So I am still updating Starting Over, but I was hit with a plot bunny that will just not leave my head until I put it on paper and share it with the world. Here it goes…premise: it's an AU. Mark and Derek live in Seattle and work at SGH under Richard with Burke and Bailey. Interns will be in shortly, but haven't started yet in the timeline. That's all you get for now, so enjoy the first chapter, tell me what you think and if anything confuses you, and never forget two things: Addek is love, and reviews may as well be sugar on top of ice cream on top of chocolate cookies.

Seattle Grace

7:00 A.M.

Derek and Mark sat in opposing wheel chairs of the nearly bare surgical ward. They, like Bailey and Burke, had been on all night due to a serious car accident on the highway. 9 hours of surgeries, stitches, and espressos, they were finally getting a chance to sit and relax. Sleep would have been priority one, if not for Richard's meeting at 7:15.

"We should just quit. Quit, and sleep forever." Derek said, rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah, right. We can only fish so much. Let's face, our lives are our work." Mark replied, equally as drowsy.

"Look at you Mr. Rational. I figure with you missing that date with Sarah, Nicole, Heather, whatever her name was, would have made you much more onboard with my plan."

"There's always tonight." Mark said with a smirk, leaning back in his chair. Derek just laughed at his best friend. Mark had been the same way since college, and showed no signs of changing. Derek popped up on his back two wheels and began to roll towards Mark. They engaged in their typical time-killing wheel chair wars, until a hand yanked down firmly on each of their chairs. Both men looked up angry, a look which quickly changed to guilt.

"What are you two fools doing?" Bailey asked in her Nazi tone.

"Nothing. We weren't doing anything." Derek responded, stuttering a bit. Mark shot him a seriously? Look. Derek just shrugged: she was scary, even just as a resident.

"You're attending surgeons. Shouldn't you be doing something a little more productive with your time, like, saving a life!" Bailey shouted.

"Hey! We saved plenty of lives last night. We are just killing time before Richard's meeting, at which time we were both promised naps if we stayed awake the whole time, and were on time." Mark spoke confidently.

"For once. That would be a nice change. Get a meeting done on time for a while…" Bailey dragged off as she walked away to the nurses' station, murmuring about how so much talent was wasted on two pretty faced white boys. Mark looked at Derek, shrugging, causing Derek to break out in to laughter. Both men returned their chairs to their proper spots before joining Bailey and Burke at the station.

"Oh, the infamous Dr. Burke. Saw that bypass you performed at about 3 A.M.: very impressive work."

"Thank you. So I'm going to take a wild guess that Richard promised you two something also to actually attend this meeting.

"What makes you say that?" Mark asked, disbelieving.

"You're on time." Burke said definitively, walking away with a laughing Bailey. Mark and Derek just looked at each other.

"We're not that bad are we?" Derek asked.

"They're just exaggerating. We just work harder than them." Mark responded smugly. Derek laughed, patting Mark on the back as they made their way to the conference room to meet Richard.

Conference Room

7:15 A.M.

Small-talk filled the conference room of attendings and senior residents, all awaiting the arrival of the Chief to get the meeting started. Derek and Mark discussed weekend plans to catch the Seahawks vs. Jets game at Mark's place and fish a bit early on Sunday.

"Alright, let's get this meeting started. I know you're all tired, but I do want to first commend all of your efforts last night. We had an astounding survival rate, so pat all of yourselves on the back." A round of applause rang through the room.

"Now, getting down to business. First, our new batch of interns arrives in two weeks. You all know what that means."

"New meat." Mark chimed in, getting a round of laughter from the entire room. When everyone finally calmed down, Richard responded.

"Thank your Dr. Sloan. Glad you could come at all, and make your appearance known to boot. Anyway…" Mark's grin turned slightly embarrassed. Derek slapped Mark on the arm, still laughing to himself.

"Like I said our new interns. They are young, they are impressionable, they are bright, and they are going to screw up. Watch them. Guide them. Don't let them kill anyone! Are we clear?" A round of yes's filled the room. Richard nodded in approval.

