Chapter 12

Addison walks into Meredith's room.

"Hey" Addison said, seeming as happy as normal.

"He didn't tell you?" Meredith asked.

"No, he did." Addison said, sucking in air through her mouth.

"And?" Meredith asked.

"And we're going to keep trying, with our marriage. Derek is the father, so he will be the father, but we're staying married." Meredith slightly nodded at the last part.

"You're not mad?" Meredith asked.

"Look Meredith. I know that you and Derek… were in love. And I was in love with Mark for a while. But… Derek and I have been together for nearly 13 years. We've had our share of problems. But… he still wants to work things out. So, I'm not going to leave him." Addison told her. "So… would you like to go see them again?"

"Yeah," was all Meredith could get out.

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After sitting with the girls for nearly 4 hours, Meredith went back to her room. She was just lying in her bed, staring up at the ceiling, when she heard a faint knock.

"Come in." She called. Mark walked into the room.

"What do you want?" Meredith asked him.

"I want to apologize. For… everything. I want to help you. –I miss you." Mark said, sitting on the edge of her hospital bed.

"No." Meredith replied.

"Meredith… please." Mark said, giving her the "McSteamy" face.

"Just go." Meredith said, staying calm, but not looking at him. She felt him get up from the bed and exit the room.

Derek must have been waiting on the other side of the door, because not a minute after Mark left, she saw Derek in the doorway.

"What do you want?" Meredith asked him.

"I want to know why you didn't tell me. Were you ever going to tell me?" Derek said, raising his voice.

"Why I didn't tell you?!" Meredith said in an even louder tone than Derek's. "I didn't tell you because you are married! What we did was wrong! And now there are 3 little girls that came from it!"

All was silent for a minute. Then Derek spoke up, "I can't believe you slept with Mark, while you were pregnant with my children!"

"Oh and you didn't sleep with Addison during that time?!"

"And who else did you sleep with?" Derek took a short pause from shouting, then lowered his voice, "You really are a whore." And then he walked out, slamming the door. Meredith laid her head against the pillow. And she cried. She cried until she had no tears left, when she fell asleep.

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Okay, I know that was short. But I will probably put up the next chapter tonight also. It was a lot of fighting! Meredith and Derek will be fighting for a while, because Derek is mad, and Meredith is mad. And damn Derek for staying with Addison and damn Addison for staying with him! Although Addison and Meredith are friends still. Derek and Mark… they are asses. Anyways the next chapter will skip forward to when Mer is out of the hospital, but there everyday with the girls. Not sure what will happen then. I have scenes worked out, I just have to fit them in. Review PLEASE! And seriously, if it gets too corny, I HAVE to know!

Julia