AN: Not the most exciting chapter ever, but I wanted to attempt to write the divorce. Hopefully the next chapter will be more interesting.

Derek walked into his trailer, his stomach filled with dread. Ending an eleven year marriage was not something to be taken lightly, especially when his wife knew that he was in love with another woman, even though he had picked her.

"Addison? Addi, are you home yet?"

"I can't hide in here Derek. You know we really should get a proper home one of these days."

She came out of the tiny bedroom, and sat down on the couch, pulling him down beside him.

"So, what do you want me for, are you finally ready to talk?" Her face was bright with anticipation of fixing their failing marriage, and Derek felt his heart break a little when he realized what he was about to do. But stronger than that pain was Meredith's guilty face after every kiss, and the way she flinched at his touch.

"Addison, I am ready to talk." He knew his heavy heart showed on his face, and sure enough Addison saw it too.

"Oh, it's this talk. I guess I should have know that it was coming. I suppose it has been coming since before Mark, before Meredith." Her eyes were shinning with tears that Derek knew would spill before he finished his next sentence.

"I'm so sorry, Addi, I really am. We really did try you know. We just aren't the same people."

She had tears running down her face, but to Derek's surprise her voice wasn't hysterical. "You're right Derek, you're in love with your intern, and just can't try hard enough to make this work. Not when you see her everyday, and remember that you love her, more than me. Maybe if we had moved back to New York. Maybe then we could have made it work. Fallen back in love."

Derek swallowed back his own tears. He hadn't realized how much this would hurt. He had been in love with Addison once, he had loved her just as much as he now loved Meredith. "Mark was in New York."

Addison smile a haunted smile. "You're right. Mark was in New York. We've both made too many mistakes, haven't we Derek. Time has changed us too much."

He nodded tightly, still fighting tears. She was taking this well, no screaming, no begging. He supposed that she was slightly relieved also. No more pretending.

She broke the awkward silence after a minute. "I'll get the papers, we'll sign, and I'll pack my stuff, and find a hotel. You and Doc can have this trailer to yourselves."

"Addison, you don't have to leave tonight. I'll sleep on the couch." With his eyes he begged her not to hate him. Not to blame the failed marriage entirely on him.

"No, I'm going tonight, and I'm never sleeping in a trailer again." They smiled at each other, and Derek knew the trailer would always be something they'd be able to laugh about. Two of the highest paid doctors on the west coast living in a trailer. Derek did have to smile at the humor in it.

She left for a moment to go retrieve the divorce papers, and Derek stared up at the ceiling, feeling like he was in some strange nightmare. But it wasn't completely demonic because he knew it would end with him and Meredith. Him and Meredith, no strings attached. For the first time ever. He smiled his first real smile of the night at the thought.

"I hope you'll be happy with her. She really is a sweet girl."

Derek started, not realizing she had come back into the room. He looked up at her slightly guilty, but said, "I think we will be happy. If she will ever take me back."

"She will. She loves you, Derek."

Derek smiled, he never would have imagined that Addison would reassure him of Meredith's love.

"You first or me," Addison asked, reminding Derek that there was still one big step to take.

"I will. This was my idea, and mostly my fault. Are we still splitting right down the middle of the country?"

"Yes. I get the condo in New York and the house in Hampton. You get the condo in Aspen, and this land."

"The trailer too?"

"That's not in the papers, but yes. You may have the trailer."

Derek nodded, knowing he had just been stalling. He lower his shaky hand to the paper, steadying it before scrawling his signature. Beside him he heard Addison sigh, and he knew that she had had the smallest hope that he would not sign. Honoring her side of the agreement, she took the pen from his hand and signed below him.

Derek Maloney Shepherd

Addison Montgomery Shepherd

There it was. In ink. Not to be erased. No going back now. Their marriage was soon to be over, and Derek couldn't help but think, Finally.