The next day came almost too fast as Addison and Sam made their way to the practice, this time together because there was no longer anything to hide, the person they were mostly keeping it from knew now. As they got on the elevator they both felt the weight of the possible fight they were yet to endure, but something about this elevator was allowing them time to escape it all, to pretend nothing was wrong until those doors opened. Both walking up to the reception desk to retrieve their messages, Addison turned to Sam and with a slight smile told him there was something she needed to take care of, and that she would talk to him a bit later. Walking away Addison headed to her office, went behind her desk and sat down. As she sat there in the dark office she couldn't help be feel the presence of another person in there with her watching her. Looking over at her couch there was Naomi sitting with tears in her eyes and a look of possession in her eyes. Naomi was mad, but something about her didn't look like she would strike Addison. Addison began, "Nai...I..." but before Addison couldn't finish her sentence Naomi put up her finger stopping Addison from finishing her thought! "Addison, I just need to know... did you sleep with Sam?" Naomi put her hand on her stomach to brace herself from Addison's response, awaiting Addison to answer, or say something, she closed her eyes tight, hoping the answer to her question was no. Addison cleared her throat and began, "Naomi, please don't hate me...Yes, I did sleep with Sam, but not to hurt you...Sam and I love each other, and we hope you can understand that!" Naomi let the tears in her eyes fall as she slowly stood up from the couch and turned almost robot like towards the door. Addison jumped up and yelled, "Nai... Can we at least talk about this!" Naomi turned to her once best friend with disbelief in her eyes, "Why? Why Sam? Was your husbands best friend not enough, your best friends husband was necessary?" Addison's eyes began to water as she watched the hurt on Naomi's face change to hatred and disgust! Addison pleaded, "Nai, it wasn't like that at all, please try to be reasonable..." Naomi shook her head at Addison, how could she think any of this was okay? How did she sleep at night knowing she betrayed her best friend? "There's nothing more to talk about, you betrayed me and slept with him without any regard for me or anyone else! You are a selfish person Addison, and I don't think I can ever forgive you." Naomi, just stood and looked at Addison and Addison allowed the tears in her eyes to fall, "Nai, please?" Naomi turned her back on a now sobbing Addison and walked away, into the elevator and back to her own floor, there was nothing else to say and nothing more to talk about, their friendship was over! Addison didn't go after Naomi, she knew that not only did Naomi need more time, she herself now needed time. Returning to sit back behind her desk she laid her head in her lap and sobbed. The lights in Addison's office were still off and she was glad, because the more people thought no one was in there, there more they would leave her alone, and right now that's what she needed! Slowly Dell pretended he hadn't seen or heard what he'd just witness and made his way back to his office to take care of his patient and he would consult with Addison maybe a little later, once all the drama simmered down a little more.
About two or more hours had passed now and Addison'd seen a few of her patients, she'd gone to the bathroom before seeing them, and cleaned up her face, applied more make-up to cover the damage her tears caused and talked herself into being okay, or at least appearing okay as she had work to do. Walking through the practice like a zombie, she was clearly drained and although her skills as a double board certified neo-natal surgeon/ OBGYN were still in tact, her motivation and drive wasn't there. As she walked into the kitchen for lunch Dell was sitting at the table with Cooper, "hey Addison!" Cooper chimed in her direction, and all she could return was a weak wave and a faint smile. Cooper didn't ask any questions, he just looked at Dell and whispered, "PMS?" Addison didn't hear his stupid joke, and if she had, she probably wouldn't have cared then either. She just opened the fridge and grabbed her salad and a bottled water, and walked back out of the kitchen. Dell just looked at Addison and felt pity for her, he knew she was wrong for what she did to Naomi, which he heard while on his way to Addison's office to ask for assistance with his pregnant patient. Dell stood by the door and listened until he saw Naomi charge for the door and run away back down to her own floor, he just pretended he was never there and didn't need Addison's help anymore. Dell just looked at Cooper in disbelief and shook his head, "grow up Coop!" Cooper looked confused as to why everything suddenly became so serious and just nodded to himself, fully knowing he could use a few more years of maturing.
