A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers.

Chapter 37

"Who's the most handsome man in the whole entire world?" Mark cooed at his newborn son as he paced the hospital room with him in his arms. "Jackie is, oh yes, him is daddy's handsome little man. He's gonna be a lady's man just like his daddy." He was watching the baby while Addison took a shower. Nancy had her under observation so, she was stuck in the hospital for another day at least.

Addison stood in the doorway of the bathroom watching her boyfriend interact with their son. Sometimes it was hard for her to reconcile family man Mark Sloan with the Manwhore who had stolen her heart, but she still caught brief glimpses of the man he used to be every now and then. He had changed his ways for her, but he was still Mark Sloan just a more grown up version. "Jackie, what's daddy doing to the boy?" she asked making her presence known.

"Uh oh, Jackie, is that mommy?" Mark asked as he walked over and helped Addison to a chair, so she could sit. "How are you feeling?" he asked.

"I'm a little sore, but other than that I feel great." Addison smiled at him. "Have I ever told you that you look even better holding a baby?"

Mark grinned back at her. "Jackie, daddy thinks mommy is hitting on him. Oh yeah, your mommy wants me bad."

"Mark Charles, do not talk to the baby that way. I shudder to think what you tell him when I'm sleeping or when you go visit him in the nursery." Addison laughed rolling her eyes at him.

"That is between me and my little Peanut you don't get to know what I say to him." Mark teased her.

"I want to make sure that you're not scarring our son for life, you've already scarred Carson, I rather you didn't do the same to Jackson." Addison pointed out to him.

Mark laughed heartily, "Honey, they have a mommy and a daddy who have very loud, passionate sex every chance they get. I'm thinking that they are gonna be scarred for life regardless of what I say to them."

Addison put her arms out for the baby. "Give me the baby, Mark." She ordered him and he placed their son in her arms. "When you say things like that you lose your privilege to hold the baby."

"You're kidding right?" Mark asked her a look of disbelief plastered on his face. She was not going to tell him that he couldn't hold his own son.

Addison bit her lip to keep from laughing. She would never not let him hold their boys because of his dirty mouth, she was just joking with him, but she didn't want him to know that yet. "Oh, I'm dead serious, when you say dirty things like that you lose your right to baby cuddles."

"Really, Addie?" Mark quirked his eyebrow at her and shook his head. She knew how he was, so he didn't why she thought that that would miraculously change all of a sudden.

Finally it became too much for her to handle and Addison started laughing. "Mark, I would never ban you from holding our boys. I know how you are and while I wish you wouldn't say some of the things you say in front of them I still find it charming most of the time."

"That is so not nice, Red, you really had me going there for a minute and I want you to know that hurt." Mark replied clutching his chest like her words had wounded him.

"I wouldn't pick on you the way I do if you didn't make such an easy target, but I love you." Addison smiled at him.

"I love you too, babe, even when you're evil to me." Mark bent down to kiss her and then he kissed Jackson's head. "And daddy loves his Jackie."

"Jackson, tell daddy that you need your diaper changed while mommy pumps and then he needs to go get your big brother, because mommy misses him." Addison cooed at the little boy in her arms.

"Does that mean that daddy is finally going to get to feed the baby boy?" Mark asked. Since Addison was breast-feeding she was letting him get used to her nipples first before they switched him over to bottles so Mark could feed him too.

"He has a really good latch when he feeds and I want to get him on a bottle while he's still young, so there isn't any nipple confusion. Yes, Mark, you can feed him." Addison gave him a long drawn out answer that wasn't really called for.

"Well, he takes after his daddy that way." Mark beamed with pride as he picked his son up and laid him in his basinet to change him.

Addison rolled her eyes at him. "Mark, only you would be proud of that."

"I'm also proud of this," Mark said as he undid Jackson's diaper. "He's a Sloan, Addie, he takes after his daddy this way too." He was of course referring to the size of his son's penis.

"Mark, honey, I hate to burst your bubble, but most of that is swelling from the birth. And it'll swell a little bit more after he's circumcised." Addison explained to him.

"Can we not talk about cutting on his penis in front of me? It makes me hurt as a man." Mark retorted putting his had protectively over his crotch. He finished changing Jackson's diaper and picked him up and cradled him in his arms. "All done, Champ."

Addison chuckled at him. "Only you, Mark." She smiled seeing two of her three boys together. "I'll tell you what, why don't you go get Carson and maybe take a shower and you can feed Jackson when you get back?" she suggested.

Mark handed the baby back to her and kissed her softly. "That sounds good to me, Red, I'll only be gone an hour or two tops."

