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"Derek! Addison come in here please" Susan's voice rang out. Immediately two children, who were by now aged 3, stood obediently in front of Addison's mother, their hands behind their backs, their chubby faces smeared with faint traces of chocolate.

Addison's mother paced in front of the children looking down on them. She began her questioning "So I was in the cupboard this afternoon when I realised the chocolate spread I had bought for lunch was empty" she stooped in front of the kids "You two didn't happen to see anything happen to it now did you?"

The toddlers shook their head, Addison's pigtails bounced while Derek's soft curls fluttered by the movement.

Susan quirked a brow; a trait Addison went on to inherit, and stood up once more moving to the kitchen counter where the empty jar lay. She picked it up by the rim making sure not to touch the sides. "So you wouldn't happen to know whose hand prints these are" she turned the jar around and showed the children a chocolaty hand print that covered the white label.

Once again both children shook their heads.

"Ok" said Susan trying a different approach "What's that on both your faces?"

The children looked at each other before Derek decided to speak up "It's dirt. We played in the garden"

Susan's eyes narrowed, expression one of pure amusement. Using her forefinger she reached out towards her daughter's cheek and rubbed the brown substance off her face. When she had done this she took her finger and placed it in her mouth licking off the chocolate. She turned back towards Derek "It's mighty tasty for dirt honey" she bent down facing them once more "I think you have something to say don't you?" she said her eyes expecting.

Addison who hadn't spoken throughout the whole showdown went shyly to her mother and hugged her. Her small voice was hard to hear from Susan's shoulder.

"I'm sorry mummy" she said turning her face so it now faced the crook of her mother's neck.

Following suit Derek went up to Susan also and copied Addison's actions. "I'm sorry"

Retracting so she could look at both children she spoke "Its fine but I don't want you lying anymore ok?"

They nodded their heads.

"Good" she said standing up when her knees could not longer take the weight. "Now go and show me who can wash their hands and faces the best"

Happily the children went bounding upstairs, as Susan struggled to hear the faucet being turned on. The sound never came. Instead it was replaced by the sound she knew too well as the crashing of toys came to the ground.

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So far Addison's day had been fairly uneventful. She had performed her first c-section in the hospital since arriving; nothing too spectacular, and was now finishing off the paperwork that came with her post op patient. Sitting at one of the cafeteria tables she flicked through the file aimlessly trying; what David was doing earlier, to look busy. A shadow soon cast over her table. Addison peaked over the top of her glasses to the intern she had been assigned to.

"Um Dr Montgomery is it ok if I sit here" she bounced nervously looking around the open space that they were in.

Addison sat up a little straighter and beckoned the young intern to take the adjacent seat.

"Thanks" Izzie said sheepishly setting the tray down on the table.

Addison could see her hands shake nervously "Relax Isobel I don't bite"

Izzie giggled apprehensively "Um actually you can call me Izzie Dr Montgomery"

"Oh ok then you might as well call me Addison when were not on professional terms"

"Okay" she replied her head bobbing in agreement. She picked at her salad and took a mouthful.

Silence passed between the two until Addison decided to break it.

"So tell me Izzie what made you want to be a surgeon"

Izzie swallowed the food in her mouth "I dunno I just felt the need to make something of myself. I didn't come from the best background and I always thought I never wanted my child to end up like me…" she turned to meet Addison's attentive gaze. "I'm sorry I have a tendency to never be able to shut up its hereditary and I …"

"No no" she reassured her "I find it quite admirable" she changed the topic none the less to make the atmosphere more comfortable "So have you thought about the specialty you're going to take?"

Glad for the new discussion to arise Izzie shook her head "No but I enjoyed neo-natal today"

"I'm happy to see it made an impact on you"

"Hey Iz"

Addison turned to see one of Dr Bailey's followers from this morning. He was beckoning Izzie over.

She looked back worriedly over Addison "Um I'm sorry it's just that…"

Addison held up her hand stopping the intern "Go he saved you a seat" she smiled showing that there was no harm done.

Gratefully she stood up and went over to her friend leaving Addison alone once more. Sighing she went back to the notes she was pretending to give the once over and again a shadow cast over her table.

"Mind if I join you?"

"Who else will?" she said without looking up.

"Aw come on Addie it's not that bad"

"It's like the first day of high school? Do you remember? It was terrible"

"Mine wasn't that bad"

"That's because you were the cute boy with the blue eyes and the black wavy hair. Me on the other hand was the gangly girl with the milk bottle glasses and the braces which almost everyday had food in it"

"Hmm…well just be thankful my sisters decided to intervene before it got worse"

Addison looked reminiscent "Nancy was always good with a pair of tweezers"

"See that's the spirit" Derek punched the air. Addison smiled despite herself and the two friends feel into a comfortable silence.

