Hello everybody! Yes, I'm alive, thank you very much. I've been inexcusably MIA forever and I won't even try to explain why because the only thing I can come up with is: Life! So, since we all understand that concept, let's move on to the important thing. A NEW UPDATE! In this update, dear, sweet London is 11 1/2 months old. So her birthday is in two weeks.
Gratitude goes to:
Addeklover: I told you it'd be sooner than we all expected. Thanks though for the PM, I can honestly say that it's thanks to you that I was inspired back into this story. So, everyone should thank you. And as a gift, this chapter I'm dedicating it to you.
addison-kate.w-fan: Thanks for reading and thank you for loving this story.
melliz1nz: I will. I just needed a little push. Thanks for reading.
McShip: I know. Mark seems to have a mind of his own and while I've tried talking to him and have him be less asshole-ish, I can't control him. And I'm glad that you've seen the light on how great Addek can be.
QUEENADDEK: Addison is just being cautious. She's had her heart broken before and now she has London to think of. She's moving slowly, but surely. So yes, we'll get more Addek and London times together.
MerDer McAddict: It means the world to me that, even though you're 100% MerDer, you're giving my story a chance. Honestly, thanks a million and I hope you keep enjoying it.
Walshaholicx3: Don't worry, that's taken care of in this chapter. But them getting back together? It's not likely. At least not in this fic. We'll talk after you read this chapter.
SeriouslyAddison: Well, here's the next chapter. What do you think? Good enough as the last one? Thanks for reading.
alterus: London's birthday will come in the next chapter and yes, it'll be fabulous because after all, she's Addison's daughter. And everything between Addison and Derek, so far, is great.
iSeriouslylovegreys: Yes, Addison and Derek are cute.
picric drea: Addek and London are very cute and they have much more cuteness in store for everyone. And agreed on Mark. Like I told McShip, I've tried to talk to him to make him, but he's set on being an asshole, so I can't fight him. We'll see what happens with him.
Fangirl44: Because she was angry and she might have done something stupid. It wasn't her time to tell yet. Don't worry. Read on and there you shall discover an answer to your question.
greysfan16: The shit hit the fan, is all I can say.
And all the readers who read and don't review, thanks for reading.
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Ok, on with this show! Have fun.
Later the day of the fight, Addison was still fuming. She had settled London down for a nap when there was a light knock on her office's door. She got up from her desk and went to get it. As soon as she opened it, she regretted it. It was Derek, standing there looking all miserable and in pain.
"We need to talk." He said, matter-of-factly.
"We have to do nothing of the sort. If you didn't hear me, I said I didn't want either of you near my daughter and me until you both can behave like civilized men. I don't need that energy around me and certainly neither does London." Addison said still keeping Derek outside her office.
"Addison, please." He said with a sigh.
"No, Derek. Just… I need room to breathe. You know I'm grateful to you for doing everything you've done for London. I'm grateful for all the considerations you've had with me because of her. I'm grateful for everything. But what I will not tolerate is for you both to make a spectacle out of yourselves especially when such spectacle began over my daughter and me. I have enough issues to deal with and I don't need you both fighting over London and me." Addison said as tears began to form in her eyes.
"Let me in, Addie. Let's talk about this because you're clearly upset. Don't shut me out. Not now, please." Derek begged.
Addison sighed and reluctantly stepped aside to let him in.
"Why were you fighting Derek?" She asked as she sat at her desk.
"He just came at me. I didn't…" Derek began.
"I meant why were you fighting? I understand his reason. He thinks my daughter is his, he thinks it's his God given right to defend London and me. But you have nothing to fight him over. So, why were you fighting him?" Addison asked.
"He said London is his child." Derek admitted.
"So?" Addison asked in disbelief.
"London is… yours. Not mine, though I'm the one she calls dada. And she's not his, either." Derek said.
"So this is possessiveness?" Addison asked, getting angrier by the minute.
"No! This is…" Derek sighed. "This is me showing you that I've changed. That I'm willing to fight for you. I've told you before and I'll tell you again. I know you're not ready, but I'll wait." Derek said as he took a step forward and caressed her cheek. "Besides, I think it's my turn to wait it out, don't you agree?" Derek winked at her before he leaned in to capture her lips with his.
