Teddy ended up having back-to-back surgeries that took her the majority of the day. Finding a few minutes after the second one, she ran up to OB to find Addison. She knew that by being there, she was well aware that someone might see her and question what a cardio surgeon was doing in OB. It didn't take long to find the tall redhead she was looking for.

Seeing Teddy, she stepped away from the intern she had been talking to. "Hey, what's going on that you're up here? I thought we would act normal today."

"I'm just curious as to whether or not you talked to Derek yet. He was in my last surgery and kept looking at me, almost like he knew something."

"I'm talking to him tonight. We both get off at 7; we're going over to his house since too many people are at Joe's and basically everyone who lives in that house goes to Joe's every night after work."

"Fine. Call me after and let me know how it goes. I have yet another surgery. See you tomorrow," Teddy said as her pager sounded.


An hour and a half later, Addison was pulling into the driveway of the house of the woman she once hated with a burning passion. Before getting out, she took a few minutes to herself, giving herself a little pep talk, "You can do this. Just tell him you love a woman and that you're pregnant. Say you're pregnant first, he'll be happy about that, and then shock him with the woman thing."

Derek was sitting on the porch swing when she finally got out of the car. She realized that he had seen her talking to herself in the car. "Hey, sorry about that. I had a phone call." Wrapping her sweater tighter around herself, she said, "Can we go inside, I'm kinda chilly."

"Sure. Do you want something to drink? We have wine, beer, and an assortment of tequilas," offered Derek as she followed him into the kitchen and took a seat at the stool by the counter.

"No thanks, I'm good. I have two somewhat major things to tell you that I know will be circulating the hospital by the time I get back after going to LA next week and I want you to know the truth." Addison could see the concern growing on his face. "Calm down, it's nothing bad, or at least I don't think it is."

"What is it? We might be divorced, but we're still friends. Just talk to me. What's going on?

"I left LA because Sam and I had a fight. I wanted to have a baby, but he didn't, so I went through IVF. I'm eight and a half weeks pregnant, Derek. He didn't want to start over, saying that Maya was grown and he was done raising kids."

"That's great, Addison! You'll be a great mother. That offer still stands for me to go to LA and beat some sense into Sam. I've done it before, I'll do it again."

Smiling, it took Addison a minute to fully comprehend what he had just said. "Wait, you've beaten up Sam before? How did I not know this?"

"I don't know, but it was in med school and we were drunk. I don't remember exactly why I beat him up, though."

"Oh. You don't have to go beat him up again. I'm happy without him. In fact, I'm kind of seeing someone else already. It's really new and we've only been together a few days. We know that as soon as it gets out at the hospital, the rumors are going to start," Addison stated, conveniently leaving out who it was that she was seeing.

"Don't say you're with Mark again. He's finally not whoring around all the time. He's a great father to Sofia, but you'll be a better mother without him."

"It's not Mark. There's something you don't know about me, Derek. My mother was a lesbian. I didn't know that until a few months ago. That made me realize that it would be okay to be who I really am. I'm bi, Derek. I'm seeing Teddy now. I've been living with her and it just kind of happened. She's never been with a woman before, either," Addison paused, waiting to see if he had any kind of reaction.

Derek sat there, quiet for minute, processing the fact that his ex-wife was now dating a woman. Before either of them knew what was happening, he was getting up from where he was sitting and was hugging Addison. "As long as you're happy, I'm happy for you. Let Teddy know that if she hurts you, that whole thing about not hitting a woman doesn't apply. So how are you going to tell Mark? He probably won't take it as well as I did."

"To be honest, I was more worried about telling you than Mark. I mean Teddy was with him more recently than I was, so maybe I'll make her tell him. I should really get going," Addison said, putting her sweater back on, as she heard a car door slam outside.

"Drive safe. I'm really happy that you're happy."

"Thanks, I'll be careful. Oh, please don't say anything until after the rumors are circulating the hospital."

"Don't worry, I won't say anything."


On her way to her car, she passed Alex on the porch. "Dr. Montgomery, what are you doing here? I mean, I know you're back at the hospital, but why were you at the house when everyone else was still at work?"

"I was talking to Derek. We may be divorced, but we're still allowed to talk. How's everything going? I haven't really talked to you since I got back," Addison said, pausing in what had been a hurried escape. "Do you want to go get coffee or something?"

"Sure. Let me put this in the house and then we can go," he replied, gesturing to his backpack that was slung over his shoulder.