Author's Note:

Somehow, I feel like this happened at Joe's, but then again, maybe not.

Emerald City Bar is iconic for Seattle Grace Hospital staff, after all.

And we all know Doctors make the worst Participants in a Love Triangle.

Oops. You know I meant Love Square, after all.. ;)

bobbiejelly

You Know, I Know The Feeling

Square tables sure are the worst things, like, ever. (Except for maybe, love-squares, of course,).

A fanfiction involving Addison Montgomery, Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd & Mark Sloan.

Rated somewhere between T and M, I guess. Grey's Anatomy and also Private Practice.

A Four-Shot for Four Fabulous Fast Friends. MerDer. MerAdd. Maddison. MarkAndDerek.

Chapter 2: CORNER TWO

"I'm in love with Addison Montgomery," Meredith Grey confesses to Mark Sloan after Derek Shepherd and Addison Montgomery are finally out of earshot.

"You know, I know the feeling," Mark sighs at Meredith, the two ex-dirty mistresses dwelling, again, at this bar, alone together, for the first time since all this MerDer and Maddison fiasco came to a grinding halt.

"You're In love with her still?" Meredith asks Mark tenderly. She should feel a bit peeved by this, or jealous or she doesn't, seeing as Addison said to her earlier in complaint that she would never, ever, get back together with him.

See, Meredith and Addison are friends now, and they have been since right after Mark and Derek got over their troubles when Addison and Derek got a divorce, and Derek started dating Meredith and Addison started to date Mark for real, this time.

Addison and Meredith are BEST FRIENDS, and that's the problem, for Meredith, because usually, she would talk to Addie about all her love conundrums, because she understands better than anyone how to love Derek, without actually wanting him back anymore.

But now she can't confide in Addison about all her love problems, because her love problems are about breaking up with Derek, which Addison still doesn't really understand her for. And the real reason she dumped Derek was to crush over his ex-wife, who is now her best friend, but she feels she can't tell her that, either, for fear she'll lose Addie completely.

"I'm in love with Addison, still," Mark replies to Meredith's comment, then continues before she has a chance to reply. "But I've had my second try after I fucked up my first try, and I fucked it all up again, and I'm never gonna love her like you would," Mark says to her finally.

"You think that I'd love her well?" Meredith says to him, rather shocked that he'd even entertain such a thought.

"Yeah, I do," Mark rolls the ice from his whiskey over his tongue, and Meredith expects him to be all pervy and ask about a lesbian preview.

But he doesn't, and that's how Meredith knows he's sincere.

"Why aren't you mad that I'm asking about Addison?" Meredith finally asks him.

"Because I think I'm in love with my best friend Derek Shepherd," Mark finally admits to her, seeing as his ex-dirty mistress counterpart just bared her soul to him.

"You know, I know the feeling," Meredith smiles at her mirrored words from Mark, earlier, that seems to fit in so well, here.

"Are you gonna tell him?" Meredith asks him, rolling the line from her tequila on her teeth and her lips.

"Are you gonna tell her?" Mark mirrors back to her, as they sit still at an impasse, allowing the words to sink in as they sip on the remains of their drinks in their near-empty glasses.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Meredith asks as she points out to Mark how Derek and Addison are now chatting, or rather, shout-whispering at each other across the bar at each other.

"Us, probably," Mark says in a sad tone because he's sure as Meredith is that they're unlikely to be talking about them in the way that they want to.

"Yeah, you're right, she's probably shouting at him, saying 'Derek get a grip and go get your girlfriend back' or something like that," Meredith says with a sigh.

"And he's probably shouting at her, give Mark a chance because you obviously had an affair once, so can't you forgive him for having one if you really want to try with him," Mark says to Meredith with his own sigh.

"You know, you do Derek's voice really well," Meredith notices this and remarks about it.

"And you do Addison's, nicely," Mark shrugs as if it were inevitable.

"I wish we could hear what they're saying, but I guess having been married for 11 years once means that they've gotten really good at fighting discreetly in public," Meredith says as she eyes Mark's remaining ice chips, which he offers to her in return for her extra limes.

"They've been like that for years," Mark confirms to her. "I've never been able to understand it. For what it's worth, they're not in love with each other anymore, but they do share some bond that I can't seem to crack," Mark explains to Meredith as he sucks on his lime.

"God, I just wish she wasn't straight," Meredith complains outwardly to Mark, now.

"God, I just wish he wasn't straight," Mark complains outwardly to Meredith, now.

And they weren't just talking about each other, either. If that wasn't already abundantly clear…

***** END OF CHAPTER TWO

Author's Note 2:

Yeah, I'm spoiling you with two chapters right after one another.

Hope you don't get too used to the idea, it's just because this once was a one-shot.

Let me know what you think, best wishes.

bobbiejelly

Further Reading, (Other works you may like. These are my other MerAdd works so far…): Falling Apart, Barely Breathing Soothe Chasing Butterflies A Seattle Grace Mercy West Swingers Party - Post Plane Crash Edition McCravings RED is the new BLACK. Five Reasons We Knew Calzona Was Made For Each Other & Five + More 6 Sentence Fics Out Of The Dark Hello, Seattle Peace Of My Heart Meredith gets her Mojo Back Tears Shed From A Drunken Conversation Who Can Screw the Shepherd Siblings Better? A Sex Bet Between Addison Montgomery and Mark Sloan. Elevator To Heaven To Build A Home - For Me & For You Sights of Seattle, Stars in the Sky Meredith Makes Her McCHOICE of a Lifetime. Chief Montgomery's Seductress MerAdd PROMPTS Consultation for bobbiejelly - INPUT REQUESTED ! After Italian 'Merley' (Meredith Grey/Miranda Bailey), eventual MerAdd (Meredith Grey/Addison Montgomery), mostly for Lesbi_Honest_FP The whole MerAdd Series: MerAdd My Heart 3
Author's Note 3: Much love, bobbiejelly bobbiejelly