I know you all hated where I left off last time, but what cas I say I needed some time to think of how I wanted Meredith to react and how I wanted Addie to respon. So here we go another update.

III – Part 11

Four of the five interns stood in the corner watching enthralled by the scene unfolding before them. They had already witnessed first hand how this woman had turned their strict resident into a pile of quivering goo. Now they were watching Dr. Grey-Shepherd have a total meltdown before their very eyes and the woman didn't even have to say one word.

The interns had heard a rumor that poor sweet innocent Molly had to work on a case with the Mistress of Evil. They gave her this nickname after seeing her destroy their resident. They worried about their friend, she had a hard time dealing with confrontation and they worried this woman would eat her alive.

"Are you finished?" Addison stood with her arms crossed over her chest waiting patiently for Meredith's answer. Meredith's jaw was slightly ajar as it registered what she just did. Her head was beginning to swirl as she glanced nervously around and saw they had an audience. Oh my god she could not believe she just said all that in front of half the hospital. Addison continued to look down on her with that damn cocked eyebrow and smirk on her face. Meredith burst into tears and started to run down the hall, she needed to escape.

The interns' eyes practically popped out of their heads watching the turn of events. They saw the Mistress of Evil turn their way, which was all the warning they needed, they hurried down the hall in the other direction. They wanted to get out of the path of destruction.

Addison looked off to the side put her hand on her side cocked her hip. She looked down and closed her eyes and she shook her head in frustration. "Shit," she said under her breath. Addie knew Meredith was under a lot of pressure as it was. She really didn't need the added pressure of thinking that she was here to steal her husband. She turned in the direction Meredith had run off and calmly headed in that direction.

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Addie stood outside the door a moment contemplating what to do next. She had watched Meredith run into the on-call room. She knocked softly on the door and waited for Meredith to answer. When she didn't she slowly opened the door, entered the room and quickly closed it behind her. Meredith was curled up in a ball on one of the beds sobbing.

Addison tilted her head and looked on understandingly at the other woman. She sat down on the bed next to her and put her arm around her, pulled her head to her shoulder and just let her cry. When it didn't seem like she was ever going to let up Addie teased, "Jesus Christ Meredith, can you stop being so god damn needy?"

Meredith quickly pushed herself away from Addison and looked up at her becoming a bit embarrassed. Addie casually leaned back against the wall, crossed her legs and raised her eyebrows at her. She reached over and grabbed a box of tissues then handed it to Meredith. She took a tissue and blew her nose then dried her eyes. "Meredith I think I need to explain a few things to you," she started to say quiet but firmly. "First off there is only one reason I am here and that is to help your daughter. Second as far as Derek is concerned I haven't given him a second thought since the last day we saw each other. I need you to understand that I am absolutely no threat to your marriage." She looked her straight in the eye, she wanted to make herself clear, "And third if it is at all in my power I do not want Derek to tell my son he is his father."

"Why would you not want Derek to be a father to your son?" Meredith seemed horrified.

"I don't expect you to understand my reasons Meredith. Because I have no doubt he is a wonderful father to your daughter, but there is a difference." She narrowed her eyes and thought about her response. How did she explain to her that her child's conception was a mistake that should never have happened? How could she want him as the father of her son when she knew every time they were together he imagined being with another woman? The thought turned her stomach. So no, she didn't want him to be a father to her son. She really did prefer to think of him as a sperm donor.

"But every child deserves to have a father," she was appalled at how unfeeling Addison could be.

"My son already has a father." She looked at her trying to get her to understand, "And they love each other. Blood doesn't make a father Meredith."

"You mean you are . . . I mean I didn't realize you. . ." Meredith was in shock, it never crossed her mind Addison would be married.

"Yes Meredith believe it or not I actually found someone else who wanted to marry me," she said sarcastically and rolled her eyes. How could someone be so self-absorbed? She rose from the bed and walked to the door and paused. She turned back toward her and said, "Look Meredith you think what you like, but I moved on and Derek means nothing to me." With that she left the on-call room.

Meredith just sat there dumbfounded.

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"Okay I can start first thing in the morning," Tuck casually said into the phone.

"Now listen Jackson, I know you had reservations about coming to work here but things have changed. Addison and Sullivan won't have a problem with you coming to work here, so please reconsider." Richard was pleading his case it obviously didn't register that Tuck had just agreed to work for him.

"Richard," he stressed. "I said I can start tomorrow," he repeated.

Richard stopped as it finally sunk in what Jackson had told him. "Really . . . tomorrow? I figured you'd need time to give WU notice," he said in surprise.

"I've already done that," Tuck said with a laugh.

"What do you mean you've already done that? You told me before there was no way you could work here," he sounded perplexed. "So why the change of heart?"

"You aren't the only one who wants Addie and Sully to move back to Seattle," he said with satisfaction. "Once Beck and I knew that Derek was going to find out about Richie, we decided my working at Seattle Grace might be the best way to accomplish that," he said simply.

