A/N: Hey guys! I'm so so sorry for not updating in like a lifetime, my school year was pretty hard.. I didn't think I'll be writting any time soon but now I'm in the Addek mood again so probably I'll be updating my unfinished fics since I'm on vacations now :) Thank you so much for all your reviews with this story, I didn't really think you would like this idea... AND Thanks to Ilaria for helping me to get this chapter done! I really hope you like it and it worth the long wait! Another thing, I don't have a beta-reader so you'd probably find some mistakes! The chapter is named "Don't you remember" after Adele's song. Now enjoy the chapter!

The day after was a really beautiful one in Seattle, for the first time in the year there was a cloudless sky which it only happened about twice there. But sadly, some people were too busy with their own personal stuff that they couldn't enjoy this beautiful day.

After their very awkward talk last night, Addison and Derek had been avoiding each other in the hospital since later this day was their first meeting with the divorce lawyer it was preferable not to see each other until then.

Derek on his side was in an on-call room, thinking about what Addison told him, he wondered if she did it just to hurt him or because she hated him that much that she wanted to see him like this. Anyway, he couldn't stop thinking about every single word, if he would have known everything since the moment she moved to Seattle, he wouldn't have take her back, or maybe he would, he was very confused right now.

Somehow his best friend got his wife pregnant when he left, though she decided not to keep the baby, it was killing him, even though he was completely sure he didn't feel anything towards Addison anymore, this was making him go through hell.

He couldn't stop wondering how his life would be right now if he wouldn't have taken Addison back, probably he would be happy with Meredith and Addison would be happy with Mark. But it was the right choice at the time for him, he needed to believe that he tried to make his marriage work even when deep down he knew that he didn't do his best for it.

He wondered if this was all worth it, he was mad with Addison right now but was this fight worth everything they built during their decade of marriage? All that he could think right now that all he wanted was seeing Addison pay for staying with Mark and hiding it from him.

"Is there everything okay, Derek?" He heard someone interrupting his thoughts; he lifted his sight and noticed the Chief was also there sat next to him. "I usually don't pay attention to the gossip inside of this hospital, but I heard that things got complicated between you and Addie" The older man said to Derek, worried about him

"Yeah well, the divorce battle starts today if that's what you wanna know" He answered coldly to the chief

"Derek I know it's been hard for you. But once you two start with this, there is no easy way out" Richard advised Derek

"Don't you think I know that? That this is something I wanna do because I feel like? She told me everything what happened between her and Sloan. And it's not only that, Mark was like my brother. I have four sisters. Four very annoying sisters. Mark was my brother. Somehow I'm losing my wife and my brother. It's hard."

"Divorce isn't all it's cracked up to be is it?"

"I just wanted it to be easy. Move on. Get done with it as quickly as possible and be civilized with her, why can't I have that? I thought that the day of the first meeting it would all be over but now… All of this is just crazy; I never thought we would end up doing something like this… I feel like-" Derek didn't finish the sentence

"A surprising amount of pain" The chief completed "I hate to see you like this Shep, I really do, I hope you can find a way to solve this problem so both of you can move on"

"Thank you Richard" Richard's pager started to sound and he checked it.

"Well, I gotta go now, good luck later"
xx

Addison in the other way, was finishing a surgery, she had spend all day working with Miranda Bailey trying to keep it all together and not to breakdown in front of the other doctors, after Derek left her hotel room last night, Addison realized that she shouldn't have tell him everything so now he was surely gonna use it against her, she had no other choice to allow herself to cry until she fall asleep. And now to believe that karma was biting her, she was also working with an intern assigned to work with Dr. Bailey, and there was no other person than Meredith Grey.

They've been working together all morning, and both Addison and Meredith were trying to keep it professional. But they couldn't deny they were feeling awkward by working together. After the surgery was finished, Dr. Bailey ordered Meredith to close the patient and take her to the post-op, mostly because she knew that it was being hard for Addison work with her, especially today.

