McMistress-Addison Montgomery

new york...

"Hey, babe." Peyton slinked her arm around Addison's waist. She noticed the man in front of her. His expression instantly went from embarrassment to confusion when he saw her. She then observed the woman next to him. The anger on her face didn't go away, but a new emotion emerged as well- straight up confusion. Peyton didn't let her confusion show. Instead, she extended her hand out warmly to the man. "Hi, Dr. Peyton Scott. I'm Addison's girlfriend." The man shook her hand, in a manner seemingly just as welcoming, moving his eyes to the redhead swiftly.

"Girlfriend?"

Addison practically threw her head back. This wasn't how this was supposed to be happening. Peyton moved her hand from her girlfriend's waist and took her hand back from the man. This time she did let her confusion show.

"And you are?"

"Dr. Derek Shepherd. I'm-" The woman standing beside him cut him off.

"He's Addison's husband." The words hit Peyton like a brick wall.

However, there's more to this story than seen with the blind eye. This story started 13 months ago in a bar in Manhattan.

"White wine." Addison sat down weakly at the bar. The bartender set the wine down and the redhead didn't hesitate to chug it down and request another glass.

"Ooh, tough day?" Another woman sat down next to her. Addison turned to observe her. She was tall, taller than her by a few inches. Her hair was wavy and the small curls bounced loosely around her head. This woman had this smile that just lit up Addison's world. She didn't understand it at all. She had a husband- a husband who she loved. But that wasn't about to stop her.

"You could say that." She shrugged nonchalantly, finishing her second wine.

"Maybe if I buy you another you could tell me about it?"

Addison hesitated. She knew this was the last thing she should be doing. The very last thing. But she was Addison Forbes Montgomery-Shepherd. Nothing was going to stop her. "I'd like that a lot."

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Addison Forbes Montgomery-Shepherd woke up the next morning feeling more defeated than the night before...

Her head was pounding and her entire body ached. However, she opened her eyes and sat up as if everything was normal. But when she looked around, she realized it was far from normal. Instant panic shot throughout her body. On further inspection, she realized she wasn't in her apartment with Derek laying next to her naked in bed. She was laying in bed in some rando's apartment with said rando laying next to her naked in bed, dead asleep. Addison Forbes Montgomery-Shepherd had cheated on her husband. Addison's first thought was to scream, but that would be too much to explain to Peyton, the woman laying in bed next to her. Instead, she settled on trying to sneak out quietly without waking the woman up. That was short lived, however, because when Addison stood up and tried to put her dress back on, Peyton woke up.

"Good morning." Peyton said happily, observing the redhead as she struggled to get the zipper up. "Let me help." Addison, reluctantly, agreed and allowed Peyton to do the zipper for her. "You sure you don't want to stay for breakfast?" Peyton asked, a small smile appearing on her face as she talked to the woman from the night before.

"No thank you." A still very startled Addison responded, sliding her heels on. "I should be getting home."

"Why, you got someone waiting at home for you?"

In this moment it was like some higher power overtook Addison's mouth and blurted out a lie. "No. Nobody."

"Well, then maybe you won't mind joining me on a dinner date?" Peyton asked curiously.