Allee: I totally respect your opinion. But this is FANfiction, hence the concept that you can write can pairing you so choose to. And Addison and Derek were a canon couple, it's not like I'm the creator of Addek. If you don't like them together than just read stories that have them together. Don't discourage the writers. I understand you don't mean to sound rude but some people really do get effected negatively.
"You have a child?" Meredith yelled at the top of her lungs while walking back and forth in her living room. "You told me your daughter died, Derek. How is it that she magically comes back to life a few weeks after your secret wife shows up? Is she pregnant with quints or something? Because I'm just waiting for the next bit of shocking news."
Derek sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I don't know! She was dead, that's what the police said! At first we didn't know where she was, there was nothing to give them any evidence as to whether she's dead or alive..almost four years after she was kidnapped the police called us and said they found a car abandoned at the side of the road and there was her blood staining the interior. It was only logical to assume she was dead!"
"But she's not!" Meredith screamed. "She's alive... she's alive and she's in Seattle. What the hell is suppose to happen now?"
"I don't know."
She stopped pacing back and forth and stood in front of Derek. "You aren't going to let her with out of that hospital with that man are you? You're gonna call the police to get her back, right?" she asked.
"Addison is desperate to get her back. She's done the DNA test but I'm not sure if she's contacted the police or if she's spoken to the kid." he answered. "She gave me three different sets of divorce papers with different custody agreements so I assume she's spoken to a lawyer about it. Maybe she's got her lawyer working on all of that."
"She gave you divorce papers?" Meredith asked in relief. "So she doesn't want you to try to be a perfect little family again? She realizes that you've moved on from her and she's not trying to trap you in your marriage? That seems for not-satanic of her."
"She's not stupid, Meredith. I think she picked up on the fact that I'm not exactly too fond of her anymore. And she's always said, from the very beginning, that she doesn't want to a charity case. She doesn't want anyone to stay by her side just because they pity her." he explained. "After Alexa was taken, she didn't speak to anyone for almost a month because she didn't want people to feel obligated to help her."
"Maybe that's way she's alone right now." Meredith suggested. "If she's so keen on shutting everyone out while she needs them than she shouldn't expect you to be there for her now."
"She doesn't expect me to be there. She told me she'll pull through alone somehow. But the point is, this isn't about Addison. This is about Alexa. I don't know what to do about her."
"I heard the chief talking to your wife. He was saying how he remembered you being this amazing father. And he told her that he remembered the day your daughter was born and how you told him that you'd do anything to take Addison's place because seeing her in pain kills you. Then she looked all guilty... He just kept talking about how perfect your family was and how cute you looked. He went on and on about how connected you were to your daughter. He says he's glad you have a second chance at all of that." Meredith paused and took a breath. "If any of that is true, if you were so attached to her than I think you need to try to work things about with your daughter."
"I don't know. I'm not sure I'm the same person. I was so young and naive back then. I was blindly in love and I did what was expected of me." he admitted. "I don't really know that kid anymore. And I'm not on great terms with her mother. It's not the same situation it used to be."
The next morning Derek found himself walking off the elevator onto the Pediatric floor. He walked toward the nurse's station to find out what room his daughter was in and much to his surprise, he saw Addison sitting there and working on a chart.
"What are you doing here?" he asked not so politely, but not as harsh as he could have. He was doing his best to start treating her better. It was a work in progress but at least he was trying.
Addison looked up from the file she was working on. "I have a few patients here. Richard made me head of Peds surgery, remember? Your regular attending is on maternity leave. I'm suppose to fill in while I'm here. We had this conversation on the elevator the morning you decided I was Satan."
"Right, right..." Derek nodded. "I remember. Must had slipped my mind with all that's going on."
She checked the screen of her cell phone than shut the file in front of her. "Wanna know the real reason I'm sitting here?" she asked.
Derek's brows rose, he looked at her curiously. "You have a real reason and a fake reason?"
