A/N: Thanks to everyone who's reviewed etc. Here's the 3rd & final part =)
Something Beautiful
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~x~
5 weeks later.
"Sam, can you get the door?" Addison shouted from upstairs as the doorbell rang "Sam?" she sighed heavily and walked down the stairs with Ella in her arms, she opened the door and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Surprise" Sam smiled as he stood in front of Derek, Mark, Callie, Arizona, Bailey and Richard.
"Oh my god, what are you all doing here?"
"You really thought we'd miss you getting married?" Callie said with a laugh.
"I….I have no idea what to say I, thank you" she said hugging her a little "Oh god Sam please tell me Maya knows, she'll go crazy if she hasn't organized for this many people, never let a slightly hyperactive 16 year old help plan your wedding" she said with a laugh as she led them all through to the living room.
"She knows" Sam smiled "And how is Miracle this morning?" he said taking Ella from Addison's arms "Hello baby girl" he smiled as Ella smiled back at him.
"She has gotten so big" Richard smiled.
"I was a house when I was pregnant" Addison laughed "Seriously, I thought I had 2 toddlers in there"
"She's the most dramatic pregnant lady I've ever known" Sam chuckled.
"Shut up" Addison said hitting him on the arm.
"You shut up" he smirked.
"How about you shut up?" Addison said stepping closer to him.
"Make me" he whispered, before their lips came together.
"Oh god, stop stop stop" Mark said pushing them away from each other "You're sickening and cute and squishing your baby"
"Sorry" Addison laughed "We're practicing being sickening cute newlyweds, 1 day to go" she grinned "Hey, where are you guys gonna be staying?"
"In my big empty house next door" Sam smirked "If any of you wanna put in an offer…."
"Sam, you haven't even put it up for sale yet" Addison smirked back.
"Yes, and I'm deciding who's buying the place, that was my 'making it on my own' house"
"And then I moved in next door and spoiled it all with my naked dancing" Addison laughed.
"Your what?" everyone exclaimed.
"My first morning in the house I got out of the shower, turned on some music, and danced naked" Addison laughed "And then I turn around and Sam's gawping at me through his bedroom window"
"You're making me sound like a pervert" Sam said tapping her arm "I was in shock, there was a naked lady in the house I thought was empty, then you turned around and, well it was you, I didn't even know you were coming" he laughed.
"Yeah, I almost killed Nae for that" Addison smirked "Anyway, why don't you show them through to the house, I need to get this one fed and you guys are just in time for our pre wedding we're too old to be bachelors and bachelorettes beach side barbecue"
"You've been practicing saying that haven't you" Bailey smirked.
"Just a little" Addison laughed "Come on baby girl" she said taking Ella back, she flashed them all a smile and made her way to her bedroom.
~x~
"I can see why you love it here" Bailey said that evening as everyone sat out on Addison's deck.
"It's pretty amazing huh" Addison smiled.
"I still think you're better off running my neonatal wing" said Richard.
"I barely have time to take a shower in the morning now I have Ella, running a neonatal wing would actually be impossible" Addison said with a laugh "But you know if you have a case that needs me you only have to call"
"I know" Richard sighed "I miss you Addie, we all miss you"
"I miss you too" Addison said softly "How would you feel, about walking me down the aisle?"
"What?" he gasped.
"Well I wasn't going to have anyone, but, now you're here, you know I think of you like a father Richard, please, walk me down the aisle"
"Of course I will Addie" Richard said kissing her cheek "I'd be, honored"
"Thank you" Addison smiled.
"Ok, we have a proposition for you" Callie said as herself and Arizona walked up to the table and sat in the chair next to Sam, Arizona perched on Callie's lap.
"Okay" Sam said slowly.
"Well, we've been thinking about getting a vacation home, somewhere sunny but not so far from Seattle that we wouldn't be able to fly home within a day, so, we want to put an offer in on your house" Callie smiled.
"What?" Addison exclaimed "Are you serious?"
"Yeah" Arizona smiled "We figured when we're not using it, someone else from Seattle can, you have a lot of people who miss you Addison, so if we buy the house, they can all come and stay whenever they want"
"Sounds pretty great to me" Sam smiled "We can get the ball rolling as soon as you want"
"We're ready when you are" Callie smiled.
"Oh my god" Addison all but squealed launching herself at them and hugging them tightly "This is going to be so great, you'll get to see Ella grow up and, we can drink cocktails on the beach and, I love you guys"
"We love you too Addie" Callie said with a laugh.
"What's with all the squealing?" Mark asked walking over to them.
"Me and Ari are going to buy Sam's house so we can all vacation over here" Callie smiled.
"Wow" Mark laughed "That's, wow, that's, great?"
"Of course it's great" Addison beamed "Y'know, I'm so glad you're all here"
"Would've been nice for you to have thought about inviting us yourself" Bailey said dryly.
