Something Beautiful
[2/3]

~x~

2 months later.

"Sam will you stop fidgeting" Addison sighed as she sat next to Sam on a flight to Seattle, Ella comfortably resting in a babybjorn against Addison's chest.

"They're going to kill me" he muttered.

"Oh don't be a baby" she said hitting him on the arm "They have no right, if they hit you I'll hit them right back, but they won't hit you, I'll get Callie, Bailey and Arizona to stare them down too, they hate that"

"Hmm" Sam sighed "How's she doing?" he said placing his hand against Ella's back.

"She's fine" Addison smiled "Fast asleep as usual, you're a lazy bones like your Daddy aren't you Ella"

"I'm not lazy" Sam scoffed.

"Between me, Maya, Naomi and Violet, and even Charlotte actually, we have about 60 photos collectively on our cells of you asleep with Ella on your chest" Addison smirked "One of them is even my wallpaper, I'll show you when we get off"

"My wallpapers that picture Maya took of us three at her 10th Grade graduation, I was thinking, maybe we should get it put in a frame for Ella's room"

"That's a great idea Sam" Addison smiled "We're gonna be fine y'know" she said squeezing his hand.

"I know" Sam smiled softly "We always are"

~x~

"Hey!" Callie beamed as she let Addison and Sam into her apartment "Come on in, oh guys, she is beautiful" she cooed as she peered into the babybjorn "So much cuter than the pictures"

"I know right" Addison said with a laugh "Arizona, Miranda, hey" she smiled to the two women on the couch.

"Hey" Arizona smiled.

"Addison" Bailey said softly "And the man himself, Super Sperm Sam"

"Oh please say that's not what you've been calling me" Sam groaned to Addison.

"Sorry" she said with a sheepish grin "I said it once and it kind of caught on"

"You're killing me woman" he mumbled.

"Oh stop whining" Addison said hitting him playfully "Ok, who wants the first hold?"

"Me" Callie said quickly, Addison let out a laugh, she took off the babybjorn and slowly passed Ella over to Callie "Hey Ella" she said softly "I'm your Aunt Callie, yeah, that's right" she smiled "You look just like your Mommy baby girl"

"You think?" said Addison "I think she's all Sam, her hair is all him anyway, believe it or not he had an afro in the 80s" she teased.

"Shut up" he groaned "I did not have an afro"

"I can have Naomi send the pictures by email within 5 minutes, do you really want me to go there?" Addison smirked.

"You wouldn't dare" Sam smirked back, as Addison reached for her phone Sam wrapped his arms tightly around her trying to wrestle it from her, Addison started to laugh uncontrollably as he tickled her "Sam" she squealed "Stop it"

"Tell me you won't have Naomi send the pictures"

"I won't, I won't I swear" she laughed "Sam please" Sam stepped back and pressed a kiss to her forehead "Ass" she mumbled hitting him on the arm, Callie, Arizona and Bailey all shared a knowing smirk.

~x~

"Grandpa Richard, can we come in?" Addison grinned appearing in the doorway of the Chief's office with Ella and Sam.

"Addie" he beamed standing up "Come in, come in" they walked in, Sam closing the door behind him "Dr Bennett" the Chief said shaking his hand.

"Oh Sam, please, this isn't a formal visit" Sam smiled as they all sat down.

"Well call me Richard" the Chief smiled "Ok, let me look at this grandchild of mine" Addison smiled and passed Ella over to him "Wow, look at you, you're beautiful just like your Mommy, your Mommy should come back from LA sweetie, I miss her, and so does the hospital"

"Richard" Addison warned.

"I know I know" he mumbled "You love LA"

"I do" Addison smiled "Ella's an LA baby, I can tell already, look at what Maya did to her" she laughed finding a picture on her cell and showing it too him, it showed Ella dressed in a tiny one-piece pink swimsuit, a pair of Maya's sunglasses resting over her eyes.

"Very LA" the Chief chuckled "So, how are you finding motherhood?"

"Tiring" Addison sighed "But very good, she's the best thing that's ever happened to me"

"I can see why" he smiled.