Addison kissed him back softly, trying to not give into what she was feeling. Having seen Derek with London had made her heart melt for him. Everything she hated him for vanished the minute he picked her up and she grinned at him. London truly loved Derek, even though Addison was scared to death that if things didn't work out it would crush her baby girl. But Derek had a point, he had changed. He had turned into the Derek she'd fallen for back in New York. Except he was older and instead of being the scrawny med student or the intern, he was now a man. Sure, he'd been a man when they'd first met, but something about Derek being older and more mature was a huge turn on for Addison. Not giving into what she was feeling was proving harder than she foresaw.
Derek wrapped his arms around Addison's waist while she wrapped hers around his neck. Her fingers ran through his hair in the way he always loved. Their bodies were screaming to be with each other again, but they both knew that they had to take things slow because of London. They took their time kissing, lips meshing together, rediscovering how amazing the other's lips tasted. Sure, they'd kissed before, but this kiss was different. It meant something to both of them. Derek was willing to fight for her and wait for her, which for Addison meant the world.
He gently ran his tongue over her lower lip, wanting to enter her mouth with her permission. He didn't want to just hurry up and shove his tongue down her throat. Derek wanted to do things right with Addison. With a little smile playing on her lips, Addison parted them and her tongue immediately greeted Derek's. Her body melted into his arms and moaned. Something that Derek took in with pride. Every little noise she made when Derek was with her gave him a huge ego boost. To know that he was the one making this goddess of a woman feel pleased, loved, desired and beautiful was all Derek aimed to do.
Their tongues danced with one another as they took their time kissing. It was gentle enough to be savored, but heated enough to be turning them both on. As Derek kept kissing her, he also pushed her back until she was trapped between her desk and his body. He grabbed her by the hips and hoisted her up onto her desk. Addison immediately opened her legs letting Derek get closer to her. He moved his lips away from hers because air had become an imminent necessity. His lips roamed her neck and her collar bone. Addison's head fell backwards before she moaned once more. "Derek, Derek don't stop." Addison whispered. She pushed her hips slightly forward and pressed herself to his manhood. She grinned lustfully when she felt him hard already. "Derek, I want you." Addison whispered into his ear in the most seductive voice she could.
"No, Addison." Derek said and removed his lips from her skin. A feel the redhead immediately missed.
"What do you mean, no? We've been dying to do it. We've been craving each other badly and now that I'm saying yes, you say no? What the hell is wrong with you, Derek?" Addison questioned as she pushed him away from her before she got off her desk.
"You were the one who said you didn't want to do it with London in the house. Sure, we're not at the house, but it's worse to do it here. She's in the same room. You were the one who said you wanted it to be special. And I want it to be special for you too." Derek said as he got close to her. He tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear before he kissed her softly. "You deserve special, Addie." Derek mumbled against her lips.
An hour before Addison's shift was over, she decided to grab something to eat because she'd was a little hungry. London was in the daycare because they'd called Addison and asked her if she wanted to drop London off for story time, which she did.
After paying for her red velvet cupcake and her diet coke, Addison looked around to see where she could sit. She spotted Mark at an empty table, so she took this opportunity to talk to him about his resentment to her child.
"Hey Mark. Can I talk to you?" She asked as she sat at the table with him.
"I don't know. You were the one who said that until Derek and I could act like civilized men, you didn't want us around." Mark responded.
"And I still think that way, but I need a few answers from you. That's why I came to you and not the other way around." Addison said.
"What do you want, Addison?" Mark asked, already exasperated with the tall redhead. She always managed to annoy him. Even when he loved her the most, she was still a pain in the ass most of the time.
"I want to know why you were fighting with Derek." Addison said. Depending on his answer is how she would proceed with her line of questioning.
"Why do you care, Addison?" Mark asked as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Just answer the question, Mark." Addison said, stubbornly.
Mark groaned in frustration. "Because of the kid, ok?" He answered finally.
"What about London?" Addison asked.
"Look, it's bad enough that you haven't told me she's mine…" Mark began but was quickly interrupted by Addison.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You think London is yours?" Addison asked, standing up quickly, with a mix of shock and anger.
"Of course she's mine, Addison. Have you looked at her! She's got my eyes and my hair." Mark said with a high tone of voice. He, too, stood up.
"You conceited prick! London isn't yours, Mark." Addison spat out. "She's mine." She added quickly, her hands flying in every direction.
"Of course she's yours, Addison. You carried her…"
"You idiot! London is mine because she's adopted. She's not yours, she's not Derek's. She's not even mine by birth. If she'd been yours I would've told you the minute I'd found out. But guess what, Mark? I can't have children. I'm practically barren." Addison yelled.
