This Vicious Cycle Chapter 21
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Actually I've been back a week now but I had to battle jetlag and the reality of turning a year older so I hid.
How are you kiddies? Did you miss this story?! Well, the good news about my hiatus is that I've written some chapters (actually I'm nearing the end). So once they have passed quality inspection, expect a barrage of updates. *grins*
I was in NYC and I can't help but think about Addek while I was walking through the city. Plot bunnies were having a field day in my head... but I'm not planning anything until TVC is done.
Anyway.... on to the update.
As usual I don't own GA and it's characters. Special thanks go out to Suz. :)
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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
Derek had tried all week to talk to his wife but Addison was ignoring him. Whenever he got the chance, she would make excuse after excuse of being busy or needing to see a patient. Or at times, Addison would just face him and bluntly say, “Now is not the time” and walk away, leaving him alone.
Derek was back to square one in his quest to make things right with his wife.
He was disappointed for the lost outcome of his efforts but Derek would not give up. He was now more determined to make Addison realize that their marriage was still worth fighting for. That his love for her was strong enough to overcome all the hurt they’ve put each other through. He just hoped that Addison felt the same way. Derek was sure she felt the same way the night of Richard’s birthday but since Meredith’s pregnancy scare, he felt Addison retreat and became doubtful again.
After getting shot down for what he thought was the 100th time that week, Derek took the opportunity to drag his wife inside a supply closet when she came out of a patient’s room.
“Derek, what the hell are you doing?” said an incensed Addison.
“Listen, just listen” Derek begged. “I love you, Addison and I’m so sorry for all the shit I’ve put you through. I know we were making progress before the incident with Meredith last week and I know that hurt but we will get past it. We will get past every hurt we have inflicted on each other. Last week had made you apprehensive again about us but I promise you, we’ll make it through. I’ll still be here. I’ll give you some breathing space to get over what happened but I’ll still be here. I will wait for you.” He placed a tender but lingering kiss on her forehead and whispered “I’ll wait” before leaving Addison to digest his words.
She stood there, head bowed and a tear slipped down her face.
~ x ~ x ~ x ~
When Derek entered the doctors’ lounge, he found his wife laughing heartily with Preston Burke. It was good to hear Addison laugh so freely but when she saw him enter, the laughter died on her lips. Burke just looked between the two Dr. Shepherds.
“Burke, Addison.” Derek greeted them as he poured some coffee to his cup.
“Shepherd” Burke answered back but Addison just nodded towards her husband.
A pager’s beeping noise disrupted the uncomfortable silence that fell in the room.
“It’s me” said Addison, rising up. “Excuse me, Preston.” She smiled at Burke before leaving the room.
“That was less… tensed” Burke remarked once Addison had left.
“Yeah, I guess. The death glares are gone and now it’s the silent treatment. I guess that’s progress.” Derek said, taking a seat opposite Burke.
“Seriously, Derek, how is it going between the two of you?”
“Things could be better” he confessed.
“I thought you were doing quite well before… you know.”
“Yeah, I thought so too. But last week had hurt Addison and made her doubt us again.”
“So, what’s the gameplan?”
“The gameplan is still the same. I’ll give her some space, some time to get all the anger and hurt out but I’ll still be here. I’ll still be by her side even if she lashes out. I’m not going anywhere.”
~ x ~ x ~ x ~
“Addison, I hope you didn’t mind I got you paged. We’re ready for rounds” said Miranda Bailey when she saw Addison approach.
“It’s okay, Miranda. Shall we?” replied Addison as she followed Bailey and all of her interns towards a patient’s room.
After the group had gathered around the patient, Bailey motioned for Karev to present. Addison looked over the patient’s chart.
“This is Sara Ross, 27 years old and 36 weeks pregnant. She was referred from Mercy West after some bleeding and showing signs of placenta previa.” Alex stated.
“Hello, Sara. I’m Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd. I’ll be taking over your case” Introduced Addison.
“They say you’re one of the best and you could help me and my baby.” Sara said.
“We’ll do everything to take care of you and the baby, Sara. Don’t worry, you’re in good hands.” Addison assured the patient. She faced Bailey’s interns and chose George to continue. “Dr. O’Malley, would you please explain to Sara, what we need to do.”
As George explained the next steps for Sara and the baby, the door to the adjoining bathroom opened and a man stepped out. He was 6’2” tall with dark hair and green eyes, wearing a white button down polo shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black jeans. The man oozed major sex appeal. Meredith, Cristina and Izzie’s attention shifted away from listening to George and stared subtly at the man. Bailey didn’t even acknowledge that there was another person in the room while Addison just listened to George explain and barely noticed the new addition.
“Thank you Dr. O’Malley. We’ll do a round of tests first Sara and then…” Addison started but she was cut off.