"Hey, Sam was the one who kept going on and on about having a small wedding with just the guys from the practice" Addison said defensively.
"I was throwing you off scent" Sam said with a laugh "Oh, and that is my cue to head upstairs" he said when Ella's cries echoed out of the baby monitor.
"I've got it" Addison said standing up "She's probably hungry again, she got your appetite remember" she smirked "I love you almost husband" she whispered kissing him softly.
"I love you too almost wife" he smiled, Addison pecked his lips again before disappearing into the house.
"I don't think I've ever seen you two like this" Mark smirked "All cutesy and touchy feely and, one of those couples you avoid sitting next to in restaurants"
"They're sickening aren't they" Naomi said with a laugh as she walked over to him and stood next to him.
"You're just jealous" Sam smirked "And from what I hear you're not that different with your teenage girlfriend"
"Hey!" Mark exclaimed "Lexie is no teenager, Lexie, is a woman, she is all woman"
"Yeah, she broke his penis" Callie laughed.
"Oh ew" everyone shuddered.
"I really didn't need to know that" the Chief groaned.
"Callie!" Mark whined "That's supposed to be a secret" he hissed.
"Oh come on, you had her whole intern year in the gallery trying to work out who you were sleeping with" she laughed "Hunt had to operate on him"
"How do I not know about this? I check that schedule" said the Chief.
"Me too" Bailey smirked.
"We had to protect his reputation" Callie said with a laugh.
"Hey, what are we talking about?" Derek asked.
"When Little Grey broke Mark's penis" Arizona said happily.
"That's what you get for promising you'd keep Little Sloan out of Little Grey and putting it in there anyway" Derek said patting his chest.
"And that's a weird conversation to walk in on" Violet said slightly stunned "Foods ready when you want it"
"I'm there" Callie said jumping up from her chair, almost knocking Arizona to the floor.
"I'm going to kill you Calliope Iphigenia Torres" Mark said chasing after her.
~x~
"Hey" Derek said softly as he moved to sit next to Addison who sat alone on the edge of her deck, watching everyone else running around on the beach, bar the Chief who'd already gone off to bed.
"Hey" she breathed.
"You okay?" he asked nudging her a little.
"Yeah, yeah I'm good, I'm just, thinking" she stuttered.
"About….?"
"This, all of this, my life, just, about how I ended up here, how we all ended up here, this, wasn't the plan y'know? The plan was to meet the guy, fall in love, get married, have a ton of kids and grow old with him. I met a guy, fell in love, got married, got, abandoned by said husband, no offense"
"None taken" he said with a small smirk.
"Had a one night stand with said husbands best friend, which turned into a relationship when said husband left, tried again with the husband, got divorced, had many, many nights of self-loathing sex with the ex-affair, and one self-loathing incident with a very hot intern who managed to break whatever heart I had left, came here, found out I couldn't have kids, moved here, had several failed attempts at love, went hiking, almost got killed, watched someone die, had comfort sex with my best friend and got a miracle baby, and now, now I'm marrying said best friend, it's just, not at all how I thought my life would go"
"At least you can say you lived" Derek said with a small smile "You slept with an intern?"
"I uh…maybe" she mumbled.
"Well I'm guessing since at the time O'Malley was married to one of your best friends it wasn't him, Karev huh?" he said with a laugh.
"Shut up" she said hitting him on the arm "You got married on a post-it, you can't judge me"
"Hey! I like my post-it marriage" he said defensively.
"I know" Addison said softly "I'm glad you're happy Derek"
"I'm glad you're happy too" Derek said squeezing her hand "He's really in love with you y'know, like, really in love with you"
"I know" Addison smiled "I'm really in love with him too, I didn't think we'd, turn into this, the proper family couple, we were doing the whole, friendship family thing, I thought that was it, I wanted there to be more but, I just couldn't say anything, and then he did, and 5 weeks later I'm sitting here with my ex-husband on the night before out wedding" she said with a laugh.
"Funny how life turns out huh?"
"Yeah" Addison smiled "Funny"
~x~
"Oh god I feel sick" Addison said pacing her bedroom "Should I feel this sick?"
"You might feel better if you stop pacing" Maya said grabbing her shoulders "Get a grip"
"Ha, you just had your ass handed to you by a 16 year old, sucks to be you" Callie smirked.
"Shut up" Addison glared "Do I look ok? Is the dress right? Because I didn't want it to be too much, it's only city hall and…."
"You look perfect Addison" Naomi smiled "Honestly"
"Ok, I've decided, I'm taking her home with me" Callie said as she stared down at Ella in her arms "She's so adorable Addie"
"You're not taking her home and yes she is adorable" Addison beamed "She also needs to put on this dress" Addison said going into her closet and taking out a small shopping bag, she dipped her hand in and pulled out a small ivory dress with a pink satin sash around the middle, a small pink cardigan coming with it.
