Here we go I will now let you in on how Addie and Sully met.

III – Part 5

Five Years Ago

Beckett surveyed the people around her and noticed the soon to be ex-husband of Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd in a long embrace with another woman, they started kissing as well. She was obviously the woman Mr. Morgan was really after. She glanced over at the woman by her side and noticed she was watching the encounter as well. She knew immediately that Addison needed to get out of the hospital. So she leaned over to her and whispered, "Do you want to get out of here?" The tall red head nodded at the smaller brunette and Beckett spoke up, "I'm sorry to break up the party but Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd must come down to the station with me." Beckett took hold of the red head's arm and guided her out of the hospital.

She led Addison to her car, which turned out to be a midnight blue Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S. She unlocked the doors, opened her door, removed her jacket, took off her badge and dropped it in her purse and then removed her sidearm and replaced it to a holster at her ankle. She stood by the door and looked over the top of the car at Addison and motioned her to get in. Addie cocked an eyebrow at the brunette standing on the other side of the car and said to her, "nice car." She smirked.

The detective turned to the red head and replied with a smile, "it was a birthday present from my father."

When they settled in the car Addison again turned to the woman she had just met and smiled. "Thanks I really appreciate you getting me out of there." She gave the brunette a half smile and asked, "You really don't have to take me down to the station do you?"

Beckett crinkled her eyes as she smiled at the woman sitting next to her, "no." She shook her head and gave her a small laugh, "I just figured the last place you wanted to be right now was in the hospital."

She smiled back at the detective. "You figured it right." She looked ahead and blew out a slow breath. "My car is on the other side of the parking lot, if you don't mind driving me over there."

Beckett leaned against her door and considered the woman next to her. "I mind," a mischievous grin appeared on her face. "Because I think you need to get out and have a drink, I know I do," she said with a laugh. "I'm starved and I bet you are too."

Addison took a moment to consider the other woman's offer and decided, what the hell, she was hungry and she didn't want to go back to the hotel just yet and she certainly didn't want to talk to anyone at the hospital. "Okay sounds like a great idea."

Beckett nodded to the woman sitting next to her, put on a pair of aviator sun glasses and started up her car then pulled out of the parking lot. Addie gave the woman sitting next to her a sidelong glance and started studying the woman's attire again. It struck her funny how the woman dressed. It didn't seem practical for chasing down the bad guys. She smirked at the woman and shook her head.

That caught Beckett's attention. "What?" she said wrinkling her brow.

"It's just. . . I don't mean to be rude but how on earth do you chase down bad guys dressed like that?" She smirked at the brunette again. "Seriously how do you run in four inch heels? I think it's a skill that could come in handy to learn," she laughed.

Beckett smiled with amusement and she laughed then said, "I'll teach you how sometime." She grinned at the red head sitting next to her. "Actually I was just getting off duty when the call came in and I was getting ready to go out for the evening."

She cocked an eyebrow at the brunette. "So I messed up your hot date for the evening?"

She laughed again, "Nope you are just being included in my plans for the evening."

Beckett's cell phone started to ring, she flipped it open and answered, "Hi daddy." Addie leaned against the car door as she listened to one side of the conversation. "Breakers in an hour," she laughed. "He wrote the note on the back of his own deposit slip?" she laughed again. "By the way I'm brining a friend along." She shook her head, "nope new friend." She rolled her eyes, "no daddy, I'll see you in an hour." She shook her head as she hung up the phone. She glanced over at Addie and noticed the amused look on her face. She shrugged and said with a smile, "see not interrupting a hot date, just dinner with my family."

Fifteen minutes later they were seated in a waterfront restaurant called The Breakers. Their server came and took their drink orders. Addison ordered a sparkling water with a lime.

Beckett smiled at her and said, "I think I would want something much stronger if I had been through that kind of ordeal." Then she laughed and said, "Hell I only watched and I want something stronger." She ordered bourbon neat. The server dropped off their drinks and took their order for appetizers.

They sat and chatted for sometime eating their appetizers. Addison decided she really like this woman, she was definitely someone she wanted to have as a friend.

