Daddy's Little Girl

Since you so kindly reviewed (THANK YOU SO MUCH :**) I have decided to upload this chapter a little sooner than usual. It's basically pointless fluff again, but I think it's much needed!

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Chapter Eight - Out With McDreamy Again?

"I'm glad to see that you're finally getting some, you know?" Mark leaned against the counter next to Derek, who was signing some charts. "Even though it's a shame that she has actually agreed to go out with you when she could have gone out with me."

"I've been out on one date with her and now stop saying things that every normal guy who hasn't been friends with you since high school would punch you for." He glanced up from the charts and looked anything but pleased with the way his best friend had just talked about Addison.

"Gentlemen," Preston greeted them with a nod and came to stand next to them. "What's going on?"

"I said I'm glad Derek's finally getting some but apparently he isn't since his mood still hasn't gotten much better." Mark rolled his eyes. Ever since they had met Derek had been the goody goody and had now he still wasn't advantage of being a successful surgeon because chicks really dig that.

"Yeah, I'm surprised you're still friends with him." Preston gave Mark a look and got one of his files. "I mean, not everyone has done all the nurses and most of the interns and-"

"Done what with them?" He was interrupted by Grace who was once again looking for her uncle Richard.

"Uhm… That is a very good question! Dr. Sloan, what did you do?" Preston cleared his throat awkwardly and couldn't have been more mortified at that moment.

"Taken them to the zoo!" Derek said quickly when Mark had that smug smirk on his face that always meant trouble so answering for him always seemed like the safest option.

"Really? You should come when Derek takes mommy and me to the zoo!" Grace grinned when Derek picked her up so she could sit on the counter. The trip to the zoo had been one of the most exciting things so far, even though it hadn't even happened yet.

"Trust me, I'd love to take your mom to the zoo," Mark said with a wink that earned him a rather ticked off look from both Derek and Preston who understood perfectly what he meant.

"Can you help me find Uncle Richard? He said he would only be a few minutes and I've been waiting foreeeever!" She stretched and sighed dramatically, making Derek chuckle at how cute she was.

"Alright, let's look for him." He picked her up and sat her down on the ground again before they continued down the hall, looking for Richard.

"Dude, you shouldn't be allowed around children. Or people in general as a matter of fact…" Preston told Mark before he left the other surgeon standing by the nurse's station by himself.

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"Out with McDreamy again?" Adele chuckled when Addison jumped, not having expected anyone standing by the door downstairs. She had just brought Grace to bed and read her a story.

"Geez, you scared the hell out of me." Addison knew that both Adele and Richard only had her best interest at heart but it really was starting to get a little annoying that they now asked her where she was going and whom she was going there with, even though they knew that she went to see Derek, it felt like high school.

"Mhmmm, have fun." Adele gave the younger woman a knowing, Cheshire cat like smile before she walked up the stairs.

"It's so much worse than high school!" Addison whined when she was in Derek's car, glad to be able to finally spend another evening with him. Their first date had been amazing but ever since then they had only been to the movies with Grace and other than that mostly seen each other at work and that really hadn't been nearly enough.

"Oh, come on, it cannot be that bad." He tried and took her hand in his as they drove off.

"Worse, seriously. You're already afraid of Richard at work so imagine living with both of them and having to answer all those questions all the time. Worse than Grace has ever been."

"I'm not afraid of him," he just scoffed, ignoring her complaints because he could only imagine how much fun living with his boss probably was. But then again, Addison had Richard pretty much wrapped around her finger.

"Anyway, what did Gracie mean by Mark takes all the nurses to the zoo?"

"Uhm…" Derek said very eloquently and tried to think of a way to make this sound less awful but there really wasn't any way. "Preston said that Mark does all the nurses and when Grace asked what he did with them, and we totally didn't see her coming, I couldn't come up with anything better than that."

"Oh, great, so I heard he wants to take me to the zoo?" She nudged him when he couldn't help his laughter at the rather disgusted look on her face. "And my daughter always refers to him as McSteamy and giggles, that's just wrong!"

"I hope this makes up for Mark almost corrupting your daughter," Derek whispered into her ear after he had bought her pink cotton candy at the street fair that had opened that day and he had promised to take Gracie to as well.

"Maybe." She gave him a smile when he wrapped his arm around her waist to pull her closer as they headed towards China Town. That morning at the hospital he had told her that the Grand Tour would continue that night and she hadn't been able to stop grinning ever since. Everything she had gotten to know about Derek Shepherd she had immediately fallen in love with and she couldn't wait to find out even more.

"Oh, maybe? Really? I give you this wonderful tour of Seattle, on my night off, I might add, and you don't share cotton candy with me?" Derek raised his eyebrows and faked shock.

"Well, it's pink cotton candy and I'll give you some. Under one condition." She smiled when he motioned for her to continue. "You still haven't even showed me where you live." Well, he had showed her the small apartment in the city he only used when he didn't have enough time to travel back and forth from the hospital after an especially grueling shift.

"And if I take you home you give me some cotton candy?" He grinned, mostly because of how that had sounded and because of the embarrassed look on her face. She really was incredibly gorgeous.

