Disclaimer: I do not own Greys Anatomy as Derek shepherd would be mine other wise 

Author's notes: Derek picked Addison, Meredith did not sleep with George, Denny doesn't exist, Alex and Izzie are together so are Christina and Burke.

Meredith was sitting in the on call room, thinking about her mother. It had been twelve years since she got altzimers and she recognised Meredith properly. She had just been brought into the hospital after having a seizure. Meredith just stood and watched as her mother convulsed on the table. Meredith's pager went off.

'Grey-meeting-boardroom-urgent-now'

Closing her eyes and drying her cheeks, she pulled herself together, knowing it was probably about her mother and her diagnosis. How wrong she was. As Meredith opened the door she was surprised to see there was only one person in the room.

'What do you want?'

'To find out why you're screwing up my marriage?'

'Addison I really don't need this right now. My…'

'Guess what I don't need my marriage to break down but hey, it's happening anyway,' Meredith put her hands on her hips and looked at Addison. She didn't have a clue about Meredith mother. Addison stood at the end of the table with her arms folded looking smugly at Meredith.

'Ok Addison, what do you want to know?'

'Why you screwed my husband?'

'Why did you screw Mark?'

'Meredith that is none of your business,'

'Wrong Addison, it is my business. Derek left you and came down here and I fell in love with him,' Meredith started walking towards Addison. 'It was supposed to be a on night stand but he turned out to be my boss and we got together. But then you showed up and fucked it all up, like you usually do with people lives, Derek's, Marks, mine…'

'Shut your mouth Grey. Just because your mother was a surgeon you think you own this place, Newsflash you don't and from what I heard your mother can't even control herself,'

'You fucking bitch,' Meredith's temper broke, letting her fists talk for once, Meredith smashed her hand against Addison's face like and egg against a wall. Addison fell to the floor and started shouting for help when George burst in. Putting his hands on Meredith's arms he guided her out of the board room and down into the on call room.

'She said my mother couldn't control herself,'

'Meredith, tell me everything that happened,'

'She paged me for a meeting…I didn't know it was her…she was asking me about Derek…then I started laying into her about Mark …she said my mom couldn't control herself,' and with that Meredith began sobbing, uncontrollably. George threw his arms around her as she fell to the ground. Ten minutes passed when Derek burst in with Addison and Chief in tow.

'Meredith what the hell did…' Derek was caught in mid sentence on the sight he was seeing. Meredith was lying on the floor, crying, with George trying to soothe her.

'Derek get that bitch out of here before I do something I will regret,' Derek turned to George. Addison growled and left the three men with Meredith.

'George, what happened?'

'I wasn't there but apparently Satan started on Meredith's mom, saying that she couldn't control herself. Meredith lost her temper and smacked Addison. She's been like this since I brought her in here,' Derek knelt down and picked her up, carrying her over to a bed. George stood up and fixed his scrubs.

'Thank you O' Malley, will you and get Dr Bailey for me?'

'Yes Chief,' George scurried out the room leaving Meredith crying into Derek's chest. After five minutes she sat up to face Chief.

'I guess that means I'm suspended then,'

'Wait, what happened?' Chief pulled up a stool in front of Meredith.

'I got a page saying there was a meeting,' Meredith wiped her face.

'When I arrived she was standing at the end of the table. I knew she wanted to fight so I tried to explain that I wasn't up for it when she started asking questions about you and I and I turned on her and told her what I thought,' Taking a breath in Meredith continued.

'That's when she said my mother couldn't control herself,' Meredith's head fell.

'I lost my temper and punched her,' Derek stood up and left Chief with Meredith

'You're not suspended but I am giving you the rest of the day off,' Bailey walked in and saw that Meredith's face was red and her eyes were swollen.

'O' Malley said you wanted to see me,'

'Just to let you know that your going to be an intern down the rest of the day…don't ask…I'll explain later,' Meredith looked at Bailey as she smiled weakly, looking at the young inter that she had a soft spot for. Curling up on the bed, Meredith let go again and fell asleep as the tears ran down her cheeks.