Beckett's attention was then caught by something behind Addie. She stood and waved someone over. Addie turned around in her seat and looked at who caught the detective's attention. A very tall man with dark curly hair who was extremely handsome was coming their way. He was dressed in a pair of khakis with a sage green button down shirt. The detective had great taste in men, she had to admit. She watched a smile grow on the man's face as he approached their table. Beckett and the man embraced and he kissed her on the cheek. He turned toward her as Beckett introduced them. "Addison Montgomery-Shepherd I'd like you to meet Sullivan Sanders." Sullivan reached out to shake her hand.

He looked down on her with a smile of recognition on his face. Addie was sure she had never met the man before. "As in Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd?" he asked. Addie nodded. "I've read a lot of your published work," he smiled down at her. He turned to Beckett and said, "I heard we were having company tonight, but I didn't realize it was going to be the world renowned neonatal surgeon. It's an honor to finally meet you."

Addie blushed. Beckett's husband was a very charming man. "Your wife probably didn't have a clue I was world renowned," she grinned up at him.

Beckett and Sullivan both laughed. "Beck isn't my wife, she's my sister," he explained smiling down at her his eyes lighting up. And he asked, "Do you mind if I have a seat?" He pointed to her side.

She blushed again and slide over. "Sure," she said and smiled at him. Their eyes met as he sat down next to her. Damn he is gorgeous she thought. His eyes were nice a mixture of greens and browns. She was blown over by the intensity of the magnetism she felt, she was drawn to him and didn't understand how this could happen. Less than twelve hours ago she would have told you Derek was the love of her life, even if he didn't feel the same way about her. Now she was thinking Derek who? She finally understood how Derek and Meredith could have happened. Call her crazy but she wanted to know everything about this man sitting next to her.

She looked at Sullivan slightly puzzled. "So why would you read the articles I published?" she smiled at him shyly.

The smile on his face grew, he couldn't take his eyes off her, she was even more beautiful in person. "Beck neglected to mention that I am a doctor too. I'm a pediatric surgeon."

Addison thought for a moment about what he said and it sunk in, Dr. Sullivan Sanders. Yes she had read articles he had published as well, and he was brilliant, the smile on her face grew. "I've actually read some of your published works too," she said with a slight nod. "I really loved the one you wrote on pain management in the pediatric patient, seriously it was brilliant."

She could have sworn she saw him blush, that made her blush as well. Beckett watched with interest the interaction between Addison and Sullivan. After speaking with the woman in front of her for the past hour, she had already known she was prefect for her brother.

"So how do you like Seattle?" he asked this was the first time in six months he had wished he never left Seattle.

Addie frowned for the first time since meeting him. "Hmmm, I never really considered it home. As a matter of fact I'll be moving back to New York very soon." Suddenly that really disappointed her.

She was surprised when his smile widened. "I live in New York. I'm only out here for the month for a visit. I work at Mount Sinai." He was suddenly very excited about the prospect of this woman living in the same city as him "as a matter of fact before I left New York. The hospital was looking for a new head for our neonatal unit," he grinned. "I told them to try and get you for the position before I left. Does that mean you are now available?" he said hopefully.

She bit her lower lip and glanced over at him. "Actually they called me two weeks ago, I turned them down."

He frowned, he was clearly disappointed. "Aw that's too bad."

"But," she continued. "I called them back a couple of days ago and accepted the position," she grinned at him.

His eyes lit up upon hearing that news, "really?" She nodded at him. "That's great news." Then he reined himself in, he had forgotten she was married. Addie noticed the change in his demeanor. He squinted at her and cleared his throat, "did they hire your husband as well?" There he asked it but he really didn't want to hear the answer, he sighed and looked down.

Addie wrinkled her nose, she thought it was cute how disappointed he was when he remembered she was married, and she grinned, the smile reached her eyes. "Actually my husband and I are getting divorced so no, he won't be joining me."

He quickly looked back up at her, the smile returned to his face. "I'm very sorry to hear that." Okay captain obvious he thought to himself, that was real smooth, but he did have the good grace to look embarrassed.

