Remember for me

Chapter nine:

"Dad actually called you a whore?" Lex was dumbfounded. She couldn't even begin to believe that her dear, sweet Daddy would say such a vulgar thing to another human being.

"Lex, people call other people names all the time" Zola tried to reason with her baby sister.

"That guy in Starbucks called me a whore once, remember?" Ellie reminds her.

"You were trying to use your breasts to get free coffee when you forgot your wallet, I think he had a decent reason" Bailey commented.

"Shut up Bailey!"

"Well it's true"

"I'm your baby sister!"

"So?"

"Mom!"

Meredith sighed. Her children were her world, but sometimes the world has earthquakes.

"Your father didn't mean to upset me. He didn't mean to be such an ass all the time he was just mad. He loved Addison but he also loved me. Imagine how hard it was for him to be with one woman and love another" Meredith defended Derek, trying to be sure her kids didn't despise their Dad for some silly mistake he made thirty years ago.

"I get it, I really do. And I'm not mad at Dad, I just can't believe he would ever say something that awful" Lex sighed.

"He was a real jerk" Bailey added.

Meredith didn't want her kids to gang up on their Dad, so she blurted out something that they probably didn't know.

"Well, me dating Mark Sloan wasn't exactly nice either" Meredith sighed, remembering Mark and the year they were together.

All four of Meredith's children's jaws were dropped.

"You" Ellie said

"...And Mark Sloan?" Lexie added

"Were together?" Zola finished.

Mer smiled. All her girls were so close growing up, especially Lex and El. They were closer in age, so they spent a decent amount of time together growing up. They even shared the same room until Ellie moved out when she started college.

"If you'd let me continue my story, I'd be able to explain everything that happened" Meredith chucked, before starting her story again.

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Meredith's POV:

I was standing at the nurses station one typical, rainy Seattle day. I'd just spent an hour listening to Derek and Addison argue over every little detail concerning a two year old that needed brain surgery. Even though they were married, they argued like they hated each other.

And I suppose, to a certain extent, they did hate each other. Addison hated that Derek kept up a healthy (for the most part, until she showed up) and stable relationship with me while Derek hated that Addison slept with his best friend.

I guess they didn't really hate each other, just the stupid choices that the other one made.

I was jotting up some post-op notes for a patient who just had bypass surgery when a really really attractive looking man walked up to me. He was tall, with greying brown hair that he somehow made look sexy instead of old, and the lightest ice blue eyes I'd ever seen.

He was literally gorgeous. Drop dead, panty dropping gorgeous.

"Wow. That dude has had three surgeries in two months? Shouldn't he already be a goner?" The man said, as he looked over my shoulder at the chart. This particular patient had a heart transplant and two bypass surgeries in two months. I guess he should've been a goner by now.

"Well, aren't you the one for sympathy" I say smiling, as I turn away from my charts to face the man.

"Hey" he says shrugging "I tell it as I see it"

I laugh as he continues. "You don't happen to date co-workers, do you?" He asks me smirking wickedly.

I thought back to Derek and Addison arguing over that little girl. "Actually I make it a rule of mine not to"

The smirk that I was sure was going to fall, just grew bigger. "Well it's a good thing I don't work here then"

"Are you hitting on me?" I was honestly flattered, and for the first time in weeks, I wasn't thinking about Derek.

"And what if I am?" Before I can even reply, a fist comes literally out of nowhere and decks the man so hard across the face I wanted to wince.

I looked up to the face that owned he hand, and was met with Derek's face, twisted in pain, as he held his knuckles. A deck that hard had to hurt.

"What the hell Derek?" I yell as I help the man up.

"That was Mark" he says disgustedly.

It suddenly clicks. He is the Mark that slept with Addison. But at this moment, I don't care. I don't care what Mark did, I'm furious that Derek thinks it's okay to deck other people in the middle of a damn hospital.

"I don't care if he's the Queen of Sheba! I don't care if he slept with Addison or your freaking mom! You can't just smack him like that! I slept with you while you were married and you don't see Addison decking me every chance she gets!" I yell.

Addison pipes up from behind Derek. "Exactly, and believe me the urge is there"

I sigh as I lead Mark to an exam room so I can clean up his face. "Shut up Addison" I snap "if you had of just kept your pants on, Derek wouldn't have decked Mark!"

"Don't talk to her like that" Derek steps in, though I can tell he was relieved I said what everyone was thinking. But I honestly don't care how relieved he is.

"Oh shut up Derek" I snap at him too, as I slam the exam room door closed behind me.

"So you're the famous Meredith Grey. The intern known all the way back in New York" Mark chuckles "that was pretty badass back there, I don't think anyone's had the nerve to tell those two off"

I smile as I get some supplies to clean up his face. "You're pretty famous yourself, we've all heard of you here in Seattle"

"Well, I think we will get along just fine Dr. Grey. After all, we slutty mistresses have to stick together" he winks. I howl with laughter, liking every minute I got to spend with Mark. He was a pretty great guy.

A/n- this chapter is pretty long. Lol. I think it's great. Mer telling of Addie and Derek was hands down the best part of this chapter. I wish she did it in the show, would've made it more interesting.

And yes, I'm putting Mark and Mer together in this fic. It's just to spice things up, because I think they would've had a thing if Mark wasn't all hung up over Addison. Plus, I'm a sucker for dramatics.

Check out my Steroline one shot! A Steroline fic is coming very soon!

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~Daisy