Only moments later, Sam came in what seemed like a good mood into the kitchen to find something to eat for lunch. Cooper once again first to greet him said, "Hey Sam..." Sam looked at him, "Hey." Sam looked at a distant Dell and wondered what his problem was. "So Dell, how are those Pap smears going?" This being something that's usually funny and full of sarcasm, yet both Sam and Cooper were laughing, but Dell's face was a bit more serious than usual. Dell couldn't hold it in any longer, "You know, the disregard you have for women... I swear." Sam looked at Dell confused, "Whaaaa... What are you talking about?" Dell just shook his head and couldn't believe how blinded Sam was, how could he NOT know? Sam looked at Dell even more confused by his silence, what the hell was he talking about? He couldn't possibly know about him and Addison so why were his panties in a bunch? "Dell, if you are going to bring it up, you might as well say what you have to say..." Dell looked at Sam more pissed than anything, "What you do to Naomi, has always pissed me off, but for you to let Addison deal with this on her own, for you to act like everything is all fine and dandy while Addison has to deal with both of your actions...That's fowl. I don't know what either of them see in you, but whatever it is, they both are broken right now, they are both struggling to deal with this, and you are the only one able to walk around with a smile, like nothing in the world is bothering you right now, I hated you for what you did to Naomi years ago, but this... this Sam, this is even beyond you." Sam looked at Dell confused, how did he know so much, and then it occurred to him, "OMG!" Sam shrieked, "Did Naomi confront Addison?" Dell just shook his head in disbelief once more, "Can you really be that blind, do you really care that little that you didn't even check on someone who risked her best friendship for you?" Cooper looked from Sam to Dell in awe, "OMG so it wasn't PMS, it was a chick fight?" Dell just shook his head at Cooper and returned his glaze of fury back on Sam. Sam let his hands cover his face as he pulled at his face and no longer cared nor desired to continue this conversation with Dell, his main priority now was Addison. How could he not think something happened, how did he go without even checking on her, he thought he was giving her some space, but really he'd let her get attacked by Naomi and carry all the burden of their decision to be together on her own. That wasn't fair, and Sam hated that he wasn't there with her being strong for her when she needed him.
Sam walked straight to Addison's office and went in. Addison was sitting on her couch with an expression of defeat on her face, she looked as though she'd been crying, but could no longer cry. Sam just stared at her for a while, he didn't know what to say really, he hated seeing her like this, he searched his mind for anything he could do that salvage her, but nothing came to mind. "Addie..." Addison looked over at Sam and cut him off, "She's everything Sam... she's everything to me, and now... now... She's everything!" Addison wasn't making much sense, and although he knew what she meant, Sam questions her, "Addie, what do you mean everything?" Addison looked away and stared back into space as if the question had never been asked. Sam walked over to Addison and sat down beside her, pulling her into a tight embrace knowing this wasn't the time to question her words intention or meaning. Addison had no more tears to spare, but feeling Sam's embrace at least made her feel a little better. Sam knew there was no chance in having a conversation, so he simply asked yes or no questions so Addison wouldn't even need to talk. "So, I am guessing Naomi confronted you?" Addison just nodded her head in replay. "Was is that bad?" Again Addison just nodded her head. Sam felt like crap, why wasn't he there when she needed him? Why didn't he assume to randomly stop by just in case. Sam knew he couldn't beat himself up about this, because putting himself down won't help his venture to cure her. "I am so sorry you dealt with that alone, I am so sorry I wasn't here to take on the heat with you." Addison didn't speak she just held on to Sam a little tighter, letting him know she didn't blame him.
Sam sat there with Addison a while longer, holding her in an attempt to comfort her while outside Addison's office four nosy by standers watched this public display in disbelief. Sam tilted his head down and gave Addison a soft kiss on the lips, then returned to just holding her so deeply in thought that he didn't notice Charlotte, Cooper, Violet and Pete standing just outside with shocked looks on their faces. Violet watched Sam and Addison not knowing what to think, "OMG are they...did they?" But before she could go any further into what she was asking Cooper chimed in, "Yup!" Everyone turned to look at Cooper and wonder how he knew, how long he's known and why he hadn't bothered to share. Cooper looked back at everyone in a defensive manor, "What? Dell eavesdropped on Naomi confronting Addison, and when Sam came in for lunch a few minutes ago, Dell went off on him for letting Addison take the heat on her own." The look on Violets face was of shock and dismay, how could Sam and Addison do this to Naomi after everything, after everything she was already dealing with, how could they? Pete just simply walked away, no longer caring to watch the circus in front of him, he was still pissed at Addison, and now that her little charade was public, he wanted even less to do with her. Violet walking away angry too, and now there was only Cooper and Charlotte left to watch what they assumed to be a couple in their time of comforting. Cooper felt a sudden awkwardness as he and Charlotte were now alone. "I wish I had that, I don't like to get all soft and sentimental, but that right there, now that's love, real honest to God love." Charlotte shook her head watching Sam comfort Addison, she'd only wished she could have that again with Cooper, but she wasn't going to be the one to cry uncle first! Cooper just looked at Charlotte confused and a little disgusted, "Okay, who are you, and what did you do with Charlotte? Oh, and can we have her back?" Charlotte swatted Cooper with the back of her hand and walked away annoyed. "I can be loving and do girl things like cry and be clingy" She mumbled to her self almost as if to convince herself, which she was failing horribly at, especially since the second the words left her mouth she cringed. As everyone escaped to their own offices, some on a different floor, Addison and Sam continued to stay right where they were, not letting anything outside that office bother them in this moment.
