A/N: Next update.

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Derek watched as Addison struggled to keep her eyes opened and focused on him. He had never been more frightened in his life and it was as if all the words that were going to come out of his mouth would determine how his future would be.

Addison locked her eyes on Derek's blue ones filled with unshed tears as she reached for her stomach in doubt. She saw the flicker of hurt that ran through his face as he realized that she still doubted him even after his plea.

She tried to clear her throat but found that her voice was too tired to speak, "So-sorry."

Derek looked up and her words and closed his eyes, "I don't know what you're apologizing for. I didn't do anything as you can see."

Addison nodded and started to close her eyes when Derek grabbed for her hand. Addison's eyes opened again slowly and he said, "We need to talk."

Addison strained to focus on his mouth as he began to speak, "We brought in one of the leading neonatal surgeons to help you give birth early."

Addison shook her head and started to struggle when Derek spoke again, "Its Martha Glover."

The struggle stopped momentarily as Addison looked at him in confusion and disbelief, "She's here?"

Derek nodded and squeezed her hand tightly, "Callie and Miranda just picked her up from the airport and she's waiting to do the surgery now. She thinks it's in your best interest for you to have the caesarean immediately and since I knew you wouldn't believe the words if they came from me, you can hear her say that your life is in danger and that of our children if you continue on this absurd crusade to sacrifice yourself for the twins."

Addison closed her eyes as the tears started leaking out and turned to him, "Okay."

Derek opened his mouth to protest and said, "Okay? That's it, no more fights, no more sacrificing. You are just ready to accept the fact that we may have the solution to stop all of this?"

Addison opened his eyes and met his face and held out her hand which he took without hesitation. "I love you, I trust you, I trust Miranda and Callie and I trust Dr. Glover. If you guys say that the children have a better chance of survival outside than inside, I believe you and I trust your judgment."

Derek stood up and leaned over and kissed her on the mouth. He lingered a bit too long and he realized that time had stood still once again as he was kissing his wife. He pulled back and handed her the papers and said, "Sign, please sign."

Addison shook her head and said, "You've already signed for me, just know that you have my consent now."

Derek nodded and stood up and was going for the door when a sound from the bed called him back, "De-Derek?"

Derek spun around and saw Addison once again as she whispered I love you before closing her eyes.

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"God, I'm sorry how many times do I have to say it?"

Callie sat staring at a pouting Mark who had been reaming her out for leaving the apartment hours earlier.

Mark sat on the edge of the desk and said, "Do you know how worried I was when I woke up and didn't see you?"

Callie snorted, "How long did it take you to wake up because I tried for a good ten minutes but you were out like a light. Besides, I left you a note telling you where I would be and I didn't go alone if that's any consolation, Miranda and her son was with me the whole time."

Mark scowled and said, "Well I guess it's okay then, so tell me about this world renowned Dr. Glover is she everything you guys were hoping for and more?"

Callie shrugged, "It's too soon to tell but I can see why Addison admired her so much. By the time we were in the car on the way to the hospital she had already read through her files and worked out a game plan on saving the twins lives."

Mark looked up and said, "Just the twins or is Addison included in her little game plan?"

Callie smiled and said, "Of course Addison is included in the plan but right now she needs to make sure that Addison is okay and the only way Addison is going to be okay is if she knows that her children are okay. Everything else has to be secondary."

Mark nodded in agreement and said, "So what else is on your mind?"

Callie stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned forward and kissed him gently on the lips, "Nothing much, just missing you but I do have a question."

Mark rolled his eyes and said, "We can do so many other things other than answering questions, we're in your office and we're all alone…Can't we do something else?"

Callie silenced him with a soft kiss and deepened the kiss instantly and smiled when she felt him shift under her trying to make himself more comfortably as he pulled her deeper in this arms and prolonged the kiss. Callie stepped back reluctantly as she kissed his softly on the cheek and said, "We will have to pick this up later, right now I'm going to wait with Derek to see how Addison is doing."

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"She signed."

Miranda nodded and turned to Dr. Glover and started asking for directions which the doctor gave immediately and the two of them walked away bent on focusing on their mission now.

Derek sat down and looked up as Richard sat next to him and watched the trail of the women doctors leave and said, "So I take it that she agreed then?"

Derek nodded once and said, "She didn't even hesitate she told me that she trusted all of our opinions and that Dr. Glover would do everything in her power to keep her and the babies alive."

Richard leaned back satisfied and said, "You still don't look so good, what's going on?"

Derek looked down and said, "Her vitals haven't improved and if she didn't agree to the surgery, I was going to have to break my promise to her. Dr. Revelle said that because she had already carried the twins to 30 weeks that they have a good outlook."

Richard smiled at that, "Then that will make Addison pleased seeing as how that's been one of her major concerns."

Derek leaned back and closed his eyes and exhaled softly, "I just want to hear that my wife is going to be fine that she will wake up and we will begin to raise our children together. Because apart Richard? I don't know if I can do that if it's just me by myself."

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Dr. Glover and Miranda pushed Addison's bed out into the hall and were prepared to take it down to the surgery room when Derek came rushing up besides the bed and halted their movements.