"If I'd knew I was gonna work with you all day, I'd have take any other intern" Miranda told Addison while they were scrubbing out

"It's okay Miranda, you don't have to worry about it. I'm fine"

"I know it's none of my business and I should just ignore you, but you're not fine Addison, you're about to go to a court… Look at you, you look pale, like if you haven't eaten in days and I saw you throwing up this morning, this is killing you Addison" Miranda told Addison, if there was somebody who can speak the truth there, it was Miranda Bailey

"That's just because I'm nervous, that's all, it's something relatively normal and physically common!" Addison raised her voice while they were still washing her hands

"You don't wanna talk about it, fine. But you haven't even start the trial and look at you, this is gonna be really difficult, hard and long for you two, and during that you are gonna need all the support you need to get over that trial. So, if I were you I wouldn't be yelling at the few friends I have here"

"Yes, you're probably right… It's just that…" She stopped as soon as she saw Meredith going back to scrub out too

"Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Bailey, I just closed the patient… As soon as I finish here I'll take her to the post up and keep you two updated about her progress and the baby's"

"Thank you Grey" Miranda told the young intern, looking at Addison expecting to also hear something from her

"Yeah, good job Grey" Meredith looked down while Bailey left the room, leaving the other two women alone there

Meredith, who couldn't deal with the awkwardness anymore decided to say few things to make herself feel better.

"Dr. Shepherd, I know this whole situation has been very strange for us, but I know Derek and he doesn't-" Addison lifted her sight arching an eyebrow, looking strangely at Meredith

"Are you sure you know him? Only because you've sleep with him several times doesn't mean you know a person, only because he claims to be in love with you doesn't mean you know any single thing about him, Grey. I'd appreciate if we keep our relationship professional and if we don't get to work together during these days would be better, so is there any other thing you would like to tell me?"

"I'm sorry, Addison"

"You did enough, trust me"

Xx

Several hours later, after a very long morning in the hospital, Addison arrived to the Municipal Court of Seattle, along with her lawyer, as soon as she got there, she saw Derek, also with his lawyer, she knew that woman, she was one of Derek's sisters' roommate in College, her name was Annabelle Rickford, she was a very good friend of the Shepherd family

"Dr. Shepherd, I need to have few words with you before we start the process" Mr. Foster, Addison's lawyer suggested as she simply nodded

"Okay, Dr. Shepherd, we had the our first meeting few days ago and we didn't get an agreement about the assets, now here we are taking our next step which is letting a jury, filled with people who doesn't know you, decide for you, it's my job as your lawyer to ask you if you're really sure about this because once we start, we can't leave the process until we get a formal agreement. You can still get your husband agreement" The lawyer needed that his client be sure about everything and it won't be only something that she'd regret later

"Yes, there is no way back" She answered very distant "Derek's agreement it's not an option here"

"Okay then, Addison. I'm not gonna lie to you, it's gonna be a really hard trial, to be honest this is one of the most difficult cases I've ever gotten, but I've worked with your family since you were a little kid and I'm not gonna let you down with this. I believe that if we know how to play this, we have a chance to win this…"

Meanwhile, Derek was also with his lawyer, who was telling him the exact things Mr. Foster was telling Addison, they needed to be sure there was no other way to fix this.

"… And since you and Addison got married really young, your assets are in Community Property, which it makes things a little bit complicated, as I'm sure your previous lawyer explained" Derek nodded clearly listening every work Mrs. Rickford was saying.

"Your case particularly it's kind of complicated since as you'd know it's not uncommon for one side to leave the marriage with more of the community property than the other, so our goal here is for you to get the properties you got during your eleven years of marriage…"

"Twelve" Derek cleared

"Oh, I'm sorry, the records said it's eleven"

"Yes, only that next month would be twelve"

"Okay, like I was saying… The decision of 'who gets what' depends of numerous factors: Earning capacity, which in your case it's not an issue, fault grounds such as adultery or cruelty, where we have the problem and where things get complicated since both of you had relationships with other people, plus various other factors that the judge may consider… It isn't as simple as it may first appear… I've had similar cases and my firm has a very good record with divorce cases like this one. That said, I need to ask you again, not only because you're my client but because you're my best friend's little brother so, are you completely sure about this? If there is something you don't wanna do or any doubt you have now it's the time to tell me, remember that it's imperative to discuss everything with your attorney before going in front of a judge"