"Well, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom, behave" she warned as she quickly left.

"And when exactly are you planning on telling her you love her?" the Chief asked bluntly, his eyes never leaving Ella.

"Wha...what?" Sam stuttered.

"I've been in a room with you two for less than 5 minutes and I can feel the tension, the way you look at her, you love her"

"She's the mother of my child" Sam replied.

"Yeah, I'm aware of that" he smirked "What's going on Bennett?"

"There's just too many complications Richard, we've got a good thing going on right now, we work, as friends raising a baby, we work, we couldn't be together, she'd worry too much about upsetting Naomi and I wouldn't want to put what we already have in jeopardy"

"Chances are, if I've spotted it, Naomi's spotted it" the Chief said softly "What have you got to lose?"

"The woman I love and the daughter I adore" Sam whispered.

"Addie feels the same way, I can tell, I can always tell, and even if she didn't, she would never take Ella away from you, you know that"

"I know, I know" Sam sighed "It's just complicated"

"I'm sure it is" the Chief said with a small smile.

"Hey" Addison smiled walking back in "What are we talking about?"

"Nothing" they both replied.

~x~

"There they are" Addison whispered as herself and Sam walked down the hallway, spotting Mark and Derek leaning against the nurses station laughing together "They're in a good mood, that's a good thing" she said squeezing his arm "Ok, here it goes" she breathed, they slowly moved towards the pair, Addison cleared her throat a little to get their attention "Hello boys" she said with a wry smile.

"A..Addison" Mark stuttered "And, Sam and, a, baby, I uh, what, what's going on?"

"You're probably gonna want to sit down for this one" Sam smirked.

"Cafeteria?" Derek said still slightly stunned, Addison nodded and followed them through to the cafeteria, Addison and Sam sat on one side of the table, Derek and Mark in the other, Sam held Ella in his arms letting her hold onto his pinky.

"So...what's going on?" Derek asked warily.

"We had a one-night stand 11 months ago and by some miracle I got pregnant even though I'm supposedly infertile and Ella Kaitlyn Montgomery-Bennett is the result" Addison blurted, Derek and Mark stared at them wide eyed, both of them moved as if they were going to speak but no sound escaped them "I'll just, give you time to let that sink in" she said leaning back in her chair.

"Did you really have to blurt that?" Sam mumbled.

"Well how else was I supposed to tell them?" she whispered "Oh god I think I've scarred them for life" she said waving her hand in front of their faces.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Mark whispered hoarsely a few seconds later.

"I just, didn't know how too" Addison sighed.

"And you're not, a couple" Derek stuttered.

"No" Sam replied simply "It was just, one night, well day but, it was, a one time deal"

"Why?" Mark asked coldly "You're not a one time deal guy, so why would you do that, with her"

"Uh, her has a name!" Addison exclaimed "And what is that supposed to mean?"

"You're Naomi's best friend Addison, he chooses his first 'one time deal' to be Naomi's best friend" said Derek.

"It wasn't like that" Sam sighed "Addie's my best friend too, we'd been through a horrible, horrible day together, we went out running and we found this couple who'd crashed their car, the woman was 9 months pregnant, Addie climbed into the car with her and it ended up rolling down the hill, she could've died, I thought my heard was going to explode, I had to do a makeshift chest tube on the husband so I could go and get help, by the time I got back Addie had delivered the baby and when they tried to get them out of the car, the Mom died, the only thing that kept her alive for so long was the door that was putting pressure on her, by the time we got home it was the early hours of the next day, we were both feeling like, crap, it was, awful and terrifying and, leaving her there killed me but I had to get help and, it was horrible, and then we're kissing and one thing led to another and, we agreed it would just be a one time thing because it would all just get too complicated but then she's peeing on a stick and, by some miracle she's pregnant, it's been tough, it took Naomi a while to come around, but she did, she even delivered Ella, we know this is a little strange but we're happy, we're happy and, Ella really is a miracle"

"Super Sperm Sam to the rescue" Addison teased.

