Counting Stars

Sorry for the delay! Are you guys still reading?

Addison-fan: I hope you still like this chapter, even with the ending (sorry, spoiler alert…)

LoveLastsForever: Thank you so much! I really like this and the Country story the best so far but I will probably update all of the stories this week… Kathleen is awesome and I'm glad you like her, hopefully you're still reading :)

Lena-Prince08: I'm so glad you like the stories! Because it's fun to give Addek a fresh start with a clean slate and still watch them kind of mess it up :D There should be a story with those two and the plot of Sleepless in Seattle...

Guest: Here is the UD :)

geller516: Mark is in this story because I don't think it would be much fun without him and if I remember correctly I mentioned him in the first chapter? Maybe I should re read BUT he's definitely in here!

Alterus: Almost! :D But you'll have to read for yourself :)

Guest: It took a while but I finally updated!

Addekbabies: Hope you're still reading!


The One With The Reason Why

"I am a little envious that you get to live here, seriously." Addison turned around to look at Derek who had just finished to give her the grand tour of his house and was now standing behind her on the patio outside.

"You would live here? In the middle of the woods without a neighbor for miles?" He raised his eyebrows and was rather amused. The awkwardness between them had gone away almost completely and it was a lot like when they had first met and they felt so completely at ease around each other.

"Yes, why don't you believe me?" She turned towards him so that she was now facing him. The look on his face reminded her a lot of a little boy and it might have been the most endearing thing she had ever seen.

"Oh, it's just that you came here and you chose to live at a hotel instead of getting an apartment or a house right away. And you also don't really seem like the kind of person who likes the outdoors very much." Derek was still teasing her as he took a sip of his beer and watched her reaction.

"Well I didn't exactly plan to move here so that's why I started living in a hotel and I do like the outdoors."

"You're wearing heels and a dress to a barbecue. Not that I mind because you look gorgeous and I'm sorry if that was uncalled for but it's the truth." He simply shrugged his shoulders and saw a slight blush on her cheeks that had also crept up the other night when he had told her how beautiful she was.

"I'm very sorry but my flannel shirt hasn't arrived yet, I wasn't aware that it was a part of the Seattle starter pack." Addison motioned to the shirt he was wearing and he had to laugh at her comment when he led her back inside, his hand resting on her back and once again she felt a shiver run right through her.

"Please let me know when you get it." Derek chuckled and turned towards her, his hand still on her back so she was standing impossibly close to him and she could see his gaze drifting from her eyes to her lips and back up. Addison couldn't help but to lean in a little and he did the same. Just as their lips were about to touch someone rang the doorbell and she jumped back.

"Oh geez, I almost had a heart attack," she whispered, trying to mask her disappointment about not getting to kiss him.

"And I thought you'd be relieved that it wasn't just the two of us anymore." He gave her a smile that she returned when she watched him walk towards the door to open it.

"Hello! So who is the mystery guest Kathleen was going to invite?" Preston and Mark walked through the door and could only grin when they saw Addison standing there.

"Oh," Mark made his way over to her and looked her up and down. "Mark Sloan, very nice to finally meet you, we've heard a lot about you."

"No details, I swear!" Preston said quickly but then realized that he might have just made this worse. "Preston Burke." He shook her hand after mouthing 'sorry' to Derek who just gave Addison an apologetic smile.

"Addison Montgomery." She introduced herself and was glad when Derek suggested that they should all go outside.

"Derek, I'm sorry, I totally forgot to tell you that I invited Addison," Kathleen arrived a little later and walked out on the patio, "and I might have messed up the time we are meeting. Sorry, really." She shrugged her shoulders but couldn't help the grin on her face when Derek only snorted.

"Honest mistake, happens to the best of us," Preston told her because he and Mark found this situation just as amusing as she did especially since they saw Addison and Derek glancing at each other every now and then and they quickly looked away when their gazes met.

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"So how come the two of you don't work at the same hospital?" Addison leaned back in her chair after they had all eaten and looked at both Kathleen who was sitting across from her and then at Derek who was right next to her, so close that their legs brushed against each other every now and then.

"Because my little brother is very annoying since he's this big shot surgeon and I'm just an internist." Kathleen rolled her eyes. "Plus I think working with Mark could be very stressful."

"You mean distracting, and I get that, I have that effect on the ladies." Mark shrugged his shoulders and smiled rather smugly.

