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Oh! We Got Trouble!

2 Months Later

The past two months had been difficult for both Addison and Alex; they were however true to their word and kept their relationship purely professional. Neither one of them would admit it but they missed each other. They missed the easy friendship they had and they missed their coffee dates after surgery.

Addison missed confiding in Alex, especially of late. Ever since they returned from New York, things between Addison and Derek had deteriorated even further. She knew Alex was the last person she could talk to about this given what happened between them. Addison still thought about that night every now and again though she tried valiantly not too, but it was just too painful because she knew she couldn't be with Alex like that again.

Alex missed his best friend. He managed to work with her every day and in a very professional manner. They were back to being the very well oiled machine they had been prior to New York. It didn't stop him missing her friendship though. He loved his wife but he now realised that something was missing, she just didn't "get" him the way Addison did. He was trying he really was but Izzie just didn't complete him. Damn Jerry McGuire, stupid chick flick disguised as a sports movie.

He had been noticing things lately these last few weeks in particular. She seemed to have withdrawn from everything outside of her patients. She didn't smile anymore, she only ate half of her lunch if that and as a result he noticed her clothes getting looser on her. Addison had changed. She just seemed sad, and in moments when he knew she thought no-one was around he would see her staring into space, twisting her hair in her fingers. He knew the reason for this; at first he blamed himself but quickly realised it wasn't him, it was that ass of a husband she had. Alex had seen them arguing on too many occasions lately to count. Unfortunately he could do nothing, they had agreed it was for the best to keep their relationship professional and he still believed that. It just didn't change the fact he was concerned and worried about her.

Addison had just had another argument with Derek and decided to take the stairs back to her office. She was just about at the top when the door swung open and Alex entered the stairwell.

"Hey." He said lightly

"Oh hi Alex."

"I'm just on my way to the lab to chase up Mrs Gilbert's blood results."

"Sure thanks." Addison said a little distracted.

Alex noticed the flickering light above them, and smiled he could tell she was anxious to get out of the stairwell in case the light went out.

"You really want to get out of here don't you?"

"Yes!" she said smiling for the first time in a long while.

"It will be okay."

"Yeah well I will be using the elevator when I leave this evening. I'm not risking being in this stairwell in the dark."

"I'll make a call to the maintenance guys if you like." He said shrugging his shoulders.

"Thanks Alex, but I will still be using the elevator this evening. It's giving me cold shivers just thinking about being stuck in here in the dark."

"It really scares you doesn't it?" He asked touching her arm lightly.

"You have no idea how much it scares me and don't you dare laugh at me 'Mr I'm scared of a flight taking off'."

"I'm not going to laugh at you and keep your voice down. I don't want anyone to know I'm scared of a flight taking off. I have a very cool reputation and I don't want that information getting out." He said with a mock stern tone to his voice.

Both of them stood together laughing and realising just how much they had missed each other. What neither of them knew was that Izzie was also in the stairwell 2 flights above them. She heard and saw everything.

Alex how could you? How could you tell her about being scared of a flight take off? I really thought I was the only person who knew that. What else have you told her? No this is not happening. She is not stealing Alex away from me. So Addison is scared of the dark is she? Well I might just see if I can use that to my advantage. I will keep that bitch away from my husband.

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At the end of her shift, Addison was so exhausted, the only thing she wanted to do was curl up in bed and pass out. She gathered her things from her office and locker and walked towards the elevator. Stepping onto it, she pressed the Level 1 button and then leaned against a wall to support her weight. The lift made it exactly one floor before it gave a violent jerk, dropping Addison to her knees. She screamed as the lights went out and the contraption halted.

Suddenly, Addison began clawing at the walls, screaming for someone to help her. The first person she thought of should have been her husband, but it wasn't. It was Alex. She remembered how she had told him about her fear of the dark and right now all she wanted was for him to be there and hold her. All she could do was keep screaming for help. The phone in the elevator wasn't working, which only made matters worse.

George was walking to the elevator and went to hit the 'up' button when he suddenly heard a woman screaming for help. He jumped back in surprise and nervously looked around. The voice sounded familiar to him but he couldn't quite place it.

"Ma'am don't worry. My name is Dr. O'Malley and I'm going to go get help and we're going to get you out of there."

"George!" Addison screamed at the top of her lungs. "George go get Alex! Page him and stay until he gets here!!"

"Dr. Montgomery??" George asked as his fingers were rapidly paging Alex to get there . A crowd had now formed around the commotion and George instructed Olivia to go get the Chief.

"Yes George it's me. Are you paging Alex? Is he coming? George I need you to get him here now!!" Addison cried out frantically.

"Yes Dr. Montgomery, Alex is on his way. What happened? How did it get stuck?"

"I don't know! It was working just fine and then it stopped moving!! Get me out of here!"

George had never heard a woman scream as loudly as she was screaming. Something must be scaring the hell out of her. Suddenly, Alex came sprinting down the hallway. He breezed past Izzie who was standing at the nurses' station and didn't even give her a second look. It was then that she realized Alex cared more for Addison than he let on and she wasn't about to let anything else happen between them.

"Not my husband, you bitch." Izzie muttered to herself and walked away, already scheming her next plan.

Alex was outside of the elevator doors trying to talk to Addison. He told George to get everyone out of there so she could have some privacy.

"Hey Addie. It's Alex. You need to breathe right now. Help is on the way and the Chief has been notified. Everything's going to be all right. Just trust me."

