Disclaimer: Once again, I still don't own these characters or any of the rights to Grey's.

Author's Note: Thank you so much for the reviews on the last few chapters! And I think alerts are working again, which is good. In this chapter you get to see a flashback of young Addison and a bit more of cute little Isabella. And reviews would be great if you get a chance! It's my 20th birthday tomorrow and reviews will make my day even better! Thanks! I hope you like this chapter!

A few hours later Addison had to go back and tell Mrs. Brennan that it would be best for the baby if she had a C-section later that afternoon. However, she was dreading going back to the room. Every time she went there she thought of that day, and that was something she was trying to forget. She couldn't imagine the pain that woman was dealing with.

She stood in the doorway for a minute, watching Rebecca read to Bella before she knocked.

"Hi Rebecca, Bella." She looked at Rebecca. "Are you feeling okay?"

"Yes."

"Good. I looked over your labs and I think it's best if we schedule the C-section for later this afternoon."

"Today? Really? Not tomorrow?"

"Well we can wait, but I think it's better if we don't."

Rebecca took a deep breath. "Okay."

Addison added a note to Rebecca's chart and froze as she wrote the date. "It's the 11th of October…"

Rebecca nodded. "Exactly a month since…that's why I wanted to wait."

"I understand. Excuse me for a few minutes."

She paged Derek.

He found her in an on-call room. "Addie do you need a consult?"

She shook her head.

"But you paged me, right?"

She nodded in response.

"What's going on?"

She swallowed and took in a shaky breath.

"You can talk to me," he assured her. "I always have time for you."

"My patient…her husband died on September 11th and she had a 3-year-old daughter and she needs a C-section, but it's exactly a month later and…I don't know if I should wait or do this today. And the woman's so nice and the daughter's so happy and why-did-this-happen-to-them?" She said quickly, almost as if the sentence was all one word.

She dabbed at the corners of her eyes.

"Breathe Addison, slow down."

"I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm not the type of person who can't control her emotions!"

He held her until he felt her breathing go back to its normal rate. "I don't know why bad things happen to good people. But you're a doctor, you see it all the time. We both do. And this time is hard on all of us. No one's feeling quite themselves since the attacks. Do the surgery. I'm free for the afternoon, I'll watch the little girl."

"Thank you Derek."

Together they went to talk to Mrs. Brennan.

A few hours later Addison performed the surgery and Mrs. Brennan successfully delivered a healthy baby boy.

Afterwards Mrs. Brennan and Addison had a short conversation.

"How's my baby?"

"He's fine. He's right here." The nurses had wheeled his isolette in to the room a few minutes earlier.

"And how is Bella?"

"She's good too. Derek is bringing her up here in a minute. Have you decided on a name for your son?"

"Yes. Aidan Jacob Brennan. Jacob was my husband's name."

"I think that's a perfect name." Addison smiled. "Do you want to hold him?"

Rebecca nodded and the redhead handed the newborn to his mother.

Just then Derek and Isabella came in to the room.

"Mommy!" she squealed, "This is my baby?"

"This is your baby brother. His name is Aidan."

"Hi Aidan, I'm Isabella. I'm your big sister!" She leaned in to hug him.

"Gentle Bella, he's still tiny."

"Okay." She touched his hand instead.

"Thank you, both of you," Rebecca said with tears in her eyes, as she held both of her young children.

Addison and Derek gave the new family some time alone and assured Rebecca they'd check continue to check on her and the baby until they were released.

The Shepherds were both on call that night so Addison tried to rest on a bed in the on-call room, but she couldn't get her thoughts away from Mrs. Brennan and how she said they had recently moved to the city from Massachusetts because of her husband's job. Addison remembered her first experience in the city. Her family had also moved there because of her father's job. She was six-years-old at the time.

New York City, 1974

"Addison, stay close to mommy. This is a big city and we don't want you getting lost," her mother warned.

She walked closer to her mother, still tapping her black patent leather Mary-Janes on the ground.

"Come here jellybean," her dad said as they reached the Twin Towers. "Look at how tall these buildings are."

"Da-ad," Addison complained, rolling her eyes, "I'm six now, I'm too old to be a jellybean!"

"Fine Miss Grown-Up Addie!" he joked.

She opened her mouth to say something and then her jaw dropped when she saw how tall the buildings were. She had lived upstate her whole life and had never seen skyscrapers like this. It was her first weekend in the city so the only buildings she knew were her apartment building and her school. She'd traveled with her parents before she started school, but she was too young to fully appreciate the sites at the time.

"Can we please go up to the top?" She looked at her parents.

"Okay. We did set aside time for sightseeing, so why not?"

Once they reached the observation level she opened her little purse and pulled out a quarter.

"Can I please put the quarter in and look through this little viewfinder to see the whole city?"

"Sure."

Addison dropped the quarter into the slot and stood on the bottom metal ring so she could reach the viewfinder. Her wavy red hair blew in the breeze.

She decided the viewfinder was similar to the telescope she'd had before they moved. She figured a telescope wouldn't be as useful in the city because the buildings would get in the way of seeing the stars.

Later they did some shopping on 5th Avenue and went out to dinner.

After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery decided it was time to go back to their apartment.

"I don't wanna go back yet," Addison whined. "Can't we see more of the city?"

"Not tonight. You have school in the morning."

"But first grade is so boring," she protested. "We don't get to read chapter books, we don't do enough science, and they're just learning how to add!"

Addison had always been academically advanced for her age, which made her parents proud.

"We'll talk to your teacher Ads," her dad assured her, thinking that maybe they could give her extra work. "So, what was your favorite thing we did today?"

"I loved the Twin Towers and those cute little viewfinders!"

"Ah, yes, that was nice," her mom added. "Maybe one day soon we'll go eat at the restaurant up there."

"Okay." Addison smiled as the three of them headed back uptown.

Thinking of the happy memory she drifted off to sleep.

In the next chapter: Addison has a dream about Derek, there's a small Addek fight, and Addison gets a bit tipsy! It's longer than these last few chapters too. I'll probably post it Sunday-ish.