Hello, Seattle

In Which We Meet Addison, And Addison Meets Meredith

Hello, Seattle.

Addison Montgomery meets Meredith Grey when they are both only 9 years old. OR: In which Addison introduces herself to Meredith, who pulls her into a hug, "Addison, it's so good to see you! It's been way too long". Addison hugs her back to whisper into her ear "I've missed you, Meredith,". MerAdd. Meddison. Boarding School Childhood Roommates to Teenage Romance AU. Rated T, now.

PROLOGUE:

"I'm so sorry Meredith," Derek says with a start as Meredith looks at him confused.

The woman walking in smiles at him cheekily before she looks at the younger woman with quite a start.

"Addison Shepherd" the redhead offers out her hand for Meredith to shake it and Meredith just looks stunned and raises her eyebrows up again at the "Shepherd" part before she even reaches out to the other woman's hand to take it.

"And you must be the woman who's been screwing my husband" Addison offers with a smirk.

But before they could either of them say anything more, Addison's lips went to Meredith's and she pecked her closed-mouth kiss quick and dirty before she retreats back to Meredith's side and she smiles.

"We went to boarding school together" Meredith explains off of Derek's completely shocked and skeptical look.

"We were roommates since like the fourth grade" Addison laughs as if that made any sense at all.

"We haven't seen each other since high school graduation" Meredith tries to explain.

"We got matched at different medical schools and we never looked back," Addison says sadly.

"I can't believe you got married!" Meredith exclaims and she's not even as angry as anyone would expect her to be after a tall leggy redhead walked right on into her conversation between her and her boyfriend to say

'Addison Shepherd, and you must be the woman who's been screwing my husband'.

"I can't believe you pretended not to know me for a split second there," says Addison with a giggle.

"How could I ever forget you" Meredith looks at Addison with a sad and longing ache.

"Meredith... I'm still sorry you know" Addison says to her compassionately.

"I'm so sorry too, Addie," Meredith says sadly as she looks at Derek and back at Addison again.

"You really didn't know?" Addison asks her honestly, figuring out the answer pretty quickly when Meredith shrugs her shoulders silently.

"Well I guess I can forgive you for this" Meredith laughs as she reaches her hand out to hug Addison again.

"I wish you could forgive me for all of it, Mer" Addison sighs as she pulls Meredith tight up against her.

"I'm still in love with you Addie," Meredith admits boldly. "I was still in love with you then and I'm still in love with you now" Meredith sighs as if she were confessing a crime.

"I'm still in love with you too" Addison answers her back solemnly as Meredith's eyes perk up at her in truth. "I always was then and I never wasn't, never ever even in the moments when I pretended that way" Addison admits to both Meredith and herself.