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Chapter 2:

Derek woke up to find a sleeping Addison curled up on his side. He slowly ran a finger on her soft cheek and smiled. He knew spending Christmas here could do them good. Truth is, he hadn't wanted to be near Meredith for Christmas. He once told Addison, on Thanksgiving, that holidays make you want to be with people you love, exactly what he wanted to prove by being with her here. He was over Meredith, or at least he was trying really hard to be.

"Stop watching me." She told him groggily.

Derek grinned. "Sorry, couldn't help it."

"Huum," she opened her eyes and looked at the clock. "Oh my God, I can't even remember the last time we slept in so late!"

"Me neither," he paused, "But change is good."

She looked up at him and smiled. "Yeah, I believe it can be."

"Do you have anything in mind for the day?"

"How about we just stay here? We could relax, spend Christmas Eve in bed." She looked around and sighed contently. This place was even better than she remembered it to be.

"Sure, sounds good to me."

With a soft grin, she turned in his arms, linking them around his neck. "I also have a few presents for you."

"I thought we said no presents this year, that this was our present." Derek pouted playfully.

Addison smirked, "Oh well, I couldn't help myself. Plus, they aren't all material gifts."

"Oh yeah?" he smirked back, "I love what I'm hearing. And honestly, I got a few gifts for you too."

"I thought we said no presents this year?" She mimicked his previous statement.

He shrugged and smiled. "I wanted to be the only one with the gifts."

"That's selfish," she giggled, "But also very cute."

"I thought so," he chuckled, "How about this; we go buy popcorn, candies and Christmas movies?"

Addison grinned at the idea. "And chocolate?"

"Only if I can eat it on you," he smirked and looked at her body hungrily.

"Fair enough," she smiled, "Thank you, for bringing me here. I feel great here and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders."

"How?" he asked curiously.

"It's just…" she paused. "I always feel kind of stressed, no more like worried, about what's going to happen next with us. Honestly, I always go back home telling myself it might be the last time. Things have been hard."

He nodded. "I know, but I really do want to be better husband. Put Meredith behind me and focus on forgiving you, and forgiving Mark."

"You want to forgive us?" She asked hopefully.

"I do." He nodded. "I love you, I really do."

Addison smiled tearfully. "I love you too, so much."

"A part of me has forgiven you, I know it, I think that I was just too proud to admit it in Seattle. Meredith, she was a fling…kind of a way to get back to you, a horrible way because I hurt you both that way, but you have to understand that you're the one. You've always been the one and you'll always be the one. That's why I asked you to marry me in the first place." He told her honestly. Every word was coming straight from his heart.

"Forever and always…right?"

"Right," he nodded confidently, "This, us, it's going to work. Don't give up on me, don't give up on us."

"I won't." She promised. "I could never let you go, no matter what. I know people would call me stupid but…I could forgive you anything, I love you and I'm just so scared you're going to leave me."

"I'm not going to leave you; I love you too much to ever do that. I didn't sign the papers Addie, and that means I want to stay."

"I'm so relieved." She told him honestly. "We're going forward, right?"

"We are." He promised. "Pinky swear?" He held up his little finger.

Addison giggled at the childlike proposition but intertwined her finger with is. "Pinky swear."

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"Do you want to open gifts?" Derek offered as midnight rounded. "It's now officially Christmas."

"I would love to." She smiled at the idea and got up. She reached her suitcase and picked up the wrapped gift from it.

"So this is why you took two suitcases why you? Because of gifts?" he teased her.

"Yes" she answered simply. "What about yours?"

"I managed to make space for you gifts in my one and only suitcase, because I didn't bring thirty pair of heels in the middle of winder in Utah."

"I brought them just in case." She defended herself.

He rolled his eyes and walked towards his suitcase to get her gifts. "Of course"

"So," she looked at the gift packages she had for him, "Open this one first."

Derek took the neatly wrapped box and started to open it. He found brand new pyjamas inside. "A classic, thank you"

"My pleasure," she smiled. They had given pyjamas to each other as a tradition since their first Christmas together.

"Well, you kind of ruined the surprise of my next gift." He gave her a package.

Addison chuckled as she opened the box. She found beige coloured silk pyjamas inside. "Thank you, I was really in need for new ones."

"Well, don't tell me you weren't expecting that gift."

"I wasn't." She told him honestly. "I really didn't think you'd even want to spend Christmas with me this year."

"I'm sorry that I made you think that." He leaned in and pecked her lips softly. "Put it in the past, okay?"

"Yeah," she nodded. "So, let's continue."

After a while, all their gifts were open. Addison had gotten jewellery and a trip to the spa, and Derek a watch and tickets for oncoming football games.

"I have a last one for you though." Derek told her as he pulled a gift from behind himself. "It's nothing much, but I thought you might want it."

"I'm sure it's great." She opened it and found a beautiful diary inside. "Oh Derek, it's so beautiful."

"I figured you needed a new one, I know that you have the old one since New York and I figured it's not filed with cheerful memories. So since this is a new start for us, I figured your diary might want a new start too."

"That's a really good idea." She opened it to look at the empty pages. A fresh start, new memories for her to write inside. "My last one has a few good memories, you know, the few last days have given it a little bit of lit. The rest is very…dark." Addison bit on her lip.

"It's okay." He assured her. "A new start."

"A new start." She smiled. "I love that idea."

"I love you." He grinned softly. "Here, there and everywhere."

Addison grinned back when he said that. "I love you too, here, there and everywhere."

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The end!

I hope you liked it, and yes I do know that Derek actually told Addison that Christmas makes you want to be with people you love, but I figured Thanksgiving would be a better moment for this one.

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