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A/N: I hope you guys like it...keep the reviews coming! I'm sorry its been a while, but I'm sure most of you understand that the summer can be hectic and busy. This chapter should have more Addek! It should be cute, or at least what I have planned should be cute!

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In the middle of the night, Addison felt someone slip into her hospital room and lightly grab her hand. At first she suspected that it would be Meredith, who was graciously playing the role of best friend. Instead, she felt the strong and sturdy grip of Derek. He slowly massaged her hand and a small smile crept onto her face. She was surprised to see sun shining in the window when she opened her heavy eyes.

"I thought it was the middle of the night," she yawned, "What time is it?"

"Its seven," he smiled, locking eyes with her, "And you are leaving today!"

"You sound happier than I do about that," she smiled back, closing her eyes. The light made her dull headache grow.

"I have a surprise for you!" he grinned from ear-to-ear, "So I'm going to con Yang into discharging you first. She got put on that duty today...she whined at Bailey."

Addison smiled back, "What kind of surprise?"

"The kind where I don't give you any hints," he ran his hand through her red hair, and looked into his hand. There were red hairs on it. He felt a tear prick his eyes and looked up at Addison.

"How are you?" he asked, "Are you dealing okay?"

"I have you and Meredith," she looked sad, "And the rest of the staff, but as selfish as it sounds...I love my hair. I love being healthy, too."

"I know you do," he squeezed her hand, "I'll be back in an hour to get you...I have to check on some post-op patients. I love you."

"I love you too," she watched him leave, turning to her side.

A few minutes later she heard a knock on her door. She watched as Cristina Yang entered the room, looking mad.

"Sign these," she looked at Addison with a straight face.

"Although I'm on a leave, that doesn't mean you are allowed to suddenly be rude to me," Addison raised her eyebrows at Cristina, "I know why you're acting like this."

"I'm just doing my job," she kept the straight face on, "Trying not to get emotionally involved like some doctors."

"Yang," Addison sat up, flinching, "Please don't hate me because I'm spending a lot of time with your 'person'."

"I'm not talking about this right now," Cristina continued filling out the papers, "It just seems as if she doesn't care about me anymore."

"She cares about you more than anyone," Addison reassured Cristina, "Trust me."

"Whatever," Cristina walked towards the door, "You're discharged."

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"Why am I blindfolded?" Addison asked Derek, somewhat amused.

"If you weren't...the surprise would be ruined!" he exclaimed, opening Addison's door and scooping her into his arms. She smiled, Derek was finally succeeding at being there.

She could hear them open a door and then into an elevator, but she had no clue where she was. She assumed she was just in another hotel.

Finally, after getting out of the elevator and opening another door, Derek slowly began to untie the blindfold.

"1...2...3!" he grinned, releasing her blindfold and exposing her to the condo he had been hastily furnishing for the past two weeks.

Addison paused for a moment and looked around the living room, which Derek had furnished to resemble her favorite room in their New York Brownstone. The room held her favorite painting from New York and had stacks of her favorite DVDs. Everything in the room was black, red, and white - her favorite color combinations.

"Oh my God, DEREK!" she shrieked, throwing her arms around his shoulders. She slowly headed towards the kitchen, looking around at the beautiful appliances. Everything about the condo reminded herself of her, and she was grateful, "Did you furnish this? You bought a condo? What about the trailer?"

"Well," he grinned, pleased that she liked the condo, "I'm keeping the land but we are living here together. I have an office in the back with all my stuff but the rest of condo is made to please you."

Addison leaned up and placed a gentle kiss on Derek's lips, which escalated into much more. Scooping her up in his arms again, he carried her towards the bedroom and laid her on the bed.

"The mattress!" she unlocked her lips from his and sat up, "It's just like the mattress in the Hamptons...my favorite!"

"All of your things are already in the closet, I remembered how you like to organize things and I took the liberty of doing that. I didn't want to make you spend your time organizing things."

"Derek," she breathed, looking him the eyes, "Have I ever told you how much I love you?"

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Meredith walked through the halls of Seattle Grace, shuffling the files in her hands. Before she reached the next room she had to do rounds in, she almost ran straight into Cristina.

"Hey!" Meredith smiled at her best friend, "What are you up to?"

"Do you really care?" Cristina asked bitterly, "I have a feeling the only person you really want to ask that is Addison."

"Why are you so bitter?" Meredith asked, "Izzie told me what you were saying in the locker room..."

"You know," Cristina frowned, "I thought that maybe, maybe, you really cared about me...but lately you've been treating me just like the next nurse you come across in the halls."

"I've had a really hard few weeks," Meredith frowned, "From Addison passing out in my arms, to always running errands from her, and to Derek leaving me but me always being in his presence..."

"Please consider the fact that even though Addison is sick, I'm still your best friend," Cristina looked Meredith seriously in the eyes.

"Well," Meredith shrugged, "You are still my best friend, I'm just being supportive. You are welcome to be supportive with me."

"Whatever," Cristina smiled at her best friend, "You are just too good of a person."

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Two nights later, Meredith was woken up by the loud ring of her phone.

"Hello?" she answered groggily, wondering who was calling at two in the morning.

"M..Mer..." she heard Addison's shaky voice on the other side of the phone, "I...wheres..."

"Addison!" Meredith exclaimed, shooting up in bed, "What's wrong? I'm coming over! Where is Derek?"

"Em...emergency," her voice was shaking so much, "I...fever."

"I'm coming!" Meredith hopped out of bed and grabbed the nearest sweatshirt she could find, "I'm on my way."

Meredith jumped into her Jeep and sped down her street, heading towards the condominium. She was worried, extremely worried.

Meredith parked her car and sprinted towards the door, hopping in the elevator and grabbing her spare key, which Derek had given her, out of her purse.

Instead of being greeted by Addison's smile, she found Addison passed out on the kitchen floor.

"Addi!" she screamed, sliding on the floor next to her friend.

The times were changing, she was getting worse. A lot worse.

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That kind of...I don't know, sucked a bit. Oh well, I'm going out of town for a while. I'll update when I'm home.