Author's Note:
Alrighty, so this has been one of my most requested one-shots wanting to be extended into a two-shot or more based on the comments pleading me sweetly with emojis to add a part two. Which really helped. Plus, I have a soft spot for this story and also the folllowing trope. You'll know it when you see it! Ps. Certain authors have also inspired this chapter, which I'll explain at the end. If you think you might be one of them, let me know and I'll tell 'ya!
Also this is somewhere in a timey-wimey slight canon divergence au or not au really but whatever…
Let's just get to the story! This is set as a partial AU of the events around the timeline of GA-S3-E14 of "Wishin' and Hopin'. Also, in this partial AU, Addison did not sleep with Mark at the hotel already. To be clear and upfront about that… Also MerDer is not really active right now. Because I don't really have the patience to write anything more than Derek just pining over Meredith who turned him down repeatedly without telling him why.
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Fever
Meredith Grey has a fever, Addison Montgomery helps.
Chapter 2: I Have a Thing
'I have a thing for bathrooms,' -Villanelle, in Killing Eve. But this is really a Grey's Anatomy fanfiction I promise. The quote is just the chapter summary...
"Do I have to sing?!" Meredith Grey groans at George O'Malley after hearing his preposterous suggestion.
"Well, you don't have to sing, but you certainly have to show up and be supportive of the people who get up and sing," George O'Malley explains.
"And why are we doing this again?" Meredith asks him.
"Well, Joe and Walter are planning on having a baby soon, and they've picked out a surrogate, and Dr. Montgomery is going to help them and-" George begins to explain.
"Wait, Addison's going to be there?!" Meredith asks in alarm.
"Probably, I mean she's Joe and Walter's baby doctor," George O'Malley shrugs.
"Okay, I'm in," says Meredith easily, trying not to make it obvious she's only doing this for the super hot redhead she has a massive crush on.
"Thanks, you know, I just feel like I owe Joe and Walter after everything that happened," George says.
"You saved Joe's life and his bar and his livelihood with the whole 'donating his body to science to pay off his medical debts,' thing," Meredith offers, and George smiles because Meredith remembers this.
"Yeah, and then Joe and Walter showed up to thanksgiving dinner while I was out in the woods with my dad and kept Izzie company so I'm thanking him for that," George smiles.
"Weren't Cristina and Burke also there?" Meredith asks.
"Yeah, and guess who wasn't there- YOU. Because you were all macking on Mr. McDreamy," George frowns, saying that he's still a bit mad about this.
"You weren't there either! You were shooting a turkey with all your brothers and also your dad!" Meredith says frustratedly.
"And then my family member got shot in the ass by another family member both of whom shall not be named so I think I get a free pass on that, plus we both ended up there at some point I think maybe," George says. "Plus Alex showed up, didn't he?" George offers.
"Yeah, I sent Alex in. I was spying from outside the window but I didn't want to harsh the vibe with my 'I detest Derek,' mood so I let you all eat dinner in peace," Meredith offers.
"I think I was still with my… Family… At that point," George mumbles.
"If I had a real family I might have been with them…" Meredith sighs. "But I don't think my mother remembered me at that point, so…" Meredith sighs again.
"What about your father?" George asks.
"You have to get me a lot drunker than sober if you want to talk to me about my biological daddy issues," Meredith frowns.
"Sorry," George mumbles.
"It's okay. I just have a lot of them. All that plus Richard. Sorry I'm sulking I just-" Meredith sighs again.
"Do you care if Dr. Shepherd is there or not?" George asks Meredith.
"Which one?" Meredith asks again. "Oh wait, there's only Derek now, because Addison's a Montgomery, or Montgomeries, or whatever," Meredith smiles subconsciously while saying her name.
"I meant Derek," George clarifies, likely thinking that Meredith's smile was for his name and not his ex-wife's.
"Oh, whatever? I don't know. He makes a million dollars a year though so he's probably not a bad guy to invite to a fundraiser, seeing as we're all a bunch of poor interns," Meredith shrugs.
