So this is a pretty short update compared to the previous chapters but the next one is ready so if you guys are good (hint, hint) I'll post Chapter 5 soon after.
As always, thank you so much for the reviews and of course to my beta, Suz. AND really, really grateful to loves2writestories who imparted her wisdom on how to go around current stupidity. You guys really should thank her coz if it wasn't for her, I don't know when I'll get this fic updated. Cheers!!
Disclaimer: Still not mine.
CHAPTER FOUR
Savvy finally convinced Derek to go home and get a few hours of sleep by midnight. She promised to look after Addison and to call him right away if she wakes up or if something goes wrong. At first Derek resisted, giving the same reason over and over again just like the times Richard or Miranda urged him to go home.
It was probably the bluntness of Savvy's comment about his smell and of Addison's would be reaction when she wakes up to see him in that state that made Derek consider Savvy's offer. Although in his mind, Derek knew that Addison's reaction to him waiting by her bedside would be far from happiness, he wished and hoped otherwise. He would take this opportunity to go home, change and get some rest because when Addison wakes up, Derek had no intention of leaving her side.
Addison opening her eyes and seeing him first was what Derek needed to happen. He wanted to be the first one she sees and talk to before anyone or anything else. He would apologize first for prom, for Meredith, for ignoring and hurting her, for everything that has happened. Then, Derek would convince her that he loves her and would work on their marriage.
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When morning came, Derek hurriedly made his way back to the hospital but not before packing a change of clothes for himself and some necessities he believed Addison would like. A considerable amount of time in the hospital was in the future for Addison, needless to say, and Derek wanted to make his wife's stay as comfortable as possible.
He had scheduled a meeting with Richard first thing in the morning to talk about the adjustment to his surgical schedule. Right now, Derek was on leave understandably but he was willing to do consults and emergency surgeries when he's assured that Addison is fine and awake. After meeting with Richard, he would then turn over his cases to a fellow neuro attending. The one case he'd still personally keep an eye on was Preston Burke's who Derek was planning to visit before going back to Addison's room.
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The meeting with Richard was quick and to the point. Richard was very accommodating and had assured him that Derek need not worry and just concentrate on taking care of Addison. But it was turning over his cases to the other doctor and then checking up on Preston that took most of Derek's morning and he couldn't wait to get back to Addison's side and relieve Savvy.
When Derek entered Addison's room, he was shocked to see the person sitting beside the bed was not Savvy. The visitor even had the audacity to hold his wife's hand.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" he said angrily, coming over and yanking the man out of the chair.
"I'm here for Addison." Mark said, grabbing Derek's fisted hand off his shirt.
"You have no right to be here. Get out!" Derek said, shoving Mark's shoulder.
But Mark would not budge. "I'm not leaving her like you did, Derek."
"Get out, Mark. I don't want you here. Addison doesn't want you here." Derek said loudly, still shoving Mark out of the room.
Mark was about to retaliate, when a male nurse came in followed by a security personnel. "Is everything alright, Dr. Shepherd?"
Derek and Mark just stared at each other. Then Derek said, "It's alright. Dr. Sloan was just about to leave."
"Okay, then" said the nurse. He and the other man left the room with the door open.
Defeated for the meantime, Mark walked out of the room but said to Derek, "Just so that we're clear, Derek, I'm here to take Addison back home to New York and I have a feeling that this time, convincing her wouldn't be too difficult."