Procrastination is over, everyone! Here's an update on the one story everyone's been asking me for. For a while, I just lost inspiration on this story. I'm starting to lose interest in it, but everyone likes it; so I'm finishing it. Hope you like the chapter(: Read, Review, Enjoy! Xx
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Derek went to work, keeping one hand clotting Ella's bleeding as he worked on repairing the bleed, moving quickly as the other surgeons, nurses, interns, and residents in the OR went from watching him to watching Ella blood pressure and heart rate. Silent tears fell down Addison's face as she kept her eyes on Ella, calming down some when her BP went down. She kept her hands pressed against the glass separating Mark and Addison from Ella, wanting nothing more than to see her daughter, or talk to her….
Mark stood up and walked over to Addison, putting his hands on her shoulders from behind. He was still shaking from the mere thought of losing Ella as he watched Derek work on Ella over Addison's shoulder, taking in her scent that calmed him down, and ultimately stabilized him.
Mark and Addison stood in front of the glass window watching their young daughter for the entire rest of her surgery. Neither bothered to move or sit down; the air was too thick with anxiety and worry. Derek calmed down after Ella had stabilized and he worked efficiently and at his own pace for the remainder of the surgery, which was only about a half an hour more. When Derek had finished closing up the young girl on the table, he looked up once again to his ex-wife and best friend as he spoke.
"Alright, send her to recovery. Good work, everybody." He said with a blank look on his face as he walked out of the OR, causing Mark and Addison to look at each other confusingly. As they saw Ella being wheeled to recovery, Mark and Addison left the gallery, walking contently into the elevator as if they had been a couple all their lives. Hand in hand, they were given a few stares by passing residents and nurses as they got into the elevator, just happy Ella was okay.
As the elevator doors closed, Addison rested her head on Mark's shoulder as he sighed, feeling relaxed having Addison next to him. He had had a lot on his mind since Addison and Ella arrived a few days prior, but one thing that stood out in the mix was his feelings for Addison that he had since med-school. He had had so many opportunities to win the heart of Addison Forbes-Montgomery and he had failed every time. Mark hoped that he could win her over this time around…
The elevator stopped on the next floor down and the pair met a crossed-armed Derek by the first nurses' stages to the right of the elevator. Derek took a few steps forward, meeting the worried faces of his ex-wife and best friend as he sighed, taking his scrub cab off as he looked at the two.
"There was a bleed. She flat-lined twice, but I was able to stabilize her. The surgery was a success; until she started bleeding. But I stitched her brain back up, and to the looks of it, Ella will be fine. She'll need to stay in the hospital for about 10 days for observation, but she'll be okay. She's in recovery right now getting cleaned up, and she should be awake in about an hour or two." Derek said, looking to the side as Addison grinned, closing her eyes and shaking her head as she wiped the final tears off of her face, walking a few steps closer to Derek, putting her arms around his neck as she hugged him, nearly sobbing with joy.
"Thank you…. Derek, thank you so much." Derek closed his eyes and pursed his lips tightly together as Addison embraced him, all around happy that he was able to successfully perform the surgery on Ella. He gently pulled away from Addison as he looked over her shoulder at Mark, feeling like he wanted to vomit. Derek then looked into Addison's joy-filled eyes as he spoke softly.
"Don't put me into a situation like that again. I mean it Addison. I'm glad Ella's okay… I'm, glad… that I could help her. But the pressure in that OR, the thought that I… I'm just not doing it again." He said, looking at both Mark and Addison sincerely before turning around and walking in the opposite direction. Addison's eye's followed him, her happy face turning into a confused one as she turned around to look at Mark behind her.
"What we did to Derek-"
"She's okay, Ella… she's going to be okay." Mark said, half-smiling at Addison as she caught his vibe, grinning again as she looked around the waiting room. He held Addison gently by the elbows as their eyes met, each feeling completely captivated by each other and oblivious to those around them. Addison stared into Mark's blue eyes, the ones Ella inherited, as she became hypnotized by him. Mark… Mark Sloan… Addison repeated a dozen times in her mind as she suddenly realized what she was doing, quickly shaking herself out of the trance Mark put her in, releasing herself from his grip as Addison crossed her arms, looking at the ground.
"She's going to be okay… he did it. Derek actually did it…" She said, running and hand through her hair as she smiled, thinking about Ella as she met Mark's eyes again. He smirked as Addison's jaw dropped ever so slightly and she tilted her head as if to see a new angle of him. She took a single step closer to him, looking at her shoes momentarily before looking at Mark again. Addison pressed her hands against Mark's scrub jacket as she brought her lips as close to Mark's as they could be without touching. Addison closed her eyes as she finally through control out the window, bringing her hand up to caress Mark's face as she kissed his lips softly, remembering everything they had been through and the last time that they ever really got to this. It was quiet all around, and there was nobody surrounding the pair as they locked lips. It was her and Mark in their own world as Addison kissed him, pulling on his tongue as Mark kissed back, equally engaged as he put his hands on the small of Addison's back, never wanting a feeling like this to end. Addison forgot about all the pain and stress she felt and focused on Mark…. Mark…. Mark…
"Addison? Addison-" Sam said, coming out of the elevator to see Addison and Mark kissing, more passionately than the two of them had ever done together. Sam nodded his head up and down slowly as he squinted his eyes, getting a better look at his girlfriend and the father of her child locking lips as he suddenly understood how Derek felt when the same exact thing happened to him 7 years ago…
"Addison, what… the… HELL!"