I end up heading back to the hospital after my tenth shot to speak with the lying prick, leaving Mer to drink with the others for a bit. I see him still speaking with his wife and shying away from her fingers as she reaches up to touch his hair.
I hear her sarcastically say that she wants them to reminisce about their wedding and then fall into bed. I stalk towards the prat with the intent to beat the fuck out of him, but then I'm paged down to the E.R. where the bartender from Joe's apparently passed out. . We all end up glaring at the prat as he walks up, me grabbing him by the collar of his coat as he goes to follow.
"No, you leave her the hell alone. You go near her, and I will ruin you without a second thought." I growl, shoving him back and running out in the rain to drive Mer home.
Once home Mer manages to get out of the car and just collapses, her knees falling under her as she finally feels the toll of the day weigh down on her. I carry her up to her room, putting her in one of my t-shirts before climbing into bed with her, pulling her close.
She cries for the first time in a while. Ugly, fat tears rolling down her cheeks as sobs rack through her tiny body, all for that married douchebag. I hold her until she falls asleep, finally crying herself dry. I leave a note for her before heading back to the hospital as my shift starts in an hour anyway.
I see Mer leave the locker room with Bailey after a few minutes, using my gift to find out someone requested her. I check my cases to make sure they're done right, then check in on Mer, only to see her walking away with my soulmate. None of that can ever be good.
I'm paged to the room with both of them where they're discussing T.T.T.S. and how She-Shepherd will try to fix it. I stand in the doorway as I monitor Mer more than the patient and do my best not to growl at her subtle digs at my little sister. She smirks at me as she passes and I follow her as Mer goes to order an ultrasound.
"So, you're the Head of Trauma?" She questions me as she walks, her red stilettos clicking on the floor rhythmically.
"That's me, Hadrien Black." I reply softly, holding out my hand as she smiles over at me.
"Addison, a pleasure to meet a General Surgeon better than Ellis Grey." She states, shaking my hand respectfully as an almost inaudible gasp escapes from between scarlet lips. So she feels the bond as well.
"I look forward to working with you." She murmurs, leaving me to wish I had never found the Hallows all those years ago. Had I not, I wouldn't have a soulmate married to my little sister's boyfriend. Yeah, a real fuckin' picnic. I watch her round a corner and sigh deeply, for once in my life wishing I was with my parents.
I'm paged to the E.R. to consult on something that should've been for an ortho specialist. I set the man's leg up in a temporary splint and then wait for the other doctor, smiling when I see it's actually the head of the department. I watch as she schedules the man for surgery and hold out my hand respectfully, with what I hope is a charming smirk on my face.
"Hadrien Black, Head of Trauma, a pleasure to meet you." I state slowly, peeking at her bonds for a second. Hm, who the hell is Arizona Robbins?
"Calliope Torres, Head of Ortho." She replies, shaking my hand soundly and giving me one hell of a smile.
"Will Mr. Greyson be okay?"
"Oh yeah, it's a simple surgery, just a titanium rod in his femur." She explains, walking with me as I sign over his case file. I decide to go check up on the T.T.T.S patient but ask Calliope out for lunch before running off. I stop just outside the door when I see Mer inside, listening to what she says.
"What does it take to go after another woman's husband?" The patient suddenly asks, throwing me for a loop if I'm honest.
"Excuse me?" Mer, I know you heard her.
"Happened to me. Jeff moved in with the long-legged miniskirt who answered his phone three weeks into my pregnancy," She explains, fixing me with a look "By the way, that gel is really cold."
"I'm sorry, and I'm sorry about you husband." Mer, don't apologize to her.
"Are you sorry about Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd's husband?" Well fuck. Mer changes the subject while the patient keeps talking, like Mer is really gonna talk about it. Mer strides out so I make my way to lunch with Calliope, glad for the distraction. I grab two cups of coffee on the way outside where I find her sitting by a window with two trays of food.
"Thanks, here, vanilla latte with extra pump of espresso." I state with forced cheerfulness, plopping down beside her to eat.
"So what's this lunch for?" She asks casually, watching me with dark eyes and cute smirk.
"I have no friends." I say, before actually thinking about what I said until she starts to chuckle at my expense.
"Okay, no, I have four friends but they're interns and their drama is killing my spirit." I explain, hoping she doesn't think I'm weird.
"Ah, you're Grey's best friend aren't you? The one that hangs with the group of misfits?" She wonders aloud, humming softly as if she knows something and then smiling.