"Don't make this sound perverted."

"But that's what you're saying?" He was rather amused and of course would love to show her his house but he hadn't been sure if it wouldn't come across as totally sleazy when he actually asked her to come to his house because scaring her off really was the last thing he wanted.

"I wouldn't put it exactly like that but I'd love to see where you live." She leaned in to kiss him, which she hadn't been able to do in way too long.

"I think that could be arranged," he whispered and pulled her a little closer, not willing to end their kiss just yet. It was great to finally spend some time with her outside of the hospital where they were always surrounded by colleagues and patients.

"So, how did you like China Town?" Derek asked once they were back in his car and drove towards his house.

"It was amazing but then again, I'm from New York City, so obviously I'm not impressed this easily." She hadn't been able to stop smiling and touching him at every chance she had gotten. Maybe her fear that things had been moving too fast had been completely unjustified because it felt absolutely perfect.

"There's this festival where they play old Japanese movies next month, if you'd like to come, since you're really not that impressed just yet." He grinned at the way she held his hand just a little tighter and at how he couldn't help but to fall in love with her. Yes, Derek Shepherd had actually thought it. He had always just shrugged his shoulders when some old high school friend had told him about how much they loved their wife. Being friends with Mark had lead him to believe that maybe that would never happen for him but now maybe it might just…

"Next month? You're planning on putting up with me for that long?" He especially loved the way she tilted her head to the side and smiled cutely.

"What can I say, I just like challenges," he teased her as he pulled into the private road that leads to his house. Even though Seattle was a huge city there were many isolated locations just a little (maybe more than just a little) outside of town and Derek enjoyed the peace and quiet away from his hectic job. Addison looked out of the window, still a little in awe that it really hadn't taken them that long to get to this secluded place with trees as far as she could see.

"I'm glad you didn't take me here the night we met because I don't think there would have been a cab…"

"I knew I should have brought you here." He chuckled and saw that she didn't get quite what he meant. "Then you would have been forced to talk to me. Or at least tell me your last name… Or give me your phone number."

"We really were off to a rather awkward start." She shook her head at the memory of waking up only in her underwear next to a strange man. Of course nothing had happened but she had been completely horrified at the thought that it did. But thankfully he told her otherwise.

"I thought I'd never see you again. So I'm more than glad that I did." He leaned over to kiss her and pulled away far too quickly for her taste. "We're here," he whispered against her lips when he saw that her eyes were still closed.

"Wow," she breathed in awe when she got out of the car. There was a magnificent house in the middle of a forest glade and she was sure she had never seen anything this beautiful before in her life. Derek just lead her towards the front door and unlocked it with a smile on his face when he watched her look around. "Seriously, if I tell Grace that you live like this she will come live with you and leave me alone with Richard and Adele." This made him laugh as he guided her towards the patio that had a spectacular view of not only the city lights but also of trees and the water right in front of it. "Can I quit my job and become your maid?"

"If I can pick your uniform." He laughed when he saw her actually debating his suggestion. It was great to have her here in his house.

"Don't laugh, it's worth thinking about." She nudged him and smiled when he wrapped his arms around her and walked over to one of the deck chairs with her after he had turned on the small lights along the porch.

"Do you have to go back tonight?" He whispered after a few minutes of comfortable silence. Addison was lying against his chest and had her eyes closed by then but slowly opened them again and turned around just slightly to look at him.

"No, but early tomorrow morning so if you wanna drive me back tonight that's fine." She really was hoping that he'd say no because spending time with him was just far too good to cut it short.

"Nope, I'll get up whenever you want." The moonlight was tracing the trees and he was sure that she had never looked quite this beautiful and there was no way he was letting her go quite so soon.

"Thank you." She leaned in to kiss him again. "And thank you for taking my daughter and me to the zoo tomorrow. And NOT in the sleazy way Mark meant…"

"The Woodland Zoo is another point on that sightseeing list you have mocked me about."

"I promise I won't mock you again because I think this second date might actually surpass the first one we had." And then she kissed him again and he felt an odd sense of freedom trickle through him. His hold on her tightened as their kiss gradually turned deeper and she had now turned around fully, her arms wrapping around his neck. It felt so right to kiss her and to hold her as close as he possibly could. Addison couldn't help the low moan that vibrated against his lips when his tongue slipped into her mouth and suddenly he didn't have enough of her in reach. His fingers moved just a little underneath the fabric of her sweater and her entire body started to tingle at his touch. Addison felt alive in the best way possible and she knew that he was the reason for that. But then he pulled back and smiled at her flushed cheeks and her lips that looked just a little redder than before.

"We shouldn't rush this," he whispered and tucked a strand of her auburn hair behind her ear and lightly graced her cheek. He knew that all of this was a lot for her to handle and he didn't want to push her into anything she wasn't ready for just yet. She nodded her head and pecked his lips again before sitting back down, her back resting against his chest when his arms wrapped around her again.


I know I'm whining, but I LOVE DEREK SO MUUUUCH!

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