Final Day

mcaddexfan

A/N: Okay so this is the last chapter of this story barring an epilogue. I know it's sad but this chapter is by far my favorite chapter of anything I've ever written. I'm just letting you know. So please R/R and depending on how many I get I will write an epilogue(if you want one of course). And also, the whole 'never let you go' scene in this is extremely cheesy i know...but i just had to put it in there so just go with it lol. K thanks:)

Disclaimer: I own nothing but creative license:)

Addison woke up first from the sound of the blaring alarm clock and stretched like a cat over the entire length of the bed. She reached over and slammed her hand on the snooze button and Alex admired how adorable she looked. He didn't want to miss this morning ritual ever again. But, she was leaving tonight. Her things were packed and sitting in the corner of the room ready to be put into the car. His car, since she agreed to allow him to drive her to the airport. He reached out for her to come closer and soon she was on top of his body, her face in the crook of his neck.

"You fit perfectly there, ya know."

"Yeah, it's quite comfortable here. And you smell good too." She began to place wet kisses on his neck and he moaned his appreciation.

"As much as I like you doing that and don't ever want you to stop, we do have to shower and be into work in an hour."

She bit a spot on his neck that was a little sore from last night's activities and felt his body flinch a little.

"Did I hurt you?" she asked genuinely concerned.

"Look at that spot and tell me if there is a mark there or not. That should answer your question babe."

"Oh. I'm sorry. Guess it got a little rougher than I thought huh."

"Yeah it did. It was amazing. You're a free spirit and I love that about you." Did I just say love?

Did he just say love? They lay there for a second, pondering if what he said was true.

"Shower?" She reached for his hand and dragged him out of bed.

"Mmm. Only if that is an invitation to conserve water."

"Of course. I'm very environmentally conscious."

They laughed and he raced her to the bathroom. She won of course, but she suspects he let her anyway. The water begins to run over their tired and oh so very sore bodies as Addison reaches for the body wash.

"I'm not going to work smelling like a girl unless I smell like you. A very distinct 'I've had too much sex' smell. Not 'Tropical Breeze' body wash."

"Oh come on. I smell like this anyway. Maybe if you're good I'll let you wash my back."

That all the flirting he could take this morning. His hands found her ass and he picked her up, she immediately wrapping her legs around his hips. Her back hit the wall a little more carefully than she would have liked, but it still hit and that's all she was focusing on at the moment. Her hands snaked around his neck and wove up through his soaked hair. She pulled his face to hers, looked deep into his eyes, and plastered a huge grin on her face. The kind of smile that can light up a room just because of the sheer happiness it radiates. He returned her smile ten fold and crushed his lips to hers. The water from the shower was pouring in between their faces and the stray droplets melted onto their tongues as they searched for dominance. He may have let her win the race to the bathroom, but he was certainly making her fight for it now. Her heels dug into his back, and he knew she was ready. Slowly, he reached between them and guided himself into her, causing her to break the kiss for lack of air. Her head flew back against the wall in pure pleasure and her nails scraped along his shoulder blades. Alex began to thrust slowly at first but it soon grew faster and much deeper, repeatedly hitting that spot he had found last night. Her eyes rolled into the back and she thought she just might slip into a coma. She had never had a more intense release in her entire life and almost started to cry from all the emotion building up inside of her. He came while she was still riding out the waves of her own release and the heat he produced inside of her body made her orgasm last a little longer than usual. She opened her eyes to find him watching her.

"That...was...amazing"

They were both still heavily panting when she tried to form a sentence. He cupped her face in his hands kissed her so gently as if she might break. She smiled into the kiss, causing him to kiss her teeth. He pulled back and gave her the most sheepish laugh she had ever heard come from anyone. It caused her to giggle a little at how cute and boyish he could be sometimes.

"I think we might need to take another shower and actually get clean this time because we just lost crucial cleaning time."

"I know but I don't want you to let me go."

