"I can't believe you're agreeing to do this! Prophylactic surgery is extreme." he exclaimed, leading her into an empty conference room.

Addison rolled her eyes as she closed the door for added privacy. "She came to me for medical advice, Derek. She wants to do this and she deserves the best treatment. She's not taking this lightly and neither am I."

"Weiss is against it."

"Well then its a good thing that I didn't just schedule Weiss to have his ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus removed." Addison shot back sarcastically. "Weiss is not my patient, Savvy is and this is what she wants. This is what she needs to have peace of mind and live her life without worrying every minute of every day."

"She needs to hear him out. They are married. She can't make decisions like this without him."

"Oh, this coming from the man who made the decision to move across the country without letting him wife in on the decision."

"We are not talking about us right now. We are talking about Weiss and Savvy."

"Derek, she just watched her mother die from this disease. Weiss could never understand what she's going through. He just needs to learn to support her without questioning it."

"He's talking about leaving her."

Addison sighed and shook his head. "That's perfect." she mumbled. "I guess he's more like you than I thought. Running and hiding when things get hard."

"This is not the same thing. You cheated on me. I had every right to leave you. He's talking about leaving because he feels like she doesn't care for his opinion on the matter. This affects him too, Addison."

She scoffed in response. "You left me long before the affair." she replied.

"Let's not talk about us, okay. Savvy and Weiss are more important right now."

"Fine." she agreed and met his eyes. "Savvy is going through a rough time. She needs to do this to feel in control of her future. She's going to do it whether Weiss supports her or not. She's going to do it whether he leaves her over this, or not. If he is going to leave, he needs to do it quickly so she won't have false hope that he'll come around and support her. If he's going to stand by her side then he needs to be there and actually stand by her side."

"He keeps bringing up our relationship and reminding me that I left you everytime I encourage him to stay." he confided in her.

"Then tell him that their relationship is nothing like ours." she said with a shrug. "He actually loves her."

"What the hell is that suppose to mean?"

"It means that he honestly, genuinely loves her. They're meant to be together. They are perfect for one another. She loves him so much that she's giving up the things that make her a woman to be able to preserve her chances to grow old with him. That's all she wants, she wants to spend forever with him. That's why she's doing this."

"Would you do it if you were in her place?"

"If I were in her place with a marriage like hers, I would do it in a heartbeat. I'd want a chance at forever too. If I were in her place with our marriage, then no, I wouldn't do it. We're on the verge of divorce anyway so there will be no forever to strive toward. You'd go your way and I'll go mine and it wouldn't matter what would happen to me from that point on. No one would really be effected, it wouldn't matter." Addison answered with her voice just barely above a whisper. "I've been thinking about it a lot lately, the past few years I mean. Who would really be effected if I died or just...disappeared. At this point in my life with my current relationships, no one would notice for weeks." She stopped speaking suddenly, realizing that those thoughts were never meant to be spoken out loud, that she had just made herself much too vulnerable to him. "I'm sorry." She whispered quietly as she met his eyes. "Just talk to Weiss, please. Savvy needs him."

"Why would you and Addison arrange to go out tonight?" Weiss asked disapprovingly as he watched Savvy get ready for their outing. "People are not supposed to go out the night before the have major surgery for no reason."

"I think we all need to get our mind off of things." Savvy replied. "We're on a bumpy road, Addison and Derek are dealing with their own issues. I think we could use a night out like old times. We could all use a distraction."

"Nothing is more distracting than going out with a hateful married couple." Weiss mumbled.

"Weiss!" Savvy exclaimed, casting a glare in her husband's direction. Her look quickly softened and she turned her attention to him. "What makes you think they're hateful?"

"Don't you see how Derek looks at Addison?" he asked. "If that's not loathe then I don't know what is. They could barely be in the same room together. They fight over everything. Besides, I've spoken to Derek."

"And he said he hates his wife?"

"Estranged wife. He left her, remember?" Weiss corrected. "And he did everything short of saying it. He says he doesn't trust her anymore. He won't talk to her unless he has to. He says more often than not he can't even bring himself to look her in the eyes because it makes him feel nauseous. If that's not a hateful relationship then I don't know what is."

"Addison doesn't give me that impression." Savvy mumbled sadly. "But I think she's gotten that feeling from him. She says she gave him the divorce papers and he did not sign them but she doesn't know why. She says she knows that he's met someone new and has moved on and doesn't want her anymore. She thinks he'll counter file on his terms and serve her signed papers."

"Well, she did cheat on him in their house in their marital bed. He's got the right to be angry."

"Weiss, you were then when Addison went through what she went through. You saw the whole thing first had for yourself and you know Derek wasn't there for any of it. Its been two years and I don't even think he knows about it. You can't expect her to think rationally after that. She needed support and he wasn't there."