"Baby, you take as much time as you need and feel free to take a nap. Jackson and I will be fine without you, we will have plenty of visitors I assure you." Addison reassured him. As much as she loved him and wanted him by her side she needed him to leave, because she had something she had to take care of.

"I'll be back soon, love." Mark said kissing her again.

"I'll be here, baby, I love you." Addison replied.

"I love you," Mark kissed her lips again. " And I love you." he kissed Jackson's head before he left.

Addison sat in the chair holding her son after Mark had gone. "You have the best daddy in the whole entire world did you know that?" she asked him. "You are mommy and daddy's little miracle baby, we went through a lot to get you." For just a moment she found her thoughts sucked back in time to the first time Mark had gotten her pregnant.

Addison paced the living room of her brownstone every now and then running her fingers through her peroxide blonde hair. She checked her watch yet again, it had been five hours since Mark had walked out of her office without saying a word and she was starting to get worried about him. A knock at the front door distracted her from her rambling thoughts. She was both relieved and pissed to see Mark standing on the other side of the door when she opened it.

"Mark, where the hell have you been? I was worried sick about you." Addison demanded and then she slapped his arm and chest. "You had no right to just walk out on me without saying a word after I told you that I'm carrying your child."

"Ow, Red, relax I come in peace." Mark replied putting his arms up to defend himself from the blows she was raining down on him. "Look, I came bearing gifts." He showed her the shopping bag that he held in his hand to prove his point.

Addison took the bag from him. "You better start explaining yourself while I'm in the mood to listen." She advised him.

"I know that I shouldn't have just walked out on you earlier and I'm sorry, but I needed some time to think and clear my head." Mark began as she looked at him expectantly. "I was just shocked and I had to have a minute to think it over. That being said let's do this, Red."

"What?" Addison asked, the disbelief was written all over her face as she looked at him. This was not at all the response that she had expected out of him. she had been expecting him to tell her to get an abortion.

"Let's do this, Addison, let's be parents. Open the bag." Mark answered grinning at her. She pulled a Disney calendar out of the bag and she saw that her due date was marked on there and then she pulled a Hanes, Yankees onesie out. "Now, before you say anything about the onesie I realize that if it's a girl you might not let her wear it, but I had to buy it."

Addison looked at him with tears welling up in her eyes. "It's perfect, Mark, thank you. Let's be parents." She agreed with him.

Addison was brought back to reality by her son's soft whimpers. "Hey, none of that, you're ok mommy's got you."

"He's only doing that because he heard me coming and he knows what I'm about to do to him." Alex said walking into the room. "You finally got rid of Sloan?"

"Yeah Mark is gone and I don't remember agreeing to let you circumcise my son. You haven't done that many and I don't know that I trust you to not screw it up." Addison replied.

"Come on, Montgomery, you taught me how to do it and not only that he's my godson." Karev pointed out to her.

"I trust you with his life I just don't know that I trust you with his little penis, Karev. I know that you're good and that I wanted this, but you're gonna cut on his little peepee and that's gonna hurt him." Addison reasoned with him.

"I'm gonna numb him before hand and give him some Tylenol he won't even feel it." Alex argued.

Addison thought it over for a moment. "Take the baby, Karev." She ordered handing her son to him.

"Ok, I'll bring him right back this won't take me long and I'll be careful." Alex swore to her.

Addison slowly made her way to her feet and took her son back from him. "Now, go to my locker and get my scrub cap." She ordered and he looked at her like she had lost her mind. "Karev, you're out of your mind if you think I'm gonna let you circumcise my son without supervision. I've seen the aftermath of botched circumcisions and it isn't pretty."

Alex knew that there was no arguing with his boss once her mind was made up. "At least let me get you a wheelchair you shouldn't be on your feet longer than you have to."

"Fine, just hurry up before I change my mind." Addison replied. It would be easier for her to get what she wanted if she just went along with him.

Half an hour later Addison was back in her hospital room sitting in the rocking chair holding Jackson while they waited for Mark to get back with Carson. "Hi, sleepy boy, it's about time you opened those pretty eyes for mommy. You've got your daddy's pretty blue eyes." She cooed at him. He was just coming out from under the anesthetic they had put him under to do his circumcision.

"Knock, Knock," Amelia said sticking her head in the door. "I heard Mark left and I thought I'd come keep you some company."

Addison smiled at her. "Come on in, you picked the right time, he just woke up from the anesthetic."

"Dude go part of his little wiener cut off that's rough, if he wants to snooze cut him a break." Amelia retorted.

"You really have no filter." Addison told her in reply before looking down at her son. "Jackie, you can't listen to Aunt Amelia she will get you in trouble."

"I will not, the only thing I'll teach him is how to have fun." Amelia disputed.

Addison quirked a manicured eyebrow at her and stared at her blankly. "That's what I'm afraid of."

