Soothe

7: An Honest, Insane

Author's Note:

This chapter is for Lydialyn, who left me the most encouraging and heartwarming message on "Soothe" this morning and it was a delightful experience. I'd say go read the comments because they almost add to the damn story with the story they craft in themselves.

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Soothe

In Which Meredith teaches Addison how to self-soothe.

Before Meredith married Derek, and After she'd almost told Addison she liked her.

F/F. Meredith Grey/Addison Montgomery. MerAdd. Meddison. GA/PP Fanfiction.

Set during GA - "Before After/An Honest Mistake & PP - Acceptance/Ex-Life. Rated M.

Inspired by "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Illegal Kittens, "Blame Game" by LordOfLezzies, and "All We Ever Are We Are" by SilverStarsAndMoons.

Chapter 7: An Honest, Insane

In Which Addison really tries to understand. (Does she?)

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"Wait, so are you saying you cheated on me with her?" Derek asks Meredith dumbly at Meredith's admission to having an ex-girlfriend. "What?" No, Sadie and I, we dated while I traveled, we traveled through Europe on a backpacking trip before I went to medical school, I hadn't seen her in years," Meredith says to Derek, who still doesn't seem to understand her.

"So, did you sleep with her while you were with me?" Derek asks her, and Meredith sort of squints her eyes at him, because she's not sure if he wants her to say 'yes' so he feels absolution for Addison or if he wants her to say 'no' so he can go back to being her boyfriend 'as usual'. "No, I didn't, Derek, that's not really the point of all this..." Meredith tries to tell him.

"So, I mean, do you want to sleep with her now?" Derek asks here, clearly on a one-track of a mind, here, as he focuses on all the wrong details, those details, of course, being the details pertaining to HIM, and HIS relationship with Meredith, and what this will mean for the "THEM". And Meredith is relieved that he's not freaking out at all or yelling at her, but I mean, still...

"No, I don't want to sleep with her now," Meredith says first to Derek. "I'm sorry, Sadie, that you had to hear that all blunt but after Amsterdam... Well, you know it was over for us..." Meredith tries to do damage control with all of her present and past-lovers right here. If George were to appear it would make a perfect grouping of all the doctors of Seattle Grace Meredith slept with.

Sure enough, George O'Malley appears out of nowhere, for Derek to ask Meredith "so if you don't want to sleep with her again like you used to, then why bring it up, in front of everyone, in the hospital?" And Derek sort of spits at the words and Meredith was already uncomfortable before George appeared but now George looks appalled and I-don't-know-what-now-