AN: Like I said before, I'm not sure how many chapters this story will have but it's not over yet. I also may do a second story to this one too, but I'm not sure since this one isn't over yet. All I can promise is just some very BAMF moments from Addison and Charlotte, as always. ; ) I also have an interesting beginning for ya...maybe it's foreshadowing or maybe it's not. The beginning of this chapter is also rated M too, just warning ya. Hehe. Here's chapter 9!

Chapter 9

Charlotte's POV:

If there's anything that I've learned in my thirty two years of life, it's that life is strange. Life is tough. Life is full of all sorts of twists, turns and unexpected drops. It's full of surprises...it's full of shocks...it's full of things that you can never expect to happen. You can never truly know what each day is going to bring to the table. That's the scariest thing. Yet, at the same time, if we knew everything that would happen, how would we live our life then? It would be totally different.
Life's also full of choices. You usually have to choose one or the other; the one that is best for you...and the one that is wrong for you. That's usually how it is...but how could it come to this? I never saw it coming.

There I was, standing out in an open space, awaiting my doom, in a sense. Two people stand before me; one person that essentially betrayed me and another that has stolen my heart. I had to choose. I had to choose the right one. The stupid thing was that I wasn't sure who to choose, and I should know who to choose. It's an obvious answer to someone else, but to me...it was the hardest decision I ever had to make. What could I possibly do?

Two pairs of blue eyes stare me down. Their gazes burn holes into my skin. I had to make one decision; one simple decision. So why was I so confused? It shouldn't be this hard.

"You know you belong with me, Charlotte...you know you do. Who are you trying to kid?" His deep voice pulls me out of my thoughts and my gaze meets his. I used to love this person more than anything in the world. Did I still love him?

"It's not that easy..." I say in an unsure voice, my southern drawl echoing so that everyone can hear.

"Why not?" His piercing eyes are trying to pull me in. I'm trying to hold back but I don't know how much longer I can resist it.

"Because...you left me...you betrayed me..." My voice comes out in a barely audible whisper. "How can I ever trust you again?"

He doesn't say anything else. He just looks at me with those blue eyes. I quickly stare at the ground to avoid that stare of his.

"Charlotte..." I look up when I hear that soothing voice; the voice of an angel. "Don't do this...you're making the wrong choice..."

"You don't understand." I tell her honestly. "You don't get it."

"Yes...I do. I know more than you think...and I know what you're thinking right now. Stop it, Charlotte. Before you destroy yourself." She pleads to me. She was trying to save me from the disaster I was about to get myself into. I don't say anything back to her. Whatever I was going to say evaporated into the rest of the thoughts pinballing around in my mind.

I was stuck. How could I choose between a person I once loved and will probably always love...and a person that changed my life for the better and the one that I loved right now? Maybe I was blind...or maybe the decision really was that difficult to make.

"Who is it going to be?" Says the man with those blue eyes that made me want more and more. He was like a disease...but a disease that you never wanted to run away from, even if it would end up killing you in the end.

"Who are you going to choose?" Says the woman with the voice of silk. She was like a savior to me. She came into my life when no one else was there.

The choice that I should make seems obvious, doesn't it? Yet, it's not obvious to me.

They hold out their hands towards me. One choice would save me, and one would destroy me. How could I ever know which one was right? That's the bad thing about life. You never really know. You make your decisions, hoping they're the right ones, and if they're not, you just have to deal with it.

I look back to see the ground behind me was slowly crumbling. Time was running out. I have no choice but to take a step forward; a step towards my fate. I extend out my hand. Then and there, I make my choice. Unfortunately, it was the wrong one. The ground crumbles beneath my feet. I am left hanging on for dear life, with no one to pull me back up again. Where did I go wrong? I am greeted by the angel with the blue eyes. I smile up at her. "Help me...please."

No smile covers her face. She only looks at me with a face of disgust. "I can't help you anymore...you made your choice, and now you'll die with it..."

My smile fades just as my hands let go and I begin to fall. No one was there at the bottom to catch me. I was going to die, knowing I made the wrong decision. I should have known better. There was nothing else left to do than to await my doom that was quickly approaching me.

My eyes burst open widely and I let out a loud gasp. I am breathing heavily as I look around the room. I hear the calm and serene sound of the nearby ocean from outside. The bright light from the emerging sun is shining upon my face. I swallow hard. I am okay. It was just a dream. A horrible dream. I think to myself as I wipe a bead of sweat from my forehead. More like a nightmare. I correct myself as I sit up carefully in the bed. I rub my eyes slowly and look down at the sleeping beauty in the bed beside me. Addison is still asleep. I am glad that I didn't wake her up.

