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Here's Chapter 9!!

Thinking Over The Things That You Said

Addison woke a short time later. She looked at Alex who was just starting to wake up too.

"Hey. What time is it?" Alex asked.

"6.00pm. Alex I just want to say thank you."

"You're welcome. How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine. I'm not looking forward to seeing Derek but it has to be done. I'm sorry if I have put you in a bad position, with Izzie I mean."

"Yeah well I will sort that out. Look Addie, this thing between us..."

"Alex don't. I know it's there but we can't. I'm sorry about today; I shouldn't have got you involved. I have to go." Addison got up and made her way to the door.

"Drive carefully Addison. I'll see you tomorrow."

As soon as Addison had left Alex got up and tried to think about how he was going to face Izzie. He felt sure that by now she would know what happened. That he was the one that helped and comforted Addison and not her husband. Fuck she is going to be pissed. I'm going to have to make her forgive me. I have to make my marriage work.

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Alex arrived home and found Izzie in the kitchen.

"Hi." He said casually.

Izzie said nothing and continued working on making dinner.

"How was your day?" He tried.

"Just great." Izzie said her voice laced with sarcasm.

"Look Iz, it's not what you think."

"No. And what exactly is it that I think Alex. That my husband has been lying to me? Or that my husband is having an affair with his boss? Am I close?"

"Izzie, I know that's how it looks, but no I'm not having an affair. I promise you I'm not. I'm not lying either. I care about Addison. I've never lied about that. She is a really good friend and her husband...well he is an asshole. He treats her badly. "

"So what you have to be there for her. Hasn't she got other friends? No of course she hasn't because YOU are who she wants. I can't believe you can stand there and tell me that. Addison's bad marriage is not your problem. She is supposed to be your teacher. That's it. She shouldn't be leaning on you and needing you to save her from the dark."

"How do you know she is scared of the dark?" Alex asked.

"Everybody knows now Alex; you could hear her screaming all the way down the corridor."

"Oh, yeah well she is scared of the dark. I mean really scared and Derek well like I said is an asshole and really doesn't give a shit about her. He likes to make fun of it. That is why she turned to me today. No other reason. We are not having an affair. We are friends that's all and I care about her but not like you think."

"I believe YOU Alex. It's her I don't trust or believe. She wants you Alex and I'm scared she is going to try and take you away from me."

"Oh Iz that isn't going to happen. She wants her marriage, she loves her husband. God only knows why but she does."

"I want to have a baby."

"You what?"

"I want to have a baby Alex. I think it's time. I'm ready to be a mom."

"Izzie... baby now isn't a good time. What about your internship? If you have a baby now, what will that do to your career? We need to be ready for a baby, financially as well as emotionally. I just don't think now is a good time." Fuck where has this come from. I can't be a father. Not yet anyway, I'm not ready for this and neither is she. What is she thinking? I need to be careful.

'Well all I know is that I'm starting to have all these maternal feelings, and I think it would be good for our marriage. I think it will help bring us closer."

"Honey be sensible. We can't have a baby now, I mean the hours we work, it would be impossible and we can't afford a nanny. So you would have to stop work and that's crazy you worked too hard to become a Doctor to stop now. We should wait until we are at least in our 4th year of our residency."

"Logically I know you are right, but my body is telling me it's time to have a baby. I'm ready Alex and I know we can make it work." She pleaded giving him her best pout. He usually would agree to anything when she did this but right now all he could think about was how difficult she was being and how having a baby right now would almost be the worst thing that could happen.

"How about we talk about it again in a year's time. If you still feel this way then we will try. But until then I want you to stay on the birth control pill. Okay. Does that sound fair? I mean we will both be 1st year residents so we will be a little better off." He tried to plead his own case.

"I guess so." She muttered. Izzie had absolutely no intention of continuing using contraception. If I get pregnant then he will have to get used to the idea of becoming a father. He won't leave me then either. I know him, he is a good guy he would stay and do the right thing. A baby, that is the answer to all my problems. That should be enough to keep that bitch away from my husband.

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Addison had gone over in her mind at least a hundred times about what she was going to say to Derek. She wanted a fresh start with him. She wanted her marriage to work. Going to Alex today was a moment of weakness that she doesn't necessarily regret, but admits it might have been the wrong decision. Alex was there for her and he was so good to her. She needed that familiar feeling of comfort and safety that Derek hadn't been giving to her recently. She pulled her car into the driveway of the trailer, turning off the ignition and sitting there for a minute. Tears were gathered at the corners of her eyes, but she told herself they would get through this. Letting out a deep sigh and wiping her eyes, she stepped out of the car and walked into their home.

