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Lost & Found


Meredith Grey isn't the only one who lost her panties the night of the hospital prom. This is the story of when Derek Shepherd finds Addison Montgomery's panties in Meredith's prom dress.


Chapter 21: After (11)


MEREDITH

"I gotta go!" Says Callie as she gets a page into the hospital.

"What is it?!" Addison and I say in mutual intrigue.

"It doesn't say, but it's a 9-1-1 page!" Says Callie.

"Ooh! I bet it was a ferry boat that crashed into a plane!" I tell her.

"Can I bet it was a blizzard that turned into a bombing?" Addison offers.

"But it's not snowing out?" I tell Addison.

"Okay, it was a shooting that turned into a bombing," says Addison.

"You're all so morbid!" Says Callie.

"Come on what are you guessing though?" I ask her.

"Car crash?" Says Callie.

"That's boring!" Says Addison.

"It doesn't make it less tragic," says Callie.

"Yeah, I guess. But our guessing game is more fun," I say back.

Callie has to go, though, before we get in a second guess each about how the patient got injured.

We probably shouldn't joke about all of these things, but it's really the only thing that keeps us entertained around here amongst our surgical friends.

Well, that and, well-...

Now that Addison and I are alone it's much more challenging to keep up our resolve of being 'just friends,' for the moment.

"I hate that I can't sleep with you right now," says Addison bluntly.

"I know," I tell her.

"You were the best I ever had, did you know that?" Addison offers.

"Really?" I say, rather intrigued.

"Yeah. I knew you were even before I finished," says Addison honestly.

"Wow, either I'm good or you've been having some really really shitty sex," I tease her.

"You're good," Addison offers.

"Yeah, Derek's not bad so I guess I must be amazing," I smirk.

"Yeah. He's not bad. But you're pretty amazing," says Addison.

I laugh with all of my body. It's probably a bit messed up we're laughing about this now but it all feels so far away once we're sitting here together enjoying each other's company.

"Do you like Izzie's muffins?" I ask her, changing the subject away from the most dangerous subject.

"Yeah, I could eat a truckload of these!" Addison gushes.

"You'll have to tell Izzie that. She's great and she's sad about Denny so she could maybe use a pick-me-up," says Meredith.

"Is she here?" Addison asks, realizing that Izzie might have overheard all of our conversations.

"She's upstairs. Probably listening to music though," I smile at Addison.

"Do you think she'd be up for a visit? I'm only into you, Meredith, in the 'dating way'. But I'm very fond of Izzie as a student and as a doctor and as a person and I do want to check in on her," says Addison.

"Of course, I really like that you mentor Izzie on maternal medicine. She told me what you said to her one time about deciding whether or not it was important for her to hate you. I'm glad she didn't hate you. I'm glad that I don't hate you, not that I ever really did," I offer.

"Would Izzie like tea?" Addison asks me.

"Yeah, we can bring her some," I offer.

Addison holds the mug as I show her the way to Izzie's room upstairs and we knock on her door a few times.

"Hey Izzie," says Addison.

"Doctor Montgomery-Shepherd?" Says Izzie. "Wait, am I hallucinating a ghost here? I've never seen Addison in our house before?" Izzie says in alarm.

"Umm, I'm not dead. Nor a ghost. Nor a hallucination?" Says Addison.

"She's real-life, Iz," I tell her.

"Oh. Cool. Do you want to come in?" Izzie asks us.

"If you want. We brought tea," Addison offers. "Oh, and it's just going to be 'Montgomery,' soon," Addison says and I can't contain my smile.

"Wait, you're breaking up with McDreamy?!" Says Izzie as she materializes in front of the door and opens it for both of us.

"Well, I never did really call him that but yes, Derek and I are getting a divorce," Addison offers.

"Why?" Says Izzie, groggily not really filtering her thoughts all that much.

"Meredith," says Addison without an explanation.

"SERIOUSLY!? Wait, then why are you here if you're breaking up with your husband and her boyfriend and Meredith is just standing there? Aren't you supposed to be hating each other?" Says Izzie.

"Oh, no, umm. I mean I'm getting a divorce so I can be with Meredith, as my girlfriend, if she wants that of course I didn't mean to jump but-" Addison rambles.

"Of course I wanna be your girlfriend," I say sweetly as I wrap my arm posessively over her hip.

Izzie looks between both of us, smiles, and nods, and then welcomes us into her room to sit and drink tea.

