I'm horrendusly late with this, and I can only apologise again and again :alienblush: There's tons of new houses being built right beside us and the cable guys keep messing up the internet cables when they're laying new ones for the new houses (if anyone wants to kick their butts for me I'd greatly appreciate it:thumbsup
Anyway onto this week's thingy, this is a character I thought up way before I even started writing fanfiction, when I was planning to write during season 4 of Miami (I never got round to it lol) so I've just expanded on that.
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Full name: Addison Louise Parker
Nickname: Addie
DOB: 2/5/74
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Role on the show: Natalia’s best friend and roommate from college
Education: Masters degree in biochemistry and genetics from University of Miami (’92)
Interests: Painting, long walks, salsa dancing
Complete family tree:
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/family-tree.php?s=27246202
Favourite music: Anything apart from hip-hop.
Favourite movie: An Officer and a Gentleman
Favourite colour: Red
Mini Bio: Long dark brown hair and blue eyes. 5’5”, slim build. Grew up in Miami with her parents and her younger sister Jody-Anne. Was a gymnast in school until she tore a ligament in her knee which stopped her from competing. Met Natalia in college and they quickly became best friends. Her father died in a car crash in 1991. She and Natalia shared an apartment after finishing college, until Addie met her future husband Drew and Natalia moved in with Nick. A year after she and Drew (a computer software specialist) married, they moved to Vermont, when he got transferred and she got a job working in a private DNA testing firm. and her lost her mother to cancer in 2001. Her sister Jody joined the Navy at 18 (a decision Addie didn’t initially support, but the two have since reconciled their differences). She never really settled in Vermont (and lost touch with Natalia soon after moving there), missing the sunshine and atmosphere of Miami and didn’t make any good friends. Her marriage to Drew has deteriorated over the years to the point where he has become violent and abusive towards her. With no family in the country (her sister is stationed in Bahrain) Addie manages to find Natalia with the help of some old college friends.
Intro Fic:
Addison blinked in the early morning sunshine as she pulled on her sunglasses. She was getting closer to home. Her real home. She could sense it, smell it as she rolled down the window. She caught the bruise on her eye in the rear view mirror and shuddered as she thought about what she had left behind.
The big house, expensive clothes, Drew.
She glanced over to the passenger seat where there was a piece of paper with a scribbled address on it. She turned right onto the street indicated on the paper. Pulling up outside the house she sighed, pulled out again and headed straight on, away from the house.
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3 hours of driving later she finally decided on staying in a motel. The ‘5 star inn’ looked anything but 5 star, but she decided it would do for the time being. As she picked up the single suitcase from the backseat, she allowed herself to feel a tiny bit of relief. She felt safer than she had done in months. Still there were some precautions she felt she had to take.
“Laura Baker,” she answered the owner when he asked her for her name, and she paid in cash. No doubt he’d be tracking her credit cards as soon as he realized she was gone. He’d be back from his business trip to California in a few hours.
“Hey, Lady,” the balding owner said, waving the key in her face, breaking her concentration.
“Sorry,” she apologized, taking the key and shaking her head. The owner had gone back to reading his newspaper but she found the room number on the back of the key.
13. Typical. She thought, making her way down the shabby corridor to her room. Pushing the door open, she almost walked back out again. It smelt musty and damp. Forcing herself in she was glad to find it wasn't as bad as it appeared, and the bathroom was at least clean.
The shower gave out a nice spray of reasonably hot water and just for the 10 minutes she spent under it, the stress of driving for almost 24 hours melted away, the fading bruises were covered by the soap bubbles and she took comfort in the fact that she was over 1500 miles away from him.
She dried off quickly after her shower and laid down on the bed, which was far from comfortable but provided somewhere for her to rest. Falling asleep easily for the first time in a long time she settled into a light but restful sleep.
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It was 7pm by the time she woke up, and it seemed like everything really seemed to hit her then. She was overwhelmed with emotion at what she had done, and started to doubt her actions. He would probably guess she'd come back home, and if he really wanted to find her, she knew he would.
She forced back tears that were threatening to fall and got dressed, taking extra care to cover the bruise on her eye with make-up and went out to her car again.
Driving back to the same address that she'd stopped at earlier in the morning she noticed there was now a car parked on the drive. She parked on the road, taking note of what a nice neighbourhood it was, then walked up to the front door.
Kocking apprehensively, she took a step back as she saw a figure move behind it to open it. The tall woman in the doorway looked at her for a second, then her mouth broke into a smile.
"Addie!" the woman said excitedly, hugging her right there on the doorstep, "Is that you? Oh my god, come in."
Addie smiled a genuine smile as she greeted her friend, "Hey Nat, it's been too long hasn't it?"
"Too long is an understatement Addie, why donlt you sit down and I'll make us some coffee okay, no milk 2 sugars?" Natalia asked, knowiong she was right anyway.
"Yeah," Addie smiled back, settling herself down on the sofa Natalia had pointed at.
Looking around, she noticed that Natalia was a lot tidier now than she had been when she was younger but her taste in decor was completely the same. She spotted a small collection of photo's on the far wall and was pleasantly surpised to see one of herself and Nat, taken about 13 years ago while they had been on Spring Break.
"There you go," Natalia smiled, placing a steaming cup of coffe on the table in front of her and sitting down on the other end of the sofa.
"I can't believe you're here," Natalia smiled and shook her head, "What are you doing down this far south anyway? Not that I'm not glad to see you,"
Addie reached for the mug of coffee and held it, feeling the warmth radiate through her hands.
Best just to come straight out with it, she thought to herself.
"I um, I left Drew," she almost whispered, not making eye contact with Natalia.
Reaching for her friends hand, Natalia gave it a small squeeze, "Oh Addie," she said softly.
Addie felt the tears well up in her eyes again and there was nothing she could do to stop them from falling as Natalia held her hand.
"I drove all day, and all night," she sniffed, fighting to get her words out between sobs, "And I'm s-sorry to just barge in on you like this, but I had n-nowhere else to g-go," the last of her resolve broke down and she started sobbing, gripping the coffee mug so tight the hot liquid looked like it was going to spill.
Prising the coffee mucg from her friends hands, Natalia placed it on the table, before wrapping an arm around her friend in an attempt to offer her some comfort.
"It's okay Addie," she soothed as she held the sobbing woman in her arms, "It's all gonna be alright."
They sat like that until Addie's sobs subsided, "Feel better?" she asked her friend, and felt the nod on her shoulder, "What we really need is ice cream right?" Natalia said, and Addie couldn't help but laugh, no matter how bad the situation was, Nat could always make her laugh.
"It might take more than just cream," Addie attempted to joke back, but her smile dropped as she saw a horrified look on Natalia's face.
"What?" she asked worridly, "What is it?"
Natalia said nothing, instead just reached up to Addie's face. Her tears had streaked the make-up she had so carefully applied and the angry bruise was starting to show through. She flinched as Natalia's thumb ran over the tender area and she looked away.
"He hit you didn't he?" Natalia asked with a sad look on her face.
Addie closed her eyes in response and nodded slowly, chastising herself for thinking she could keep a secret from Natalia.
"How many times?" Nat asked softly, holding onto both of Addie's hands.
"I can't remember," Addie admitted.
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