One Moment 5
One Moment 5
When Addison’s page went off she had been so intent on listening to Miranda tell her about the odd episodes she had witnessed of Izzie talking to the air over the past couple weeks she jumped and spilt both hers and Miranda’s coffee. Looking at the pager she saw it was for Izzie. Giving a quick apology to Miranda and shaking what coffee off herself she could, she hurried up the stairs and down the hall to Izzie’s room. Expecting to see Derek or at least an intern with Izzie, she was a tad shocked to find Izzie alone. Addison could only stop and stare at what was before her. Sitting up in the hospital bed with her hair askew, skin pale and streaked from tears, there Izzie was, giving her a shy crooked smile, it was the most beautiful thing Addison had seen in long time.
“Hi Dr. Montgomery, thank you for catching me, twice even, when I passed out” It was just a hushed whisper that Addison had to strain to hear coming from Izzie, “I don’t know what came over me and I’m sorry that was how you first got to see me, I have just been so tired lately and…” Addison silenced Izzie with the touch of her fingers to the residents lips. “First off, no more Dr. Montgomery, please call me Addison. Secondly, we will find out if it was just fatigue that caused you to pass out or not with your test results” Even as she spoke the words to the young resident Addison prayed that the tests wouldn’t reveal anything else. “ And last but not least, you don’t have to thank me for catching you Isobel Stevens. I want nothing more than you in my arms.” Fresh tears started to shine in Izzie’s eyes and as Addison went to wipe them away they were startled by a knock at the door.
“Sorry to interrupt ladies,” Derek entered the room with a confused look at the sight before him. “I thought you would want to know how the tests came back. You are going to be fine Izzie, just get a little rest and try to eat a bit more. From what I can see you are just completely run down. I would like to keep you here overnight just for observation. I would send you home, but both Meredith and I are working tonight and I don’t think you want to be left with Karev.” “Please Dr, Shepard let me go home, I will be fine, and I promise I will eat and stay in bed. I don’t want to stay here, please?” Izzie pleaded with Derek looking from him to Addison for help. Seeing that Derek wasn’t going to let Izzie go home alone Addison stepped in, “ What if she comes home with me for tonight? I don’t have anything more here until tomorrow, so I can watch over her for the night. If that is acceptable to you Dr. Stevens?” Watching the smile that lit up the resident’s face, Derek couldn’t help but laugh and shrug his shoulders in response, “Okay, you go with Dr. Montgomery, but you need to rest Izzie.” At Izzie’s nod of acceptance Derek began filling out the discharge paperwork, “Dr. Montgomery, could you walk me to the nurse’s station? I would like to go over a few things with you before you leave.” Addison knew she didn’t need to be told how to take care of a patient, so this could only be one thing, questions from Derek about her return to Seattle, and what he had just walked in on.
As Addison joined Derek in the hall she cut him off before he could even start, “ I am here because I missed this place. I am helping her because she is my friend, and that is what friends do right?” She should have known this wouldn’t fool her ex-husband, but Addison didn’t want everyone to know her feelings for the resident until she knew if Izzie returned those feelings. “Friends Addie? Since when have you and Stevens been friends?” “Look Derek, I am trying something new this time. I have always enjoyed Izzie, and I figure there should be no issue with our being friends, since you are living with a bunch of residents yourself I hear. Now please, may I have her discharge papers so I can get her out of here, feed her, and into a more comfortable bed?” “Fine Addie, here you go.” Taking the papers away from Derek, Addison turned to go back into Izzie’s room only to then hear over her shoulder, “ Hey Addie, did you get a hotel room with two beds this time?” This caused Addison to blush, she hadn‘t even thought about that, so she didn’t respond and just continued her way back to Izzie with the sound of Derek’s laughter behind her.
After a quick stop at Meredith’s house so Izzie could pick up a few things, they were on their way to Addison’s hotel. Both women were quiet, Izzie still a little weary from earlier and Addison lost in thought about the sleeping arraignments. She knew all she wanted was to hold the young resident throughout the night, but what would Izzie want? Maybe she should just plan on sleeping on the couch and let Izzie have the bed to herself? ’This is crazy, its like I am 12 again with my first crush’ the attending thought to herself. When they got to the hotel, Addison led Izzie to the elevator, “Would you like to get something to eat in the dining room or order up to the room? Either is fine with me Izzie, as long as you eat.” “Can we just order in? I really don’t feel much like being out tonight, I would rather just be with you, I have missed you Addison.” As the words were spoken, Izzie had taken Addison’s hand in her own causing the older woman to look down at their entwined hands and then into Izzie’s eyes. The love she saw in those eyes was the same she had seen that night in the entryway years ago, and just as on that night she was powerless to stop her hand from touching the silken blond hair. This night though it was Izzie who first traced her fingers along Addison’s lips, feeling their softness, hearing Addison’s breathing deepen, Izzie closed the small gap between them and kissed Addison as if no time had passed between them. Silken tongues traced the others lips demanding entry, hands found their ways into both red and blond hair alike, and just as Izzie managed to get Addison against the elevator wall…Ding, the elevator came to a stop to allow other patrons on. Separating as quickly as possible each woman took a different side of the elevator, each one breathing raggedly, but each one smiling at the other as they waited to reach Addison’s floor….TBC
When Addison’s page went off she had been so intent on listening to Miranda tell her about the odd episodes she had witnessed of Izzie talking to the air over the past couple weeks she jumped and spilt both hers and Miranda’s coffee. Looking at the pager she saw it was for Izzie. Giving a quick apology to Miranda and shaking what coffee off herself she could, she hurried up the stairs and down the hall to Izzie’s room. Expecting to see Derek or at least an intern with Izzie, she was a tad shocked to find Izzie alone. Addison could only stop and stare at what was before her. Sitting up in the hospital bed with her hair askew, skin pale and streaked from tears, there Izzie was, giving her a shy crooked smile, it was the most beautiful thing Addison had seen in long time.