"I remember...I don't know." Weiss rubbed his forehead tiredly and sighed. "We have our own problems to worry about. We can't take theirs on too."

"I'm not saying we should take it upon ourselves to fix their marriage but as their best friends, we should support them through this because they are doing it for us right now." Savvy replied. "I'm sure Addison doesn't want to cut into me tomorrow morning, I'm sure it won't be easy for her. She's doing it because that's what I need, she's supporting me. I need to do the same for her. Please Weiss, its just an hour or two. I know you're against the surgery but we're putting that aside for tonight, okay?"

"Okay." Weiss agreed unenthusiastically.

"And you'll be on your best behavior?"

Weiss met Savvy's eyes but didn't make a move or a sound.

"Weiss?"

"I'll try." he mumbled like a child.

Addison sat next to her estranged husband in the bar, her martini in her hand and her eyes focused on her best friends while her husband drunkenly went on and on. She could see the pain in Savvy's eyes and she didn't know what to do. She turned her head to see Derek staring at her speechlessly.

"Here's to being the ass who can't be supportive." Weiss finished off, downing the contents of his glass.

"Weiss." Derek said quietly. "I think maybe its time to stop drinking."

"Oh, shut up, Derek. Your wife's not having all of her lady parts cut off and removed tomorrow and you don't even get along with her."

"Weiss, Derek and I are nothing like you and Savvy." Addison said softly.

"You want me to support my wife with this surgery and you weren't even around when your wife had surgery." he continued, his eyes focused on Derek with accusation all over his facial expression.

"What surgery?" Derek question, his focus shifting from Weiss to Addison.

"Weiss, stop talking." Savvy murmured under her breath with a glare fixed in her husband's direction.

"What surgery, Addison?" he asked more firmly.

"Nothing, Derek, nevermind." she replied, doing her best to be as dismissive as possible.

"Weiss." Derek turned back to his friend. "What surgery?"

"Addison had a partial oophorectomy about two years ago." Weiss told him bluntly. "And where were you? New Jersery filling in for some guy who was vacationing in Europe. Didn't answer your pages, didn't call to check on her. Nothing. And now you, of all people, are telling me that I need to be supportive of my wife's surgery."

"You had major surgery without telling me?"

"You weren't around to tell, Derek. I tried to call you and you didn't answer. I couldn't sit and wait. It had to be done." Addison answered.

"Why? Why did you have a partial oopherectomy? A cyst? Ovarian torsion? What was it?"

"Derek, we're not talking about this right now."

"Yes, we are. Why did you need to have an ovary removed?"

"She had a fallopian pregnancy, or whatever its called. The embryo damaged it and she needed to have it removed to save her life." Weiss continued drunkly. "She basically miscarried your baby and almost died while you were off doing your own thing, not caring enough to answer your phones so one of us could tell you that your wife needs you. And here you are telling me that my wife needs me… Hypocrite." He shook his head disapprovingly before slamming his hand on the table and leaving suddenly.

"We are not talking about me right now. We're not talking about our marriage or what happened to me. Savvy is our priority right now." Addison stated as calmly as she could with Derek's glares practically burning through her.

"She's right. I'm sorry, Sav. I guess I'm just a little shocked but I can deal with that later. You're more important now." Derek apologized. "I'll try talking to Weiss again. One on one. It may help." He said, getting up to go after Weiss.

"Thank you, Derek."

Derek nodded. "I'll be there tomorrow morning, okay?" He promised before leaning closer to Savvy to peck her cheek goodbye. "It'll be okay, Sav. You're gonna be fine and this will work itself out." He said reassuringly. He cast a glance in Addison's direction and gave a nod before walking away, no kiss, no words of encouragement or reassurance, no warmth.

"You okay, Ad?" Savvy asked.

Addison picked up her martini and finished the glass in one gulp. "I'm fine."

"You are not fine." Her best friend replied knowingly. "Your estranged husband just found out your two year old whopper of a secret because Weiss couldn't control his mouth."

Addison shrugged. "Hey may be upset but trust me, Sav, he doesn't care. He cares less now than he did then. It won't even matter to him after the divorce so why should he care? Let's get you back to the hospital, okay?" she asked, trying to avoid her own problems.

"Addie, what are you still doing out here? How long are you going to keep doing this to yourself? You don't deserve to be treated like this. You need to move on. You need to come home." her best friend told her seriously.

Addison nodded numbly as she got up from the table. "Let's just go, okay? I need to get to bed. Tomorrow's going to be a long day."

Hey everyone! I've got another short story for you all. It will be somewhere between 3 to 5 chapters, I'm not done with it yet so I'm not sure. Let me know if you have any suggestions or ideas that will fit into this story. I'm working on chapter 3 now so it's not too late to add something.

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