"Right," says George. "What about McSteamy?" George asks.
"Well, if he's around I think he's rich to, so yeah, sure, invite Mark Sloan I guess, though if he and Derek start a fist-fight against each other, again, we'll have to try not to regret everything," Meredith offers.
"I'll keep that in mind…" George says.
"Cristina's coming right?" Meredith asks.
"Probably, unless she's working in which case there's no way I can pry her from the grasp of surgery," George says.
"Right. Izzie? Alex?" Meredith asks.
"Definitely," George smiles.
"Burke? Bailey? Webber?" Meredith asks.
"They all RSVP'd maybe's, as did nurse Olivia Harper and nurse Tyler," says George.
"Right," Meredith says with a nod.
"Show up at six to help me decorate?" George asks Meredith.
"Sure, George," says Meredith.
"You're the best!" George smiles.
"Thanks for being a good friend to Joe and Walter," Meredith smiles, "I guess I also owe both of them for all the misery they've helped me through over the years," Meredith nods.
"It's only been less than a year that you've been here?" George asks.
"It feels like more than that," Meredith groans.
"It really does," says George. "See you later!" He adds.
"See you!" Meredith says as they both get back to work in the hospital.
Later on, at approximately six pm, at the Emerald City Bar…
"Higher! Lower! To the left! To the right!" Meredith shouts at George as they both try to arrange the decorations properly.
"Whoa, what's going on in here, is it safe to come in, is everyone appropriate?" Cristina Yang knocks on the door to Joe's bar.
"Yes!" Meredith calls out.
"We're, we're just decorating!" George exclaims.
"You sound like a porno by the way," Cristina says as she walks in and starts picking up some of the remaining decorations to hang from the box.
"Where do you want this one?" Meredith asks.
"Mm, I think we'll hit the sweet spot here," Cristina says as she points to a vacant spot on the wall.
"Yo! Are you three having a threesome?!" Alex Karev calls out from the outside door.
"NO!" All three of Meredith, Cristina, and George answer in chorus.
"Alex!" Izzie Stevens admonishes Alex for asking such a thing.
"What, they were talking about 'sweet spots,' so I figured-" Alex begins to explain.
"Why are we talking about sweet spots?" A tall and leggy redhead appears behind Karev to ask this.
"Wouldn't you want to know," Alex says to Addison Montgomery with a smirk.
"She would," another voice rings out over them both, emanating from a tall gruffy chiseled man named Mark Sloan.
"MARK!" Addison rolls her eyes at him and also Alex.
"She probably would though," another voice rings out, this time from Mr. McDreamy, Derek Christopher Shepherd.
"Nice!" Says Mark and gives his best friend Derek a high-five.
"What are we all talking about?" Preston Burke appears behind all of them.
"Ladies," says Alex Karev with a smirk.
"Ah," says Burke with interest.
"I'm telling Cristina you said that, ugh," says Izzie Stevens.
"Are we going to go in or what?" Says Alex impatiently.
"But what if they're naked!" Says Addison, rather alarmed but still being caring enough she'd want to give the interns their privacy if they were, hypothetically speaking of course, engaging in any PG+ related activities.
"Then that would be awesome," Mark says with a shit-eating grin.
"Dude, nice," says Alex Karev, offering Mark a high-five.
"Don't high-five him for that!" Addison slaps Mark's hand away from Alex's.
"What, I thought you were the one who's into threesomes?!" Offers Derek.
"Ugh, we are NOT having this conversation!" Addison rolls her eyes at Derek.
"Wait, what?" Says Preston Burke, as if interested.
"I'm ALSO telling Cristina that you said THAT," Izzie Stevens chides Burke.
"Oh, can we just go on in for heck's sakes!?" Offers Addison.
"Yes, let's," says Izzie Stevens, helping Addison push past the boys so they both can start helping the other interns in decorating.
"Well, I suppose it's always about 'ladies first,' says Mark Sloan.
