15. Never let you go (epilogue)

A few months later…

Alex apartment had been big when he bought it, the walls had been white and spotless, the floor had been covered only by a large hideous rug his aunt gave him years before and he liked it that way.

Now Alex's apartment (though it was more seen as Alex's, Addison's and Lily's these days) seemed smaller, mostly due to all the new furniture and things lying around. The hideous rug had been Addison's first mission to get rid of and the floor was now covered by toys and for the day also kinds, all in the same age group as Lily. To make things worse all kids were wearing paper hats and were all hyped up on sugar from the master three-layer cake Addison had spent all morning making…or well realizing she couldn't do it and running around town getting a store that could make it on such short notice.

"Faster horsie" Lily cheered happily and clapped Alex on the head. She was positioned on his back and he was on his knees and hands on the floor.

"Horsie is tired" Alex groaned and came to a stop by the living room. Lily climbed off and patted his head with a big smile.

"Horsie rest" and with that she ran in to the room and found her friends. The room was soon filled with laughter and a game where they ran around in circles was started.

"I am too old for this" Alex fell into the large couch and nestled his head up against his girlfriend's chest.

"If you're too old then what does that make me?" Addison asked, her voice sounding amused but just as tired as his.

Alex however turned around so he could look into her beautiful eyes and a slug smile spread over his face. "It makes you incredibly sexy" he tried and as expected a smile appeared on her face.

"Mommy" Lily called from her position in the middle of the room with a stuffed pink horse in her hands. "Look Lizzie gave me a pony."

"That's nice sweetie" Addison said and gave her daughter a smile before she let her head fall back against the pillow behind her. "Tell me again why we decided to let her have a party with 8 of her closest friends, most who we don't know the names of?"

"Because the kid only turns five once" Alex answered. "Plus if Lizzie gave her a pony maybe she will stop asking me for a real one" he added which made her laugh.

"How long until they go home?" Addison asked but instead of waiting for a response she turned her head and looked at the watch on the wall in the kitchen. "Oh thank God they should be here in an hour."

"Do you even realize how much damage they can do in an hour?" Alex groaned and leaned back down against her side and landed his head on her chest. "They could kill us and hide our bodies before the parents come."

"Oh so true" Addison laughed and moved her hand down to ruffle his hair.

"I still love it though" Alex turned to his side and let his hand land on the small bump that had just started to grow in the last month. "And we will have a whole bunch of elaborate birthday parties when little Travis is born."

"Oh what did we say about Travis" Addison slapped him lightly on the arm. "Plus it might be a girl you know" she added with a smile.

"But Lily was a girl, isn't there a law that the next one will be a boy?" Alex asked and moved his head down to her stomach.

"There is no such law" she laughed. "Don't they teach you anything at that hospital of yours?"

"Not as much as when I worked with you" he answered before he turned to her stomach. "Baby Travis…if you're a girl kick once and if you're a boy don't kick at all…"

"That is so unfair" Addison exclaimed. "She won't be able to kick for a very long time."

"Meanie" Alex used the same word Lily had taken the liking to. He moved up so his face was level to hers and placed a soft kiss on her lips. The moment was however ruined as a loud scream was heard from one of the kids.

"Now what?" Addison turned and looked at them, finding the view rather amusing. One of the kids, she thought his name was Lucas was standing in the middle of the room dressed from head to foot in cake and the little there was left of the cake was on the floor around the many giggling kids. "Never a calm second" she muttered.

"I'll take the kid if you take the cake on the floor" Alex suggested as they both got up from the couch.

"Deal."

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"Yes sure everything went great" Addison smiled at the woman before she could finally close the door. She turned and leaned her back against the door, letting out a deep sigh. "…I thought they would never leave."

"Tell me about it" Alex said as he was busy untangling two balloons from the curtains. He was however better at tangling those in deeper then her was at getting them loose. As a final resort he tried to rip one away only to have it bounce against his head and then flew up again towards the ceiling.

"Want some help before you blow them up and break her heart?" Addison hurried up and untangled his hands from the strings. Then with quick hands she had the balloons free in a matter of seconds.

"How did you do that?"

"That was nothing" she laughed. "I once had to climb a tree to save that stuffed bear of hers…in the middle of winter."

"I am glad I missed that" he laughed.

"Oh I am sure we have not seen the last adventures of that bear" she took his hands and wrapped his arms around herself. "Did I ever say thank you…?" she didn't look at him but could clearly see his reaction in the glass window before her.

"Several times I believe" he replied with a cheeky smile which only served him a slap on the arm in response.

"I was trying to be serious here" she said. "I owe my life you…me and Lily both do."

"Haven't we been over this?" he tucked his arms tighter around her waist. "I love you, I was there to send his ass to jail and I will be here whenever you need me, either if it is to bring you ice cream in the middle of the night or simply rubbing your feet after a day at work…I will always be here…"

"You really mean that?" she turned around so she was facing him but without moving his arms from her.

"Yes."

"Then marry me" she looked up at him with a smile. A smile that soon appeared on his face as well when he realized she was serious…

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Never, never let you go. You are the one I'm searching for. Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, Love's carving it in the stone

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A/N; So…very fluffy and nice and I hope it gave you the happy ending you wanted. And now here we are, after little over a month this story has come to an end. I know it's sad but it had to happen sometime. I will still be writing though so I hope to see you all around for any new project I start…

I wanted to give you all a special note here saying just how much I loved your reviews, they really kept me writing. So thank you : )