A/N: This chapter includes a character from ABC's FlashForward, as this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. In terms of spoilers for FF, themes from S1 E06 "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps" are mentioned. Also, in this fic, the whole world did not blackout for 2 mins and 17 seconds, or for any length of time! Thanks for reading.
A/N 2: Last chapter guys, thank you so much for sticking with this, I truly appreciate it. And don't fear, there will be more Addie/Izzie in the future :)
Six months later . . .
Addison exited the silver Lexus, mindful of the skirt she was wearing, she had in all fact become quite the expert at exiting vehicles with grace and poise, as she carried out most daily routines. Izzie smiled across the top of the car, before ducking below to reach for her jacket on the back seat. She closed the door and dangled the keys from her mouth as she struggled with the garment. Addison watched with amusement, she knew Izzie disliked the confines of her outerwear whilst driving, yet the blonde insisted in driving the two doctors to work.
"I love that you drive my car." Addison said, meeting the intern at the rear of the vehicle. Izzie frowned at the statement, eliciting an explanation from the redhead. "It feels like we're a real couple." Again Izzie frowned.
"We are a real couple."
"I know." Addison sighed, "Sometimes I just have to pinch myself to convince me I'm not dreaming, it's so perfect." Izzie smiled as she leaned in and pecked the older woman on the lips.
"You know it." The blonde confirmed, her hand still on Addison's hip. The redhead returned the smile and leaned in for another kiss. The sound of whistling forced the two women apart.
"Hey, get a room." Alex yelled across the parking lot.
"Get a new fantasy." Izzie yelled back in jest. While a little surprised at the relationship at first, her friends had come to see how special Addison was to the blonde and how in love they were. They had spent more time with the couple and grown to accept the attending as one of their own. Addison took Izzie's hand in her own and squeezed it.
"Shall we?" she said rhetorically before pulling the younger woman towards the hospital entrance.
xoxox
"Blah blah blah, you know the drill." Bailey began.
Izzie looked at Meredith who in turn looked to Cristina, she turned to Alex who was smirking at the expression on George's face.
"Stevens, Montgomery. Grey and O'Malley, with me. Yang, Burke, Karev, Shepherd. Get to it." Bailey turned and left the intern's quickly.
"What the hell was that all about?" Izzie asked her colleagues.
"Damned if I know. Or care." Yang responded.
"You're lucky, you're not going to be stuck with her all day." Meredith moaned.
"That's right, I get to spend the day with my beautiful, hot girlfriend." Izzie beamed.
"Oh please." George snorted.
"Jealous George?" Alex snorted.
"No and I can get through a day without fantasizing about them."
"Oh come on you know you like to think of Montgomery doing the nasty with Izzie." Alex laughed. George covered his ears with his hands.
"I'm not listening to this." He yelled in order to hear his own voice. Izzie grabbed George's hands and drew them away from his ears as she frowned at Alex.
"Ignore him George, there's nothing nasty about my hot, pure unadulterated sex with Addison." She said deadpan. The eyes of everyone in the room went wide with shock, Addison chose that moment to walk into the room. She stumbled to a halt, aware of the facial expressions of the interns and a very jubilant Izzie Stevens.
"What's going on here?" Addison asked suspiciously.
"Nothing." Izzie smiled innocently. "You have me today."
"I am the lucky one." The attending smiled.
"Let's get down to it." Izzie said eagerly.
"Easy tiger." Addison laughed.
"You know I think you're my favourite attending, I love it when I come under you." The blonde smiled.
"Ok, now I know something's going on. Your friends haven't moved an inch since I walked in here."
"Oh thaaaaaat," Izzie drawled with fake realisation as she walked over to the redhead. She stepped into her personal space and drew her lips closer to Addison's ear, "I just told them how hot and purely unadulterated our sex was." The purr of Izzie's voice sent shivers through the redhead, she closed her eyes and gulped.
"I err, I wouldn't disagree with that." She managed.
"You seemed more enthusiastic last night." Izzie smirked.
"Last night," Addison started, "we didn't have an audience." She smiled politely.
"Right." Izzie agreed. She turned to the interns intently watching the show before them. "See you guys later." She said, she turned and pushed Addison through the door at which she'd just appeared.
"What are you . . ." Addison was silenced with Izzie's lips on her own. The blonde forced her tongue past Addison's lips and into her mouth. Izzie kissed with passion and with gusto, she was in the mood for Addison Montgomery and although at work and about to embark on a long day, she had to get what she could, when she could. She pulled away panting, Addison left stricken and bewildered.