"Does that mean you're going in next?" Teases Derek.
"Isn't that YOU?" Offers Mark.
"Well, it ain't gonna be me," says Alex.
"Me either," says Burke.
"WHY ARE Y'ALL STANDING HERE WHEN WE HAVE DECORATIONS TO HANG!?" Miranda Bailey yells over all of them.
"Ladies first," Alex offers in his most 'professional voice,'.
"Thank you," Bailey says as she brushes past them.
"What are we all talking about?" Richard Webber enters the scene.
"Women," says Burke without any explanation.
"And love triangles," offers Mark.
"You'd know about those, wouldn't you!" Derek rolls his eyes at Mark.
"HEY!" Says Richard Webber, thinking they might have meant him.
"Dude, they were talking about Addison," says Alex.
"Right," says Richard Webber awkwardly.
"Where's your wife, Richard?" Says Derek.
"She's on her way, where's YOUR future wife, to Burke and not Mark or Derek," says Richard Webber.
"Ah, and she's inside already," says Preston Burke.
"Is she still-" Mark starts to ask an ambiguous question to no one and everyone in particular before Adele Webber appears and interrupts his question.
"Ladies first," says Alex Karev dutifully again.
"Why thank you," says Adele, walking in to help the others decorate.
"Are we expecting any more women?" Richard Webber says, and is right away frowned at sternly by his wife who overheard him.
"Why, did you invite your mistress, Ellis Grey again, too?" Adele asks him boldly.
"I think we should all go in now," says Mark awkwardly.
"Why, you don't want to talk about dirty mistresses? Hypocrite!" Says Derek.
"Umm," says Preston Burke as he starts to walk in also.
"Dude," Alex repeats with the shake of his head.
"I didn't actually invite Ellis," says Richard, accidentally confirming his long-lasted affair from his residency days.
And with that, everyone follows Adele Webber into the bar.
When Meredith Grey watches Addison Montgomery enter the room alongside Izzie Stevens, Meredith can't help but feel an insane pang of jealousy towards her blonde intern friend.
'Why is it always Izzie who gets to hang around her!?' Meredith wonders. "I could be good at handling mothers, even if I sort of hate my own mother from time-to-time,' Meredith thinks to herself. 'Why is IZZIE so damn special. I want Addison to think I'M special. Maybe she could talk to ME more, huh?!' Meredith sulks in jealous rage.
"Hey, watch those streamers! Those were like, $6.99!" Says George.
"Oh. Sorry," says Meredith distractedly, she hadn't realized she'd still been holding them.
"Oh. Sorry, I can see why the She-Shepherd might annoy you," George says tenderly with his McBambi eyes towards Meredith.
"She's not the She-Shepherd anymore," Meredith grumbles pointedly. "Right," says George, remembering the whole 'panties-on-the-bulletin-board-that-weren't-his-girlfriends'-now-wife's-actually-thing'.
"Where is Callie anyway?" Cristina asks George.
"I thought you didn't like her?" George asks.
"I like her enough, she consulted on Doc's osteosarcoma," says Meredith.
"Right. Your McDog who has your McDreamy and your McLife," remarks George.
"Had. Doc's dead," Meredith deadpans.
Cristina goes to say something about it actually having been Addison who she had said had her McDog and her McDreamy and her McLife, or maybe Derek, or even Mark, but she doesn't get that far because she spies her fiance, Preston Burke, approaching her and she stiffens a bit.
"Hello," says Burke formally.
"Hey," says Cristina.
"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Says Izzie as she approaches them all.
"Sorry, I'll catch up to you later Burke," says Cristina as she follows Izzie into the women's washroom.
"What's up?" Cristina asks on the way, but Izzie tells her to shush until they're out of everyone's earshot.
"Hey," says Addison to George and therefore also Meredith via proximity.
"H-Hey," Meredith stumbles, extremely nervous around the tall redhead.
"Do you know when Callie's getting here?" Addison asks George mostly, seeing as he's her husband.