"So, do you have a thing for one of them? I know Stevens is a model, Yang is kind of hardcore, and you are Grey's best friend so you have to be sleeping with someone." I choke on my coffee as soon as those words leave her mouth and shake my head.
"No, no. I am not sleeping with anyone, especially not Mer, she's like my little sister." I state clearly, hoping to get my point across.
"Oh c'mon, you could have your pick of the entire hospital. Everyone's been talking about you and Shepherd since you guys walked in." I raise a brow at that little bit of information and lean forward a bit.
"Why are they talking about us?" I question curiously, wondering what she knows.
"You two are the hottest doctors in the hospital, you more so than Shepherd as you have that air of mystery around you. Plus, just between us, I like your hair better." She whispers jokingly, reaching up to tousle my hair.
"Thanks, but there is only one person I'd probably sleep with in that house, and that's O'Malley. You know he'd be a freak in the sheets." I reply, doing my best to smooth my hair down with a mock glare at Calliope.
"Ah, so you're gay? No, you're totally bi." She deducts, arching a perfect brow at me as my pager begins to beep. Seeing it's from Mer, I smile apologetically at my new friend and tell her we're on for tomorrow before jogging to find Mer in front of the elevator.
"Cris is sleeping with Burke." Mer says simply, making me turn on my heel and walk the other direction because A, I already knew that, and B, I don't want to think about it. I see them talking in the corner as I round the bend, walking back to She-Shepherd's patient, and follow her to find said woman.
"Dr. Shepherd?" Mer starts, garnering the attention of them both but only needing one. Mer tells She-Shepherd what she needed to and then goes to walk back to her patient when McAss says her name, getting a sharp glare from me in return.
We end up going to the O.R. early as we see the beginnings of heart failure in the twins, Montgomery as I am now going to call her, I scrub in with Mer. I watch Montgomery use a thin blade to let her in laparoscopically and wait for things to take a wrong turn. My gorgeous soulmate asks Mer if she's okay with very little venom in her voice, as if she actually cares.
We manage to finish the operation without any complications and I follow Mer and Montgomery back to speak with the patient once she woke up. I stand in the doorway as said patient tells Montgomery that she doesn't want Mer there anymore as she reminds her of her husband's mistress. I make a move to step in but my soulmate shocks me, more than finding out she's married that is.
"No, no, I don't understand." She states, sliding forward with a slightly confused look on her face.
"Well, she's sleeping with your husband right?" Oh Merlin, why would you say that.
"Ms. Phillips, I lack Dr. Grey's class and patients, so let me set the record straight. My husband didn't cheat on me, I cheated on him. So the wronged woman here-Dr. Grey. So, I think you owe her one hell of an apology." Montgomery explains slowly, a small smile on her face as she brushes past me. I nod to Mer before jogging to speak with the redhead, curious as to why she defended Mer.
"Dr. Montgomery, can we talk for a second?" I ask softly, hoping she'll say yes.
"Come to my office." She says after watching me for a second, heading down the hall and into a small box with only a couch and desk. She gracefully sits down on the couch and raises a brow at me as I shut the door behind us, sitting down beside her and running a hand through my hair.
"Why did you defend Mer?" I inquire gently, not wanting to go off on me when we just met.
"Because how I see it, Derek is at fault for her pain, and I'm at fault for his. Despite what Dr. Grey might believe, I didn't come here to get Derek back, not after what I did. I mean, if it happened I would have loved him as much as before, but seeing the way he looked at her? I knew I had no chance." She murmurs quietly, her blue eyes locked on mine as she speaks.
"Why do you have an office here?" She laughs, as I guess she didn't expect that to be my next question, and tucks a strand of scarlet hair behind her ear.
"I accepted the position here, I'm the new Head of Neonatal Surgery and OB/GYN here." She explains, finally smiling up at me.
"Welcome to Seattle Grace, I hope you find what you're looking for." I reply smoothly, giving her what Mer calls my 'panty dropper' smirk. Apparently it works because she's still smiling but I note the light blush to her cheeks.
"What about you?" She asks, arching a perfectly plucked brow.
"What about me, Dr. Montgomery?"
"Why are you here?" I chuckle softly, and shake my head.
"I don't know yet, I'm figuring it out as I go," I admit, standing up as I got what I came for, "Good luck with Derek." I smile once more before leaving her office, taking a deep breath to stall my internal panic as I walk to the lounge. I shrug off my coat before grabbing my bag and heading home, my mind filled with thoughts of the beautiful new doctor.
I stop to grab a beer as I stumble up the steps, not sure of today nor tomorrow, but knowing that I have finally found my soulmate and I will do everything I can to make her mine.