"Before we discuss Mark's effect on the ladies, I am not annoying to work with." Derek gave his sister a look.

"Uhm, yeah, you are. But all you surgeons are the same; sometimes I wonder why I hang out with you… You're all so full of yourselves and order your interns around. She does the same." Kathleen pointed at Addison.

"I do not order them around… Well, okay, never mind, I do but it's not like only surgeons do that."

"Yeah and Shep is very popular with the female interns." Preston chuckled and saw the annoyance on Derek's face and the way Addison raised her eyebrows at him. "They call him McDreamy and he's totally oblivious to all of that because all he can think about is you." Preston just looked at Addison and grinned when he saw her looking down, Derek did the same thing.

"Don't be ridiculous." Derek gave his friends a look. For some reason they found this so very amusing. He turned his head to look over at Addison, who was still looking down on her hands in her lap. "Sorry," he whispered and rested his hand on her knee. At this she looked at him and gave him a smile but didn't move away from him at all.

"Hey, how about another beer?" Mark looked at Kathleen and Preston who immediately nodded their heads and got up to walk inside.

"I am so sorry they are like this. Really, really sorry, you can't believe how sorry." Derek sighed when it was just he and Addison left on the patio and he knew that the other three weren't about to come back outside that soon.

"Don't be, tonight has been fun, even though that just now wasn't the smoothest thing to do." She turned towards him and gave him a smile. It had been nice to spend time with him and she really wasn't upset about the other three leaving, if she was completely honest.

"Maybe you should tell them that you're not interested in dating me and make it stop, for both of our sakes." Derek told her after they had been talking for almost an hour.

"I have told your sister that when I met her and she mentioned that she has a brother who's still single." Addison laughed when she saw the look on his face and rested her hand on his upper arm. "Come on, it's nice that she's trying to find you someone." He just snorted because he knew that Kathleen had probably made it sound like he was some sort of hopeless loser.

"Do you want to go inside?" Derek asked when he saw her shivering slightly. He had enjoyed talking to her and somehow they never ran out of things to talk about, which rarely happened for him on dates.

"Yes, maybe check on all the traitors who have left us here." She gave him a smile when he guided her inside, his hand on her back. Right now she could have cursed herself for getting cold because spending alone time with Derek had been great, actually, it had been more than great.

"Uhm…" He looked around his living room and walked into the kitchen, both rooms completely deserted. "I'm pretty sure they left…" He said with an apologetic smile when he came back into the kitchen where Addison was still standing and he couldn't help but notice that she didn't seem at all annoyed.

"I don't really mind." Addison looked up at him when he came to stand opposite from her. "It was nice to spend some time with you." Suddenly she felt very nervous when he pulled her a little closer. Her heart was beating so fast that she could have sworn he was probably able to hear it but all those thoughts left her mind when he kissed her. Derek let his lips linger on hers for just a moment before he pulled back again and looked at her. When their eyes met she leaned forward a bit to kiss him again and wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him closer as their kiss turned more passionate. Her fingers travelled down his chest and her lips parted under his before his tongue slid into her mouth. Slowly she walked a few steps back and took him with her before she hopped up on the counter, never breaking their kiss, when she parted her legs and wrapped one around his waist. A low moan left her lips when he pulled her up against him and Derek felt like he was about to lose his mind. He could feel her fingers running along his chest as they slowly undid the buttons of his shirt and then she moaned again once he trailed his hands up her thighs and dragged up the hemline of her dress. Just as Addison was about to push the shirt off his shoulders he pulled away and took a step back. He ran his fingers along her cheek and then took another step away from her as he watched her eyes open and fill with confusion.

"I can't do this. I'm not that guy and I like you." He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I don't do one night stands and, yes, I get that technically this wouldn't be that but," Derek stopped and looked into her eyes, "I'd like nothing more than to date you and do this the right way." He saw her smile but then she looked down and cleared her throat before she got off the counter and smoothed her dress down.

"I can't date you, Derek." She was still not looking at him.

"Give me one good reason."

Addison slowly lifted her gaze so that she was now looking directly into those beautiful blue eyes of his. "Because I'm married."


Okaaaaaaay, she's married. Who would have thought? Awkward!

So how will he deal with all of this? Will he freak? What would you guys like to happen? REVIEWS ARE LOOOOVE :-*