"Hadrien get up!" I scramble out of bed as someone flops down on top of me. I look up to see Mer grinning down at me and roll my eyes, of course she was the one who did it. I slowly rise to my feet and glare at my best friend.
"Rude." She laughs as I grab my clothes from my closet and gets dressed, watching me with this weird look on her face. I sling my bag over my shoulder as I walk down to the bathroom to brush my teeth, Mer following behind me.
"Mer, what?" I finally ask, turning on the water as she sighs and crosses her arms over her chest.
"What am I doing with Derek? I mean, what is it?" She murmurs, looking down at the floor the same way she used to when Ellis would scold her.
"Sex? Dating?" I supply, dropping my tooth brush back in the holder and brush past her down to the kitchen. I grab a random fruit on my way out the door and slide into my car, not in the mood to be around the others right now.
I go to do a cystoscopy with Burke whose patient is apparently having abdominal pain but he doesn't need me so I step in with the Chief and Bailey. I note the struggle he has seeing and then leaves room after dropping an instrument, so I follow.
"Chief, what's up with your eyes?" I ask quietly, walking with him as I untie my scrub cap and stuff it into my pocket.
"I don't know Hadrien, I don't know. You are not to speak of this." He mutters gruffly, so I roll my eyes and head to C.T. where I found out George got Syphilis. And they're talking about it with a nurse in the room, real smart. Everyone knows they're gossips in this hospital. The interns go find Burke while I head to get my first coffee of the day.
I run a hand through my hair as I stop by the E.R. desk and take a couple of cases. A kid with a broken arm, older woman with intense headaches, and two teens with an allergic reaction to poison oak in unseemly places. I join the others for lunch where we end up talking about George's syph and Karev being deeply disturbed.
"Everyone's got a secret, now yours is out in the open." The douche states in a matter-of-fact tone, kind of reminding me of Ernie Macmillan from school.
"Oh, yeah, Alex? What's yours?" Cris asks with a raised brow, a smirk tugging at her lips.
"Show me yours and I'll show you mine." He fires back, that strange grin on his face.
"Bet you got some serious kinky skeletons in your closet." I did not want to think about that.
"What's in my closet is none of your business." Cris says as Karev just keeps grinning. I take my tray once lunch ends and follow George to give him some penicillin. Mer opens the curtain as George drops trou and comments on his 'cute butt'. Next is Iz who hops on a desk and then Cris, so I decide to just grab the damn needle and help the idiot out.
"It is a cute butt, George." I call out over my shoulder, then all of us are called to a conference room to talk about the spread of Syph going around the hospital. I get ready to leave as I'm certainly not doing anything but sleeping, but Richard shakes his head so I guess I have to stay.
"Now, Patricia will give a safe-sex demonstration." I groan inwardly but keep my face impassive as said woman pulls out a banana, I have spent 25 years without the sex talk and now I'm getting it from someone I don't even know.
I see Shepherd walk in and say something about getting an M.R.I. so I follow them out and down, silencing Richard's protest with a sharp look as he knows I'll call Adele in a heartbeat. I ignore Shepherd's sly smirk as we effectively sneak down to to the M.R.I room, leaning against the door as Shepherd gets him ready. Once we've got the scans; we see that there's a tumor pressing on his optic nerve but at least it's operable.
"Derek, Hadrien will be in there with you, think of him as a glorified nurse." Richard states, smirking at me as he leaves Shepherd and I alone, until Mer walks in. I have Shepherd page me whenever the surgery begins and head to get another cup of coffee, I have no idea why I'm so tired lately. I scrub in with Burke with his friend and do whatever is that's needed of me. It's a quick procedure so I'm in an out in about two hours and heading to stop by the cafe for some more food.
The clock hits seven and I'm paged to start the surgery with the other super secret surgeons. I'm not surprised with McDreamy's choices and the surgery is an easy success. I finish up for Bailey as she goes to deal with whatever Cris and Iz got into. I pass by Mer and Shepherd, hearing the world Alzheimer's and walk a bit quicker as that is not a conversation I want to be a part of.
I stop by the attending lounge to grab my stuff and stop by to check on Richard again before meeting Mer at the entrance, nodding to Shepherd as he joins us. We stop but as we turn around Derek freezes at the sight of a gorgeous redheaded woman, hair the same color as the red from my dream.
"Meredith, I am so sorry." He says, turning to look at the woman with a forced smile.
"Addison. What are you doing here?"
"You'd know if you bothered to return my calls," She replies, her tone slightly icy, she turns to Mer and I, "Hi, I'm Addison Shepherd." Oh my fucking Merlin. I hear Mer say her last name in whispered shock before She-Shepherd continues.
"And you must be the woman screwing my husband." Shit, shit, this is not good. I pull Mer away with a sharp glare at Shepherd and lead her across the street to a bar, both of us in need of a drink.
"He's married." Mer whispers, dragging me to a booth in the back, hurt shining in her eyes.
"He's married to my soulmate." Guess Mr. Duffy was right about my thing for redheads. Mer gapes up at me and then shakes her head, pained laughter bubbling out of her. I go grab a couple of shots from Joe and down one after the other, both of us feeling pain at this point.
"How do you know, Hadrien?" She finally asks, looking up at me with eyes filled with tears that won't fall.
"When she looked at me, I felt the bond snap into place. She's the one." I explain simply, handing over her fifth shot while I'm at about eight. Man, we have a thing for tequila.