This is the third time this week that I am having disturbing dreams like this. I have no idea why but I didn't like them one bit. One, because these dreams messed with my sleep, and I needed all of the sleep I could possibly get. And two, I hated nightmares. Especially when it was of the nature like the dream I had a few moments ago. What is up with me? Why am I dreamin' about my ex-husband when I have a lovin' girlfriend beside me? I wasn't sure if I wanted to know the answer.

"Mhmmmmmm..." I hear come out of Addison's mouth and I look down at her to see her with a look of pleasure upon her face. I raise an eyebrow and grin slightly. While I am having messed up dreams, Addison is having wet dreams. Why couldn't I have nice dreams like that instead? She lets out a soft moan and grips the sheets in her sleep. Much like me, she ends up being thrown out of her dream.

Her eyes open up quickly and I am greeted with a coy smile. "Oh...Char...what are you doing up this early? It's six in the morning."

"Oh...you know me...I have to be up when the sun rises." I grin at her. "That must've been one interestin' dream you had there, huh?"

"You...you saw that?" Addison asks surprisingly.

I nod in agreement. "Yep! ...And it better have been me givin' you that pleasure too or else..."

"No...no, it wasn't you at all actually..." She replies with a straight face. I grab my pillow with a huff and start hitting her with it. "Hey, hey! I'm kidding, Charlotte! Ow, stop!" She giggles softly as she smiles up at me. "It was you!"

"Good!" I smirk at her and shake my head as I put my pillow back and lay back down on my side.

Addison grins at me. "It was good too...but I've had better..." She winks at me.

"Oh...have you now?" She nods softly while still grinning. "Well, I guess I'm goin' to have to prove you wrong, huh?" I grin at her playfully now.

"That's what I was hoping, anyway...I didn't have enough of you last night, and we're up too early. We don't have to be at work until nine." Addison bites her bottom lip seductively.

I can't help but laugh loudly. "What's with you and this early mornin' wake up sex lately?"

Addison tilts her head and gives me her best "wtf" look. "Psh, okay, like you don't like it as much as I do."

I shake my head. "No...I don't like it...I love it. There's a difference." I correct her.

She slaps me lightly on the arm. "Oh, you dirty animal, you."

I grin as I lick my lips as I move to hover above her. "At your service, baby doll." I pin down her arms to the bed and run my tongue across my teeth. I love early morning sex. It makes my days so much better. I lean down and kiss my girlfriend deeply on the lips. I slowly slip my tongue inside of her mouth and let her tongue swirl around mine. I unpin Addison's arms from the bed as I slip off her tank top, just as she slips off my t-shirt. Even though we were intimate the previous night, I always ache for skin-on-skin contact with Addison. But can anyone blame me? Addison is one hot woman, after all, so it is expected that I would want to do very naughty things with her every minute of every given day. Her perky nipples come in contact with mine as I continue to kiss her passionately. Her warm hands glide down my back and she squeezes my bottom. I feel her fingers making their way into the material of my shorts and thong and I feel it being ripped off of me. She even makes it easier for us both when she works off the rest of her clothes. Now, not a single thing remained between us.

I run my hand through her curly and messy red hair as I take my other hand and run it over her voluptuous breasts. She lets out a soft moan in return and I still kiss her deeply. I pull back, looking into her piercing pools of blue as I plant hot kisses down her neck and kiss along her collarbone. I sit up more now as I lean down and let my tongue glide across her nipples and breasts. I bite them teasingly and that earns me another moan. I smile proudly. "You like that, huh?"

"Oh yes...keep going...please..." Addison urges me on, as if she thought I was going to stop anytime soon.

I ease myself off of my girlfriend and sit down on the bed. I pat my thighs and grin at her. "Take a seat here, darlin'..." She listens as she sits up and straddles my hips. "Good girl." I run my fingers teasingly up and down her folds, only to find out she was already very much turned on...but that didn't surprise me. Addison spreads her legs wide across mine as I easily slip my index and middle finger inside of her. I move them slowly at first, just to tease her, but then, I show her that I mean business when I speed up the motion. I pull her face down to mine as I begin to kiss her passionately once again and continue the pumping action. Our tongues mingle together and she moans loudly into my mouth.

"Oh...baby...faster!" We were going out for a little over six months now but we already had pet names for each other, but we always called each other these kinds of things during sex. I do as she pleases as I speed up my fingers and curl them inside of her. "Yes...yes, Charlotte, yes!" I really felt bad for Addison's neighbors sometimes...Amelia and Sam being two of them. We were so damn loud...every time we had sex. They probably wanted to kill us both. She begins to move herself up and down against my fingers. I suppress a moan myself. It turned me on to see another person so aroused.