Addie laughed at him, his smile appeared again. He loved the sound of her laugh. "Really don't be sorry it's something we should have done a longtime ago. It would have saved a lot of people from a lot of pain." She sobered a bit, "now if you don't mind I'd rather not talk about my soon to be ex." The smile returned to her face, "You can tell me why Mount Sinai is such a great hospital instead."

Beckett sat back in her seat and blocked out the hospital talk, it usually bored her to death. She might not have been interested in what her brother and Addison were talking about, but she had to smile at how cute they were together. They could thank her later for introducing them. Okay she thought they would have met anyway, but still she was the one who introduced them, she grinned at them.

Her thoughts were interrupted. "Hey gorgeous," a tall well tanned man with sun bleached blonde hair with a slight wave was looking down on Beckett. He was grinning at her with his hands in his wrinkled khaki pants. He wore a faded green UCSD t-shirt and sandals.

Beckett turned to the man looked up with a frown and said in an irritated tone, "Shut up Tuck."

"Slide over Becky," he grinned down at her.

"Don't call me that," she snapped at him. She narrowed her eyes at him and said, "Who invited you?"

Addison and Sullivan were watching the exchange, Sullivan was clearly amused. "I invited him, this was after all supposed to be my welcome home dinner," he grinned at his sister.

She shook her head and moved over allowing plenty of room for Tuck to sit down. After he was seated he asked, "So are you going to introduce me?" He smiled at the woman sitting on the other side of the table.

"Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd meet Dr. Jackson Tucker."

"The neonatal specialist?" Tuck asked with a half grin. Addie nodded. "You are over at Seattle Grace right?" She nodded again. "I sent a patient over to you last month. Allison Martin, she was at thirty-two weeks."

Addie nodded again with a smile, "yes I remember that transfer, she had a beautiful little boy. We released him two weeks ago, so you work at UW then?"

"Yeah I'm an ER doctor there," he shook his head and grinned at Sullivan. "Shut up Sully," he said before the other man could say a word. "ER doctors are real doctors too."

Sully raised his hand. "I didn't say a word," he grinned at his friend.

Tuck scooted over close to Beckett and put his arm around her shoulder. "So I see you arranged a date for you brother does that mean we are on a double date tonight?" She rolled her eyes at him.

Tuck's hand started to move its way lower and Beckett reached up and grabbed his wrist. "Don't even think about it." She twisted his wrist pulled out her cuffs and snapped one end around his wrist then closed other end around the brass rail on the top of the booth. She shoved him back and slid up over him out of the booth. "Excuse me, I'll be right back," and she walked away from the table. Tuck grinned at her retreating form admiring as she moved along.

"Hey stop looking at my sister's ass," Sully said with disgust. "You know she will kick you ass if she catches you."

"I can't help myself," he grinned back.

Sully shook his head at his friend. "Seriously dude why do you do that? You know it only pisses her off."

"I can't help that I've always enjoyed tormenting your sister," he gave them a mischievous grin.

"Well you better watch yourself because she could really hurt you sometime." Sully turned to Addie, "my dad blames Tuck and me for my sister becoming a cop instead of a doctor."

"Why is that?" she asked cocking an eyebrow.

"Because when we were kids we were constantly tormenting her, he ended up signing her up for Tae Kow Do so she could defend herself against us."

"And did it work?" she raised an eyebrow at him.

He nodded. "Yeah she can totally kick my ass," he chuckled.

"Well she seems pretty fond of you now," she smirked at him.

"Yeah I became the model brother after that," he chuckled. "Tuck on the other hand is a masochist. He never learned to leave her alone." A grin appeared on his face. "Notice the crooked nose? She broke it when he was sixteen. He had a hard time explaining how a twelve year old girl broke his nose."

Sully and Addie laughed at Tuck. He feigned insult, "hey she caught me off guard."

Addie excused herself from the table and headed off in the same direction Beckett had gone. After she was gone Tuck raised an eyebrow at Sully, "you know she's married right?"

"She's getting a divorce," he replied with a small smile playing on his lips. "And she just accepted a position at Mount Sinai."

"Really?" Tuck said with interest and a grin spread on his face.

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Addie and Beckett exited the ladies room and Addie said, "So Sullivan said you took Tae Kow Do."

