CHAPTER 8
"So I guess that's her" Lexie muttered to Mark
"Yeah that's her" Mark said as neither Lexie nor Mark took their eyes of Alex and Addison.
"So do you know her?" Lexie asked
"You could say that" Mark said a little despondently
"Oh I see so you and the redhead have a history"
"Ahh yeah, it's long and complicated. So what's your interest in them anyway?"
Lexie just shot Mark a look that said it all. "Oh I see you are interested in Karev"
"Yeah, he has told me he isn't interested though. Seems she is the one for him and she is the reason he has put in for a transfer to LA"
"Ahh I see, I knew he put in for a transfer but didn't realise it was for LA"
"Well I still have time, to change his mind. He can't leave until a replacement is found, and that shouldn't be for another 2 months or so"
"Look Lexie, you are a really great girl, but no offence you aren't in Addison's league. I mean they had something before she left last year, and the way I see it, if she is giving him another shot than as much as I'm not a fan of his, Alex isn't stupid enough to fuck up his second chance"
"Speaking from experience are we?"
"Yeah I am"
'Well we could try to break them up, seems you may still have feelings for her"
"What is this high school? Lexie trust me I won't be doing anything to interfere. I'm afraid I blew my second chance. Besides, I won't chase Addison again, been there done that. All it did was leave me nursing a broken heart. She doesn't want me; I have way too much pride to chase after any woman again even Addison. I suggest you forget your dreams of being with Karev, like I said he won't fuck this up. Come on lets go back inside and I'll buy you a drink"
Lexie listened to everything Mark said and conceded defeat.
During the next six weeks, Addison and Alex continued there long distance relationship. Alex made one trip to LA over a weekend and Addison made a similar trip to Seattle. Of course as in all relationships, things weren't always easy. Then again nothing with them ever was. Addison wanted to tell Chief Webber, Alex refused got hot headed and hung up the phone. 1 hour latter he called back to apologise, but still stood firm.
Addison got it, she understood, that was part of why she loved him. He was never intimidated by her, he stood firm and believed that he had to make it his own way without any help. She admired him for it because deep down she knew if the tables were turned she would have done the exact same thing.
They were on the home stretch now though; they had been separated for 9 weeks now, only 3 weeks to go. Richard had finally started looking and interviewing possible candidates for Alex's job. It shouldn't be long now.
It was a Thursday morning and Alex was in a particularly bad mood, as always when he felt like that he had to hear his favourite girl's voice. So he made his way to an on-call room and made a phone call.
"Hello" Addison mumbled half asleep
"Are you still in bed? He asked as he looked at his watch, it was 8.00am
"Yeah"
"Oh that just sucks, I have just worked 12 hours and I have a C-Section in approx 45 mins"
"Oh my poor baby" she said a little sarcastically.
"God, I have had no sleep, I'm hungry, I miss you, and the C-section I have, yeah well I get the pleasure of having an intern scrub in on this. His first one, the guy shows no interest and thinks he is a lot better than he is, and get this he thinks OB/GYN is beyond him" He finished annoyed.
Addison burst out laughing. "Oh Alex this is Karma, coming to bite you on the ass"
"What, a little support and sympathy from my girlfriend would be nice, but I guess you can still be Satan when you want to be" He said thinking this would get a rise out of her
"Oh Alex come on you were a pain in my ass when you first started working for me. As for Satan, come on you know you like that side of me sometimes. As I said Karma baby, it catches up with all of us"
"Yeah this alternative medicine, and living crap you keep going on with, well I guess there is some truth to it. But Addie trust me I wasn't that bad. ...Was I? Please tell me I wasn't"
"Sorry to burst your bubble but yeah you were"
"Oh, anyway, I really would love to just crawl into bed with you and hold you in my arms and go to sleep. That's about all I could manage"
"Trust me Alex, right now you really wouldn't want to do that. I've been throwing up since about 5.00 this morning. Must be coming down with some sort of virus"
"Oh Hon, make sure you keep your fluids up, you don't want to dehydrate. Are you going to see a Dr?
"Thanks Dr, but I will be fine just a stomach bug. If I'm no better tomorrow I'll get Naomi to give me a check up"
"Ok, Look I really have to go, I want to get something to eat, before surgery. But you look after yourself, and I will give you a call when I'm done with the painful intern"
"Ok I'll be here at home. Alex please be nice with the intern, remember you didn't like it either when you first started, and look now it's your specialty. I'm sure you will be able to be a good teacher"
"Addie that's your forte not mine. I don't have the patience that you have. Not to mention my Teacher was hot so I at least had that as a reason to be there."
"Flattery will get you everywhere. Bye babe, I'll talk to you latter"
"You will, look after yourself Love you"
"Love you too"
Addison felt worse; she rolled out of bed and rushed into the bathroom to throw up again. This was not good. She decided to give Naomi a call and have her come over after work. Everything felt different, her breasts were tender, and she couldn't quite remember when her last period was. However a pregnancy was completely out of the question as her fertility tests she had last year confirmed that.
When Naomi arrived, Addison explained her symptoms and Naomi suggested that perhaps a blood test would be a good idea. She wanted to test for a variety of things to make sure.
"Look I know it's a long shot but given you haven't had a period for a while I think it's a good idea to add a pregnancy test to the blood screen"
"Oh Ok, but we both know it can't be that"
"Yeah but like I said it wouldn't hurt"
Addison accompanied Naomi back to the Wellness Clinic to draw blood. The results would be ready in approximately 4 hours, so Addison decided to stay at work; she felt much better by now and thought she would catch up on some paperwork while she waited.
Naomi walked into Addison's office and sat down.
"Oh great there back, what is it? You have a strange look on your face?" Addison said with much concern.
"Addie, you need to sit down"
"Naomi, you are scaring me"
"Oh honey, I just don't know how this is happened, I mean your FSH levels were so low, there was just no way had I thought fertility was an option, but the tests are conclusive"
"Naomi please just say it. I'm freaking out a little here"
"Addie, you're pregnant"
Addison just sat in absolute stunned silence. After about 10 minutes she finally found her voice.
"Are you sure, I mean those tests you ran 15 months ago, were conclusive"
"Yes I know, and I had them run these tests 3 times. I didn't want to get your hopes up. I know how much you want a baby."
"Oh . My. God. This is want I've wanted. A baby, really? How far along am I? Can you tell?"
"Yeah Addie you are actually about 6 weeks pregnant"
"My god, I'm just in shock. I mean shock in a good way. I just don't know what's changed how this could happen"
"Maybe it was the acupuncture? I mean it has been known to balance the body, perhaps it got your cycle regulating again, producing eggs"
"Yeah, well it helped with a lot of other things, perhaps. Oh god Naomi, this is so exciting"
"Yeah sweetie it is. How do you think Alex will feel?"
Addison's face dropped. "Alex" she whispered "I...I...um don't know. I'm going to have to fly to Seattle this weekend and tell him. Can you just run the tests one more time, and then I would like to do a scan. I want to be absolutely sure before I tell him. I hope he will be as thrilled as I am, but I'm not sure if he is ready to be a dad yet"
"Addie, Alex loves you I'm sure he will be happy after the initial shock has set in"
A/N: So what do you think? Please review like everyone I love feedback good or bad. Is the pregnancy believable?