A/N: So I finally finished this story! This is based on the hospital shooting, so one event is quite dragged out! Hope you like it and think it's a good ending, it's a bit cheesy but I just couldn't help myself! Please let me know what you think of this last part and the whole thing! Thank you to each and everyone of you who has taken the time to read and review this, I really appreciate it x

Addison stood on the beach outside her house, with tears running down her face, feeling the waves washing over feet. She took a deep breath and dialled Alex's number, launching into what she had to say as soon as she heard the line pick up.

"I broke up with Pete, he's back with Violet. Maya went into labour and Dell was driving her to the hospital, they were hit by a drunk driver. I had to operate to save Maya and the baby and I did, I pulled off a freaking miracle. But Dell, God Dell…he had a brain bleed. He didn't make it. And all I have to say is life is too short. Alex, honey, I know you are with Little Grey, but I have to say this. I love you. I am completely and utterly in love with you. And it feels so good to say it out loud." She laughed breathlessly, in spite of the tears.

"Addison? Is that you?"

"Mark?" She froze with her hand halfway through her hair. "Mark, why do you have Alex's phone? What happened? Where is he?"

She heard him sigh on the other end of the line and her whole body felt numb. "Addie, there was a shooting at the hospital. A lot of people were shot. Some doctors from Mercy West didn't make it. Derek, Derek got a bullet to the heart and Yang had to operate at gunpoint. He's going to be okay." She felt a sob rip from her body. "Karev was one of the first shot. We were on lockdown, the gunman was still in the hospital. Me and Lexie had to operate on him in one of the trauma rooms. But it looks good. He's going to make it."

She collapsed onto the floor as sobs overtook her body, ignoring the ocean soaking through her clothes. "You couldn't have, you couldn't have led with that, jackass." She managed to get out.

He let out an expressionless laugh. "Sorry, I'm not really in my right mind at the moment."

"I need to be there." She choked out the words. "I'm coming to Seattle."

She hung up the phone without a word, dragging herself up out of the water, stumbling into her house. She saw Amelia stand up as she walked into the kitchen.

"Addie, are you okay? I know that's a stupid question as Dell just died and all. But you're soaking wet so I need to ask."

"Amelia." Her voice cracked as more tears escaped her. "Amelia we're going to Seattle."

"Addie what are you on about? You're scaring me."

"There was a shooting at Seattle Grace. Derek was shot, he's alive. Alex was shot too." Her sentence ended on a sob.

"What?" Amelia whispered. "Who is Alex? Is he dead?"

"He's not dead. Amelia pack a bag, we're going to Seattle."

Addison walked up to the desk at Seattle Presbyterian, having dropped Amelia off at Seattle Grace to see Derek on the way. Her tears hadn't stopped all the way through the 3 hour flight, though the sobs had subsided into steady tears.

She stopped a nurse at the desk. "Can you tell me where I can find Dr Alex Karev?"

The nurse looked up confused. "I'm sorry I haven't heard of him, does he work here?"

"No, he works at Seattle Grace." Her voice cracked. "He was shot, he's a, um, he's a patient here."

"Oh, I'm so sorry." The nurse turned to the computer to look up his room number. "It's just terrible what happened there."

"Yeah." She muttered.

"Okay. He's in recovery. Go the the elevator, press third floor, turn left and follow the corridor all the way down."

Addison nodded her thanks as she followed the directions. She stopped in the doorway when she saw Alex, he looked pale and he had more wires and tubes coming off him than she wanted to think about. But as she stood there she could see his chest rise and fall and she let out a big sob, breaking down again.

"Addie, baby, what are you doing here?" Her eyes flicked to his face and she walks into his room, perching on the edge of his bed, resting her hand over his heart.

"I called you but Mark answered."

"Oh." He said, inching his hand forward, his fingers resting on her thigh.

"You promised me you wouldn't get hurt." She accused.

He chuckled and then winced at the pain that ran through him. "I didn't plan on getting shot Addie."

She turned and glared at him, the tears causing it to lose its effect. He reached his arm up and brushed a few of the tears away.

"Do want to lie with me?" She nodded and he shifted over slightly, she curled up on his uninjured side. They lay there in silence for a few minutes.

"Addie? What were you calling me for tonight?" He whispered.

"I broke up with Pete, he's with Violet. Drunk driver hit Maya and Dell. I had to operate on Maya and the baby and I managed to save them both. Dell had a brain haemorrhage and didn't make it." She broke down in tears, her body shaking as she sobbed into Alex's chest.

He gently stroked her hair the best he could, hushing her lightly. "Oh, Addie, I'm so sorry. I know you liked him. He sounded like a good guy and a good father."

"It's not that." She murmured through her tears. "Well it is. But it's not."

"Baby, you need to calm down. You're not making sense."

"You were shot." She whispered and then pulled back slightly looking down at him. "You got shot!" She yelled. "You promised me you would stay safe. You promised me you wouldn't get hurt. You are not allowed to do that to me, you hear me! You are not allowed to get shot! You are not allowed to leave me. I don't know how to live my life without you in it!"

