Fandom: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Addison & Derek
Rating: T
Status: In Progress
Disclaimer : Characters and show belong to Shonda Rhimes. All the things mentioned in the story belong to their owners, I do not own anything.
Author's Note: The idea for this fiction came to my mind while watching a video on youtube. I don't tell you the name of the video so you won't get spoiled. Furthermore, I've decided to change some things so the story and the video do have just few things in common. The name for Addison and Derek's daughter is a tribute to my favorite Lost character, Juliet Burke, and to the actress who plays her, Elizabeth Mitchell. I already have everything on my mind, from the beginning to the end, and I think this story will last 5/7 chapters. Enjoy!
Suddenly Everything Has Changed.
- Chapter 1 -
[ In which we meet Elizabeth Shepherd, a nice girl from New York ]
Elizabeth Juliet Montgomery Shepherd was seventeen years old and was a Senior Student at Trevor Day School. She had always been a good student and she wasn't ashamed to admit that she actually loved to study. Being the daughter of two world-class surgeons, Elizabeth also wanted to become a surgeon. The human heart was what she loved the most, she was so intrigued by it. Along with the brain, it was the most important organ and all she wanted to do in her life was doing heart transplants and heart surgeries.
Even if Elizabeth was young, she had had a boyfriend since she was fourteen years old. His name was Jason Scott Adams Thompson and he was seventeen years old too. He wanted to become an Oncologist because his mother died of cancer when he was twelve years old. His biggest dream was to find a cure for that terrible disease. Just like Elizabeth, he was an ambitious person and having a strong successful career was what he wanted the most.
Elizabeth's best friend was her neighbor, Rachelle Millicent Franklin Marshall. They had been friends since when they were toddlers. Rachelle attended the Trevor Day School as well and she wanted to become a Trauma Surgeon because she wanted to help critical patients and she had always been the person who loved hard things. Blood, wounds and guts didn't scare her. Her father, Archibald Creighton Parker Marshall, was the Chief of Surgery at Mount Sinai, the same hospital where both Addison and Derek worked.
The three of them used to spend Friday nights watching a movie or going out for pizza. During the week they usually studied together and spent their spare time watching television, playing volleyball, going out for walk. Unlike Elizabeth, Rachelle didn't have a boyfriend. She was more the "friends with benefits" kind of person. At the age of seventeen, she didn't want to get committed to anyone. She liked her freedom.
They would have graduated in three months and they had already been accepted into Columbia College. Basically, their wishes were about to come true. There were just one thing nobody had considered: that life doesn't always go the way you want it to go. Things might change in a moment as quick as an eye blink.
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It was 6.00 am and the loud tone of a yellow alarm clock woke Addison Shepherd up. She stretched her arm and switched it off, allowing herself to sleep a few more minutes. Her husband, Derek Shepherd, wasn't in their bed. She didn't pay too much attention to it, he was probably taking a shower or doing some research on the internet.
Fifteen minutes later, Addison forced herself to get up. She was really tired but she had to get up, her shift would have started in three hours and she also wanted to make breakfast for her family. Being a doctor, Addison didn't have the chance to cook a lot for her beloved ones even if she actually liked to cook.
She and Derek had Elizabeth at the age of twenty-seven when they both weren't ready to have a child. They were at the beginning of their careers and having a child was the last thing they wanted but when Addison found out that she was pregnant, they were so happy that getting an abortion wasn't even an option. Elizabeth came to life healthy and strong, she had beautiful deep blue eyes and soft black hair.
Addison slowly walked downstairs and found Derek sitting at the kitchen's table working on his laptop.
"Good morning, honey" she kissed his husband on the top of his head and smiled at him "What are you doing? You've got the day off, you should sleep in" she sighed.
"I couldn't sleep" he shrugged, caressing his wife's back "I'm doing some research. For the clinical trial, you know" he completed.
"I hope Archibald will pick your project" she said and started to make coffee. Derek had been working on his cerebral ALD trial for months, he wanted to win the check the Chief was offering in order to start doing research to find a cure for that rare disease. Addison really hoped he would get it because he had been working really hard and she knew that he would have done whatever it had taken to find a cure for it.
Few minutes later, Elizabeth entered the kitchen. Her eyes were still half closed and her hair was all messy, she looked more tired and sleepier than her usual.
"Hello, sunshine!" Derek said, sipping his coffee.
"Good morning, sweetheart" Addison greeted her daughter and gave her a cup of warm coffee.
"Good morning" Elizabeth yawned "I uh… I'll skip coffee…" she added, looking away.
"You sure? I've just made it" Addison insisted.
"I don't want it, mom. OJ will be just fine"
"Okay then" the redhead gave her daughter a glass of fresh orange juice and looked better at her "Are you okay? You're looking a little pale this morning"
"I'm fine, really" Elizabeth took a sip of her orange-juice "Thank you" she added and started to eat her pancake "Yummy!" she exclaimed with her mouth full.
"Your mother's pancakes are the best" Derek stated without taking his eyes off of his Dell laptop.
"I'm flattered" Addison chuckled "Want a ride to school?" she asked her daughter.
"No, thanks. Jason will pick me and Rach up" she shook her head and finished to eat.
"Alright" Addison liked Jason, he was like a son to her. Derek had treated his mother's brain tumor but there was nothing he could do and she died under surgery. After that, they had become closer and two years later Elizabeth and Jason got together.
"Thanks for breakfast. I should go and get ready for school!" Elizabeth quickly stood up and her long black wavy hair streamed in the hair. She had Derek's perfect hair and she looked like a young version of Amelia. From Addison's side, the Shepherd kid got the nose, the mouth and the personality. When it came to passive-aggressive Elizabeth was just like her mother.
While walking upstairs, Elizabeth couldn't stop thinking about the little thing she was going to do that afternoon after school. It was something only Rachelle knew and it was the first time she kept something secret from Jason and her parents. Elizabeth had always been an honest person but this time she just couldn't tell them about it.
Elizabeth got quickly ready and when she heard the sound of Jason's car horn, she rushed to the door, said goodbye to her parents and left the house. Another school day was about to start but, most of all, for the first time in her life, Elizabeth was going to do something in a corner. Something she could not tell anyone.