Title: One Hell Of A Racket
Authors: Sara And Lizzie
Rating: T for language, mild sex
Disclaimer: we don't own grey's anatomy, or any anatomies but our own at that.
Summary: Sequel to Sound And Fury. Mark and Addison come back to Seattle, and chaos ensues. Forget the internship- there's sex, lies, jealousy and procreation to deal with it.
Author's Note: We couldn't let go of Sound, so we decided to write a sequel. Review.
Derek opened the car door for her. She loved it when he did that. "Thank you sir." She said, climbing in. "How are holding up?" she asked him as he got into the driver's seat and started the car.
"Surprisingly well." He said. "Except for the part where my ex best friend stared you down naked."
Meredith laughed. "You know he didn't mean it the way it sounded."
"Exactly what did he mean?"
"Mark and I are friends. He came to get me in San Francisco, may I remind you. I understand why he did it."
"Enlighten me." Derek said, with the slightest edge to his voice.
Meredith hid her smile and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "He's uncomfortable. There's this thing about having you and Addison in the same hospital, let alone one the same side of the country, it's weird for the old dirty mistresses. We're nervous and he did something stupid."
Derek took both of her hands and kissed her. "Don't be uncomfortable. Don't be nervous. I love you." She smiled and nodded and he kissed her nose.
She looked up and saw Mark and Addison striding across the parking lot. She opened her door and lifted herself partially out of the car. "Well?"
"He's thinking about it." Mark said. "Still."
Meredith rolled her eyes. "Get in the car." She called.
She lowered herself back inside. Derek eyed. "What are you doing?"
She winced. "I don't know. Joe's, tequila. Now." She said as Mark and Addison climbed tentatively in the car.
Cristina, Alex, Izzie and George sat at the bar staring in a combination of amusement and horror at a table against the wall. A table where doctors Shepherd, Grey, Montgomery and Sloan were sitting and laughing. Laughing together.
"Okay, I'll just come out and say it." Cristina declared. "This is weird."
Alex shook his head. "It's very unnatural."
"That's what I just said." Cristina told him disgustedly. He opened his mouth retort, but Izzie beat him to it.
"It could be kind of cute." She ventured. "You know, mending friendships, bonding…" she trailed off. They all stared at her. "Okay, yea it's just weird."
"Does this mean Meredith is going to scrub in on all of their surgeries?" George asked. "Cause if she's cornered the market on the three of them, and you've got Burke, I have got to start sleeping with an attending."
"Tired of ortho, Bambi?" Alex asked. George made a face at him at the crude reference to Callie, but let it slide. "If she could throw a few of Sloan's surgeries my way…"Alex finished.
"Stop drooling over McSteamy." Izzie pouted.
Cristina chuckled. "Maybe you should sleep with him, Alex. Then you'd get in on the surgeries."
Alex just stared at her. "Dude." She said, his mouth open. Burke slid onto the stool next to Cristina.
"Karev, close your mouth, for all our sake's." He instructed. He followed Cristina's eyes to the table. "Oh." He said. "That's just not natural."
At the table, Derek was mid story. "So Bailey walks in, and she's covered in vomit. Literally." He said. Addison laughed a genuine laugh, because she could picture it, and because, incredulously enough, she was happy.
Meredith looked up from the table and caught Cristina's eye. 'McDouble Date' her friend mouthed at her. Meredith gave her a look that could only be interpreted as seriously?
But Meredith was surprised, because she really was enjoying herself. Mark stood up and made his way towards the bar, clearly going for more drinks. Meredith nudged Derek. "Go ahead.' She urged.
Derek kissed her forehead, then her lips and got up and followed Mark. As they waited for Joe to take their order, they didn't ignore each other. The conversation looked a little tense, but it was there all the same. And it was a start.
Meredith smiled at Addison across the table. "Dr. Montgomery, are you okay?" She asked.
Addison rolled her eyes. "For God's sake, Meredith, we're practically friends. When we're sitting at the bar, you can call me Addison. And yea, I'm okay."
They sat in silence for a few minutes. "Thank you." Addison said, suddenly.
"Thank me?" Meredith repeated. "For what?"
"I heard you. Today. Defend me with the nurses. You were right you know."
"About you?"
"About me. It is hard. I see him, so in love with you and I wonder, did he ever feel that way about me. And then I see how he cares about you, he pays attention to you, and I wonder, what was missing from us, that he couldn't do that for me."
She paused and looked around. "And then, I wonder why he isn't looking at Mark and I and wondering."
Meredith reached across the table impulsively and covered Addison's hand with hers. "Addison, he loved you."
She smiled. "Thank you Dr. Grey." She whispered.
Meredith rolled her eyes. "I think we're friends now. It's Meredith."
"So last night…" Addison said.
Meredith held up her hand. "Don't even say a word."
Addison raised her eyebrows. "Okay, but seriously, how did you twist that way?"
Meredith put her head in her hands. "Oh my God, I'm going to die right here." She said. She locked eyes with Addison and laughed.
At the bar, Derek and Mark looked at the table and raised their eyebrows. "Do you think they're like, friends?" Mark asked.
Derek raised his eyebrows. "It looks that way." He looked at Mark. "Do you think you'll get the job?"
Mark shrugged. "I hope so." He hesitated. "Derek, I'm sorry about, you know, the Meredith thing."
Derek shrugged. "She's hot, isn't she? I'm thinking about asking her if she wants to live together."
"In your trailer?" Mark asked skeptically.
"Yes." Derek said defensively. "She likes the trailer. Or not the trailer. We can move. Or build. Anywhere that it's just, us. Not other interns, not room mates, just Meredith and me."
Mark smiled. "You love her, don't you?"
Derek smiled back at him. "You have no idea." They collected the drinks and went back to the table, where Meredith was blushing and smirking a little, and Addison just looked shocked.
"What?" Mark asked.
"Nothing." They said in unison. "Nothing."
Mark's cell phone rang and he answered. Addison turned to Meredith.
"Seriously?" she whispered. "You're that flexible?"
Derek looked at them in horror. "I'm going to throw up." He said, taking a sip of scotch.
"Okay." Mark said, motioning for them all to be quiet. "Thank you Dr. Webber."
They all looked at him as he hung up the phone and slipped it back into the pocket of his jacket. He turned to Addison. "Can you give me a ride to the hospital tomorrow? I have a contract to sign."
She made a happy noise, and kissed him. Meredith reached over and squeezed his shoulder. Derek nodded. "Congratulations." He told Mark.
Burke made his way over and Meredith vacated her seat for him. "I'll go say hi to everyone." She made her way over to her friends, who were all giving her the same look.
"Yea, okay." She said, putting her hands in the air. "I know it's weird."