"Oh, right, she texted me earlier, she's going to be here later," says George to Addison. "Thanks for coming, by the way, Dr. Montgomery-Sh-Montgomery," George rambles.
"Thanks for inviting me," Addison says genuinely, and the smile she offers at George makes Meredith irrationally jealous even though she's just being polite about George's invitation.
"Hey, Meredith," Addison smiles at Meredith also, in a way that's less menacing now that she's divorced.
"H-H-Hey," Meredith says nervously.
Addison nods at Meredith and realizes that her presence is making Meredith uneasy, but likely figures it's because of their mutual past with Derek, so she excuses herself and Meredith just watches her walk away.
"You're staring," says George.
"What?" Says Meredith, not even turning to face him.
"You're starting?" George repeats.
"Oh?" Meredith asks without really processing what George is saying.
"I should probably check on Izzie," says George.
"Ah?" Says Meredith, still staring as Addison goes to join the bunch of attending physicians and also Miranda Bailey at the other side of the bar.
Meredith tightens as she sees Addison going to move towards Mark and Derek, knowing that she's slept with both of them and it makes her teeth hurt.
"Dude," says Alex Karev, coming to join Meredith.
Meredith doesn't respond though, she's still staring at the way the both Derek and Mark are fawning over Addison like two stupid vultures.
"Y'know, staring at Mr. McDreamy isn't going to make him McSex you if he's still staring at his-" Alex tries to continue but Meredith shuts him up.
"God, Alex. Not everything is about sex you know!" Meredith huffs and pouts as she walks right on past him.
"Where are you even going?" Alex calls after Meredith, who goes into the women's washroom to join Izzie and Cristina, passing by George who is waiting for Izzie outside the door.
"God, I'm tired. Burke is driving me crazy," Cristina says as she rolls her eyes, un-fazed by Meredith's sudden appearance.
"I know. Alex is driving me crazy," Izzie says dreamily.
"Derek and Mark are both driving me crazy," says Meredith with a huff.
"Threesome dreams all over again?" Cristina teases.
"I TOLD YOU THAT IN CONFIDENCE!" Meredith says about having previously confessed her naked dreams about Derek and Finn.
(Which Meredith isn't having anymore because she's having more and more frequent dreams about a half-naked Addison…)
"OOH! See, you're into McSteamy TOO!" Says Izzie in a chipper voice.
"I AM NOT INTO McSTEAMY!" Says Meredith angrily, and also truthfully, but no one seems to believe her on that fact.
"You totally are, look how much you're tensing!" Teases Cristina.
"Ugh, this is so not fair! Both of them, Derek and Mark are all over Addison, it's just sick," Meredith huffs.
"So, in this situation, you'd want to be Addison, right? Seeing as you'd get to be the whole Meredith-Is-A-Monkey-In-The-Middle sort of deal instead of her?" Izzie summarizes incorrectly.
"Do you only think of sex!?" Meredith rolls her eyes again.
"Well, that's sort of your thing," Cristina smirks at Meredith.
"Oh, well you're one to talk, Ms. bride-to-be. I'm still pissed you're supposed to be having a wedding before I am and you're not even letting me plan it," says Izzie.
"Do you think Geoge is listening to all of this?" Meredith frets a bit.
"Probably," says Cristina.
"George!?" Izzie calls out to him.
"Shit," George swears from the other side of the door.
"Why aren't you with Callie?" Says Meredith.
"I am," says Geroge from the other side of the door.
"Callie?" Says Cristina.
"Hey," says Callie.
"Hey," says Addison, who is sitting next to Callie along with George on the other side of the door and Meredith knocks over the door when she hears Addison's voice outside.
Meredith tumbles out of the washroom, landing flat on the floor as George and Callie tumble to one side of it and Addison tumbles to the other.
"Oof," says Meredith, holding her hands out so she's not hitting her head.
"Are you okay?" Says Addison tenderly, making Meredith melt into even more of a puddle.
