Counting Stars

Hi! It's me again! Are you getting sick of me yet? I hope not! So, the readers of Country Kind of Love will know that I was thinking about a new story and here it is! I hope you like it and PLEASE tell me what you think because I'm really not so sure about it :/

BUT Addek AU all the way :)

The One With The One Night Stand

"Good morning!" Addison Montgomery only glanced up at her colleague who seemed way too chipper for an early morning shift. Actually, she seemed normal and Addison was just too lost in thought and a little grumpy because she had recalled last night's events that morning and it hadn't been her finest hour.

"Hey." She greeted shortly and looked at her coffee cup, which was already empty. Great, could this day get any worse?

"Okay, someone did not have a good night, I'm assuming." Kathleen sat down next to Addison and raised her eyebrows. "So, tell me what happened, last I remember was me leaving and you saying that you just wanted to finish your margarita and everything was fine then." The night before they had gone out to a bar and it had been fun but apparently that wasn't all.

"Well, I don't know you long enough to tell you." Addison had moved to Seattle three months ago and had then met Kathleen Shepherd, the two women immediately became friends but some intimate details just shouldn't be discussed with people who she had only known for that short amount of time.

"So you went home with someone." The look on Addison's face proved Kathleen absolutely right and she couldn't help but laugh. "Now that we have cleared that up you can just tell me about it. He must not have been very good if you are in such a bad mood."

"Fine," she gave up and sighed, "and he was good, really good but that's not the point," she said quickly when she saw the grin on her friend's face, "because I never do something like this! I took him home, well, to my hotel, but you know what I mean! I don't know the man and I just decided to sleep with him. Who does that?!"

"Apparently you do…" Kathleen cleared her throat when she realized that her comment only triggered annoyance. "Come on, everyone does something… Impulsive every now and then and now you did and if he was good, I really don't see the problem."

"I didn't come here to do anything like this. I'm not in college anymore and I just randomly decided to take this man, who I had talked to for about an hour, home! I mean, I refused to be set up with your brother, or his best friend and whoever else you have offered so I'm not looking for anything really…"

"Then what made you take him home?"

Addison sighed and closed her eyes when last night's events came rushing back to her. "He was charming, very handsome and I just felt like I had known him for ages. It was just so comfortable and then we kissed and that was so good and…"

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"Hi, is this seat taken?" A voice rang from behind her and she turned around to see the man who had approached her. He had dark, wavy hair and wore a brown leather jacket and he just looked so very handsome that she could only stare at him for a moment before she realized that he had asked her a question.

"It is now." She gave him a smile when he sat down next to her and turned towards her, a glass of scotch in his hand.

"Derek," he extended his hand to her and flashed her a smile that made the high school geek in her melt completely. "You don't come here often, do you?" he asked after shaking her hand.

"Addison and, no, as a matter of fact I don't. Why?" Her skin was still tingling even though he had already let go of her hand. It probably was all because of that horrible long island ice tea Kathleen had forced on her.

"Because I do come here a lot and I'm pretty sure I would have noticed you." Another brilliant smile was thrown her way and she really was sure that he was perfect. Again, probably the alcohol talking.

"Are you trying to hit on me?" Addison raised her eyebrows at him but had a smile on her face nonetheless.

"You know, I might just be. Is it working?" He was rather amused at her blunt question and couldn't hold his grin back when she slowly leaned towards him.

"You know, it might just." She whispered but then pulled back again, leaving him absolutely baffled and intrigued.

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"And then you took him home. Good for you! Now, seriously, since I'm this very sad and very married woman, you have to let me live vicariously. How was he?"

Addison rolled her eyes at that question and looked around the doctor's lounge before she decided to answer. Not everyone needed to know that the new attending seemed to just take random men home. "Incredibly. Seriously, I don't think anyone has kept me up most of the night like that before."

"Most of the night? I'm so jealous…"

"Don't be because when I realized what I had done this morning I bolted. Not because I had imagined him being handsome or anything but because what am I supposed to say in the morning? 'Hey, thank you for those multiple orgasms but could you just leave now?' or what?"

Kathleen had to laugh at this. "Multiple? God, maybe I should have stayed single…"

"Oh, no, really, I envy you."

"So, are you going to call him? Because he really does sound like a keeper."

"No, I didn't even ask for his number, I don't know his last name and I do not know what he does for a living. And I don't think I'm ever going to see him again. Hopefully, because I'd be so embarrassed but I told him I'm a flight attendant anyway…"

"Wow, when you guys were talking you really bonded." Kathleen chuckled and ignored the look her friend was giving her. "Can I set you up with my brother now? But I do have to warn you, he doesn't really do one night stands." By now she was laughing.

"Okay, you and I aren't friends anymore." Addison got up but had to laugh nonetheless.

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"Derek Shepherd! I know that walk!" Mark grinned when he saw his best friend walking towards him and Preston, both of them leaning against the counter of the nurse's station. They had just finished their rounds for the morning and were now almost off for lunch.