When she walked through the door, she dropped her bags and took off her coat and shoes. She looked to her left and saw something she wasn't expecting at all. Derek was making them dinner. She walked into the kitchen and looked around. Either he didn't hear her come in or he was completely ignoring her because he still hadn't turned around.

"Hey..." She said testing the water.

Derek turned around and said "Hey. Sit down, I made dinner."

Addison did as she was told and was a little unsure about the whole situation but decided to hold off on talking about anything important because she didn't want to ruin the ambience.

Derek handed her a plate and filled a glass of wine and she graciously thanked him before he sat down himself.

"Are you feeling better after today?"

Addison looked up from her plate of food and nodded. "Yeah."

She wondered if this would actually be the better time to talk to him about what had happened.

"Derek, about today..."

"Addison, I don't want to talk about that now. You humiliated me in front of the entire staff not to mention my boss. I don't know how you could be so hateful when all I was there to do was support you. And then you ran to Karev. I knew something was going on between you two. I don't want you seeing him ever again. You will be assigned a new intern beginning tomorrow. Is that understood?"

The tone of his voice and his stare directly at her sent shivers down her spine.

Addison was livid that Derek was trying to control her. Nobody controlled her. Especially not her husband who hasn't even been there for her.

"Derek that is completely unfair. He shows great potential in my field and you know it. To strip him of that will be like telling him he isn't doing a good job when everyone knows he and I are the best surgical team SGH has to offer. You have no right to tell me who I can and can't see. That is none of your business. Alex and I are good friends. You know that. Everyone knows that. And yes, I admit that today I made a mistake. But he was there for me all the times you weren't so to me, it made sense to go to him. I shouldn't have done it in front of everyone and I made a bad judgement call. But you've been making them for months now so when I slip up one time you don't get to call me out on it."

Addison went to stand up but Derek was quick at her side. He stood in her way and she shoved into his chest.

"Get away from me Derek. This is doing us no good. I don't want to be here. I'm going to stay at the Archfield tonight."

"You're not going anywhere. Addison I love you. Whatever I broke I want to fix it. You mean the world to me. We're Derek and Addison. We can survive anything. Please don't go. We can't break up. Imagine how badly that would look for us."

"Derek, all you care about is your fucking image. Get a clue. Your marriage is in trouble and you can't even see why. I'm staying at the Archfield tonight and I am going to let you sit here and ponder all the reasons why we shouldn't give up on our marriage. Goodbye, Derek."

She glanced at him sitting alone at the table in the kitchen before walking out the door to her car. On her way to the Archfield, her cell phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and let out a sigh of relief as 'Alex' lit up her screen.

"Hi" She said smiling for the first time in a while.

"Hi, I just wanted to check on you."

"Thanks. How are you? Is Izzie mad with you?"

"She was, but everything is okay. What about you?"

"Oh Alex I don't know where to start. I'm on my way to the Archfield, so that probably tells you how great things went with Derek."

"Shit. Addie I don't know what to say. I'm sorry that coming to me has caused so many problems for you."

"Well I made a bad decision, but you know the strange thing is if I had to do it over again I wouldn't change it. Alex I turned to you today out of instinct. I can't explain it, but right now I'm closer to you than anyone else including my husband which is wrong. I know it's wrong but the truth is this connection between you and I is very real and I don't see it going away any time soon." She said

"Addison, what are we going to do? I just spent the past hour trying to convince Izzie that we aren't ready for a baby. She tells me she is ready, but aside from the fact I'm not ready to be a father yet, I don't know IF I want to have a child with her. What does that say?"

"Izzie wants a baby?" Addison asked trying to hide the shock from her voice.

"She says she does. I don't know if she does or if she thinks in some twisted way it will bring us closer. All I know is right now it's the last thing I want. I have tried not to think about you, not want anything more than a working relationship but I'm sick of fighting that. I miss you, today made me realize just how much you mean to me, and honestly I don't know what that means."

"Alex, I have missed you so much but if we both want our marriages to work I think it's for the best that we don't see each other. Don't you?"

"You're right, I know you are but it doesn't change anything. We have tried keeping away from each other outside of work and it's gotten us no-where."

"I know, damn why is this so complicated? I need to go, I'm just pulling up to the Archfield."

"Okay I should go to, I need to get some sleep. We need to talk about this." Alex said

"Yeah we do, just not right now. I'm exhausted and I need some sleep."

"Get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning."Alex said.

"Goodnight Alex, thanks again for everything you did today. I'll see you tomorrow."

So there you have it. Actually, believe it or not, this was our longest chapter by about ten words. So hopefully you enjoyed it!! There is more drama to come for our favorite couple:) The next chapter should be up sometime later this week hopefully. Reviews are most welcome:)