"Right, just assume that the ex-junkie aunt is going to teach the kid how to get in trouble. I see how it is." Amelia huffed throwing herself down in a chair.

"Amelia, filter," Addison said shaking her head at her. She didn't really know why she expected the younger woman to watch her mouth she had always been like this and she probably always would be.

"If I actually filtered you wouldn't know what to do with me." Amelia pointed out to her.

Addison rolled her eyes and she couldn't help the small smile that came to her lips. " I don't know what I'm going to do with you even without you filtering."

Amelia peered over at the little blue bundle that Addison held in her arms. "Well, I guess you better let me hold the little crib midget. He might think that his Auntie Amelia doesn't love him otherwise." She announced grandly.

"Are your hands clean?" Addison asked her as she went to take the baby. "Just for my peace of mind go scrub and then you can hold him."

"Alright, all clean, now let me hold the little hairless ape." Amelia said holding her arms out for the baby.

Addison handed her son over gently. "There you go just hold him close and watch his head." she cautioned her. "Look at that, you're a natural, just support his head and he does the rest."

"Hi, Jackson, I'm your Auntie Amelia and I will teach you all you need to know about having fun." Amelia told the little boy in her arms.

"Trust me he really doesn't need any help with that, he's a Sloan. I'm gonna get enough trouble out of him as it is without you teaching him things." Addison quipped.

"He kinda doesn't have a prayer for hope his father and his maternal grandfather are both well established manwhores." Amelia pointed out to her.

"Thank you for that, Amelia, I feel so much better now." Addison rolled her eyes at the closest thing she had to a little sister.

"You know me, I do what I can." Amelia retorted like it was no big deal.

Addison was alone with the baby when Mark finally came back with Carson. "There are mommy's other two boys." She smiled at them from the chair where she sat holding Jackson.

"Sorry we took so long, but Casey needed lunch and then a bath after he finished eating, because he got it all over him and daddy." Mark said kissing her and then kissing Jackson on the head.

"It's ok, babe, Jackie and I haven't been alone." Addison told him. "Why don't you switch with me and you can give baby boy his bottle?" she suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Mark replied he handed her Carson and picked up Jackson. "Alright, Jackie Boy, let's get some food in your little belly." He said once was sitting and had him settled in the crook of his arm.

Addison handed him a bottle and sat back in her chair with Carson in her lap. "There you go, babe, you know the drill by now."

Mark put the nipple in his mouth and a huge grin came to his face as his son started eating like he was starving. "Look at that, daddy's feeding his boy." This was still a little unreal for him he couldn't quite believe that he'd had something to do with creating something so perfect.

Addison picked up the camera that was on the table beside her bed and she snapped a picture of Mark feeding their son for the first time. "Carson, look at daddy feeding your baby brother." She cooed at the little boy in her lap and she laughed when he babbled dada. "That's right, that's your daddy."

Mark looked over at Addison with a huge smile plastered on his face. "Red, this boy looks just like you, ya know?"

Addison smiled back at him. "I know he does."

"He has my dad's nose though." Mark pointed out to her.

"He has your nose, babe." Addison chuckled at him.

"Exactly, he has the Sloan nose." Mark said excitedly.

"Whatever you say, baby, I've already heard that he's a Sloan below the waist he might as well have the Sloan nose too." Addison shook her head at him.

Carolyn Shepherd knocked on the door at that moment saving Addison from one of Mark's inappropriate comments. "Knock, knock, I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"Momma Shepherd, don't be ridiculous, come on in." Mark waved her into the room. She was the closest thing that he had to a mother.

"Oh my goodness, look at how big Carson is getting." Carolyn stated smiling. She walked over to where Mark sat feeding the baby. "And look at this handsome little man."

"I still have a hard time believing that I had anything to do with making something so perfect." Mark admitted.

"Well, I've said it once and I'll say it again. Addie is obviously good for you, that has to be the most humble thing you've ever said." Carolyn informed him.

"Trust me he's still Mark Sloan, nothing I do is ever gonna change that and I don't wanna change that. Even with his more childish traits I love him just the way he is." Addison looked at her boyfriend with nothing but love in her eyes as she spoke.

"He's always been a loveable little scamp, I'll give you that." Carolyn agreed with her former daughter-in-law.

"Well, at least they describe daddy as loveable, Jackie Boy. Yes, you and your big brother are gonna be lady killers just like daddy." He cooed at the newborn.

"Addie, you're aware that you're gonna have your hands full aren't you?" Carolyn asked.

"Oh, I know, neither one of them are leaving the house once they become teenagers if they are anything like their daddy. I can't have half the female student body's parents calling the house telling me what my sons did to their daughters." Addison answered chuckling.