"So you're both going to date each other?" Asks Izzie.

"Yeah," I say. "Yeah," says Addison.

"Does Derek know?" Asks Izzie carefully.

"Umm. Yeah. He knows," I say awkwardly.

"Wait how?" Says Izzie.

"I think he found my underwear in her dress," says Addison.

"Awkward," Izzie laughs.

"Yeah," I say.

"Wait, didn't she pin your panties to a bulletin board?" Says Izzie to me.

"It was actually my idea, as a joke," I tell her.

"When did this come up?" Asks Izzie.

"Well, umm, we were um," Addison squirms adorably.

"OH. Never mind. Okay. Right. You know if you tell Alex Karev this he's going to have a field day, right? He frequently asked me if I fantasized about chicks and wanted me to. Actually, even Denny told me he couldn't top the idea of 'girl on girl,' once it got brought up. Seriously, I swear every guy is like, super into it," says Izzie in a huff.

"Mark probably would be," Addison says with a sigh.

"Derek didn't seem all that into it," I observe.

"No, you're right. He's not," says Addison.

"What are you going to tell George?" Says Izzie.

"I have no idea," I say to her.

"Is he still in love with you? I was with him when you had your hand on the bomb and he was freaking out and I was freaking out and I think that's when I realized I didn't want you to die," Addison admits honestly.

"Erm, no. George has gotten over me luckily. But um, he might freak out a bit about the lesbian thing," I offer.

"What about Cristina?" Says Addison.

"She's my person. She'll get over it. She'd probably kill someone if she had to, to save me or someone she loved. She'll be okay with me dating Ms. McDreamy," I smile.

"Wait, Ms. McDreamy!?" Says Addison.

"McHot?" I offer.

Addison blushes and I think that I've won.

"Forbes?" I say to her in our new inside joke.

Addison smiles and Izzie starts giggling and then she tells us we're sort of adorable.

"I think you've won the most attendings an intern has fucked so far in our class," says Izzie to me.

"Wait, that was a contest?" I squint at her.

"Not really but you've won it unless you think someone's going to do Burke, Derek, AND Addison next," says Izzie.

"NO WAY. NO ONE ELSE IS TOUCHING ADDISON. NOT GONNA HAPPEN," I say possessively again and pull Addison towards me by the shoulders.

"See, you're going to keep up that record," Izzie smiles.

"I'm not doing this for records, for the record. I'm dating her because I really like her," I say and Addison faces me and nods back.

"We're trying to be 'just friends,' until my divorce comes through, but it's proving to be difficult," says Addison.

"Well, as soon as you can I think you should be together if you want to be. I wanted to be with Denny longer but his heart stopped. You don't always get the time you want, and I'm not saying either of you is dying, I'm just saying why not enjoy it if it's good," Izzie offers.

"Thanks, Stevens," says Addison.

"You're welcome. You're a great mentor Dr. Montgomery. But remember I grew up in a trailer park so I know how to punch if you hurt her," says Izzie in my benefit.

"I will keep that in mind," says Addison with a smile. "I don't ever want to hurt Meredith, though," says Addison dreamily.

"Do you have your muffin recipe? I think Addison might want it. She's eaten almost all of them," I say with a giggle.

"Sure, I'll email it. Thanks for eating them, the baking was getting a bit out of hand," Izzie laughs.

"It's good to hear you're feeling a bit better," I say to Izzie.

"Yeah, I'm working on it," says Izzie.

"Are you going to come back to work?" Says Addison.

"Yeah, and I might need some advice about being really rich," says Izzie.

"What?" Says Addison.

"I have 8.7 million dollars now," says Izzie. "It's from Denny's family," she adds.

"Izzie!" I say, but Addison only laughs.

"What should I do? The cheque is in my kitchen and it's stressing me out," says Izzie.

"Well, I would deposit the cheque, first of all, Stevens. And then I think you'll find your way," offers Addison.

"Okay," says Izzie.

"SERIOUSLY!? We all said that but when it's Addison you listen?" I giggle.

"Yeah but if Addison told you something you'd listen, right?" Izzie quips back at me.

"Yeah but it's different because-" I start to say but Izzie cuts me off because she 'doesn't wanna hear a porno,' even though that's not what I was about to say anyhow.

"I'm glad to offer advice about something, even if I'm not always a great example," says Addison.

"You save BABIES!" Says Izzie. "And mothers!" Izzie adds.