"So why am I just finding this out now?" Richard feigned indignantly.

"Because I knew you would call again once you talked to Addie," he grinned into the phone. "And I wanted a few extra days of to spend with my wife before I start working for you. Rumor has it you are a real slave driver," he said with a chuckle.

"Okay then it's settled, I'll have the contracts sent over so you can sign them." The smile grew on Richard's face his plan was falling into place and he now had the full support of Jackson and Beckett.

"Instead of having someone send them over why don't you and Adele come over tonight. We are already having Miranda and Tucker over this evening and you can bring the contracts for me to sign."

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Meredith finally emerged from the on-call room. She casually walked down the hall thinking about the turn of events. She couldn't believe what a fool she had made of herself. She closed her eyes and shook her head, god I'm an idiot she thought. She thought about what Addison was doing for them. How magnanimous she was being, allowing her son to be a donor and save her daughter. She didn't know if she could be so selfless had the shoe been on the other foot. Thank god she didn't have to find out the answer to that question because it frightened her to think she could be so selfish as to refuse.

She thought about how much this was costing Addison as well. It was very obvious to Meredith that Addison never wanted her son to find out that Derek was his father. She still had a hard time wrapping her mind around that.

She had to wonder if she knew she was pregnant before she asked Derek for the divorce. If she did, that confused her even more because Meredith knew all too well how much Addison had loved Derek. Having a baby would have guaranteed his staying with her. There is no way on earth he would have divorced her knowing she was going to have his child.

Her stroll ended at the doorway to her daughter's hospital room. She stood at the door for a moment and watched Izzie play with her daughter. She smiled, Ellie loved playing with Izzie. Today they were being princesses. Ellie looked over to the door and noticed her mother for the first time. Her eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "Mommy!" Her big blue eyes shone with excitement. Meredith crossed the room and sat on the bed next to her daughter and let her climb onto her lap. She gave her a hug snuggling her close to her.

Izzie watched her friend closely. She could see the distress in Meredith's eyes and gave her a questioning look. Meredith quickly shook her head at Izzie letting her know now was not the time to talk about it. Ellie wriggled free from her mother's hug and brought her attention back to her box of dress up clothes, she dug around until she found another tiara and she placed it on her mother's head smiling. "You need to be a princess too mommy," she demanded. Now satisfied that her mother was a princess too, Ellie settled back onto her mother's lap burrowing her face into her side. Meredith smiled down on her and gently stroked her dark curls. The three of them pretended to be princesses and made up stories about their kingdoms that were far, far away. After sometime passed Ellie yawned and it wasn't long after that she was sound asleep.

Meredith carefully eased Ellie onto the bed and pulled the covers over her. Izzie and Meredith stood side by side watching the sleeping child. Then Izzie wrapped her arm around Meredith tilted her head toward her and quietly asked, "So what's going on?"

Meredith looked over to her closed her eyes and sighed, "Only that I have a real knack for going around and making a complete fool out of myself. Come on." She motioned to Izzie. "Let's go down to the cafeteria and I'll tell you all about it."

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Addison shook her head she was for the second time that day called to the emergency room. This time it was a young male intern that tracked her down and summoned her. The young intern nervously approached her, "Dr. Sanders we need a consult in the ER. A woman complaining of severe stomach pain, the ultrasound showed a large mass on her left ovary."

Addie furrowed her brow and pursed her lips. "And this is something only I can consult on?" she said with a touch of ire. What the hell did Richard do call around Seattle looking for OB/GYN cases so she would have to work here?

"Y . . . yes?" he nervously replied. Dr. O'Malley was very insistent that only Dr. Sanders would do for a consult.

"I'm sorry doctor I didn't catch your name," she raised her eyebrows waiting patiently for his reply.

"It's Dr. Martin." Bill didn't know what he would do if she refused to come down for the consult, she seemed very annoyed at the prospect.

She shook her head, sighed and resigned herself, "Very well Dr. Martin lead on." They both turned and headed to the elevator.

They entered the elevator and she leaned again the back wall as she studied him. She could sense she was making him nervous with her scrutiny and she smirked at him. By this time she had gotten to know Phillips well enough that she was privy to the fact that the interns were calling her the Mistress of Evil. She pushed herself to standing position and stood close to the intern. "So Mistress of Evil?" she asked huskily in his ear. His eyes widened and he began to sweat, she must have brow beaten the nickname out of Molly, Bill thought to himself. He pulled at his collar. It was getting uncomfortable to swallow. "I think I like it," she purred. A half grin appeared on her face as she watched his reaction.

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Addie entered the exam room trailed by Bill. He was sure she was clearly irritated that she was getting called in on consults, but just before they entered the exam all irritation disappeared and she became a complete professional about the situation. Bill stood on the opposite side of the bed with his hands clasped behind his back, answering questions when asked and watching on as she introduced herself then started to exam the patient. He watched as she reassured the patient. It had quickly become apparent that the woman was going to need immediate surgery, but she was effortlessly able eased the woman's fears.