The whole cafeteria had gone quiet as everyone silently watched the exchange between the doctors. Now, with this new-found information, Mark would be seen as the asshole in the whole bigger picture. He couldn't let that happen.
"If you'd kept our child, you wouldn't have had the necessity to adopt one." Mark yelled at her.
Before Mark knew it, Addison's hand connected with his face in the loudest slap possible. Everyone gasped but the silence quickly returned. Addison had tears in her eyes, but she was too proud to let Mark see her cry. She turned around and left him standing there holding his face.
On her way to the daycare, Addison ran into Derek. "I quit." She whispered to him before she headed to the elevator that would take her to her daughter.
"Addie. Addie, baby, wait. What happened?" Derek was beyond words.
He was shocked. Just that morning they'd been kissing and having a good time and now she was quitting? What the hell had happened?
"Derek, I don't want to talk. I just want to get London and go home. I've had probably one of the worst days of my life today and I just want it to be over." Addison said as they rode the elevator.
Derek pushed the stop button on the elevator which caused Addison to protest.
"What part of 'I don't want to talk and I want to go home' did you not get? Honestly, for a brain surgeon you're not that smart." Addison took an unintentional dig at him.
"I get you're tired and apparently completely angry. We don't have to talk about it now if you don't want to. I just want you to listen to me for a sec." Derek said before he trapped her between the back wall and his body.
"Whatever it is, we'll work it out. Whatever it is, I'm here for you and for London. Ok?" He asked and Addison nodded. She was still so angry; so angry that not even her tears dared to flow freely down her cheeks.
"Let me let it pass and I'll tell you. I promise." Addison said.
"Ok." Derek said before he pulled her in for a hug. "How about you go home and I take London with me when I get out a little later? You could get a relaxing hot bath and take a nap and just relax." Derek offered.
"How much longer will you be here for?" Addison asked as she stepped away from the hug.
"Around two hours, but not more than that. Unless I'm paged for an emergency, in which case I'd call you." Derek said.
"You don't mind staying with her?" Addison asked, warily.
"Of course not." Derek said.
Addison leaned in and kissed him hard. "Thank you." She mumbled.
"Any time, baby. Now, go home." Derek said as he pressed the cancel button.
Addison went to the daycare to kiss London goodbye. The baby waved her hand bye bye to her mommy and went back to her blocks. The redhead went to her office, picked her things and was walked to her car by Derek, who promised he'd be home soon. He kissed her goodbye and spanked her playfully when she turned around to put her things in the car. She laughed whole heartedly and kissed him again before getting in the car to leave.
Two hours later, Derek came home with a sleeping London. He placed her down on her crib before going to Addison's room.
"Hey, what are you doing up?" Derek asked.
"Waiting for the two of you. Where is she?" Addison said before placing her book down on her night table.
"In her crib, completely asleep." Derek said as he began to undress.
"Ok, good. So, I was thinking…" Addison said with a soft smile.
"Uh oh." He smirked and then winked at her before he climbed into bed with her.
"I was thinking we should to go to L.A. for London's birthday." Addison said with a smile.
"We?" Derek teased her.
"Yes, we. You're her father, aren't you?" Addison responded.
"I don't know. Will you slap me like you slapped Mark if I say yes?"
Addison rolled her eyes. "He earned that slap. He said something that hit below the belt and I lost it. As your employee, I'm sorry."
"We'll take care of that tomorrow. I want to talk about London's birthday now." Derek said, trying to lighten the mood and her temper.
"Ok. Like I said, I think we should go to L.A. and celebrate Christmas and her birthday there." Addison said. "I never sold the house and it's still furnished. The only thing I brought with me was London's crib and it was because I loved it so much." Addison said.
"So just us three, as a family on a holiday vacation?" Derek asked with a goofy looking grin.
"Yes, Derek. Just us three, as a family, on vacation." Addison said.
Derek straddled Addison and she laughed. "Sounds good to me. You know what else would sound lovely?"
"What?"
"You screaming my name as you cum." Derek whispered seductively into her ear. Addison's panties got wet immediately, but she had to stand her ground. Maybe in L.A. where they'd have more freedom, would they be able to finally get together.
Huh? What do y'all think? I hope it was worth the wait and I promise to keep them coming more regularly. Anyway, give me birthday ideas for London's first bday bash. Go all out with it. Also, reviews would be kinda cool, even though I haven't updated in a million years, reviews help me know who's still with me in this story. Remember the usual, flames will be used to grill burgers and make smores.