"Thank you. Number two: we have are going to have a new attending visiting us for a few months. With Jenny going on maternity leave ahead of schedule, I called in some huge favors and as of Monday, Addison Montgomery will be joining our Seattle Grace Hospital staff as the head of our neonatal department." At the sound of her name, a buzz rang through the room. Addison was extremely well-known, published constantly, and had a reputation in the medical world to die for. For Mark and Derek though, there was a personal interest. At the sound of her name, they both sat up in their seats, looking at Richard, and then each other.

"How the hell did you wrangle to come to this hole in the wall?" Someone shouted from the back of the room. Laughter spread through the room. Mark and Derek remained shell shocked.

"I guess lack of sleep makes you all witty. Actually, Dr. Montgomery was my intern back in the day and is a personal friend. She was very in to the idea of coming to our "hole in the wall" as you have so effectively named it to help us out. To honor her arrival, we will be having another meeting Monday morning at 9:30 to introduce her. Be on time. That's all. Those who are off, get out of here. Everyone else, try and catch an hour or two. Those with the more competent residents, three or four. Answer all pages, or I will personally keep you up for another 24 hours."

The crowd eagerly cleared out of the room, vying for the best on call rooms to pass out in. Derek and Mark rose slower, hoping to catch Richard on their own.

"Oh good, I need to talk to the two of you."

"Chief, is Addison really coming?" Derek, asked, slightly shocked, slightly hopeful.

"Her plane arrives Sunday afternoon."

"Wow. I never thought we'd see her again, man." Mark said.

"Now, Addison requested that you two go pick her up at the airport. She says you 'owe her from saving your asses on the playground in 7th grade'." Both men smiled widely at the memory. It was how they first met Addison. "She didn't elaborate further, but I'm very curious so if one of you could…"

"Mark and I had been friends since preschool. Our parents were friends from college. One day, we were hanging out during lunch and these older kids were in, a very cliché fashion, picking on us." Richard audibly laughed at his star attendings getting picked on, to which Derek and Mark shot him a look.

"Sorry, continue."

"Anyway, Addison came over and kicked him in the stomach for being rude. And that's how we met her." Derek said admiringly, remembering everything detail from that day in his head.

"We became inseparable, the three of us. She was like no girl we had ever met before. We spent all of our time together just hanging out. In 11th grade, her dad got transferred to New York. We haven't seen her since." Mark finished up the story.

"Well, she certainly hasn't forgotten you two either. Her plane lands at 5:45 so do not be late. Is picking her up a problem for either of you?"

"No!" Both men eagerly responded, clearly thrilled at seeing their childhood best friend again. Richard was a bit astounded by their response. They rarely did anything outside the O.R. this enthusiastically.

"Good. Then I'll see the three of you, here, 9 A.M. sharp. I want to brief Addie beforehand and not overwhelm her by throwing her in front of our whole senior staff."

"No problem." Richard nodded at the men and left the room.

"Dude, can you believe this? Addison Montgomery, coming to Seattle Grace." Mark spoke first.

"Not at all. God, remember when she left? We were so dull without her." Derek stated blatantly.

"Yeah." Mark responded honestly.

"Think she's the same?" Derek asked.

"No. I think she's still 5'6" and in love with Tom Cruise in Risky Business." Derek shoved Mark out of the room. They walked in sync to find some empty beds to crash in.

"That's not what I meant and you know it."

"I know."

Seattle Airport

5:40 P.M.

"Think we'll recognize her?" Mark asked Derek, sticking his hands into his jeans pocket.

"I don't know. I'm sure she still has that distinct red hair. I saw a picture of her a while back in a journal."

"Pretty?" Mark inquired.

"Beautiful." Derek turned to his friend and answered without missing a beat. Turning to face forward again, he and Mark began to scan the hoards of people de-boarding from New York. A flash of red caught both their attentions.

"Wow." Derek spoke first, his focus on the beautiful woman walking towards them. Wearing gray slacks, a black blouse, and heels, her red hair curling to her shoulders, she screamed New York socialite.

"Yeah." Mark responded, equally blown away.

Before they realized, Addison was in front of them. Removing her sunglasses, she smiled widely at her two best friends from childhood, both of whom turned extremely handsome.

"Hello boys."

So…we like? Reviews are nice if you're in a giving mood. P.S. anyone who has seen the Ben Stiller movie Keeping the Faith will find the ending a bit familiar. Hope you all enjoyed.