As if life wasn't hard for Dr

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Chapter 1

As if life wasn't hard for Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, she had had to do 3 C-sections plus two pregnant teenagers that needed no more than a simple ultrasound, but their mothers were screaming so hard at them as if she wasn't there; and she didn't liked being ignored.

As she was lying in an empty on-call room, her pager started beeping. She groaned and got herself up unwillingly from the bed and checked her pager.

Grey? What does she want now? Why is she in the NICU? Well, maybe it is actually an emergency, Addison thought, and rushed to the elevator. When the doors opened he found no one but Mark Sloan.

"Hey there Addie" he said with a grin.

"Dr. Sloan" she said, not wanting to start a conversation.

"Why are you so mad at me Addie? What did I do now? I was just trying to be nice-

"Mark shut up ok? I'm having a bad day and you're just making it worst, so just, leave me alone." She cut him off, a bit frustrated.

"You know, maybe I could help you release some stress…if you want to" He said with a smirk.

"Shut up" She said, trying not to make eye contact with him.

The elevator reached the fourth floor, and she rushed outside before he could say anything else.

"Dr. Grey" Addison said, when she saw her leaning against the wall, a bit nervous, "You paged me. Is there something wrong?"

"Oh no, Dr. Montgomery, not at all, it's just that," She took a deep breath, "Dr. Bailey asked me if there were any specialties I'd like to choose before I become a resident, and I thought that maybe you would have any case I could be helpful so that I…"

"Could see if you'd like to be an OB?" She said finishing the sentence for Meredith.

"Yes" Meredith replied quickly.

"Well I still don't have any cases, but if something happens, I'll let you know. Is that ok with you?"

"Absolutely. Thank you Dr. Montgomery."

"You're welcome Grey"

"You're joining the gynie squad?" Cristina asked as she loudly closed her locker, "Are you crazy? Did she black mail you or something?"

"Cristina, I just wanted to know how it felt to have a baby's life in your hands. It maybe a bit weird for you, but maybe that's what I was made for."

"She's Shepherd's ex-wife" Cristina replied.

"I – I think that she may be a good person", Meredith defended herself.

"That's it Mer. No more tequila for you", Cristina teased.

The next day, Addison hurried to the chief's office to find Mark and Derek already waiting outside of the chief's office.

"911 page?" Derek asked as she approached.

"Yep" She replied.

She was about to sit, but the door of the office opened and Patricia, the chief's assistant came out.

"Come in" She said. "Please take a seat. The chief will be with you in a minute."

All 3 of them went in and sat down as they had been told.

"Anybody got any clever ideas as to why we are here?" Addison said breaking the somewhat awkward silence that had settled amongst them.

"Not a clue." said Mark, "Out of ideas" said Derek.

Suddenly the chief came in and sat down behind his desk. Then he smiled at the 3 of them.

And Addison felt her day had just gone from bad to worse. She just knew that every time the chief smiled like that, it just wasn't good news for anyone on the receiving end.

"We have a very important case on our hands." The chief started, "There has been an accident in Paris. A millionaire by the name of Jean-Paul Gideoux has had a serious car crash on the highway going back to Paris. You may have heard about it on the news. He needs major plastic surgery, has major concussions particularly on the head. Aside of this his wife is pregnant and needing the best OB she can find. She has taken the news of her husband's injuries quite badly and nearly had a miscarriage. She needs Dr. Montgomery. And so it is that all 3 of you will be going to Paris to attend this family. All your expenses are being paid for and you will be lodged in the best hotel. Yes, Dr. Montgomery?" finished the chief at seeing Addison's puzzled face.

"You want all 3 to go to Paris and live within a few meters of each other?!"

"Yes Addie that is exactly what he's asking us to do." said Derek smirking at Addison and Mark's faces when they received the news. The chief then added. "Do you want any help with the case?"

"Actually, chief, Grey volunteered to help me in any case that came up as she is interested, I think, in becoming an OB. So I would like her to tag along with us." Addison smirked right back at Derek when she saw his face fall when she said this.

"Excellent then the four of us will be going." said Mark, speaking up for the first time since the meeting started, and looking at Addison. She sighed, "When are we leaving and for how long?" "For as long as is needed Addison. And by the way you might want to tell Grey fast. You leave tomorrow morning. Dismissed."