"Why aren't you with McDreamy & McSteamy?" Meredith asks without looking up.
"Me?" Says Addison.
"Well yeah, you," Meredith rolls her eyes, still pressed flat against the ground.
"Umm, they're in the boy's bathroom, with Alex," says Addison awkwardly.
"Oh," says Meredith, not knowing what to say to that.
"We could um, hear all of that," George says awkwardly but in loyalty to Meredith.
"Fuck!" Meredith swears.
"To be fair, I've never actually had a threesome with Mark and Derek, for what it's worth," Addison chuckles.
"Wait, but do you want to?" Asks Callie offhandedly while George looks at his wife with fascination that she's asking her friend that question.
"Umm-" Addison doesn't really answer.
"They probably want to," Meredith sighs loudly.
"Who?" Says Addison, taken aback by this.
"All your naked men!" Says Meredith in a grumble, jealous as all hell of both of said 'naked men,'.
"Neither of them are y'know, actually naked, right now…" Says Addison, still not really 'getting it,'.
"I'll go check on that," offers George, doubtfully.
"Wait, what?" Says Callie, but not really capturing George before he walks into the boy's washroom to find Alex and Mark and Derek all arguing (but none of them are actually naked, therefore, to Addison's credit she was right about that part at the very least).
"Would you want to have a threesome?" Addison asks Callie thoughtfully.
"I'm MARRIED," says Callie pointedly.
"Didn't stop Addison," Meredith grumbles.
"As I said, we've never, I've never, Derek and I, Mark and I, look I've never been a part of a threesome, okay?" Addison says frustratedly.
"Why?" Says Meredith. "I mean they're both into you clearly, so if you were all friends I don't see why you wouldn't just have gone for it?" Meredith shrugs while still hiding her face in the tile.
"I'm not sure they, I mean Mark and Derek, are into each other, like that," Addison says. "Plus there'd probably be a lot of fistfighting involved, and I'm not sure I'm up for being a bouncer to that, they're twice my muscle," Addison sighs.
"But you like that," says Callie teasingly.
"What?" Says Addison.
"Muscles," says Meredith, understanding the question.
"So are you," says Addison towards Meredith. "Or, at least, Derek's muscles, though you did say Mark was sensitive and you liked that in a stranger so maybe-" Addison rambles.
"Wait, you heard all of that?" Says Meredith, freaking out that Addison had heard her hitting on Mark initially.
"We both did. Derek and I, I mean," says Addison.
"DAMMIT!" Says Meredith, groaning again.
"He seemed charmed by it, for what it's worth. You might have had a real shot had Derek not decked him. I know Mark, he wanted you then," says Addison with a sigh.
"He wants you now," Meredith rolls her eyes.
"Which one?" Says Callie.
"Both of them, all of them, everyone on the freakin' planet," Meredith groans and realizes she's included herself in that last one and hopes nobody notices.
"I highly doubt that… Mark and Derek… We've known each other for a long time but they've stopped looking at me seriously as an option… Probably a long time ago," Addison sighs dejectedly.
"That sucks, you're hot stuff Addie," says Callie reassuringly.
"Hey, you're married, remember!?" Addison snickers at Callie who just laughs and says she doesn't 'swing that way,' anyway.
Meredith raises an eyebrow at the ground because she's wondering why Addison would think that Callie is hitting on her, and therefore if Addison might be into women, or at least be the type of woman who thinks about lady-loving as a thing that exists but before she can ask or try to not ask, Preston Burke approaches the washroom looking for Cristina.
"Is Yang there?" Burke asks them.
"She's having a moment with Izzie," says Meredith from the floor.
"Why are you on the floor?" Asks Burke.
"I fell," says Meredith.
"Why are you still on the floor?" Asks Burke.
"I didn't get up yet," says Meredith, thinking like this is sort of the story of her damn life right now.
"Can you move? I have to check up on Cristina," Burke says impatiently.
"Preston, that's the girl's bathroom. Give your fiance some space," Addison advises her fellow attending.