"What," Addison started with a muffled voice, she cleared her throat to continue, "what has gotten into you?"
"Besides you?" Izzie laughed.
"Seriously Izzie, what is it? We're at work, you can't go around sticking your tongue down my throat when you feel like it." Addison pondered for a moment, "Hmm, my argument is lame and I really would love for you to do that, but, no, we can't, we're at work, we agreed to keep professional at work."
"I know, I'm sorry, I just, I really need to feel you, I can't describe it, I can't be away from you. I just want to be able to touch you and feel you all the time."
"You need to control it Iz, we could get into trouble."
"I know, I know." Izzie sighed. "God, you are just so hot."
"Isobel Stevens." Addison warned sternly.
"Ok, no more impure thoughts. I can do this."
"Maybe you should ask Bailey to reassign you."
"No! No, I'll be ok, I'll be fine." Izzie said. Addison frowned. "Really. I'll be fine." Izzie said clearing her throat.
xoxox
Izzie followed Addison like a lost puppy, it had been a slow morning which had meant plenty of opportunity for her mind to wander. Addison walked as she read from a chart, her glasses perched on the edge of her nose, she reached a doorway and stopped, Izzie stumbled into the back of the surgeon causing her to wobble. On instinct Izzie reached out to catch the redhead, preventing her from an embarrassing tumble.
"Really Stevens?" Addison turned angrily, "I hope that wasn't a ploy to . . . you know." She said mindful of the ears in the room she was entering.
"Well if it isn't my favourite Seattle Grace doctor duo."
"Janis!" Izzie called with excitement, "What are you doing here?"
"What is it they say about blonde's again?" Janis adopted a thoughtful face.
"Hey." She received a nudge in the ribs from the woman beside her.
"I see you've been having contractions." Addison said to Janis, over her glasses, oblivious to the banter in the room.
"Yes, they're four minutes apart." Addison stared at the unfamiliar woman beside the FBI Agent.
"And you are?" The redhead asked impatiently.
"Dr Olivia Benford."
"Riiiight." Izzie said with realisation. Janis sent her a warning glance, which in turn earned a frown from the blonde intern.
"Addison, Izzie, this is Olivia, my girlfriend." She beamed. Two pairs of eyebrows shot up, eyes widened in momentary shock.
"It's nice to meet you." Addison said offering a hand to Olivia.
"Likewise." Olivia said genuinely. "I've heard a lot about you two."
"Don't believe everything you hear." Izzie laughed, she too offered a welcoming hand.
"I think I've seen it for myself." The blonde smirked. Janis too smiled remembering the earlier situation.
Addison attempted to bring the conversation back to the situation.
"Are you feeling any discomfort? Pain? Other than the contractions?"
"No, I'm good."
"Ok, Dr Stevens will give you an exam, then we'll be back when you're ready to go." The neonatal surgeon explained.
"Thank you Dr Montgomery." Olivia offered.
"You're welcome." Addison smiled. "Dr Stevens, a word?" Izzie followed Addison out into the hall.
"Yes?" Izzie asked when Addison didn't elaborate.
"Are you in the right frame of mind to do this?" Addison asked.
"Yes, yes, I am , I told you I'm fine."
"It's been six months Iz."
"I know. Addie," She took the redhead's hands in her own, "I'm fine, I'm over it, today is just another day and I know I've been paying extra attention to you, but I just can't get enough of you, I don't know how else to explain it." She offered.
Addison smiled shyly, "Ok, you're good. And for the record," the attending lowered her voice, "I can't get enough of you either."
"Prove it." Izzie challenged.
Addison sighed, "Not till later."
"You're far too good at this." The blonde snorted.
"I'm a pro." Addison smirked. "So, Stevens, go and examine our patient, I'll follow when I've changed into my scrubs." She said.
"You sure a caesarean section is the way to go?"
"With her previous GSW and subsequent B-Lynch, we can't be too careful, we need to operate before she becomes further dilated."
"Ok." Izzie smiled and waltzed back into the room.
xoxox
Several hours later Agent Janis Hawk was sat up in her bed nursing her new baby girl. Izzie bounded into the room to check on mother and baby.
"Hey," the blonde greeted, "how's mommy?"
"Mommy is just fine, as is my gorgeous little girl." Janis responded with a beaming smile.
"Where's Olivia?" Izzie asked.
"She went to get a coffee and to cal Charlie."
"Charlie?" Izzie enquired.
"Her daughter."
