"You like the beach, huh?" Amelia cooed to her son as she held his hands and the waves hit his feet causing him to shriek with laughter.
"You two alright?" Addison asked as she stepped onto her deck.
"Yep." Amelia smiled looking at back at the woman.
"I've got to drop Henry off at school and get to the practice. I'll see you tonight?"
"See you tonight." The neurosurgeon waved her sons hand for him as she walked away. Once the baby seemed to get annoyed with the waves his mother picked him up and sat down by the beach bag she brought out to apply more sunscreen onto him.
"Let's take a picture for your dad." She said as she snapped a picture of the baby with sunscreen on his cheeks and nose accompanied with his shark bucket hat. Once she was done sending the picture to her boyfriend she looked up to see her son about to eat a fistful of sand, which she quickly stopped.
"Babies don't eat sand!" She dramatically exclaimed causing the baby to erupt into a fit of giggles. "Your gonna give your mommy a heart attack, do you know that?"
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"Did Amelia get in alright?" Charlotte asked Addison as she stepped into the kitchen.
"Amelia's here?" Violet asked as she stirred her tea.
"Yeah, she got in last night."
"Did she bring the baby?" Violet added.
"Yeah she did, and God he is the cutest." Addison gushed, Amelia had to basically pry him out of her hands once they got there.
"I can't wait to see him. Amelia's only sent me a couple of pictures." Charlotte complained.
"What's she doing here?" Violet asked curiously. "Did her boyfriend accompany her,"
"No he's still in Seattle and she just came to visit, it's been awhile." Addison said.
"Wait, do you think she's running?" Charlotte asked seeing where Violet was going with her question.
"No, no I don't think so." Addison was taken aback, Amelia wasn't running. The brain tumor explained that, didn't it?
"Well people unconsciously perpetuate patterns. She's a runner. She ran from her family, James and then she ran from that army guy."
"She's not running, there could be a number of reasons she didn't bring him with her." Addison defended, Violet just shrugged taking her tea with her as she left the kitchen.
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"Where's Amelia and the baby?" Naomi asked as she stepped onto her best friends deck.
"She's putting him to sleep." Charlotte told her as she lounged back in one of the chairs.
"I missed baby time?" Naomi sighed as she sat down next to Addison.
"He doesn't sleep that great, so I'm sure he'll be up in an hour." Amelia said as she closed the sliding glass door with the baby monitor in hand. She sat down next to Charlotte, happy to be reunited with her best friend. "Where's Violet?"
"Watching 'American Bake Off' with Coop." Charlotte rolled her eyes to this, no matter how long they were together it was something she just wasn't going to understand. "She'll come once it's over."
"Not much changed around here huh?" Amelia asked.
"Except our kids growing up too fast." Naomi remarked.
