AS SOON AS LEXIE LEFT MARK sighs, maeve heard his steps inching to the bedroom dooor. she immediately ran back into her fathers bed, pulling the covers over her figure, and closed her eyes. mark entered, he knew his daughter all too well

he walked over to the empty side of the bed, taking his shoes off before he got in. he threw one last glanced at her before speaking "i know you're awake" he continues to speak seeing as he didn't receive an answer from her "maeve i want you to know that you are more than enough for me. and that you're not selfish. as your father, i should have known that sloan coming into the picture was going to be tough on you. i got all caught up in my guilt and i pushed you away. i never meant for any of that. sloan maybe my oldest daughter, but you'll always be my first" he heard a small sniffle coming from her

he turned his body so he could face her turned away figure. he placed his left hand around her shoulder, giving it a small squeeze "mae...you're the one person who i can never stop loving. you're my entire world. and you know, i can't stand to see you be mad at me" he received a small chuckle from her. maeve sighs softly before turning her body to face his "c' mere" he beckons as she smiled softly and wrapped her hands around his neck

he sighs in relief when he wrapped his hands around the one person he truly can't live without "how does l.a. sound?" he questioned with a small grin as he pulled away

"absolutely not" she chuckles softly before her smile faded when she remembered that lexie and mark broke it off "i'm sorry about lexie"

she noticed mark become tense. he played it off with a shrug "on the bright side you don't have to sleep on the couch anymore" he said as he laid back in bed

she hit his chest playfully "you're an ass for making me sleep on the couch"

"i'm your dad, don't call me an ass" he said sternly but then glanced at her "sorry about that" maeve glanced up at him and the two began to giggle

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PRIVATE PRACTICE
SEASON 3 EPISODE 11

"I'M VERY GOOD AT ACCEPTING apologies, mark" addison stated as slowly moved the transducer along sloan's belly. faced focused on the ultrasound monitor

"i apologized over the phone" mark argued

"'fine. i'll bring her to l.a.' is not an apology" she said throwing a quick glance to mark before focusing on the monitor again

sloan kept her glance on the monitor "wh—what is that?" she questioned to addison

"that's just a shadow. that's the baby" addison responded as she pointed to the baby's figure on the monitor

"where's the a.t.m?" sloan questioned

maeve, who mark didn't leave behind in seattle was standing in front her father. she chuckled at the girl as she used the wrong term. mark quickly and softly squeezed her shoulder, she covered her chuckle with a fake cough "it's a.v.m" maeve corrected. mark glancing down at her with raised eyes brows, completely impressed with his twelve year old "a.t.m. is where you get money from" sloan glanced at her, rolling her eyes at the process

"you're not gonna see the a.v.m. here. that's just a cluster of blood vessels" addison informed sloan who immediately responded

"that aren't supposed to be there, and if you pop them, i'm gonna die?"

"w—no. um, sloan, it's just a tangled cluster of blood vessels under the baby. i'm not gonna go anywhere near them, so i won't be popping them" addison raise as she lifted the transducer off of her belly and wiped the gel off of the transducer with a napkin "i'm gonna go in, uh, laparoscopically and very carefully cut one of the amniotic bands from around the baby's legs" addison explained

"and then he'll be okay? he'll be able to walk?" sloan questioned

addison glanced down at the worried mother "then he'll be perfect" addison assured

"well, that's what you said last time" sloan told her before mark cut in

"that was my fault, sloan. i shoulda let her finished the surgery the first time" mark confessed as he kept his focus on addison. maeve smirked, mark sloan was never one to admit nor apologize

"now that is an apology" addison grinned

sloan glanced back up at the monitor "what is that? what is that thing right there? is that something growing out of his head?" sloan questioned worriedly

maeve mentally rolled her eyes "definitely not his head" maeve intervenes as she holds back a giggle "it's his p—

she was cut off by mark placing his hand over her mouth "how do you know how to read an ultrasound?" he questioned confusedly as addison held back a grin at the two

"that is a penis" addison told the worried mother "sloan, you're gonna make yourself crazy trying to read the ultrasound" she said before glancing at the blood pressure monitor "has her blood pressure always been this high?" addison questions to mark who was also glancing at the monitor

"yeah, it's been going up" he said as one of his hands let go of maeve's shoulder and placed it on sloan's shoulder, softly rubbing it "she's scared. so am i" he confessed

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after the ultrasound, addison lead the three into another room. she stepped out for a few seconds before coming back with another doctor "mark sloan, pete wilder. pete wilder, mark sloan" addison introduced. the two men shook hands before addison spoke up "this is maeve sloan, mark's youngest daughter" she said as she pointed to maeve, pete sending her a soft smile in which she returned. "and this is sloan, mark's oldest daughter" she motioned to sloan

"sloan sloan?" pete questioned at sloan

"sloan riley" she immediately corrected

"she got her mom's last name" mark smiled as he wrapped his hand around maeve's shoulder

"oh, okay. well, sloan, dr. montgomery asked me to help you try to calm down a little. she said you're nervous about your surgery" pete explain to sloan before mark intervenes

"what is he, a pharmacist?"

