I should have said something

He watched them have their first dance from his seat as the best man. He definitely should have said something, not now, not today it was two late but three years ago he should have said that he loved her, that he had loved her from the moment he met her. He was just Mark, who slept with many girls and beat her in chemistry class, sure he was hot but he wasn't her dreamy perfect man Derek. He watched as she looked completely happy. She gazed at her husband, while floating in her very expensive wedding gown. It truly was a society wedding, Derek hated society weddings but he did it for her. Derek would do anything for her, just as he would but he would never admit to her face. That was his problem he never had the words for her, not the right words anyway. The song ended and Derek began to dance with his mother and her with her father. Suddenly her father made his accuse to leave the floor and she was left alone, let down by him again. He had to save her. "What are you doing?" she asked with sad eyes as Mark swooped in to dance with her. "My best man duties include saving the bride and sleeping with the bridesmaids" mark said gazing at her "you're disgusting" she said joking

"You're beautiful" he said. "Mark sloans giving me a complement" She coughed out.

"This is our song you know" he said pointing to the band. "How's it our song" she said looking confused "we don't have a song, Derek and I have a song, not me and you" she said sternly. "It was playing in the bar when I hit on you" she laughed thinking about how she had met mark first, not Derek his idiot womanizing best friend. "Don't you remember" he said with one eyebrow raised. Of course she remembered but while Derek danced with his mother then his many sisters, she could take a minute to think about were it all began, "remind me" she said.

Three years ago….

"Mark, I really don't want to go out to night" Derek said as he and mark walked to the bar across from there apartment. "Derek I know it's sad that Holly left you, but you really need to get over it because she was annoying and really stupid" Mark said in this usual I don't give two fucks tone. Derek raised his eyebrows and smiled at his ridiculous best friend. "Tonight Derek we find you a new woman, a better woman, a smarter woman" Mark said putting his arm around Derek's shoulders. "What about you Mark, don't you need a smarter woman", Derek asked "no Derek I only see mine for the necessary period of time so I don't need them to be smart" he laughed. "You're disgusting" he laughed. "Yes but I'm going to be a doctor so it's okay" mark said. "No not really" Derek laughed while walking into the bar.

They were staring med school tomorrow. Derek and Mark best friends from age eleven are starting med school. They walked into the Bar and got a table. As some blur played in the background. Mark fixed his leather jacket and went to get the drinks. He saw her sitting at the bar, all legs and red hair. "Miss this drink is from that guy over there", the bar man said to her She picked up her drink and walked over to him at the other side of the bar with her friend following. "Well hello my names Mark Sloan", "no thank you" she said pushing the drink across to him, "I'd probably catch a disease" he smirked at the feisty girl standing before him in her short leather skirt. "Mark Sloan like, the rich playboy Mark Sloan" the red heads friend said while swooning" "yeh" Mark replied not paying any attention to the blonde. "Oh, you're defiantly not my type then" she said "no substance" she added with a smirk. "Well Lola lets go" the red head said grabbing her bag and began to walk toward the door. "I have substance" he called after her "well even if you did, you would probably break my heart" she said with a smirk while walking backwards", "you wait and see Red" mark called after the girl as she walked out". Mark was stunned for a moment while wonderwall by oasis finished playing, then made his way back to Derek, "wow" Mark said as he sat down. "Mark drinks?" Derek stated.

"I will tell you Derek, she was completely immune, didn't swoon or bat and eyelid", mark said still shocked, "maybe she was a lesbian" Derek offered, "mmm maybe" he said as they made their way to their first class of medical school. "But Derek she was the hottest thing I have ever seen, all red hair and legs". Mark sated as his eyes widened. Mark was dressed in his usual leather jacket and jeans and Derek choose and jumper and jeans. Once they entered the lecture, they choose a set near the back and watched the room fill up. Derek chattered to Mark about how great life in med school will be, when suddenly she entered. "Red" Mark whispered. She took her seat near the front. The lecture began, "most of you won't make it out of med school, others won't make it out of their intern year, then more won't complete their residency. "Though the lucky few may become some of the best doctors in world." The lecture stated, "okay, first things first I will assign you into groups of five for your cadaver class". Mark and Derek listened while groups of five got called out, while hoping they would be in the same group, "Mark Sloan, Naomi Watson, Derek Shepard" mark let out a small whoop, "Sam Bennett and Addison Montgomery".

Present day

"Funny isn't it?" Addison said while almost leaning into mark. "Yeh, you probably wouldn't have your perfect life if it wasn't for me" mark boasted with his usual smirk. "Well we were all in the same cadaver group, I would have met Derek anyway" Addison stated almost coldly. "I bribed the teaching assistant",

"with what Addison said with her wide laughing eyes", "drinks and sex" he said in his almost embarrassed tone, "I met her n the bar after you left and she had the file of cadaver class groups and I switched Derek, with Damon Andrews so he would be in my group",

"So all of this was you" she stated almost sad as he twirled her around. "I guess so" as he held her close. A small tear slipped down her face as she remembered everything, she loved Derek with all her heart but there was always a place in heart for that idiot in the leather jacket who always just looked at her in the right way. "Your going to have a great life red" Mark breathed into her ear, as she realised the song had ended and her was passing her back to Derek. She clung to marks hand for dear life then reality set in, " Red is Claudia single because she looks bloody hot tonight", Addison let go of Marks hand and took her husband while she laughed and fought back the tears.