"Alex I'm so scared! Get me out of here! I can't see anything!" Addison was now clearly sobbing and banging on the doors. Alex's heart broke for her. He had no idea how this could have happened. It was only earlier they were talking about the lights in the stairwell. And now ironically she was stuck in the elevator all alone.

"Addie you need to calm down. You're going to hyperventilate and then you'll pass out. I need you to stay with me until they can get you out of there. Okay?"

Addison nodded her head but soon realized he couldn't see her. "Okay." She calmed down considerably and the yelling had stopped, but he could still hear her muffled cries. She was trying to be strong, but it was hard when she couldn't see anyone.

George thought he should page Derek as it was his wife that was stuck in the elevator. He did think it was a little strange that Addison asked for Alex though. With a shrug of his shoulders, George paged Derek.

Derek glanced down at his pager. Jesus Addie what now?

Derek and the Chief had made their way upstairs along with the maintenance crew. Derek pushed past Alex and gave him a glare. Alex didn't flinch as Derek looked at him. All he wanted to do was hit him.

Derek leaned against the elevator and said, "Hey baby. It's me. I'm here now. It's all gonna be okay. The men are here to get you out and then we can take you home to get some rest. Sound good, sweetheart?" She didn't answer him at all and Alex just smirked at Derek's attempt to be a good husband, more for the people watching on than for Addison.

The Chief could feel the tension surrounding the two men and spoke up. "Why is she so scared? This is the most terrified I've ever heard her. Is there something I should know about?"

Alex spoke up first before Derek could even open his mouth. "She's terrified of the dark. And she's in there all alone. So she's pretty scared."

"How the hell do you know about that?" Derek asked through gritted teeth.

"How do you think I know? She told me, you jackass!"

"What did you call me?"

"You heard me. And if you actually gave a shit about her she wouldn't have felt the need TO tell me."

"Who the hell do you think you are talking too?" Derek asked challenging Alex with a glare.

"I'm talking to the husband of a good friend of mine, who apparently doesn't care about her at all. Do you have any idea what you are doing to her?" Alex asked getting closer to his superior and glaring him in the eye, wanting with all of his might to beat the living crap out of him.

Derek and Alex stood giving each other a look that said "go on, you throw the 1st punch and I promise you I'll throw the last."

"That's enough you pair!" Chief Webber yelled at both Derek and Alex.

By now Chief Webber was getting worried and Addison's sobs were getting a little louder. The last thing she needed to hear was Alex defending her to Derek. It only made her realize, even in her terrified state that Alex was 10 times the man Derek was.

Addison was backed into a corner as the crew worked on opening the doors. Alex and Derek had finally been separated to stop fighting and Derek was in front of him.

The head of the crew spoke up to Addison and told her to make sure she was nowhere near the door because they were going to have to bust it open. Addison remained in her corner with her eyes tightly shut and her hands clasping the railing. As soon as she felt the doors rip off the elevator she immediately stood up and ran out into the hall.

She saw Derek who went to grab her but she moved away from him as her eyes scanned the crowd for Alex and as soon as he saw this he instantly shoved Derek out of the way as Addison reached out for him. Alex held onto her for dear life as she sobbed on his shoulder. She didn't even care that everyone was staring at them and they were probably the next big thing to gossip about as her hands wrapped tightly around his neck. Alex just held her and stroked her hair whispering,"Shh. It's okay. You're all right. I've got you now."

Derek just glared at them and walked away but not before walking up to Alex and saying, "This is so far from over. You watch your back. She belongs to me."

Addison just cried even harder and Alex took her away from everyone. They found the nearest on-call room where she could calm down. He carried her over to the bed and lay her down beside him, wrapping his arms around her so she could breathe in sync with him. She felt his chest rise and fall and soon their breathing became one as he stroked her back and kept whispering that everything was all right now. She had since stopped crying and was quickly falling asleep. He paged Bailey and told her everything that had happened and that he needed to take care of her because Derek was being an ass. Bailey told him to take his time but he was going to pick up an extra shift of one of the other intern's to make up for it. He didn't even care as long as he made sure Addie was all right.

"Are you feeling better?"

"Yes. I don't even know how it happened. I was just in the elevator and it just randomly stopped working. And they just had maintenance checks last week. Everything was fine. Alex I don't know what happened!" She exclaimed as she started crying all over again thinking about it.

"Shhh. It's okay now. You're okay. I'm here now. We're both safe and look, it's even light outside. We can open the blinds if you want to let the light in."

"Yeah can we do that? At least just a little bit?"

"Of course." And Alex pulled the string to crack open the blinds. She sighed in content as they lay there for a little while longer. She went to get up but Alex's arms hung heavily around her and she looked at him. He was sound asleep. She smiled and kissed his cheek before laying her head back in the crook of his neck to join him for a little while, but she knew she had to find Derek. For right now though, she loved the safe feeling Alex's arms provided.

Callie and George were about to leave the hospital. George had relayed what had happened earlier to Addison, and how he thought it was strange that Dr Montgomery would ask for Alex and not her husband.

"I have no idea." Callie replied.

Unfortunately Callie did have an idea. She had thought something had shifted in Addison and Alex's relationship and from what George had just told her, that suspicion was accurate. Callie looked up and noticed Izzie with a very unimpressed look on her face. God Addie what are you doing? You are playing with fire here and you are gonna get burned.

Izzie had heard what had happened and was even more annoyed than earlier. It would seem her little plan of sabotage had backfired. She handed over some money to one of the maintenance guys before heading to the locker room.

So there you go! Chapter 8:) Which was put together immediately after Chapter 7 so hopefully you all will give us some GREAT ideas and we can start on Chapter 9!! Thanks again for reading everyone!

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