A/N; Are you guys for real? I have never gotten this much reviews for just two chapters before in my life. So THANK YOU. I know this update is a bit slow but first off I mean to do it yesterday but we ended up at my aunt's house and time just ran away. Anyway its here now so go ahead and read…I hope you will like it…
3. Baby, now it's happened to us
Somewhere along the line of showering, cleaning and ordering pizza she had lost her normal thoughts and gone into a mechanic mood. Every moment went by like planned, no thoughts were involved and no feelings. It wasn't until the doorbell rang and she sent a quick look on the watch that she realized just how late it was.
She walked to the door and grabbed her purse on the way. She flicked through it and pulled out the money and dropped her purse on the table and then swung the door open. It took her head a moment to realize that the man on her doorstep was not from the pizza company and the door froze in her hand half open.
"What are you doing here?" she asked confused.
"Well do you remember all that time ago when we bumped into each other and I asked to buy you lunch" Alex said and held out the pizza carton in his hand. "Well I thought maybe Pizza would work."
"I actually ordered on already" she answered, not really sure what else to say. Her body was still blocking the entrance to the house as if she wanted him to stay out.
"I know" Alex looked rather sheepish. "I kind of took it from the delivery guy about a minute ago."
"So you are giving me stolen pizza?" Addison couldn't help but laugh at the thought.
"I didn't steal it" he said and gave her a look as if what he meant was completely obvious and she was not catching on. "I paid for it. So are you letting me in or do I have to sit out here in what looks like…" he looked up at the sky for dramatic effect. "…rain and eat my stolen pizza?"
"I thought you said it wasn't stolen" she said. "But I'll let you in" she stepped back and looked again at her watch on her arm. "I'll just run to the house next door and pick up Lily" she added and before he could say anything she hurried past him and headed through the bushes again.
She reached the small roof under the door to the house just as the first drops of rain started to fall. She only had to knock once before the door opened up to show a boy around the age of 2. He directed his big blue eyes up at her and a big grin spread over his face.
"Awwison" he said and jumped up and down in a very happy, bunny like movement that made her laugh.
"Hey there Simon" Addison said and let her hand ruffle through his blond locks. "Do you know where Lily is?"
Simon nodded and walked away from the door but when she thought he went to get her she was wrong as his voice soon echoed through the house. "LILY!"
Seconds later Evelyn came into view and smiled at Addison. "Hi again."
"Hey, is Lily ready…" Addison said but before she could finish her sentence the girl came running out into the hall. After her came a blond girl who stayed next to her friend.
"Hi mommy" she said with a big smile. "Can I stay longer?" she tilted her head and made that face she knew her mommy had a hard time saying no to.
"Well we have a guest" Addison said and as expected Lily's sweet face turned into something more interested.
"Who is it?"
"Remember Alex?" Addison asked and Lily broke out smiling, mimicking Simon's happy dance. "And…" Addison bent down to her daughter's level. "…he brought pizza…" Lily's eyes went big and she grabbed her stuff and hurried out of the door, running towards their house.
"So Alex?" Evelyn asked. "Anyone we know?"
"We used to work together when I lived here and now we I am starting there again so we're catching up" Addison answered. "And I should probably follow that girl before she scares him away" she added with a laugh before she gave her friend a wave. "Thanks again."
"Any time" Evelyn said and watched the redhead hurry back towards her own house, protecting her face from the rain. Little did she know it was to keep the makeup from revealing the mark on her cheek that was slowly growing…
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When Addison got back into her house she could hear Lily laughing from the kitchen and she followed that sound. There she found Alex searching the cabinets and Lily sitting by the table watching him fail.
"Need some help?" Addison asked and he turned around, surprised by the sound of her voice.
He steppes back and gave her a weak smile while his hand found its way to the back of his neck, a nervous habit he had taken up from his long nights at the hospital. "I was looking for some glasses" he admitted.
"Second to the left" Addison pointed him the right way before she headed for the fridge and took out tree soda cans.
"So do we sit in the living room?" Alex asked only to receive a shocked gasp from Lily. "What?" he looked at Lily and then over at Addison.