"Fine, Addison," says Burke, sulking and putting his hands in his pockets and staring at Meredith.
"Can you tell her that-" Burke starts to say but then Meredith gets up off the ground and crosses her arms at Burke and says "I'm not your damn messenger, I'll go check on her myself," Meredith offers and walks into the washroom, but not opening the door too wide to let Burke see Cristina.
"I wish I was as desirable as Meredith makes me out to be, I mean, I guess it's probably a jealousy thing, right? Grey had Derek, then she realized I was still married to Derek, then she realizes I cheated on Derek with Mark, then she meets Mark and Derek punches Mark over her, and then I got a divorce but kept talking to Mark and Derek, and neither one of them loves me or wants me anymore but Meredith's still jealous. I kinda feel bad for the kid, y'know" says Addison endearingly.
"Is that why you brought Meredith your juju?" Says Callie, thinking about the hot chocolate.
"Probably," Addison sighs. "But Meredith rejected it the first time, then she accepted it though, because we were all trying to be friends," Addison sighs again.
"Well, I mean, you did sort of steal her McDreamy and her McDog," offers Callie.
"Hey, I thought you were supposed to be my friend," says Addison.
"You kind of stole her McLife, I think I heard that from George," Callie says to her.
"She kind of stole mine?" Addison says back, but squeaks a bit at that one.
"Derek was not your whole life, Addison. You're worth more than that," Callie reassures her.
"Thanks, Callie," says Addison sweetly, glad she's made friends with Callie.
"Mark is not your whole life, either," says Callie.
"Right, because he's also been in your life, too," teases Addison while still smiling at Callie's new ring with her.
"Ugh, Mark," says Callie.
"Yeah, ugh, Mark," says Addison.
"He's a good-" Callie begins but Addison cuts her off.
"You're married, Callie, I wouldn't advise talking about that," Addison sighs.
"So were you, at the time, y'know, with Mark," says Callie teasingly.
"This is why I don't recommend it," says Addison.
"Touché," says Callie.
"God, I'm hiding from Burke, I can hear him from outside the door," says Cristina.
"He's looking for you. He wanted me to parrot a message but I'm not a damn messenger-hawk," says Meredith.
"You could be an owl, like in Harry Potter," says Izzie.
"That's the same thing, which I am not," says Meredith skulkingly.
"Why are you in such a sour mood tonight?" Cristina asks Meredith.
"Everyone's fawning over Addison and she can't even see it," Meredith grumbles.
"Well, Callie's fawning over George and he doesn't even appreciate it," says Izzie.
"Alex is sort of fawning over you, Iz," offers Meredith.
"Alex has been staring at that patient, Ava, and also Addison Montgomery, all day," Izzie huffs.
"Alex has a thing for Addison!?" Meredith shrieks.
"I think he does," says Izzie sadly.
"Evil Spawn going after Satan. It's sort of poetic," offers Cristina unhelpfully.
"God, does every boy in the universe want Addison Montomgery?!" Meredith cries out.
"Apparently, only the ones that YOU want," Cristina teases.
"Wait, YOU want Alex?!" Izzie says pointedly.
"I don't want Alex. Not gonna happen. Not interested," says Meredith.
"But you want all the other boys?" Izzie asks her.
"Well, no. I don't want George again!" Says Meredith.
"Yeah. That was terrible," Izzie snaps at Meredith over George.
"It kinda was," says Cristina.
"HEY! You're supposed to be MY best friend and PERSON, here!" Meredith groans at Cristina.
"Well-" Izzie begins.
"It was-" Cristina also begins.
"I know, sleeping with George was freaking awful of me," Meredith sighs.
Izzie and Cristina nod, but they don't say anything more than that.
"Quick, hide!" Says Addison as she drags Callie into the same women's washroom and they shut the door behind them, locking them in along with Izzie, Cristina, and Meredith.
"Oh thank goodness, do you think we escaped?!" Says Callie.
"I hope so!" Says Addison.
