Next Addison/Alex fic :) It's something different than usual and I'm still exploring what I can do with it. Enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything..

"Addie? Are you awake? Addie, say something." She heard an unrecognizable voice say. She felt two hands, one on either side of her face, both thumbs softly caressing her cheeks. She uttered something as she tried to speak to which the voice replied once again. "Addie are you in there? Say something. Please!" The voice sounded so desperate, she wanted to put it out of its misery but she just couldn't. Maybe something else. Slowly Addison tried to open her eyes but closed fast, as a result of the bright light in the room. The voice reacted once again to her movement, now yelling "Page Shepherd, Addison's opening her eyes!". Wait Shepherd?


"Derek Christopher Shepherd, do you take thee Addison Adrienne Forbes Montgomery to be your lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse?" The priest said, not looking up from his book.

"I do." Derek said, gazing lovingly in Addison's eyes.

"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." The priest concluded, this was the moment they both waited for. They locked eyes, revealing smiles from ear to ear. Derek leaned in and captured Addison's lips, keeping the kiss of appropriate length. They could hear their family and friends clapping, pulling back simultaneously. Her head lingered around his ear, whispering "Say it." He chuckled softly, "We're the Shepherds."


"Is she waking up?"

It was him, she knew it was his voice. Derek Shepherd, her husband. Addison eyes flew open, a smile forming on her lips which was gladly returned by the two men in her room. She tried to speak once again, this time in a croaked, but understandable voice, "Derek?"

"Yes, Addie, it's me! Does it hurt anywhere?" He said, shining with a light in each of Addison's eyes, to which she cringed.

All she could do was nod. It wasn't until he mentioned it that Addison realized she was hurting everywhere, her left arm, her right leg, but the most pain came from her head. As soon as Derek had moved out of the way, the unknown young men, to which the voice belonged, moved closer and kissed her forehead before capturing her lips with a soft kiss. Her first instinct was to return the kiss, but as soon she realized what was going on, she pushed him away, giving Derek a startled look.

"What the hell? Derek how can you stay so calm when a stranger kisses me out of nowhere?" She spoke, her voice seemingly less croaked than before.

Her gaze switched to the unknown man who now had tears his eyes but her head flipped back to a sighing Derek. "I think she's got amnesia." He told the unknown man in the room and directed his concentration back on her, "Can you tell me your name?"

"Addison Adrienne Forbes Montgomery Shepherd" She smiled when she added the Shepherd but cocked an eyebrow when he didn't return the smile. "Addison, what do you remember?"

"Derek, what's wrong? Can you tell me what is going on?"

"You have been in a car crash and hurt your head pretty bad. You seem to have amnesia but I don't know how much you remember." Derek said, sitting on the side of her bed.

"We wanted to grab some dinner last night, but there was no place because we didn't have reservations so we got take-out and ate it in the trailer." Addison explained calmly.

Derek rubbed his eyes. He could see the question marks in Addison's eyes and it hurt him that she didn't remember.

"Isn't that what happened?" She tried once again.

"No, Addison, that's not what happened. So you remember your name, but you don't remember what happened last night. Do you remember him?" Derek said, pointing to Alex.

"No, I'm sorry, I don't."

"Addie, it's me, Alex. Alex Karev." Alex hoped that maybe she remembered by saying his name. He gave up hope when she looked at him warily. But the her face changed.


She strode into the hallway, her heels clicking languidly across the floor, steam coming out of her ears. "Karev." She stated, one hand on her hip, the other one making big gestures. "Hey, I was just checking up on Ava." Alex answered casually. "Do I have another Denny Duquette situation on my hands?"


"You work for me?" Addison asked cautiously. She only remembered being mad at him but had no idea if it was a permanent thing or just in the heat of the moment.

"Yes, Addie, yes I do." Alex's face lit up immediately and a single tear rolled over his cheek.

"Shouldn't you call me doctor then?" Addison said rather harshly. It wasn't her intention to hurt him but her curiosity just got expressed a little more brute than intended. And due to her lack of memory she didn't remember all the time they'd spend together.

Alex was taken aback by her sudden change in demeanor. How could she forget? The tear he'd just shed of happiness was replaced by more tears out of impotence and sadness. He wanted to tell her he called her Addie because they were engaged. Because the night before they had discussed children of their own, because they still had sex at least once during the day, even though they'd been together for almost two years. But Derek stopped him before he could say any of that.

"I think we should stop trying to remember things for today. We'll be back later to check on you."

Both Derek and Alex, turned around to leave the room when Addison's voice halted them. "Der, aren't you forgetting something," She pursed her lips a little to remind him.

Derek locked eyes with Alex, who by now stormed out of the room and Derek smiled sadly. He pecked her cheek lightly and watched as her smile fell from her face. "See you later Addison." He said, before leaving the room.

Should I continue?