“Hi Dr. Montgomery, thank you for catching me, twice even, when I passed out” It was just a hushed whisper that Addison had to strain to hear coming from Izzie, “I don’t know what came over me and I’m sorry that was how you first got to see me, I have just been so tired lately and…” Addison silenced Izzie with the touch of her fingers to the residents lips. “First off, no more Dr. Montgomery, please call me Addison. Secondly, we will find out if it was just fatigue that caused you to pass out or not with your test results” Even as she spoke the words to the young resident Addison prayed that the tests wouldn’t reveal anything else. “ And last but not least, you don’t have to thank me for catching you Isobel Stevens. I want nothing more than you in my arms.” Fresh tears started to shine in Izzie’s eyes and as Addison went to wipe them away they were startled by a knock at the door.
“Sorry to interrupt ladies,” Derek entered the room with a confused look at the sight before him. “I thought you would want to know how the tests came back. You are going to be fine Izzie, just get a little rest and try to eat a bit more. From what I can see you are just completely run down. I would like to keep you here overnight just for observation. I would send you home, but both Meredith and I are working tonight and I don’t think you want to be left with Karev.” “Please Dr, Shepard let me go home, I will be fine, and I promise I will eat and stay in bed. I don’t want to stay here, please?” Izzie pleaded with Derek looking from him to Addison for help. Seeing that Derek wasn’t going to let Izzie go home alone Addison stepped in, “ What if she comes home with me for tonight? I don’t have anything more here until tomorrow, so I can watch over her for the night. If that is acceptable to you Dr. Stevens?” Watching the smile that lit up the resident’s face, Derek couldn’t help but laugh and shrug his shoulders in response, “Okay, you go with Dr. Montgomery, but you need to rest Izzie.” At Izzie’s nod of acceptance Derek began filling out the discharge paperwork, “Dr. Montgomery, could you walk me to the nurse’s station? I would like to go over a few things with you before you leave.” Addison knew she didn’t need to be told how to take care of a patient, so this could only be one thing, questions from Derek about her return to Seattle, and what he had just walked in on.
As Addison joined Derek in the hall she cut him off before he could even start, “ I am here because I missed this place. I am helping her because she is my friend, and that is what friends do right?” She should have known this wouldn’t fool her ex-husband, but Addison didn’t want everyone to know her feelings for the resident until she knew if Izzie returned those feelings. “Friends Addie? Since when have you and Stevens been friends?” “Look Derek, I am trying something new this time. I have always enjoyed Izzie, and I figure there should be no issue with our being friends, since you are living with a bunch of residents yourself I hear. Now please, may I have her discharge papers so I can get her out of here, feed her, and into a more comfortable bed?” “Fine Addie, here you go.” Taking the papers away from Derek, Addison turned to go back into Izzie’s room only to then hear over her shoulder, “ Hey Addie, did you get a hotel room with two beds this time?” This caused Addison to blush, she hadn‘t even thought about that, so she didn’t respond and just continued her way back to Izzie with the sound of Derek’s laughter behind her.
After a quick stop at Meredith’s house so Izzie could pick up a few things, they were on their way to Addison’s hotel. Both women were quiet, Izzie still a little weary from earlier and Addison lost in thought about the sleeping arraignments. She knew all she wanted was to hold the young resident throughout the night, but what would Izzie want? Maybe she should just plan on sleeping on the couch and let Izzie have the bed to herself? ’This is crazy, its like I am 12 again with my first crush’ the attending thought to herself. When they got to the hotel, Addison led Izzie to the elevator, “Would you like to get something to eat in the dining room or order up to the room? Either is fine with me Izzie, as long as you eat.” “Can we just order in? I really don’t feel much like being out tonight, I would rather just be with you, I have missed you Addison.” As the words were spoken, Izzie had taken Addison’s hand in her own causing the older woman to look down at their entwined hands and then into Izzie’s eyes. The love she saw in those eyes was the same she had seen that night in the entryway years ago, and just as on that night she was powerless to stop her hand from touching the silken blond hair. This night though it was Izzie who first traced her fingers along Addison’s lips, feeling their softness, hearing Addison’s breathing deepen, Izzie closed the small gap between them and kissed Addison as if no time had passed between them. Silken tongues traced the others lips demanding entry, hands found their ways into both red and blond hair alike, and just as Izzie managed to get Addison against the elevator wall…Ding, the elevator came to a stop to allow other patrons on. Separating as quickly as possible each woman took a different side of the elevator, each one breathing raggedly, but each one smiling at the other as they waited to reach Addison’s floor….TBC