Following Addison telling Alex she didn't want to start something with him because she didn't want to hurt Ella, he didn't talk to her outside of work for almost two weeks. Finally she felt the need to hunt him down at the hospital, using the excuse she needed him for a consult.
"What could you possibly need me for a consult for?" Alex asked as he walked up to the conference room Addison had paged him to.
She closed the chart she had been working on and walked over to the door, shutting it. "Since you seem to have been avoiding me the past few weeks, I figured you wouldn't give me a chance to talk to you unless you thought it was about work. Please listen to me."
Slouching in the chair he had made himself comfortable in, he replied, "Fine, I'm listening."
"I have an ultrasound on Monday morning; I'd thought you'd like to come."
"I'll be there, just let me know when. Is everything else okay?"
"Yeah. My pants are starting to get really tight. I didn't start to get a bump for another few weeks with Ella."
"That's normal with it being your second pregnancy, though. How does Ella like school?"
"She loves it so far. She keeps asking when you're going to take her to the park again. She misses you, Alex. We both miss you. I'd been enjoying getting to know you and seeing what kind of father you would be."
"I'm off tomorrow, if it's okay, could I pick Ella up from school and take her to the park, maybe pick something up for dinner for you and her?" asked Alex.
"I'd have to check with the nanny, let her know she can have tomorrow off, but I'd be fine with that. I'm sure Ella would love that, too. She's supposed to be with Mark tomorrow night, but I'm sure he'll be fine with having her both Friday and Saturday night instead. He never gets two nights in a row with her."
"Check with Mark and the nanny and let me know. Also, decide what you're gonna want me to pick up for dinner, otherwise Ella will want McDonald's and I know you don't like to let her have it very often."
"Please don't ignore me again like you have been. I'm scared of rushing into anything now. I've only had one relationship since I had Ella and when it ended, she was hurt more than me because she didn't understand that she wasn't why Sam left."
Walking around the table to give Addison a hug, Alex replied, "I promise to not hurt you, or Ella, or our baby. I'm in this for good, even it's just to be a father to our baby. I have to go. Robbins has me checking on a patient every half hour."
Twenty minutes later, Addison had given up her hiding place in the conference room as she searched the hospital for Mark, finally finding him in the hospital daycare with Sofia. Seeing him through the glass, Addison opened the door and made her way to the corner he was sitting in with his daughter in his lap.
"Do you have any idea how hard you are to find in this hospital, Mark?" Addison asked, startling him because he hadn't seen or heard her walk up.
"Lexie's in surgery right now, so I thought I'd come see how Sofia's doing. She had a bit of a cold the past few days. What's going on?"
"I know tomorrow is Thursday, which means it's your night with Ella, but I was wondering if you would switch Thursday for Friday this week? You'd have her both Friday and Saturday, then," pointed out Addison as she took a seat on the floor next to Mark and began to stroke Sofia's arm as she began to fall asleep.
Sighing, Mark asked, "Sure, that's fine with me. Why do you need to switch nights?"
"I told Alex that I wasn't looking for a relationship right now; that I didn't want to hurt Ella if it didn't work out. He hasn't talked to me in two weeks because of it. He's off tomorrow and he asked if he could pick Ella up from school and pick up dinner for us as a way to make it up to me."
"He's really not the ass he used to be. Just remind him that if he hurts you or Ella, I'm gonna hurt him," stated Mark. He made his feelings about Alex being with Addison known every chance he got. He was fine with them being together, but if anything happened, he had promised to beat the crap out of Alex.
Putting Sofia in one of the cribs in the daycare, Mark and Addison left her sleeping and made their way back to the surgical floor.
That evening, Addison was able to leave the hospital in time to have dinner with Ella and let the nanny leave early. During dinner, Addison told Ella that Alex was going to pick her up from school the next day and take her to the park before having dinner with them. Ella was overjoyed by this news and spent the night asking Addison about why she hadn't seen Alex lately.