Chapter One: Waiting.

Sam exhaled deeply as Addison broke their kiss and smiled down at him. He never thought he would experience this moment, he had wanted to, really wanted to, but lately he had started to resign himself to the fact that she didn't......couldn't want him.

"Do you remember what you said to me once? The night after you agreed to let Maya marry Dink" she smiled, her trademark cheeky grin spreading across her face.

Sam blushed, he knew what she was referring to, his boldness, his oh so embarrassing, cringe worthy boldness.

Addison noticed the blush in his cheeks as an embarrassed smile spread across his face and his lips parted in the Sam Bennett smile that made her melt. She knew he was embarrassed about it, knew it had taken him all his courage to do it in the first place and although it so wasn't Sam she had thought it was cute.

"You said," Addison whispered as she leaned closer to his ear "that you were going to take me to your bedroom and take off all my cl…" Addison did not get the chance to finish her sentence as Sam scooped her up from the sofa; she let out a high-pitched giggle as he carried her towards the stairs.

Once inside the bedroom he carefully threw her onto the bed and landed on top of her, she moaned as she felt the weight of his body pressing down on her.

"Wait," she gasped "I should get my phone, I told the hospital to call if Maya needed anything."

She gave him a lingering kiss before leaving him and heading downstairs to retrieve her top before nipping over to her house to pick up her phone. Her forgetfulness would have to spoil the moment she thought as she hurriedly scuttled across Sam's deck towards her own house.

Having picked up her phone Addison made her way back to Sam's bedroom, nothing was going to delay this any longer, she…..they had waited long enough.

As she opened the bedroom door and slid inside she could see that wait was exactly what she would have to do as there on the bed, fully clothed, lay a very sexy, very irresistible and a very much asleep Sam Bennett. Addison let out a long sigh and couldn't help but smile as she thought about how this moment summed up her current love life. As she looked at Sam she realised what a long day it had been for him, performing extensive heart surgery was hard enough but seeing his daughter and granddaughter bought back from the edge as well as losing a friend was enough to make anyone collapse into a deep sleep.

Addison removed her shoes and quietly padded across the wooden floor towards the bed, she gently placed her phone on the nightstand and lowered herself down next to Sam's sleeping form. She instantly felt the heat radiating from him and moved her body closer until the space between them disappeared; she wrapped her arms around him and sank back into the bed. Sam gave a slight moan as he attempted to say something.

"Shhh," soothed Addison as she stroked his arm "you need to get some sleep."

Sam's body relaxed again and he let his head sink into Addison's chest. It wasn't long before Addison too was fast asleep.