Authors Note: I'm back with a new story! I don't get reviews anymore for some reason, but this has been in my mind at school all week so I'm posting it anyways. It takes place years before Knight in Shining Armor/ My Love- which is all I can give away. There is so many age problems so I made all of the characters have similar birth-dates to each other and most of them were the same as the actors they are played by, and oh yeah, they all lived in N.Y for a while but moved to Seattle, and Derek's dad is still alive.
Chapter One- An Improbable Romance.
-1985. They were in Los Angeles at the hospital were her father earned a practice in Oceanside Wellness Hospital; she even had her own office there. They were both grounded from a school disaster with them involved, but they snuck to L.A without anybody having a clue- even though their friends and her siblings knew and covered for them.
It was one day that changed their lives forever.
"Don't you wish we did heroin?" Addison asked her boyfriend.
"Addison Forbes Montgomery-" Mark began.
"No, no, I mean, don't you wish we did drugs, drank too much, shot something into our vein, got married, have a baby?" she interrupted him, "I mean, nothing, you know, that would make you ruin your life. Or kill you or make you say, "hi, I'm Addison, and I'm an alcoholic." she sighed and continues, "You know, Avah-she eats. She puts food on top of it, and that numbs the pain, The malaise, the-the-the sad. I mean, she puts food on top of it, and she feels good. My little sister feels good, but I don't have green juice. I mean, that's all I really like. and green juice, I can't really put that on top of it. I wa...nt to put something on top of it, But I don't have anything." she trailed off.
"And I hear you, numb the pain." he told her as he closed the blinds, locked the door, and proceeded to take off his shirt.
"Mark, what are you doing?!" she sat up more.
I'm telling you what feel. Numb the sad, feel good. Put something on top of it, Red." he insisted.
Mark, I said put something on top of it; not put you on top of me." Addison told him.
"My life is in ruins. It's a mess," Mark started, "We're grounded, we snuck to Los Angeles, this is supposed to be a weekend with just the two of us. I don't know a lot of surefire ways to numb the pain, but I do know one. Now Do you want to feel better Or don't you, Addie?" he asked her.
After a second's hesitation, Addison goes over to her boyfriend and they start to make out. He began to unzip her dress and carries her to the couch- still making out, as she moans and her designer sandal goes into the air.
It was two months later in April. Addison is seen on her bed, crying- feeling afraid, overwhelmed, and happy- all at the same time.
Mark knocked on her bedroom door and asked, "Red, what's wrong? Let me in!"
Addison checked her makeup and opened the door.
"What's wrong?" He asked as he sat on the bed next to her.
"Mark," Addison began as she failed to hold in her tears. "I'm pregnant."
"I'm gonna be a dad!" He exclaimed and spun her around.
"Wait, you're happy about it?" She questions after he set her down.
"I'm gonna be a dad, what's not to be excited about?" Mark asked her as he grinned. "You're going to be a great mother, Addie." He grinned and placed his hand on her still flat belly.
"You're going to be a wonderful father." she replied as she laughed happily.
He went on top of her and began to make love to her, over and over.
Later on in the Webber basement, Derek is on the couch watching, American Band Stand. 'They Present the Spotlight dance with Lou Rawls. Derek gets up and starts dancing. He doesn't notice Addison coming in. He spins and finally sees her.
"Addison! Door! Knock!" he hollered to his friend.
"Sorry, I didn't know you'd be doing anything so embarrassing. Um, is Meredith here?" she asked.
"No, she and Cameron are at the hospital." Derek switches the T.V. off.
"Look, I need to talk to someone. I can really use a friend right now." she told him.
"Okay then well, good luck with that." Derek muttered and starts going up the stairs.
"Derek!" his friend calls out and he stopped.
"Can I talk to you? Look, I've always been able to trust you and god, you are such a nice guy!" Addison asked him.
Derek starts coming back down the stairs.
"No, I'm not."
"Yes you are. I known you since we were toddlers!"
Derek sits next to her on the couch.
"Okay, okay. Um, what happened? Did Mark forget your birthday or something?" He asked her, forgetting for a second that her birthday was in October.
"I'm pregnant." Addison revealed.
Derek is in in shock. "Uh… ar…"
The screen changes to the Webber driveway. Meredith is playing basketball and Derek is just standing there. She scores and throws the ball at Derek, hitting him on the back of his head. The ball bounces back. Derek turns around.
"Derek, you're like a million miles away. What's going on?" Meredith asked.
"Okay Meredith, I have to tell you something, but you have to promise you're not gonna tell anybody else." Derek informed her.
"Dirt! I swear, now tell me." she said.
"Not here." he replied, pointing to the porch where Cameron, Callie, Cristina, and Izzie are talking.
They get into the Porsche. Derek tells Meredith something and she stares with wide eyes ahead of her, in shock.
In the Webber kitchen, Richard looks at his watch.
"Wow, don't wanna miss The Cosby Show." he gets up and goes to the living room.