While the attorney began to explain every single detail of the trial about to start, naming all the assets that once belonged to the Montgomery-Shepherd marriage, Derek couldn't stop feeling nostalgic about this whole thing, if there was something he thought he was sure, it was that he'd never ended like this with Addison, they used to be inseparable, they completed each other, now all they want is to ruin each other lives which it's almost unbelievable considering they once were the happiest couple, best friends and the love of each other's lives

"… I think we'll start with the Brownstone in Central Park…" The lawyer kept explaining to Derek, without even notice, a sad smile appeared on his face, remembering the days he and Addison used to spend there and how much they loved that place before the breakdown of their marriage started

-FLASHBACK, NEW YORK, 1994-

Derek Shepherd and Addison Montgomery were about to get married in few days, they were practically insane because of all the planning of their very extravagant wedding, mostly because Bizzy was the wedding planner and she wanted it to be something worth to remember, she was taking care of every single detail of the wedding without even consider Addison's or Derek's opinion.

The soon-to-be husband and wife were barely seeing each other because all the stress of the wedding, they barely saw in the wedding rehearsal and barely spoke complaining about how their wedding seemed to be everyone's but theirs.

But this day, Derek decided to steal his fiancée for all day, he needed her with him and have a get-away before all the pre-wedding stress would drive them totally insane, he took her to have lunch in a very fancy place overlooking the central park, they had a very romantic dinner like they haven't had since Derek proposed and right after they started to walk down Central Park holding hands, knowing that Addison loved that.

"It feels like a lifetime since the last time we did something like this" Derek admitted to his fiancée whispering in her ear after gave her a very soft kiss on her check

"I know! I thought we would enjoy planning out wedding, what I didn't know was that my mother wanted that our wedding would be very Price-Charles-and-Diana like, thought I'm glad that it'd be next week! Honestly not because of all this, but I can't wait to be your wife! I mean, I've been waiting for this since the day we met" She told her future husband as they both laughed a little

"It's okay, it's not that stressing once you get used to it… And for the record, the one who is anxious to be married is me! I mean, look at you who wouldn't be excited knowing that Addison Montgomery would be his wife!" Addison simply smiled as they kept walking down Central Park

"I'm serious Addie, I can't wait to be with you, I know we live together anyway but now you're gonna be my wife, we'd be officially a family and we'd be like that for everyday until eternity" He quoted a little part of the song he wrote to sing at the wedding though she had no idea of it "I know I've say this a lot but you really make me the happiest men alive and I feel so lucky that now you'd be my wife" He stopped walking and smiled plenty looking at his future wife who had no idea why he suddenly stopped right in front of one of the brownstones

"When I'm with you it feels like I'm dreaming, Derek… They way you've made me feel those years that we've been together it's totally amazing, I never thought I would ever feel this way for anyone, I'm glad we took this day off to share each other's company, I really missed this kind of stuff and I hope we get to do it more often after we came back from the honeymoon" She smiled "Honey, we should keep going, I wanna go home and take a really long and relaxing bath with my very handsome future husband" Addison laughed and tried to walk but Derek held her hand and stayed there still smiling "Is there everything okay honey?" She asked

"That's what I wanted to show you, in the moment I saw it I knew it said Addison-and-Derek in every single part of it… It's perfect for us! And since now I can afford this kind of stuff I wanted to surprise you with this…" He pointed at the brownstone behind them "This would be our place, our home, where we'd spend our years together, where hopefully our children will grow up and where you and I are gonna spend our years of our married life"

Addison looked at the house while Derek was speaking, she couldn't believe that her future husband would do this, she didn't expected him to get her a brand new house at least not for now, she thought they would live in their apartment they've been sharing for few years

"Oh my God! This is… This is perfect Derek… I can't… I can't believe you would do something like this… This is amazing! I… I love it! I think this is the biggest gesture someone would've ever had with me! Honey, I love you so much!" She could barely talk and almost crying of happiness, she was completely amazed with this early wedding present.

