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III – Part 6

5 years later again

Addison entered Mount Sinai Hospital, Richie's lab results should be done by now, she could have let them fax results to her home but for some reason she wanted to come and get them in person. She walked up to the nurse's station and saw the latest group of first year interns gathered around waiting on their resident to give them their day's assignments no doubt. She smiled at them as she came closer. It's funny how ever since Richard called she had begun associating them more and more with the interns she had worked with at Seattle Grace. She stopped in front of the interns seeing that they were happy to see her and obviously wanted a chance to chat with her.

"Good Morning," she said cheerily to the group as she came to a stop.

"Good Morning Dr. Sanders," said Dr. Saira Singh. She was all business like Yang, always coming into the hospital hours early in hopes of getting the prime case.

"You are looking hot Dr. Sanders you'd never know you just had a baby three months ago," Dr. Jason Adams said. He was definitely the Karev of this group, cocky and said whatever popped into his head. Addie laughed and shook her head at the miscreant.

"Hey Dr. Sanders what brings you in this morning? I thought you were still on Maternity leave." said Dr. Eileen Roberts. She was the Stevens of this group, leaving her heart with every case. She only hoped she could do a better job of helping her learn to be more detached then she had with Stevens.

She smiled at the young intern, I guess if she had to pick a favorite it would be Roberts. "I am but I had some lab results due in this morning and wanted to pick them up myself instead of having them faxed to the house."

"I can run and get them for you if you like," Dr. Robbie Michaels said he reminded Addie a lot of O'Malley.

"Sure Michaels." She smiled at him, "Thank you I'd appreciate you doing the running for me. They are listed under my name."

"Please tell me you brought pictures?" asked Dr. Victoria Scott. Addie nodded and looked in her purse then pulled out an envelope of pictures and handed them to Victoria. Scott was the Grey of the group without the baggage of dating an attending or married man. Like Meredith her mother was a world renowned surgeon and she had to fight for the respect of her fellow interns. Addie liked her and thought she was going to make a wonderful doctor. She imagined under different circumstances she probably would have felt the same way about Meredith.

The interns gathered around looking at the pictures Addie had given them making all the appropriate comments. This went on until Michaels returned with her lab results.

"Here you go Dr. Sanders," he said out of breath. She was certain he ran all the way there and back. She smiled at him as she took the papers from him.

Addison looked down at the papers she had just received and carefully studied the lab results. "Shit," she said under her breath.

"Is something wrong?" Roberts asked with concern. The rest of the interns looked on with concern as well.

Addie gave them a weak smile, "I guess that really depends on her point of view."

Dr. Amanda Kussin approached the group from behind and said as she approached, "Dr. Sanders you seem to have taken my group of interns' attention away from their duties." She was Mount Sinai's version of The Nazi.

"I apologize Dr. Kussin. I certainly would not want to be the cause of the interns slacking on their duties for the day." The interns handed Addie back her pictures then turned to their resident to await further instructions.

It took but a minute for the resident to run down where she wanted her interns to go. Once they were dismissed she turned her attention back to Addie and smiled. "So do I get to look at those pictures?" Addie shook her head and laughed at the resident. She acted all tough but really was all mush inside. She passed the photos over to her, and then went back to the report while Amanda looked over the photos. Amanda studied Addie while she read the report. "So is it the news you wanted?" Addie sighed and looked up from the report. Amanda was one of the few people who knew what was going on. "Come on let's go get something to drink and talk about it," she said with a sympathetic smile.

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Meredith sat in the cafeteria trying to relax a bit. Sometimes she still resented that she was still had three years her residency when her friends had already on their last year of their residency. She might resent it sometimes but that didn't mean she didn't love her daughter more then anything in the world. She knew if she went back in time and they gave her a choice, she absolutely without a doubt would still choose to have her daughter. She hated the idea that sometimes she felt like she was being just like her mother. She never wanted to be like her and when she was feeling this way she needed to step back and do a reality check and remember what was important. It was also hard because of Ellie's illness, as of right now they still saw no light at the end of the tunnel. She was on the national donor list but there was still no match for her.

She sat back into her chair, rested her head in her hand and rubbed her temple. It's still hard getting over the shock that her daughter had Aplastic Anemia, she needed a bone marrow transplant there was no way around that. The treatment had an amazing recovery rate, but they had to find a match first.

"Hey Meredith how are you doing," Izzie asked sympathetically.

"I'm tired," she said. She hated that, she knew her daughter was very sick and the likelihood of her surviving was dropping everyday they waited, but she wanted her friends to treat her like a normal person, not someone who was fragile and needed to be take care of. The only person she wanted to treat her like that was her husband. Unfortunately he was wallowing in his own sorrow too much be of any help to her.

Derek also resented her and thought she was a bitch because she didn't want another child in the off chance that it could save Ellie. He just wasn't thinking this through. Ellie prognosis wasn't good and there was not enough time for them to have another child. It took at least nine months to have a child and Ellie's diagnosis fell far short of that. The last thing she wanted was to be pregnant with another child if she would end up grieving the lost of her first child.

Cristina sat down at the table next to Meredith. "Hey Mer I'm scrubbing in on a bypass if you want in, it's scheduled for three o'clock."

She smiled at Cristina, she was glad to have her as a friend, she seemed to get it. "I'd like that, just let me double check that Derek isn't schedule for an operation at the same time."

Cristina smiled at her, "Okay just let me know if you are available."

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As Addie opened the door she could hear Finding Nemo playing on the television, which was one of the boys' favorite movies right now. She dropped her purse on the counter, slipped her shoes off, dropped them in the closet and walked into the family room. She smiled at what she found, Sully was lying on the floor with the boys each laying their head on his stomach all three were sound asleep. She looked to her husband's right and saw Maddie sound asleep as well in her portable crib. She picked up the remote and turned off the television, checked on her daughter again who was now starting to stir. She smiled down at her then reached down and picked her up. She held her up against her shoulder and patted her back, swaying a bit as she walked back into the kitchen and picked up the phone. She thought for a moment contemplating what this phone call will mean. Sully quietly walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Hey mia cuore," he whispered in her ear and then kissed her temple. She put the phone down and turned around to face him.

She looked up into his eyes and tears started to well up, then they started to fall uncontrollably. Sully reached out to her and gently held her and their daughter to his chest. He stroked the back of her hair softly comforting his wife. He just stood there holding her in his arms allowing all the emotions to drain from her. He would allow her this time before he asked her about the test results. They both were fully aware of the repercussions the results held whether Richie was a match or not.

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I had orginally contemplated continuing where Addie and Sully met, but then decided you all probably wanted to get back to whether Richie will be able to help Ellie or not.

I know it was kind of short but I hope you enjoyed it. Please let me know what you think.