"What are you hiding from?!" Says Cristina. "An assassin?" She shrugs.
"Worse!" says Callie.
"Temptation!" Says Addison.
"Huh?" Says Izzie.
"You were right, Grey," Addison says softly.
"Wait, what?" Says Meredith, pleased at herself not stuttering too badly while she tries not to lick her lips at Addison whose breathing is accelerated right now with adrenaline.
"Mark just asked Callie and I for a threesome!?" Addison shrieks.
"Wait, but isn't Callie like, married!?" Says Callie.
"Wait, were you going to have it like, here?" Says Izzie.
"See, Mark totally has the hots for you both," Meredith sighs dejectedly, hoping no one will see how much she's annoyed that Addison is getting propositioned left and right.
"Wait, did Mark want to sleep with both of you separately? Or together? Or did he want you two to sleep together while he-" Cristina considers this aloud.
"I have no idea," says Callie.
"Probably all of those things," Addison rolls her eyes.
"Of course. Boys are always like that. How many times has Alex Karev asked me to 'picture chicks,' and tell him about it," Izzie rolls her eyes at the thought.
"Does Burke ask you about that?" Meredith asks Cristina thoughtfully.
"I think he was more interested in George, actually," Cristina says, and then her eyes widen and she apologizes to Callie profusely.
"You know, that might be slightly less scary than the idea that Mark wants to get me naked while I'm married," offers Callie.
"Join the club," offers Addison.
"Yeah, but you like, did it," says Callie.
"Hey, you don't have to pick on Addison!" Says Meredith, not wanting Addison to feel like the only sinner here.
All the other girls stare at her until Meredith says "what, I'm a homewrecker also," with a total eye-roll.
"I'm not a homewrecker," says Izzie.
"Do you want to be?" Says Cristina.
"Relax, I don't want to sleep with Burke, even if he taught me how to roast a turkey," says Izzie to Cristina.
"We're not married yet," says Cristina.
"Yeah but you will be, right?" says Callie.
"Right," says Cristina with a sigh.
"Umm, I should, look, I'm sorry Yang, but Preston…" Addison sighs.
"What?" Says Meredith, knowing that Addison is about to say something profound.
"Preston seemed… Interested in talking about 'ladies, plural,' when he was talking with the other guys earlier, I just thought you'd want to know Cristina, I am so sorry," Addison says sympathetically.
"Oh," says Cristina.
"You know, you saved my life before, um, Dr. Montgomery, but you might have again, as I take this in, so, thanks," Cristina says once she finds something more elaborate to say about this.
"You can call me Addison while we sit and hide from McMen in the bathroom," says Addison.
"Oh, umm, thanks, Addison," Says Cristina.
"Wait, all of us?" Says Izzie.
"Sure," says Addison with a smile.
"Your name's pretty," says Izzie. "Addison is a pretty name," Izzie smiles, and Addison smiles at Izzie, and it makes Meredith want to punch her fists through a wall.
"THIS IS THE WORST. EVERYTHING ABOUT ADDISON IS PRETTY AND I'M JUST THE 'OTHER WOMAN,' WOMAN WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR," says Meredith in alarm, misdirecting her anger all over the place.
"Meredith, you made my then-husband Derek fall at your feet when he met you, you made Mark put on his good side to talk to you and take a punch for you, and you had George freaking out over you until… He married Callie," Addison says, (a gap in her knowledge about the whole 'George and Meredith,' disaster), and besides, you're the young and sweet doe-eyes one. I'm just old and wide," says Addison.
"You're not fat," says Callie reassuringly.
"Yeah, you're not," says Izzie.
"I tried to push Derek away but he chased me. I didn't know who Mark was when he started talking to me and I turned him down also in the elevator, I even had rules against the whole 'dirty mistress club,' he wanted to form, and Addison, you are so not fat. You're all tall and witty and you saved that girl who had the toxic blood today because you dosed her with the medicine she needed… You really are… You're just so-" Meredith tries to articulate all the things she wants to say.
