Title: One Hell Of A Racket
Authors: Sara And Lizzie
Rating: T for language, mild sex
Disclaimer: we don't own grey's anatomy, or any anatomies but our own at that.
Summary: Sequel to Sound And Fury. Mark and Addison come back to Seattle, and chaos ensues. Forget the internship- there's sex, lies, jealousy and procreation to deal with it.
Author's Note: We couldn't let go of Sound, so we decided to write a sequel. Review.
Izzie looked at George across the kitchen counter. "Okay, this is weird."
"Was that Mark and Addison at the door?"
Izzie nodded. "They wanted to talk to Meredith about how it went with Webber."
George put down the cup of coffee he was drinking. "So where'd they go?" he asked.
"Her room." Izzie said quizzically.
George laughed. "You know she's up there with Shepherd, right?"
Addison opened the door and finally found Meredith. On top of Derek. Literally.
"Bad idea." Addison said as soon as she swung the door open. She averted her eyes. The sound her of voice sent Meredith tumbling over the edge of the bed. She jumped off of the floor and gaped at them in horror. Naked.
Mark whistled. "Hello Dr. Grey." He said in a suggestive tone. "Lusty intern indeed." He said, looking her up and down slowly. Meredith grabbed a sheet off the bed and wrapped it around herself.
Addison pulled a smirking Mark out of the room and slammed the door. Meredith's jaw just dropped. Derek started pulling his clothes on. "I'm going to kill him." He told Meredith, storming out of the room.
Addison scooted in and sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm sorry." She said. "Izzie told us you were alone."
Meredith smiled in spite of the situation. "He's supposed to be on call."
Meredith dressed, and plopped down onto the bed next to Addison. They sat in silence for a few minutes. "I don't know why he does that." Addison said quietly. Meredith put a hand on her arm.
"To get a rise out of Derek. To make you jealous. This is uncomfortable. He's insecure about you and Derek. Alienating him and making you jealous combats his insecurity." Addison cocked her head to the side and gave Meredith a look.
Meredith shrugged. "I understand where he's coming from. Comes with the former dirty mistress territory."
Derek met Mark in the living room. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he demanded.
Mark smiled. "Absolutely nothing. Having never seen her naked before, I didn't realize she was that…" Mark trailed off and grinned at Derek. "Well she's hot Derek. Looks flexible too."
"If you ever so much as look at her the wrong way again.." Derek started.
"What, you'll punch me out on the hospital floor?"
Derek shook his head. "Oh no. I'll skip that. I'll just kill you. I know you think it's a big joke. But I'm serious. She is everything to me, and you will not get in the way of that."
Meredith and Addison exchanged a nervous glance from where they were listening at the top of the stairs. The implications of what had just happened were too much. Five minutes in the same city and Derek was threatening Mark's life. And then there was the small fact that he had stood up for Meredith in the way he had never bothered to stand up for Addison.
"Well," Addison said. "This has started off just great."
Izzie came out of the kitchen, passed the living room and headed right up the stairs. "I made tea." She suggested, tying to be helpful. Addison smiled gratefully, and she and Meredith followed her down the stairs.
They sat in the kitchen with Izzie and George, trying not to listen to Mark and Derek argue. Meredith smiled tightly. George looked at the estrogen infused kitchen and shook his head. "Well this is awkward." He muttered on his way out.
"I feel like I should be apologizing." Meredith said to Addison. Addison surprised everyone by smiling at her.
"Meredith, I sent my ex dirty mistress to find you so you could be with my then husband. We really should stop walking on pins and needles around each other."
Meredith raised her eyebrows. "Seriously?"
Addison smiled again. "Seriously."
Izzie gave them both a look, and left the kitchen. She walked into the living room and waited for Mark and Derek to acknowledge her presence. "Dr. Shepherd?" she asked finally. "Meredith and Addison are bonding."
Derek rolled his eyes at Mark. "See?"
Addison paced back and forth in front of the chief's office waiting the door to open. She was just about to throw up from nervousness when the door swung toward her.
"Richard!" she said, kissing him on the cheek.
"Addison, it's good to have you back. He said. "Let's talk."
Meredith turned to Cristina. "She's in."
"Yeah, I can see that Mer, I'm not blind."
"I don't know if I want them to get hired or not."
"I'd go with not." Cristina said. "I don't think the hospital is big enough for McDreamy and McSteamy."
