Remember for me

Chapter eleven:

A/n- as promised, I got 94 reads (close enough to 95) so here's a new chapter! If I get a comment, I'll even do a double post later on!

"Pretty brave of you to invite your ex and his wife to drinks with the ex mistress possé" Zola commented.

"I wouldn't be able to do it, that's for sure" Ellie added.

"Why would you even want to do something like that?" Lex asked her Mother questionably.

Mer just shrugged. "I was a twenty eight year old intern who just had her heart broken. I knew Mark was upset too, so I figured I'd bond with him over how crappy it is to be a mistress and fall in love"

"I guess very few people know what that's like" Bailey sighed "because it doesn't sound like fun, and it doesn't seem like anyone would understand. But Mark did, because he lived it too. Makes sense why you bonded"

Meredith smiled at her son. He was sometimes annoying and immature, but he was wise and smart beyond his years. He just simply didn't want people to know that.

"Where did you pick that one up, the notebook?" Zola snorted.

Zola tended to have an attitude very similar to Christina's. She was competitive and no nonsense, she wasn't into sappy stuff and she was a bit of a show off when she wanted to be. While most people would find these qualities annoying, They warmed Meredith's heart. Simply, because they reminded her of her person.

"Shut up Zo" Bailey snapped.

Mer sighed. "Do you wanna know what happened next or not?"

And four kids simultaneously shut up as Meredith launched back into her story.

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Meredith's POV:

I was desperately looking for Mark. I had to find him somewhere. The hospital had just signed him on as the attending for plastic surgery, much to Derek's dismay.

"Mark!" I said, relieved as I found him standing with a patient.

"I'll check up on you later" he muttered quickly to the patient before turning his attention to me.

"What's up, Merry?" He asked, using a new nickname.

"Derek kinda ambushed me when I was doing post-ops. And he wants to be my friend, you know for professional purposes? And one think led to another..." I babbled.

"You didn't hook up with him, did you?" Mark asked "because that would be an awful way to break our date"

I laugh, the smile reaching my eyes. Mark smiled too, and I suddenly realized how nice his smile was. His ice blue eyes just lit up and grew warm.

"No, I didn't. But I did end up inviting Addison and Derek out for a double date with us. You know, because it's friendly" I cringe, waiting for him to become upset like I originally thought.

Instead, he laughed. Like, he really laughed.

"That is gold, Merry!" He hooted as he put an arm around my shoulders. "The dirty mistress club meeting with the married imbeciles club. I love it! Imagine the look on their faces when we show up and act all nice and friend like!"

I was laughing too, at this point. When you looked at it the way Mark did, it really did seem funny, ironic almost.

"It's like the start to a bad joke, two dirty mistresses and a couple walk into a bar!" Mark laughs, and I start to laugh even harder. I was extremely grateful for Mark, because even through all this pain he was still making me happy. Even happier than I've been in weeks.

When our laughing died down, I looked up smiling at Mark.

"I've got patients to look out for" I sigh "I better go"

He nods "Me too" with a quick kiss pressed to my forehead, he took his arm from around me and walked away.

I was still smiling as I walked in the opposite direction.

Derek's POV:

I saw Meredith with Mark. They were laughing, like really laughing. I couldn't remember the last time I saw Meredith laugh that hard. She looked so happy. Her gorgeous eyes sparkled, and lit up even more when Mark put his arm around her.

At first, I thought maybe they were laughing because this whole double date was a joke to get a rise out of Addie and I. But his arm protectively around her proved me wrong. They had a genuine connection.

And I was jealous. Even though I chose Addie, I was jealous.

And as I watched Mark kiss her forehead, just a quick peck, I felt devastated.

Because even though I was planing on staying with Addison, regardless, I knew that I made the wrong choice.

Because I love Meredith in a really big, pretend to like her taste in music, let her eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside her window, unfortunate way that makes me hate her, love her.

And I didn't know how to stop.

A/n- this ones shorter, but the double date is gonna be its own chapter. I liked Derek's POV at the end though, gave the story a bit of a twist. Changing it up a bit. I also loved the reuse of Meredith's quote in his POV.

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