Ok, so it's been a while since I've watched season two of Grey's Anatomy and I don't remember exactly how everything happened, so you can't get mad at me if something isn't right. And I have to change some stuff anyway to fit Zoey in there. Now if I remember correctly, Alex was always kind of a jerk for the first few seasons, but I'm going to change that just a tiny little bit. Sorry if you don't like this, but that's what I want. Hope you enjoy this chapter! Remember to review!
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BTW, anyone want to beta for me? Someone pm'd me and said I had some grammar and spelling errors, but wouldn't say what they were. So if anyone else has noticed any errors please let me know.

Zoey followed Addison into another hospital room where Richard Webber is waiting for them.

"Addison!" he says happily when he sees her. Addison walks over and gives him a hug, "And this must be Zoey? I haven't seen you since you were just a baby. You've grown up." Zoey just smiled in response. Addison and Richard talked for a few minutes about the case. A few minutes later Zoey was following Addison to another part of the hospital.

"Am I going to have to go everywhere with you?" she asked, already tired of following Addison around.

"For now. This is a new hospital Zoey, I can't let you just run around like you do in New York. We won't be here for long though. You can always hang out with your dad." She suggested, somewhat hopefully.

"That's not going to happen," Zoey said indignantly. Addison rolled her eyes,

"Then don't complain about following me around," Addison said, "But right now I have to see my patient. So we need to find somewhere for you to stay." Right as she mentioned that, one of the interns she had been introduced to earlier walk around the corner, "Dr. Karev," she called, causing him to look at her.

"Yes Dr. Montgomery-Shepard?" he asked, slightly annoyed that someone was interrupting his lunch break.

"I have to go meet my patient. Can you watch Zoey for a little while?" she asked. Alex looked at Zoey; there was something about this kid that made him like her,

"Yeah, sure. Why not. Come on kid. Let's go get some lunch." He started walking away and Zoey followed. They walked into the cafeteria and got in line for food,

"I don't need a babysitter you know," Zoey told him as he piled some pudding and chips onto a tray.

"Well I'm not a babysitter, so it works out."

"You kinda are. You're just not getting paid."

"Whatever. Let's just go eat." Zoey looked at the tray of food that he had. There were multiple cups of pudding and bags of chips on it, along with a couple sodas and some ice cream.

"Mom doesn't let me eat that stuff. She says it's all junk," Zoey told him as she followed him to a table.

"Well it's a good thing your mom isn't here then, isn't it?" he asked, putting a can of soda and a cup of pudding in front of her. She smiled,

"Can I have ice cream instead?" she asked. He agreed and took the pudding back, handing her a bowl of ice cream, "You're cool." Zoey said, digging into the ice cream. Twenty minutes later Zoey was bouncing around Alex in the hallway while he looked over a chart. He was starting to get annoyed with her bouncing and chattering,

"Hey shrimp, I'll give you ten dollars if you sit down and shut up," he said. He had started calling her shrimp because she was still small for her age.

"Make it twenty and we got a deal," she said as Derek walked up to them.

"Karev, why are you giving my daughter money?" he asked.

"She's too hyper. I told her if she sat down and stayed quiet then I would give her ten bucks. She wanted more. But now that you're here I don't have to give her any money. She wanted more." Derek rolled his eyes,

"IS there a reason you are so hyper?" he asked, eyeing his daughter who was still bouncing.

"Alex let me have…" before she could say anything else Alex put a hand over her mouth,

"I thought we were going to keep that a secret," he said to her. Derek raised his eyebrow,

"Keep what a secret?" he asked. Zoey pulled Alex's hand away from her mouth and scooted out of his reach,

"He let me have ice cream and soda for lunch!"

"Oh good lord. Why would you give her that?" he asked, knowing how hyper his daughter got when given sugar.

"Why not? No one told me I couldn't," he said, seeing the look Derek was giving him, "I'm gonna go. See you later shrimp." He said, walking away, leaving Zoey alone with Derek.

"Where is your mother?" Derek asked exasperatedly.

"She had to meet with her patient."

"Is that why she stuck you with an intern? And where is Leah? Why didn't she come with you?" he asked, normally Leah would travel with them to watch Zoey when needed.

"Leah's mom was sick; she had to go home to take care of her." Zoey explained. Derek nodded and as they rounded the corner they saw Addison stepping out of the elevator. They made their way to her,

"Hey sweetie. Where is Dr. Karev?" she asked, wondering why Zoey was now with Derek and not the intern she had left her with.

"He left. Dad was scarring him,"

"Derek!" Addison scolded, "You shouldn't scare the interns."

"Ask Zoey what she had for lunch while she was with Dr. Karev," Derek said blandly.

"What did you have?" She asked, looking at Zoey.

"Ice cream and soda and pudding and chips," She answered happily. Addison looked a little shocked,

"Are you kidding me?" she asked. Zoey shook her head no.

"I told him that you didn't let me eat junk food but Alex said since you weren't there that you couldn't get mad at me or him." Addison rolled her eyes,

"Great. You better not be bouncing around anymore because I am not in the mood to deal with it right now Zoey."

"You're no fun," Zoey said under her breath, "Can we go soon? This hospital is boring," She complained.

"No, I have to stay here. Maybe you can stay in your dad's office?" She asked, hoping that Derek would be able to watch Zoey while she worked.