“Addison?!” the mystery man said.
Addison looked up at the direction of the voice and was shocked to see the face of someone from her past.
“Nathan!” she choked out, then a smile spread slowly on her face. Nathan reciprocated with a charming one of his own.
The two just stared at each other with smiles on their faces. Bailey, Sara and the interns just looked between the two.
Bailey then cleared her throat, “Um….doctor…,”
“Oh yeah. As I was saying, Sara, we’ll closely monitor you and do a round of tests then we’ll go from there” a flustered Addison said, breaking eye contact with Nathan. The man now stood nearer Sara and directly opposite Addison.
“You two know each other?” Sara asked, her hand going back and forth to Nathan and Addison.
“A long time ago” answered Nathan, the smile never disappearing from his face.
“Yeah, a long time ago” echoed Addison, returning Nathan’s smile. Then she looked from Sara to Nathan and realized something. Sara Ross, Nathan Ross. “Oh, congratulations!” she said sincerely but her smile dropped slightly.
“No!” exclaimed a wide eyed Nathan and shook his head. Addison had assumed the two of them were having a baby. “Sara is my sister. Remember?”
Sara, on the other hand, had her nose all wrinkled and expressed a loud “Eww…” which earned a few laughs from the doctors gathered.
“Oh…oh! Right. I’m so sorry.” Addison said, her smile lifting up a bit. She and Nathan resumed their staring.
Bailey cleared her throat once again and broke the moment. “Dr. Stevens, please prepare Sara’s tests.” Izzie nodded in acknowledgement.
“Yes…Sara, I’ll see you again when the results are back. Don’t you worry.” Addison said, recovering. She patted the young woman’s arm and turned to face Nathan. “We’ll take good care of them, Nate.”
“I’m sure you will, Addie.” He replied. The exchanges between the two were closely observed by the other people in the room like a good tennis match. Finally, Bailey motioned for them to get going and the doctors started to file out of the room.
“It’s good to see you, Addie. I hope we’d get a chance to catch up” Nathan called out before she got out.
“Yes, we should. I’ll come and find you.” Addison said as she walked out the room.
Bailey and Addison, with the interns in tow, were walking back towards the nurses’ station when the resident placed a light hand on her superior’s arm “There were some major staring going on there. You have some explaining to do, Addison.” She said under her breath.
Addison just looked at Bailey, smiled and continued walking.
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Don't panic, guys! ;)
Actually I've been back a week now but I had to battle jetlag and the reality of turning a year older so I hid.
How are you kiddies? Did you miss this story?! Well, the good news about my hiatus is that I've written some chapters (actually I'm nearing the end). So once they have passed quality inspection, expect a barrage of updates. *grins*
I was in NYC and I can't help but think about Addek while I was walking through the city. Plot bunnies were having a field day in my head... but I'm not planning anything until TVC is done.
Anyway.... on to the update.
As usual I don't own GA and it's characters. Special thanks go out to Suz. :)
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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
Derek had tried all week to talk to his wife but Addison was ignoring him. Whenever he got the chance, she would make excuse after excuse of being busy or needing to see a patient. Or at times, Addison would just face him and bluntly say, “Now is not the time” and walk away, leaving him alone.
Derek was back to square one in his quest to make things right with his wife.
He was disappointed for the lost outcome of his efforts but Derek would not give up. He was now more determined to make Addison realize that their marriage was still worth fighting for. That his love for her was strong enough to overcome all the hurt they’ve put each other through. He just hoped that Addison felt the same way. Derek was sure she felt the same way the night of Richard’s birthday but since Meredith’s pregnancy scare, he felt Addison retreat and became doubtful again.
After getting shot down for what he thought was the 100th time that week, Derek took the opportunity to drag his wife inside a supply closet when she came out of a patient’s room.
“Derek, what the hell are you doing?” said an incensed Addison.
“Listen, just listen” Derek begged. “I love you, Addison and I’m so sorry for all the shit I’ve put you through. I know we were making progress before the incident with Meredith last week and I know that hurt but we will get past it. We will get past every hurt we have inflicted on each other. Last week had made you apprehensive again about us but I promise you, we’ll make it through. I’ll still be here. I’ll give you some breathing space to get over what happened but I’ll still be here. I will wait for you.” He placed a tender but lingering kiss on her forehead and whispered “I’ll wait” before leaving Addison to digest his words.
She stood there, head bowed and a tear slipped down her face.
~ x ~ x ~ x ~
When Derek entered the doctors’ lounge, he found his wife laughing heartily with Preston Burke. It was good to hear Addison laugh so freely but when she saw him enter, the laughter died on her lips. Burke just looked between the two Dr. Shepherds.
“Burke, Addison.” Derek greeted them as he poured some coffee to his cup.
