Hey there everyone waves I am back. I know I know it took me ages and I also know that I promised you a new story a lot sooner, but well.. I could tell you that I have been kidnapped by aliens or that pink elephants were hunting me.. but ... I just had to find ideas for a new Fanfic.. then I had an Idea.. wrote a bit.. and booom .. writers block kicked in, and let me tell you.. it sucked bit time. All in all I not only had writers block, but couldnt do icons as well (still havent dont anything good in about a month.. and being an icon junkie that I am thats quite some time)

anyway I finally got around to post this fanfiction. Its my first Maddison. So far I only wrote Addek or Addex but since I also love Maddison to death (yeah I ship Addison with absolutely everyone including a phonebook or like Emma put it .. a sink lol) (okay maybe not with everyone.. Richard, George and Sam PrP are definitely out of the picture)

I hope you will like this story as much as you liked the ones I wrote before and that lots of you come to read my new fanfic. I would really like that. If you have suggestions and ideas about what you want to happen, please let me know :)

all right.. rambling is done... so here it goes.. Enjoy reading

Disclaimer: I dont own it.. never have, never will. Would like to own Kate Walsh tho.. I would even share with Alex... sometimes

Thanks to my beta reader Ash. youre the best

Sooner or later

Chapter 1

The sun shone through the blinds of the window of the apartment warming her face. Addison Forbes Montgomery slowly opened her eyes and groaned. Sure she loved that it was always sunny in L.A.; it was definitely about 100 better than to wake up to the sound of pouring rain, but it was too damn early to enjoy the sun.

She turned around to read the time on the clock which was placed on her nightstand and sighed. It was 5:30 a.m. and she didn't have to be at work for another 3 hours.

The red haired woman turned back around and tried to cover her eyes with a pillow, hoping that she could catch at least one more hour of sleep, but the sun was persistent.

She growled and tossed the pillow aside sitting up in her bed. It had been almost 5 months since she moved to LA and she loved it there. The practice was awesome and she made a few pretty good new friends. The weird thing was, she still missed Seattle, which was pretty sad considering all the bad things that had happened while she was living there.

She missed her friends, people like Callie and Miranda; she missed hanging out with them and just talking about her day or the exciting things which happened in her life. Sure they had tried to keep in touch, but during the months their contact got less and less.

She sighed and thought back about who else was in Seattle. There was Derek. She couldn't really say she missed him, sure there were days when things like a scent, or a song or something else reminded her of him and their 14 years together but she was over him, she had healed.

Then there was Alex, her last sin, as she wanted to call it. It had taken her awhile to get passed everything that had happened with him but after a few months she was able to let it go.

Last but not least there was Mark. She just couldn't forget the look he gave her when they met in the stairwell and he told her that he didn't last the 60 days. "Once a manwhore, always a manwhore" he had said, but the look in his eyes told her that something was up. She missed him. Probably because of all the things that were left unsaid, or maybe because now, after being in LA for almost half a year, she regretted not taking their bet more seriously. She always thought about what could have been. But it was too late now. She was here in L.A... and he was in Seattle, probably sleeping with a random nurse at the exact moment. She just had to move on.

Addison rolled her eyes and made her way out of bed and towards her bathroom. She brushed her teeth and stripped down her clothes as she walked into the shower and turned the water on. She felt the warm liquid pouring down on her body and felt a bit more alive with each passing minute.

After almost half an hour, her fingers already all wrinkly; she turned the water off and stepped out of the shower wrapping herself in a big white fluffy towel.

She walked up to her drawers and got a pair of panties and a matching bra, then walked over to her closet to take out a black pencil skirt and a light green Prada blouse.

Addison got dressed slowly, taking her time. After all she had more than another 2 hours to get ready.

She brushed her hair, tied it up in a lose bum and took some earrings nestling them through the little wholes in her ears. She looked down into her jewellery box and noticed a silver necklace with a little shaped diamond heart. A gift from Mark for her 35th birthday. She had always loved that necklace, but it's been ages since she wore it. She took it out and placed it softly around her neck watching herself in the mirror. Addison smiled and applied some make up on her face; a bit of eye shadow and a light red lip-gloss and soon she was almost ready to go.

She walked back to her closet and opened it. There were about 100 pairs of shoes, she had lost count but would never admit it to anyone. She took some black Jimmy Choos into her hands, set them down before her and stepped into them.

Looking for her purse she passed the mirror one last time. Appreciating what she saw she nodded, grabbed her purse and was heading for her office in the private practice.

xoxoxox

"Excuse me..." A deep male voice asked while standing at the reception, talking to Violet Turner.