"Right." Izzie responded with a nod. "Soooo, how's motherhood?" she said as she sat beside the Agent.
"So far so good. She's adorable." Janis smiled.
"Good. How long?" Izzie asked.
"How long what?" Janis responded suspiciously.
"You and Olivia."
"Five months. Seeing you and Addison go through all of that had me questioning things about my own life. " Janis explained.
"Are you happy?"
"Unbelievably so." Janis smiled.
"And Mr Benford?" Izzie enquired.
"Not a problem, and let's leave it at that."
Izzie smiled, "Ok."
"How are you Izzie?" Janis asked through narrow eyes.
"I'm fine, I'm good."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, yeah, the nightmares stopped a few weeks ago, Addie has been amazing and we couldn't be happier, I'm so happy, I just can't keep my hands off of her."
"I noticed." Janis laughed. "It's good though, I'm really pleased you've got passed what happened, it couldn't have been easy."
"It wasn't." Izzie admitted, "Addie really has been a saint, she's been so patient and loving."
"That's what they're for, to lean on for support when you need it. Addie dotes on you Izzie, she'll do anything for you. You should have seen her when you were missing, she was a wreck."
"I'd only been gone a few hours."
"And that was enough, she knew it was unlike you to check in and she was scared, she loves you so much." Janis explained.
"We moved in together." Izzie smiled.
"I thought you would, it was perfect timing."
Izzie smiled, "Are we that predictable?"
"Not to everyone." Janis replied.
"You're going to make a great mother you know."
"Thank you."
"Have you thought of a name yet?
"Isobel."
"Get out of here." Izzie laughed. "Seriously?"
"Seriously. If my daughter becomes half the woman you are, I'd be immensely proud."
"Oh come on, you cannot be serious." Izzie said.
"I am, I'm serious, Olivia's going to register it in the morning."
"Isobel Hawk."
"Isobel Benford-Hawk." Janis corrected.
"You guys are serious."
"Yeah, as serious as it can get."
"Hey, guys, how's everyone doing?" Addison beamed as she walked through the door donning her navy blue scrubs.
"Addie." Izzie beamed, "Meet Isobel Benford-Hawk." She said with pride.
"Wow, you have a mini-me." Addison laughed. "I hope she doesn't become as clingy as this one." She smiled. Izzie blused, "Don't worry honey, I love how you need me." She joked with the blonde.
"You wouldn't have me any other way."
"Close your ears sweetie, the adults are talking dirty now." Janis spoke to her baby.
"We are not!" Izzie exclaimed.
"Iz?" Addison asked, "We ready to go?"
"We should have clocked off two hours ago." The blonde explained to the patient.
"I'm sorry, did I keep you?"
"No, not at all." Addison smiled. "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Janis replied.
"We'll see you tomorrow." Izzie said as she started towards the door.
"Thanks, both of you, for everything."
"You're welcome." Addison replied and followed the blonde through the exit.
xoxox
Izzie lay with her head on Addison's shoulder, watching the twinkling light's of the city. She sighed contentedly, happier than she had ever been.
"You ok?" Addison asked, placing a loving kiss on the blonde's temple.
"I've never been happier." Izzie replied.
"We've come a long way." Addison observed.
"Defied all odds." The blonde continued.
"This time last year I never would have guessed I would be here now, sharing an apartment with Izzie Stevens in Seattle."
"Me either, well, sharing an apartment with you, not me obviously, because then it would be my own place and well, I wouldn't be sharing, because it would be mine, just mine." Izzie rambled. Addison smiled at the blonde's words.
"I love you so much." Addison said.
"Me too, I can't imagine life without you."
"And to think of all the cat and mouse games we played in the beginning."
"We both know there were very good reasons for that."
"This is true." Addison agreed.
"Addie?" Izzie asked with a yawn.
"Yeah?" Addison responded.
"Do you maybe, one day, wanna, you know, be my wife?" the bumbling blonde asked.
"Yeah, I guess, I haven't had any better offers . . ." Addison smiled remembering the blonde's exact words when she had asked Izzie to move in with her.
"Touche Dr Montgomery." Izzie laughed and rolled on top of the redhead. "So, what do you say, will you take me to be your wife?"
"Always." Addison smiled and kissed the blonde.
"Dr Stevens Montgomery. Sounds good."
"Dr Montgomery Stevens sounds better." Addison laughed.
"Either way, we'll be together forever."
"I can't think of anything I want more." The redhead sighed. Izzie leaned in to kiss her again, it was long and languid, passionate and loving, each pouring all the love they had to signify their true love for one another.