"Sure. Come one Zo. We can go watch a surgery, how's that sound?" Zoeys face lit up; ever since she was little she loved watching any surgery she could. Derek and Addison often brought her up to the OR and let her watch some of the less gruesome surgeries. She had forgotten that she was supposed to be mad at Derek and quickly grabbed his hand,

"Come on!" she said impatiently, pulling him in a random direction.

"Wrong way Zoey," he said, gently tugging her in the other direction. She followed him happily as they walked up into the gallery. He and Addison had always made sure to let her watch surgeries that were routine and didn't have a high death risk, and as soon as things started to go bad they pulled her out and wouldn't let her watch. Today they were sitting in the gallery of Bailey's OR,

"Who's that dad?" she asked, looking down.

"That's Dr. Bailey. She's taking out that man's appendix."

"Like when I had my appendix taken out, right?" she asked.

"Yepp, just like that." Derek said, remembering how he felt when his daughter was in the hospital. He knew that it was a simple routine procedure, but any parent will panic when their child has to have surgery. Zoey was quiet for a little while as she watched the surgery intently.

"Dad?" she asked, interrupting their silence.

"Yeah Zo?"

"Who was that woman you were with when me and mom got here?" she asked quietly. Derek sighed, he knew that Zoey would ask about Meredith sooner or later, but he had really been hoping that it would be later.

"That was Meredith." He said simply, waiting to see where she went from there. Zoey was quiet for a moment, watching Dr. Bailey remove the man's appendix.

"Are you dating her?" she finally asked.

"Why do you think I'm dating her?" he asked, trying to figure out how to tell her yes.

"Because I saw you hug her and kiss her. And when I was at lunch with Dr. Karev he was talking with another doctor about how you were dating that woman and they wondered if mom knew what was going on. So are you dating her?" Derek sighed again, his daughter had always been more observant than other kids. Normally this was a good thing, but other times he wished she was just oblivious to it all.

"Yeah, sweetie. I'm dating her." It was Zoeys turn to sigh,

"Why? Do you like her more than mom?" she asked, she was trying hard to understand what her parents were doing but it was very confusing to an eleven year old.

"Zoey. Me and your mom just, we just kind of fell apart," he said, trying to explain what happened in a kid friendly way. He knew that he couldn't tell Zoey that he had found Addison cheating on him, especially because she wouldn't know what that meant, but also because she admired and looked up to Addison and even Mark. And even if he did not like Mark, he didn't want to cause Zoey more hurt by bad mouthing him.

"So you don't love mom anymore, but you love Meredith?"

"Well I don't know if I love Meredith, but I do like her."

"I don't." Zoey said simply.

"Why not? You don't even know her." Zoey shrugged,

"I just know that I won't like her."

"Well I would like you to meet her. I think you might like her,"

"I won't." She said insistently, "Can we talk about something else?"

"Sure," Derek said, sighing, "So how is school?" he asked.

"Awesome!" she said, perking up immediately at the change in subject, "I'm the smartest one in my class! That's what Mr. Wilson told mom anyway. She didn't think I was listening but I had the other phone upstairs and heard them talking."

"It's not nice to listen in on other peoples conversations Zoey. But I am proud of you. You are very smart."

"Yepp, and there was this new kid in our class. Her name is Samantha. And she's from London! Remember when we went to London? She's so cool; she talks with an accent too. We're best friends. She comes over for sleepovers and I get to go over to her house when mom has to work a long shift. She has an older sister too, she's awesome. She lets us play with her makeup and dress up in her clothes. She has a lot of designer clothes like mom does." Derek listened to her chatter on about school and her friends. After not seeing him for a year Zoey had a lot to tell him. She had stopped watching the surgery while she was talking to Derek and hadn't noticed when Addison came into the gallery.

"Slow down there," She said jokingly, interrupting Zoeys rambling. Derek wasn't completely sure what she was talking about now. She had been jumping from one subject to another as soon as something new popped into her mind and Derek had been having a difficult time keeping up.

"Hi mom," she said. Derek looked thankful that she was distracted. He loved his daughter to the ends of the earth, but there was only so much any person could take of an eleven year olds rambling.

"You ready to go?" she asked. Zoey nodded,

"Yeah sure. See you tomorrow dad?" Zoey asked. She had enjoyed spending time with Derek again, even if she did do most of the talking.

"Yepp. Maybe you can watch one of my surgeries."

"YEAH! Please, please, please!" she begged, she had always loved watching Derek and Addison's surgeries the most.

"We will see tomorrow, ok?" Derek told her.

"Alright, bye dad," Zoey said, giving Derek a hug. Derek smiled and held her close, it had been a long time since he had been able to hold his daughter in his arms and he had missed the feeling. There was something about holding your child that always made a parent happy. He knew that they probably wouldn't have a lot of time together, since Addison was only in town for one case, but he planned on cherishing the time that he was able to spend with his daughter before she went back to New York. He let go of her and smiled as Zoey and Addison walked down the hallway.

What did you think? I found myself getting a little frustrated with this chapter. I couldn't remember most of season two, so I eventually just gave up trying to follow that story line and went with my own. I didn't like Derek and Zoey not talking, so I went ahead and kind of mended their relationship. But don't worry, next chapter Zoey is probably going to meet Meredith and then the fun will begin. I will try to update as soon as I can! Hope you loved it!