A/N:
Greetings! I am so pleased with the amount of feedback this story has gotten. I was hesitant at posting at first but now I am so thankful I did. I want to make a few things clear though. One, Meredith is in this story but it will not focus on her since some of you were wondering. Two, I said before this is Maddison centric. There will be Addek but that is for the storyline purpose.
For you reasers I'm sorry if the formatting is a bit funny.
Thank you and as always enjoy! ;)
April 25th 2005,
It was late Sunday night when Addison got the phone call. Richard Webber of Seattle Grace Hospital needed her help on a case. He had also informed her that Derek had been living in Seattle and working at the hospital. At first she thought he was joking but after a while he convinced her that it was true. When he had found Mark and Addison in bed together Derek packed up and left. Richard said he was living in a trailer of all places and had some flirtation with this intern named Grey. It wasn't like Derek to flirt with other women when he was married but she couldn't blame him after what she had done. If he was involved with this Grey girl Addison knew that once she broke the baby news Derek would forget all about her. As she stepped off the plane the Seattle sun was just starting to set. The ground was damp from rain, which she expected, and surprisingly didn't mind. Her taxi was waiting for hwer outside the airport. She got in and the driver asked, "Where to Mrs. Shepard?" "Seattle Grace Hospital" she replied. Being called Mrs. Shepard bothered her, it never had before so why did it now? She had not heard anything from Mark since had had left the other night. In fact she really hadn't spoken to anyone since then. She had decided that no matter what she was going to keep this baby. Addison had prepared herself for what would happen if Derek didn't want her back, she would go home. She would go back to Mark, she wanted Derek to raise this baby with her; or at least that's what she told herself to sleep better at night.
The taxi pulled up in front of the hospital and she stepped out. Richard had told her juts to come up to his office and they would talk there. She headed straight for the elevator when she stopped dead in her tracks. There he was, the man she called her husband. The man who she hadn't seen or spoken to in months. He stood there smiling and talking to this very attractive young thing, "Grey" she whispered to herself as she gathered the courage to walk over. Why was she so nervous Derek was her husband so she obviously had the upper hand in this situation didn't she? Taking a deep breath she stepped forward, it was now or never. She locked eyes with Derek as she continued to make her way over to them. "I'm Addison Shepard" she said. "Shepard" the other woman choked. "And you must be the woman that's been screwing my husband." By the look on the other woman's face Addison was sure she had guessed correctly. "How did you find me?" Derek asked. "Richard told me. Derek we need to talk." "I don't want to talk to you." He said turning away. "Derek I'm pregnant" she blurted. From the corner of her eye Addison could see the tiny mouth of Meredith Grey fall open in surprise. Derek quickly turned to face Addison, "And what makes you so sure it's even mine?" "I haven't slept with anyone since Mark" she lied seeing that she had indeed slept with Mark more than once but she wasn't telling him that. "How do I even know you're telling the truth?" "I'm not lying to you. You would know that if you responded to any of my calls or texts. I mean what is it with you? Coming out here living in a trailer pretending to be something you're not with someone you barely even know." She gestured toward Meredith. "I know her very well. Better than I know you in fact." Addison turned to Meredith, "Honey you're wasting your time with this one here. He's married to his job." "And you're just the arm candy?" Meredith spat, not intentionality it just sort of slipped out. "I'm not going to stand here and fight with a twelve year old" Addison said "Derek when you're done playing house I'll be up in Richards office."
Addison's heart pounded as she waited for Richard to open his office door. She couldn't believe she had almost gotten into a full on brawl with an intern over Derek. She told herself he wasn't even worth it. He didn't want this baby then she didn't want him. Richard opened the door, "Addie" he said hugging her. "Hey" she managed to say. "I'm so glad you could come. Have you seen him yet?" he asked referring to Derek. "Yeah and I almost took down an intern in the process." Addison said sitting in one of the chairs. "Meredith Grey?" he questioned sitting in his chair across from her. "Yeah it was a very pleasant meeting" she laughed "So are you two going to work things out?" "Not exactly . . . you know what happened right?" "You cheated, yeah he told me." "I'm sure he did" she sighed "I'm pregnant Richard and I don't know who the father is." Richard stared at her, she looked pretty put together for a woman under a tremendous amount of stress, "Addie I don't know what to say." "Most people wouldn't. Here I have my husband who wants to be with another woman and then back home I have a man who went out and bought baby clothes." She bit her lip to stop the tears that were welling up in her eyes. "Addie, I'm not sure I should be hearing all this" he said feeling a bit uncomfortable. "I'm sorry I just haven't talked to anyone in a long time I didn't mean to unload on you." She grabbed a tissue from the box on his desk and wiped her eyes. "I'm sure things will work out. Now I need you fully focused for this case are you ready?" "Yeas I'm ready. What do you have for me?" she asked pulling out her planner.
It was late by the time she got to the hotel. It was a nice fancy place, the best in town he was told. Throwing her suitcase on the bed she sighed, "Okay this isn't so bad." He phone rang and it was Mark. He had called twice that day and she felt guilty for ignoring him. Slowly Addison picked up the phone "Hey" she said. "Where the hell are you?" he sounded frantic. "I'm in Seattle . . . where Derek is" "Addison I've been worried sick why didn't you let me know?" "I'm not a child Mark I don't have to tell you everything I do.: she said unzipping her suitcase and taking out the clothes. "Addison you're carrying my child I deserve to know where you are." "Hey you don't know that. Don't jump to conclusions." "Will you just come home and we can talk about this?" "No I'm here on a case so I can't leave." She opened the closet and began hanging her work clothes "Then I'll come to you" he said beginning to get frustrated with her. "No, Derek is here and if he finds out you're here he will kill you." "Addie I can take Derek in a fight" he laughed "Oh yeah real mature fighting over me. I'm not worth it." "To me you are" he said. "Not to him' Addison sighed as she sat on the bed. "Addie" "Hmmm?" "I'm coming to Seattle" Before she had time to answer there was a knock on the door. She got up and slowly turned the knob. Derek stood there, "I have to call you back" she said quickly hanging up the phone. " "I'm ready to talk." Derek told her.
