Hey guys,
I decided to continue, but I'm still not sure about the pairing yet ... let me know your thoughts. ;)
I hope you'll like the first chapter and thank you to the lovely people that reviewed the prologue. :D You're great and you made my day by reviewing.
So, now: Enjoy!
Love Mariella
Chapter 1
Derek looked at the letter in shock. She couldn't seriously have left himHe was a good husband. He sat down and started thinking. Was he really a good husband? Please give the other letter to Mark, he was there for me when you weren't. This sentence echoed in his head. She was right. Derek had asked his best friend way to often to spend time with his wife. Maybe he wasn't the best husband ever in the last time. He sighed. He tried to phone her, but like expected she didn't answer. He stood up and went upstairs and looked at their bed for a while. The bed he hadn't slept in very often in the last time. A single tear run down his cheek. He really hoped she would come back. They have been through everything together since med school. It couldn't end this way.
The next day Derek still hasn't heard anything from Addison. He did everything like a robot. Get dressed, get breakfast, go to work. Around lunchtime Mark approached him.
"Hey Derek." Mark smiled at him.
"Mark."
Mark looked worried at his best friend. "Something wrong?"
"I … Addison left."
"What?"
"She left yesterday."
"When will she come back?"
"She won't."
Now Mark looked at his friend really wired. "What do you mean by "she won't come back."?"
"She wrote me a letter where she said she couldn't go on like this and that she left and will send me divorce papers soon."
"Wow, that's …" Mark was lose of words.
Derek put a letter out of his pocket. "This is for you, because you were there when I weren't."
Before Mark could say anything, Derek turned around and left. He looked at the letter. He noticed Addison's beautiful handwriting immediately. He went to his office and locked the door, before he opened the letter.
Mark,
I think you already know what happened, because Derek seemed to have given you the letter when you read that.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you anything, but you're Derek's best friend and we both know you would have told him, so that he could try to convince me to stay.
I was really miserable the last time and I'm sorry that you saw that, but I really enjoyed spending time with you. This was always my little light on a miserable day.
I will only tell you this and I beg you not to tell Derek. I am in Seattle. Richard Webber offered me again the job as neonatal/OBGYN at Seattle Grace. I would be happy if you called me some time.
I will miss you.
Also I wanted you to know … I know we agreed that we would never talk about the night last week, but … I'm not sorry for it. You should know that.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Love Addison
Mark looked at the letter in shock. One he told her where she was and two and way more important she told him she wasn't sorry. He was still unsure what to do. So he grabbed his jacket, told his assistance that he would take the leftover day off and left the hospital.
Around 4500 kilometers more westwards Addison just entered the hospital. She had free the morning and her shift was starting soon. She saw Richard Webber waiting for her. He hugged her.
"Hello Addison."
"Richard, it's good to see you."
"You too. How have you been?"
"The flight yesterday was good and I moved in the Archfield for a while."
"You know this wasn't what I meant."
"I know … but I can't talk about the leftover things."
"Ok."
"I have a request."
"Sure."
"I would prefer to go under Montgomery."
"I thought so. Get changed. I will introduce you to the new interns in a few."
Meredith Grey, Alex Karev, George O'Malley, Izzie Stevens and Christina Yang had their first break on their first day. Bailey had told them that they would meet the new attending soon, because the chief would introduce him or her to the staff after lunch, and maybe if one of them was lucky, he or she could go with the new attending.
In the moment they all were curious, who the "new attending" was.
"I think it's a man." Alex told the others.
The women rolled their eyes. "No, it will be a woman. I'm sure." Izzie told them.
"The question that is way more important: What is the field he or she is in." Christina noted.
"Guess we will know this soon."
Short time later they walked to the conference room, in which the staff meeting was. Everybody was excited when the chief entered the room with a gorgeous looking red headed woman. Most of the man gasped and a few women looked at her jealous, because she was really beautiful. The chief smiled his brightest smile. "Hello, I'm happy most of you made the time to meet our new head of Neonatal Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Addison Montgomery."
Addison stood up, "It's nice to be here and I hope we will work together very well. I only heard the best of this hospital and I'm pleased to be here."
Short time later the conference was ended. Bailey introduced herself to Addison and the two seemed to come along pretty good.
"Grey" Bailey shouted for Meredith after a short time. Meredith went over. "Yes, Dr. Bailey."
Addison smiled at the young woman. "Seems you're with me today." Then she smiled at Bailey. "See you later, Dr. Bailey." She worked to the door and turned around to Meredith. "Are you coming?"
Meredith nodded, she was still in a shock. On her first day she worked with Addison Montgomery? This couldn't be real. She was one of the best surgeons ever. So she hurried to catch up with her.
Same time in New York Mark Sloan walked to Central Park and couldn't get Addison out of his head. The smile, especially from this night, how beautiful, clever and witty she was. He knew that it was really wrong to fall for his best friend's wife, but it had happened and when he thought of this night … a shiver went over his skin. I know we agreed that we would never talk about the night last week, but … I'm not sorry for it. You should know that. He repeated that sentence over and over in his head. She wasn't sorry and he wasn't really sorry too. He felt a bit guilty, but sorry … not he really wasn't.
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