Sorry this took me so long. I promise to try not to make you wait too long. I will try to post another chapter by like Friday or Saturday, but I think I'm pretty busy for the rest of the week, so I might not be able to. Anyway, here is your chapter, enjoy!
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A few hours later, around three in the afternoon, Zoey was sitting at the nurses' station, spinning in a chair. Both Derek and Addison were busy and they didn't want to leave her somewhere where she could easily run off. So she had been given strict instructions to not leave the nurses' station or she would regret it. After about twenty minutes all of the nurses had run off to help with some emergency or something, leaving Zoey unattended. Zoey stood up and walked away from the nurses' station. Since no one was around she slipped into a supply closet. After looking around for a little while she found a container labeled "blue dye".
She stared at it for a minute, trying to figure out what the doctors would use it for, then decided that they wouldn't miss it and stuck it in her pocket, thinking she would use it for something. She left the supply closet, making sure no one was around still, and made her way down the hallway. She wasn't entirely sure where she was going until she wandered into the intern's locker room. Suddenly a huge grin crossed her face. She went to a random locker and started going through it. After looking through several lockers her grin grew even more. She was standing in front of Meredith Grey's locker. She examined the contents of the locker and found her change of clothes, some random little items, and a bottle of shampoo and conditioner. She quickly took out the bottle of shampoo and completely emptied the dye into it. As soon as she put the bottle back in the locker someone walked into the room,
"What are you doing in here?" Alex asked, causing her to spin around and hide the empty dye bottle behind her back.
"Nothing," she answered quickly, tossing the bottle in the nearest locker without Alex noticing. He looked at her suspiciously.
"Yeah, ok. Your mom asked me to find you. She says you have to stay with me for the rest of the day. Apparently since I'm on her service today that means I'm on babysitting duty."
"Cool. Can we get ice cream again?" she asked happily.
"No. She said if I gave you ice cream I was going to be fired. I would rather keep my job. C'mon munchkin," he said, walking out of the room.
"Where are we going?" She asked, following along behind him.
"I don't know, what do eleven year olds like to do?" Zoey shrugged, "Well what did you do in New York?"
"Mom would take me shopping sometimes. Or the nanny would take me on walks through Central Park. And I did dance and soccer."
"Well, I'm not taking you shopping. And we can't exactly go to Central Park right now. I know nothing about Dance, but we can go up to the peads floor and see if we can find a soccer ball." Zoey smiled,
"Ok, can we see if other kids want to play too?" she asked, slipping her hand into his slowly and leading him towards the elevators.
"Sure we can. I'm sure they would love that." They made their way upstairs and found a soccer ball in the play room. Soon there were four other kids with them and they were playing a game of mini soccer. Because they were inside they weren't allowed to really kick the ball or run around, but the kids enjoyed it anyway. A few hours later Alex brought Zoey back downstairs right as Addison was about to come looking for them.
"There you are. What have you been up to?" She asked.
"Dr. Karev let us play soccer inside!" Zoey answered happily, "But we weren't allowed to run. Or kick the ball very hard. But it was still fun."
"Thanks for watching her;" Addison said to Alex, "We will be leaving in a few days so you will be able to get back to your real job."
"It's no problem. I actually don't really mind hanging out with her. She's pretty cool as far as kids go."
"Well thanks again. We're going to go get some dinner." Addison led Zoey out of the hospital.
"We're leaving soon?" Zoey asked, a little disappointed.
"Yeah. The case I came here for is almost over. There will be no reason for us to stay. Besides, I thought you would be dying to get back to New York." Zoey shrugged, "What's wrong Zo?" she asked.
"I don't want to leave dad," she answered quietly, "I mean; I haven't seen him in like a year. I don't want to go that long without seeing him again. I missed him." Addison sighed, for a year Zoey had wanted nothing to do with her father, but now that she had reconnected with him she didn't want to leave him.
"You knew we were only going to be here for a little while Zoey," Addison said as they entered a restaurant. Zoey chose to ignore her mother and the waiter who asked her what she wanted. Addison ordered for her and Zoey complained the rest of the way through dinner about the food. Addison was very happy when they arrived back at the hotel and she was able to send the grumpy child to bed early. When Addison checked on her two hours later Zoey was sound asleep, so she went onto the balcony and dialed Derek's number. He answered and she said, "We need to talk." He agreed to meet her the next morning for breakfast while Zoey stayed up in the hotel room. They were sitting at the table in a tense silence.
"So what did you need to talk about?" he asked, wanting to leave as soon as he could.
