A/N: I know its been a while, but bear with me. I have soooo much crap to do its not even the SLIGHTEST bit amusing. So, I read all the reviews I've gotten and I've kind of got my idea back on where I would like this story to go, and I hope I didn't lose too many readers because of my insane schedule. I've been up in California doing some INSANE Broadway practice and workshops. So…..without further ado….CHAPTER!

Dell smiled as he watched Addison embrace Dawn, who, it was obvious to him now, was her younger sister. They had the same hair, aristocratic bone structure, and ski-slope nose. He watched Dawn loop her arm through Addison's and lead her out the door, presumably to eat some vegetarian nonsense.

"Hey Dell," Pete pulled Dell rather reluctantly out of his reverie. "Have you seen Addison?" Dell pointed to the door.

"She just left." He frowned at Pete's frazzled look. "Why?"

Pete sat down at a spare chair in the waiting room. A patient was standing at Dell's normal post at the desk, but he ignored her. "I want to plan something for her, but I don't know what to do."

Dell, still resolutely ignoring the woman impatiently tapping her out of season shoes on the floor, took a seat next to Pete. "What do you mean, plan something? Like what?"

Pete told Dell everything that had happened the past few days, including the confrontation at the airport, the night he spent at Addison's, and how she seemed to be all better the next morning. Dell listened intently the whole time, tapping his foot to the song Dawn was singing that morning. He almost smiled as he thought of her. Her soft, light pink lips. Her muscular, tanned body. Her love of the ocean. He blinked a few times when he realized Pete was looking at him, waiting for a response.

"I have an idea," Dell said, walking towards the desk. The lady tapped her fingers on the wood, and he flinched a little. "Will you chill out for a second? I'm busy!" The lady looked appalled, then walked down the hall, presumably to complain to Sam about how disrespectful Dell was. But Dell didn't even mind. He knew it was about time he stopped trying to please everyone and start doing things to please himself. He started by calling a number he had just programmed into his phone yesterday night.

"Insane asylum, Dawn speaking," she chirped. She was chewing on something, and Dell assumed she was with Addison.

"Hey Dawn, its Dell. I need a favor, and I need you not to tell Addison. Ok?" Dell said quickly. He relayed to Dawn the idea he had come up with, and why Pete needed to call in a favor so badly.

"Alright, I won't say anything. I know just what to do. Me and Addison will be back at the office in about an hour, and then we can go do something during your break, ok?" Dell smiled.

"Ok. Sounds great. Have fun." He set the phone back on its cradle. He sighed. Helping himself and helping others at the same time felt wonderful. Not only did her have plans with a beautiful girl later, he was helping a friend. He sat down at his desk and started pulling files for everyone, still humming.

"Who do you think you are?" someone asked, rather rudely.

Dell looked up to see Sam, who looked positively furious. "Excuse me?" he asked, not unkindly.

"You come in late to work, and then you ignore a patient and expect everything to be just ok?" Sam fumed. "I've had it with your disrespectful attitude. You're fired!" He turned on his heel and left, leaving Dell shell-shocked in a pile of filing.

"So how is LA?" Dawn asked, crunching on broccoli. "Is it better than Seattle?"

Addison nodded into her cup of coffee. Her little sister had finally made her dream come true, and had kept their promise and came to visit. She was doing positively great. "How had New York been without me?" she asked.

"Crappy."

"Ahh, well, there's no beach there, so I can imagine what you thought of it." Addison grinned at her sister's beautiful face.

"And mom called me today."

Addison stiffened. "Why?"

" I didn't tell her where I was going when I left, and now she wants me to come home," Dawn shrugged and stabbed a piece of carrot rather violently.

"And Zane?" Addison asked of Dawn's old boyfriend.

"Lame. And hopefully in jail by now."

"Why?" Addison raised her eyebrows. "Did you ever go to the police about--?"

"No!" Dawn immediately interrupted her. "I just left him in New York like I left mom and dad."

Addison smiled proudly at her sister. Her sister had become stronger that she thought. "So where are you staying?" she asked.

"With Dell," Dawn said simply, as though it was no big deal.

"How do you know Dell?" Addison asked, raising her perfectly arched eyebrows.

"I met him yesterday. While I was waiting for you to come into work, which you never did," Dawn poked her sister amiably with her fork. "Why, is it a problem?"

"No. Nope," Addison said. "He's pretty hot."

"And he's a good kisser," Dawn said dreamily.

Addison gaped, then tossed a piece of carrot at her sister. "You little slut!" she exclaimed.

"Hey, I didn't sleep with him, I just kissed him. Jeez," Dawn laughed and pulled the piece of carrot out of her shirt and pelted it back at her sister. The two cracked up and laughed until tears came out of their eyes and their abs hurt like they had just done a thousand crunches. That was one thing they missed about their relationship. They could laugh about anything for the longest time.

It should be in the Guiness Book of World Records.

"We should be getting back," Dawn said, checking Dell's watch that hung around her wrist. "I have a cute boy to meet."

A/N: this was short chapter, but I wanted there to be a little suspense before the surprise. So review and maybe ill update later today!

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