Alex pulled her back down, pressing his lips to hers for a long, hard kiss, ignoring the taste of her tears. She pulled back and looked at him in shock, before leaning in and kissing him softly again and again. She settled back against his chest and he held her as tight as he could. "I'm so sorry, baby. I am so so sorry. I know I promised, I know." He murmured into her hair, waiting for her tears to subside to a more manageable level. "So, how shocked was Mark that you were calling me?"

She chuckled in spite of her tears. "If he wasn't already in so much shock from the crazed gunman thing, I think me calling your phone and announcing I'm in love with you would have given him a heart attack."

"You're…you're in love with me?" Alex stuttered.

"Oh, did I forgot to tell you that part?"

He prodded her shoulder. "Addie." He scolded.

She propped herself up and looked down at him. "I thought it was obvious. I love you so much, Alex honey." She brushed her lips against his.

He smirked slightly at her. "You're right it was."

She frowned at him. "That's all you have to say? Seriously Alex?" She looked panicked for a moment. "Oh God, I haven't read too much into it, have I? You're not in love with Little Grey or something?"

He pulled her down for another kiss, chuckling at her. "It's all I have to say because I thought it was obvious." She lightly hit his uninjured side and he sobered up. "I am so in love with you Addie. For the first time in so long, I am not lonely or scared or anything else but happy. And that sounds really damn strange as I was literally shot and dying in a hostage situation earlier. But the truth is, for the first time in almost 2 years, I am not missing you. The woman I love is right here in my arms."

He stopped when she leaned in and kissed him, hard and passionate at first, then trailing off into a softer sweeter kiss, which she broke breathless. "That was the cheesiest thing ever." She muttered against his lips.

He rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just shut up and let me hold you Addie."

She laid back down, curling her body around him, resting her head on him as the exhaustion of the day caught up with them. "You were shot." She whispered as she felt herself about to drift off.

"I'm still breathing." He reassured.

Then she smiled slightly. "You love me, we're in love." She closed her eyes. "Don't leave me."

He grabbed her hand and placed a gentle kiss on it. "I don't plan on it baby. I know we're going to work out this time."

"Good." She muttered.

"Good." He echoed.

Addison opened her eyes a few hours later, when she heard voices at the end of the bed.

"Is that Addison? She's meant to be in LA!"

Addison groaned internally as she heard Meredith's voice. "Yes, Meredith, it is me."

Both Meredith and Cristina jumped slightly as they saw the woman they were discussing, awake and sitting up on the bed. "Oh, Addison, hello."

She smiled at the uncomfortable looks on their faces. "Hello, Meredith. Yang." She frowned. "I thought you'd be with Derek, is everything okay?"

They were both still eyeing Addison warily as Meredith responded. "One of his sisters was there, I was giving them time. Plus, I needed to check on Alex."

Cristina nudged Meredith. "Looks like someone beat you to it." Addison heard her mutter.

Just as Addison opened her mouth to say something in response, Alex started to stir next to her. "Addie, are you okay?"

She smiled down at him and ran her fingers through his short hair, dropping a kiss on his forehead. "Yeah, honey. Your friends are here to see you."

He looked over to where Meredith and Cristina and saw them raise their eyebrows as they looked between the two of them.

"I'll give you some time to talk if you want." Addison offered as she made to get up, before being stopped by Alex's hand on her arm.

"Addie, you don't have to go. Don't leave yet." She complied and settled back on the bed, entwining her fingers with his, as Alex turned his attention to Meredith. "How's Shepherd doing?"

"Good. Or as good to be expected when…yeah." Meredith trailed off.

"And you two?"

"Shouldn't we be asking you that, Evil Spawn?" Cristina asked, but it lacked the bite it usually did.

Alex let out a chuckle. "Yeah, I was shot. But I was shot so early I didn't even know there was a gunman." His voiced wavered slightly and Addison squeezed his hand. "So beyond the fact Shepherd was shot, I don't know much else. Like what happened to you two."

Meredith and Cristina shared a pain filled glance and as they moved to sit in the chairs next to the bed. "We saw it. I saw it." Meredith whispered. "Derek was shot right in front of me and I couldn't do anything."

Alex reached his other hand out and took Meredith's in his. Addison stayed silent and tried to pretend like she wasn't there.

Cristina jumped in, her voice sounded hollow and clinical. "We moved him to an OR, I thought Teddy was still down there. She wasn't. I, um, I had to operate."

Alex breathed in sharply at that, causing him to let out a grunt of pain and Addison to softly kiss his forehead. "Wow, Yang. Solo heart surgery." He said, as though it was any other case and all of them didn't have tears running down their faces.

"Yeah." She muttered. "Anyway, he, um, found us. While I was operating. Held a gun to me and told me if I didn't stop he'd shoot me. Owen came in as well, to try and talk him down. Meredith walked in from the scrub room. She-" Meredith shook her head to cut her off.

"Mer?" Alex asked.

"I, um, I begged him to shoot me instead." Meredith said with a sob and this time Addison breathed in sharply, but it went unnoticed by the rest of them. "Anyway, he didn't. He shot Owen in the shoulder. Cristina and Jackson pretended Derek was dead so he would leave. He did. Cristina saved Derek. I operated on Owen. That's it."

