Unbroken

Chapter 13

Derek arrived at SeaTac airport; he had agreed to meet Addison at the baggage claim. He still had not told Meredith that she was coming becasuse Mark and he agreed to avoid as much stress as possible. He greets her silently; and gave her a nod of the head, before he takes her bag, carrying it for her as they had done when they had been husband and wife. She follows, used to his silence, and anticipating anything he has to say but is taken off guard when he states.

"This is all wrong... why does it have to be this way"

Addie stays quiet at first not sure what to say, waiting to hear more about the strange situation that Derek has gotten himself in.

"He shouldn't have touched her, this should never have happened." He states as he settles himself behind the steering wheel of his land rover after dumping her bag in the back.

"How did this happen?" Addie finally asks, needing to know if Meredith had actually cheated on Derek longing to know that it was not just her that could do such a thing.

"I was with Rose," he told her, and it seemed like it was an answer that could only be voiced.

She had heard about rose, remembered the scrub nurse, having her in a few of her own surgeries before.

"I did this. I drove her to him. You did this." He adds as he looks at her before hastily pulling out onto the road, not watching where he is going, causing the car behind him to slam its breaks on, encouraging the driver to blow his horn and hurl abuse. Derek drives in silence, the anger, and worry taking over him

"He just poisons everything he touches, why couldn't he just leave her be." He sighs. "Now she's pregnant with his baby, and he wants to play a part since when has he ever wanted to be a father." Derek almost growls. He could have gotten anyone pregnant, Christ, he didn't even knock you up." Derek vents before looking at her, catching the guilty look on her face he looks at her in shock

"He did?" he asks.

All the sudden, the car goes silent and Derek fights the want to pull the car over to the side of the road he needed to know what the hell happened, when had this happened, but in a way he really didn't want to think about it. His grip tightens on the steering wheel as he forces himself to keep driving.

"2 months after you left I found out I was pregnant." She tells Derek, not helping but to notice his white knuckles ." I did not want Mark's baby, but I ah... I told him I was pregnant anyway." She adds, now moving to look out the window. Her hand moves to rest on her stomach as she thinks about the baby she aborted, the baby that she will never have. "He bought a cute Yankees onesie, and marked the due date on the calendar." She told him." I didn't want his baby, I wanted you." She finished.

Derek was quiet. He did not know if he wanted to scream at her for coming out to Seattle and screwing up his life back then. On the other hand, for the fact that she knowingly took a baby's life, and now, as she was telling him this, remembering that Derek had never believed in abortion. They stay quiet for a moment longer, no words seeming big enough for the situation. Derek pulls the car into Seattle Grace car park and he lets out a sigh as he opens his door.

"Derek" Addie says quietly.

Derek turns to look back at her, shocked by the look on her face.

" He needs this... he needs this to be an adult... he needs this baby more than you will ever need Meredith... he needs the baby, like Meredith needs you."

Derek did not say anything more he just headed inside Seattle Grace while Addison trailed behind