For a second he considered her words carefully. Not let her go to L.A.? Not let her go from my arms?

"I'll never let you go."

She kissed him a little more passionately this time and it was returned full force. He finally pulled out of her and gently held onto her until her feet touched the bottom of the shower. They washed each other clean surprisingly fast and got out of the shower to get dressed. Luckily he had brought an extra change of clothes in his car and decided to just wear what he wore last night and change at the hospital. After another fifteen minutes, they were out the door. She reached across to armrest to clasp his hand and he intertwined their fingers and smiled at her. She smiled back and the rest of the drive was made in silence, their hands still tangled together.

The day went by so fast for the two of them. He scrubbed in on all of her surgeries and all were successes. Luckily, her shift ended a little early and she went to say goodbye to everyone. Well not everyone. Just the important people: Mark, Derek, Callie, Miranda, the Chief. After saying farewell to everyone, Alex sidled up next to her as she was locking her office for the last time. He handed her a cup of coffee and said she would need it for the flight. She smiled and thanked him for the thoughtful gesture. It was eight o'clock by the time they left the hospital. Her flight left at ten so they drove to the airport and checked all of her luggage. Addison walked over to the little store near her terminal and picked up a book to read even though the flight was only about 2½ hours. Alex sat with her bags while she was gone. When she walked up to him she had much more than a book in her hand. She had ventured over to a Chinese restaurant and ordered them some food. He gratefully took it from her as she sat down in the chair next to his.

"So are you ready to do this?"

He looked at her for an answer but she just stared at her food, picking around in it with her fork. A single tear fell onto her plate before she looked up at him.

"I need to do this. I really do. But I am going to miss you so much. I don't know how to say goodbye just yet. I know it isn't forever, but it's for a long time. What if you meet someone else and decide I'm not good enough anymore?"

"Okay just stop right there. You know that isn't going to happen because no one else will ever be good enough for me. You are perfectly flawed and I adore that because I am too. It makes us who we are and if we weren't so flawed, we wouldn't work so well together. You're going to get on that plane and go to L.A. and take a 'vacation' so-to-speak and when you're ready to come to me, I'll be waiting. You have to trust me Addie. I'm not going to leave you. Never. And I have faith that you will come back to me when you're ready because you know I'm not like Mark or Derek. I'm not going to hurt you and I'm not gong to ignore you and I sure as hell am not going to cheat on you."

She felt a little more assured that everything was going to be all right. He took her hand in his and started to rub circles on the back of it in an attempt to soothe her. It began to work and she stopped crying and started to breathe normally again. Alex raised her hand to his mouth and kissed it. It was such a gentlemanly gesture and that's when she knew he was growing up. They were going to make this work.

Flight 362 to Los Angeles, California now boarding.

Had the time really gone by that quickly? They had finished their food and were just sitting there, Addison wrapped in Alex's arms, dreading this very moment. She reluctantly untangled herself from his embrace and sadly looked into his eyes.

"Addie if you want to stay, you know you always can."

"No I need to go. At least for a few weeks. But I want you to know that I see it in your eyes. Your willingness to be the man I need you to be and that you'll do it for me."

"Addison I'd got to the end of the Earth and back if you told me to. Now get on your plane because the sooner you get on, the sooner I see you again."

She pulled her head back from their hug and looked at him. Her smile was a little brighter now and he pulled her into a kiss. Tongues were instantly involved and everything they were feeling and wanted to say was poured into that kiss. It was intense, passionate, and genuinely honest. They pulled apart when they heard the final boarding call. She picked up her purse and held his hand until the tips of their fingers were the only things touching. Slowly, they let go and she walked to the attendant to hand them her ticket. Alex moved slightly towards her for a second and then stopped when she turned around.

He thanked God that he could read lips as she mouthed 'I love you' right before she walked down the corridor.

The door was closing behind her as Alex continued to make his way over to the stewardess.

"Wait!"