Once her step-father was out of the room, Meredith sat down. "Mom, can I talk to you for a second?" she asked.
"Sure." Ellis said and took a soda.
"Okay. A friend of mine, it's not me, is pregnant." Meredith told her.
"Oh, is it you?" Ellis asked.
"No mom, not me." Meredith reassured her.
Ellis sighed in relief, "Oh, thank God, I just had the most horrible flashback to when I was sixteen and… You were saying honey?" she turned back to her daughter.
"The whole pregnancy thing is just so scary and overwhelming. Addison, I mean my friend…"
"It is you, isn't it?"
"No. She was dating someone for three years and now her whole life is outta control!" the hazel-eyed girl exclaimed.
"Are you worried about you and Derek?" Ellis questions her.
"No. Maybe. Yes!"
"Honey, let me just tell you what I think. Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, things happen, and the backseat of a car is no place to be worrying about birth control."
"Thanks mom."
Richard pokes his head in the kitchen.
"Bill think he's having a heart attack. It looks like the big one, come watch!" he exclaimed.
In the Karev porch, the guys are sitting, talking about Addison's pregnancy, and they look gloomy.
"And Addison's mockatons will get huge!" George exclaimed.
"Mockaton?" Alex questions.
"George, for those of us who don't speak Greek, what exactly is a mockaton?" Denny asked.
"Feet. They will get long, swelled up and white. Very gratifying." George said.
"You freak!" Owen exclaims.
"I mean, this is scary man, I might have to get married, although I want to." Mark said.
"Not just married, married to Addison. That's freaking terrifying." Cameron agreed.
"Okay, I'm never having sex again!" Mark starts to panic.
"Yeah, good one." Derek snorts.
"No, no, I'm serious man. It's just not worth it. Just wait Shepard, this could so easily happen to you!" Mark shot back.
"I don't think so, I'd probably have to have sex first."
"It's just not fair."
"You're telling me, I wanna have sex!"
At the drugstore, Cameron and Meredith are waiting for their turn.
"Well, I know, it's your grades right? You're flunking Algebra! Bingo! Grey scores, right?" Cameron exclaimed.
"Okay Cam, you know what? Dad likes me and he doesn't like you!" Meredith shot back.
Cameron acts as if it hurt his heart. He turns to the counter.
"Can I help you?" the pharmacist asked.
"Uh, sure, pictures for Grey." Cameron told him.
"I'll be right back." the pharmacist walked away.
They look at postcards, as we find Derek holding a bottle of cologne, he looks around and sees that nobody is watching, he puts some on his wrists and inhales too strongly. He starts coughing. Richard walks in the store and runs to him.
"Hey, there Derek, you, you okay?" Richard asked.
"I was just… How are you?" Derek trails off.
PHARMACIST comes back with the pictures.
The pharmacist hands the pictures to him, "Here you go. Can I help you, Doctor Webber?" he asked.
"Yup. Prescription for Grey." the surgeon said.
Richard reaches over and take the cologne bottle Derek was smelling.
"Oh, trying on cologne for Meredith, huh? That is so darn cute!" he comments.
"Thank you sir." Derek replied, nervously.
PHARMACIST comes back with a small white bag.
"Here you go. That'll be twenty one fifty." the pharmacist said.
"It's a little pricey for cough medicine."
PHARMACIST opens the bag and takes out a small white box.
"Grey, Meredith, Orthonovum." the pharmacist told him.
"Ortho what?!" Richard went ballistic.
"Orthonovum, birth control pills!"
Derek grabs the counter and turns around to find Richard glaring at him, Meredith looking puzzled, and Cameron laughing. Derek bolts. Richard puts his hands to his face in a 'Home Alone' way.
In the Webber kitchen, hours later, Richard comes in. He looks at the bag.
"Ellis! Ellis!" Richard called out.
THE SCENE BECOMES A BLACK AND WHITE MOVIE: Open For Business. The host talks for all the characters.
"Meet Richard. He's a typical American who works hard, is a doctor, loves his family and has never cheated on his tax return. Life is good, but lately, he's noticed some slight changes in his step-daughter Meredith." the host said.
Meredith is dressed in a black dinner gown with matching black gloves, which shows plenty of leg and of cleavage.
"Hi honey, how was school today?" Richard asked.
"Great Dad, I got an A on a test and tonight, I'm having cocktails with the principal." Meredith told him.
The guys come in dressed up in tuxes. Alex pushes Richard away and they lift Meredith and put her on the kitchen counter.
"Will you excuse us Dad? We have to study!" She takes off a glove and puts it around Owen's neck.
"Richard realizes his daughter is growing up. Now that Meredith's on the pill, she's what medical professionals call Open For Business; you should know that. Come on Richard, I want to show you something." the host told him.
The screen changes to Joe's Bar. Meredith is behind the counter and a line of guys are waiting for their turn.
"You see Richard, the pill means that Meredith can have lots of sex with many different partners, not just Derek."
