First I have to apologize. It took me ages to finish this chapter, but I had so much going on and so many problems with writing, because I didn't like the chapter in the first and second and third and so on version and changed it a thousand times. I still don't like it that much. It is more a summary of everyones feelings and not an actual chapter anyways.

So, I will try to update faster.

And to Megan13: I think you didn't receive my mail or deleted it as spam or whatever. So I posted it without your feedback. I hope that's okay with you. I will try to send you Chapter three as soon as I finished, if you still want to beta-read it.

Six weeks later…..

So here they were, standing at the gate and waiting for their flight to start boarding. Derek and Addison both were lost in their own thoughts and sad. Derek tried to comfort Addison by holding her tight, but didn't realize that this made her feel even more uncomfortable because the one waiting with them was no one else than Mark Sloan.

Maybe, if Derek would not have been so totally lost in his own thoughts, he would have noticed not only this, but also the looks Mark gave Addison. That special kind of looks.

But he was just too lost. This was like leaving for college, leaving his family for the first time. He had always been a family person, being most comfortable with all his sisters and the rest of the family around. Sure, sometimes they argued and he often said that he didn't like them, but still they were a part of his life that grounded him, that gave him steadiness. The part of his life that didn't change. Lovers came and disappeared, friends came and disappeared, but his sisters were always there. He had argued with them when he was little and he argued with them now. They were reliable.

Just as reliable as their reactions on his plan to leave New York. They had argued, yelled, called him names, doubted his sanity and avoided him for like a week before they came crawling up to him again and said they were sorry and only wanted the best for him – but he still was a coward to leave New York for Seattle, they only wanted to make that point clear. He had to smile about that. That were his sisters – quick tempered and stubborn. So he wasn't very surprised to see none of them at the airport to kiss them goodbye.

But besides being all that, his sisters were like his best friends. They knew him better than anyone and for some take out food they would listen to all his problems and care for him, even if that took them a whole night of sleep. Now he would leave for Seattle where he had nobody but Addison to rely on. Even if it scared him a bit that had been one reason to finally take the step and leave for Seattle. Their marriage had gotten a little rough recently and he hoped that a whole new environment could make them grow closer again.

Now Mark Sloan was standing on the gallery, watching the departure of the flight from New York to Seattle with his best friends on it.

He felt alone, abandoned, hurt… His best friend and the love of his life had just left him. He knew it might seem funny that he was calling a man whose wife he was cheating on him with him, his best friend. But that was just so. He wasn't comfortable with the situation, but he could not help it. He and Derek had met Addison together in Medical school and both had fallen for her, but only Derek got to date her in the first place. He had been okay with it and he thought that the old flame had died a long time ago. But an evening with Chinese take out and wine while Derek was at a conference, proofed him wrong.

He had been questioning the whole thing many times but never found a conclusion. He loved Addison and it was impossible for him to reject her. But he also loved Derek and he could not risk their friendship. So maybe it was better that they were gone. There would not be a chance to cheat on Derek for Addison and him, but there would still be a chance to keep his friendship with Derek.

It was definitely better the way it was. But how came he felt so miserable?

On the airplane someone had very similar thoughts. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd sat in her first class seat with a glass of champaign in her hand, next to the most perfect man in the world, ready to start a whole new life, but could not feel good and look forward to it.

She missed a not so perfect man in New York and it made her feel miserable. Derek really was a perfect man. He was charming, good-looking, successful, caring and rich and he loved her. Just perfect. But she had nothing better to do than to cheat on him with a man that changed his bedfellows more often than his underwear. But she could not help it – Mark was her prince charming, even if he was not for real, because Derek was much more charming and…. She censured herself for rambling in her thoughts. Fact was, that her feelings were totally crazy.

So, that's it... I hope you review, even if you only want to say "Why do you post that shit?". Any review is welcome ;)