Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy, that honour goes to the wonderfully talented Shonda Rhimes. Nor do I claim any ownership to the song 'Low,' sung by the awesome Kelly Clarkson. In my dreams, however, McDreamy is all mine!

A/N: OK, so I decided to turn this oneshot into a full fic, so here goes: As I haven't seen any episodes with either one of them yet, Callie and Denny don't exist for the purposes of my story. George and Meredith never slept together, Alex and Izzie are back together, oh, and Burke never got shot too. The reason I've changed this so much is because I haven't seen the episodes with these events in them, and I wouldn't want to write something that doesn't fit in with what has happened, but still continue with what has happened, if that makes ANY sense at all to you wonderful readers. BTW, Italics are thoughts and bold italics are songs. So, R&R, and enjoy, of course! P.S. please excuse any bad medical speak – I'm a law student, not a med one!

"That guy over there looks really distracted, doesn't he?"

"Which one, the hottie in 12A? I'm gonna go serve him, see if he needs anything else…"

"Grace, leave him alone! He looks deep in thought, he probably doesn't want to be bothered by an annoying air hostess!"

"Hey, it's what we do – I can't help that!" Striding over to seat 12A, Grace attempted to get the distracted man's attention.

"Sir, would you like another refreshment?"

Wow, Seattle Grace doesn't change. Can't believe I left Manhattan for this. Does it ever stop raining here? This place is like the American version of Venice – way too much water. Ok, so, I'd better make a list of things I gotta do, or else I'll leave something behind. 1. Grab hand luggage when getting off plane. 2. Get Luggage. 3. Take a cab to hotel, grab a paper to start house hunting. 4. Cab it to the hospital, meet with Richard. 5. Avoid---

"Sir? Can I get you anything?" The air hostess had interrupted his train of thought. He looked confused, dazed even, as if he had forgotten where he was. "Are you ok sir?"

"Oh, sorry. No, I'm fine, thanks. I don't need anything."

"You looked pretty deep in thought. Are you sure you're ok? Anything you wanna talk about?" Grace was nothing, if not persistent.

"It's nothing, I'm kinda stressed at the moment, but I'll get over it."

"Stressed about what?" At the awkward look on the man's face, Grace attempted to put him at ease. "Oh, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, this is just me being my usual nosy parker self!"

"Like I said, it's not much. I'm just starting a new job today, and I'll be working with my ex-best-friend and his wife. They pretty much hate me. Did I mention that the wife and I had an affair?" As he turned to stare despondently out the window, Grace took this as her cue to leave, almost feeling sorry for the hottie. Geez, he's so sexy he's almost steamy looking! Pity he's so sad.

With Grace gone, Mark was able to lose himself in his thoughts once more. OK, so where was I? Oh, that's right, point number 5. Avoid Derek and Addison…It's gonna be a long day.

Everybody's talking
But they don't say a thing
They look at me with sad eyes
But I don't want the sympathy
Its cool you didn't want me
Sometimes you can't go back
But why'd you have to go and make a mess like that
Well I just have to say
Before I let go

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"Okay, just sign here…and here…oh and over here too. Well, that's it. Welcome to the staff of Seattle Grace." Despite being in the process of welcoming a new staff member, the Chief didn't look too pleased.

"Look Chief, I just wanted to thank you for offering me this job. I know that you don't like me, for obvious reasons, but I really appreciate this. Your phone call couldn't have come at a better time. I promise to work my hardest-"

"Damn straight you will," retorted the Chief. "And while you're at it, you'll keep any personal problems outside of the hospital. That means no brawls, no anything. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes Sir."

"Good. Now get out of my office. My secretary will show you to yours."

"Thank-you Chief." With that, he left the Chief wondering if he'd just made a huge mistake.

Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low

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"Hey Debbie, would you mind getting someone to bring the patient in room 3102 some water while I arrange for her CT scan?"

"Not a problem Dr. Grey." Hmmm, working with Bailey in Trauma is interesting, but I don't think that's where I wanna specialise. God, I need to make a decision soon! At least my shift ends in a few hours…Maybe Derek and I can do something tonight?

