Country Kind Of Love

NetflixPerson01: I was actually planning on changing the last chapter so it had the beginning of this one in the end but you had already reviewed so I figured a cliffhanger wouldn't be the worst thing after all :D

jennifer: :D uhm, no, fortunately I really, really, really hate Meredith

Addison-fan: Well, I was going to do this like it was on Friends with Ross and Rachel but then went for the Ross/Emily thing with a few changes :D So, plagiarized and I'm not even sorry! I kinda like them staying in Kansas instead on NYC, to be honest :D

LoveLastsForever: Thank you :) But I might start finishing my stories some time soon because I'll run out of ideas at some point (and once they're back together I've probably reached that point) but for now I'll keep updating.

Guest: Thank you for also not believing he will go back to Meredith! :D

Guest: Don't worry, they will be fine (yep, totally giving it away)

Country Kind Of: #newestupdateavailablenow ;)

Chapter 16

Addison arrived back in Kansas City not even five hours later and all she wanted was to see Derek, tell him that they could make things work but when she got to his house he wasn't there. An hour later she was in front of Mark's apartment complex and sighed in relief when he buzzed her up. Of course she was hoping that Derek would be there but when she got upstairs she only saw Mark and Preston gaping at her.

"Where's Derek? Because he wasn't at his house or at the hospital and…" she stopped a moment to take a breath, "I just really have to talk to him."

"Uhm… He went to New York to go after you…" Mark told her. Derek had called them from the airport, saying that he wouldn't let her go and that he was going to get on the next flight to New York to tell her he'd do anything to fight for her because he would.

"He what?" Addison gasped, her eyes widened.

"How come you're already here? Doesn't it take forever to get to New York?"

"I had a layover at O'Hare when I finally realized that I didn't want to leave and… I really want to tell him that, you know…"

Just as Mark was about to say something his phone rang and he quickly answered it when he saw that it was Derek calling. "Hey man, there's—"

"Mark, she's not here. I'm at her house and there's no one here." A rather desperate sounding Derek was on the other line but whenever Mark tried to say something he was interrupted again, "what do I do now? I came all the way to New York and she's not here…" again Mark opened his mouth to tell his friend that she was standing right in front of him, "how am I supposed to find her in one of the biggest cities in the world?"

"Oh, just give me that." Addison snapped at Mark, who hadn't been able to get one word out since he had picked up the phone. "Hi." She smiled when she took the phone.

"Addie?" He asked in disbelief as if he couldn't quite grasp who that was on the other end of the line. "But… I thought you got on the plane…"

"I had a layover in Chicago when I realized that I didn't want to leave because—" She stopped when she saw Mark and Preston looking at her expectantly, big grins on both of their faces. "Could you guys give me just a little privacy here?"

Derek rolled his eyes because he could just picture his friends right now.

"Nope." Preston simply shrugged his shoulders, still grinning.

"Tell him you love him! Come on!" Mark exclaimed excitedly as the redhead gave him a look.

"Derek, could you just please come back here because…" She glared at his excited friends again when they gestured around because they wanted her to finally say it. "Because I love you, Der, but I can't talk about that in front of these two…"

Addison could hear him laugh on the other end and had to smile as well. "I'll be there in about three hours. Oh, and Addie, I love you too. More than anything."

She smiled when she had hung up the phone and handed it back to Mark, both he and Preston actually bouncing in front of her.

"Did he say he loves you too?" They asked excitedly.

"You two need to grow up!" She told them before a grin appeared on her face. "Yeah, he did."

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The flight back to Kansas City seemed to take forever. Derek had been on standby in New York until he had actually paid someone three times the amount the ticket had been to get on the next plane back to the mid west. He couldn't wait to see her, to tell her how sorry he was about everything he had put her through and to start rebuilding everything that was broken. So of course he was in quite a hurry once he finally had made his way through security. And he almost missed her standing right there at the gate.

"Hi." She smiled and got up when she saw him and couldn't believe that he really was standing right in front of her.

Derek whirled around and looked at her, a big grin on his face. "Hi."

Addison had to laugh as a few tears made their way down her cheeks and Derek walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her as tightly as he could without smothering her. She closed her eyes for a moment and just breathed in his scent, finally feeling like she was back where she belonged again. The last month without him had been unbearable but now it felt like the missing pieces of her soul and heart were slowly returning.

"In case you didn't know, I'm crazy about you." He whispered. "And I'd be lying if I said I could go on with my life without you."

Addison pulled back an inch and smiled at him before leaning in to kiss him. If possible he pulled her even closer as their kiss slowly grew from soft pecks to one of more passion before they slowly pulled apart, his forehead still resting against hers as he watched her eyes opening.

"I'm so sorry about everything, Addie." He whispered and she nodded her head. "I never meant to hurt you."

"Neither did I and I never meant to keep the whole fiancé thing from you…"

"It's fine, we'll be fine." Derek had to smile when he saw her eyes glistening and the happiness on her face.

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Later that evening they had met up at Derek's house because Addison had to call the airport about ten times to make sure she would ever be getting her luggage back.

"Any luck?" He looked up at her and smiled. Thinking back of that morning he noticed how much more relaxed and at ease she already looked. The circles and the redness around her eyes had disappeared and it was so good to see her smile again.

"Nope, I'm pretty sure that last time I called and described my luggage again I heard the guy sigh. He then got his colleague to talk to me, who just said 'Lady, calm down, that fancy luggage of yours will reappear'." She groaned and sat down in one of his deck chairs.

"It probably will though." He really tried his best not to laugh because he had been there to witness one of her calls to the airport and had already found that quite amusing because after ten minutes of trying to describe her luggage she had yelled 'IT'S LOUIS VUITTON, not that that would ring any bells!' at them, so, naturally, they weren't all that cooperative.

"And how? The luggage fairy?" She raised an eyebrow at him but had to laugh when she saw the look on his face. "I think I'll let you make those calls because it turns out that I'm really not a people person…"

Derek chuckled and sat down in the chair next to her and wrapped his arms around her from behind. "Yeah, I can do that because screaming at them probably didn't motivate anyone." He really tried not to make fun of her but it was just too difficult, considering how worked up she had gotten.

"You should be much nicer to me since I came back just for you." She pointed out and tilted her head to the side to look at him.

"Well, I went all the way to New York for you." He whispered and kissed the top of her head.

"Hmm," she pretended to think about it for a second, "that's true, you're pretty perfect." She smiled and leaned in to kiss him again.

YOU GUYS HAD NO FAITH IN DEREK! WTFFFF :D

So he didn't get back together with Meredith, yay! And it all seemed to have worked out. And if you haven't, go watch 13 Reasons Why! NOW! And just a friendly reminder to be kind to each other and you're not alone, no matter how alone you might feel.

Now, do you want more chapters or should I just wrap this story up and hit complete?

Reviews are love :)