"That's it." Cristina echoed. Alex and Addison both gave small nods, choosing to ignore the uneasy glance that passed between the pair. "Anyway, why are you here Dr Montgomery?"

Addison just shrugged. "To see Alex." Alex chuckled at that and turned his head to look at her, brushing his lips against hers.

'Oh my God." Meredith said slowly. "Are you mysterious phone girl?" Alex smirked as Addison laughed. "You are!"

"She's mysterious phone girl?" Cristina asked. "Damn."

"Are you two together now?" Meredith asked, looking between them.

Addison just smiled at Alex, who grinned back at her as he answered. "Yeah."

"What about 3?" Cristina asked as Addison raised her eyebrow curiously.

"Lexie is back with Mark." Meredith said. "I bumped into them on the way here."

"That's good." Addison said with a small smile. "They're meant to be together."

Alex nudged her side gently. "I always knew you weren't Satan." He teased and she bent down to kiss him. Cristina fake gagged and Meredith rolled her eyes at them.

Later, after the others had left, Addison lay on the bed with Alex, listening to his even breaths. She sighed as she thought about all that had happened over the last 48 hours and yet couldn't help a small smile forming on her face. In spite of all the horrible things that had happened, for the first there was a light at the end of the tunnel. Something good to come out of all the bad.

"You're thinking too loudly." Alex grumbled.

"I thought you were asleep."

"No." Alex sighed. "Altman is going to be round to check on me soon, anyway."

Addison linked her fingers through his and tipped her head back to look at him, brushing the underside of his jaw with a kiss. "Well, hey."

He smiled at her. "Hey, Addie."

She laughed lightly. "I love you, honey." He didn't respond, just stared at her. "Alex?"

"Marry me." He said simply and she stared at him in shock.

"What?"

"We should get married. We've already wasted so much time baby."

Addison let out a slightly manic laugh. "We've been a couple for all of a few hours. Up until 48 hours ago, we were with other people. And you want to get married?"

Alex chuckled at her freak out. "Addie, we've practically been in a relationship for the last year and a half. You know more about me than anyone else, you understand me more than anyone else. I love you. And like you said: life is too short. Marry me."

Addison frowned. "I live in LA."

Alex shrugged the best he could from the bed. "Move back. Or I'll move there."

"I want kids."

"I've listened to you babble on about Lucas. I know you want kids. We'll have kids."

She smiled at him sheepishly. "I don't have anymore reasons."

He gave her a cocky grin. "So as soon as I get out this damn hospital…"

She returned his grin. "I'll marry you."

He pulled her down and kissed her hard. "We're getting married."

She laughed. "We are. We must be crazy."

He tucked her hair behind her ear. "You're so beautiful. You have no idea how much I wish I wasn't shot and bed bound right now."

"Pig." She rolled her eyes. "The fact that you're shot and bed bound is the only reason I'm here right now."

"You're here because you love me." He said, cockily.

She just grinned back. "I do. We are getting married, honey."

"We are."

She kissed him, just lightly at first but quickly becoming deeper and more heated moaning into his mouth, only pulling apart when Alex gasped slightly in pain.

"Alex, I'm sorry!" Addison looked at him worriedly.

He smirked and winked at her. "No need to apologise, Addie. I wouldn't want to rush anyway."

"We're getting married Alex. Hardly rushing." She pointed out.

"You always have to be right, don't you?" He teased lightly.

She couldn't help but grin at him. "You know, I think we'll work out this time. Provided you're not an ass again."

"Good to know. I don't plan on either of us needing a second divorce."

She rolled her eyes and kissed him. "I can't believe I'm going to be your wife."

"As soon as possible. I'd marry you right now if I could."

Addison grinned at that. "When you're discharged. Me. You. City hall."

"Deal."

"Deal." He echoed.

"I've landed." Addison said as soon as she heard the familiar click of the phone connecting.

That was one thing that hadn't changed in their relationship: they still didn't feel the need to greet each other when they answered the phone. She smiled at the familiarity of it.

"Alright, I'm waiting for you, wifey."

She grinned, as she stood in front of baggage claim. "Don't call me that."

"Sorry, baby." He laughed, sounding completely insincere. "You are though."

"I am." She spotted her bag come on to the carousel and moved forward. "When you first called me 2 years ago did you ever think we'd end up here?"

"With you as my unbelievably hot wife, who is moving back to Seattle to be with me forever?" She hummed in agreement. "Addie, I thought you'd hang up." He admitted.

She let out a light laugh at that as she grabbed her bag. "I won't say it didn't cross my mind, honey. But then you always hung up first."

"Sorry about that." He chuckled, and she walked towards where she knew he'd be. "So… does life still suck for you?"

A big smile crossed her face as Alex came into view. "Hmm… not so much."

He spotted her and an identical smile made its way across his face. "Yeah." He breathed. "Not so much for me too."

She watched him hang up the phone, shaking her head slightly at the fact he still hung up first 2 years later. "I love you." He mouthed at her, through the crowd.

She rolled her eyes, before blushing and mouthing back. "I love you too."