Words cannot express the sympathy I hold for all those touched by the VT tragedy. If anyone here knows someone or is a Hokie themself, my prayers are with you.
11.
"ADDISON!" Savannah Rossum shrieked excitedly as her best friend of many years stepped out of JFK airport.
"Sav!" Addison shouted with the same exuberance and rushed at the blonde. The two best gal pals clutched each other tightly each muttering "I miss yous" and " you look gorgeous."
" I am so glad you are finally here. It is all Sav has been talking about," Weiss Rossum commented, making himself known.
"Hey Weiss!" Addison greeted, pulling the man in for a hug.
"Hey Red," Weiss replied, placing a kiss on his step sisters cheek.
Weiss Rossum's mother Florence had married Addison's father Bruce Montgomery just before Weiss graduated high school, giving him three younger siblings, the then, 15 year old Addison, an 11 year old Lyndon, and a 9 year old James. It had been a storm of a start, but the siblings grew to form a stable sibling relationship.
"God, what did you bring with you? The space needle?" Weiss complained as he put Addison's bag into the trunk of his 4-runner.
"Just a ferry," Addison replied.
"You know we have one here, Ad."
Addison rolled her eyes. "So tell me about your new brownstone."
xxx
Dr. Izzie Stevens stood next to the nurses station talking pleasantly with Nurse Debbie about the nurse's much needed trip to Europe. Debbie had been more than eager to show off all of her photos, which she kept in volumes under the main desk of the nurses station.
"And this is Palo.. Oh, Izzie, the things the Italian men can do…. Ooo, and this is Jose, the Spanish men can do it better, but NO ONE can do it like the French, this is Francois…" Debbie blabbed on. Izzie smiled and nodded as Debbie rattled on about this and that.
"Debbie, please. We have heard enough about the French and Italians," Olivia, a surgical nurse and Izzie's roommate whined.
Debbie looked at Olivia miffed. "Well, then!" Debbie turned away.
"I just saw the most delicious piece of man candy walk into the hospital."
"Who is THAT?" Cristina Yang asked. Olivia and Izzie turned to look as the said piece of man candy stepped on to the surgical floor.
"Oh hello Mc Sexy."
Olivia wrinkled her nose.
"No… Hello Mc Yummy."
"Oh No. Hello, McSteamy," Cristina purred.
"Hello," the three said in unison as McSteamy stepped up to the counter.
"Hi, I'm looking for---"
And before the handsome man could finish a sentence, he was on the ground nursing his jaw. Derek Shepherd now stood in front of the nurse and interns holding his fist.
"NOBODY HELP HIM."
xxx
"And next door is the doctors. I haven't seen the husband around in months. They usually keep to themselves. However, a new delicious man has moved in with her. Mrs. Lewis down the way says, she was cheating on her hottie hubby with delicious man. I can't really blame her, but I don't really see her appeal.. She has a nice face.. But, meh.. I see no appeal in the woman. She's never really all that nice to me," Savvy gossiped as she sat in her living room with Addison. "Oh look there she is."
Addison peered out the window. Without a word to Sav, she got up from the couch and walked out on to the stoop.
"Meredith? Meredith Grey?"
xxx
"What the hell are you doing here?" Derek spat as he shoved a suture kit into Mark's hand.
"I came to talk to you."
"I think you said enough when I walked in on you screwing my wife."
"Derek-"
"No. I want you to get out of my hospital. I don't know why you are here. I do not care. I just want you gone. I have patients to attend to and interns to teach. I cannot do all that while scum like you is in my hospital."
Derek roughly injected some anesthesia into Mark's cheek. Mark released a stream of obscenities.
"You son of a bitch, its going to bruise," Mark cursed.
"Boo-hoo. Suture your face and get the hell out."
Derek dropped the syringe and needle into the disposal bin
"Its the hot blonde? Or maybe that cute little red head, isn't it? It couldn't have been that sexy vixen I saw when I walked in, could it?"
Derek stopped in middle of the door way.
"Excuse me?"
"The new chick you're banging."
"Get the hell out of my hospital"
xxx
"Meredith Grey?"
Meredith pushed her hair from her face to look at the woman calling her name.
"Yes, can I help you?" Meredith asked.
The red head woman rushed down the stairs.
"I'm Addison Montgomery. I was your mother's intern, you have me handling her care in Seattle," she introduced.
Meredith looked at her confused. Realization dawned on her slowly. "Oh! Addison! Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, my mothers greatest protégé. Yes, I remember now. I'm sorry, any sense of memory not medical related doesn't exist anymore. Hi. It's nice to meet you," Meredith replied. She shook Addison's hand loosely.
"You're an intern correct?" Addison asked.
"Resident. I'll be getting my own interns in the fall."
"Good luck, I just handed mines to their original resident," Addison replied.
Meredith smiled at her awkwardly.
"Is there something I can do for you, Dr. Montgomery?"
"It's Addison."
"Right.. Addison. You can call me, Meredith."
xxx
"Come on, Derek. You can talk to me. It's that sexy blonde right?" Mark called out as he trailed Derek.
Derek continued to ignore the other man.
"Dr. Karev, will you check with Debbie if we can move of Mr. Well's procedure and deliver Ms. Hensen's labs, please. Thank you."
Alex nodded and rushed off. The tension between the doctor and the man dubbed Mc Steamy was about as evident as a woman wearing red in a sea of white.
"Let her go, man. I am asking for you to let her go."
Derek spun on his heel to turn to glare at Mark.
"I have let her go. She is the one dragging her feet. Ask her why won't she sign the papers?"
"What?"
"You didn't know?" Derek smirked. "She won't sign the papers."
xxx
"Ignore the mess. I haven't been home much," Meredith explained as she let Addison into the brownstone. Addison nodded and stepped into the simply decorated home. The foyer only held a dark wooded bench with a mirror above it. The living room simply held a blue stripped couch and a couple of comfortable looking blue chairs. Addison wondered why all photos on the mantle were turned down, but she chose not to ask questions. It wasn't her place.
"So what did you want to speak to me about?" Meredith asked after dropping some things in the hallway.
"Richard would like to enroll your mother in an Alzheimer's program. Its regional, a lot of work will be done right from Seattle Grace. He.. We think that it would be worth a shot for Ellis. She does have her good days. Our head of Neurology thinks she is the perfect candidate."
Meredith was quiet. She paced across the living room, twisting her wedding band around her finger. "Do you have the information with you?"
"I have it next door. I can go over it with you if you'd like. I-"
"No, that's fine," Meredith interrupted. Addison had lost her at the mention of their Neurology head. "I'm sorry. Talking about my mom isn't easy."
Addison nodded in comprehension.
"Well, I will run next door and get them and you can read them over."
Meredith shook her head, still off in her own thoughts.
"Addison… Thank you."
xxx
Addison closed the door. Something was off about Meredith. She seemed to withdrawal further at the mention of the program. She hoped she would consent. Derek said it could be beneficial for Ellis. He was behind it 100. She grabbed her bag from by the door and shouted to Sav that she would be back.
"Don't stay too long. I got us reservations at the Italian restaurant you love!"
"K!"
xxx
"Hey, it's me. I'm not sure where you are, but call me. Bye" Mer pressed end on the phone.
"Here is the proposal, etc. etc. for the program. Also there is a copy of your mom's file and a work up from her last physical. Also there are some notes from our head of neuro, Dr. Shepherd," Addison explained handing Meredith the file. Meredith flipped to the back where Derek's untidy scrawl ran across the page. His signature was all she needed to see.
" When do the trials start?" she asked.
"In two weeks," Addison replied.
"Perfect."