"no, alternative medicine" addison corrects

"dude, you are not putting those needles in me" sloan argues as she noticed what he was carrying. making maeve roll her eyes at her refusal

"most people barely feel it" pete responded

"dude, you heard her. you're not putting those needles in her" mark argued sternly

"dude" addison mimicked as she glanced at mark who was a bit taken back "pete is doing me a favor"

"with respect, i didn't bring my daughter down here for witch doctoring" mark told addison

"with respect, really?" both pete and maeve said in usion making mark furrow his brows at his youngest daughter

"mark" addison tried to intervene but was cut off by pete

"what kind of medics do you practice?" he asked

"plastics" mark responded proudly, causing pete to laugh "what are you laughing at?" mark asked a bit offended

"ah, nothing. saving the world one boob job at a time" pete responded with a grin

maeve being unable to hold back her giggle "good one—mark immediately covered her mouth

"hey, listen, pal—

"okay, okay. look, enough. pete, you're gonna do your thing. mark, you're gonna let pete do his thing" addison directed at the two

"no, i'm not gonna let pete—

addison cut mark off "oh, yes, you are. i'm in charge here. and if you want me to do this surgery again, then you're gonna follow me out of this room right now. right now, mark. right now. let's go" addison sternly said, both mark and maeve were taken back

mark began to walk but he noticed maeve not following him, he turned around "you heard her" he told maeve

"she told you, and i wanna stay and talk with pete, he's funny" maeve said as pete smirked

"get over here!" mark sternly said

"no d—

"mark!" addison calls out, making mark sigh before he walked over and gripped her arm, tugging her out of the room

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the three walking towards addison's office. she pushed open her door as she yelled at mark "what is the matter with you?"

"me? what's the matter with you? you're as wound up as i've ever seen you" mark argued

"i am not the one starting schoolyard fights with other doctors" addison fired back

"you're wound up, addie. just admit it" mark says as he lets go of maeve's hand. she walks over to the single couch and takes a seat, grabbing the pillow beside her and covering her face, trying to drown out the arguing

"bizzy's a lesbian" addison blurts out

mark was taken back "what?"

"my mother— she's a lesbian, which means the captain w a cheater. it was all sham— my whole childhood. everything i believed about my dad, my mom, love, marriage— it's all turned on it's head. so, yeah, i'm a little... wound up" addison rambles as she leans on her desk

"wow" mark breaths out

"your turn" addison says

"lexie dumped me" mark blurts out as he takes a seat on the three seated couch

"oh" addison sighs sadly

"i asked her to raise sloan's baby with me. or, you know, raise it with me, maeve, and sloan" mark confessed

"she's a little young for that, don't you think?" addison questioned

"do not take her side" mark immediately argues as he points to her

"i'm sorry" addison mumbles as she raises her hands in surrender

"i mean she was perfectly fine with maeve—

"that's because when she met you she already knew about me...duh" maeve mumbled from the pillow covering her face. addison nodding in agreement "can i get money for the vending machine?" maeve asked mark as she took the pillow off her face. mark rolls his eyes before digging his wallet from his pocket, tossing it to her as he watched her leave cheerfully

he sighs before glancing up to addison "it sucks. your thing sucks, too" he was about to lean back on the couch but he remembered what he told her "bizzy's a lesbian?" he asked in disbelief

"thank you" addison half shouted as mark leaned back on the couch blowing out a breath. she sighs before leaning up from the desk and walks to take a seat next to him on the couch "when did we get so—

"old?" mark cut her off

addison was taken back "i was gonna say sad" she admitted as he glanced at her "when did we get so sad?" the two sigh "don't you wish we did heroin?"

