A/N: Kind of a long one, while I rework the next chapters. Thoughts please!

Derek was walking down the hall when he stumbled upon Meredith. She quickly met his eyes then looked away. She started to walk off and away when he called her name.

"Dr. Grey."

Meredith stopped mid-flight and turned around on her heel, "Is there something you want Dr. Shepherd?"

Derek nodded, "I need to speak to you."

Meredith smiled, "I'm about to meet Dr. Bailey for our afternoon meeting, can this wait?"

Derek shook his head, "I know for a fact that Miranda won't be in for a couple more minutes. My wife just called me and told me that Miranda was running a little late."

Meredith crossed her arms and said, "What can I help you with then Dr. Shepherd?"

Derek looked at the woman who stood in front of him and felt empathy. "Meredith, I just wanted to know how you were doing. I know it hasn't been easy seeing me at work and when Addison returns to work next week…"

Meredith interrupted his sentence, "I have no problem with Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd it's you that I don't ever want to see again. You led me on and made me choose, you made me want you again. I trusted you and let you back in only to have you break me in two and now you want to talk. I can't even conceive of talking about anything normal with you, the truth is I don't understand why you are even speaking to me now. Its like you want to pull me in again with your smile but I know that it's just another one of your games which just pisses me off even more."

Derek exhaled sharply, "I know that you don't understand, at times I feel that I don't understand myself. I don't understand how I let my life get completely out of control and hurt the woman in my life that meant more to me in along time than anyone else I knew. I don't know how to make you understand that it was never my intention to hurt you, you or Addison."

Meredith rolled her eyes, "Your intentions? Do you even know what your own intentions were? For months you treated Addison like dirt, everyone saw it, I even secretly reveled in it because I took it to mean that I was still important to you. I thought it meant that you were over her and that the love that you had for each other had left and the only thing left from that 11 year marriage were bad memories that you were looking to forget. You made me believe that you had made the wrong choice when I had finally gotten to a place of acceptance and was ready to move on and then you decide to tell me that I was the one you were meant to be with the whole time. Finn was and is a deeply flawed man who I hurt all because I wanted you and you said you wanted me."

Derek closed his eyes, "What can I do to make you understand that I'm sorry Meredith? I'm sorry I hurt you, I'm sorry I led you on. I'm sorry I didn't know how to be a man and confront the reality of my life and my part in all of it. I'm sorry I dragged you into this mess and I didn't let you go even when you tried to. I'm sorry I made you believe that I was the one who could make all your dreams come true."

Meredith felt the tears come to her eyes, "Derek, I can't just look into your McDreamy eyes and say everything is okay Derek. Go on with your life, I'll be fine. I would be lying to you and I think our relationship when it was a relationship meant more to you than lies. I won't pretend that you and I will ever be friends again; I don't even want to work with you. I just want you to disappear from my life."

Derek nodded and said, "It still makes me sad to realize that I've ruined what was once a great friendship."

Meredith rolled her eyes, "Don't you get it Derek? That's another reason, I'm angry we were never friends and that was the problem we jumped into bed and created a relationship and a connection out of sex. I didn't give myself time to know you and I blame myself for that, I just was overcome by your potency. I'm to blame because if I had gotten to know you before we fell into bed, maybe none of this would've happened, maybe I would've seen how screwed up you were and decided that my problems and your problems don't mix. Maybe I would still be with Finn and I would be happy not standing here looking into your eyes wondering how it's possible that you still have the power to devastate me just by a simple look from your eyes. Please just let me go, don't try to make nice… Because you know what, I'm not ready and I don't know if I'll ever be. I'm just not ready to make nice."
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Callie exhaled as she entered the hospital shoulder to shoulder with Miranda. She patted her on the shoulder, "I need to go beat up my interns. You need to check on your patients."

Callie smiled and nodded and started to walk away when she stopped and turned around, "Miranda?"

Miranda stopped mid-stride to meet her face with a smile, "I had a great time at lunch it's been wonderful hanging out with you and Addison."

Miranda nodded and said, "I had a wonderful time as well. It's nice knowing that we have each other even when it seems like everything else in our worlds goes wrong."

Callie nodded and walked off only to run into George, "George, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there."

George nodded and said, "You had lunch with Bailey?"

Callie smiled and said, "Bailey and Addison. We were at Derek's trailer."

George scowled and said, "I still can't believe he left Meredith like he did. He was just wrong after everything he put her through to just change his mind when she was so happy about being back with him..."

Callie rolled her eyes and cut him off, "If this is going to be another poor Meredith party, I don't want to hear it. She had sex with a married man in an exam room and she didn't care about the consequences, she doesn't get my pity. If anything she gets what she deserves, you play dirty you have to expect to be treated dirty."

George started to make a defense of his friend Meredith when Callie held up her hand in protest, "Look George if you are going to talk about Meredith the whole time that we are together for dinner tonight maybe its better if we just cancel. I don't want to fight with you about the virtues of Meredith or defend Addison because I'm sure we could do both ad nauseam. I just thought we could go out like the friends we were but if you can't handle that…."

George interrupted, "I can handle that, I promise no more talk about Meredith. I'm sorry and you're right. She wasn't completely innocent in all of this and she doesn't deserve that I defend her all the way and not to someone who's trying to support Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd."

Callie smiled and said, "Thanks for that. So are you still picking me up from the hospital or did something come up?"

George nodded and took her hand, "Nothing has come up. I put aside tonight for you and I and I mean to keep this promise to you."

Callie smiled and started to reply when George's pager ringed. He pulled it and said, "Damn it's Bailey. I'm late for our afternoon class. I have to go."