It wouldn't be too long before I would have her succumbing to her own arousal, if you know what I'm saying. I add a third finger inside just because I could and move them as fast as possible. She pulls back from my kiss and leans down to arch her back. I could feel her muscles tightening around my fingers.

A moment later, I am greeted by a loud, screaming orgasm from Addison. "Ohhhhh Charrrrrrrlotte!"

I lick my lips when I watch Addison panting sharply. When I can finally remove my fingers, I do so and I slip them inside of my mouth. "Mhm...that's good..." Addison even takes my hand and licks my fingers as well. Yeah, we were pretty kinky but it didn't bother us. That's what happens when two sex animals like us are in a relationship.

"Ohh...thank you, baby...that was amazing..." Addison whispers to me while smiling.

"You're welcome." I lean down and kiss her deeply. I slip out from beneath her and stand up. "I would love to go another round or two but...I have a hospital to run and you have babies to deliver..." If it came down to it, the two of us would probably never leave bed if we didn't have to.

Addison nods. "I know we do." She sits up and swings her legs off the bed. "You can shower first, and I'll make us some coffee."

I smile gratefully. "Okay!" I head out of the bedroom and into the shower. I start the water and begin to scrub my hair with shampoo. I spent almost every night at Addison's or vice-versa since we got together, but I still haven't moved in with her. That was kind of a big move for me, and I was afraid to ask Addison about it. Although, I did wait a while until I moved in with Cooper. I let out a frustrated exhale. There he was again. My ex-husband was sneaking into my thoughts again. I didn't like it. I scrub my head harder and let the water wash it all away.

I take a few more minutes so I can wash my body and shave. I am about to step out of the shower when the shower curtain is opened up by Addison. Without an invitation, she steps into the shower with me. "Hey, who said I wanted you in here?"

She grins at me and winks playfully. "Yeah, right, like you don't want me in here!" I shake my head and I stick a foot out of the shower to leave when I am pulled back in. "Hey, where do you think you're going? You might've gotten your sugar this morning, but I didn't get mine!"

I guess we are goin' to have a second round after all. I am pushed up against the wall of the shower as the warm water pours down over us. Addison sticks her wet body against mine as she runs her hands along my body. She kneels down in the shower and I knew what she was planning. I let out a content sigh and lean against the wall as my legs are pushed open excitedly by Addison. I already felt like I was dripping wet from the arousal. My eyes roll back when I feel her tongue glide up and down my folds. I instantly let out a moan and pull on her wet hair gently. When she makes her way into me even deeper, I can't control myself. I am letting out a chorus of moans and curses as I look down and watch her moaning and pleasuring me. I loved what this woman could do with her tongue. It was so worth it. She moves her tongue faster and I could already feel my climax approaching rapidly. "Oh, Addison, I'm gonna..." My words are replaced by a loud orgasm; louder than Addison's before. "Addison!" I scream as loud as I can as my juices pour out of me. I pant heavily when I feel her licking me clean. She slowly stands up and kisses me, allowing me to taste myself. I sigh happily and grin at her. What a perfect way to start a mornin', right?

"Oh, that was so good." Addison returns a grin and winks. "Now, you can go!"

Addison and I finish showering and getting ready. About an hour and a half later, we are driving off to the Practice. We enter the building and head up to the fourth floor. We stand in the elevator in silence and exchange a few smiles to each other; a few dirty smiles. "So...do you wanna have a third round in my office before any of our patients come in?" I ask my girlfriend with a grin.

Addison grins back at me. "Oh...you would suggest that, Charlotte!" She leans over close to me, licks her lips and kisses me deeply.. "I'll think about it...and I'll get back to you."

We walk to the front desk and look at our messages. "Well...you know where to find me..." I say playfully to Addison and I am about to walk away when I see someone approaching. My smile drops when I see who it is.

It is Cooper. My ex-husband. The man that I haven't talked to in nearly a year was heading straight toward me. I look down at my messages. He'll just walk by. Why would he even talk to me? I look up, hoping that he would've changed his direction, but he doesn't. He looks like he was really inspecting me at that moment; inspecting me and Addison.

I move away from Addison slightly and she looks back at me with a playful smirk because of my previous comment. She notices my uncomfortableness. She looks at me curiously. "Charlotte...is everything okay?" The redhead follows my gaze and sees Cooper. She smiles at him. "Morning Coop!"