"Aww that is so cute" Maya smiled "Can I change her?"
"Sure" Addison said passing her the dress "Take her into the nursery, there are some booties and tights in the drawers underneath, pick some out for me?"
"Got it" Maya smiled, she took Ella from Callie and moved into the nursery.
"Hey" Naomi said squeezing Addison's arm "You don't have to do this if you don't want too"
"Of course I want to do this!" Addison exclaimed.
"I just had to check" Naomi said with a slight laugh "You're just going a little crazy right now"
"I just, I'm nervous, this just wasn't how expected my life to go and now it's happening and I'm happy that it's happening it's just all a little, overwhelming" she sighed.
"That's understandable Addie" Callie said softly "You'll be fine"
"Hey, we ready?" Violet said popping her head into the room "Everyones waiting downstairs for the big entrance" she said with a grin "Oh and Ella looks gorgeous"
"Ok, can I just, have a minute?" Addison asked.
"Sure" Naomi smiled, they all kissed her cheek and left her to stare in the mirror at herself.
"You can do this Addie" she whispered to her reflection, she smoothed her dress down, took a breath and headed to the stairs, as she reached the halfway point she stopped and smiled broadly as she saw Sam waiting at the bottom with Ella in his arms, everyone else looked up from their conversations, she moved down the last few steps and reached him.
"Hey" he whispered kissing her softly.
"Hey" Addison smiled.
"You look, beautiful" Sam said cupping one of her cheeks and stroking his thumb against her skin "Ready to go get married?" he asked with a smile.
"You bet your ass I am" Addison grinned as their lips came together.
~x~
"I didn't think I'd ever get married again" Sam said as he held Addison's hands in his ready to make his vows "It just wasn't something I thought would happen, I didn't think I'd meet anyone who I would, love enough, but then, something changed, between me and you, I stopped seeing you as 'my friend and neighbor Addison' and I started seeing you as, just Addie, and I started to fall in love with just Addie, and then it's one amazing day, and some of the night" he teased, Addison let out a laugh "And then it's 6 weeks later and that one day gives us a miracle, and I'm not saying I wasn't scared, because I was, but deep down I was happy, I was so happy that we were going to have this perfect little baby together. It took me a long time to really come to terms with the fact that I was in love with you, and if we didn't have the friends we have maybe I wouldn't have even told you when I did, but I am more than happy that I did. Sometimes I wake up next to you and I still think I'm just the geek going for the hot girl, and I wait for someone to jump out and say only kidding, but then you open your eyes and you smile at me and, then I watch you and Ella together, and, I know it's real, I love you more than you'll ever know, and no matter what happens in the future, I will always be here for you and Ella, always, I love you" he brought Addison's hands to his mouth and kissed her knuckles softly.
"And now Addison if you would like to make your vows"
Addison took a breath and wiped a stray tear from her cheek "There are so many things I could say to you right now to tell you how much I love you, I had this whole speech planned, but now, now I'm standing here and looking at you and all I can say is, you're everything I never knew I always wanted, I will love you forever. My love. My life. My best, friend" Sam smiled softly at her, he reached out and wiped more tears from her cheeks, they exchanged their rings with huge smiles on their faces, tears still gathering in Addison's eyes.
"And now, by the power vested in me and the state of California, I now pronounce you, man and wife, Sam, you may kiss your bride"
Sam stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Addison as they kissed slowly, as they pulled away she wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face against him, Sam kissed against her hair and held her tightly to him.
"I love you so much" he whispered.
"I love you too" Addison whispered back "So much" she looked up to him and softly kissed him on the lips.
~x~
"Ok everyone can I have your attention" Maya said standing up at the main table, she'd organized for Addison's deck to be cleared and enough tables to seat everyone to replace it, ordering Pete and Cooper to do a barbecue once the speeches were over, everyone stopped talking and looked over to her "Thank you" she smiled "The night I found out about my Aunt Addie and Dad having a baby together, I couldn't have been more shocked, I was happy, but shocked all the same. But only really because of the baby thing. A couple of months before Aunt Addie got pregnant I started to notice a change in her relationship with my Dad, they seemed, closer, and I'd sit and watch them talking and, I realized that they'd actually make a pretty good couple, when I said this to Addie when we were talking about the baby she laughed at me, whose laughing now Addison?" she said with a grin "We live a crazy life, we're one big, insane family, but I wouldn't change it, I love my Dad and Addison with all my heart, and Ella with everything I have, and I can't wait to watch her grow up, I'm sure she'll be just as cool as her Mom, I love you, To my Dad, and Addison, and our insane family, cheers" she said raising her glass.
"Cheers" everyone smiled raising theirs.