Beckett let out a small laugh, "and did he tell you why?"

"Just that he and Tuck tormented you as a child," she replied.

"Yeah that's an understatement. When I was about five my dad came home one day and found me tied to a tree with an apple on my head. Sully and Tuck had just learned about William Tell and they were fighting over his bow over who would get to try to shoot the apple off my head." She shook her head and laughed at the memory. "So he grounded Sully for a month and signed me up for Tae Kow Do." She grinned at the red head, "he hasn't bothered me since."

As they approached the table Addie noticed an older gentleman had joined them. She expected this must be Beckett and Sullivan's father. She was right. He rose from the table and Beckett introduced them. " Addison I'd like you to meet my father Archer Sanders, he's a surgeon too, by the way, a neuro." She turned to her father, "Daddy this is Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd."

"Any relation to Derek Shepherd the neuro at Seattle Grace?" he asked with raised eyebrows.

"He's my ex," she replied dryly.

He nodded at her then turned to his daughter. "I thought you were bringing a date."

"Yeah but Sully stole her from me." She laughed and turned to Addie who was blushing. "I'm only kidding, I strictly date men." Then she turned to her father, "I said I was bringing a friend, not a date, don't go around assuming things." She leaned over gave him a kiss on the cheek, then settled down sitting next to Addie making her slide closer to Sully.

Tuck had a mischievous grin on his face. "So you strictly date men? You know I'm totally available," he said wiggling his eyebrows.

She looked up at Tuck with raised eyebrows and said, "if that was my only choice I'd considering switching sides." Everyone laughed at the once again shot down ER doctor.

The group happily chatted away through out their dinner. They were relaxing over cups of coffee or tea when Beckett's cell started to ring. She rose from the table and walked away as she answered. A few minutes later she returned, "I have to go." She looked over at Addison. "I probably have time to swing by the hospital first and drop you off if you want or," she smirked at the red head. "I'm sure Sully won't object to giving you a ride."

Sully turned to Addie and said, "I'd be happy to give you a ride."

Addie smiled and said, "I'd like that."

"Great that's settled." She turned to her brother and gave him a kiss on the cheek and whispered in his ear, "You can thank me later." Then she leaned over gave her dad a kiss on the cheek.

He rose from the table and said, "It's getting late I'll walk you out." He shook hands with Tuck and then his son, and then he reached over and shook Addie's hand. "It was a pleasure to meet you Addison."

"The pleasure was all mine Archer," she replied with a smile.

Beckett turned to Addie and reached out to shake her hand. "Thanks for coming along tonight Addison, it was fun," she smiled.

"Thank you for inviting me. You're right it was fun Beckett and please call me Addie," she returned the woman's smile.

"Very well Addie it is and you can call me Beck," she grinned back. She turned looped her arm with her father's and they left the group. She had completely ignored Tuck, who by the way was still handcuffed to the rail.

He suddenly realized this and shouted at her back, "Hey Becky, sweetheart you aren't going to leave me like this?" There was a hint of panic in his voice because he was sure she was.

She replied without turning, "maybe next time you will learn some manners and not to piss me off." She laughed and continued on her way with out looking back. She and her father shared a laugh as they exited.

Sully laughed at his friend who looked a bit worry that he might not ever be getting out of the handcuffs.

He turned his attention to Addie and said, "Beck said you car was at Seattle Grace?" She nodded. "Are you ready to get out of here?" She nodded again.

They both rose from the table, but Tuck protested, "Hey you aren't going to just leave me here?" His eye widen as he contemplated the thought of being stranded.

Sully chuckled and reached in his pocket, pulled out a small key and handed over to Tuck. "You had this the whole time?" he narrowed his eyes at him.

Sully chuckled again at his friend. "You don't honestly think I would uncuff you around her?"

Tuck unlocked the cuffs studied them for a moment shrugged and put them in his pocket. A look of mischief cross his face, he would return them to her later.

Sully smirked at his friend and shook his head he knew exactly what he was thinking. "Don't even think about it man she will kill you," they all laughed.

With that the three said their good byes and Sully wrapped his arm around Addie shoulder and guided her out of the restaurant.

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