A/N: Posting this a day early because there probably won't be an update next week, I have 1 month and 1 day exactly to get all of my college work in and I am so behind it's actually unreal, so this is me officially announcing a hiatus, it'll be for at least a week, probably longer. Behind on work is an understatement! My cut off is tonight, after that, no more updates!
Thank you for all of the reviews you gave me for Part 1 Chapter 8, and more importantly thank you for not killing me! So this is it, the beginning of Part 2, which I will be attempting to make 8 chapters long, I have the first 5 finished-ish but my ideas keep changing, this chapter has changed so many times already and I'm still not entirely happy with it! But please, review! I really do love reading them =D Kelly. X.
A Lot Can Happen In The City
Part 2: Chapter 1
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2 weeks later.
Meredith sat amongst her friends in the cafeteria, she stared down at her food not even bothering to listen to the random conversations happening around her, Alex and Cristina arguing over nothing in particular, Owen watching them in amusement all the while talking to Derek, George and Izzie gossiping about whatever was on the rumor mill that week, Callie and Arizona being cute in the corner, Mark and Lexie in a similar position but Meredith, she just stared at her lunch.
"Forget something?" she heard from behind her, Meredith froze, as she blinked at the very familiar necklace dangled in front of her face, she took a very shaky breath. Everyone was now looking at them in confusion, most wanted to say hello or otherwise to the estranged redhead but they could all sense that there was more to this interaction than met the eye and kept quiet. Meredith stood up, her back still to the person she'd longed to see for so long, she turned around slowly.
"Hey" Addison breathed.
Meredith couldn't even speak, she could feel her body shaking, her heartbeat thumping in her ears.
"You once said to me that we can deal with us in one of two ways, we picked a way and we stuck with it, so now, I'm asking you to deal with this in one of two ways, you can call me a bitch, tell me that I screwed up and missed my chance, that you told me not to follow you and you really did mean that and I'll turn around and go back to New York or you can call me a bitch, tell me that I screwed up, forgive me, put the necklace back on and promise that you will never take it off again. It's up to you this time Mer."
"You were a bitch" Meredith sighed "You screwed up. We both did. We both said things we shouldn't have, but…." she said taking the necklace from Addison's hand and unclipping the clasp "I can forgive you…." she said fastening the necklace around her neck "If you can forgive me, I should have talked to you, I should have discussed it with you and, I need you to forgive me for that Addie, because I don't want to lose you"
Addison smiled softly, she stepped forward and rested a hand on Meredith's shoulder, the other reached up and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, she leant forward and kissed her forehead "I love you Mer, so much, you have changed my life, before you left, the 6 months we spent together, they were just perfect and, I want that back, I want us back, so if you want to…."
Meredith didn't let another word pass Addison's lips, she simply pushed her lips against them, Addison wrapped her arms around Meredith's neck playing with her hair as one of Meredith's hands gently touched Addison's cheek, the other gripping onto her shoulder, as they pulled away they shared a few gentle pecks before Meredith wrapped herself tightly around Addison's body, she buried her face in her chest and let a few light sobs escape.
"Hey, hey stop that honey, don't cry" Addison whispered "Everythings ok, I'm here now, we can get through this Mer, I love you, I'm in love with you, this it ok? I love you"
"I love you too" Meredith whimpered, she pulled her face away from Addison's chest and looked up at her, Addison brought her hand up to Meredith's face and wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"We're in this" Addison said firmly.
"We're in this" Meredith smiled.
"I missed you Slut" Addison smirked, Meredith let out a little laugh "Missed you too Bitch"
"So….am I still a fun date?"
Meredith leant up to Addison's ear and lowered her voice substantially "Only if you do that thing with your tongue tonight"
"I'm sure that can be arranged Dr Grey" Addison smiled playfully.
"Thank you Dr Montgomery" Meredith grinned.
"Are you guys going to stand there flirting all day or are you going to explain what the HELL is going on?" Cristina exclaimed.
"Well, you see, the uh, the thing is…" Meredith stuttered turning to face them "We um, we, Addie how do I explain this?"
Addison smirked and pulled a chair up, she sat down pulling Meredith into the seat next to her "Well, about 6 months ago I was taking a walk through Central Park, I stopped to check my cell and was almost thrown to the floor by a runner not looking where she was going, that runner being Meredith"
"We went back to my hotel for coffee, which ended up being lunch, and then we met again the next night for cocktails"
"A lot of cocktails" Addison chuckled.
