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Sively – aww I am glad that you do. and it's always a big compliment to hear that I write the people I use in character.. so thank you. And I wanted them to have that as well .. sniff.. we have to blame Shonda for that, right?
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Thanks to Ash for beta reading :o)
Previously on Sooner or Later
Addison's emotions got the best of her and a single tear made its way to roll over her cheek "Please Mark… don't do that." She couldn't cope with that much information right now. She had moved on. She had a good life in LA, she had friends. She dated. But who was she kidding; her heart still belonged to him. The man who she had almost as much history with as with Derek. The man she could always rely on. The one she could call at anytime, knowing that he would be there as soon as possible. The one who held her when she cried, the one who cracked jokes to make her smile... the one she just couldn't forget, no matter how hard she tried.
"Do what? Tell you that I still love you Addison? Tell you that I miss you?...That my life isn't complete without you in it?" He swallowed the lump in his throat as the tears in his eyes threatened to fall.
"Mark... I can't handle this right now… I need some time to… think…figure it out." She replied her voice thick with emotion.
He nodded. "All right… let me know what you want to talk about it, okay?"
She smiled. "I will, thank you." She stared down at her plate, not really hungry anymore. "How long are you staying in Los Angeles?" She asked looking up.
"2 weeks." He answered setting his cutlery down
"I would like to ... hang out with you... sometime… as long as you are here." She hoped he would agree.
"I'd like that." He nodded going back to normal conversation, leaving the rest being unsaid for as long as she needed time.
no on with the story :o)
Chapter 3
In the beginning it was awkward for both of them, considering their past, but this whole being just friends thing really seemed to work. Mark and Addison spent almost every day together, meeting for breakfast when they both had meetings the rest of the day, other times they met for lunch, or even dinner. Everything worked out just fine. So after one week of casual meetings in restaurants and Starbucks, Addison had a good feeling about inviting Mark over for a movie. They were sitting at their favourite coffee place again, sipping their lattes when Addison finally brought the topic up.
"So… how long does the conference run today?" she asked while sipping her caramel Frappuchino, licking the whipped cream of her lips.
"I think until about 8… 9 p.m. tops. Why do you ask?" Mark wanted to know, looking up at her.
"I thought that maybe we could watch a movie together…"
"Sure… I'll meet you at the cinema." He smiled
"Actually I was thinking that you could come over to my place. I could cook." She explained hoping that Mark would agree.
He was surprised to say at least but he nodded "Sure... sounds like fun... but… you ... um... want to cook?" he arched an eyebrow.
She rolled her eyes and put her coffee back on the table "I can cook... well I learned to cook… don't look at me like that... I know how to make something without burning the whole kitchen down."
"Well… whatever you say ... but… I could also bring take out." Mark offered grinning at her while she rolled her eyes at him again.
"Mark Sloan… for the last time... I will cook…you will eat it … AND you will like it, you hear me?" she said in her usual bossy tone.
"All right, all right." He laughed taking another sip of the hot liquid "I will take some pills for my stomach to prepare for tonight."
She shot him a look but he turned his head away before he could see it.
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Addison stood in the kitchen, preparing mozzarella and tomatoes for the first course and Spaghetti Cabornara as the second when she heard the doorbell ring.
She washed her hands quickly, took another look around the kitchen and went to open the door.
"Hey." She said with a smile, seeing Mark standing outside of the door, looking as handsome as always.
"Hey yourself." Mark replied, tugging a bunch of yellow roses from behind his back offering them to her.
Addisons eyes widened in surprise but she took the flowers from his left hand, inhaling their scent. "Thank you... they're beautiful."
"Not as beautiful as the woman in front of me." he said looking at her. Addison was wearing a rather short black pencil skirt and a wine red top which showed some nice cleavage but left enough to the imagination.
She blushed slightly "Thanks, you look pretty handsome yourself" she eyed him up and down. He was dressed in some comfortable blue jeans with a black button down shirt and his leather jacket which she loved so much.
Mark smiled at her "I tried my best." And his cocky grin was back
Addison laughed "yeah well I am sure you did, come in."
He entered her apartment and looked around. "You have a nice place." He told her while shrugging out of his leather jacket, placing it on a nearby wardrobe.
"Thanks… want a tour?" she asked grinning
"Sure." He smiled following her
"Well that's the living room." She said revealing a beautiful room with a couch, two armchairs, a big TV, some paintings on the wall and some nice added furniture. The TV was already on showing the DVD channel and Mark almost laughed when he saw the bunch of chick flicks lying in front of the DVD player.
Addison continued to walk "This..." she gestured to another room "... is the dining area." He looked around and the room also had some nice furniture including a set table with a lit candle and two chairs in the middle. He could hear music playing softly from the stereo which was located in the other side of the room.
He nodded in appreciation "nice… really"
She smiled back and continued the tour "Bathroom..." she pointed to another room, revealing a room that was bigger than his bed- and living room together. The room had a shower, a big bathtub and even a Jacuzzi in the middle. The room was a soft light blue and had a big window that gave a view of the ocean. He bet she loved that room and spent most of her time in it.
He turned around and noticed that she was already walking in the opposite direction. "wait." He called after her and tried to catch up
"This is the kitchen." She smiled "I am not showing it to you ...because … well... I'm cooking in there and it looks like something exploded."
