Aloha! Hello everyone. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. I just got back from a week in Hawaii. It was AMAZING. I wish I could live there, but I find the tv stations rather confusing. Anyway, it was wonderful, until I got hit in the head with an oar.. now I may have to be dealing with a lawsuit.. unpleasant. unpleasant. I did not get to see Greys Anatomy until today, so I will be working Sav and Weiss in eventually.. What odd names.It was nice to see a glimpse ofthe past of Addi and Derek.Anyway, Thanks so much for all your support!
On a side note, I will not, nor do I plan to reunite Derek and Meredith. There is just so much about their relationship I find wrong. How long were they actually involved? It was a one night stand gone wrong. Could he really keepthe fact that he was marrieda secret? He slept with Meredith his first night in Seattle, which means he had just found out about Addison and Mark. Not exactly a grand love story or one to start on. If his feelings forMeredith were so strong, he would have been honestand signed those divorce papers without a thought. Derek is a scorned husband. Now,he and Addison are even. We don't know what their marriage was like, except according to their friends they were perfect for each other. I will not apologize for my opinion nor do I have anything against those who see it differently.
I am going to hop off the soapbox now. Thanks again! Please read and review.
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"Poor Yang looks like she is going to the firing squad," Addison whispered to Derek. The Dr. Shepherds observed Dr. Yang the afternoon of dinner at the Webbers.
"What are you two doing?" Bailey asked, stepping up behind the Shepherds.
"Nothing," Derek replied with a smile.
"Uh -huh," Bailey smacked Derek with her chart and walked off.
"She sometimes makes me feel like an intern again," Derek remarked.
"She's just protective over her interns," Addison observed. "You should understand that better than anyone."
Derek winced at her comment. He picked up his charts and walked away annoyed.
"Derek, wait!" Addison called out, recognizing her careless mistake.
"Way to go, Addison. Way to go," she muttered to herself.
"Seeing them together makes me sick. Its been 2 months, George. I should be done with this." Meredith complained. Her eyes were fixed on the whispering Dr. Shepherds. "I need a date. I need a really hot date."
George looked around nervously.
"Go out with me," George blurted out, surprising both of them. George looked at Meredith in horror. Gulping for air, he turned and ran.
"George!" Meredith shouted. He didn't stop. Closing her eyes, she fell back against the wall. What a great way to start her shift.
George ran as fast as his legs could take him. He paid not attention to the strange looks. All he cared was that he got out of there FAST. "I just asked Meredith out!" he chanted in his brain.
"Whoa O'Malley, where's the fire?" Alex teased stepping in front of him.
"I just asked Meredith out."
Alex looked confused. George was mortified. Izzie was surprised.
"YOU DID WHAT!"
"George, she's still weepy over Mc Dreamy and you ask her out! What were you thinking?" she lectured. Izzie's hands on her hips.
"I wasn't."
"Obviously!"
"Hey, now! Who is the one being all buddy- buddy with Addison Shepherd? I've seen you have a grand old time with Dr. Evil! What about your friend Meredith, huh? You and Shepherd's wife have gotten quite chummy!" George retorted.
"She's my mentor!"
"She's your friend!"
George and Izzie stood in a stare off.
"She's HIS wife!"
> > > >
Cristina rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet. She found herself checking the clock every few minutes. She would be getting off in less that 43 minutes, going home, throwing around her closet, declaring everything ugly, then calling Burke to cancel. He would tell her no and be at her house at 6:30. They'd have to be at the Webber's at 7. She didn't know who to ask about Adele "Ella" Shepherd. The chief's wife wasn't exactly a casual conversation topic. From the corner of her eye, she saw the Mrs. Shepherd dressed to leave.
"Dr. Shepherd!" Cristina exclaimed.
"What can I do for you, Dr. Yang?" Addison asked.
Cristina looked around. She closed her chart and leaned closer to Addison.
"How bad is dinner with the Webbers?"
A small smiled crept up to Addison's face.
"Don't worry, Dr. Yang. Ella's bark is far worse than her bite. She'll interrogate the hell out of you, but you'll be fine. Just always look her in the eye and ALWAYS be polite. Manners are huge with her," Addison advised.
"This may sound silly, but.. What should I wear?" Addison laughed at the question. Dr. Cristina Yang asking her for fashion advice? Derek would get a kick out of it.
"Classy casual always goes well with Ella. Don't worry! It's not like Mrs. Webber is Dr. Burke's mother!"
Cristina breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Dr. Shepherd."
"Call me, Addison, Dr. Yang."
"It's Cristina."
>>>
"Yang asked me for fashion advice," Addison mentioned to Derek as she applied her make- up.
"Yang asked you. Mistress of Everything Black and Manhattan for fashion advice?" Derek repeated.
Addison narrowed her eyes at Derek. "I'm wearing color tonight!" Derek ran his eyes over his wife's cream sweater and tan skirt. "For the first time in what? 3 years?"
She was going to choose to ignore him.
