Fic: Family Business (Private Practice)
Title: Family Business
Author: jas_mien
Rating: PG
Pairing/Character: all characters, HotCop in later chaptersSummary: Addison’s brother shows up in L.A. and diggs up some past and some family backround and drama
When Amy and Kevin came home, Addison was lying on the couch,
“Where have you two been?”
“I asked Kevin to drive me up the hills so I could take some photos of the city.”
Amy explained and pulled her camera out of her bag.
Kevin gave her a confused look first because he hadn't noticed she had taken the camera with her but when Amy winked at him he smiled at her.
Amy walked upstairs into her room and Kevin walked over to Addison.
Addison was lying on her back her hands folded on her stomach.
Kevin bent down, gave her a kiss and put his hand on top of hers.
“You're okay?”
Addison nodded.
“Yeah, just tired and exhausted.”
At that moment the doorbell rang and Kevin went to answer it. He opened the door to find a man in his early sixtieth standing in front of him.
“Eh, hello? Can I help you?”
“I hope so.” The man said. “I'm looking for my daughters.”
And with this he brushed past Kevin into the house.
“Hey!”
Kevin tried to grab him but he had already walked into the living room.
Kevin walked after him to find Addison with a surprised expression on her face.
“Dad?”
“Where is she?”
He asked with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
Addison sat up and Kevin walked over to her.
“Dad, please. She's happy here.”
“Amelia is still my daughter and I will take her home.”
“And then what?”
Addison's tone got more angry now.
“Do you really think she's staying with you when you force her to?”
Kevin put his hand on Addison's knee and tried to calm her down. This stress wasn't good for her and the baby.
“It's the best for her when she goes to a good college and studies medicine.”
Addison stood up and walked over to her father.
“Is it? Is it really the best for her or is it just the best for your reputation?”
“You have no right to talk to me like this, Addison!”
“No dad, you have no right to make decisions for others. Amy is old enough to know what she wants. She's happy here and I want her to be here. Think about it dad, have you ever seen her happy?”
Addison could see her father's expression soften for a few seconds before his features went hard again.
“I will take her home. Period.”
He looked around and walked towards the stairs.
Kevin stepped in front of him.
“I don't think so.”
“Dad.”
Addison's voice was desperate now.
“If you take her home now you will destroy her. Amy has been through so much.”
Addison felt a wave of dizziness wash over her and had to grab the counter for support.
Kevin was on her side immediately and let her to one of the chairs where Addison sat down and sighed.
“If you take her home now she won't survive this.”
Addison looked up at her father, tears forming in her eyes.
Her dad looked from Addison to Kevin and back with hard eyes.
“I will be back.”
With this he turned and left the house.
XxX
Upstairs, Amy had waited in her room with her door ajar. She heard her father enter the house and Addison yelling at him. Amy let herself slide down the wall and hugged her knees. She couldn't go back home. Never again. Addison's arguments where so clear, so true and so scary. Amy was hoping that this one time her father would understand it, respect it as she was sitting on the floor like this, swinging back and forth. Her heart was beating up to her throat and her hands were cold and sweaty.
“Please. Don't let him take me.”
Amy whispered to no one but her room.
Then she heard her father saying he would be back and she jumped up and locked herself into the bathroom. Amy sat down on the toilet seat and let her head fall into her hands.
Tears ran down into her hands and her bod ywas shaken by sobs.
“No. N ... n .. oo”
After a while Amy looked up. She looked around the bathroom and found a pack of razor blades lying on the shelf.
She grabbed the pack and took one blade out. Then she sat back down and stretched out her left arm with the inside up. Amy held the razor blade in her right hand and brought it onto the skin of her left arm. She took a deep breath and let the blade slice her skin.
The pain felt good. It was a pain she could control. A pain she only felt when she wanted to feel it.
As soon as the blood gushed out of the cut, Amy's tears stopped and a warm feeling filled her from the inside. She was very calm now. Calm and relieved. It seemed to her as if the pressure that had build up inside her in the last weeks had been released trough the cut. Amy put the blade down next to the first cut and moved it along her skin again. Altogether she cut herself three times this day.
