Hey guys! Here is the next chapter! There may be some revisions tomorrow. I am warning you, Addison isn't that mean in this chapter. After last Sunday, I realized that she knew she was in the wrong. Plus, this takes place over a year later and it helps the plot….

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"Hello Derek," Addison said as she walked into the room, dressed in her pink scrubs.

"Addison, why are you here? I don't have the strength to deal with whatever scheme you're planning to disrupt my life. Take a look around you Addison; my life isn't exactly peaches and cream right now. Thanks to you. I have a lot on my mind now," Derek said harshly as he looked Addison straight in the eye.

"Derek, I am not here to mess up your life right now. I am here because Richard asked me to come back for another case a few hours ago. In fact, my new patient is Meredith. Richard knows I am the best at what I do and even you have to realize that we cannot take any chances with Meredith. Richard was real worried; you know he thinks of Meredith as a daughter. I know that she is seven and a half months along and is now in a coma. I am going to make sure she and the baby don't die."

Derek was speechless as he was processing it all in his head.

"Further more Derek, I am sorry that you have to go through all of this, I want you to know that I am going to do whatever I can to make sure that neither one of them dies. Despite that fact that it irritates me to see you two together, I can't let them die. I am a doctor; I save lives. I am putting aside all my feelings aside to do

my job," Addison said as she looked at Meredith's motionless body.

"Listen Addison, thank you for coming in. I am still angry at what you did back there on the boat. I love Meredith Addison and I love the baby that Meredith carries. I have waited so long for this and if you can save them, I will be grateful. I want to hold my daughter in my arms and I will be damned if I don't ever get to do that. I want to hold her, not lay her in the ground. I appreciate that you are going to help her, even though it is a job for you. Even though I am appreciative Addison, I just want you to understand that I am forever going to be faithful to Meredith, she is the only woman for me," Derek said as he glanced tenderly at Meredith.

"I understand Derek. I am sorry for barging in on you two earlier. I am scared that all this is my fault. You guys would have probably been on the boat at the time that the drunk driver was on the road. Derek, it is just that I am getting older now and I don't have much to show for it. My women friends all have children and I feel so alone. I didn't plan for it to be this way; I thought that I would always have someone. I wish I had a life like you do. You have a loving spouse and your staring a family, I am sure that this will not be the only baby for the two of you. You have a beautiful house; it is a perfect world for you. I hope I didn't shatter another life for you Derek," Addison admitted to Derek in a low voice.

"Addison, I don't really know how to respond to that. First of all, life isn't always perfect for us. Meredith and I have our fights. In fact, just last week we had a big fight about the nursery and who we were going to have to take care of the baby. We have arguments about household duties Addison, yet we love each other and don't take everything to heart. I know things are going to be tough for us right now especially. We actually were having an argument when the accident happened. I hope she knows I love her." Derek said as he took Meredith's hand.

" I'm sure she does. You and I both know that patients in a state of coma may be able to hear conversations around them. Just keep talking to her Derek. We also have to discuss the circumstances about Meredith and the baby. All right, we know things about comatose patients. She isn't brain dead, so she might not be in a coma for too long. However, we really have to keep an eye on the baby. We will nourish and monitor both Meredith and the baby and I will always be close by. The baby is far enough along to survive being born but not without medical help. You know that. If anything goes wrong, I am here. One thing you could do Derek, is talk to the baby. If you keep talking, she might be able to hear you. It could be very calming for her and help in her development. Usually the mother takes that role, but obviously Meredith can't do that right now," Addison said to Derek.

Addison checked Meredith over and told Derek, "She looks fine now. However, you look like hell."

Derek still hadn't really cleaned up since the accident. He was unshaven, tired looking, and his clothes were still stained with blood.

"Derek, why don't you go on home and clean up? You could get a few things for Meredith also. Don't argue with me either, I will stay here and keep an eye on Meredith, ok?" Addison suggested.

"I hate to leave her, so I will be back within an hour or two. I'll sleep here.," Derek said. "Thanks."

"No problem Derek, it is the least I could do." Addison said.

Twenty minutes later, Derek had told Meredith he'd see her later and told he can't wait for her to wake up. He felt weird about Addison, he didn't know why the sudden change but he hoped that it was a new start. He couldn't deal with extra stress though; he had enough just being a surgeon.

When Derek went back to the house, he couldn't help but feel extremely melancholy. He walked into the nursery as if there was a ghost in there. He walked over to the dresser that Meredith had begun to fill with clothes and picked up a dress Meredith had bought while shopping with Izzie one day.

"Oh, I hope things get better. I don't want to lose them, why does life have to be this hard?" He thought to himself as he ran his hand along the edge of the crib. He then glanced over to the framed picture of a sonogram they had gotten a short time ago. "Oh baby, please live for mommy and daddy, I can't lose both you and mommy," he prayed again as he stared at the picture.

He remembered how excited Meredith was to get that picture; it was a realization for both of them that there really was a baby inside her. After sitting in the nursery for about twenty minutes, he thought maybe he had better go. He was so close to a breakdown.

He couldn't even glance at Meredith's pajamas hanging on the bathroom hook or her robe. It was so hard for him, he really wished for things to get better. He made a note to grab a few things she might need if she woke up. He knew that he would have to be stronger, things

A little over an hour later, Derek was back in Izzie's car, heading back to the hospital. He was relieved that Izzie had loaned him a car seeing that his was totaled. He had to admit that he did feel better after showering and changing. He was still too upset to eat though.

After arriving at the hospital, he parked the car near the same spot as before. He went into the hospital and headed up to Meredith's room on the fifth floor and took a seat next to the bed. He realized that after settling down, he was very exhausted.

"Maybe I need to close my eyes for a bit. He grabbed Meredith's hand and laid his head down on them. Within minutes, he was asleep.