"Hey, now, I won't have you talking about my boys like that. They are Sloans they can't help it that women are gonna be drawn to them like moths to a flame if they are single or not." Mark protested cockily.

Addison arched her eyebrow at him. "And what was that supposed to mean?" she asked knowing damn well that he was alluding to her cheating on Derek with him.

"That meant nothing, babe, I was just flapping my jaws and making noise." Mark covered smoothly.

"You are so full of it, but I'm in a good mood so I'll let it go." Addison smirked at him.

"Thank you, love." Mark smiled at her sweetly. He put Jackson over his shoulder and burped him gently. He smiled when he got the burp he was looking for. "That's daddy's boy." He looked up at Carolyn who was smiling at him. "Momma Shepherd, would you like to hold him?"

"I would love to hold him." Carolyn answered with a smile.

Mark handed the baby to her after she had sat down. "There you go," he smiled brightly. "Momma Shepherd, I would like for you to meet your grandson, Jackson Alexander Michael Montgomery Sloan."

"Oh, Mark, he is beautiful." Carolyn told him. "Hello, Jack, I'm your grandma." She cooed at him.

"He looks just like his mommy doesn't he?" Mark grinned. Carolyn Shepherd was the closest thing that he had to a mother and it was fitting that his boys called her grandma.

"He is the spitting image of Addie, but he has your nose." Carolyn answered him. She pulled back the cap on his head to get a look at his hair. "And a head full of hair."

"Mark and I are having a difference of opinion when it comes to his hair color. I say that it's dark strawberry blonde or light brownish red and he thinks that it's red." Addison informed her.

"Red, he's a ginger and you know it." Mark cut in.

"He is not a ginger, stop calling him that." Addison scolded him.

"Really, Mark, he is so precious." Carolyn agreed with her.

"He's my son and I'd love him and think he's the most handsome baby in the world no matter what, but he's a ginger." Mark teased.

"Mark, his hair isn't even red." Addison pointed out to him.

Mark thought it over for a moment and then he shrugged. "Ok, so it isn't red per se, but it is reddish and in my book that makes him a ginger."

"Mark Charles Sloan, when are you ever going to grow up?" Carolyn asked him.

"Never, you know that, Momma Shepherd. My child like enthusiasm is what makes me so loveable." Mark countered.

Addison shook her head at him and chuckled. "God help me, I don't have two sons I have three."

"Not only that they are Sloans. You should be made a saint for putting up with three Sloan men." Carolyn pointed out to her.

"Hey, I will have you two know that I am not as bad as you try to make me sound." Mark protested.

"Baby, I've heard the things that come out of your mouth, so trust me you are that bad. But, I love you anyway so it doesn't matter." Addison smiled at him sweetly.

"And I love you despite that fact that you can be an arrogant, overbearing control freak sometimes." Mark retorted.

Carolyn looked between the two of them laughing. "It's wonder that you two haven't killed each other yet. You have nothing in common, you fight over everything, and neither one of you can admit to being wrong. That being said I've have never seen two people more perfect for each other or as clearly in love as you two are." She observed.

"About the only thing we have in common is that we are crazy about each other and our boys." Addison agreed.

"But a lot of what people thinks is us fight is really just us teasing each other. Trust me if we were really fighting you would know it." Mark supplied helpfully.

"Us fighting for real is how we got Jackie, so it can't be that bad." Addison joked.

"Exactly, Red, we fight because we are so passionate about each other and that passion sometimes manifests itself as a screaming match." Mark agreed.

"I rather fight with you than kiss anyone else." Addison said taking his hand.

"Even in the middle of our worst knock down drag out fights I know that we are gonna be ok, because it means we care enough to fight." Mark squeezed her hand.

"You two honestly leave me at a loss for words sometimes." Carolyn mused not knowing what else to say.

"They have that effect on people, mom." Derek said stepping into the room.

"That would explain why you just walked out after catching me in your bed with your wife." Mark joked.

"Mark Charles!" Addison exclaimed covering Carson's ears. "There are little ears in the room. I don't want our boys thinking that their mother is a whore."

"But it's ok for you to bring up the little one's conception." Mark laughed.

"With you two I don't even want to know." Derek said shaking his head.

"Good, don't ask," Addison agreed with him.

"Derek, as long as you're here settle the dispute we're having. Is Jackie a ginger or not?" Mark asked him.

Derek threw his hands up in a sign of surrender. "Oh, no, I'm so not answering that question. I happen to know what's good for me." the last thing that he wanted to do was get in the middle of a Mark and Addison war that would not end well for anyone least of all him.

A/N: Here is the next chapter I hope you guys enjoyed it. Until next time please review.