"And when we woke up the next morning, well, we weren't exactly um, clothed" Meredith said awkwardly "And after a momentary freak out we started to laugh about it, like uncontrollably laughing"
"And nothing else really happened, not until I moved there permanently 2 weeks later, then, then a lot of stuff happened"
"I moved into the spare room of her new apartment and a week later we were sat on the sofa watching TV and I don't know, it just, happened"
"And it kept on happening and then 6 months later Meredith's contract was up and she said she was moving back here so I pretended like I didn't care, like it was just sex so then Mer starts shouting at me and I'm shouting at her and then she throws the necklace at me, tells me she'll be gone by the time I get back from work and she was, she left a note saying not to come after her but then our friends Savvy and Freddy threatened to drag me by the hair to the airport if I didn't catch on sooner that it got out of hand and now it's been a month since that day and its time to get my ass into gear"
"And now you're here" Meredith sighed "I can't believe you're here"
"You better believe it" Addison grinned "I missed you Slut"
"Missed you too Bitch"
"Ok, number one" said Cristina "Why the hell are you insulting each other?"
"It's what we do" Meredith and Addison both replied.
"Ok then, number two, when I called you that time and you were blatantly having sex was that…"
"That was Addison being a mischievous little bitch" Meredith grinned squeezing Addison's waist.
"Ok eewww, number three. Is this why you've been acting weird?"
"Um, yeah, this would be the reason"
"Right, ok then, ok, number four, what in gods name made you do this!" Cristina exclaimed "She's your ex-boyfriends ex-wife Meredith! She slept with your husband at prom!" she said turning to Addison "She's your ex-boyfriends ex-wife!"
"It's not going to change the more times you say it" Meredith smirked.
"This is just…." Izzie started.
"Unbelievable" said Derek, everyones head snapped towards him, he wasn't looking at anyone, just Meredith and Addison's entwined fingers resting in their laps.
"Derek I…." Meredith started.
"No no no, don't say anything" Derek said quietly "I just, I need a minute, I need to um, I need a walk" he stood slowly picking up his tray.
"Derek" Addison sighed.
"I just need a minute" he said as he walked away, they all watched him throw his trash away and put his tray down on his way past.
"Oh this is not good" Meredith muttered sinking into her chair, Addison reached out and cupped her face moving it to face her.
"We are not doing anything wrong. He'll hurt for a while maybe but we are not doing anything wrong. We went into this as two single women with no attachments to anyone. I know you're feeling guilty right now but you have no reason too. If he doesn't speak to us ever again that's life, stuff happens remember?"
"Stuff happens" Meredith nodded.
"God I've missed you" Addison sighed kissing Meredith's lips lightly, their chairs were pulled close together, Addison wrapped an arm behind Meredith's back, resting her hand on her waist, the other was still holding hers in their laps.
"Don't you ever do that to me again ok? We're in this. This isn't and never has been about just sex. We are in this."
"We're in this" Addison smiled.
"You can throw things at us now" Meredith sighed as she noticed the table still staring at them.
"Dude" Alex smirked "I think it's McHot"
"McYeah it is" George snorted, Izzie groaned and slapped them both on the back of the head.
"McPerverts" she muttered "I mean, it's a little, weird, but if this is really what you want Mer…."
"It's really what I want" Meredith smiled.
"Then all's good with me" Izzie smiled softly.
"Well erm, it certainly is a surprise" said Mark "So are you moving here Addison or…."
"I called Richard last week and got a temporary contract but, moving here? I think me and Mer have some talking to do"
"You've known for a week!" Meredith exclaimed.
"I had to work at the Mount Sinai for a few days, everyone sends their love by the way"
"Wait, everyone? Do you mean they all knewyou were coming here and didn't tell me!"
"I wanted to surprise you" Addison smiled coyly.
"I guess I can forgive you" Meredith smiled sheepishly, she leaned in towards Addison's ear and lowered her voice "But only if you come meet me in the on-call room on 5th in 5 minutes"
Meredith stood up and straightened out her scrubs "I uh, have to go, patients, I have patients, bye" she smiled rushing off.
Addison spent a few minutes talking to Callie and getting herself aquatinted with Arizona before she stood up "I have to go and uh, patients"
"You don't have any patients" Mark smirked.
"Well I have to go and get some" she smiled before walking away.
"Oh, she's getting some alright" Callie snorted.
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"I was beginning to think you weren't coming" Meredith sighed as Addison walked into the on-call room locking the door behind her.
"I'll always come when you call, I love you" Addison said simply before crashing her lips against Meredith's.
"I love you too" Meredith murmured into her mouth.
Addison tugged Meredith's scrub top over her head, she instantly began to kiss her neck, she unclasped her bra and let it fall to the floor as she trailed the kisses down the valley between her breasts. Meredith began to walk backwards towards the bed, lowering herself down, Addison's knee rested on the edge of the bed in between Meredith's legs, she moved back up to kiss her mouth letting out a small moan as their tongues dueled.
