Back Where We Belong : Chapter 7 - Last Friday Night

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Okay, so a few chapters back I said this was set in Season 5. I sort of lied. Because Teddy's here (and Henry) So this is season 7, but Izzie's there (cancer-less), there's no Jackson or April, and Mark and Callie never slept together. But Callie and Arizona did get married.

Mer, Alex, Izzie and Derek live in one house and Callie, Owen, Arizona and Cristina live in the other (and now Addison).

Phew. That's confusing, anyway hope you like it! REVIEW!

"No, no, Alex! Give me the take-out menu, I already told you we're ordering pizza!" Izzie snatched the leaflet off of Alex.

"Jeez, sorry."

"Just go and change, or shower or something. You stink."

"I was around vomiting kids all day, Iz. What do you expect." He said. "Fine." He sighed, seeing the angry look on the blonde girl's face.

He walked through the door and Izzie breathed out slowly, rubbing circles on her forehead.

She heard the front door click open and a few seconds later Teddy, Meredith and Arizona came into the kitchen.

"Hey, we got beer on our way back from the hospital." Teddy placed the box full of drink onto the table.

"You came straight from surgery?" Izzie asked.

Arizona nodded. "Four year old girl with major heart tissue damage. She nearly didn't make it, but Teddy… rocked it, and now she's great."

Teddy smiled at her perky friend.

"Mer, will you call the pizza place? I have no idea what everyone wants to eat. You'll order the right thing. Alex'll just get pissed if I don't get what he wants." Izzie asked Meredith.

"Sure." She picked up the phone and left the room.

"So when's Addison getting here?" Izzie questioned the remaining two doctors who sat at the table.

"Soon. She and Callie are coming a bit later than everyone else, getting Addison 'ready' and all that." Arizona explained.

"I hope she's OK tonight." Izzie said. "I asked Cristina to calm it down with the drunkenness and the sarcasm."

"Like that's really going to happen." Teddy laughed.

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Derek had gotten back from surgery ten minutes later, and then Cristina and Owen had arrived shortly after. They all sat around the living room, watching some of Ellis Grey's old surgeries. All of the attending doctors admiring her work, the residents all gasping and cheering in the right places.

A knock on the door interrupted them, Meredith got up.

"Hey." She grinned, opening the door to reveal Addison and Callie. Callie looked completely relaxed, as it was common for everyone to gather at the Grey house.

Addison, however, looked a cross between nervous and tired.

"Come in." Meredith stepped aside and let the two women in. "Everyone but Mark is here, they're all in there." She pointed in the direction of the living room, before making her own way to the kitchen.

Addison looked at Callie with a pleading gaze.

"Go." The ortho doctor gave her a little nudge.

"Hey Addison!" Izzie greeted from her place on the floor. She smiled in return as she scanned the rest of the room. Arizona was perched on a large chair, obviously waiting for Callie. Owen and Cristina were sharing the couch with Derek - an empty space next to him for Meredith. Alex was on the other singular chair and Teddy was sitting with Izzie on the carpet. With the exception of Arizona, Teddy and Derek - who had glasses filled with alcohol - everyone had beer.

"Do you want a drink?" Izzie bounced up and headed towards the drinks table.

"Beer." Callie said.

"Uh- same." Addison nodded. "Thank you." She smiled, taking the bottle from the blonde.

"Callie." Arizona gestured, patting the spot on the chair next to her. Callie grinned and went to join her.

Addison was left hovering for a second, deciding where to sit. This did not go unnoticed by a partially drunk Cristina.

"Hey Doctor Montgomery, it's chilly outside, you have nowhere to sit and Karev looks a little cold," She smirked. "Maybe you two could snuggle in that chair of his?"

If looks could kill, everyone in the room but Addison would've violently murdered Cristina.

"Cristina…" Izzie glared at her.

"Shut it, Yang." Alex hissed, Addison's face turned the shade of her hair.

"You can sit here, Addison." Teddy offered, shuffling towards Izzie on the floor to make room.

"Thanks." She muttered, giving the cardio surgeon a small smile, before sitting down and catching eye contact with Alex - but quickly looking away. Teddy pretended not to notice the glance; but the blonde's eyes lit up with interest.

Izzie pressed the play button on the controller and most of the doctors went back to watching the screen, where Ellis Grey was performing on of her medical history-breaking surgeries.

Addison sipped at her beer, forcing her eyes to focus on the TV. Her mind kept floating back to the events of the past few days. Only four days ago, she had been sitting outside on her patio when her own party was going on inside; panicking about how she wasn't ready to marry Sam. Now here she was, back in Seattle. Once again, she'd run away from her whole life. She ran from everything.

"Food!" Meredith's voice calling from the kitchen interrupted her worried thoughts.

"Finally." Alex jumped up from his seat, followed by Cristina, Owen, Izzie and Arizona.

Addison, Teddy, Derek and Callie were left watching the surgery. Derek looked around and realised who he had been left with.

"Uh- I'm going to go… eat." Callie glared at him as he left, as he still hadn't apologised to Addison for yesterday.

"He's such an ass." Callie muttered, her best friend instincts kicking in.

"He was just angry, Cal." Addison replied quietly.

"Yeah, but he can't even say sorry to you; it would damage his McDreamy ego."

Teddy scoffed in both amusement and agreement.

"I don't care."

"I'm sorry about what Cristina said, as well." Teddy said to the red head.

"It's fine. She's drunk."

"And she's Yang." Callie pointed out.

"I saw the look Karev gave you." Teddy smiled slightly.

Addison just gawped for a second, her mouth opening and closing like a goldfish, before responding.

"There wasn't a look." She defended.

"There was a look." Teddy nodded confidently.