Addison looked at Derek pensively judging his body language. He sat with his hands clasped together studying them intently "What's on your mind?"

"What you can't tell?" his gaze met hers

"I used to be able to know what was wrong with you all the time…now not so much" Derek smiled "Come on spill"

Derek cast his eyes down. Exhaling heavily he began "You don't think that maybe we… grew apart?" he looked up and saw that she mirrored his position "I mean I didn't even know that you were coming out here and I don't know how much longer I can pretend that were ok without talking about this"

"Derek… it's not that I don't want to talk about this now but maybe we should…"

He nodded "No I understand. Discuss it later right?"

"Thank you"

His pager beeped "I've got to go and play doctor" he smirked down at her "Love you Addie" he said in a singsong voice

"Love you Derek" she said back in the same tone.

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"So what's her story?"

"On a scale of one to ten how hot is she?"

"Was I right about the bitchy thing?"

"Guys stop badgering Izzie" Meredith said leaving her friends mouths wide open with their unanswered questions "My ears are going to fall off"

"Oh please Mer it's not like you don't want to find out anything either. She practically knows everything there is about Mcdreamy from your description, use that to your advantage!" she looked over at Addison who was still looking through her file "Besides how can you not find anything wrong with their relationship? I mean come on!"

Meredith went silent. She hated the way Cristina could read her at times. Ever since Addison had come to town Meredith couldn't help but wonder how she and Derek were so seemingly close. Were they exes? How far back did they go? How close was close exactly?

Cristina smirked in Meredith's direction. Heating up from the intense glare sent her way Meredith suddenly found her pudding much more interesting than necessary.

Turning back to Izzie she spoke "So did you find anything out good?"

"No of course not, she only just started working here and besides" she shoot a glance at the redhead who had decided to leave "She's really nice and a good listener and I don't wanna bad talk her"

"So you're saying I have no chance?" Alex asked surprising everybody

Rolling her eyes in Alex's direction she spoke "Absolutely none whatsoever"

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"How did work go?" David's voice floated down the line

"Eh it was ok I guess. Nothing too strenuous"

"Are you in the bath?"

"How the hell can you tell from twenty two floors down?"

"That's not the point, are you using the conditioner I sent up?"

She furrowed her brows "That was you? I thought it came with the room"

"Ha! Like they care about the state of people's hair, especially one of those people who have the most gorgeous hair I have ever seen"

"Aww thanks! It smells really good, I'll pay you back sometime"

"Oh you already have" he chuckled

Her eyes narrowed even though she couldn't see him "What did you take?"

"What makes you think I took anything?"

"David wake up and smell the conditioner. You're a gay man with an unhealthy obsession of me and me closet"

"Its just you're closet, and besides you've just described the many gay men living in Seattle"

"Whatever the point is what did you take?"

He sighed "It was a pair of those really cute Ray Bon's you had"

"Have" she corrected

"No had past tense sweetie! You got a major in English for goodness sakes"

"Wha…wait how did you find out?"

"Like I said before 'I'll google you'"

"Huh go figures"

"By the way how does someone flunk gym?"

"It was really hard! And I get rope burn" she whined. It was no use making excuses David could always judge her character really easily.

"Right…" she heard the disbelief in his voice "…so back to the glasses, can I keep them?"

"You might as well" she sunk further into the water

"Good because I was going to anyway" she could hear tapping from his keyboard for a second before he spoke through the line again "Wow you're like mega rich right?"

"How did you find out?"

"From my friend the internet I'll introduce you sometime." He heard her scoff down the phone "It says your dad's like some successful business man or something." He whistled "Damn you're practically crapping Benjamin's"

"Yeah well it's not really much of a conversation starter in my opinion"

"Really? If it was me I'd introduce myself as rich all the time" he tapped some more "Who's the cutie that works with you?"

"Huh?"

"The one with the unruly black hair that kinda gives him that dirty sexy rugged look" he peered closer at the screen "It says his name is Derek Shepard"

"Oh yeah. What about him?"

"Put in a good word for me"

"He's not gay"

"Really? From the way his eyes seem to look right at me and the way he kinda has his mouth in a lopsided grin like he's hiding a secret"

"Like the secret that he's gay?"

"Exactly!"

"I think your gaydar's broken"

"Oh" the disappointment was clear in his voice "What about a twin brother?"

"Nope just all sisters but I could ask him for you" she blew at the bubbles in the tub "but I severely doubt it"

"Why?"

"Because I know everything there is about Derek Shepherd and he knows everything about me"

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I'm really not to keen on this chapter but it's all in due course for the rest of the story ;-)

Oh and I understand how you feel about David! Gah if only he was real…

Oh and I hope everyone had a good Christmas/holiday!

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