Hey All! Here's another chapter for you guys. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Aren't you tired of this yet? ;) I'm thinking another chapter after this one to tie things up. :)

Oh, yeah, notice the ratings change. Not too graphic but a precaution nonetheless. This chapter is dedicated to my wonderful beta Suz who has been asking for me to write some squee for the longest time. She corrupted me, what can I say? Just kidding, Suz! ;)

As usual, GA and its characters are not mine.

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

When Derek shifted in his sleep two hours later and reached for Addison, he found her side of the bed empty and the bedside lamp lit. He quickly sat up and listened for any movement that may indicate where his wife could be. After a moment of silence, Derek swung his feet out of the bed, the sheets pooling at his waist and glanced around for his boxers.

When the door opened quietly to reveal Addison sneaking in carefully with a bowl in one hand and a water bottle tucked under an arm, Derek ceased his action.

"Hey" Addison said when she looked up and saw Derek awake. "I didn't wake you, did I?"

"No. I turned around and noticed you were gone. I was going out to look for you."

"I got hungry" she replied, lifting up the bowl.

Addison, wearing his dress shirt, walked over towards Derek and stood between his legs. She took a bite of her food and then scooped some for Derek.

"Mmmm… vanilla ice cream with corn flakes" he said, accepting her offer.

"Great post coital food" she said smiling. Derek smiled back and slipped his hand on the back of her thighs. His caresses went higher and he found more skin. Addison was not wearing anything under the shirt. He accepted another spoonful of ice cream and then pulled her tighter towards him, urging her to straddle his lap.

Addison did so and continued feeding the both of them.

"So, are you gonna tell me what those papers on the dining table are about?" she asked, placing another spoonful against Derek's lips.

"Ah…those were my presentation materials."

"Presentation materials?"

"Yup. Remember, we were supposed to talk, right?"

"Yeah" Addison replied, a twinge of guilt surfacing in her eyes.

"Hey, none of that" Derek reprimanded softly when he saw the change in her eyes. He brought up a hand to caress her cheek. "As I was saying those were my presentation materials. I had this whole speech planned on how I was sorry and how I am committed to you. How serious I am that I want our marriage back and I'm not letting you go."

"I believe you" she said, kissing his lips tenderly.

"But you haven't heard what I have to say,"

"It doesn't matter. I believe you."

She kissed him again and he deepened it when she started to pull away.

"Anyway," Derek continued after their kiss. "I had someone quickly look over our land and draw a rough draft of our house."

"Our house?" she asked with a dreamy smile.

"Yeah, our house. It's time to put that land to good use. I also brought some architectural magazines so we could go over what we really want our house to look like."

"That's so sweet."

"I also got some listings from a real estate agent in case you didn't want to live on the land. I think there's a house available in Bailey's area and one near Richard's."

"No need. I want to live there. It was the trailer I had an issue with."

Derek laughed. "Still want to blow it up?"

"You betcha" Addison replied with a smile as she scrapped the remains of her ice cream and then licked off the spoon. "Did you want some more?" she asked when she noticed Derek looking at her.

"Yeah, I want some more. But not ice cream" he said and then captured her lips.

Addison moaned into the kiss as Derek's hands snuck up under the shirt to palm her breasts. He broke the kiss and latched his mouth on her neck. She stretched out and placed the bowl in her hand on the bedside table. Her hands combed through his hair once she was freed of the china. Derek continued his attention on her neck, alternating between sucking and biting kisses, as his hands grabbed the shirt and ripped it apart.

She shrugged out of the garment and then grabbed Derek's hair up to pull him for an open mouthed kiss. Their tongues dueled for dominance while their hands groped each other's flesh. Derek broke the kiss then trailed his lips and tongue on her clavicle, going lower towards her breasts inch by inch. Addison gripped his shoulders to anchor her as she leaned back to give Derek more skin to explore. She gasped aloud when his mouth encased her nipple.

Addison was enjoying the sweet torture Derek's tongue and lips were doing to her breast. But after a few minutes of him grazing his teeth over her nipples, alternating between the two, and smoothing it with his tongue, she couldn't take it anymore and needed to kiss her husband desperately. She grabbed his head away from her chest and forcefully shoved her tongue in his waiting mouth.

As they kissed and sucked, Derek's hand made its way between their bodies. When it reached its desired destination, he stroked softly causing Addison to jerk away a little. They continued kissing as he slipped two fingers inside her while his thumb grazed her nub. He increased the pressure of his fingers and Addison gasped aloud at the sensation. When Derek could feel Addison almost reaching her peak, he took away his hand. A ready protest was making its way on her lips but before she could let it out, he covered her mouth with his.

