A/N: Thank you again for the reviews! I know this chapter is shorter, but I think the way I left it shouldn't be tampered with, along with everything else. Please R & R..
Summary: Completely AU. One lawyer, one baker, one science professor, one real estate agent, one architect, and now one upcoming fashion designer. Drama is bound to catch up to them. (not all of the characters will be in it) McStizzie, Mer/Der, future Addex
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Meredith was up early that morning. She bit her bottom lip. She had been up most of the night thinking about what Izzie said, and what happened between her and Derek. She sighed as she laid in bed. She was thinking about how she reacted to everything. Did she blow it out of proportion? She wasn't even sure what to think with these questions, so she let her mind wander.
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Mark looked down at Izzie's head that was laying on his chest. She was awake, and had this look on her face. He knew it well. "What are you thinking about?" He asked leaning down to kiss the top of her head.
Izzie shrugged a little. "Just about the whole Meredith and Derek thing. Nothing seems to be simple with them."
"Nothing's ever simple. Something's are more complicated, but nothing's ever just simple." Mark said.
Izzie lifted her head up and put her chin on his chest. "We were simple."
Mark shook his head. "I don't think we were." He told her. "Think about it. I've loved you for years. You've loved me for awhile before we told each other. We had sex more than once before we told each other we loved each other. And now we're in a relationship that our friends don't know about." He reminded her. "It's not that simple."
Izzie looked at him. "Yeah, but we weren't that complicated either."
"True." Mark agreed. "We were somewhere between there, but still, not simple."
"I know what you mean." Izzie told him.
"I should head over to my place to get changed for work." Mark said, making no move to leave.
"You should." Izzie replied, not making a move to get up off him.
Mark looked at her. "You have to get up first though."
"I don't want to." Izzie gave him a pout.
"I don't want to either." He leaned down and kissed her pout away. "But I really should."
Izzie sighed. "Do I have to?"
Mark smiled at her. "Yeah." He kissed her again.
"Keep this up and you really won't be able to get out of here." Izzie said before kissing him back.
Mark smirked and flipped them over so he was on top of Izzie. He gave her a soft kiss. "I'll be back soon."
Izzie watched as he got off her and put his boxers on. "You don't play fair."
Mark winked at her in response.
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Mark walked into Alex and his place to see Addison sleeping on the couch, which was pulled out into a bed. He closed the door quietly, and then he saw Alex come out of the kitchen. He gave him a look of confusion as he pointed to Addison's sleeping figure.
Alex just shook his head, as if telling him not to ask.
Mark nodded and quietly made his way upstairs.
Alex saw Addison stir and walked over to her with a mug of coffee in his hands that he made for her. "Hey." He said softly, sitting on the side of the pulled out couch. He turned to her.
"Hi." Addison said quietly, looking down and sitting up.
Alex handed her the mug of coffee. "How're you doing?"
Addison took the coffee from him and sipped it. "I don't know." She whispered.
"Do you want to talk?" Alex asked gently.
Addison shook her head, avoiding looking at him. "I think I should go. I'll call Izzie and tell her I'm not going to make it to breakfast." She handed him back the mug of coffee.
Alex watched as she put her shoes on and stood up from the pulled out couch. "Okay. If you need to talk or anything. I'm here."
Addison walked to the front door, but stopped and glanced at Alex. "Thanks." She gave him a small smile before leaving.
Alex sighed. He didn't know he was capable of caring about someone that much, other than his mother, but it was different. He shook it off. She was his friend, and he cared. That's all.
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Twenty minutes later
Izzie closed her cell phone and looked up as Mark walked into the kitchen.
Mark saw the look on her face, sympathy. "What happened?" He asked sitting down on a stool at the counter island, Izzie was on the other side.
Izzie sighed. "Addison's mom's in the hospital now too. Something with her heart happened last night, just like her dad. She needs some time, so she won't be coming for breakfast."
Mark also turned sympathetic. "Maybe that's why she was on the couch this morning."
"She was on your couch?" Izzie asked curiously.
Mark nodded. "I think she went to talk to Alex. He didn't want me to ask about why she was."
"She's been going through a lot. I just wish I could be there more for her." Izzie told him honestly.
"If she wants to come to talk to you, she will." Mark said reaching over to take her hand in his.
"I know." Izzie said with a sigh.
Mark turned his head to see Alex walking in. "How is she?" He asked.
Alex sat on a stool next to his friend. "Not good. I mean, she kissed me last night."
Mark looked at him surprised. "Addison did what?"
"Addison kissed me." Alex repeated. "She came over last night when something happened with her mom's heart. She was upset, and I told her that she was and that I wouldn't take advantage."
Izzie gave him a small smile. "You care about her a lot don't you?"
Alex nodded. "Yeah. She's my friend, and she's been going through a lot."
Izzie glanced at Mark, but didn't say anything.
Mark gave her a look back in agreement.
Alex glanced at the two. "Okay. What was that?"
"What was what?" Izzie asked him.
"Those looks you two gave each other." Alex explained. "What was that about?"
Mark glanced at Izzie, then looked at Alex. "It's been how many years and you're trying to figure it out now?"
Alex gave a nod in agreement, and a small shrug.
Derek walked into the kitchen. "I don't care if Meredith's here. She'll have to deal with it." He said sitting on the other side of Alex on the last stool at the counter island.
Izzie looked at him surprised. "You've been thinking haven't you?"
Derek looked at her and nodded. "I'm going to keep waiting, but I'm not going to stop part of my life from going on, like being here."
"Good for you." Alex said giving him a small pat on his shoulder.
Izzie gave him a smile. "I don't think you should stop part of your life from going on either."
Derek nodded and looked at her. "Thanks Iz."
Izzie just gave him another smile in response.
They all turned to see Meredith walking into the kitchen.
Meredith stopped walking when she saw Derek. She stared at him for a moment before opening her mouth, and then close it. "I'm going to go take a shower. I have to go to an interview soon." She said to Izzie, but keeping her focus on Derek. She then made hr way out of the kitchen.
After Meredith left, she looked at Derek. "Give her some time."
Derek sighed. "I'm trying."
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Something's are only complicated if you make them…
Meredith still hadn't decided if Izzie was right or not, and until she did, she couldn't be around Derek. She closed the door behind her, taking a deep breath in, and then slowly letting it out.
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And others… Are just complicated. In more ways than one if you can't control them.
Addison walked into the hospital. She cancelled whoever she had to show to a new place today. She didn't have the strength to. She walked to her mother's hospital room. She stood at the threshold.
Her mother was awake and giving her a smile, happy to see her there.
Addison gave her mother a weak smile and walked into the room.