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"Addie I'm glad you're finding your footing but I really have to go." Meredith said as she tried to do her makeup in the bathroom mirror.
"Where are you going?"
"Intern mixer for the hospital."
"Fun." Addison grumbled.
"It will be." Meredith said twisting her hair up into a twist. "Ugg this isn't going right." She put it down and shook her hair up.
"Hey babe what are you doing?" Mark kissed her cheek.
"Trying to get my hair right for tonight, here take this." She shoved the phone into his hand. She pulled her hair up and then threw it back down.
"Who is it?" Mark asked looking at the phone in his hand.
"Addie." Meredith turned back to her hair.
"Oh, hey Addison babe." Mark chuckled as he watched his wife mess with her hair.
"Oh great it's Mark." Addison said sarcastically.
"Nice to talk to you Addison." He looked over at Meredith who finally had her hair perfectly. "Oh and look my wife is done now so here she is." He passed the phone back to Meredith kissing her quickly and walking away.
"He hates me he officially hates me." Addison wined.
"Well you did cheat on his best friend."
"Thanks for reminding me." Addison grumbled.
"I love you Addie but I have to go ok I'll talk you later."
"Yeah have fun with that." Addison said.
"I will bye."
"Bye." Meredith put the phone down and shook her head. She walked into her bedroom and grabbed her dress and shoes. "Mark baby you really have to play nice."
"Nice you want me to play nice the bitch cheated on my best friend Meredith."
"I know that don't you think I know that." Meredith said shimming into her dress. "Zip me up." She turned around and Mark zipped her. She turned back around and looked at him. "I know what she did really I do." She sat down on the bed and started to put her shoes on. "but she's my best friend and I know how hurt Derek is but you didn't set up nights listening to her cry when he didn't show up at night and Yes I know she can be selfish and yes I know what she did was wrong but she's still my friend." Meredith stood up and looked at him.
"I can't I have to stick with him." Mark shook his head.
"Fine." Meredith shook his head. "I can't…" she stopped and looked at her husband. "Why are we fighting about this." She looked deeply into his eyes from across the room.
"Because they are our friends and we think we have to protect them." He sighed. Pulling his wife close and kissing her forehead.
"Don't mess up my makeup I'm finally perfect and we have to get going now or we're going to be late."
"Fine lets go." Mark sighed grabbing his keys off the dresser and heading towards the door. He met Derek in the hallway. "Ready?"
"Yeah lets get this over with." Derek sighed.
"Hey Maybe there will be some hot women there you never know." Mark smirked.
"Marcus Everett Sloan." Meredith hit his head.
"Hey ow." He rubbed the back of his head and looked over at his wife. Who at that moment was staring down Derek.
"Derek Cristopher Shepard you will not go home with a strange woman do I make myself clear."
"Crystal." He smirked.
"I mean it Derek." She scolded following him out the door and into the car.
"Meredith jeez he's a grown Man." Mark got into the car and started the engine.
"A grown man who is still legally married.
"A grown man whose wife cheated on him." Mark countered.
"That doesn't mean he gets a free pass to cheat." Meredith shot back.
"I'm sitting right here you two do know that right." Derek tried to break in.
"We know." Meredith glared at him almost daring him to try and go home with some random woman that night. He held his hands up in surrender figuring shutting up was his best option at that moment.
"Ok you two we're here you can stop staring daggers at each other." Mark pulled into the hospital parking lot and cut the engine. "Lets get going." The air in the car was becoming stifling.
Meredith opened the car door and took Marks arm as Derek got out of the back seat. She bite her lip and looked up at the imposing building. "Lets go." She blew out a breath and clutched onto Marks arm tighter.
"Are you Ok."
"Yeah fine." She shook her head trying to clear the flashing memories of a childhood spent roaming the hallways of Settle Grace hospital. They walked into the hospital and Mark hit the elevator button.
"Meredith." She turned and her smile wobbled slightly as she saw the man striding towards her.
"Chief Webber."
"It's good to have you in the hospital Meredith." He looked over at Mark and Derek "And I guess I get stuck with these two also." He teased.
"Oh you know you're happy to see use Chief." Mark shook his hand.
"Yeah two world class surgeons who could pass that up." Derek boasted.
"Don't mind them Chief they're heads will swell two much if you encourage them."
"And we wouldn't want that." Richard winked.
"No we wouldn't." Meredith giggled as the Elevator doors slide open. "So how boring is this going to be." Meredith asked stepping on.
"Boring I resent that." Richard smirked "My parties are never boring."
"Sure you forget I've been to a lot of your parties and one time I was so board I stole a deck of cards from an attending and started to play Solitaire."
"That's because you weren't old enough to drink." Mark snorted.
"Well I promise there is plenty of alcohol at this party."
"Great." Meredith rubbed her hands together as the door slide open and she got her first glimpse of the people she would be working with.
A/N thanks to everyone that has reviewed this story.