"addison forbes montgomery—

she cut him off "no, no, i mean, don't you wish we did drugs, drank too much, shot something into our veins?" she questioned as she took her right hand and slapped her  left arm "i mean, nothing, you know, that would make you ruin your life or kill you or make you have to go to meetings and say 'hi, i'm addison. and i'm an alcoholic" mark softly chuckled "but just..." she sighs before lettin out a chuckle "you know, nai— she eats. she puts food on top of it, and that numbs the pain, the malaise, the—the— the sad. i mean, she puts food on top of it, and she feels good. but i... i don't... i have green juice" she said, as she continues mark gets up from the couch, poking through the blinds, as he see's maeve sitting outside by the vending machine he continues to close the blinds as addison continues to ramble "i mean, that's all i really like. and green juice, i can't really put that on top of it. i want to put something on top of it, but i don't have anything. mark, what are you doing? i'm telling you how i feel" she sighs as she notices mark close the blinds

"and i hear you. numb the pain" he said as he pulls off his black sweatshirt

"what—

he cuts her off "numb the sad. feel good. put something on top of it" he repeats her words

addison sits up "mark, i said put something on top of it, not put you on top of me" she exclaims as mark takes off his shoes

"my life is in ruins. it's a mess. i'm about to be a grandfather, and i'm alone. i don't know of a lot of surefire ways to numb the pain" he says as his pants are fully on the ground "but i do know one. now... do you want to feel better or don't you?" he questions as he tugs his boxers off, standing completely bare in front of addison. she sat there for a few seconds with a bewildered look on her face before standing up and walking right up to him, wrapping her hands around his neck, connecting their lips in a hungry, eager kiss

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"hey maeve" pete softly grins at the girl who had just finished her third bag of lays

"hey pete" she smiled in return 

"where's your dad?" he questioned as he looked around for mark

she pointed towards addison office "with addie. how's sloan?" she questions

"the needles knocked her out" he told her "come on let's go tell your dad" he said as he walk ahead. maeve walking to the trash can to throw away her trash

pete on the other hand was opening addison's door more as sam was standing there as well "hey" he said before his eyebrows rose in shock as mark and addison were laying on the floor, both completely sweaty and naked, only having pillows to cover up their private areas "sloan sloan went right to sleep. the needles worked wonders" pete continued

"thanks. great job, dude" mark said with a nod

"okay, then" pete mutters "too bad i joined the other practice. this place has perks"

"hey dad— how much long—

mark and addison's eyes widen. pete immediately turned around and gripped her shoulders, quickly turning her around "how about we go check on sloan sloan"

"sam close the door" addison sternly told sam

maeve's eyes widen "really dad! you just broke up with lexie" she yells out

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night had fallen, maeve and mark were with sam, addison, and naomi. the five had finished a nicely dinner outside of the beach house. the grownups had moved on to having wine, while maeve was down at the beach enjoying how it looked at night

"maeve be careful" mark called out as she was getting to close to the water "don't get your shoes wet"

addison, sam, and naomi glared at the concerned father, who had his eyes fixed on his daughter and the beach "do you ever get used to this view?" he questioned

"no" both addison and sam respond just as sloan came up

"so... you're doing the surgery tomorrow, right?" she asked addison

addison nods as she holds her cup of wine "i am going to do the surgery tomorrow" she says as maeve walks over to mark. he immediately pulled her to his side

"this is so beautiful. isn't it beautiful?" he looked up to maeve who smiled with a nod

"and everything's gonna be okay, right, after the surgery?" sloan ignored the two

"yes" addison nods

"i've always wanted to learn to surf. do you want to learn to surf?" mark questioned his both daughters

"oh my gosh, yes" maeve smiled brightly as mark matched her smile

sloan scoffs "whatever. good night" she said as the rest muttered a good night

mark on the other hand stood up and brought her into his embrace, kissing her cheek "good night" as sloan walked away he glared down at his little girl

she sighs knowing to well what he wants "fine, good night" she softly smiled as she hugs her dad. addison, sam, and naomi mutter a good night as they watch the father-daughter duo

"i love you kiddo" mark said as he kissed her cheek

"love you too dad" she smiled as she walked away and went up to the bed she was sleeping in

"i mean, do you ever get used to this view?" mark questioned his friends as he keeps his view on the beach

"mark, that little girl is not ready to be a mother. how is she gonna handle it the first time the baby spits up in her mouth?" naomi says, referring to sloan

"i'm gonna be there with her, every step of the way" he assures as he walks closer to stand between addison and naomi's seats

sam chuckles "really? how are you gonna handle spit up on the mouth? it happens quite frequently" he said taking a sip of his beer

"i can handle it" mark replied sternly "i managed to handle it with maeve, i can sure as hell do it again. i grew up, you guys. you all ran off to live on the beach, and i went and grew up on you"

"okay, now that's just crazy talk. mrs. shepherd was the one who got spit up on not you" naomi reminded him

"i think i might move here" mark brings up

"what?" "what?"