About 30 minutes passed when Sam finally snapped back to reality and also snapped back to the fact that both he and Addison were due to see more patients soon, nudging a contently sleep Addison, he pulled her face up to his, softly kissing her and reminding her of their responsibilities. "Addie... I would love to stay here longer and hold you more than anything else in the world right now, but we do have more patients coming in soon. Addison sat up wiping away the remaining tears from her eyes, " Yea... I know, thank you for everything..." Sam just looked at Addison and pecked her lips again before indulging in another full on tongue kiss before pulling back and wiping more tears away from her eyes. "Addie, no matter what happens I want you to always know I love you, and that will never stop... you didn't risk your friendship for nothing, I really love you and anything I can do to make you feel better, just let me know and Ill do my best!" Addison smiled weakly again, "I love you too." Sam got up from the couch watching the desperate look on Addison's face and without any further conversation he walked out of her office and down to an exam room where a patient should be waiting for him. Addison did her best to recover from the moment she just had and reminded herself that she only had one more patient to see today before she could go home. thinking about the next patient, studying her condition and trying to figure out the best mode of operation was her best bet at normalcy. Addison grabbed the patients chart and began to go over her post-op notes from a few days before. "an in utero intracranial septostomy" she exclaimed to herself, "that's it, that's all I need to do to save this woman and her baby." Having found the best possible option, Addison was able to put her own issues on the back burner for a while and carry on with her day. Both Sam and Addison saw their last patients of the day, and Sam went down to Addison's office notify her that he was on his way to Naomi's office to finish her fight. As he walked into her office Sam declared, "I am going to Naomi's office to talk to her, would you like to come?" Addison just shook her head declining the offer, she was too worn out for another fight. "Alright, I will meet you at your place later, and we can talk okay?" Addison didn't speak, she just nodded her head in approval as she packed her bag and changed back into her heels to go home. Sam just watched her for a while before he turned away and headed down to Naomi's office.
Once there, Sam cleared his throat to notify Naomi of his presence. Naomi looked up at Sam and rolled her eyes as she had no intent in talking to him. Sam moved closer to her desk, "Naomi..." but Naomi cut Sam off, "Sam, I have nothing to say to you..." Sam raised his voice an octave, "Good! So then since you have nothing to say, and I have a lot to say, I'll do all the talking, and you'll listen." Naomi raised her head to Sam, surprised with his sudden aggressive nature, she wasn't use to Sam stand up to her in that way, so she nodded her head and listened. Sam began, " I know this situation with Addison and I seems like it was planned but it wasn't. I have feelings for her and she has feelings for me as well, we are not just having sex for the sake of sex or anything like that Nai, this is REAL! We never intended to have these feelings, but the more we were there for each other the more we fell." Sam paused for a minute and tried to collect his thoughts, "this wasn't easy for us either, Addison fought me for a long time, I tried to encourage this and she fought me Nai. If anyone, you should be pissed at me... Addison stayed loyal to you until she couldn't fight me anymore...we are in love, this isn't a game to us!" Naomi just looked at Sam becoming more and more uncomfortable. Naomi said she had nothing to say, but she just had to know, " Sam... was our marriage anything to you? This whole time was it Addison that you wanted? How am I supposed to go on and pretend we were never married? Sam this isn't right! It's almost incestuous, Maya is her God daughter, and she is my best friend...how could you?" Sam looked at Naomi confused. "Nai... how can you go there when you dated 2 of my closest friends, one being my best friend. Did you forget about Duncan and Bryce? You also slept with Addison's brother, I don't seem to remember me approving or liking you being with any of them, yet you did with no regard for me. I LOVE Addison, it's not just dating..." Naomi looked at Sam a bit pissed, "Is that what this is about? Pay back?" Sam shook his head, "No nai... This has nothing to do with that, I merely mentioned that to help you understand that you should show some compassion towards Addison. She needs you Nai, and this is tearing her apart!" Naomi just shook her head, "No, this I can't forgive, this is just too much!" Sam shook his head, "Then you are the one who is missing out, Addison has done nothing but be there for you and has been a goof friend in every way to you, she's always had your back and she puts you first all the time! Shame on me to think just this once you could put someone else before yourself...Shame on me." Naomi just watched as Sam turned showing her his back as he walked out of her office and back up to his office to pack up and leave for the day.
When Sam got home he changed into a pair of jeans and a fitted shirt then made his way over to Addison's house. To his surprise she was curled up on the couch with Milo laughing at whatever movie she was watching. Sam smiled and was relieved that she wasn't sitting there looking drained and defeated, or that she hadn't retreated to her bed to lay there lifeless, she was actually smiling, laughing actually... And he loved seeing her this way. Still laughing Addison got up and made her way to her fridge to grab herself a water, Sam walked in her patio door and as he walked towards her he asked, "are you grabbing me a beer?" Addison a bit startled looked up at Sam and smiled as he continued to walk towards her, she turned to her fridge again and grabbed a beer holding it up for Sam to see, "got it." Sam now in front of Addison smiled at her and grabbed the beer and water from her hands and set them down so he could rap his arms around her waist. She was wearing his favorite, Button up t-shirt and underwear, no bra. Pulling Addison in close, Sam planted his lips on hers, grabbed her by her butt and giving it a little squeeze Addison couldn't help but to giggles as Sam used one hand to pull back her collar to see if his hickey was still in tact. To ensure its life Sam started using his tongue to retrace it, sending chills down Addison entire body. When Sam was done he pulled back a little and kissed Addison again. They remained this way for a while, because in this moment they were happy and enjoying each other, there was no need to talk about his conversation with Naomi, not now. Tonight they would retire to the living room and continue watching movies and maybe order in and enjoy the beautiful night they'd been granted, if even for just a little while...
