He couldn’t help laughing at the thought, already shaking his head at her. “Are you drunk?” Addison was funny more often than not, and definitely inquisitive, but when she said things like this it was easy to assume there was something else at play. Of course it was possible she’d just had a good day or that she was happy to see him, but it was hard to imagine she’d thought up something like that with an entirely clear mind.

    He could have easily dismissed the idea altogether, but he didn’t want to. It made him happy. Happy because she loved him. Happy because he seemed to make her happy somehow. And when he thought about it, it was incredible. He’d always known her falling for him was pure luck, but even more so when he considered all the other people she could have chosen instead.

    “I’ve always known it was incredible,” he reminded. “In case you haven’t noticed, you’re kinda out of my league. Says a lot about your judgement if you think about it.” But even as he spoke his arms were winding around her waist so that he could pull her closer and press a soft, meaningful kiss to her lips. When he pulled back his eyes searched her face, his expression softening as he studied her. “I love you too,” he murmured quietly.

      Life had a funny way, Addison thought. She had to go through hell and back to find Alex, someone she thought she could never fall for when she had met him. But he had proven her wrong and now here they were, confessing their love to each other. Truth be told: She hadn´t thought she´d be able to fall this hard for anyone after losing Derek and Mark. Surely, they had both turned out to be assholes, but that didn´t mean that Addison hadn´t loved them and that they both hadn´t been big parts of her life.

    Now, with Alex by her side, however, she managed to be civilized around them, yeah even called them her friends. At least Mark. And she managed to be alright around Derek, because Alex was Meredith´s best friend and Addison did care for the other woman, probably even more than she cared for Derek at this point. 

“ You know, when I first met you, you were one of the most insufferable, awful person I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. Now? Look at you -- Head of Peds. ” A pleased look crossing her lips. He was her protege. Addison would be lying if she said she wasn’t proud of Alex Karev for all that he became -- the navy blue scrubs looked good on him, and seeing him as a full fledged surgeon... it made her proud. Passing him a cup of cocoa, she gently nudged him with her elbows.

“Heard you made buttholes for a living at some point.” though, she shouldn’t judge. After all, she delivered water births and hated each and every one of those. However, it didn’t change the fact that she could make fun of him. “Anyways, catch me up on things. It’s been a while since I’ve been here.”

      The day care at the hospital is practical. Absolutely. She didn´t NEED to worry about Henry and if she wanted to she could go see him whenever. Not that JJ did, she wanted him to know that it was normal for her to just pick him up after a long day. 

     But now that she stood in the door, watching him PLAY she could feel her eyes filling up with tears. He asked about his Dad a lot. He asked about Reid, too, and Penelope and even Emily. And JJ let them talk to him on the phone, but she rarely ever talked to them herself.

    Turning AWAY from the door, not wanting her son to see her cry, she accidentally collided with someone on the way.

    “Oh...I...sorry.” JJ managed, wiping at her eyes with the BACK of her sleeve before looking up to see who she had run into. “I didn´t meant to...I wasn´t looking. I´m sorry.”

          Having picked up a bag of his favorite chips Addison eventually FOUND Alex near the coffee cart. It was a shame he hadn´t gone into her specialty, he was GREAT with kids, and even babies, but she wasn´t going to force anyone to do anything. MAYBE nudge them into a direction, though.

        “Here.” She held the chips out, lips curved into a smile. “But don´t leave THESE in the Attending´s Lounge or Meredith will have them eaten faster than you can put your name on the board for a surgery.”

     Smiling to herself as she spotted him over by the side of the trailer JJ gave him a nod to indicate that she was going to be over in a minute. Most of the kids were playing, running around, with a few getting their faces painting and one or two already waiting as the bouncy castle was being set up.

    Pressing a kiss to Henry´s head she left him with Allie for a moment before making her way over to the trailer, opening the door and gesturing for him to come inside. Luckily everyone had been so busy with looking after their kids that nobody else had seen him coming. 

    Once the door was closed behind the JJ moved over to the bed and picked up the spiderman suit she had gotten especially for this occasion and held it out to him.

WHILE CARDIOTHORACICS WAS DELUCA’S CHOICE OF SPECIALITY, HE WAS ALWAYS ON THE PROWL FOR INTERESTING SURGERIES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. the word of a domino surgery had travelled through the grapevine like wildfire and deluca was keen to get on the case. unfortunately for him, so did every other junior resident. he saw them clamouring to bring dr. karev a coffee or offering to cover post-ops. he quietly waited for his chance. once the man seemed to have a moment alone he approached him. “ I’m no good at brown-nosing, but I have steady hands and I’m good with patients. and my first solo surgery was harvesting a kidney for a transplant. I’m just giving you all the facts instead of bringing you coffee. by the way you may not want to drink that I happen to know that that particular coffee cart has a thing against doctors, always spits in the cup. “