"i could join your practice. this is l.a. i'm a plastic surgeon. i'd bring in a fortune" he said as he moved back to his seat "and you could help me raise the baby" he said as he pointed to addison

sam laughing as addison's mouth fell open "are you out of your mind?" she laughs

"please tell me you're not..." sam says before seeing how serious mark was "serious"

"addison and i good together. tell him" mark said to addison as he places a hand on her shoulders

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the next morning, mark and maeve were waiting in the wait room, seeing as addison restricted mark 1,000 feet from her o.r

one moment the two we're talking about mark's crazy idea to move here the next maeve was trying to keep up with a heated mark, naomi right behind the two

"you blew the a.v.m.?!" mark angrily marched into the room where a stressed addison and sam were

"not on purpose" addison immediately responded as she stood up

"i already told him that" naomi assured

"well, then what the hell happened?!" mark yelled

"stop yelling at her" sam calmly said

"don't yell" naomi added as mark threw a daggering glare at sam

"she lost a lot of blood, but she's gonna be okay" addison said

mark sighing as his hands go up to his head "and the baby?"

"i think he's gonna be fine" addison said nervously, maeve could see a bit of tears circling in her eyes

"you think?" mark said in a stress/angrily tone, hands placed on his head

"i hope. i'm sorry. the a.v.m. is very delicate, mark. it's directly below the dissection, and it—it—it—it just blew" addison tried explaining

"i need to see her" mark said in a very stressed tone

"okay, look, mark, she's gonna be in bad shape when she wakes up. she hemorrhaged. i had to open her up. she's gonna be much worse than last time" addison explains. maeve could see the tears starting to form in her fathers eyes, seeing her dad in almost tears made her be on the bridge of crying as well. she gripped his hand, mark not needing to see who it is, he gripped tightly, but maeve couldn't care, she just wanted for her father to try to calm down "the last thing she needs is to look up and see you hovering, terrified"

"what do you expect me to do?" mark sighs

"why don't we just take a walk? we can just calm—

mark cut off naomi "naomi, don't talk to me like i'm a child. i'm not a 12 year—

"dad, dad, dad, please just look at me" maeve intervenes as she grips both his hands. mark eventually glancing down at her, seeing the tears surrounding her eyes "please let's just go with naomi. she knows what she's talking about"

mark sighs before glaring at addison "fix this" maeve grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room

as soon as he was in the nearest conference room he took a seat. head in his hands, breathing in and out. maeve's eyes sadden. she may have a hard time accepting sloan, but she'd never want to see her in any harm "mark—

maeve shook her head at naomi who was trying to try and calm him down. naomi furrowed her brows, she kneeled in front of him "dad, it's going to be okay. i know it doesn't feel like it right now, but addie is going to fix this. sloan is going to be okay"

mark glanced into her eyes "c'mere" he said as she got up and sat on his knee, he immediately hugged her tightly, afraid that she would somehow disappear

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"you, uh, you seen addison?" mark questioned pete who was softly rocking his son in his arms

"no, not recently. not down here" pete responded

"oh" mark nodded "your son?" he asked pete. who responded with a 'yeah'. "and you bring him to work? naomi is cool with that?" mark questioned as he stepped inside the room. pete giving his a questioning look "i'm sorry. i, uh, i'm about to have a kid. or my kid—my kid is about to have a kid" mark rambles "and, uh, you can skip the grandpa jokes, because they have all been made. anyway...my kid, she's, uh... she's young. she's gonna need a lot of help. so i think it's really great that you get to bring your baby to work" mark said as he motioned to pete and his son

"l.a.'s a pretty liberal place. naomi's a pretty liberal boss" pete said as he walked around the room, rocking his son

"you know, it's been a long time since i've held a baby. i mean, obviously, i held lots of kids during my peds rotation when i was a resident. when maeve came into my life, i was there, but then i wasn't actually there. i was either hitting the books or working. the only times i was there was at night whenever she was sound asleep right next to me. but i don't—i don't... it's been so long" mark sighs. pete feeling a bit of remorse for mark, he walks towards him

"here" he says as he hands mark his son very carefully "go ahead. okay. just be gentle. i just got him quiet" once the baby was fully in his arms, mark had a terrified look on his face. he glanced down at the baby "hi" he said awkwardly before getting a full look at him "ooh. hello" he rocked him softly, a small smile tugging at his lips "wow, you're cuter" pete taking a seat on the couch, a sigh leaving his lips. the baby slowly started fussing "shh. it's okay" mark cooed

"well this is a sight" maeve says with a smile as she sees her father carrying pete's son "what's his name?" she asks pete

"lucas" he answer

maeve walks towards her father, mark looks at her with a huge smile. maeve softly grips lucas's tiny hand "hi little one" she smiles sweetly

"wanna carry him?" pete suggested with a smile

"i—" mark nodded at her "sure" she smiled brightly. mark carefully placed him in her arms "you're so adorable little munchkin" she smiles

mark's smiled brightly at the sight in front of him "look at you. you're gonna be an amazing aunt"

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AUTHORS NOTE:
another long chapter oops