Author's Note:
Hey there lovelies! Thanks for reading this, and as a heads up, this is a prequel to the last chapter :) Enjoy!.
bobbiejelly
Easy Company 2
It was someone else behind the shower door that evening.
"Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd-" Meredith Grey rushes towards Addison's side as she catches up to her service.
The redhead doctor turns around and sighs a little before she addresses her, "It's Montgomery…"
"What?" Meredith says, still a bit dazed and confused at this hour of the morning.
"Montgomery. My name, the divorce just went through this morning, so just 'Montgomery,' okay?" Addison gives the blonde a small smile as they head towards the patients.
All the while, Meredith's head is spinning. Addison's got a divorce. Addison's divorced Derek. Addison is single.
Oh no.
When that thought hits her mind, Meredith tries desperately to focus on the work in front of them because she cannot do this. She can't think about the way that she likes to stare at Addison's hair, or her pale shoulders, or the way that she looks in those skirts.
"Dr. Grey, present?" Addison Montgomery says to her, and Meredith clears her throat and tries to get it together without being too distracted.
"Okay then," Addison says after, as they head over to their next patient.
Meredith lets out a sigh of relief before she smiles up at Addison, who, in turn, is smiling at her, too.
Eek!
Meredith should potentially feel more conflicted about crushing over the woman whose husband she'd seduced like, three days ago. Actually, she feels absolutely awful and she really wants to figure out why Addison isn't yelling at her or posting more of her underwear up on the bulletin board in public.
"Are you ready, Grey?" Addison asks her, and Meredith blinks twice before she nods and smiles again.
She just can't stop smiling.
"Okay then," says Addison. "Actually, we have a little bit of extra time before the next case. Would you like to get coffee?" Addison offers.
"Yeah," Meredith nearly leaps at her, but you just walks alongside her instead.
On the way to the coffee cart, Addison actually starts talking to Meredith. As if they were friends. And it freaks Meredith out a little.
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Meredith eventually blurts out as Addison hands her a latte she's paid for.
"Well, I don't really have any reason not to be anymore," Addison shrugs, as she picks up her mocha.
"You're not holding a grudge at me?" Meredith asks her.
"Not currently," Addison laughs. "The first time you really didn't know. And to be honest, the prime finally settled a reason for him to leave me. Or for me to leave him. Sure, we spent over ten Easter's together, but we weren't happy in the end, and that's hardly good for anyone," Addison shrugs.
"I just can't believe you're this happy after a divorce," Meredith says, rather impressed.
"Well, I'm trying to look on the bright side, as I said this morning. I'm resolving myself not to change my mind about that," says Addison, as she sips her mocha and they sit down on one of the benches outside.
"Yeah, the bright side," Meredith giggles, and she shyly drinks her latte as she feels Addison studying her.
"Plus, I can hardly blame him, can I? I mean, you're beautiful, Meredith," Addison says very genuinely, and it causes Meredith to gasp and for her cheeks to heat up.
"Th-thanks," Meredith fumbles, as she drinks a long sip of her coffee as she tries to figure out a response to that.
"So, are you going to be snapping up my ex-husband now that he's finally on the market for you?" Addison asks in a gossipy way, and Meredith can't help but burst out laughing.
"It's just so funny you're asking me this," Meredith giggles.
"Well, if I want the best gossip, I may as well go right to the source, right?" Addison laughs as well.
"True," says Meredith.
"So, are you?" Addison asks seriously this time, and Meredith drops her gaze before she looks at the ground.
"I don't know," Meredith admits honestly. It's tempting, really, because she knows how much Derek wants her, how much he claims that he loves her. But on the other hand, she doesn't love him, and she certainly doesn't feel the chemistry the same way she does with Addison right now as they banter easily over coffee.
"Well, if you're not rushing to make plans with him tonight… Would you like to come over tonight?" Addison asks Meredith, and Meredith can tell she's really asking, and she's really attached to her answer because she's biting her lip as if she were nervous.
"You don't have plans with McSteamy?" Meredith blurts out, then bites her own lip quickly.
So awkward.
"No, I decided against a trans-continental booty call to take the pain away," Addison offers.
"So you're not seeing Mark tonight?" Meredith confirms with her.
"So I'm not seeing Mark tonight, plus I feel as though Derek might not be all too pleased to see him" Addison smiles.
"We can hang out then," Meredith tries to say casually, and her heart nearly explodes by the way Addison's smile gets bigger immediately.
"Great," says Addison. "I'll order a pizza," she smiles.
"Sure," says Meredith. "Let me know when and where to come by."
Addison nods at Meredith, and Meredith feels giddy beyond belief. She practically skips her way to the cafeteria where she finds Cristina staring at her strangely, and all the rest of her friends just eating their lunches as normal.
"You've got a date with Dr. Shepherd tonight," Cristina deadpans as if she's correct.
"She's not called that anymore, they got a divorce," Meredith corrects her just as Addison had that very morning. "And it's not a date-date, she just asked me to come over for pizza," Meredith insists to her friends.
"Ooh, even better. You've got a date with Satan today, and you haven't told McDreamy about it yet, have you?" Cristina teases.
"Hey, he left her, it's none of his business," Meredith shrugs as she eats her salad.
"But does he know you've left him?" Cristina asks wisely.
"Shoot, I probaby should clear that up," Meredith shakes her head at herself. "Ooh, gotta go, that's Addison paging me," Meredith brightens like a christmas tree, and Cristina just laughs as she stares at her friend in utter disbelief.
"Your life will never cease to amaze me," utters Cristina.
And Meredith doesn't hear her, because she's already halfway to OB-GYN.
When she gets there, Addison is cradling the patient, because that's just what one does with infants, and Meredith holds out her hands until Addison gives her a turn.
"So she has pyloric stenosis, so we'll operate on her stomach valve, and then she'll be good," Addison says.
"And then she'll feel so much better," Meredith smiles, and Addison lets her hold the baby as long as she wants to before the surgery.
The baby coos at them, and they both giggle, and Meredith feels an urge to ask Addison to cuddle with her and the baby but she holds herself back from it, not wanting to make things weird or uncomfortable.
Addison seems to read her mind though, because she goes to sit in the rocking chair in the NICU, and she beckons Meredith to join her.
"Are you sure, I'm not as little as this one," Meredith gestures so Addison can see that she means the baby.
"I'm sure," says Addison. "You're quite comfortable," she assures, and with that, Addison opens her arms wide, and tucks Meredith and the baby against her chest.
Meredith sighs into the contact, and Addison rocks them slowly.
Addison mentions something about touch being good for development, and Meredith goes along with it easily because she doesn't want to let go of either of them.
It's soft, and it's warm, and Meredith just basks in how cozy it is with Addison rubbing her back as she cradles the baby's head in her arms.
It might have looked strange to an onlooker, but just by chance nobody bothers them, and they just enjoy their time until the baby's surgery.
***** END OF CHAPTER 2