They exited the patient's room and she conferred with Dr. O'Malley a moment. Then she said, "Be ready to scrub in three hours." She turned back to George. "Do you think you can manage to stem the flow of OB/GYN patient while I run home?" she said with a laugh shaking her head.

He had no clue what to make of this woman. From what he had seen of her as doctor so far was pretty amazing, he now considered it an honor to be able to operate with this woman. During the elevator ride down, it was clear that she saw how uncomfortable he was being around her, and she proceeded to tease him. It seemed she was clearly amused with the moniker Mistress of Evil. He was beginning to wonder what on earth she had done five years ago to garner the nickname Satan.

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"I know, I know I should have been back home two hours ago," she said as she tossed her purse on the table and slipped her shoes off. She glanced out the glass slider noticing the boys playing outside, then looked back to the group sitting around the kitchen table. "I swear to god I am going to kill Richard." Sully's eyebrows rose on that comment, she walked over to him and gave him a hug then a light kiss on the lips. "He has been making me consult on his OB/GYN cases today" she said in exasperation.

Sully furrowed his brows, "But don't they already have doctors on staff to do that?"

"I know that's what I said!" She threw her hands in the air as she moved, she clearly was not happy with the situation.

Both Beck and Tuck were strangely quiet during this exchange, when one of the babies started to cry they both jumped up to see to her.

Sully reached out and pulled her onto his lap, placing kisses along her neck sending a chill down her spine and he whispered in her ear, "So the boys are outside playing, Maddie is sleeping. What do you say we. . ." That thought was interrupted by Tuck carrying Maddie into the kitchen she was clearly hungry and wanted her mother. Sully smiled at her and said, "Okay after you feed our daughter." He gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

Addie sighed and said, "I have to go back to the hospital, I have an operation scheduled at three-thirty." She shook her head and smiled at her husband his jaw was hanging open, he hadn't expected that. "You better watch out mio caro, because I have a feeling if they get some sort of pediatric emergency Richard is going to be calling and begging you to come in." She smirked at him when his eyes widened at the thought. She stood, walked over and took her daughter from her brother-in-laws arms. Holding her to her shoulder calming her as she walked to one of the rocking chair in the living room and settled down to feed her daughter.

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Meredith and Izzie settled down at one of the tables on the patio. "Okay tell me what's going on," Izzie said with concern.

"Nothing except I made a complete fool out of myself in front of Addison," she sank back in her seat and sighed.

Izzie furrowed her brows, "How did you manage to do that?"

Meredith cocked an eyebrow, "I can't believe you didn't hear the gossip already." She grimaced she was sure the story was making the rounds.

Izzie shook her head, "No, no I haven't heard a thing." But that was probably because she was hanging out with Ellie, she thought to herself.

"I had a meltdown in front of half the hospital yelling at Addison telling her how happy Derek and I are and how she can forget about getting him back," she said with embarrassment.

Izzie's eyebrows rose again and she thought yeesh. "And what did she say?"

"Not one thing, I didn't give her a chance," she grimaced again. "Well she said nothing in front of the crowd. She gave me an earful in private though." She looked up at Izzie expectantly, "Did you know that she is married?"

She shrugged and said, "No." Then she added, "And why should that surprise you?"

"I just thought. . ." God she knew she was being stupid, "I just always thought she was waiting for Derek to come and get her." She blushed with embarrassment at how stupid that sounded.

Izzie couldn't help but laugh. "Oh my god Meredith you and Derek really need to get over yourselves." She continued to laugh. "I'm sorry I don't mean to hurt you but that is seriously fucked up thinking."

Meredith fell forward on the table top and buried her head in her arms, she was mortified. "I know!" She cried, "God I'm an idiot." She started to laugh at how foolish she was and Izzie joined in.

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Sully quickly entered their bedroom and casually leaned against the door as he watched his wife undress, a smile spread across his face as he admired her body. She slowly stripped down knowing full well he was watching and being turned on. She stopped when she was only clad in a black bra and underwear then turned to look over at her husband leaning against the door and smiled. Addie like it when he watched her undress he was never shy about letting her know how much he desired to be with her. Their eyes sizzled when they met and she gave him a half smile. Her voice sounded husky. "You know I still have an hour to kill before I need to be back at the hospital," she said suggestively.

Sully didn't need anymore prompting. He quickly reached her side and pulled her in his arms with his mouth trailing hot kisses down her throat. She grabbed the bottom of his shirt and ran her hands over his chest as she pulled it over his head. Their mouths now entangled in passionate kisses as they quickly removed the rest of their clothing. He lifted her up deepening their kiss as she wrapped her legs around his waist. They fell on the bed enveloped in each other's arms taking full pleasure in one and other, always happy to show the other how desperately they were loved.

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I hope you like how this chapter turned out. Please please tell me what you think!