A Change of Plans

A/N: Hey everyone. The reviews for the last chapter we overwhelming! Thank you so much to everyone who left one! And even if you didn't leave one but you're reading the story we say thank you to you as well:) This chapter is shorter than normal---Sorry...it was my (Jaz's) turn to write one and I've been incredibly busy.-- But hopefully it will satisfy you until Chapter 4 can be posted. And trust me when I say Kaz is doing a great job of writing it so you all will be very pleased.

A few days went by, and Addison and Alex had already lost almost half their patients in the O.R. Something seemed to be off with them and the hospital was noticing. As a very tired looking Addison and Alex stepped off the elevator, Izzie and Derek were waiting for them at the nurse's station.

"Did she make it through?" Izzie asked concerned.

"Barely. She is in critical condition right now and recovering in the ICU. I have to monitor her every 30 minutes for the next 24 hours so I won't be able to be home tonight for dinner. I'm sorry." Alex replied seemingly sadly.

Izzie looked at him sadly and took his hand as they walked down the hall together. Alex glanced back at Addison and Derek for reasons unknown to him. He suddenly felt very protective of her when she was around Derek. Alex didn't like the way her husband treated her and he just wanted to make sure she was all right. Sensing that everything was fine, he walked Izzie to the doors of the hospital before going to check on his patient.

Addison felt a surge of happiness inside of her that she normally didn't feel when she and Alex would be spending their night working alongside each other. She shrugged it off instantly as a side effect of the dream she had. She looked at Derek and told him the same thing Alex had just told Izzie.

He looked at her and said, "I guess we can just never find any time to be together anymore. It's okay though. I understand. Life of a surgeon, right?" He kissed her lightly on the lips before heading out the door to go home.

As he walked away, Addison muttered under her breath, "Yeah...life of a surgeon."

She went into the attending's locker room and changed out of her dirty scrubs into some clean ones. She was feeling really tired so she paged Alex and told him she was taking a nap and to let her know if anything was happening with their patient. When she was certain he got the message, she climbed into the top bunk and fell fast asleep.

Around 2:30am, she finally woke up. She had been asleep for about 3 hours and so far nothing had gone wrong. Not as soon as she stepped foot out the door was her name paged over the loud speaker and just to make sure she got it, her pager went off on her hip as well. She sighed when she saw the 911 coming from Alex and quickly ran to Mrs. Hartwell's room.

By the time Addison got there, Alex was doing everything in his power to revive the woman before them, but to no avail. Addison told him to call it.

Alex looked at the clock as the words reluctantly left his mouth. "Time of death, 3:08" He threw off his gloves and stormed out of the room. Addison ran after him and slipped into the on call room with him before the door had time to close.

He sensed her presence and spun on his heel to face her. "We're Addison and Alex. We don't lose patients. And yet in the past 3 days we've managed to lose almost half the number of patients we've seen. So you and I need to start talking. Right now. We need to figure out what the hell is wrong before we go out there and kill another mother or child. So Addison, start talking."

She looked at him incredulously. She couldn't believe he was pinning their lack of good performance on her. It wasn't her fault she's been having dreams about him that make it nearly impossible to function when he is around. Well, at least that's what she told herself. She sat down on the edge of the bed in the room and looked up at him.

"Something is definitely off with us, but I don't know what it is either and it is most certainly NOT my fault. If we're going to blame anyone then you are included as well. You work with me. We're a team and as far as I know there is no 'I' in 'team' is there? I'll tell you what. We'll see if it's us or just this godforsaken hospital. Richard asked me to go work on a case in New York and told me I was allowed to bring an intern with me. Are you interested? We would leave next Thursday and be back on Sunday if everything goes as planned."

Alex looked at her for a minute and figured it was worth a shot. He nodded his head silently and she did the same in acknowledgment.

"Okay then. It's settled. If we still can't work together as flawlessly as we used to then we'll decide if it's time to take a break."

"Fine. Thursday it is. Where are we staying so I can give Izzie the information?"

"Oh...umm...that's the thing. Richard couldn't get a hotel close to the hospital but it just so happens that Derek and I still own our Brownstone and it's only a few blocks away. So I told him I would stay there. If that's a problem for you then I'm sure we can arrange something. There is plenty of space though. You'll have your own bedroom and bathroom, plus you can use anything you want in the house. But like I said, if it's a problem then let me know so we can make other arrangements."

Alex let his mind wander back to his dream as she was talking to him but quickly shook the thought from his head. It will definitely be interesting living with Addison for 4 days, but he was sure he could manage.

"Alex? Are you listening to me at all?"

"Yeah. Sorry. The Brownstone is fine. Izzie is going to freak, but she'll calm down. She doesn't have anything to worry about anyway. I'm sure she would gladly take a case in New York with any one of the attendings. It's no different with me and you. I'm just going to have to find a good time to tell her."

"Okay. Well if she doesn't want you going, I can always find someone else. I would rather take you but I understand if you can't go."

"No it's fine. I'm going to take a nap now. It's been a long night and I'm not fit to drive home."

"Okay. That sounds like a good idea. I'll let one of the other interns know to page me if anything is wrong. And Alex?"

"Yeah?"

"It will get better. WE will get better again. I promise."

"Yeah." Alex said half-heartedly. He soon realized that he had hurt her a little so he went against his normal asshole self and spoke up again.

"Addison, I'm sorry. I do believe you. I'm just not looking forward to what happens if it doesn't pan out. I want to work with you. This is what I want to do. And I don't want to let one weekend determine our future." He immediately wished he could take back those last two words."I, uh, I meant our future as doctors. Like working together. In the hospital. On patients. I..."

"Alex shut up. I know what you meant." Although I was hoping you meant it differently. God! Derek, Derek, Derek. Nope, not working.

"Good. Now lock the door."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Lock the door. No offense, but it looks like you haven't slept in years and I'm going to make you sleep at least another couple hours before you have to get up and do this all over again. So lock the door and come here."

Addison was hesitant, but turned around and locked the door before slipping off her lab coat and shoes and climbed into the bed with him. She faced the door with her back to him so he wrapped an arm protectively around her and whispered goodnight into her hair but his words fell on deaf ears for she had already fallen asleep.

So there you have it...told you it was short lol. The next chapter will be longer, we promise:)

This chapter and the next are going to be dedicated to katechambers who said we could use her idea of Addison and Alex going to NY instead of Derek and Addison. Thank you!!!

Hope you liked this chapter!

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