"I am so glad that's catching on" Sam grimaced "El, tell Mommy to stop teasing Daddy" he cooed down to her, Ella let out a small smile "Oh my god Addie look, she's smiling, she's actually smiling, that's a real smile, she's, she's never done that before, at least not with me, good girl Miracle" he grinned.

"I go through 9 months of pregnancy and the most painful labor ever and what's the betting that she does all her firsts for you" Addison smirked.

"Probably" Sam laughed.

"I can't believe this" Derek sighed "I just, I can't believe this"

"We couldn't quite believe it either Der" Addison said quietly "But we're happy, please just be happy for us"

"Well if, if you're happy then I guess, I guess I'm happy" Derek sighed "But I kind of wish you would've told us sooner, does, did anyone else know?"

"Richard, Miranda, Callie and Arizona, and you can't kill them for not telling you, I made them promise, and I can smell diaper changing time" Addison sighed "Come on baby girl" she said taking Ella from Sam, she picked up the diaper bag from the floor and stood up "Please all be in one piece when I get back" she said firmly before heading to the bathroom.

"Oh my god" Mark said as he watched Sam watch Addison "Oh my god you're, you're in love with her"

"I think I must be losing my ability to hide my feelings because you're the second person to point that out today" Sam grumbled "Yes, I'm in love with her"

"And she doesn't know" Derek stated.

"She doesn't know" Sam sighed "She can't know, it'll screw everything up"

"And what are you going to do when she wants to start dating?" Mark asked "You'll have to watch her and some other guy play happy families with your kid"

"I'll cross that bridge when we come to it" Sam replied.

"What if she feels the same way?" Derek asked "And you're just two people too scared to admit your feelings for each other and by the time you realize it it's too late and the moments passed and everything feels awkward from then on, you owe it to Ella to put it right, wouldn't you prefer her to have parents who were together and happy than apart and miserable?"

"Are you saying you actually want me to be with Addison?" Sam asked with a raised eyebrow.

"This is weird, and totally freaking me out" said Derek "But I'm more pissed because we didn't know about Ella than you two being together, if you love her, don't let her go Sam, you'll regret it for the rest of your life, and if she turns you down, which I highly doubt, you just have to move past it for Ella's sake"

"So I'm, I'm telling her, I'm telling her I love her?" Sam stuttered.

"Yeah" Mark nodded "You're telling her"

~x~

"Sam? Are you alright?" Addison asked as they walked into her house 2 days later.

"Wha...what?" he stuttered looking over to her.

"Are you alright?" she asked slowly "You've been acting really weird, is it Derek and Mark? Did they say something to you?"

"No, no, it's nothing, I'm ok, just a little tired" he sighed.

"Well, you get home, get some rest, we'll be ok, promise" she smiled.

"Ok then, well, I'll see you then" he said kissing her cheek "Bye baby girl, Daddy will come and see you later" he said kissing the top of Ella's head, he quickly rushed out of the house without another word "Well, that was weird" Addison muttered.

~x~

Later that day, answering a desperate text message, Naomi let herself into Sam's house, she found him sat on the sofa puffing hard on his inhaler.

"Sam? What is it? What's wrong?" she said rushing to his side "What happened? Did something happen in Seattle? Is it Addie? Ella? What's wrong?"

"I'm in love with her" he said breathlessly "I'm in love with her and I know I need to tell her but she'll probably just push me away because of you and, she might not even feel the same way and I don't, I can't lose her" he said quickly.

"Okay firstly, slow deep breaths" Naomi said soothingly "Good" she said as he started to breathe steadily "And secondly, I know you're in love with her, I can't believe it's took you this long to work it out" she said with a slight laugh "It's not really, an issue for me anymore, I came to terms with you and Addie a long time ago, I just want you to be happy, and I'm pretty much 99.9% sure she loves you too"

"She, she does?" Sam stuttered.