"The cops are suppose to be here any second to arrest the man in there pretending to be our child's father. And I know this is really sadistic but I wanted to see that. After everything he's put me through over the last 12 years, I really wanna see him go down." she admitted shyly. "Why are you here?"
"I wanted to see her." he answered instantly. "I mean...not talk to her or meet her. Just look in through the window and see her for a second. I was curious to know what she looks like now."
Addison smiled. "She's beautiful. She's perfect. And I'm not saying that because I'm her mother and I'm bias. I honestly thought that before I realized she was my child."
She was interrupted by a squad of policemen walking of the elevator, all of them already knew where to go and what to do. Derek stood aside and watched as they entered the room, Addison didn't even get up from her seat. She just watched as two officers walked out with the hefty man cuffed between them.
"Shepherd." she heard the man say bitterly as he stopped right in front of them, not allowing the police to pull him away at any cost.
Derek felt his heart pound fast while he struggled to come up with some sort of response. Addison on the other hand, had no idea what was going on. She looked to Derek for an answer but saw he was too shocked to provide the answers she was looking for.
"This doesn't mean anything, Shepherd. You may think you win, but your kid won't make it that easy. Trust me, I'm the one who raised her." he shouted as he was hauled away.
"You know him?" Addison asked after all the buzz died down.
"His son was a patient of mine while I was an intern. His kid was the first kid I ever witnessed live brain surgery on. He didn't make it through the surgery and this guy was convinced that it was my fault even though I didn't even touch the scalpel. I was just standing five feet away and watching. Alexa was just born at the time, I guess he found out and sought revenge. It never crossed my mind back then, it seems too fictional to believe. But it makes sense now, right?"
"I don't know, Derek. I don't know what I'm doing, okay? I'm suppose to go in there right now and tell her why her father was arrested...and I don't know what to say." she exhaled heavily.
"I'll come with you." Derek offered. "I've been thinking about this all night and I wanna be there for my daughter. I know it's not gonna be easy but we owe it to her, right? We have to try as best we can to be there for her no matter how we feel about each other, or anything else."
Addison nodded and got up, straighting out her skirt. "You're right." she admitted, leading to way to the private room. She stood outside the door and looked at Derek skeptically. "Maybe I should just wait out here while you tell her..." she decided.
Derek shook his head adamantly. "We are doing this together." he said firmly and led her into the room.
Alexa's eyes widened when she saw the two of them walk in. "Dr. Montgomery.." she heaved as she wiped away her tears. "What happen to my dad? Did you hear anything?"
"I um.." Addison struggled, trying to find the right words to say to sound reassuring and supportive.
"Alexa, I'm Derek Shepherd, Addison's husband. We know that what we're about to tell you may be a little hard to believe but we'll be here for you." he started. "You were kidnapped 12 years ago. That man you considered to be your father wasn't your father. He was the one that took you from your parents."
Her brows rose in disbelief and Derek immediately noticed. When Addison had described their daughter to him she mentioned that she had the tendency to arch her brows, just like her mother. And seeing it reminded Derek just how much he missed the little things he took for grantited when everything in his life was still perfectly in balance.
"But then...who are my real parents? Where are they? How can they know I'm their kid if they aren't here, if they've never seen me?" Alexa asked.
Derek glanced at his wife who was standing against the wall in silence and watching their daughter. He decided the he should probably answer the question given that it didn't appear like Addison was planning on saying anything anytime soon. "We're your parents."
Alexa looked intently at Derek for a while then changed target to Addison. "Get out." she finally said.
Addison complied without argument. She walked out of the room but Derek wasn't ready to let it slide yet. "Alexa, we know this is har-" he was cut off before he could even finish the word.
"Get out." his daughter repeated. He could see the pain glimmering in his eyes, he didn't want to be the one to hurt her. He didn't want anyone to hurt her. He wanted to make everything as easy as possible for her. So without further argument he walked out of the room and joined Addison just outside the door.
"I probably shouldn't have gotten my hopes so high." she said softly.
Yes, Alexa is going to be a bitch about it. I love writing kids with bitch personalities, they are so much more amusing to write (and read) than innocent kids.
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