"Ella, are you dressed yet? I still need to do your hair and we need to leave soon," Addison called up the stairs to her six-year-old daughter. "If you don't hurry up, you won't get to see daddy or your little sister."

Addison went to Seattle to get a divorce from Derek after finding out she was pregnant with Mark's baby and moved to Los Angeles when her daughter was six-months-old. Mark and Addison had worked out that Addison would bring Ella to Seattle every few months and Mark would come to LA whenever he could. They were going to be spending Father's Day weekend in Seattle.

"I'm dressed Mommy. Can you braid my hair?" she asked, looking at Addison. She had Mark's eyes, but everything else about her was pure Addison.

"One or two?" she asked as she began to comb out her daughter's curly hair.

"Two. Can I play with Sofia this time? She was too little to play last time I was there."

"I heard she's bigger now, so it's a possibility. We'll have to ask Callie and Arizona and Daddy first, though."

It had been a while since they had been up to Seattle. Addison flew up to deliver Sofia while Ella stayed with Amelia in Los Angeles. They returned about a week before Sofia and Callie were released from the hospital, and again around the holidays, and Mark had made a few trips to Los Angeles since then.

Twenty minutes later, Addison had loaded their luggage into the trunk of her small car and helped Ella get strapped into her booster seat. As she drove through the city to the airport, Addison and Ella talked about what she was going to ask Mark to do this weekend. By the time they arrived at the parking structure, Ella was excited about the prospect of ferryboat rides and visiting the Space Needle.

By some miracle, there were hardly any lines at the airline counter to check their bags or for security. As they were waiting by the gate for their flight to board, Ella looked up from her coloring book. "Is Sloan going to be there this year? Daddy is her daddy, too, but she's never there for Father's Day."

Ella had briefly met Sloan a few years ago when Mark brought her to LA for Addison to operate on her son, and hadn't really had any contact with Mark or Ella since after he was born, Ella knew she had an older sister and constantly asked about her during her time with Mark. "I don't think so, sweetie. Sloan's mom didn't tell Daddy about her until right before she was in the hospital here. Sloan doesn't talk to Daddy as much as you do. I think it's almost time to get on the plane. Do you have to go potty before?" Addison asked, changing the subject.

After a trip to the restroom, it was time to board the plane. Even though it frequently resulted in dirty looks from their fellow passengers, Addison didn't let the fact that she had a six-year-old stop her from travelling first class. Ella was well behaved and enjoyed flying. Addison purposely let Ella stay up late the night before they flew anywhere in hopes that she would sleep for at least part of the flight.

"How long until we get there, Mom?" she asked as soon as the plane was in the air.

"About three hours, the same as always. Why don't you curl up and try to take a nap? It will help the time go faster. When you wake up, we can color and have a snack," suggested Addison as she wrapped her arm around her and pulled her closer to rest against her.

Two and a half hours later, Addison put down the book she had been reading when she felt Ella begin to stir from her sleep. "Hey sleepy head. How was your nap?"

"It was good. Are we there yet?"

"Look out the window and you tell me."

"I see the Space Needle. We're here!" she exclaimed as she plastered her face against the window to take in the city that was her second home.

Soon after getting off the plane and gathering their luggage from baggage claim, Addison was steering her rental car through the streets of Seattle to the hospital. She had texted Mark when they landed and he said he was still at the hospital and they should come there.

"Why are we at the hospital? You said we were going to Daddy's house," stated Ella from the backseat as Addison turned into the hospital parking lot instead of the apartment complex where Mark lived.

"Daddy's still at work, so we're going to surprise him. Also, Sofia is here with Callie and Arizona. Don't you want to see her? Let's go find them," Addison tried to make the hospital sound as exciting as possible for the moody six-year-old.