Determined to get her release, Addison lifted her body up and yanked the sheets covering Derek's waist. His hard muscle sprang up, glad to be out of its confines and she gently lowered herself onto him. He filled her up to the brink and she let her internal muscles squeeze him.

"Addison" he hissed out in a voice filled with pain and pleasure.

Addison just smiled and kissed the pulse point on his neck. She released him then lifted her hips again and sunk back down slowly, taking him an inch at a time. She continued this lazy rhythm while Derek tried in vain to change the pace.

"Please, Addie…" he begged, after a minute of her languid movement.

She took pity on him and increased her pace while placing biting kisses on his neck and chin.

"You started it" Addison whispered heatedly before taking an earlobe between her teeth.

Derek's patience ran out as he was still not satisfied at the pace they were going. And as Addison lifted her hips once again, he took the opportunity to grab her by the back of her thighs and flipped them over.

Her yelp at their sudden change in position turned into a long and loud moan as Derek plunged into her hard and deep. He raised her right leg almost at his shoulder and shifted his angle slightly to hit her g-spot.

"Oh God, Derek!"

Their movements turned frantic and their breathing labored. It wasn't long until they both reached their peaks simultaneously. They both shouted out each other's name as waves of pleasure hit them. Derek collapsed against Addison and he rolled them both to their sides.

After getting their heartbeats back to their normal pattern, Derek brushed a few wet strands of hair away from his wife's face.

"Now, I want some ice cream" he said with a smile.

Addison laughed and Derek joined her a moment later.

x x x

"This… this will make us late" Addison said as Derek lazily placed kisses all over her face, their bodies intertwined under the steady flow of the shower.

"Then we'll be late" Derek reasoned and kissed her square on the lips.

"We can't. We already took the morning off."

"They'll understand."

She sighed and they continued kissing.

"We have patients to see" she tried again half heartedly.

"There are other capable doctors that can handle them."

"True. But not as good as us."

"True."

They continued their lazy kissing.

"Richard will look for us and will be pissed when he finds us missing."

"I don't care."

More kisses.

"We'll catch hell from Miranda."

Derek slowly lifted his head and lips away from his wife. He looked at her and contemplated what she had said.

"We don't want that" she added.

"No, we don't" he agreed with a shake of his head.

"So, we better get a move on."

"Yeah, we better." He said in a disappointed and resigned voice.

x x x

They arrived at the hospital just in time for their afternoon shifts and had appropriated an elevator to themselves. Being alone inside the elevator was not their fault as every SGH staff steered clear and opted not to get on when they saw the Shepherds inside. The couple was not really doing anything inappropriate but everyone knew not to be caught in between the Shepherds regardless of the situation.

But the two didn't notice that nobody wanted to get on the elevator with them as they were too preoccupied at staying as close as possible, content at staring into each other's eyes. There were occasional soft and short kisses but nothing that would ignite their passion and land them in a compromising position.

They were enjoying their blissful alone time until the doors opened and Miranda Bailey stepped inside.

"Put your hands up where I can see them. Both of you!" she ordered at the intertwined couple in the corner.

Addison turned her body to face her friend and leaned back into Derek's chest. His arms still encircled around her.

"Hello, Miranda" she said in greeting.

Derek, whose head was nestled at the crook of his wife's neck, smiled to the Nazi and uttered "Good afternoon, Dr. Bailey."

"You two are scaring the staff. Stop it" Bailey replied to the couple's friendly greetings.

The Shepherds just smiled, their happiness coming off in waves.

The elevator arrived on Derek's floor and he begrudgingly exited but dragged his wife by the doors. He kissed Addison and kissed until the doors started to close but did not fully as Derek was standing in between.

"Hey McDreamy! How about you get your lips off of your wife's so we could go on with our day? Some of us are here to work, you know" Bailey said in her Nazi voice.

"You better go" Addison said against his lips. "You're pissing her off" she added lowly through a smile.

"Okay" he replied back, a smile on his lips. "I'll see you later"

They kissed once more and finally Derek stepped back.

"I take it things went well last night." Bailey stated as the doors closed and the elevator started to move again.

"Yes, it did."

"So, you guys are back together. Together as in 'Derek and Addison', happily married successful surgeons who are too damn beautiful for their own good?"

Addison had to smile at Bailey's description but her mind raced about being 'Derek and Addison'. 'Are they 'Derek and Addison' again?' Maybe. But with the scars they have endured, going back to being New York Derek and Addison is impossible.

"Yes, we are back together. But being our pre-affairs selves would be hard" she answered truthfully. "But we'll be okay. We're rebuilding. We are…we are healing."

'Healing… yes, that's the right word.' Addison thought.

"We are healing" she said again with conviction and a smile.