"Are you okay?" Addison asks in the middle of this, concerned that Meredith seems to be as sweaty as the last time she'd been having a 'fever,' and she's not really sure why.
"You, Addison, you're just…" Meredith sighs as she can't figure out the right things to say. "Look, you're something to everyone, and even Alex wants you, not that I want Alex, or Derek, or Finn, as we talked about while I had a fever, well, I still have a fever now, but I mean, that's just the start because either or, Mark or Derek or both in a threesome they want you and-" Meredith starts to ramble on until she's interrupted again, but this time by a knock on the door.
"Do you still have the same, ahem, fever, as before?" Addison asks Meredith in code.
Meredith nods very nervously as they all also hear the pounding continue and then escalate.
Addison nods back at Meredith, still wondering who the hell Meredith could be talking about at this point...
Neither gets too far with their thoughts though, before they feel someone trying to pick the damn lock.
"Ladies," Mark Sloan says very loudly with a shit-eating grin all of them can picture from behind the bathroom door.
"We're about to start the party, Joe and Walter are two minutes out. We're waiting for all of you," says Derek Shepherd.
"We do need you all," says Burke and Cristina frowns that there's nothing in there just for her.
"Are you okay?" Says Geroge in a concerned tone.
"Dude…" Says Alex, predictably.
"Where's my wife, Adele Webber? Is she in there with you all?" They hear Richard call out, and Addison facepalms, not wanting to explain that his wife has probably ditched him again like she used to do during her graduate work with Richard Webber as her mentor.
"MOVE, ALL OF YOU!" Says Miranda Bailey in a commanding voice.
All of the boys take a step back and let Bailey through.
"Now, you people better all unlock this damn door before we ruin Joe and Walter's surprise party. We're supposed to be running Kareoke by now!" Says Bailey.
"Callie! You're closest to the lock!" Says Addison.
"Right," says Callie, unlocking the door and letting it slide open, revealing herself (Callie) along with Izzie, Cristina, and Meredith Grey all hiding inside the door.
"Dude…" Says Alex.
"Were you all…" Derek quirks an eyebrow.
"Were you?" Says Preston Burke incredulously.
"Were you all like, doing' it TOGETHER, but without us!?" Finishes Mark.
"OH, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS YOU FOOLS BEING DOCTORS. CAN WE ALL JUST STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS AND STOP HIDING AND JUST GET THIS PARTY GOING? I HAVE TO GO HOME TO MY CHILD AFTER THIS!" Bailey rings over them.
"Sorry," everyone says all at once as they shuffle past Bailey towards the bar again.
"I have a thing for bathrooms," Addison shrugs as she tries to explain all this somehow.
"Damn interns, damn attendings, damn doctors, and their inappropriate love problems," Bailey mutters under her breath.
And Meredith can't help but agree with her as she tries to stop staring at Addison's ass as she walks back into the bar right in front of her, and Addison never notices because she keeps walking right ahead of her.
***** END OF CHAPTER 2
Fever, by Peggy Lee:
(You'll)
Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever (you give me fever) when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight (you give me fever)
Fever in the mornin'
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right
You give me fever (You give me fever) when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight (You give me fever)
Fever in the mornin'
Fever all through the night (Wow!)
Author's Note 2:
The main inspired work here is "Girl Talk," on Fanfiction, by recycled-stars, which is super funny and also vaguely MerAdd/meddison, which inspired a certain scene which I will not spoiler for you.
Yes, I realize this is less actual MerAdd interaction than before, despite the fact that this is 22 pages long… Apologies. I do plan on including more of that soon. Just wanted to write a bit of ridiculousness.
And I liked the imagery of all of the women, mostly, hiding from the McMen of Seattle Grace Hospital and bonding together.
Let me know in the comments what you might want from this!
Yeah, I know the first chapter was better… Oops... Hopefully, there are still some favorite parts you might want to share with me though!
See you around.
THANK YOU!
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