I just want to tell you how much I love your reviews and am glad you seem to be enjoying this story. So I was really bored at work today, having a notebook is a wonderful thing. So here is another update.

III – Part 8

Addie, Sully and their boys stood at the door wanting patiently for it to be answered. The door flew open and Beckett stood in front of them. She was barefoot wearing a Seahawks' jersey, a pair if dark green sweat pants shorts and had her curly raven hair pulled back into a ponytail. There were excited greetings all around and she reached out enthusiastically hugged each one of them in turn then took Maddie from Addie's arms and held up to look at her. A big grin appeared on her face as she looked at her niece. "She's absolutely gorgeous!" She snuggled the little girl up to her shoulder and waved them all into the house.

As they entered a little dark curly haired boy who was about three years old came tearing down the stairs shrieking in excitement and tackled the other two boys. The three boys wrestled on the ground all in a fit of giggles.

Beck looked down at the boys wrestling on the ground smiled, shook her head then walked around them, leading Addie and Sully into the family room. She walked across the room to a portable crib in the corner and placed Maddie down in the crib next to her own daughter, who was quietly sleeping.

Having Maddie settled in next to her daughter, her attention was drawn back to the boys. "Jax," she said just loud enough to get the little boy's attention. He stopped what he was doing and looked toward his mother, "Why don't you take Richie and Archer outside to play on the swing set?" All three boys jumped up and ran for the siding glass door that led to the backyard and the swing set.

Sully excused himself to get their luggage out of the car and carry it up to the rooms they would be using. They had spent enough time with Beckett and her family he knew exactly where she had expected them to stay during their visit.

Addie and Beck stood side by side looking down on their sleeping daughters, Maddie with her red curls and Murphy with dark curls, who was named for her maternal grandmother. Sullivan and Beckett's mother had been killed by a drunk driver when Beck was only a year old. Beck put her arm around Addie's waist and asked tentatively, "So have you spoken to Derek yet?"

Addie blew out a long slow breath, "Only very briefly, just long enough to schedule an appointment to see him tomorrow morning around nine."

"How did he sound when you spoke?" she asked very concerned.

"Well he at least he didn't sound angry," she grinned.

Beck smiled, "Well that's a good start then hopefully you can all get through this without any drama."

Addie laughed at her sister-in-law, "Well it's very obvious you don't know my ex."

Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Beck's husband. "Addie," he said happily as he approached the two women he reached out and gave her a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. "It's great to see you." He looked over his wife and Addie's shoulder at the two sleeping girls and smiled.

Addie smiled back at her brother-in-law and returned the hug and kiss then said cheerily, "It's great to see you too Tuck."

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The entire hospital was a buzz about the impending return of Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd. The newest interns at the hospital were at a lost, they didn't know what to think about the woman.

They had all heard the group of residents who were closest to Dr. Grey-Shepherd calling the woman Satan. But some of them had rotations up in the NICU and the staff there had nothing but wonderful things to say about the woman, as far as they were concerned she was practically a saint.

The interns would quite frequently work with Dr. Burke and Dr. Bailey. Both doctors refused to comment on the woman, stating it was none of their business.

A large majority seemed to think like Dr. Karev, that it was only a matter of time before Dr. Shepherd would leave his current wife for his former wife. Someone had even started a pool and the pot was still growing. It was common knowledge that there was tension between the married doctors.

It was rumored the ex would be having a meeting with Derek Shepherd that morning. The entire hospital was on pins and needles waiting to see how the former married couple would react to seeing one and other again.

One of the interns had discovered that the last time Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd had been in the hospital, she was held at gun point. It had something to do with a distraught husband who had lost his wife on the table while she had operated on her.

The group waited at the nurse's station on their resident, Dr. O'Malley, aka The Nazi, to give them their day's assignments. They didn't dare wander off afraid they might garner the doctor's wraith.

As they waited a statuesque fiery red head walked toward the nurse's station. She was dressed in a black form fitting skirt, tan silk shirt with a wide leopard print belt and a pair of four inch leopard print suede Manolo Blaniks. The woman exuded confidence as she approached the nurse's station the interns were all gathered around. Dr. O'Malley approached them from behind and their man of steel seemed to turn into a bowl of jello before their very eyes. "Dr. . .Dr. Sh . . . . Montgomery . . . it's good to see you again," he stammered.

"George," the woman said coolly as she gave the resident the once over. The interns could see their resident pale then blush. They stood there with their mouths hanging open. "Derek hasn't changed his office has he?" she asked still in that cool demeanor.

"N . . . no, no he hasn't," he stammered on.

"Thank you George," she replied with a curt nod then glided past the group without a look back.

The woman must be a viper to turn The Nazi into a quivering pile of goo before their very eyes. The group of interns determined at that very moment they had a very good reason to be afraid, to be very afraid.

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Addison gently knocked on Derek's office door. She knew he was expecting her, so she waited patiently for him to answer and allow her to enter.

Derek sat frozen behind his desk. He couldn't get that last look on her face out of his mind. From that look he knew she never wanted to have anything to do with him again and that had hurt him deeply.

Ever since Richard told him about his son, he couldn't help but remember all the good times Addison and he had shared together. They truly had a wonderful life before they destroyed it.

If he was being totally honest with himself he would admit he did most of the destroying. Yes, she pushed it along with her affair but she also had tried her hardest to salvage what was left. All he did was blindly annihilate what she was trying so hard to repair.

His head snapped up as he heard a knock on the door he cleared his throat and asked her to enter.

Addison slowly opened the door and stood before her ex-husband for the first time in more then five years.

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I know its short, but I hope you enjoyed. So tell me what you think of this chapter and it just might make me write the next one faster grin>