"Keep your voice down." Derek gave him a look when some interns turned around to look at him and raised their eyebrows in amusement.

"So you ended up scoring with that insanely hot redhead you ditched us for?" Preston Burke sipped some of his coffee but couldn't help amusement dripping from his voice.

"Don't say it like that…" Derek sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. This morning he had woken up in an empty hotel room and there had been no trace of her whatsoever.

"Yes, because she's your soul mate, or what?" Mark laughed. "Shep hooked up, thank goodness, just as I was going to doubt that you actually had it in you. Must have been my good influence all those years."

"Great, what a compliment that is…" Derek mumbled and got some coffee as well. "We didn't just hook up, I thought we had a connection but when I woke up this morning she had already left and I don't even have her phone number."

"You had a connection? So, how was last night?" Preston raised his eyebrows. Him and Mark had already been more than envious when they had walked through the door of the bar and had seen Derek talking to the most beautiful woman on this planet.

"We did! We talked and then she asked me to walk her home and then she kissed me and it was incredible. The whole night was incredible, I just wouldn't have thought that she'd just run off in the morning without at least saying good bye or something."

"Dude, you should be glad. You had sex with the most beautiful woman I have ever seen and she saved you from a morning of small talk and whatever." Mark shrugged his shoulders; as far as he was concerned every date should go like this.

"Whatever… I'm meeting Kathleen for lunch, see you two later." He pushed himself off the counter and began to walk off.

"How is Kathleen?" Mark asked with a grin on his face. He and Derek had been friends since they were kids and he knew all the Shepherd sisters. Some better than others…

"Married!" Derek rolled his eyes and walked down the hall.

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"So you're really living in a hotel?" Derek raised his eyebrows at the gorgeous redhead who was standing opposite of him in front of the door to her hotel room. She had asked him to walk her home and for some reason he had even brought her upstairs.

"I am." She gave him a smile and leaned in a little closer to him. They had talked, laughed and he had kept his hand on her knee the entire night but hadn't moved it up any further and it had been driving her crazy. Even now he didn't dare to make a move even though she had leaned closer, her hand already on his upper arm. "Hey, Derek," she whispered and saw him raise his eyebrows, "aren't you going to kiss me?" Addison saw the smile on his face before he slowly leaned in and covered her lips with his own in a kiss that started out so sweet but left her craving so much more.

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"Geez, I took a long lunch break and now I'm stuck here waiting for you." Derek yawned when his sister was still busy looking through some of her charts.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. hot-shot-neurosurgeon but I am just an internist who sometimes has to look through a few files herself." Kathleen rolled her eyes at her brother who had been overly annoying ever since he had gotten to the hospital she worked at. "Oh, but before we leave, I want to introduce someone to you!" She said quickly when she saw Derek turning towards the elevator as soon as she had closed her charts. Just when Derek turned around to raise his eyebrows at his sister he saw a certain redhead from the previous night coming up behind her and the horrified look on her face told him that she had seen him too. "Der, this is the colleague I've been telling you about!" Kathleen smiled, still rather oblivious to the entire situation.

"Well Addison, I though you were a flight attendant?" Derek walked towards her and gave her a smug smile especially when he saw the look on her face. Her eyes were wide and she looked very much like a deer caught in the headlights of a car that was about to hit her.

"Oh, no, ew, please don't tell me that incredible sex was with my brother!" Kathleen covered her mouth with her hand and looked from Addison to Derek and back.

"You said he doesn't really do one night stands!" Of course Addison knew that this wasn't really anyway to make this situation any better because not only was she just now standing in front of the guy she had spent the previous night with, but he also was her first one night stand ever! And now he was smiling so very smugly, probably entirely amused about this situation and her loss of words.

"I don't which is why I wanted to ask you out to dinner this morning but you were already gone…" And then he gave her that same charming smile he had given her the night before and she knew she hadn't imagined her stomach flip-flopping. But then again, maybe she was just going to throw up.

"I really have to go. Sorry, Kathleen." Addison said and hurried down the hall as fast as she could. She had made peace with doing something this impulsive (or stupid) but now he was here! And he knew her name, where she worked and that she was friends with his sister. Under normal circumstances Addison would have loved nothing more than to go to dinner with him and even after the whole awkwardness it hadn't been so bad to see him again.

"You slept with the first normal person who has come into this hospital in forever?!" Kathleen pushed her brother slightly and gave him a look when he kept glancing after Addison.

"You slept with Mark."

"That was different! But ew, I cannot believe I actually asked for details about sex with my brother… I think I'm going to be sick." She shuddered in pure disgust but Derek wasn't really listening anymore.

"I have to talk to her." And with this he too made his way down the hall, in desperate search for the redhead he had found more than just intriguing and enchanting.

Okay, so they hooked up! And now he wants to talk to her and goes after her! What did you think? I'm desperate for a few opinions because as of now I'm not so sure how to feel about this story. I love Kathleen though, maybe because she has never been officially introduced in the show…

PLEASE TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS! Should I continue this?