"I'll just get to the point. Richard offered me a job and I'm thinking about taking it."
"Why would he do that?" Derek asked, sounding appalled.
"Because I'm the best there is Derek. He knows that I would be good for the hospital. And I know you don't want me anywhere near your precious new life but I think it might be a good decision. Zoey was really upset when I told her we were leaving soon. She doesn't want to leave you Derek. And if we move here then she could easily spend time with you and see you more often than if we were in New York." Derek considered it for a few minutes.
"You're right. I really don't want you here, but I want Zoey here. So as much as this kills me, I will support you if you move here."
"That's good. Because even if you didn't agree with me I was going to take the job. Zoey will be excited that we get to stay. Can she stay with you for a little while well I go back to New York and take care of everything?"
"Yeah sure, that's fine. Now I have to get to the hospital. I have surgery in an hour." Derek got up and left and Addison went back to their room. Zoey was awake at this point, watching TV in her pajamas. Addison turned the TV off as she walked by.
"HEY!" Zoey protested
"I have something to tell you," Addison said. Zoey looked at her expectantly,
"Ok?"
"We're going to move to Seattle," Addison told her. She smiled as Zoeys face lit up.
"Really! We're moving here? So I can see dad still?"
"Yepp. I got a job at the hospital so I just have to find us a house and you a school. But while I go back to New York to get everything settled you are going to stay here with your dad. Sound good?"
"Yeah. I'm so happy mom!" Zoey said, getting up and giving Addison a hug.
"Good."
A few hours later Zoey and Addison walked into the hospital and up to the surgical floor. When they got there Addison left Zoey with Alex.
"Can we go play soccer again?" she asked as soon as Addison was gone.
"Yeah sure." Alex said. This time soccer didn't go as well. One of the other kids accidently tripped Zoey and when she fell she hit her head on the corner of a table. Alex quickly jumped into doctor mode and started examining the sobbing child. There was a rather large cut on her forehead that was bleeding profusely and the skin around it was beginning to bruise. Alex pressed a cloth to her head and picked her up, carrying her into an empty exam room. He had Derek and Addison paged and began cleaning up the cut. Derek was the first to arrive,
"What happened?" he asked.
"She was playing soccer with some of the other kids and fell. She happened to hit the table on her way down."
"You shouldn't be playing soccer inside Zo," Derek said as he checked her over. He quickly determined that she was fine, but would need a few stitches to seal up the cut on her head. "Karev, you can do the stitches, but be very very careful. She is my daughter and if you hurt her you will be in huge trouble." Alex nodded and started to get the suture kit ready.
"Dad? Is it going to hurt?" Zoey asked tentatively, looking at the needle.
"You'll be fine," he promised. He stood next to Zoey and held onto her hand. A few minutes later, as Alex was finishing up Addison walked into the room.
"Are you ok?" She asked worriedly. Derek answered,
"She's fine. Just a few stitches. Nothing to worry about.' Addison nodded, knowing that if Derek said she was ok then Zoey was fine. "Just no more indoor soccer, ok?" he said, directing his statement to both Alex and Zoey. They both nodded in response.
"Can I see your house dad?" Zoey asked, getting tired of being at the hospital. Derek agreed to take the rest to the day off and get her settled in at his place since Addison had to leave the next day. They stopped by the hotel first and got her clothes and bags. Zoey watched through the window as they drove through the woods.
"Where do you live? Narnia?" She asked.
"It's just up here," he said, motioning to his trailer. She got out of the car and starred at the trailer in disgust,
"You live here?" she asked. She was accustomed to large houses surrounded by other large houses, all of them decorated lavishly, so the tiny silver trailer she was standing in front of was a bit of a shock.
"Yepp, this is home," Derek said, leading her inside. Zoey looked around,
"You could fit it inside my bedroom," she said.
"I know it's not the brownstone Zoey. But I'm going to build a house out here eventually."
"You're building a house?" she asked, a little surprised.
"Someday soon, yeah." Zoey thought about it.
"It's gonna have a bedroom for me right?" she asked. Derek nodded,
"Of course, and I'll even let you help design it. How's that sound?"
"Awesome!" she said happily.
"Good. So what do you say we go catch some dinner," Derek said, holding up two fishing poles. Zoey smiled widely, taking one of the poles and walking towards the lake, hoping to catch some fish.
How was it? I've decided not to have Derek and Addison get back together because I have other plans. Addison will eventually leave to go to LA but that won't be for a while.
Tell me what you thought please!
