Derek came into my house crying one day. "How are you doing?" I asked him gently, I could tell something was really wrong.
"She. She cheated."
"Addison? But I loved her, she was so good to you, and to Amelia, I can't believe she would do a thing like this."
"With Mark." Hearing that just about broke my heart, If I wouldn't have had him over so much, if I wouldn't have encouraged that friendship, he wouldn't have ever been around. My son was cheated on and it was all my fault. Well sort of, Mark was broken as it was, I loved him as much as I could, but I can only do so much. Derek had mentioned going to Seattle to be with Richard Webber, who he had interned for, and I thought that was good for him so I encouraged him to go for it. He left for Seattle the next week. I went back to his place to get some of his stuff and Addison's car was outside. I came in and she was crying on the couch. I sat down with her and rubbed her back. I know she hurt my son, but she was hurting right now and she needed someone. I wondered how Mark was doing too, so after I got Derek's stuff and said goodbye to Addison I drove to his apparetment. There was a trampy looking girl walking out as I walked in. I knocked on the door.
"Carolyn." He said and frowned.
"I know what you're thinking."I began
"Please come in." I went into his place, he kept it fairly clean, just like a Shepherd, I thought. "I was going to see Derek one day after work, Addison had just had a fight on the phone with the Captian and Bizzy and she was crying, I'd never seen her so upset before, I was sitting next to her and rubbing her back and one thing led to another. She did instigate it though, but I should have stopped, there was something in me, I couldn't, and now I've lost my best friend and I would give anything just to talk to him again."
"Mark," I tussled his hair just like I use to do when he was a little boy. "I know what you did was wrong, but you will always be my 'son' and I will always love you. Unless you kill Derek, but that is the line for any of the other children in my family as well. I didn't come here to be mad, or to yell, I know you were messed up as a kid and that's why you are like this now, but just give Derek some time, don't call him right away, things will be o.k, I promise." I kissed him on the forehead.
Derek was never the same after this happened, it was almost like he's afraid of his family now, rarely visits, hardly ever calls, I heard he speaks to Amelia sometimes, but he won't ever be the same. Mark and him eventually did become friends again, and my boys are back working at the same place. Still, I really liked that Addison girl, Meredith is, she's nice, but she isn't Addison.
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