XxX
Downstairs, Kevin let Addison back to the couch.
“Are you still feeling dizzy?”
“No, that was just for a moment.”
Kevin nodded and helped her to lie down.
“What does your father mean with he will be back?”
“You have to know something about my father. He never gives up before he hasn't got what he wants. In this case he wants Amy home and studying medicine so that everyone can say what an amazing father he is and how smart all his children are. If anyone finds out that his youngest daughter ran away, hitchhiked, got raped and tried to kill herself, it will destroy his reputation.”
Addison felt a shiver going down her spine when she pointed out everything that had happened to Amy.
“So he'd rather destroy his daughter than his reputation.”
Kevin stated.
Addison nodded then her eyes grew wide.
“Oh my God, Amy. She probably heard everything.”
“Are you sure?”
“Kevin, we yelled loud enough for Sam to hear every single word next door. Can you go upstairs and check on her?”
Kevin nodded, squeezed Addison's shoulder and walked upstairs.
He looked into Amy's room but found it empty. Then he saw that the bathroom door was closed and walked over there.
“Amy? Are you in there?”
Kevin knocked on the door.
“Yes.” He heard Amy's voice.
“Are you alright?”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Good. Do you want to come downstairs for dinner?”
“Yeah, I will be down soon.”
“Okay.”
Kevin went back downstairs.
“She's okay.”
“Are you sure?”
Addison asked concerned.
“Yes, why?”
“I told you what you have to know about my father but there's also something you have to know about Amy. She's a good actress.”
Kevin gave her a confused look.
“What do you mean?”
“She's good in pretending. In making us believe she's fine when really she is everything but that. You need some time to see beneath the shell.”
XxX
Upstairs, Amy left the bathroom. She had wrapped toilet paper around her left arm and walked back into her room. Amy closed the door behind her and looked through the new clothes Addison had bought for her to find a shirt with long sleeves. She found a navy blue one and placed it on her bed, then she sat down next to it.
As she looked around her room her gaze fell onto the diary Violet had given her.
Amy grabbed the book, took a pen and wrote:
Dear Diary, I think I did something really stupid today.
Author: jas_mien
Rating: PG
Pairing/Character: all characters, HotCop in later chaptersSummary: Addison’s brother shows up in L.A. and diggs up some past and some family backround and drama
When Amy and Kevin came home, Addison was lying on the couch,
“Where have you two been?”
“I asked Kevin to drive me up the hills so I could take some photos of the city.”
Amy explained and pulled her camera out of her bag.
Kevin gave her a confused look first because he hadn't noticed she had taken the camera with her but when Amy winked at him he smiled at her.
Amy walked upstairs into her room and Kevin walked over to Addison.
Addison was lying on her back her hands folded on her stomach.
Kevin bent down, gave her a kiss and put his hand on top of hers.
“You're okay?”
Addison nodded.
“Yeah, just tired and exhausted.”
At that moment the doorbell rang and Kevin went to answer it. He opened the door to find a man in his early sixtieth standing in front of him.
“Eh, hello? Can I help you?”
“I hope so.” The man said. “I'm looking for my daughters.”
And with this he brushed past Kevin into the house.
“Hey!”
Kevin tried to grab him but he had already walked into the living room.
Kevin walked after him to find Addison with a surprised expression on her face.
“Dad?”
“Where is she?”
He asked with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
Addison sat up and Kevin walked over to her.
“Dad, please. She's happy here.”
“Amelia is still my daughter and I will take her home.”
“And then what?”
Addison's tone got more angry now.
“Do you really think she's staying with you when you force her to?”
Kevin put his hand on Addison's knee and tried to calm her down. This stress wasn't good for her and the baby.
“It's the best for her when she goes to a good college and studies medicine.”
Addison stood up and walked over to her father.
“Is it? Is it really the best for her or is it just the best for your reputation?”
“You have no right to talk to me like this, Addison!”
“No dad, you have no right to make decisions for others. Amy is old enough to know what she wants. She's happy here and I want her to be here. Think about it dad, have you ever seen her happy?”
Addison could see her father's expression soften for a few seconds before his features went hard again.
“I will take her home. Period.”