"Hi Richard, boy, is your daughter something!" Derek said.
"So, do you get it Richard? She's Open for Business!" the host points to the sign that says now serving turns to number 24. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm next!" The movie fades.
In the Shepard dining room, Derek looks like hell.
"Derek, you're not eating, are you sick?" Carolyn asked.
"Yeah Derek, you seem upset. Did something happen at the pharmacy?" Nancy asked.
"What happened at the pharmacy?" Max questions.
Derek said, "Nothing. and turns to Nancy, "Shut up!"
"Derek, be nice to your sisters. Carolyn, what happened to the mail?" Max said.
"I checked the mail Dad, nothing, no mail." Nancy replied, nervously.
"You know the mail keeps disappearing. I think we have a little mail thief." Carolyn began.
"Speaking of, Nancy. I could've sworn I saw a University of Olympia envelope sticking out of your bra. What's that all about?" Derek asked.
"What?" Max exclaimed.
"Meredith's on the pill!" Nancy shot out.
Carolyn chokes on some ice tea, Derek looks guilty.
"What did you do?" Kathleen asked.
Nothing! Nothing." Derek replied.
"Dinner's over. You kitchen, now!" Max told him as he got up.
In the kitchen, Derek sitting on a chair and his parents are standing in front of it.
"I know you're sixteen and we can't stop you from doing what you wanna do…" Carolyn began.
"Yes we can." Max interrupted.
"Max. All I'm saying is have respect for her."
"You respect her by keeping your hands off her."
Nancy comes in, carrying a plate.
"You are a dirty, dirty boy Derek." she said.
"Okay, okay, now, um, let's talk about birth control." Carolyn started, to keep a fight from starting.
"Birth control! Don't do it, that's your birth control!" Max interrupted once again.
"I'm gonna pray for you Derek." Nancy commented.
Derek glared at her, "You're the devil! And, did you know that Nancy's flunking out of college?"
"Don't change the subject!" Max snaps, "You've got strange thoughts in your little head mister and that Meredith's a nice girl!"
"Max, you're giving him the wrong idea about sex. It's not dirty."
"But it's not clean either."
"Okay, cleanliness, now, that reminds me, always make sure your nails are trimmed and clean. Oh, foreplay is very important."
"No, no it's not."
"Yes, it is."
Screen changes to the Webber kitchen.
"Personally I'm very proud to have a daughter who acted so mature and responsible." Ellis said.
"I'm her step-father. You should've told me Ellis!" Richard exclaims.
Richard is sitting down with his back to the door. Cameron and Meredith come in.
"Can you imagine how I felt standing there with Derek when the pharmacist handed me birth control pills?" he asked.
"Derek knows? Thanks a lot Dad!" Meredith shouts as she pushes the door, then comes back, takes the pills and leaves. Cameron leaves too.
"You know, she and Derek are dating!" Richard began.
"All the more reasons!" Ellis exclaims.
"Oh, jeez!"
"You'd rather she got pregnant?"
"That is not gonna happen to Meredith!"
"It happened to us, before I met her father!"
"Oh, sure, throw that in my face again!"
In the Shepard kitchen, Nancy is using the steam from the kettle that's on the burner to open a letter. Meredith comes in from the patio door.
"Hey Nancy, is Derek around?" Meredith asks.
"No, he's at the hospital with our parents. Hey watch the door!" Nancy called out.
Meredith moves to the door.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"My grades! I gotta make some Fs into Bs before Dad sees them!" Nancy exclaims.
Meredith pokes her head in the living room.
"You're fine, Your parents are watching The Golden Girls. I gotta go."
"Hey, smart move going on the pill. That was the best thing I ever did. Just wait 'til you get to college!"
Meredith recoils. "Bye." she said and leaves.
In the driveway, Derek and Meredith are sitting on the hood of the car.
"Oh my God Derek, so your parents know I'm on the pill too?" Meredith questions.
"Yeah. I had a nice conversation with my parents about foreplay." Derek replied.
"Sorry."
"Yeah, me too."
"Derek, I don't want you to think this changes anything between us."
"I don't. But it could. Right?"
"I suppose. I mean who knows, it might even be you!"
He stares at her.
"Might?"
"All I'm saying is we have to wait for the right time."
"Okay. How about now?"
"Um, no."
"Okay. How about now?"
"No." she replied.
"Okay. Now?" he asked.
Yes."
"Really?"
"No."
"Okay. Now, right?"
She shoves him a little and leaves.
"I'll be waiting."
"Shut up."
"I've got a birthday coming up in a few months, so…"
Max comes over holding a water hose and sprays Derek. Derek falls off the car and looks at Max.
"It's for your own good son." Max blows at the hose and leaves.
End of Chapter one.
Authors Note: Review, pretty please. I also apologize if some of the characters were OOC, but I did the best I could and it's the only thing that would work. If you review, I'll have the next chapter up quickly.