Help is Around the Corner
Addison and Derek's trailer catches fire, and Meredith offers them a place to stay for a while.
"How're you doing, champ?" says Mark, when he encounters Derek after surgery.
"About as well as one can expect to be, in my situation," says Derek bitterly.
"Oh come on, this is your freedom," says Mark.
"Maybe," says Derek, shrugging. "I have to call the lawyers."
"Yeah. You know I'm always here for you, right?" says Mark.
"Right," says Derek, accepting Mark's friendship because he feels pretty lonely right now.
With Mark thrown into the mix, the carpool to Meredith's house has gotten more elaborate, and now Burke is staying over too, so it's really the very definition of a full house.
"I'd like to cook stuffed pasta," Burke announces. "Because it's nice of you to have me over."
"I'm cool with that," says Alex.
"Pasta sounds great!" says Izzie.
While Burke cooks dinner, and Izzie helps him, Meredith and Addison take Doc for a little walk around the neighborhood.
"Rr!" says Doc.
"Yes, we're going for a walk," says Meredith.
"Rr!" says Doc.
"Yeah, we're getting along again," says Addison.
"Rr!" says Doc.
"I know it's been a bit tumultuous between us but I promise you Doc, it doesn't mean we love you any less," says Meredith.
"Rr!" says Doc.
"Yes, we love you very much," says Addison.
"Rr!" says Doc.
"Alright, well, I know Izzie wants to take you for a walk later so we'll go back so you don't get too tired," says Meredith.
"Rr!" says Doc.
"Yes, rest up for a bit during dinner, and then you'll go out again," says Meredith.
"Rr!" says Doc.
Doc follows, as he always does, and happily walks along with Meredith and Addison, who keep stealing glances at each other, and smiling and laughing.
It's so carefree and happy, and Meredith and Addison wonder how they bounced back so quickly to being best friends after all of the drama these past couple days.
When they get back, Burke's made pasta, and Meredith sits on Addison's lap to eat it, just like she always does, and everyone talks about their days, and everyone avoids the topic of Addison and Derek's marriage ending so it doesn't upset Derek.
For dessert, Burke brings out a pie that he's prepared, and everyone has a slide (or three, for Alex), before they all part their separate ways for a little while.
Addison goes to take a shower, and Meredith waits patiently for her, and helps George in the meantime with the dishes.
Addison usually showers long after dinner, but tonight she's opted to shower earlier, a few minutes after they've finished dessert.
Meredith helps clear the table, and do the dishes, and she listens to George ramble on about his new comic book for a while before she decides to see if Addison's done with her shower yet.
She knocks softly when she gets to the door, and she doesn't hear an answer, but she figures it's her room, too, so she decides to open the door anyway.
She goes into her own room, to find her roommate stroking herself lightly. She gasps, and pauses, before she asks her in a husky voice, "do you need any help with that?". (She totally does).
She's never quite understood exactly how beautiful her roommate is until now, while she's spread out, and naked, and her hair is all mussed up over the pillow.
Addison looks exquisite.
Like a crown jewel.
Before Meredith started liking her she kinda hated her for it.
I mean, Addison was her competition for Derek after all, at that point.
But at this point, she can hardly remember that time, because all she can remember this time around is that this is Addison, Addison, who is the woman she sleeps next to at night. Addison who she likes to snuggle with. Addison who has this smile that's brighter than anything else in the universe.
And now Addison is looking at her like she's the crown jewel, or something, because the way Addison's eyes are crinkling at her right now, Meredith could just see the sun maybe melting, or the universe totally exploding, because Addison's smile could definitely move mountains, or at least some really really big ski hills.
But anyway, all of that's totally off topic, because Addison is waving her into her room, and Meredith is totally joining her, and Addison is moving her hand away from herself so she can shift to let Meredith sit right next to her.
