Recovery
Part XVIII
Alex, George, Cristina and Meredith were all gathered around the nurse's station waiting for their assignments for the day. Izzie walked up behind the group on her way to get the lab reports for one of her patients.
"God why is Sloan in such a shitty mood today," Alex grumbled.
"Yeah Shepherd too," Cristina added.
"That's because Dr. Montgomery went to Colorado," Izzie informed them.
"So. . . Dr. Montgomery is gone?" George asked Izzie.
"Yeah I didn't get all the details, but she turned down Derek's marriage proposal and left for Colorado," Izzie replied.
"Damn I hope I don't get stuck with Shepherd today. I hate working with him when he is pissed off," Alex moaned.
"B . . . But is she coming back right?" George asked with concern.
"Wait a minute, Addison told Derek she wouldn't marry him?" Meredith asked with surprise. "What is that woman thinking she has to remarry him they are having a baby," she pursed her lips and shook her head. "How can she not marry him when that is what he wants?" Meredith was bewildered.
"Because he's an ass?" Alex said with a shrug.
Izzie furrowed her brow at Meredith, "Are you serious?"
George asked again, "She coming back right?"
Izzie turned to George, "Yes George she is coming back, after she has the baby."
"I can't believe she left, that is so unfair. Derek has the right to be there for the birth of his child," Meredith scowled and shook her head.
"She's not stopping him from being there," she frowned at Meredith. "She already told him he can come out for the birth. He either takes time off to go out there before hand or he waits and flies out after she goes into labor, it takes less then three hours to fly there."
"Still, why does she always have to make everything so difficult?" Meredith said angrily.
"God Meredith get over it," Cristina said shaking her head. "This has nothing to do with you," she gave Meredith a playful shove. "I say Meredith gets Shepherd today all in favorite raise your hand."
All the residents laughed and raised their hand, except for Meredith.
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"I still don't get it," Derek complained to Miranda.
Miranda looked perplexed at the man standing before her, "What the hell don't you get?"
"Why she refused to marry me," he shook his head, "And ran off to Colorado."
She raised her eyebrows and shook her head at the idiot standing before her, "Look Derek she needs some space and time." She narrowed her eyes at him, "Something you haven't been allowing her to have." She gave him a more sympathetic look hoping he would get a clue. "You know things have been hard for her here. Can you blame her for wanting to be with her parents right now? You of all people should know how close she is to them."
"Okay, okay I know you are right," he smiled at her sadly. "She is doing what is best for her, I get it are you happy?"
She gave him a small smile and smacked him on the shoulder, "Glad you finally get it." Miranda grinned at him, "By the way you get Grey as your resident today. Seems they voted and she lost."
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Alex walked up behind Mark who was going over a patient's chart. "So I guess I will have to buy my own oranges from now on," he grinned at the other doctor.
Mark chucked and closed the chart handing it back to the nurse behind the desk. "Yeah I guess you will," he gave him a feeble smile.
Mark's attention was then caught by something down the hall; Alex looked down the hall in the same direction and saw what caught his attention. Derek and Meredith laughing with one and another, it might be completely innocent, but you never know with those two.
Alex narrowed his eyes, he liked Sloan and he had to admit he liked Montgomery better when she was with Sloan instead of the dirt bag. "Look I know it's not any of my business," he shrugged, "But I worked with Dr. Montgomery for a while before she and Shepherd split up. There is no way she is going back to him."
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Derek was casually leaning against the wall chatting with Meredith. "So I hear you lost and got stuck with me," he grinned at her they both laughed.
"No I wanted Bailey to put me with you today," she gave him a small smile.
As he went over his list of patients she could tell something was weighing heavily on him his mind. Of course she knew what it was, when he finished going over everything she quietly said, "I heard about Addison turning down your proposal, she shouldn't have done that," she said sincerely.
"Well she just didn't want to get married while she was pregnant," he said with a shrug. "Besides she said she will still consider my proposal after the baby is born," he said with a smile. "All I have to do is wait. She will definitely want to marry me after she has the baby."
"That makes sense," of course she will want to marry him after the baby is born, she thought.
They headed down the hall toward the elevator. "So," Derek began "How are things going with you and Finn?"
"They're not," Meredith replied evenly giving him a sidelong glance as the elevator doors slide open. Derek raised his eyebrows at her and they both entered the elevator without another word.
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Addison sat curled up on a sofa reading in the sunroom, the snow had just started to gently fall. She had always loved the view from this room you could see the mountains in the distance in one direction and the city skyline in the other. Her father sat close by sitting in his large well worn dark leather chair, he was reading as well. She glanced up at him and she smiled, remembering how they always use to do this. It was her favorite way of spending with her father. They would sit quietly reading, and then after sometime passed one or the other would always strike up a conversation.
Marshall looked over the top of his book at his daughter; she had been here for two weeks now. He carefully watched her for a moment; she had been in a horrible mood that morning and she still seemed to be a little tense. She would talk to both Derek and Mark daily; it was very easy to tell by her mood which man she had talked. He cleared his throat and she glanced up at him, "Has Derek decided yet if he will come for Thanksgiving?"
"He's still hasn't decided," she sighed. "I wish he would make up his mind, his indecisiveness is really tiring sometimes." She shook her head slightly, "I specifically scheduled my next check up the Friday after figuring he would be here." Marshall rose from his seat walked over to her then sat on the sofa next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, she leaned her head on his shoulder. "How do mom and you do it?" she shook her head. "You were high school sweethearts and will be married 45 years this New Years, it just amazes me sometimes."
"No one ever said it was easy sweetheart," he knew that was part of the reason she had such a hard time letting go. "But both people in the marriage need to want it to work."
"I know I made mistakes but I really did try," she could feel the tears starting to threaten. "I just can't do it again," she couldn't hold them back anymore tears started to stream down her cheek. "He keeps telling me our child deserves a family, but doesn't our child deserve parents who are happy?"
"Look sweetheart," he leaned over and kissed the top of her head. "Not everyone is as lucky as your mother and I are. People don't always find the right person the first time around." He gave her a little hug. "I agree with you, a child is better off with two happy parents who are apart rather then two miserable ones who are together."
She furrowed her brow and looked up at him, "You don't think I gave up too easily?"
"No I don't," he pulled out a tissue and wiped the tears from her face. "You tried to salvage your marriage and it didn't work. There is no shame in trying, even if you ended up failing," he said sympathetically.
"So you don't think I'm being selfish refusing to marry Derek again?" she asked with raised eyebrows looking for his approval.
"I think you need to follow your heart, not your head," he smiled down at her. "You can never go wrong if you truly follow what your heart is telling you. I think there would have been a lot less hurt around here if someone else had done that."
"Maybe," she a small smile played on her face, she reached over took his hand and placed it on her stomach. They both smiled as the baby kicked, "But this is one time I don't regret his indecisiveness."
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