"Dr Grey, we've got to stop meeting like this." At the sound of familiar, flirty voice, Meredith slowly turned around, reading her patient's chart until she faced the source of the sound. She wasn't prepared for who she saw, dropping the chart in surprise.

"Mark, sorry, Dr. Sloane, what are you doing here? I mean, not that you're not allowed to be here, or that you're not welcome, which you probably aren't anyway coz the Chief and Derek aren't exactly your biggest fans, but Addison probably is-" Meredith quickly exclaimed, bending down to pick up the chart. "And now I'm rambling. Great."

"Yes you are Dr. Grey, but it's nice to know that I have that effect on you. It's my devastatingly handsome looks isn't it?" Geez, this guy's cocky as always! He hasn't changed a bit!

"Huh, you wish! More like your habit of appearing at the most inappropriate times. At least this time, I know who you are. And anyway, you still haven't answered my question." As she spoke to him, she realised that he was barely concentrating on her – he had the air of someone distracted, someone who wasn't where he was supposed to be.

"I'm sorry Meredith, but I have to go. How about we continue this tonight at Joe's?" Her suspicions were confirmed when she spotted Derek approaching them from the distance. Well, maybe I was wrong - this is a different Mark Sloane. He looks almost uncomfortable to have Derek see the two of us talking. Waving aside Mark's unease, Meredith proceeded to turn down his invite.

"I don't think that my boyfriend would be too happy with that."

"So you finally moved on from Derek, that's fantastic," Mark managed to sound sincere in his reply, but Meredith could still sense awkwardness in the air. What is going on here? She thought.

No I don't need your number
There's nothing left to say
Except I never thought it'd hurt this much to be saved
My friends are outside waiting
I've gotta go

"You know, you could just tell your boyfriend that you're just catching up with an old friend."

"What do you mean? I've met you once, how could we possibly be old friends. And shouldn't you be with Addison right now, or something?"

"Why would I be with Addison when she clearly happy with her husband?"

"Happy with her husband? But Addison isn't- Oh my god, you don't know, do you?" The truth finally hit Meredith, rendering her as shocked as she was when she first saw Mark. "God, you should be called McClueless, not McSteamy. How is it that you heard about me all the way from New York, but you didn't hear about this?"

"I didn't hear about what?" Looking genuinely confuse, Mark attempted to find out what it was that he was in the dark about. "Meredith, spit it out, what don't I know?"

It was that moment that Derek chose to walk up and greet his ex-best-friend. "Hey man, how you doing? Long time no see."

"Er, have I stepped into a parallel universe? Since when are you talking to me? The last time you saw the two of us talking, you tried to knock me out."

Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low
What you did was low (low)
What you did was low (low)
What you did was low (low)

"Just trying to put the past back where it belongs – in the past. Besides, I should be thanking you. I mean, in some warped way, it's thanks to you that I've got Meredith now."

"You've got Meredith? What the hell do you mean?" Mark retorted, bewilderment written all over his face. Turning to face Meredith, he said accusingly, "I thought you said you had a boyfriend?"

"Derek, I don't think he knows. I mean, he was saying something about Addison being happy with her husband before. Why would he say that if he knew?"

"If I knew what!" Mark was on the verge of explosion. "Will someone PLEASE tell me what in God's name it is that I don't know!"

"I should've told you." No one had noticed a fourth person join their little gathering.

As he turned around to face the voice he loved so much, his curiosity gave out. "Addi," Mark croaked, his voice practically giving out. "What the hell is going on?"


I walk out of this darkness
With no sense of regret
And I go with a clear conscience
We both know that you can't say that
Here's to show
For all the time I loved you so…
So...

"Well…Derek and I…we're divorced."

Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low
Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low
Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
Coz what you did was low

A/N – So, I think I'll leave it there. I hoped that you liked this, and that I'm doing a good job. Please let me know, otherwise I'll go insane! I'm serious, just hit the little blue button in the corner and submit a review, coz at the moment I'm suffering from withdrawal. And I know that a lot of you guys are reading the fic, I've had 1049 hits and only 10 reviews. That's pitiful! So Please, do me a favour here and let me know what you think, I can handle it.