"We've all been wanting to bang your heads together for months" Naomi chuckled "You just need to relax, don't try and do anything special, just go over there, sit down with her, and tell her how you feel and for the love of god get that petrified look off your face"

"Thank you" Sam said hugging her "I really don't know what I would've done if you'd have freaked out"

"Just go and tell her Sam" Naomi said softly, she kissed his cheek and promptly left the house, Sam took a breath and stood up, he walked out of his patio doors and into Addison's, finding the downstairs empty he made his way upstairs and as he stepped into Addison's bedroom he instantly heard the sounds of Ella gurgling coming from the bathroom, he walked in to find Addison kneeling next to the tub, Ella inside her smaller one that fit inside the bigger.

"Hey" he smiled.

"Hey" Addison smiled up at him "We were just having a bath weren't we baby girl" she smiled to Ella, she slowly brushed the water across Ella's body "Did you get some sleep?"

"A little" Sam smiled as he knelt next to her "I can take over if you want to go and have a nap"

"Nah, I'm good" Addison smiled "You can take over though, I like watching you with her" she said softly.

"Sure" Sam smiled, they swapped places so Sam could get a better reach in, he could feel Addison's eyes on him as he continued to bath Ella "Have you got her towel?" he asked quietly as he finished.

"Yep" Addison said holding it up, Sam slowly lifted Ella from the tub, Addison instantly wrapped the small towel around her, the tiny hood covering her head.

"There we go baby, all better" Sam smiled holding Ella close to him, they both got to their feet and made their way into the nursery, Ella still spent most nights in bed with Addison but they were slowly transferring her into her own room, Addison sat in the rocking chair as Sam changed Ella into her sleep suit, he put her down into the crib and softly stroked her cheek before turning to face Addison "I need to talk to you" he said quietly.

"Sure" she smiled "I haven't had my caffeine allowance for the day, want some coffee?"

"Sure" Sam smiled, they made their way downstairs, Addison poured them both coffee, they sat close to each other on the sofa, Addison's body slightly turned towards him, one of her legs tucked underneath her "Is everything ok Sam?" she asked softly, her hand resting on top of his.

"What I'm about to say changes everything" Sam said shakily "It can go one of two ways and either way, it will change everything, I just can't not tell you, Richard Webber, Mark, Derek, Naomi, they all want me to tell you, and, they all seem to think it's going to go the same way, but I don't know, I hope it goes the way they want it too"

"Sam" Addison said warily "You're kind of scaring me right now" Sam took her coffee away from her, placing it on the coffee table next to his, he took both of her hands and stroked the backs of them softly with his thumbs "Addie" he said looking into her eyes "Everytime I've said I love you, I've meant it, but not in the way you've been taking it, everytime I say I love you, I mean it in a, I don't ever want to be without you, I want to spend the rest of my life with you way, Addison, I've been falling in love with you since before we even slept together, it's just taken me a long time to truly admit it to myself, and apparently I'm not so good at hiding it anymore, I'm in love with you Addie, and I want nothing more than for us to be a proper family, you, me and Ella, living in this house, together"

Addison suddenly launched herself at him, pushing him back on the sofa in a kiss, ending up lying on top of him, he shuffled them so they lay straight across the sofa, their bodies pressed together.

"I love you too" Addison whispered breathlessly "God Sam, I love you so much, I just, didn't want to screw up what we had and, I love you, I want us to be a proper family, so much, it's all I want"

"We've been so stupid haven't we" Sam sighed.

"Maybe" Addison said quietly "Let's just, not think about the past, let's just think about our future"

"Can I think about the day we made Ella?" he asked with a cheeky grin "Cuz that was a pretty great day"

"For pretty much my entire second trimester all I thought about was that day" Addison said with a laugh "You don't know how many times I almost jumped you, but then I almost jumped the mailman so that doesn't really mean anything, my hormones were out of control"

"I remember" Sam smirked "I caught you looking Addison Montgomery" he teased.

"Not my fault your hot" she whispered against his mouth "Wanna go upstairs?" she asked huskily, before Sam had a chance to answer they heard a whimper from the baby monitor, they both let out small groans and then a laugh.

"We are so getting a babysitter one night this week" Sam smirked.

"Oh, we so are" Addison laughed, she kissed him quickly before climbing off him and walking up to the nursery, leaving Sam with a grin on his face.

~x~

"Can I ask you something?" Sam asked quietly as he lay in bed with Addison that evening.