"That was beautiful Maya" Addison said kissing her cheek softly "Thank you, for helping with all of this, you've really impressed me"
"I've decided, I want my own wedding planning business" Maya smiled "That's what I want to do, I want to go to college and do business studies, maybe find an internship or something"
"Maya honey, if it's what you want, go for it" Addison smiled "You know we'll support you whatever you do"
"Thanks Aunt Addie" Maya said hugging her.
"Ok, I guess it's my turn now huh" Sam said standing up "I just, I want to thank you all, for all of your support and love, through everything, we couldn't appreciate it more" he said squeezing Addison's shoulder a little "It's been an insane year, but where I am right now, with all of you, and my beautiful wife and kids, I don't think I could think of anywhere better to be, Addie" he said softly "I love you, and I can't wait for many more insane years with you and Ella by my side, I'd like you all to raise your glasses, to my best friend, To Addison"
"To Addison" everyone smiled.
"I love you" Addison said kissing him as he sat back down next to her.
"I love you too" he smiled.
~x~
5 years later.
"Hmm" Addison sighed contently as Sam kissed his way back up her body, the last kiss touching her lips "That was amazing" she breathed "You're not too bad for an old man" she grinned.
"Oh how you wound me" Sam said mockingly clutching his chest "You're not too bad yourself Mrs Bennett" he said kissing her neck "Happy Anniversary"
"Happy Anniversary" Addison smiled "Can you wake me up like that every morning?"
"What? With me licking your….." Addison cut him off with her lips, climbing on top of his body "We are going to spend this whole day in bed" she whispered against his lips "And then tonight, we're going to go and have a very fancy dinner, and buy Naomi a very expensive gift for taking our daughter until tomorrow"
"Addison, shut up" Sam smirked pulling her down into a kiss.
~x~
"You ok there Addie?" Violet asked with a laugh as she walked into the practice kitchen the following day to find Addison knocking back a couple of pills and wincing a little as she sat down.
"I am not as young or bendy as I used to be" Addison said with a groan.
"Good anniversary then huh?" Violet smirked.
"It was amazing" Addison smiled "I'm just suffering for it this morning" she said with a slight laugh.
"Mommy!" Ella said running into the kitchen and hugging her tightly.
"Hello sweetheart" Addison smiled kissing the top of her head "Did you have a good time with your Aunty Nae?"
"Yep" Ella smiled "Did you have a good anniversary with Daddy?"
"I had a very good anniversary with Daddy" Addison smiled, glaring at Violet when she let out a snort.
"Hey" Naomi smiled walking in "I was just talking to Dell, have a good day yesterday?"
"I did" Addison said with a slight grin "Thank you for taking her, me and you are going out for cocktails one night next week as a thank you, hey, why don't we make it a girls night, you in Vi?"
"Leave the kids with the men? Of course" Violet said with a laugh "I have to go get ready for my first patient but first I want a hug from my favourite 5 year old girl named Ella"
"I love you Aunt Violet" Ella laughed hugging her tightly.
"Love you too sweetie" Violet smiled kissing the top of her head.
"Ok, I have to get downstairs, it's been great having you Ella, she was a very good girl" she smiled to Addison.
"Glad to hear it" Addison smiled.
"Bye sweetie" Naomi said kissing the top of Ella's head "Bye Addie" she said kissing her cheek before leaving.
"Ok Ell, shall we go and say hello to Daddy for a little while?"
"Ok" Ella smiled bounding off to Sam's office "Hi Daddy" she beamed.
"Hey there Miracle" Sam smiled "Does Daddy get a hug?" Ella smiled and moved over to hug him tightly "Did you have a good time with Aunty Nae?"
"Yep, it was good" Ella smiled.
"Good" Sam said kissing her forehead softly.
"Mommy, are you and Daddy going to be married for a long time? Because when you were married to Uncle Derek and Daddy was married to Aunty Nae you didn't last that long"
"That was a very long time ago sweetie" Addison said softly "Things were different then"
"Me and Mommy love each other very much Ell" Sam said stroking her hair a little.
"So you're staying together forever?"
"Yeah" Addison said with a smile "We are honey"
"Good" Ella smiled "Daddy can I phone Maya and tell her?"
"Sure" Sam said with a slight laugh, he pulled out his cell and dialed Maya's number "Hey Maya it's Dad, Ella wants to talk to you...here you go sweetie" he said passing Ella the phone, she moved over to the sofa and sat down talking happily in the phone.
"Hey" Addison whispered perching on the edge of Sam's desk and kissing him softly.
"Hey" he smiled "I love you"
"I love you too" Addison smiled back "I meant it y'know, we're staying together forever, you don't really have a choice"
"I don't need the choice" Sam said pulling her onto his lap and kissing her deeply.
"Mommy! Daddy! Stop kissing!" Ella shouted from the sofa.
"Sorry Ell" Addison laughed.
~x~
The End.