George kissed Callie and started running down the hall, "We'll talk later."
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Addison sat on the bed scrolling through the amenities at the place that she had found for Callie. Callie had loved the place and declared that she would always been one of her girlfriends because she had proven that she wasn't just savvy in her skills as a doctor but she was also savvy in her skills as a negotiator. She had told Addison that she didn't want to spend more than a certain amount of money per month and she had been the one who had hassled the leasing office until they met Callie's demands and then got the revised lease in writing. Callie was so excited she was putting her in charge of the housewarming party.

Addison closed her eyes as the memories of the lunch with her girlfriends ran through her mind. Miranda was right, she did love Derek and she wanted more than anything for their marriage to work and the only way that she could prove that she was willing to work on their marriage and the only way that she could demonstrate that was to prove everyone wrong and show that she hadn't been wrong in taking Derek back. She was going to have to swallow her pride and move in with Derek because it is what they deserve to really try for a second chance and what her child deserved to have both parents under the same roof.

She rubbed her hand gently over her stomach where her child lay and leaned back on the headboard and rubbed her belly. "I promise you that I will always be there for you. I don't know how I messed up things so much with your father but I promise you that you will always come first in our lives, both of our lives."

She stood up and walked out of the bedroom and after checking her watch scowled and said, to no one in particular, "I need to start getting ready to go."

Derek came into the trailer at the same time she was getting ready to leave, "Derek, what are you dong back so early?"

Derek leaned against the door and questioned, "And what are you doing leaving so early? I distinctly remember telling you that everything you needed to have done, I would be here to do or you could call me."

Derek pulled out his cell phone and showed Addison the menu, "See no missed calls. Where are you going?"

Addison sighed and put down her purse. She sat down in the chair and rolled her eyes, "I was planning on going to check out a town home that the realtor emailed me. She works pretty fast and I just thought…."

Derek snorted, "I need to know where my wife is going so I can go to bed and get some rest. I know for a fact that the realtor sent you email pictured of the homes that she thought you would like and we were going to consider the homes later on tomorrow when we both have off."

Addison crossed her arms, "Fine, I'm going over to Callie's for moral support as she gets ready for her date with George."

Derek sat down across from her and pulled her hands in his lap, "I don't see what you are doing going over to Callie's for moral support. She's a big girl and she should be able to get ready for a date by herself."

Addison pulled her hands out of his lap, "Ever since you came to Seattle, you've been the one with all the friends, you've been the one with all of the contacts and now I'm finally falling into a place where I feel comfortable here. We can raise our family here and still have our friendships only if you'll let me."

Derek nodded and sat back, "Your right. I can't expect you to stay here in Seattle only having me as your only friend. I must admit it was nice but I can't be selfish anymore, I have to let you branch out."

Addison smiled and leaned forward and kissed him gently on the cheek, "I'll be back later Derek."

Derek stood up and pulled her into his arms and hugged her to his body. "I love you Addison."

He leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers taking into account that them being intimate again was a new feeling for her. He was surprised when she met his gentle kiss with one intense of her own. He opened his mouth as she sought entry with her tongue and wrapped her arms around his waist and deepened the kiss.

He pulled back with a groan, "Why don't you call Callie and tell her that you aren't feeling well? I'm thinking we could have so much more fun if it was just the two of us."

Addison pulled back and said, "Maybe later on tonight we can continue this discussion but for now, I have to go help a friend get ready for a date she doesn't want to go on with a guy who she doesn't like all because of a man she can't stop thinking about."

Derek laughed and said, "I'm not even going to ask but I just want to remind you that I'm off tomorrow so we can go house hunting tomorrow. So Dr. Shepherd, what do you think about that?"

Addison smiled and said, "Tomorrow we will start house hunting and then we can go start on working on us, just the two of us."
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Mark stared at his reflection in the mirror and grimaced. What the hell was he doing? In a couple of minutes he was supposed to start to get ready to go get Meredith and go on out a date. The only thing that was running through his mind was that he should've never accepted. If he truly felt how he told her he would've fought harder to keep her with him.

The phone rang and he swore under his breath, "Sloan?"

Derek cleared his throat and said, "Mark? I wanted to ask you something."

Mark pulled his phone away from his ear and shrugged in confusion, "I thought we weren't talking so what can I do you for Shepherd?"

Derek cleared his throat, "I wanted to warn you about hurting Callie. She's a nice woman and she didn't deserve to be dragged into your crazy game."

Mark rolled his eyes, "I don't need you to tell me how to treat my friends or my enemies. I tell you what why don't you just watch out for your wife and leave me alone. You've been telling me for the longest time that I'm not your friend any longer and I believed you so for as long as you see fit it doesn't justify you call threatening me."

Derek smiled on the other end of the line, "I'm not threatening you. You are the one who flew across the country to be with my wife even after she told you that she didn't want to be with you. She's finally settling into life here in Seattle and I don't want you leaving a bad taste in her mouth, leave Callie alone if your not serious about her. She doesn't deserve to be just another notch on your bedpost, she's better than that."

Mark smirked, "I love hearing you tell me this wonderful story about how wonderful Callie is, but I'm curious did you call me to warn me away from hurting Callie or leaving Meredith alone?"

Derek laughed, "You always have to turn everything around to Meredith don't you? I'm calling you because of Callie and Callie alone. I don't care what you do or don't do with Meredith just leave Addison out of whatever you chose to do."

Mark exhaled slowly, "Look Derek, I don't have anything against you for wanting to protect Callie if I believed that was your only motive in this whole thing but something inside tells me that you're calling to ease your conscience about Meredith which is something that I absolutely will not listen to. If you don't want Addison, tell her but don't call here acting like you're only thought in the world is protecting Callie."

He hung up the phone disgusted and started to get ready for his date wondering if Callie was doing the same.

Next Chapter: Trio bonding, Mark/Mer date and other conversations.