Addison was already gone but the stewardess heard him.

"May I help you sir?"

"Yes. I have a ticket and I need to get on that plane."

"I'm sorry sir but the gate has closed."

"No see you don't understand. My girlfriend just got on that plane and I bought this ticket for the same flight so I could surprise her when we get there. She is moving into her new house and I want to get there before she does. I need to get on this flight. I had to wait until she got on so it wouldn't be obvious. Please ma'am, let me board the flight. Please?"

"You're really serious right now aren't you?"

"Yes I really am. This is the rest of my life we're screwing with here. I need to get on that plane and you're the only thing standing in the way of my future."

"Fine, but you better be doing something spectacular for her if you're going through this much trouble. She must be worth it."

"You are a godsend. And trust me, she is definitely worth it. Thank you so much."

"Go on, get on there."

She opened the door for Alex and he sprinted down the long hallway to the plane. They let him board and he purposely got a ticket for the back of the plane so there was no chance of her seeing him. He knew she had a first class ticket so they wouldn't even be in the same section.

2½ hours later the flight landed at LAX. As they got off the plane, he saw her going to luggage claim and ran down the length of the airport and into a cab. He handed the cab driver the address to her house and arrived in about fifteen minutes. Alex paid the cab driver and thanked him as he walked up the steps to her new home. He found a paper bag with everything he had asked for from Naomi. As sneaky as he was, he was surprised Addison hadn't suspected anything. He had found Naomi's cell in her phone and wrote down the number. He figured that since Addison and Naomi were best friends, it wouldn't hurt to contact her. Walking around to the back of the house, Alex set candles sporadically on her deck and lit them. He then found the paper and pen in the bag and wrote down, 'I told you I'd be waiting.'in the best handwriting he could muster. Opening the bag once more, he found the last two items he had requested. Naomi had not really understood this whole plan to woo Addie, but went along with it anyway. He creatively placed the note in between the baseball glove and barbeque sauce then placed a few more candles along the pathway leading around to the back of her house and lit those as well. Just as he shut the gate to the back, he saw a taxi pull up to the house. He rushed onto the deck and waited for her to come. He heard footsteps coming around the side and the gate opened. His heart was about to leap out of his chest from the nervousness. At the audible gasp he turned around to face her. She was almost to the point of sobbing when he walked over to her and took her hand.

"Addison, I realized something this morning. When I woke up and saw you next to me, I realized that I wanted that every morning. I wanted to know your daily routine and memorize it for the rest of my life. You stole my heart right out from under me and this time I don't even want it back. I'm giving it to you, the whole thing. I want to be with you forever. You are my heart and soul and I love you. I have loved you for so long. You are the one I have been looking for, the one I wouldn't push away. And even if I did, you would push back just as hard. You challenge me and you make me a better person. You're so stunningly beautiful that I don't even think you realize what you do to any man that even glances at you. I go weak in the knees whenever I smell your perfume and I've come to have a secret affinity for your girly smelling things because they all remind me of you."

He got down on one knee and asked the question she had been waiting to hear for so long.

"I love you so much sweetheart and I told you I would never let you go. Will you marry me?"

She was smiling at him the entire time and when he finally asked she let out a crying laugh. She hesitated for a second just to mess with his head and he looked at her and asked, "Addison?"

"Yes! Yes I will marry you. God I love you so much."

He slid the most beautiful platinum and diamond ring on her finger and she wondered how he could afford such an expensive thing but didn't want to crush his spirit by asking...at least not yet anyway. She wrapped her arms around his neck and jumped up into him. They kissed as he twirled them around the deck and that was the first time she had really noticed all the candles.

"How did you do all of this anyway?"

"My little secret babe."

After a night of passionate love-making and screaming releases, Addison walked into work the next day with a certain sexy glow and Naomi walked over to her.

"So...let me see this ring."

Addison just laughed, not believing her ears. She showed off her rock and pondered just how many ways she would repay him later that night.