And then Meredith thinks that it's a good thing that Izzie wanted to walk Doc tonight, because there's no way that Doc would forgive either of them if he was seeing this, but Meredith stops thinking about Doc and all of that the moment Addison's hand touches her shoulder.
"So you wanna help me out?" Addison chuckles.
"Yeah-" says Meredith.
"And how do you think you would 'help me out,' do you think?" Addison asks her.
"Well…" Meredith drags her words out as she leans down to touch Addison, and she brushes her hands over Addison's stomach, and that's enough to make Addison shiver.
"Oh-" Addison moans involuntarily at Meredith's thigh brushing against her own.
"I was thinking I could touch you," says Meredith, demonstrating by running her fingers through Addison's hair.
"Uh-huh-" says Addison, her breath quickening.
"And then, I was thinking I could kiss you," says Meredith, as she leans forward, ready to tease Addison, and make her want her even more.
She pulls away before their lips can touch, and Meredith almost gives in when she sees Addison pouting, and all she wants to do is kiss the adorable pout off of her lips.
"And then, I was thinking… Of making you come," says Meredith, as she crawls on top of Addison, and slips her thighs between the redheads so that the friction between them rubs on Addison's clit through her own jeans.
"Ohh-" Addison groans as Meredith does this, and she grips onto Meredith's hair, and tugs hard, trying to send a message to Meredith to stop freaking' teasing her.
Just as Meredith is going to do more, she's thrown off-kilter by Addison flipping them so she's on her back with her head against the pillow, and Addison is teasing at the hem of her shirt.
"Take it off-" Meredith's voice is already ragged, and Addison nods, and slips it over her head.
"Take your pants off," says Addison, too impatient to do it slowly, needing this, needing her too much to control herself any longer.
"Yes, Addison," says Meredith in her charming and mischievous voice.
Addison gulps as Meredith slips her jeans off, her pale thighs exposed, and only her black lace panties sitting in between her and her very sexy roommate.
"You're so pretty," says Addison.
"Yeah?" says Meredith, giggling.
"Yeah," says Addison, as she leans down to kiss Meredith, and Meredith tilts her head to the side so Addison's kiss lands on her neck.
It's not that she doesn't want Addison to kiss her, no it's not that at all.
All Meredith wants more than anything is for Addison to kiss her senseless, and then add her tongue in, and then suck on her lips, and-
"I was thinking about you…" says Addison.
"You were thinking about me…" Meredith repeats, as she watches Addison's hair cascading down her face like a halo.
"Yeah-" says Addison, as she starts to lean in again…
And then everything starts to explode around her, and Meredith comes. Hard.
Addison has hardly even touched her, but just her mere presence is enough to make Meredith climax due to all the pent-up frustrations she's been experiencing.
Meredith breathes heavily as she comes down from her high, still feeling some aftershocks as she eases herself out of it.
She's about to say 'thank you,' when everything starts to feel a bit fuzzy, and blurry, and then she's blinking, and shifting, and she's… Waking up… From a dream…
"Meredith-" says Addison, softly.
"Meredith-" says Addison, again, when she doesn't hear Meredith's answer.
"Wha!?" says Meredith, as she looks down to check to see if she's naked (which she isn't), or if Addison is naked (which she also isn't).
"You fell asleep-" says Addison.
"Oh!" says Meredith.
"You looked like you were having a good dream," says Addison.
"Oh-" says Meredith, blushing furiously.
"I mean, a really good dream," says Addison.
"Wha- what makes you say that?" says Meredith, hoping for at least something innocent.
"You were smiling the whole time, and humming," says Addison.
"Just humming!?" says Meredith.
"Yeah," says Addison. "Why?" she adds.
"No reason-" says Meredith.
"Okay-" says Addison. "The washroom is free if you want it," Addison offers.
"Thanks-" says Meredith, relieved that Addison didn't hear her say anything more embarrassing than that.
She takes a moment to regain her strength before she heads past Addison to take a shower.
After all that, she decides that she seriously needs one.
***** END OF CHAPTER 28