He laughed at that "Well it smells pretty good... so I guess you really learned how to work things in the kitchen" he grinned at her
"I told you I did. 5 Months alone in LA will do that to you" she smiled and started walking. "And this one …" she hesitated "Is …"
"Your bedroom." Mark finished for her.
"Yeah." She smiled and went in.
Mark looked around the big room with the king sized bed in the middle. The room screamed Addison from head to toe. It looked beautiful and he knew that she put a lot of love in this special room.
"It's beautiful Addie." He told her as his eyes wandered around the room.
"Thank you. It took me awhile to arrange everything in here."
"Well you did a pretty good job. Not only with this room... but with your whole apartment. It looks great."
She was beaming now. "Yeah well… what can I say, I wanted to feel good in my own home... it's the first time I've lived alone since… well... it's the first time." She said realizing that she never really lived alone before. First she lived with her parents, and then she lived with Savy in New York during her med school days, after that she moved in with Derek... then with Mark... and then she moved across the country to live with Derek again.
Of course, after the divorce there was the Archfield Hotel, but she didn't really count those few months in the tiny hotel room in Seattle, because she tried pretty hard to forget them.
Mark only nodded. He had noticed the sad look appearing in her eyes and he didn't like it. He could imagine what she was thinking about and it made his heart ache. "Maybe we should eat something... I'm starving." He said as he smirked at her, hoping that he could distract her from those rather unpleasant thoughts.
"Yeah." She tried to smile, thankful for the interruption of her own thoughts "Dinner should be ready... just… go to the dining room and I will be with you in a minute, all right?" but before he could answer Addison had already made her way to the kitchen.
Mark walked up to the room she showed him before and sat down in one of the chairs, pouring them each a glass of wine.
Addison showed up a few minutes later with lots of food in her hands. Mark stood up to help her with all the plates and set them down on the table.
"That… looks amazing." He told her when he eyed the plate that were placed on the table.
"Thanks. I hope it tastes good as well."
"Well, we'll see about that." He said chuckling softly when he sat back down and she joined him at the table.
She hit his arm playfully and both of them started to eat.
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"That was delicious Addison." He told her after they did the dishes together. "I guess I didn't really need the stomach pills" he smiled at her and rubbed his tummy.
"Yeah well, you could have trusted me."
"I do trust you Addison; you know I trust you with my life, but when it comes to food... that's an entirely different story."
She laughed "All right... well I'm glad you liked it."
"I loved it; we should ... um... do it again."
"Sure." She smiled
"So..." he looked at her "what about the movie?" he asked when they made their way towards the living room."
"Right.. the movie. Well I am sure you noticed that I almost only have chick flicks, but hey.. you can choose." She laughed
"Funny Addison.. funny.. so you want me to choose between a bunch of silly movies?"
"They aren't silly, they are funny… or romantic… sometimes even both." She tried to defend her taste in movies.
"Fine…" he growled "the things you do for women." He mumbled under his breath.
"What did you say?" she asked nudging his shoulder
"What? Oh nothing… " he said walking up to the shelf with the DVD's in it, at least those which weren't spilled on the floor. "well.. what do we have here.. "Kate and Leopold", "The Notebook" "A Walk to Remember" "The Cutting Edge" he rolled his eyes "oh you've got to be kidding me."
Addison crossed her arms in front of her chest "Those are great movies. In fact "The Cutting Edge" is one of my favourite movies ever, its about a hockey player" she told him in an attempt to capture his interest.
"You mean we get to see ice hockey in that movie?" he asked hopeful
"Yes. We do" She replied. It wasn't a lie, there was one or two scenes with ice hockey in it.. so…"
"Well okay then, "The Cutting Edge" it is"
She smiled and put the DVD in the player and started the movie.
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"Addison Forbes Montgomery. I cant believe you lied to me. The movie wasn't about ice hockey, it was about ice SKATING" Mark said trying to be angry with her. The truth was that he had actually liked the movie, a lot.
"Shhushh you." She hit his chest "You loved the movie.. and hey I didn't lie, there were some ice hockey scenes in it."
"ONE"
"Two!"
"Really? Where?"
"When they played together.
"That wasn't ice hockey.. that was… "
"Yeah whatever… so.. want to watch another movie?" she asked him hoping he would say yes. She didn't want him to go just yet.
"Sure. You can pick this time."
"All right then." She stood up and made her way towards the DVD's taking "Teaching Mrs Tingle" out of the shelf and shoving the DVD into the player.
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Half way during the second movie Addison started to yawn and lean into Mark. He carefully wrapped his arms around her and she smiled. It felt so right to be in his arms and be held by him. Mark couldn't help but smile as well. He hadn't felt that content in a long, long time.
When the movie was done and the credits appeared on the screen, both adults were fast asleep on the sofa, curled up in one another, legs tangled, her hand on his chest and his arm around her waist, sleeping peacefully with big smiles on their faces.
TBC
I hope you liked this chapter guys. I wrote it with all of my heart and soul and with my love for Maddison.
Btw. Where are all the Mark and Addison fans? I got like 15 reviews less for this story then for my Addisex story, so guys… are there really more Addisex fans out there than Maddison fans? C'mon. .show me that the Maddison fans do exist.. let me feel the love you have for this couple and leave a little review, that would be so sweet and would make me and Maddison really happy :o) also I miss a few reviewers.. sniff.. hope they show up as well.. Thank you for reading girls.. and boys if there are any :o).