A/N: Thank you so much for the positive response to this story! I have a crazy month coming up so this next installment is short, but I wanted to get something out before work ramps up. There will eventually be several chapters to this!

"Hi, I'm-"

"Harvey Specter." Addison reached her hand out to him, "I know exactly who you are."

Harvey glanced towards Donna, an uncomfortable silence falling over the trio.

"Dad said you were moving to Seattle last time I talked to him, but I didn't expect to run into you here of all places."

"You and me both."

Addison laughed, shifting her bag from one shoulder to the other. "I wasn't supposed to be here. I got called in on a case, so I came straight from the airport."

"How long will you be in town?"

"Depends on how the procedure goes. Probably just a few days, to see the patient through her surgery."

"Well, we'd love to have you over, if you have any extra time. In full disclosure, we don't have all our furniture in. We got a little behind with this one trying to MacGyver an entertainment center."

Donna indicated Harvey, who simply held up his bandaged hand.

"How long have you been waiting?"

Harvey checked his watch, "A little over two hours. Makes sense though, we saw a few pretty bad cases come through."

Donna snorted beside him. "Harvey hates hospitals. Poor thing almost passed out looking at one of those gurneys."

"I did not-"

"Please. You looked white as a ghost."

Addison laughed, looking down at his hand. "That doesn't look too bad. I'll take you back. I can have someone look at it and get you on your way."

"Really?"

"They owe me a favor. Come on."

Harvey looked at Donna, who shrugged and took him by the arm. They followed a few paces behind Addison, who walked through the security doors as if she owned the place.

"Your sister is…"

"Direct?"

"I was going to say intimidating, but yeah, that works too."

Donna patted his arm, laughing. "Well, I learned from the best."

Cortland, 1994

"He did what?!"

"I don't know, something happened with work and he has to take some job with Uncle Mark."

"So you just have to pack up and move?"

"I guess so."

"And what about me?"

Donna sighed, twisting the phone cord around her wrist. "I don't know, Addie. It must be pretty bad if he's willing to move away from you."

"And he's moving you in the middle of the school year? That's not fair."

Donna felt a lump rising in her throat as she looked around her room, and out the window to the vast backyard she'd known her whole life.

"No, it's not."

Addison was quiet on the other end of the phone, until the sound of keys jangling came through the line.

"Okay, I'm on my way."

"You don't have to come, it's okay-"

"We're going out for ice cream. I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

New York, 2006

"He asked you to move in with him?"

"Yes."

"And you said no?"

Donna sighed, taking a sip of her wine. "We broke up."

Addison took a breath, folding her napkin over in her lap. "Donna. How long are you going to let this go on?"

"Let what go on?"

"Let yourself get serious with these other guys, knowing that you're going to break up with them."

"What are you talking about?"

"You do this to yourself over and over again, and it's never going to stop until you realize that you're waiting for someone else."

"Addison, I've told you a million times, Harvey and I are just friends."

"You can tell yourself that all you want, but he's the reason none of your relationships last and that has to mean something."

"Well we can't all be you and Derek. Some of us aren't so perfect."

"Please, we are not-"

"I don't want to hear it. I get it. You have your life all figured out. You're a doctor at one of the country's best hospitals, and you're married to another brilliant surgeon, and some of us don't have it all together. I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Donna slid her chair back, moving to stand.

"I cheated."

She froze, eyes widening as she looked back at Addison across the table.

"You…you what?"

"I cheated on Derek. With his best friend."

"Addison…why?"

"Because he was there. Because Derek hasn't really looked at me in years. Because my marriage was falling apart and I felt like I was drowning. Derek caught us, and now we aren't even living in the same house anymore. So if you think my life is perfect, you're wrong."

Addison was close to tears- something Donna had rarely ever seen before. She sighed, shifting her chair closer to the table. She had a lot of questions, but this wasn't the time, so she settled for, "I'm sorry."

"Me too, Donna." Addison said, blinking away her tears, "Me too."

New York, 2018

"I didn't know if you'd come."

"I'm sorry, Mark. I can't do this."

She backed away and his disappointed face disappeared as the door slid slowly closed. She felt numb as her back hit the wall, her throat tightening. She shuffled towards the elevators, through the lobby, and down to the street, her heels felt unsteady on the sidewalk.

She grasped for her phone as the wind blew, sending a chill under her coat. A coat that she'd deliberately chosen to cover the lingerie she had underneath, an outfit that would force him to look at her. To see her.

Her hands shook as she scrolled through her contacts, landing on the one she needed.

"Addison? It's me. I know we haven't talked in a while but…I need my sister."