Hey guys,

I feel so honored that so many people took their time to review, follow the story and liked the story. Thank you so much for that. :D

One little thing I like to add here, because it really bothered me: I got an anonymous review, where the person flamed me for the pairing. I don't write Mer/Derek stories, because I don't like the pairing, I write ADDEK stories and made this really clear in my description of the story. So if you don't like an Addek pairing please do me and yourself a favor and don't read my stories, because I'm an Addek fan-girl. I accept that their are many people, who like an Mer/Derek pairing way better and write stories about them so please accept my pairing as well.

So, now one more little thing: I named Addie's and Derek's lawyer Andrew. No special reason, I simply needed a name. ;)

So now have fun with the second chapter, I really hope you enjoy it as well and keep reviewing.

Love Mariella

Disclaimer: I still don't anything.

Hide & Seek – Chapter 2

Seven hours later Derek Shepherd entered Mt. Sinai in Manhattan, New York. He felt quiet nervous, when he entered the OB/GYN wing. He kept looking for Addison and found her finally standing at the nurse station with some patients files and discussing something with the nurses. No one of them had noticed him so far, which gave him some time to look at her. She looked skinny, even under her lab coat he noticed that she was a lot skinnier than she used to be, which scared him, because she looked like collapsing every minute and he doubted that it was healthy. He noticed that she came along with the nurses really good. She always did and she always knew all of her nurse's names. Lots of surgeons didn't bother too much, but she did and that was why they loved her and wanted to work for her and he noticed that they seemed to be worried about her too, but before he could step up to her Mark walked up to her. Derek noticed the anger boiling up inside him, when he hugged her and brushed a strand of hair out of her face. When Mark stepped closer while talking to her and brushing her hand one or two times like he did it accidentally – but Derek knew it was on purpose, because it was like he used to do it in the beginning - it was enough for Derek, he stepped forward, made the way over to them in no time, drew him back from her and hit him hard straight in the face. Addison was shocked to see and Derek and that he hit Mark so hard. "What …" She started, but Derek interrupted her. "I can't believe you whoring around with him, I thought it was a one-time thing." He stated loudly. Everything was silent and you could hear a needle drop, when Addison only looked at him with a hurt expression and then turned around without another word and left. Mark grinned at Derek darkly. "Great start Derek, after you haven't seen or called her for two months."
"Screw you Mark." He told him and left.
Mark sighed and followed him. "You know, it was a one-time thing."
Derek turned around. "Between Addie and me, nothing happened before or after that night and in this night … I took advantage of her hurt. I know I shouldn't have these feelings for her, because she is your wife, but you made me take your place Derek. This is no excuse for what I, we did, but it's the truth, you were absent and you didn't care and let's face it Derek, really face it. You can't have thought that she will wait for you forever. She tried so hard to make her notice you, but you didn't …"
"Seems like you did. So what's the fucking problem?" Derek was mad at him, but deep inside he knew that everything Mark was telling him was true.

"The fucking problem is that your wife is working herself to the ground. Have you really looked at her when you saw her just now? This isn't healthy! She only eats when it's absolutely necessary, goes home to change cloth and is back in the hospital in no time. Before you left she loved your brownstone, but now she only stays as long as possible. You were the only one in the whole world, who had the power to break Addison Forbes Montgomery and know what, you did over and over again and I was there to pick up the pieces, but in the moment I'm not too sure if it can be fixed this time. At least I'm not the one, who can fix it this time." Mark turned around and left.

"Where the hell are you going?" Derek asked him angry. "And her name is Addison Forbes Montgomery-SHEPHERD!"

"Stitching myself together or do you think I want to like this for the rest of my life." Mark told him while walking away. Derek didn't response anything, but Mark saw that his ex-best-friend couldn't suppress a grin. Maybe it wasn't too late to fix their friendship and maybe it wasn't too late for him and Addison to fix their marriage. He had to admit that he had fallen in love with Addison over the last years, but he also knew that she was miserable without Derek and if Derek was the one person that could fix it, he hoped that he would do it.

Derek went into the direction of Addison's office. He knocked and when he heard her "Come in." He entered. Addison looked at him, but said nothing. Finally Derek sat down opposite her. "Hey."
"Wow, I haven't heard from you in two months and all you say is hey, oh no wait, first you accuse me in front of my whole wing to be whore, I nearly forgot that." Addison told him bitter.

"Addison …"
"Derek you know what, I give up, take what you want and let's go on living. I'm sorry for what I did and I will probably never stop blaming me, but I can't go on like this. I already have called Andrew, the papers will be done by the end of the week."

"Papers?"
"Divorce papers, Derek. That's why you're here, aren't you?"

"I …"
"Derek, it's ok. I know things haven't been like they used to be for a while and ..."

Derek got frustrated, because she never let him finish her sentences. "Would you simply shut up!" Addison looked at him confused, but didn't say anything. "I … have been with someone else in Seattle." Derek told her after a while.

Addison nodded. "I know, I have talked to Richard for a few times."

"She knows about you."
"What?"

"I … well this is actually pretty uncomfortable, but … I was calling her by your name."
"You were what?"

"Yeah, it was … a slip of the tongue or at least I thought that in the beginning, but when she researched on me, on you, on us and entered my office angry with all this articles and photos … I noticed it wasn't. I was mad at what you did and I still are, but I can't run away, I can't, because even though you hurt me, I know I hurt you too by being absent, by leaving you waiting for me, by not being the man you married and when I asked myself what was left if I put all the hurt away, I noticed that I still love you. I can't hide from that forever and I don't want to seek another love in another city, because when I met you, I knew you would be the one for me and I noticed it's still true." During talking he stood up and paced through her office.

"So, are you here to stay?"Addison stood up as well.

"I'm here to stay."
"Wow, that's not what I expected."
"What?"
"Everything, you here and wanting something different than a divorce."
"I want you. I want us." He leaned in and kissed her softly and when he pulled her closer, he noticed again how skinny and fragile she had become and promised himself to make it better, to fix this, because it was his fault that she was broken. Mark was right, he was one of the less people who could break her and he did and then left her in pieces.

Addison needed some moments to recover from the kiss, but then she looked at him. "I want us too, but this will take work."
"I know, but it's worth fighting for." He told her and she smiled at him, when he pulled her in closer and kissed her once more.

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