"Of course" she smiled.

"If she wasn't a miracle, would you really have got, got an abortion, I know, I know you said maybe but, were, were you serious?"

"No" Addison whispered "I wouldn't have, even if she wasn't a miracle, I wouldn't have done that, I couldn't have, when I aborted Mark's baby I was still married, he was cheating on me, he would've made a terrible father, I had no one, it was the right thing to do, but you, we were single for one, we weren't together but I know even if we were you wouldn't have cheated, and you are a fantastic father, and this time, I have people, plus, I think I've had feelings for you for a very long time, I didn't really realize it until the accident but, I think they started before that"

"Yeah" Sam whispered "Me too"

"Why?" Addison asked.

"Why what?"

"Why did you want to know, if I would've…."

"I just, I don't know, I don't want to think that if she wasn't a miracle you wouldn't want her"

"Of course I'd want her" Addison said softly "Her whole life isn't going to be based around this miracle Sam, that's just a small part of what she means to me Sam, she means everything, you and her, you're my everything"

"Marry me" Sam whispered, his hand cupping her cheek.

"What?" Addison said with a slight laugh.

"Marry me" he repeated "Be my wife Addie"

"You're serious!"

"I'm serious" he smiled.

"Yes" she whispered biting her lip a little "Yes, yes yes yes" she said kissing him hard on the lips "Yes"

"Soon" Sam said holding her close "As soon as we can, just me and you, and Maya and Ella, a couple of witnesses"

"Sounds perfect" she smiled "But just because we're having a small wedding doesn't mean I don't want a big ring" she teased.

"You can have any ring you want Addie" Sam said with a laugh "Tomorrow, before work, we'll stop by a jewelers, we can pick out our wedding rings too while we're there, I want them engraved"

"Engraved? With what?"

"My love, my life, my best friend"

"I love how corny you are" Addison grinned kissing him softly.

"I blame you" he smiled "Let's sleep while she still is"

"Definitely" Addison sighed, she turned on her side, Sam spooning her body, and they slowly fell into a deep sleep.

~x~

"Ok, we have 10 minutes before we have to get back down there" Naomi said as herself and Pete walked into the conference room at Oceanside late the following afternoon, everyone else was already sat around the table, including Maya who sat playing with Ella who rested in the car seat on top of the table "So, what's this about?" Naomi asked.

"Are you guys free 5 weeks on Saturday?" Addison asked, everyone instantly pulled out their diaries and schedules, all of the nodded in reply "Good" Addison smiled "Cuz you have a wedding to go to"

"What?" Naomi said with a laugh.

"Oh my god" Maya said noticing the ring on Addison's finger "I knew it!" she exclaimed.

"You're getting married?" everyone else seemed to exclaim.

"Yeah" Addison and Sam laughed.

"Jeez Sam I told you to tell her you were in love with her not go ahead and propose" Naomi chuckled.

"I know" Sam said sheepishly "I just, couldn't stop myself, Maya, catch" he said throwing her a small ring box "If you lose them you'll be paying for them for the rest of your life, your maid of honor duties start now"

"Are you serious?" Maya exclaimed "Oh my god, we have to go shopping! 5 weeks is like, nothing, how the hell are we supposed to plan a wedding in 5 weeks and….holy crap these are beautiful" she said looking at the rings "Aww, they're inscribed, I'm gonna go call my friends" she said dashing from the room.

"Well, someone's excited" Sam laughed.

"Ok, let's see this ring" Naomi said stepping to Addison and grabbing her hand "You bitch, that's bigger than mine was"

"That's why I picked it out myself" Addison laughed.

"You happy?"

"Yeah" Addison breathed biting her lip a little.

"It's ok" Naomi whispered noticing her nerves "I'm happy for you"

"Thank you" Addison said hugging her.

"Congratulations guys" Violet smiled.

"Thanks" Sam beamed pulling Addison back against his chest "I love you" he whispered in her ear, Addison turned her head and kissed him softly "I love you too" she smiled.

~x~

[3/3] to follow….


A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed etc. the first part! I have the 3rd and final part almost done!