"I've missed you so much" she said trailing kisses against her jaw line "I'm so sorry, I said some horrible things, I'm so sorry"
"Addie" Meredith breathed "Stop apologizing, I forgive you, I promise, I forgive you"
"But I was horrible and I…."
Meredith rolled Addison onto her back and straddled her waist, she clamped her hand over Addison's mouth.
"Yes you were a bitch, you said some horrible things but I'm not innocent in this Addison, I left you remember not the other way around, and I should have discussed this with you first, I know that, but you're here now, we're going to get through this, I love you, I am in love with you, so can you please, stop apologizing and make love to me because Adds, I've missed you so no more apologizing"
"No more apologizing" Addison smiled softly "I love you"
"I love you too" Meredith said leaning forward and kissing Addison softly.
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"Damn it" Meredith muttered as he pager bleeped, she leant over Addison's naked body and grabbed her pager "I have to take this" she said climbing over Addison and gathering up her clothes.
"Oh, ok" Addison said sadly "I'm going to go and speak to the Chief, tell him the real reason why I'm here, I think he should know before her hears it from someone else"
"Yeah, right, ok then" Meredith said "What are you doing then?"
"I was thinking I could go back to yours? I need to take my suitcases over but, we need to talk Meredith, I want you to be happy but, we have a life in New York honey, we should at least talk about it"
"I know, we will" Meredith smiled softly, she bent down and placed a soft kiss on Addison's lips "Come and find me after and I'll give you keys and directions and stuff, I love you baby"
"I love you too honey, now go, save lives"
"Going" Meredith grinned, Addison watched as Meredith backed out of the room, she flopped her head back onto the pillow and sighed happily, she'd finally done it, she'd found love again and god it felt good.
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Addison shifted nervously as she knocked on the Chiefs office door, she opened it when he shouted 'Come in'.
"Addie" he smiled "It's so good to see you" he stood up and walked around to her, embracing her in a tight hug "How are you?"
"I'm good, great, how are you?"
"Glad to have you back" he smiled "Have a seat" he said gesturing to the chair in front of his desk, he took his place behind it "All you need to do is sign the dotted line and you're back" he smiled sliding her contract across the desk, she took a pen and signed her name quickly.
"Richard, there's something I need to tell you" Addison said hesitantly.
"Okay" Richard said slowly "Is everything ok?"
"Everythings great" Addison smiled "And there's a reason for that"
"Ok, and what would this reason be?"
"Well, you know I went back to New York right? Back to Mount Sinai"
"Right"
"And you know that Meredith was working there too"
"Oh yes, I didn't even make the connection, how did that go?"
"You see the thing is, the reason I'm moving back here is, it's, it's because me and Meredith, in New York we got close"
"Close?"
"Yes, close, we lived together"
"Ok, so you're friends now, that's great Addie" the Chief smiled.
"No no, you don't understand, we lived together"
"I'm still not following"
"We're in a relationship Richard"
"Oh" the Chief said simply "Oh. That certainly explains it. Well that's um, it's, well I didn't expect that, so why did she leave, she had the option to stay out there"
"When she told me that her contract was up and that she was thinking of moving back out here I may have implied that I was just using her for sex" Addison said quickly.
"You may have implied?"
"Ok so I did imply it, I mean, it wasn't true, of course it wasn't but I just, I couldn't say goodbye so saying that it was just a bit of fun made it somewhat easier"
"So, what changed?"
"I realized what a complete and utter bitch I'd been and our friends out there were sick of me sulking and told me to get my act together so I did and I'm here now and we're happy and in love and everythings almost perfect"
"Almost?"
"Well, I just crashed everyones lunch with kissing and declarations of love, everyone gave us our blessing except for the obvious, he didn't say anything bad he just said he needed to take a walk and left, I think would have preferred him to shout, at least we'd know what he was thinking"
"It's not going to be easy for him Addie"
"I know, I know that and the last thing I want to do is hurt him but it's been almost 6 years since the divorce and almost 3 since him and Meredith split so, we're not doing anything wrong, I get that it's weird, it's just that me and Mer have already gone through the 'oh my god you slept with my husband' phase so this is a bit like going backwards"
"Just be careful Addison"
"I know, we will Chief, thank you" Addison smiled, Richard stood and walked around to Addison, she stood and they shared another hug.
"I don't think I could ever imagine that my two surrogate daughters would fall in love, just promise me you won't break her heart"
"I promise" Addison smiled.
"She'll be promising me the same too so I think you guys are pretty safe"
"I know, thank you Richard"
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A/N: Ok, so just because I put them back together doesn't mean it's going to be easy, there is still so much more to come from this and I have an ending set in my head, I just need to find a way of getting there =/ Much much love, Me =D