"What sort of look?" Callie asked excitedly.

"The 'I-care-about-you-but-I'm-to-embarrassed-to-tell-you look'."

"There was no look!" Addison insisted. Teddy raised her eyebrows. "I don't care about Ale-"

Callie's loud fake cough covered up the rest of her sentence as the door opened and Cristina and Owen came in, followed by Alex; pizza plates in hand.

"Here." Alex offered Addison the one he was holding.

"That's yours." She stated obviously.

"No." He held it out until she took it from him. "Mine's in the kitchen, that's for you. I thought you might want something to eat. I know you like pepperoni."

Addison tried to ignore the smirking faces of Teddy and Callie that she could see out the corner of her eye, as she went a slight shade of pink and just smiled back at him. "Uh- Thanks, Karev."

"No problem." He returned the smile, and left to get his own food.

Addison could see the how hard they were trying not to laugh. "Shut up."

"Sorry Addison." Teddy chuckled.

"I thought you might want something to eat. I know you like pepperoni. " Callie mimicked gleefully.

Addison ignored them and picked up a slice of pizza, making a sound of satisfaction. "That's good." She nodded, her mouth full of food.

Arizona, Izzie and Derek came back into the room, plates full. Arizona gave Callie her one and snuggled closer to her girlfriend. Addison looked away, feeling awkward.

Teddy watched for a minute as everyone ate their pizza, before sighing and getting up off the floor. "Oh right, I forgot I'm all alone. Guess I have to get my own pizza."

Addison's gaze followed her as she left, before she turned to Callie. "Is she upset?"

"No." Arizona answered for her wife. "She's joking. She wouldn't be alone if she just went on a date with her hottie-husband." The blonde sounded slightly annoyed, as if she had tried to convince Teddy many times to date this man.

"She has a husband? Why would she need to date him?" Addison frowned, confused.

"She married him because he needed insurance, it was sweet. He's her patient and now he's flirting with her and telling her he likes her eyes, and she won't do anything about it! I mean, they're perfect for each other, they-"

"Ok, we get it." Cristina interrupted, taking a swing of beer. "It's all very gross and romantic. But can we stop gossiping about Desert-Storm-Barbie, some of us are trying to watch Ellis Grey save a life."

Arizona made a small "Hmph." sound, snuggled closer to Callie and took a bite of her own pizza.

Teddy came back into the room and sat back down next to Addison.

They waited until Ellis Grey's surgery had finished until they began talking, most of them scared of Cristina's half-drunken wrath. When Meredith's mother started closing on her successful surgery Cristina started clapping a little, much to the amusement of Meredith and Teddy.

"You are so lucky she was your mother." Cristina said enviously, leaning on Meredith, who sat next to her.

Izzie rolled her eyes. "Who wants dessert?"

"Yes!" Alex said enthusiastically, following Izzie into the kitchen to help her. Addison gave a small smirk at his eagerness.

"So… Montgomery." A now very drunk Cristina slurred, slapping her hand down onto the top of Addison's head and slowly mussing her red hair around. "What's the dish?"

"Dish?" Callie scoffed.

"The dirt." Cristina continued. "Why'd you leave you're sexy fiancée? Was he crazy? Did he have bodies in his basement?"

Addison looked down awkwardly. "Uh- no."

"Were you hiding bodies in your basement?" The resident raised an eyebrow.

"No." Addison said, more firmly.

"Shut up, Yang." Derek said suddenly, everyone turned to look at him.

"She doesn't have to talk about it." He said. Addison gave him a small smile, and knew that was his was of apologising.

"Ooohhh. Don't be such a stroppy girl, McDreamy."

Alex came back in, holding two plates of the most delicious looking chocolate cake Addison had ever seen. He stopped in front of her and held one plate out for her.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Callie's grin, and she tried to ignore it.

"Thanks." Addison smiled. Alex sat back down in his chair.

"Hey, Evil Spawn, where's mine?" Cristina asked.

"Get your own, Yang."

"But you got her some."

Alex's cheeks went pink while he tried to think of an answer. "I like her. I don't like you."

"Ooh, Karev's in lo-ove." She began to chant. "Karev and Red, sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G, S-E-X-I-N-G…. Owen, I'm bored, go get me cake."

Owen didn't bother arguing and left the room.

"Well this is turning out well." Derek said, as Addison and Alex had both turned the colour of Addison's hair.

"Who wants to play Truth or Dare?" Cristina jumped up suddenly, sounding excited.

"No thanks, Yang." Callie chuckled.

"You suck." She huffed.

The sound of the doorbell broke the silence, Meredith all but leaped off her chair. "Mark and Lexie are here!"

The evening picked up pace from then, Mark and Lexie explained how it had gotten even more snowy outside, and Mark complained how hard it was driving in it. Cristina got even more drunk, and began dancing to Meredith's music player. Meredith joined her and everyone either talked in small groups or watched the two girls dance it out.

"Calliope." Arizona tapped her wife on the shoulder, Callie turned around to see the blonde smiling. "Do you want to dance with me?"

Callie grinned and took Arizona's hand and they joined Cristina and Meredith in the middle of the room.

Addison was sat on the sofa next to Teddy, the two girls discussing Teddy's hottie-husband and Arizona's frustration to be match-maker. When Addison felt a warm hand on her elbow.

"Doctor Montgomery." It was Alex. "Would you like to dance." He gave her that trademark smirk that she couldn't say no to. She looked back at Teddy, who winked. She nodded at Alex and took his hand, and they mixed in with they other four dancers.

Addison felt more happy than she had ever been in the past few months, but something deep down inside her knew that it wouldn't last…

Oooohh. Cryptic…

Ha. Anyway, please please please review :D