Author's Note: Obviously, I don't own Grey's Anatomy or anything like that. This story is set at the end of Season 3 and beginning of Season 4. Addison never moved to LA. The title is based on the song "Falling is Like This"by Ani DiFranco. I'm hoping to have another chapter posted tomorrow, but I'm going camping this weekend and won't be able to write or post while I'm gone. Anyways, enjoy & let me know what you think.
"Addison, I can't help you with getting pregnant," Naomi told her best friend after looking over her test results from earlier in the day.
"What do you mean, you can't help me get pregnant? Just tell me why, or let me see my chart," demanded the tall red head.
Sighing, Naomi passed her the folder. "I can't help you get pregnant because you're already pregnant. Why didn't you mention earlier that there was a chance that you could be?"
Addison sunk back into the couch, resting her head in her hands. Her mind was racing as she thought of what she was going to do. She was pregnant with Alex Karev's baby. She couldn't believe her luck, sleep with him once and end up pregnant. "I didn't give it a thought that I could be pregnant. It was a onetime thing, in an on-call room. He doesn't want kids. I don't know what I'm going to do."
Naomi moved to give her friend a hug. "Is it Mark's baby again? Twice in a year would be pretty remarkable."
"No, it's not Mark again. It's my intern. We've been working on this Jane Doe patient from the ferry accident. He was getting really close to her and I chewed him out for getting too close to a patient. Next thing I knew, we were in the on-call room. I left a week later. I can't be more than two weeks pregnant. What am I gonna do, Nae?"
"You came here to get a baby, so you're gonna keep it. Whether you tell him it's his or not is up to you. You can just tell everyone that you came for help getting pregnant and now you are. I'm gonna head home soon. Are you coming with me or do you need some time to yourself?"
"I'll come. I think I'm gonna head back to Seattle in the morning. You've helped me with what I needed, but I told the Chief I wouldn't be gone too long," Addison explained as she picked up her purse from the end of the couch.
A week after returning to Seattle, Addison and Callie were having lunch together. Ever since she left LA, Addison had been in a bit of a daze, so she wasn't paying attention to whatever Callie was rambling about today. All she heard was, "Hey, are you okay? You seem kind of out of it lately."
"What?" Addison snapped back to the present moment, she had been thinking about the fact that she was pregnant with Alex Karev's baby.
"It's all about Addison," teased Callie.
"I'm pregnant," she stated.
"It really is all about you. Spill. I want details," whatever Callie had been talking about suddenly wasn't so important.
Addison pushed around the food on her plate and took a drink before giving Callie the story she had decided she was going to use. "As you know, I went to visit my friend Naomi in LA. She's a fertility specialist. I went because I decided I want to have a baby. I picked a donor and we did everything right away. I had to wait to take a test until this morning. I did and I'm pregnant. I'm kinda in shock that it worked."
"Wow. You're pregnant. So you're gonna tackle parenthood by yourself. Have you figured out when you're due yet?"
Addison paused for a moment, acting like she was calculating it out. "The beginning of February, I think." She knew it was actually closer to the end of January, but she didn't want her friend to figure out that she was actually pregnant before she took her vacation.
Suddenly, Addison's pager went off. As she checked it, she started to leave the table. Turning back, she asked her friend, "Please don't tell anyone about this yet? It's still early and I don't know what could happen."
Callie nodded and turned back to her almost untouched food.