They went to a nice café around the corner to have lunch. They sat down and ordered food and drinks when the door opened and Addison came in after doing some shopping, too.

"Addie!" Mary said "How are you?"

Addison walked over to the table to say hello, she was a little bit insecure. Although she wanted to, she did not talk to Mer yet.

"Hi! She said. What are you doing here?"

Mary smiled: "We did the shopping for Mer's big day today."

Addie looked at Mer: "So you did find a dress?"

"Yes" Mer said "I hope you got the invitation? Why don't you take a seat?"

"Thank you." Addie said and sat down next to Mer.

"I hope you are coming? I am soryy about inviting you alone, but Derek is not ready to have Mark there yet…"

"Yes, Meredith, of course I will come. Now, what kind of dress did you get?"

Mer took out a catalogue and showed Addison the dress. It hurt Addison a lot to do that as this girl was so happy to get married to the man she just divorced. But it was not Mer's fault. She did nothing but fall in love. Addison herself had to take responsibility for what she did. And this girl was so great. So why not just step over your shadow?

After they had been sitting there for some time, Addison finished her drink and she had to go and check on a patient.

Mer said: "Addison, we are going out to a nice restaurant tonight with everybody, Mary, Kathy, Susan, Cristina, Burke, Izzie, Alex, George, Callie… Just a small dinner, have some fun… Would you like to come?"

Addison smiled:" I would love to, thank you!"

With that she left.

They had a very nice evening, and the next day the Sheperd women had to leave. They wanted to come back on Sept. 19th to help with everything about the wedding. The next weeks, Mer and Der were quite busy to get everything ready, they had to buy a suit for Der, decide about the food, wine, plates, flowers etc.. They would have a very nice dinner. Derek also went to a travel agency to book a honeymoon. He wanted to surprise Meredith with it, and he also talked to the chief to have them both off of work for about a week after their wedding day.

Then Mary and all of Derek's sisters came over to Seattle to help them. Andy and Nancy now were quite relaxed as she had to admit that Derek was happy and that Mer was very nice, so everything was fine. The day before the wedding, George and Burke had a Bachelor Party planned for Derek, and Cristina and Izzie did the same for Mer. They also invited Derek's mother and sisters, Mer's Sisters, Callie, Bailey and also Addison.

The men went to a nice club had some drinks, were playing darts and talking.

George and Derek were sitting at a table and drinking. George said to Derek:

"You know, there was a time I hoped I was in your shoes, but now I am happy that the two of you made it. She is great, so please take care of her…"

"George, thank you. I know that she is an amazing person. Don't worry, I will never leave her alone!"

"Okay, now that this is your last day as a free man, dude," Alex said "we have a very special gift…" He smiled. He stepped aside and a stripper came in. Derek did not have that much fun with it, as he only wanted Mer. After some time he looked over to the bar and saw Mark there. He went over to the bar and they started to talk.

"Hey!" Derek said.

Mark had seen them but he was quite surprised that he came to talk to him.
"Hey, Derek!" he said.

"So tomorrow is the big day! Wish you all the best!"

Derek sighed: "Mark, this is quite hard for me, but I am happy Addie is coming, and I am not sure if she can stand the situation. I think that it will take some more time for me to forgive you, but I would really appreciate if you come with her!"

"Thank you, Derek. I know this is hard for you, but I am really happy you said that. I think I will have to get my tux ready then…"

"Why don't you come over?" Derek said and Mark followed him to their table.