How could my girlfriend be pleasant to someone that hurt me in the past? It made me sick. Cooper walks toward us with a friendly smile. I force out a smile. Anyone with eyes could tell that it was a fake one. "Morning Addison!" He smiles at me. The first smile that he's given me in months. "Charlotte."

I stare at him with cold, absent eyes. "Cooper."

"What's up?" Addison still acts amiably towards him.

"Nothing...I just wanted to talk to Charlotte about something." He tells us and I raise my eyebrows. "But I can see that you and Charlotte are in the middle of something so maybe I should-"

"No, it's okay. I have a patient soon anyway." Addison tells him and smiles at me. "I'll see you later then." She tells me in a plain, amiable voice. None of her usually dirty undertones were present. I nod and act professional.

She turns on her heels, picks up her files and heads to her office. I watch her walk into her office and close the door. Only then do I turn my head around to face Cooper. "So...you needed to talk about somethin'?"

"Yeah...it's about work." Cooper answers me and it doesn't surprise me. That's what it always was about. I was glad though. I didn't really want to make small talk with him anyway.

"Fine...what about it?" I reply back quickly.

"I'd feel more comfortable if we talked about it in your office..." He explains to me.

I let out a huff as I pick up my own folders and head off to my office. I don't check to see if he's following me but sure enough, he is. I walk in, take a seat at my desk and watch Cooper close the door behind himself. "Was it really necessary to close the door?"

"Yes, it was." Something was off about him. Not that I paid attention to him for the past few months anyway but he was...different. He seems nervous. "Oh Mother of God...did you kill one of your patients or somethin'? I don't need a damn lawsuit right now!"

"No! No, I didn't kill anyone..." Cooper walks farther into the office and sits down in one of the chairs facing my desk. "This actually isn't about work at all."

I tilt my head to the side and raise an eyebrow. "Excuse me? What the hell are you doin' in my office then? You know that I'm busy-"

"You're always busy, Charlotte. That will never change. You've proved that to me on occasion. So, of course I know." There's sadness in his blue eyes. I look down at my desk. That was a direct jab at me and the miscarriage that caused our divorce...and also because I didn't tell him I was pregnant until it happened. That wasn't the only reason but it was the biggest one. It was my fault...I obviously knew that, but I hated it when people rubbed it in my face.

I clench my jaw and glare at him. "No...you're not goin' to bring that up now...it's over..."

Cooper looks down for a minute then back up at me. "So...you and Addison...?"

My heart quickens in my chest. I swallow hard. Does Cooper know? How the hell did he find out? Questions like this full my mind. Calm down, Charlotte. Don't let him know that it's true. "What are you even talkin' about?"

"I overheard Amelia and Violet talking...I wanted to know if it was true..." Cooper watches my every move.

Amelia and Violet...really? It didn't surprise me. I should've known that I couldn't have trusted them...but they didn't tell Cooper directly. Still...someone I didn't want to know about it knew about it now. I had to make this convincing so he would leave. "Me...and Addison?" I hold in a laugh and finally let it out. "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard...really? That's hilarious!" I laugh again and shake my head. "Wow...really though? They said that?"

Cooper nods in agreement. "Yeah...they said that you two looked happy together..."

I try to keep my nervousness under control. "Well, Addison and I aren't together...but they get bonus points for makin' me laugh my ass off!" I grin slightly and look down at my files.

"I heard things in St. Ambrose about you and Addison...but I didn't know that it was true." Cooper says now and I look at him with a glare.

St. Ambrose? Oh no. "Cooper...no...I just told you...we're not together." I just wanted him to leave and never come back.

"It's not a big deal...if she makes you happy then-" Cooper starts to say and I had about enough.

I stand up from my chair and slam my hands down on my desk. "Cooper!" I glare and exhale sharply. "We...are not...together! Can you get that through your sick, pathetic lil' mind?!"

"Okay...then if you're not together...you must still love me." He says with a straight face and my jaw drops. I couldn't believe this.

"W-what?" My eyes widen as I shake my head. "No! What the hell is wrong with you, Cooper?!"

"It was just a simple question." He shrugs.

"It wasn't even a question. You're assumin' this." I correct him. "Who the hell do you think you are, Cooper? You walk into my office, actin' like everythin' is fine between us and you start askin' me 'bout my personal life. You're an ass."

"I know that, Charlotte...I really do." He stands up from the chair and starts to walk around my desk. "But I regret it...everything...you know, not talking to you for this long...I just thought...you hated me..." Cooper stares at the floor and I swallow nervously. He still loved me.