He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips, "I know you can't hear me right now but I wanted to tell you that I love you. I have always loved you and I will always love you. Please pull through this for me so we can raise our twins together."

Miranda felt the tears come to her eyes at the heartfelt plea coming from Derek but instead cleared her throat and said, "We need to go Derek."

Derek nodded and turned to Dr. Glover and said, "I'm leaving the lives of the people that mean the most to me in your hands, please don't let me down."

Martha nodded once at him and said, "I won't." As they walked away Callie came up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder and said, "It's going to be okay Derek."

Derek looked down at her and nodded once, "I hope so because I don't know what will happen if they aren't okay."

Callie nodded and handed him a cup of coffee as she directed him to the waiting area outside the surgery room and said, "We've been living off of caffeine for the last couple of hours so I guess a couple more shots won't hurt. Besides, in a couple of hours everyone will be returning to the hospital anyway."

Derek nodded noncommittally and said, "You two have been going nonstop every since you came up with a plan to help save Addison's life and I just wanted to say thank you. I know saying thanks is an minute gesture compared to every thing you two have done but it's all I have for now, so thank you."

Callie smiled softly and said, "Thanks Derek, thanks for admitting that we are friends to your wife and hope to continue to be. I just want you to know that you may still have a long road ahead of you were Addison is concerned, she may still be upset that you wished that she wasn't pregnant."

Derek flinched and said, "I have to focus on one thing at a time and right now the only thing I can focus on is all my energy going in there to be with her because god knows if I could switch places with her I would."

Callie laughed and said, "That's so cliché. You have no idea the pain women go through to bring children in the world but all men usually say that they would give anything to be in their wives places so as to cause them from going through pain when a simple hangnail has you out of commission for a week."

Derek paused as he was bringing the cup to his lips and said, "So she told you about my hangnail did she?"

Callie smirked and said, "What can I say, I told you we were friends."

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Mark looked up as Meredith came and sat down in the chair across from him at the cafeteria. He nodded and said sarcastically; "Sit down please Dr. Grey."

Meredith rolled her eyes, "Thanks for the sarcasm Mark but I wanted to know how Addison is doing."

Mark leaned forward and said, "Why so you can see how long it will take for Derek to run back to your arms?"

Meredith scowled and stood up, "I can see this was a mistake."

Mark looked down ashamed and said, "I'm sorry Meredith that was uncalled for, my only defense is that I've been drinking these coffees since 1 am and I've probably gone through 5 liters of caffeine and I'm edgy. Please sit down."

Meredith nodded and sat down and said, "So has there been any word on Addison's condition?"

Mark checked his watch and said, "They've been in the operating room for about two hours now so we should be hearing something soon."

Meredith looked at him in shock and said, "You finally got her to agree to have the surgery? I thought she would never agree."

Mark smiled and said, "She wasn't going to agree but when Callie and Miranda got the doctor Martha Glover to fly in this morning then the tables turned."

Meredith smiled and then exhaled slowly, "Well that's good news then isn't it?"

Mark nodded, "It certainly is for Derek but what are you asking for? I know that you and Addison haven't been the closest of friends since her arrival in Seattle so I'm just finding this sudden outpouring of concern hard to swallow."

Meredith smirked, "You really are a bastard you know?"

Mark rolled his eyes, "That's what they tell me."

Meredith stood up and said, "Will you at least tell Derek that I'm worried about him and I hope everything works out for him and Addison. I've grown up over these past few months and realized that I'm doing just fine without Derek and I will continue to do so but I still hope that they make it alright."

Mark nodded, "I'll let them know."

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Miranda came out of the surgery with her mouth down and her heart heavy. Derek came rushing up to her with Callie hot on his heels. "How is she?"

Miranda stared at her best friend's husband and said, "Derek, it's two in the morning you can still use manners can't you? Listen, first things first we were able to save both of the twins with minimal complications. We currently have both of them in incubator but there were almost 5 pounds a piece which Martha tells me is good news."

Derek shrugged this news off and asked the question that was vital to his life, "How is Addison?"

Miranda exhaled sharply and said, "We almost lost her on the table twice but Martha wouldn't let her die. We were close to calling TOD twice but Martha wouldn't let her go and so she continued CPR and the paddles and was able to bring her back. She is currently still in ICU."

Derek looked at Martha and said, "Where is she?"

Miranda turned to him and said, "I'll take you to her room but you can't stay long."

Derek opened his mouth to protest and Miranda cut him off, "She is still weak from the surgery and needs her rest. Her body needs time to recover and you need time to recover. You almost lost your wife and your children, go home and rest."

Derek leaned back against the counter and said, "Rest is the last thing on my mind Miranda. I need to be with my wife, please take me to Addison."

Miranda nodded and said, "Five minutes. Five minutes and then you will go see your children and then Callie or I will take you home and you will shower and rest. We need you to be at the top of your game when you get back in the morning, ready to fight for Addison and your children."

Not bothering to acknowledge the last part of her statement he followed behind her silently while Callie turned to Martha and spoke softly, "Thank you Dr. Glover, you don't know what it means that Addison is going to be okay."

Martha smiled softly, "I was worried for a moment, Dr. Shepherd had asked me to save his wife and children and I was almost unable to do that and it frightened me."

Come on, you know she had to sign the papers right?