"Professionally I have a case. Personally, well, with Meredith it's getting better," Addison smiles at me and I just about melt to the floor.

"Seriously," says Izzie with a smile.

"Yeah, seriously," I say to her, as I keep my arm around Addison as if to say 'look who picked me!'.

We all chat for a while until I get a phone call from Cristina as well as six incoming texts at once.

"Hey," I pick up the phone and ask my best friend what's up.

"MEREDITH GREY HOW THE HELL DID YOU NOT TELL ME YOU LEFT PROM TO GET WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND'S WIFE AND STEAL HER UNDERWEAR!? I AM YOUR PERSON AND JUST BECAUSE MY BOYFRIEND GOT SHOT DOESN'T MEAN I SHOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT ALL OF THIS FROM DR. SHEPHERD!" Cristina yells.

"I'm so sorry Cristina, I just knew you were on call at work and I forgot to mention it!" I say.

"Well, wait are you two doing it right now because if so I'm gonna go. I mean I've heard about you doing it with the other McDreamy but I don't need to know about you doing it with her because she's still my boss too and-" Cristina starts rambling.

"We're not having sex right now, Cristina. We're staying just friends until my divorce comes through," says Addison into the microphone.

"Oh. That must suck. I'm sorry. I guess we can be celibacy buddies because Burke's in recovery and you're getting un-hitched and Izzie's guy died tragically," Cristina says bluntly.

"Right…" I say and then I giggle because that's such a Cristina thing to say snarkily.

"Does Alex know?" Cristina asks me.

"No, and neither does George," I offer.

"You might freak out McBambi, but Alex's gonna have some high-key fantasies about you guys heads up," says Cristina.

"Hey! I had the same thoughts!" Says Izzie.

"Wait are you all having a threesome?" Says Cristina.

"WE'RE NOT HAVING SEX!" Says Addison.

"We're not, they brought me tea and cookies," says Izzie.

"See, that sounds gay on principle," says Cristina.

"HEY! Straight people can still have snacks," says Izzie.

"Are you 'straight people,' Izzie," asks Cristina.

"Umm," says Izzie. "Mostly," says Izzie. "You?" She asks.

"Also mostly," Cristina shrugs. "Well, I gotta bounce, I'm on shift. I just had to hear this from you. Good luck with the rumor mill and the nurses though," says Cristina to Addison and I and also Izzie for a separate reason.

"Thanks, Cristina," says Addison.

"Oh be prepared Addison, I could stab you with a scalpel no problem if you break her damn heart," says Cristina.

"Wow, two of these in one day. Your friends are fierce, Grey," says Addison.

"Yeah," I say back to her. "Thanks, Cristina, and good luck on the surgeries!" I say.

"Bye Cristina!" Says Izzie.

"Is Burke okay?" I ask before Cristina's hands up.

"He's getting better. Oh, and by the way, Burke already knows about you and Addison, Mer. Actually so do Bailey and Richard because Derek doesn't keep his mouth shut," says Cristina.

"Well, at least I don't have to come out at the hospital," I shrug.

"Oh, no! I'm an OB-GYN! What are people going to say when they hear I'm into people with vaginas!?" Says Addison.

"I'm pretty sure you know how to do your job and give sex as two very different things. I mean believe me I know you have impecable technique in-" I begin but Izzie cuts me off sharply.

"If you guys are gonna talk about naked things you gotta get out of my room now," says Izzie.

"Sorry," I say sheepishly.

"I think you're still the same great doctor, Dr. Montgomery," Izzie offers.

"Thanks, both of you," says Addison.

"But me the most right?" I say sweetly.

"Hey, if you keep smirking like that-" Says Addison.

"GO TO YOUR OWN ROOM, YOU GAYS!" Says Izzie, and we all collapse in another fit of laughter.


****** END OF CHAPTER 21


Author's Note:

So I caved and I got Livejournal as well as Dreamwidth today. Both of them have the same username as here, bobbiejelly. Neither of them has much on it, it's more of just a way to be able to track down, save, and comment on more MerAdd fanfictions.

If anyone has advice about using these platforms and/or any fanfiction recommendations let me know!

Thanks all.

bobbiejelly


Feel free to check out these while you wait for more of this story:

Falling Apart, Barely Breathing

Soothe

Second Person (The Diary of Addison Montgomery)

See you soon in the comments,

bobbiejelly