The dark haired psychiatrist turned around and was met with a pair of sparkling light blue eyes and a cocky grin which made her week in the knees. She cleared her throat as she noticed that she was practically drooling over him "Uhm how can I help you?"

"Hi. I am looking for Dr. Addison Montgomery... Do you know where I can find her?"

"She is in her office… just wait here and I'll get her for you." She smiled and walked away right up to Addisons office where she banged hard against the door

"Come in." Addison called out and Violet opened the door.

"What's wrong with you? Did something happen or do you have another reason for almost breaking my door?"

The other woman laughed out loud and entered the office "Nothing happened… but well… there is this piece of man candy standing at the reception desk asking for you."

"Man candy?" Addison arched an eyebrow "What does he look like?"

"Uhm... Tall, short dark blonde hair, three days beard, blue eyes…"

"And a cocky grin which gets girls to go week in their knees." The red haired doctor cut her off

"Yep, that describes it very well. So you know him."

Addison sighed and softly started to rub her temples which only seemed to increase the starting headache. What a freaking coincidence. This morning she thought of him and now he was suddenly here. Her heart skipped her beat when she thought of him but she would never admit it to anyone. She was moving on, she didn't have time to confront her past.

"I do… "She sighed. What in the hell was Mark Sloan doing in Los Angeles. "Tell him I don't work here anymore and that I am on a trip to South Africa or something like that." She put her head in her hands. She didn't want to meet him, she was afraid of what it would do to her heart if she would see him again.

"I … well… I kind of told him already that you are here and that I will go and get you..." she looked apologetic.

"Great… "Addison sighed but stood up and made her way towards Violet. Together they exited the office.

xoxoxox

"Can I help you?" Pete Finch asked once he noticed Mark standing at the reception.

"I am Mark Sloan... I was just looking for Addison... but the matter is already been taken care off."

"So ... Addison huh? Do you know her?" Pete asked crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"Yeah... you could say that." He smirked "And who are you? Her Bodyguard?" Mark asked trying to sound nonchalant.

"Pete Finch" he introduced himself "I am a friend of hers, a good friend."

"Uhu….." Mark turned around not really paying attention to Pete anymore. Pete shrugged and walked back into his office, he really didn't like this Mark guy.

xoxoxox

"Mark... what are you doing here?" Addison asked harshly as she approached him. She didn't intend to sound that way but just couldn't help it. Sure she had missed him but her life turned out pretty well in this sunny state and he was complicating things.

"Its nice to see you too Addison." He replied and the cocky grin was back on his lips. When she didn't smile back he turned serious again. "I am here for a medical conference… and... since I haven't seen you in awhile, and considering we are friends, I thought I'd visit you... see where you work." He looked around and nodded in approval. "Pretty impressive and pretty quiet too, bet you like it here."

She nodded and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I do. There are no horny elevators, no supply closets or on-call rooms to use for some sexual get togethers and overall... my exes aren't here." She sighed. "Well until now anyway."

Mark rolled his eyes and digged his hands into his pockets. "I am sorry that I came here. Just forget about it and go back to work. I made a mistake by coming to see you." He turned around and was about to walk into the direction of the elevator when a hand grabbed his wrist.

"Wait… Mark... I am sorry." She waited until he has turned around to face her. "I was just surprised that you turned up here... I … I didn't really expect you… Just wait until the shock wears off." She gave him a slight smile and let her heart take control "It's good to see you." She admitted.

"Have dinner with me." He smiled back, immediately blown away by her smile.

"What?" Addison's eyes widened. She sure as hell wasn't expecting this.

"Have dinner with me Addison. C'mon… after that lousy welcome you owe me. And I don't know anyone here... so… please?" he begged

She thought about it for awhile and then sighed "All right fine…"she grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and scribbled something down and handed it to him. "Here is my address. Pick me up at seven and don't be late or I might change my mind."

"He smiled and nodded, giving her a kiss on the cheek as he whispered in her ear "nice necklace" then he walked away leaving her standing there.

"So you've got a date huh?" Naomi and Violet asked appearing right beside her, having overheard the whole conversation.

"It's not a date, it's just dinner, between friends."

Both of them rolled their eyes but grinned "Your friend is pretty hot."

"I know."

TBC

okay, that was the first part. What do you think of it? want me to continue? Please leave a review if you do. First of all they make me smile, second of all I really need to smile these days.. and third.. I will update faster :)