Title:- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Author:- Lu
Rating:- T
Disclaimer:- I don't own any of the characters you recognise, those you don't started life as a figment of my imagination.
A.N. – So I am starting a new story yet again, but this came to me and I decided to try it out. So bear with me. It may take a while but I will get there in the end.
Addison collapsed on her sofa after a hard day at Seattle Grace Hospital. It had been a long day, two emergency deliveries as well as one scheduled delivery. She was looking forward to a nice long bubbly bath and a glass of wine. The only thing missing from her lovely evening was the man in her life. Addison and Derek had decided to give their love another go. They had been divorced for almost eight months but they truly loved one another and decided that they should give it another go. He was still on shift and was going to go back to his trailer afterwards so as not to disturb her, but she missed him when he didn't show.
She lay in the bath for a while before deciding that it was time to get out. She fingers and toes had gone all wrinkly. She wrapped herself in a big bath sheet before slipping into her robe. Wandering back through her home she thought she could hear a noise coming from outside. Ignoring it she walked into her kitchen to pour herself a glass of wine. As she placed the bottle back into the refrigerator she heard the noise again, she thought it sounded like a cat, but wasn't sure. She went to her front door to investigate and got a shock when she reached there.
Lying on her front step was a Moses basket containing a tiny crying baby. Addison looked up and down her street but couldn't see anyone. She lifted the basket and carried it into the house. Setting it on her coffee table she lifted the crying child into her arms. The baby, a girl, quieted immediately. There was a note pinned to the blanket of the basket. Balancing the baby on her shoulder she unpinned the note and sat on her sofa to read it.
Doctor Montgomery, you delivered my daughter a week ago and I thought I could look after her but I can't. Please look after her well. I know you will. Her birth certificate is awaiting a name. Choose for me and give her the life I can't. I am giving her to you. I can't do it any more. You have total responsibility for her. Just let her know that her mom did it for her own good.
Addison thought back to the babies she had delivered the week previous. She had delivered so many, but the one that stuck out was the young mother. The girl had been in her late teens and seemed ready to take on the responsibility of a child. Now a week later Addison herself held the child in her arms, wondering what to do.
She lifted the phone and dialled a familiar number. "Derek when you get off shift can you come over. Thanks, see you soon." Hopefully Derek would know what to do.
Derek Shepard appeared at his ex-wife-now girlfriends home two hours later. He was confused to say the least. He wasn't supposed to be seeing her that night, it was close to midnight and hadn't thought he would see her again until the morning but her voice mail had sounded urgent. Using his key he walked into her new home. He felt at peace whenever he walked in. He wasn't sure what it was, whether it was the newness of everything but there was definitely something that made him feel happy when he was there. "Addison." He called out as he hung his jacket on the stand.
"In the living room." She called back.
Derek made his way into the dimly lit room. "Hey what's…." He never finished his question as he saw her sitting with what looked to be a newborn baby in her arms. "Uh…."
"My reaction too." She told him. "Read the note. I don't know what to do? I was hoping you could help me out here."
Derek took a few minutes to read over the note few times before turning back to where she sat. She looked so amazing sitting there with the tiny body leaning on her. His head was telling him one thing, but his heart another. His head told him to call Social Services and have the baby taken into care, even though the letter said not too. His heart told them to keep the baby. Raise her as their own. He moved closer to Addison and sat down beside her, running his hand over the babies back. "We need to the right thing. In the morning we'll call social services and find out what they say."
Addison knew that was what he was going to say and she knew it was the right thing to do, but her heart was telling her something different. In fact it was telling her exactly what Derek's was telling him. "Okay." She glanced down to the baby in her arms to see the little ones eyes had closed and was now asleep. She moved to the edge of the sofa and gently laid her in the Moses basket. "Can you carry the basket to my room please?"
"Sure. Do you want me to stay with you, help you out?" He asked gently lifting the basket and carrying it up the stairs. She smiled at him and he had his answer. Soon they would be wrapped in one another's arms watching the child sleep for they knew they wouldn't sleep.