"What?" I didn't want to believe it. "No...of course I don't hate you, Cooper...I..." I didn't know what to say. Part of me still loved Cooper but how could I anymore? I love Addison. I couldn't tell him that though. "I can't anymore, Cooper. I can't. When we got divorced...I didn't think I'd make it through...but I did...and I moved on..." As I am saying all of this, he is moving closer to me. I look away. "Cooper...please...no...there's someone else..."

He is a few inches away from my face now, looking into my eyes curiously. "It's Addison...isn't it?" I want to tell him...but at the same time, I couldn't. I don't say anything. "Oh God...it is her..."

"Just...just shut up, okay?" I couldn't deny it any longer. It was killing me standing this close to Cooper because it made me think of everything that we used to have.

"Well...I'm happy for you then...Addison's sweet..." Cooper looks into my eyes. "But...if something happens...just know that I still love you, Charlotte...and that I'm sorry for everything..."

My heart was splitting into two pieces at that moment. My heart has only Addison's love inside of it now, but at the same time, my love for Cooper must've been buried deep down. It was coming to the surface now. My strong feelings for Addison were being conflicted. I had to stay in the present. I couldn't go back into the past.

My dream suddenly pops into my head. It finally made sense now. I don't want to believe it. I look up from the floor, and see that Cooper was leaning in to kiss me. No...no...I can't do this. I try to run away but my feet are planted firmly on the ground. All I can do is watch him getting closer and closer to me.

When his lips meet mine, I suddenly remember everything we went through together. I remember all of the great memories. His lips are firm on mine and I am about to kiss him back when I think of all the bad times...all of the pain he put me through, and how he left me alone to suffer through it by myself. Someone who truly loved me wouldn't do that to me. Then I think of Addison, and I immediately feel sick. I am with her and I'm lettin' my ex-husband kiss me. I am a cheater.

Suddenly, I hear my office door open. I expect it to be a worker with the file I asked for. I was wrong. I had no time to register anything. "I'm ready for a third round of hot, dirty sex with you, Dr. King-" I hear Addison's sultry voice. Cooper pulls back instantly and all I can do is stand there. I slowly turn my head towards Addison. Her playful smile quickly dissolves. "W-wow...just...wow...I can't even believe this..." I see tears build up in her eyes as she backs out of my office and leaves just as quickly as she arrives.

We both watch her leave and look at each other. I shake my head as I back away. "No...we're over, Cooper. We're in the past." I tell him simply. As much as I hoped Cooper and I would get back together about a year ago, I wasn't hoping for that now. I was living in the present...and my future was getting away. Cooper is my past...Addison is my future.

I run out of my office, leaving Cooper behind me and look down the hallways. I can't see Addison. My heart drops. I hear the ding of the elevator and see Addison getting on it. "No...Addison, wait! Please!" I sprint down the hall towards her. "Addison, come on!"

She wasn't going to stop the doors for me. She wasn't even looking in my direction. She stares at the floor and avoids my gaze. The look on her face pains me. It was the look of betrayal. Much like the face I had when Cooper pushed the divorce papers in front of me.

"Charlotte!" I hear Amelia call out behind me. "What happened? Why are you yelling?"

"It's a long story...but long story short, Addison hates me right now..." I look back to see her with a shocked expression. I knew that Addison was going to run away from me after that. I didn't know if she was going home, to St. Ambrose or hell, maybe even somewhere else, but I wasn't going to let her get away. "I need a ride...please, Amelia. I'll tell you on the way..." I tell her as I see Cooper standing in the background. I give him a slight glare.

Amelia follows my gaze and sees Cooper. Her eyes widen. "No...you didn't..." I don't even have to say the words and Amelia already knows what happened...that is why she's my best friend!

"I need to stop Addison!" The elevator doors open again and a few patients come into the lobby. I grab Amelia's arm roughly. "We need to go now!"

"Ow, oh my God!" She says loudly as we get into the elevator. "What the hell happened?"

I wait until the elevator doors are closed to even mutter it. "Cooper kissed me...Addison saw it..."

"Oh shit...Charlotte..." Amelia frowns. "What are you going to do?" I shake my head. I truly didn't know.

We get out of the elevator and go out to the Practice's parking lot. Just as I suspect, Addison's car is gone. "I hope you can drive fast, Amelia...if not...gimme your keys." I tell her forcefully.

I made a stupid decision letting Cooper kiss me. A very, very stupid decision. It was one that I could've stopped but I chose not to. I had a very big problem on my hands and I had no other choice but to fix it and make it right.

AN: Please don't kill me! Dx I didn't want to do this but I did. I needed to make this story more interesting. This isn't even the worst that's going to happen. I won't say what, but something big is coming. Thanks for reading! And why don't you gimme a review while you're down here, huh? ; ) .