A/N: okay, so this is my first fanfiction ever. let me know what you think. i don't care if you think that it's the worst story you ever read or the best fic you've laid your eyes on. PLEASE give me some feedback. thank you. :.))
Disclaimer: "guess what!!! season 4 is airing on august 2 because i'm just that amazing." clearly i am not shonda rhimes, otherwise that would actually happen. :.\
Addison stepped off the ferry with a tear in her eye, the wind blowing her long red hair all around. The rings she had worn for eleven years had come off today and were now lying at the bottom of Elliot Bay. She couldn't believe she had thrown away the past eleven years of her life. She loved those years with Derek. Eleven birthdays, eleven Christmases, eleven wonderful years of marriage- no, wait make that nine. Nine birthdays, nine Christmases, and NINE wonderful years of marriage. The last two were...well, the last two years were filled with career success, which led to absence, and oh, yeah. Can't forget the adultery. Addison was still baffled at her own stupidity to "scratch the itch" with anyone other than Derek...especially with Mark, who happened to be Derek's best friend at the time. That was just plain idiotic. Addison sighed as she walked through the parking lot toward her car on this crisp, cloudy afternoon. No, make that freaking-pouring-rain-y afternoon! She screamed in her head as the tears started to run down her face faster. "Why didn't I bring the damn umbrella!?!" she screamed to no one as she got into her car. "Derek warned me to take an umbrella when I left the hospital, but NO! Stupid me has to ignore him! Why does he always have to be right!?!- Damn it!" she yelled as she turned the key- the car didn't start. She banged her fists on the steering wheel and then laid her hands on her hands and began to sob. She wished she could take everything back- the affair, the divorce, coming to Seattle- EVERYTHING. She sat and cried, and eventually became so tired she knew that, even if the car was running, she wasn't capable of driving. She sighed, got out of the car, and walked around to her trunk. She popped it open and found her small pillow and a blanket she kept there for emergencies. She closed the trunk and got back in the car. She threw the pillow and blanket into the back seat and locked the doors. Then, she crawled into the back seat and lay down. She though of how her life had changed since New York. She wondered if it was all part of God's master plan. If everything really did have a reason, then what was the reason behind her losing the man she one thought, maybe still thought, was the love of her life? Tears began to roll down her cheeks once again, and she began to fall asleep.
Okay, so not much happened in that chapter, but bear with me. the next few chapters get better. ;.))