"By the way, did you mail off Alyssa's birthday present?" Derek called out from the kitchen. Alyssa was his sister. Derek hadn't a clue how to shop for women. He was lucky that Addison was on the ball with such things.
"Derek, your sister's birthday was 3 days ago."
"I knew that."
"No, you didn't."
"Yes, I did."
They proceeded to bicker all the way to the Webbers.
> > > >
"Are you sure I can't entice your for a night of sex and take out? Cristina and pizza go together beautifully," Cristina suggested.
Preston reached over and squeezed Cristina's hand reassuringly. " Cristina, it's just dinner with the people you work with. You don't freak out at lunch with Grey or Stevens."
"Meredith and Izzie aren't my bosses!"
Burke sighed. " Richard, Ella, Addison, Derek, Miranda, and Kevin are not your bosses tonight. They are simply my friends inviting my girlfriend to dinner."
Cristina cocked a brow in response. "When have you ever hung out with the chief, the hateful married couple, and Bailey just for kicks?"
"I've spent several delightful evenings with the chief. I've known Kevin for years and Addison is quite entertaining before she has had her morning pot of coffee."
"You are so full of it…"
"Cristina, is it.. How long have you and Preston been together?" Ella inquired, as she served the salad.
"How long has it been, sweetheart?"
"Almost 10 months, I believe," Cristina replied, assaulting her salad.
"What attracted you to him?"
Cristina was horrified by the line of questioning. She looked to Bailey, who had asked Cristina to call her Miranda, who simply smirked. The Shepherds were looking quite smug… They all knew about her interrogation! Those bastards!
"Well, Mc Dreamy over there was taken. Miranda isn't really my style, so Burke was next best thing."
"Mc Dreamy?" Ella giggled.
"Derek's nickname," Addison answered. "Trust me, Yang. You aren't missing anything with him."
"Hey!" Derek cried out.
"So that's all I am? A poor woman's Mc Dreamy?" Burke asked with a smile.
"Well, more like a poor woman's Bailey."
"You can scrub in to any surgery you want," Miranda said to Cristina. The table laughed at poor Preston's expense.
"Laugh! Laugh it up!"
"Oh we are, sweetheart," Cristina smirked.
Burke finished his salad with a big grin.
"I like you, Cristina," Ella announced. "Treat Preston right and you are welcomed to dinner anytime."
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Webber. I will definitely be back for more," Cristina smiled.
"Cristina, It's Ella"
Cristina sat back at desert observing her superiors. There was a lot to learn from people watching.
Derek was leaning back in his chair. His arm was draped behind Addison's chair. Addison's body was turned into Derek's. One hand laid casually on his knee, the other busy stirring a cup of coffee.
Bailey was leaning against her husband. An empty plate sat between them. Chief and Ella did not seem to share the level of intimacy of the Shepherds and Baileys. Their bodies were slightly turned toward each other, only just.
Burke on the other hand was very much in her personal space.
It was so bizarre to see the usually serious doctors laughing and having a good time.
It was even stranger to see the Dr. Shepherds getting along.
"I feel like I just walked out of the twilight zone," Cristina commented.The couple walked out of the Webber home hand in hand.
" You're telling me. It was almost as if the Shepherds liked each other," Burke replied. " I play ball with Kevin every now and then. I knew him before he married Miranda."
Cristina nodded. Pausing beside the door of Burke's car, she reached up to remove Burke's glasses. He looked at her oddly. She smirked and kissed him softly.
Ella Webber looked out the window and grinned. Preston had found his match.
Derek and Addison walked out of the Webber home awkwardly. They were always the last to leave. Somehow, Addison and the chief would get wrapped up on some discussion and Ella would charm Derek into another helping of dessert.
"Addi, I expect you to meet me for lunch next week. Don't let her forget, Derek. I'll send a piece of my pie home with her," Ella called out to the couple.
"He'll be lucky if it makes it home!"
"Good night," Derek nodded. Addison waved before ducking into the car.
Nothing was said on the drive home. Each were lost in their own thoughts. While progress was being made, ghost still loomed over the Shepherd marriage. Addison eyes ran over her husbands naked ring finger. Her eyes returned to her own hand adorned with her own rings. Wearing their rings didn't seem to mean as much to him as it did to her. She knew he had worn his ring once or twice since agreeing to reconcile.
"I love you, Derek."
Derek didn't reply. He kept his eyes on the road in front of him. Addison sighed and laid her head against the window. She could feel tears welling in her eyes.
Derek watched Addison out of the corner of his eye. She had only seen her cry 5 times in their 20 years together. She was very much a private person. The first time had been after a grueling exam, which she had passed with flying colors. The second had been on the day he asked her to marry him. Sure, she had ran from the room in the process, but tears were still in her eyes. The following two times were on the worst days of their lives. The day they lost the baby. The day they found out the chance of conceiving another child was slim tonone.The last day was the morning he returned home to find her with him.
A feeling of sorrow and sympathy fell over Derek. He reached out and wrapped his hand around hers. Sometimes, you say it best, when you say nothing at all.