"We're not allowed to eat there" Lily answered.
"Oh, how come?" Alex asked.
"Because daddy says so…" Lily started but Addison hurried up and interrupted her.
"We can eat in there just today, okay?" she said and gave Lily a smile.
"But…"
"Lily come on" Addison took the sodas and the pizza and walked into the adjoining room.
She placed the food on the table and then sodas next to it before she sat down on the side of the couch.
"Maybe a movie?" Alex suggested as he sat down the glasses on the table.
"Movie!" Lily cheered and hurried over to the bookshelf by the wall, a cheer that was soon followed by Addison groaning.
"You have no idea what you just did, do you?" she looked at Alex as he sat down on the couch.
"Why?"
"Because the movie she will choose, and yes there is only one movie, is fun the first four times before it turns slightly predictable…" Addison sighed and watched as Lily fumbled to get the DVD disc in place. "…and after time 57 you just want to bang your head into the wall and hope the music goes away…" she leaned towards Alex and continued in a more quiet tone. "…but the music – it never goes away…"
"How bad could it be?" Alex asked as the music started up and the cartoon started up.
Lily hurried up from the floor and got up on the couch in between the other two. She happily took the plate with a pizza slice on from her mommy and ate slowly with her eyes on the screen, following every move of her favorite heroine.
Addison leaned further down on the couch and ate a small piece of pizza while Alex on the other side took piece after piece and followed Lily's example by following the movie intensely.
One the pizza was eaten, the soda cans empty and Lily half asleep in her lap Addison took a look on the watch. "We should clean this up" she carefully moved Lily onto the couch so she could get up and started to collect the cans.
"But the movie isn't over yet" Alex said.
"You haven't seen Beauty and the beats before?" Addison couldn't help but giggle at the childish look on his face. "Ben will be home soon and I bet he would be happy if things were not a mess" she added.
"But…"
"He does make it" Addison cried and turned the TV off. "And everyone is turned back and they live happily ever after."
"Now that is just too mean" Alex sent her an evil glare before he tucked the empty pizza carton into a small square and headed out to the kitchen to throw it out. "I never pictured you as one to tell endings of movies" he said as he joined her in the kitchen and threw the carton in the box with the other cartons.
"Yeah well I thought maybe we could talk" she said and turned to face him. "You know catch up, tell me what's going on in your life."
"Well I am a doctor now, though you probably know that" he laughed. "Not married, no kids, no real life – just like a doctor is supposed to be."
"So what about the others then, any scandals to entertain me?" she leaned back against the sink and watched him as he sat down at the kitchen table. "I mean I know Derek is chief and that he married Meredith…but what else?"
"Well Izzie is engaged as of last month. She and Sloan had been going out a long time…" Alex said.
"Seriously!" Addison said shocked. "I would never have seen them together."
"Yeah well one drunken night and all hell broke loose" Alex shook his head at what seemed to be a rather painful memory. "Then we have Callie and George, married with twins. Her good looks and what we hope is her smarts" he added making her laugh.
"Ah well…" Alex looked at the clock on the wall and pulled himself up. "Its getting late I guess I should get home. I have the early shift in the morning."
"Okay" Addison said and followed him as he made his way out into the hallway. "I guess I'll see you on Monday then."
"Yeah" he nodded. "Tell Lily I enjoyed her company, a lot."
"Oh, yeah you have definitely made her year" Addison laughed as he opened the door. "Bye."
"Bye Addison" he said and walked out, closing the door behind him.
Addison went back into the kitchen and took care of the few last things before she walked back into the living room.
"Mommy" Lily looked up with heavy eyes. She was now sitting in the couch and looked around confused. "Where did Alex go?"
"He had to go home" Addison said. She sat down in front of her daughter on the floor, keeping her eyes at level with Lily's. "Now I need you to help me, okay. A favor."
"What mommy?"
"We shouldn't tell daddy that Alex was here, okay?" Addison said. "He wouldn't understand and…"
Lily's head shot around as she heard the front door open. Heavy steps followed and the young girl hurried to the floor and hurried out into the hallway. "Daddy!"
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Baby, now it's happened with us, we are dancing on broken glass