"Addison, I'd love to have you back to Seattle Grace. I'd love to." Chief Webber said. "But it makes me very uneasy to think that I'll be bringing Mark Sloan into my hospital. I understand he's the best. And I'm not really all that concerned about the malpractice."
"Derek." Addison said.
"Not just Derek. I have returned a very delicate balance to this hospital, and I am very hesitant to do anything to overturn that balance."
"Give him a chance, Richard." Addison said. "I'll keep him in line. Just think about it."
Richard slid her a contract. "I have thought about it Addison. I want to extend to you the offer to have your old job back."
"And Mark?"
"And Mark will come to see me at six o'clock this evening at which point, I will offer him either a job or my condolences."
Addison opened her mouth, but the Chief cut her off. "That's best I can do for you Addie."
She stood up and kissed him on the cheek across his desk. "Thank you Richard." She dutifully left the office, sliding the contract into her Prada tote bag. She strolled briskly outside the hospital and watched as nurses and doctors sat at tables, eating lunch, and drinking coffee and gossiping.
She had her contract. It was burning a hole through her leather bag. She wanted to sign it. Badly. New York wasn't the same the second time around. She missed Seattle, and she wanted to stay. But she couldn't sign her name if Mark wasn't going to be able to sign his.
A familiar laugh echoed across the courtyard and into her ears. She looked over to see Derek, laughing at something Meredith was saying. Addison stared at them, almost unable to look away. She felt an old tug at her heartstrings.
Meredith pushed a lock of hair out of Derek's eyes, and grinned at him. Derek kissed her cheek, and took half of her sandwich, offering her half of his. They sat there, laughing, and smiling and kissing and sharing sandwiches like she had never existed.
She felt a sort of sadness come over her. Derek was looking at Meredith with a certain adoration that Addison had never once seen in his eyes when he looked at her.
Addison continued watching while Derek grabbed Meredith's hand and pulled her up from the table. She giggled and kissed him right there, with everyone watching. Addison smiled sadly as he whispered something in Meredith's ear and they sailed inside the hospital.
Addison shook her head to herself. She had been right, all those months ago. You don't fall in love like that twice. She sat down, pulled the contract of her bag and stared at it.
Derek looked to the left and to the right before opening the door of the on-call room. Meredith grinned and followed himself and almost had the door shut behind her when someone tugged it from behind.
Meredith whirled around to see Mark on the other side of the door. "Seriously?" she asked. He shrugged and held his hands in a surrender position as Derek glared at him.
"Burke needs a nuero consult." He said. "And Bailey wants Meredith at the nurse's station on the second floor in ten." He backed away.
Derek sighed as his pager beeped. "Burke." He confirmed. He kissed Meredith's temple and nodded at Mark as he left the room.
Mark turned to Meredith. "Was that a nod?"
Meredith smiled. "I think it was." She passed him and left the room.
"Dr. Grey?" he called after her. She turned around, eyebrows raised. "Sorry about my comments last night." He said.
She smiled at him. "Dirty mistress thing." She said, "It's already forgotten."
Meredith stood at the nurse's station waiting for Bailey when the sound of her own name caught her attention.
"He was all over Dr. Grey at lunch. Kissing her right there and everything. As if we all didn't know he worships her. Anyway, Addison just stood there and stared at them, looking like she was going to cry at any minute. I heard she dragged Mark Sloan here to make Derek jealous and steal him away from Meredith Grey." One of the nurses said excitedly.
Her friend nodded. "I heard she had a nervous breakdown in New York. After the malpractice scandal. She's still unstable. The ice queen's fall from grace, huh?"
Meredith walked to the front of the counter and leaned over it. "Ladies." She said. "I couldn't help but overhearing what you were saying about Dr. Montgomery Shepherd." Meredith said. "And I'd like to point out that she is a together, successful surgeon."
They stared at Meredith, but she continued. "I'm sure that she would appreciate people understanding that it's difficult for her to pick up her life and move again." Her voice was rising. "Maybe you could understand that she and Derek were married for eleven years, and it might be a little had for her to get used to seeing us."
Meredith glared at them, put her hand on her hip and kept yelling. "I assure you that she is far more stable than I am, and that she is not an ice queen. She happens to be a compassionate, forgiving person. So just, shut up!"
She stalked off. Across the hallway, Addison looked at Bailey before she went to track down Meredith. "Did that just happen?" Addison asked.
Bailey returned her bewildered look. "I think so."