Ok so this chap has scenes from 2x04 Deny Deny Deny and i'm quite happy with it. I have changed the way things go a bit :P

Chapter Five – Hear What I Say

Addison was making her way to the elevators when she saw Meredith walking from a patient's room.

"Hey," She smiled quickening her step to catch up to her and link arms casually, "Are you skipping rounds?"

"No, I'm avoiding my mother." Meredith said, pulling her arm away,

They stopped outside the elevator,

"Mere…"

"You've got a husband." She said,

"I know."

"You're life is complicated."

"I know."

"I don't need complicated. I have complicated all on my own." Meredith indicated the direction of her mother's room,

"I know."

"Stop saying 'I know'." Pouted Meredith,

Addie smiled, "Should I not make sudden movements?"

Meredith frowned, "Why are you making this funny?!"

Derek walked up behind Meredith and said, "Addison's leaving." Meredith jumped,

"What?"

"She doesn't have any more patients in this hospital."

"Stop talking about me like I'm not here." Addison glared,

"There's no reason for her to be here." Continued Derek, ignoring his wife,

"No reason?" Asked Meredith, eyebrows raised,

"None whatsoever."

He raised a hand to stroke Meredith's hair behind her ear but Addison stepped closer to Meredith and gave her a hug from behind.

"Well now, I think that staying to support my heart broken –sorry– my newly single best friend, is a huge reason to stay in town."

Derek gave her a look that plainly said… "Seriously?" He stared at her, "You're staying in town to mend Meredith's heart –sorry– support Meredith's romantic life?"

"Isn't this cosy?" smiled Addison, "Can I join in or are you not into threesomes?"

"I have to go." Meredith said, she gave Derek a strange look he didn't understand, and Addison a peck on the cheek, "Bye Satan, you're gonna crash at mine aren't you?"

"Yea, I'll see you later, Mere."

"Meredith," Derek said, she walked away and he turned back to Addison, "You really are Satan. You realize that right? If Satan were to take physical form, he'd be you. Everywhere, all the time."

"I am so not Satan."

"Even Meredith thinks you are. Now tell me, how come you haven't got on your broomstick and gone back to New York, where you belong? Don't give me this 'Meredith's broken heart' stuff."

"So am I a witch or Satan? Stop being so petty."

"Stop being an adulterous bitch."

"Well you don't have to worry about that." She sighed and pulled papers from her bag, handing them to Derek,

"Divorce papers,"

"You're lawyer said they're ok. They're signed but don't think I'm gonna fly out of here as soon as you've signed, ok? I meant what I said earlier, I'm sticking around for Mere."

"I'll sign them immediately." Smiled Derek, Addison gave him a look similar to the one Meredith had given him before, and walked into the elevator.

* * *

Later that day Meredith was making her way to pre-op when Addison grabbed her arm and pulled her into an empty on call room.

"I gave him the papers."

Meredith smiled, "That's good."

"All he has to do is sign, and I'm free." Grinned Addison, "We're free."

"And we can-" Meredith said hopefully, placing her hands on Addison's hips,

"Uh-buh-buh." Addison smiled, removing Meredith's hands and kissing her palms,

"Ok, well, I have to get to Pre-Op." Said Meredith,

Addie nodded, and gave Meredith a short but tender kiss on the lips then let her go, before following herself.

* * *

Meredith stepped onto an elevator. Addison was confusing as hell. Her mother kept running away. And Derek kept giving her that stupid 'I'm so McDreamy' smile.

The doors closed and Meredith sighed in relief to be alone. Her sereneness only lasted one floor. Derek walked on at the next stop.

Meredith groaned when he walked up to her.

"Meredith, Addison's leaving."

"She's not."

"She is! She gave me divorce papers. That she filed."

Meredith made a noncommittal sound.

"This is good. I'm going to read through them, sign, then I am free, we are free! And Addison will be on the next plane to New York." He walked to her and caressed her cheek, "And everything will be fine."

Derek lent forward and brushed his lips over hers, kissing her softly, Meredith raised her hands away from him, but just as she placed them on his chest to push him away, the elevator stopped and the doors opened to Addison. Who gave them one short look and turned away.

Meredith pushed Derek off her then ran after her friend, "Addie!"

"Don't worry Meredith, I get it." Addison snapped, "I'll get out of your hair tomorrow."

* * *

Meredith didn't know who to talk to; she walked into her mother's room and locked the door.

"Meredith what are you doing here? You should be in bed, you just had a baby."

Meredith sat down, "Addison kissed me. Derek kissed me. My best friend and ex boyfriend kissed me on the same day."

"Do I look like a couple's therapist to you?" Snapped her mother,

"No, mum, no you don't." She turned around and saw Bailey standing in the door way,

"Don't start with me." Said Bailey, "Tell someone who cares."

* * *

Meredith and Addison were in the scrub room, Meredith scrubbing out as Addison looked down at the rings in her hand, the rings that bound her to Derek.

She sighed, "It's hard to accept the end when you're too close." She held the rings in the tips of her fingers, "It's gonna be different, that's for sure."

Meredith was looking at the rings and realised something. Those rings were the only things in her way. Without them she could have who she wanted. She just wasn't sure if she wanted Derek or Addison.

"Why divorce him if you don't want to?" She asked softly,

"I do want to." Said Addison with full certainty, "It's just… It's like the day I married him. The day I married him I was one hundred percent sure it was what I wanted to do, he was who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. But then, as I was walking down the aisle I had a thought. I had a thought about you, about how I was getting married and my best friend couldn't be their because she was at medical school in Boston, and it was all wrong Meredith, it was so wrong to get married without having you there. But then he turned around and looked at me and he smiled. He gave me the true smile, the smile of Prince Charming, the smile! I can't even think of how to describe it properly."

"The McDreamy smile."

"Yes! God. The McDreamy smile, Mere. And everything fell into place. So now…" She sighed, "I'm just having a thought as I walk down the aisle."

Meredith nodded once, "Waiting for the smile?" She asked,

Addison seemed to understand Meredith knew who she wanted to be smiling, "Look, I don't want someone who doesn't want me, Meredith. But if there's the slightest chance that you want me in the way I want you, I'm not leaving Seattle."

She left the scrub room leaving Meredith to look after her.

* * *

Derek sat down at Joe's bar; Bailey was sitting to his right,

"Everything's gonna be fine. Addison will go back to New York. Meredith and I'll start over, everything's gonna be fine. Right?" He said, mainly to him self,

"You so damn stupid." She muttered,

tbc...

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