"Hey Addie, it's okay… I promised your father when I proposed you that you'd have the best! And that's what I'm doing! You don't need to thank me because it's something I feel like, I wanna make you the happiest woman alive and that is all about" He took her in his arms seeing that Addison was still speechless and very surprised because of this, he kissed her softly in her lips and smiled with his particular dreamy smile.

"Come on, future Mrs. Shepherd! Let's take a look over our new home! I'm pretty sure you'll love it even more once you see it and I'm completely sure you'd find a nice bathtub where we could take that really hot and relaxing bath you were talking about"

Addison kissed him back and simply smiled, she couldn't even express how happy she was at the moment, she couldn't find words to thank her fiancée for all this "I love you Derek… Right now I'm pretty much in shock, but I promise I'll find a way to thank you for all this" She said still smiling

"I love you too Addie… Now let's go to start our life together in this brownstone"

-END OF FLASHBACK-

"Derek… I'm asking you that if we should start asking the Brownstone, that is a very nice property you belong since you two are fighting to get the whole thing…." The lawyer noticed Derek was sort of distant and indifferent "Are you sure you're okay? Because to be honest, you don't really seem very good, I know it's a divorce trial and you can't be all smiley but you have to show a pretty good face to the judge if you want to win this"

Derek was still thinking about the day he got the brownstone for his wife and now it all seemed such a waste, a part inside of him wanted this to be over and get his life back, but another huge part of him wanted to hurt Addison for what she did, for staying with Mark and for even getting pregnant with her mistress baby, he couldn't stop this now

"I'm fine… I'm ready to get things started" Derek coldly answered

Meanwhile, Addison's lawyer was telling her exactly the same speech about being sure about this before starting the trial, once they started there wasn't a easy way out "So, Dr. Shepherd, for one last time, are you completely sure you won't take your husband's first agreement, his lawyer says it's still on if you want to take it… With all due respect, but you don't seem to be the kind of woman who lives in a trailer in the middle of nowhere" Addison looked cold and distant, immersed on her own thoughts thinking about one particular day as the lawyer spoke.

-FLASHBACK, SEATTLE, 2005-

It has been now one month since Addison Shepherd moved her whole live to Seattle in intent of winning back the love of her husband, she was staying in an hotel during their couple therapy sessions because she didn't want to push Derek to forgive her, she wanted him to have his own space where he could still hate her before he could forgive her.

But this day, Derek finally asked her to take her to the place he's been living since he left New York, she was happy considering this was a huge step in their very broken relationship. After they both end their shifts at the hospital, Derek took her to this place, she had no idea where were they going but still she was happy Derek wanted her to see this place since few weeks ago they weren't even speaking.

After almost one hour of road, they've finally arrived to this forest and saw the small trailer in the middle of it, Addison looked at her husband arching an eyebrow "Please tell me you're joking"

"I'm not; this is where I live now… I told you I'm not the same guy anymore, you can take it or leave it" He simply said without even look at his wife

"Really Derek? I can take it or leave it? How is it possible that you live in a trailer? I mean I get that you've changed and you're on your right to do it… But this? This is…. Not you!" She argued crossing her arms looking at the trailer

"Like I told you at couple therapy, if you want me to take you back, I'll take you back here in Seattle! I don't pretend to move back to New York… So my intention of bringing you here is showing you I'm not the guy you're used to! So, if you wanna make this work which I assume you want, this is where I live"

Addison sighed and without saying any word she went out and walked slowly to the trailer with Derek behind her, watching how small it was compared to their other houses. "I guess I could give it a try" She admitted in resignation "But this doesn't mean I am going to love this place, I hate it already" She said giving a bad look at her husband

"You're on your right to hate it as much as you want" He answered coldly, knowing he was doing this mostly because for compromise and no because he wanted to, while he opened the little door so they both would enter to the trailer

-END OF FLASHBACK-

"Dr. Shepherd, do you heard me? Are you sure you wanna take the land in Seattle? We have to start right now" The lawyer asked Addison who still was trapped in her own thoughts

"I am… Let's do this"

A/N: Now tell me what do you think? Do you liked it? Hated it? Any suggestion? Just tell me! I'll update probably next week and now I really mean it :)