with comically-good timing.
"Yes, Ellie!" says Meredith with mirrored enthusiasm.
"When do we go to bed? Because then we get to wake up and it'll be Christmas!" says Ellis.
"Soon, Ellie, but it's got to be dark out otherwise Santa won't be on his way anyway," says Meredith.
"But I want it to be Christmas NOOOOOOOOW," Ellis pouts.
"I know," says Meredith, reaching to pick Ellis up, which she's learned usually helps when Ellis has a tantrum.
"No! I'm mad at you, mommy!" Ellis stomps, and so Addison, instead, runs after her.
"Never did I ever think I'd hear the day when my kid begs me to go to bed early," Meredith laughs to herself as she finishes cleaning up the kitchen.
"Hey," says Addison to Ellis. "What's up, is there something else going on?" Addison asks the youngest child wisely.
"NO!" Ellis says first, then she realizes that Addison could be a good ally to confide in.
"Yes..." Ellis finally concedes.
"What is it?" Addison asks her, kneeling in front of her so she can match Ellis' height.
"I'm angry because I seen you kissing mommy, and Zola seems to be bothered by that, but I told her you're not a bad guy, and now she's crying, and Henry won't let me bring her a stuffed animal, and Bailey won't play with me," says Ellis all in one breath.
"Oh, that's a lot. I hear that that can be really tough, huh," says Addison, offering her hand if Ellis wants to squeeze it.
Ellis latches onto it with two tiny hands, and then she extends her arms and says "up," signaling that she wants Addison to carry her for a little while.
"Here," says Addison, picking up Meredith's youngest child and bringing her over to the couch to rock her.
"Zola says she likes you but that you're not dad, and she misses dad, and I feel left out because I never met dad," says Ellis.
"Your dad was a wonderful man," says Addison, not going into any more details as to how she knew Meredith's children's father, and luckily for Addison, Ellis is far too distraught to pic up on that.
"Yeah?" says Ellis.
"Yeah," says Addison. "Would you like me to tell you a story about your dad, so you can feel like you know him too?" Addison offers.
"Yes please," says Ellis sweetly, nuzzling into Addison's shoulder.
"Okay, well... A long long time ago, when your dad was in medical school learning to become a doctor..." says Addison, sharing about how Derek had his first brain surgery, and how he knew right away that he wanted to study neuro.
"Whoa, that's cool. I bet that's why Zola wants to become a brain surgeon like daddy," says Ellis.
"Mm," says Addison. "If she works hard she can be whomever she wants to be," offers Addison.