He looked around and walked towards the stairs.
Kevin stepped in front of him.
“I don't think so.”
“Dad.”
Addison's voice was desperate now.
“If you take her home now you will destroy her. Amy has been through so much.”
Addison felt a wave of dizziness wash over her and had to grab the counter for support.
Kevin was on her side immediately and let her to one of the chairs where Addison sat down and sighed.
“If you take her home now she won't survive this.”
Addison looked up at her father, tears forming in her eyes.
Her dad looked from Addison to Kevin and back with hard eyes.
“I will be back.”
With this he turned and left the house.
XxX
Upstairs, Amy had waited in her room with her door ajar. She heard her father enter the house and Addison yelling at him. Amy let herself slide down the wall and hugged her knees. She couldn't go back home. Never again. Addison's arguments where so clear, so true and so scary. Amy was hoping that this one time her father would understand it, respect it as she was sitting on the floor like this, swinging back and forth. Her heart was beating up to her throat and her hands were cold and sweaty.
“Please. Don't let him take me.”
Amy whispered to no one but her room.
Then she heard her father saying he would be back and she jumped up and locked herself into the bathroom. Amy sat down on the toilet seat and let her head fall into her hands.
Tears ran down into her hands and her bod ywas shaken by sobs.
“No. N ... n .. oo”
After a while Amy looked up. She looked around the bathroom and found a pack of razor blades lying on the shelf.
She grabbed the pack and took one blade out. Then she sat back down and stretched out her left arm with the inside up. Amy held the razor blade in her right hand and brought it onto the skin of her left arm. She took a deep breath and let the blade slice her skin.
The pain felt good. It was a pain she could control. A pain she only felt when she wanted to feel it.
As soon as the blood gushed out of the cut, Amy's tears stopped and a warm feeling filled her from the inside. She was very calm now. Calm and relieved. It seemed to her as if the pressure that had build up inside her in the last weeks had been released trough the cut. Amy put the blade down next to the first cut and moved it along her skin again. Altogether she cut herself three times this day.
XxX
Downstairs, Kevin let Addison back to the couch.
“Are you still feeling dizzy?”
“No, that was just for a moment.”
Kevin nodded and helped her to lie down.
“What does your father mean with he will be back?”
“You have to know something about my father. He never gives up before he hasn't got what he wants. In this case he wants Amy home and studying medicine so that everyone can say what an amazing father he is and how smart all his children are. If anyone finds out that his youngest daughter ran away, hitchhiked, got raped and tried to kill herself, it will destroy his reputation.”
Addison felt a shiver going down her spine when she pointed out everything that had happened to Amy.
“So he'd rather destroy his daughter than his reputation.”
Kevin stated.
Addison nodded then her eyes grew wide.
“Oh my God, Amy. She probably heard everything.”
“Are you sure?”
“Kevin, we yelled loud enough for Sam to hear every single word next door. Can you go upstairs and check on her?”
Kevin nodded, squeezed Addison's shoulder and walked upstairs.
He looked into Amy's room but found it empty. Then he saw that the bathroom door was closed and walked over there.
“Amy? Are you in there?”
Kevin knocked on the door.
“Yes.” He heard Amy's voice.
“Are you alright?”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Good. Do you want to come downstairs for dinner?”
“Yeah, I will be down soon.”
“Okay.”
Kevin went back downstairs.
“She's okay.”
“Are you sure?”
Addison asked concerned.
“Yes, why?”
“I told you what you have to know about my father but there's also something you have to know about Amy. She's a good actress.”
Kevin gave her a confused look.
“What do you mean?”
“She's good in pretending. In making us believe she's fine when really she is everything but that. You need some time to see beneath the shell.”
XxX
Upstairs, Amy left the bathroom. She had wrapped toilet paper around her left arm and walked back into her room. Amy closed the door behind her and looked through the new clothes Addison had bought for her to find a shirt with long sleeves. She found a navy blue one and placed it on her bed, then she sat down next to it.
As she looked around her room her gaze fell onto the diary Violet had given her.
Amy grabbed the book, took a pen and wrote:
Dear Diary, I think I did something really stupid today.