Falling Apart, Barely Breathing

Chapter 19: Break On Through Part Nine

PREVIOUSLY ON "FALLING APART, BARELY BREATHING":

Addison looking up at - (Take a Random Guess Who).

Who is also smiling!

At HER.

FOR HER.

JUST, AT HER.

With her bright beady eyes whispering "thank-you" along with her very best friend.

Just for Addison. (I DID THAT! I MADE THAT ALL HAPPEN I MADE HER SMILE LIKE THAT!!!)

If she could leave her a note right now it would surely be right to say-

"To Addison from Meredith, you did a good thing Addie for the Interns. Thank you Addie you just did a really good thing for my friend. You did a really great thing. A really good thing for me, too."

But it's Meredith's smile, brighter than all of those other bright smiles,

That makes Addison's heart melt, now, even more than before.

Chapter 19: Break On Through, Part Nine

"Can I ask you a question?" Meredith says to Cristina while watching Addison (Oh, and the other doctors) operate from the gallery.

They've turned off their speakerphone now so they can hear the gentle murmurs from in the O.R., but the doctors below them can't hear what THEY'RE saying.

Sensing what will come next, Cristina braces herself for this answer.

"WhatWasItLikeToKissAddison?" Meredith stutters as fast as she can.

"Say again?" Cristina whispers closer into her ear this time.

"What was it like to kiss Addison ?" Meredith asks with a bit of a - reverence - when she pronounces Addison's name to Cristina.

"Well..." Cristina looks into Mer's big blue eyes, pausing before she begins.

"Addison is a very good kisser. She likes it when you suck on her bottom lip, and when you bite it. Her lips are soft and full. And she tastes like some sort of sugar and spice. It's nice, really."

Cristina gives a good answer, but she's careful not to gush too much. Firstly, because she knows that Izzie is eyeing her careful now with a slight look of jealousy. Which, she doesn't particularly mind, either.

But mostly, Cristina is careful because she doesn't want to seem like Addison was extremely into HER (Cristina), as she knows very well that this is not the case. And she doesn't want to over-or under-sell the kissing abilities of their mutual boss.

Considering all of those nitty-gritty details makes Cristina's head sort of ache, as she's starting to grow weary of this whole 'mystery-man-not-a-man-at-all' game. And she's looking into Meredith's eyes now trying to read into her best friend's expression.

"Hey, what's going through your head right now?" Cristina asks Meredith rather tenderly.

"I-I-" Meredith stutters before she's ready to start. She wants to share with Cristina, share everything that's going on inside her head.

(She's a bit fuzzy starting to think of it all. Those warm fuzzy feelings were growing stronger for the redhead Attending with each passing second. It was getting hard to contain all of them!)

(But on the other hand, Meredith is still super hung-up on this mystery person of hers. She doesn't talk about it too much with Cristina. But Cristina KNOWS her, she would understand.)