peace

chapter 24

"Hold up!" Derek said as he hurried to the elevator where Meredith was standing.

"Well isn't this good timing." She said as she smiled and blocked the doors from closing.

"I'd say so. You're off now right?" He responded while fixing Meredith's coat collar that had hair stuck under it.

"Yup. Ready to go home."

"Me too." He smiled and pressed the button for the ground floor.

"Turns out growing a baby making is tiresome." She sighed.

"But oh so much fun." He smirked.

"I was referring to more the growing of babies but that is tiresome too."

The elevator reached the ground floor and even before they even opened, Meredith could hear shouting from the lobby.

"Addie. What are you doing?" Mark yelled.

"I am fighting for him!" She responded.

"He doesn't want you to fight for him!"

"He's my husband Mark."

"Not anymore. He is in love with the pregnant intern!"

Meredith leaned over to Derek and whispered. "Oooh. I think they are talking about us."

Derek laughed and put his arm around her. "I think so too." As they walked out.

"You don't know that!" Addison responded.

"Oh come on. Addison, you can't possibly be this blind." Mark sighed.

"We got married. Marriage is supposed to forever." Addison said.

Meredith and Derek walked to the sparring pair. "Are we interrupting?" Derek said.

"Derek! Good to see ya!" Mark said with a wide smile on his face.

"Certainly better than the last time I saw you, you know the time you were fucking my wife. Now ex-wife." Derek said.

"We aren't divorced yet, Derek."

"We would be if you would sign the papers."

"See Addie. Your marriage is over." Mark said.

"It's not because I am not giving up. We aren't quitters." She retorted

"This isn't about quitting. I moved on." Derek said sympathetically.

"And you can too." Mark said gently.

"I don't want to move on." Addison whispered.

Meredith walked up to her and gently put a hand on her shoulder. "Dr. Montgomery. You are a badass surgeon. You save babies for a living. And you are beautiful, your legs go for miles and people mistake you for a young Catherine Deneuve. You went to Columbia and you are filthy rich. Plus just look at your exes, gold standard. But you don't need either of them. From what Derek has told me about the last year of your marriage, it sounds like you deserve better. You both deserved better, and maybe cheating was just some part of you realizing that you deserved better."

"I still love him." Addison said with determination

"You should be with someone who loves you back." Mark said.

"I should- I should go" Addison said as she looked around at the sympathetic faces. She gathered her things and left.

After Addison left the proximity, Meredith turned to Mark and Derek and slapped them both on the arm. "What is wrong with you guys?" She groaned.

"What?" Mark asked.

"What did I do?"

"Mark, she clearly hates herself for cheating on Derek. You couldn't have said no? Do you have no self-control? And you-" She turned to Derek, "You drove her to cheating. Which is mostly her fault but you are all happy and stuff and she is sad so I am going to blame you."

"This feels unfair." Derek said.

"Stupid boy penises." Meredith grumbled.

"I hardly see how my penis is involved in this situation." Derek said. "I see how his is, " He pointed to Mark."

Meredith pointedly looked down at her stomach, "Yea, your penis has never caused any drama." She said sarcastically.

Derek smiled back at her proudly.

"Derek, that's some girl you got." Mark said.

"Yea." He sighed. "You make a move on her I'll hurt you."

"Oh, she already threatened castration."

"Meredith Grey, I love you." He said as he shook his head.

"As you should." She responded.

(Sorry it took me a bit to update, yesterday was my birthday so I didn't write and today I had an assignment due at midnight that I was procrastinating doing, so I told myself I wouldn't write until I finished the assignment, so obviously I read another fanfic all day. But then, I read the assignment and got confused then found out its due tomorrow instead so future me problem. But anyways. As an apology for my promising I would update this morning then being stupid. (I promised on my instagram ( wherethegoodwent if you don't follow me, its all stupid greys jokes) ) 

This is a confusing sentence. my apology is the link to the fanfic that I read all day. It's probably my fav ever.  https://katieandaliciablog.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/treacherous/  )