“Shepherd” Burke answered back but Addison just nodded towards her husband.
A pager’s beeping noise disrupted the uncomfortable silence that fell in the room.
“It’s me” said Addison, rising up. “Excuse me, Preston.” She smiled at Burke before leaving the room.
“That was less… tensed” Burke remarked once Addison had left.
“Yeah, I guess. The death glares are gone and now it’s the silent treatment. I guess that’s progress.” Derek said, taking a seat opposite Burke.
“Seriously, Derek, how is it going between the two of you?”
“Things could be better” he confessed.
“I thought you were doing quite well before… you know.”
“Yeah, I thought so too. But last week had hurt Addison and made her doubt us again.”
“So, what’s the gameplan?”
“The gameplan is still the same. I’ll give her some space, some time to get all the anger and hurt out but I’ll still be here. I’ll still be by her side even if she lashes out. I’m not going anywhere.”
~ x ~ x ~ x ~
“Addison, I hope you didn’t mind I got you paged. We’re ready for rounds” said Miranda Bailey when she saw Addison approach.
“It’s okay, Miranda. Shall we?” replied Addison as she followed Bailey and all of her interns towards a patient’s room.
After the group had gathered around the patient, Bailey motioned for Karev to present. Addison looked over the patient’s chart.
“This is Sara Ross, 27 years old and 36 weeks pregnant. She was referred from Mercy West after some bleeding and showing signs of placenta previa.” Alex stated.
“Hello, Sara. I’m Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd. I’ll be taking over your case” Introduced Addison.
“They say you’re one of the best and you could help me and my baby.” Sara said.
“We’ll do everything to take care of you and the baby, Sara. Don’t worry, you’re in good hands.” Addison assured the patient. She faced Bailey’s interns and chose George to continue. “Dr. O’Malley, would you please explain to Sara, what we need to do.”
As George explained the next steps for Sara and the baby, the door to the adjoining bathroom opened and a man stepped out. He was 6’2” tall with dark hair and green eyes, wearing a white button down polo shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black jeans. The man oozed major sex appeal. Meredith, Cristina and Izzie’s attention shifted away from listening to George and stared subtly at the man. Bailey didn’t even acknowledge that there was another person in the room while Addison just listened to George explain and barely noticed the new addition.
“Thank you Dr. O’Malley. We’ll do a round of tests first Sara and then…” Addison started but she was cut off.
“Addison?!” the mystery man said.
Addison looked up at the direction of the voice and was shocked to see the face of someone from her past.
“Nathan!” she choked out, then a smile spread slowly on her face. Nathan reciprocated with a charming one of his own.
The two just stared at each other with smiles on their faces. Bailey, Sara and the interns just looked between the two.
Bailey then cleared her throat, “Um….doctor…,”
“Oh yeah. As I was saying, Sara, we’ll closely monitor you and do a round of tests then we’ll go from there” a flustered Addison said, breaking eye contact with Nathan. The man now stood nearer Sara and directly opposite Addison.
“You two know each other?” Sara asked, her hand going back and forth to Nathan and Addison.
“A long time ago” answered Nathan, the smile never disappearing from his face.
“Yeah, a long time ago” echoed Addison, returning Nathan’s smile. Then she looked from Sara to Nathan and realized something. Sara Ross, Nathan Ross. “Oh, congratulations!” she said sincerely but her smile dropped slightly.
“No!” exclaimed a wide eyed Nathan and shook his head. Addison had assumed the two of them were having a baby. “Sara is my sister. Remember?”
Sara, on the other hand, had her nose all wrinkled and expressed a loud “Eww…” which earned a few laughs from the doctors gathered.
“Oh…oh! Right. I’m so sorry.” Addison said, her smile lifting up a bit. She and Nathan resumed their staring.
Bailey cleared her throat once again and broke the moment. “Dr. Stevens, please prepare Sara’s tests.” Izzie nodded in acknowledgement.
“Yes…Sara, I’ll see you again when the results are back. Don’t you worry.” Addison said, recovering. She patted the young woman’s arm and turned to face Nathan. “We’ll take good care of them, Nate.”
“I’m sure you will, Addie.” He replied. The exchanges between the two were closely observed by the other people in the room like a good tennis match. Finally, Bailey motioned for them to get going and the doctors started to file out of the room.
“It’s good to see you, Addie. I hope we’d get a chance to catch up” Nathan called out before she got out.
“Yes, we should. I’ll come and find you.” Addison said as she walked out the room.
Bailey and Addison, with the interns in tow, were walking back towards the nurses’ station when the resident placed a light hand on her superior’s arm “There were some major staring going on there. You have some explaining to do, Addison.” She said under her breath.
Addison just looked at Bailey, smiled and continued walking.
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Don't panic, guys! ;)