This is my first fanfiction, I want to say thank you to BadassGenius (my betareader) and Lidocaina.

The label is a phrase of the Coldplay's song "Violet Hill". I don't own Grey's Anatomy or Private Practise, neither the charactes are mine, I just invented Charlotte one.

I hope you like it, I'd like to read your reviews.

I suggest you to read this chapter listening to Coldplay or Muse songs.

FIRST CHAPTER

Seattle - Derek and Meredith broke up a month ago.

[Derek's Voice-over]

Sometimes people walk on. Because they have different objectives (Christina & Burke), feelings (Izzie & George), worth (Addison & Alex) or simply for unspoken words(Addison & Derek), but that doesn't mean they stop loving each other. Some of them will always be in love with each other, others won't (Meredith & Derek).

It happened when she, after a bad day, got drunk. And as she arrived home, Tequila talked.

"Derek, you know what? I'm a very stupid girl."

It made Derek awake. "Mer, what's going on?" He asked her with his eyes still narrowed.

"I don't love you anymore. I realized that I love you as a neurosurgeon only, and after Addison I wanted you just because I couldn't have you. You want children, I don't. We can't stay together, we are different."

He couldn't understand her words. "Mer it's 1.00 am, you are drunk."

"No Derek, I was drunk but now I... I'll sleep on the sofa. Take all the time you need to pack your things."

"Mer, ok it's over but you have to know that I will never come back. And I'm going out now, I'll take my things tomorrow. Goodbye Meredith, take care of yourself."

It was a normal day in Seattle, but all the doctors were looking at a woman who was talking to the Chief. She was tall, with long blonde hair. Interns looked at her with curiosity. Men were attracted by her, women were envious. The beautiful woman was very classy, she was wearing a Ferragamo red dress, a pair of black Louboutin shoes and a big black Hermes Birkin, limited edition.

That day Meredith had to work with Shepherd, but they both didn't like it. Derek was walking with Mark when Mark told him "Shep, you have to date someone!"

"Mark shut up!"

Meredith arrived there and said "Doctor Shepherd this is the blood test of Miss Bluss. Do I prepare her for the operation?"

"Yes, Grey." he answered.

Then, Mark said "Derek, I could recognize those legs everywhere and that arse, ohh that arse..."

"Mark, what the fuck are you saying?" he turned back, saw that woman and then told his friend "But she's..."

That blonde, tall and sexy woman walked to Derek and passionately hugged him.

It shocked Meredith, who was thinking "Is she another wife? Another sister? What a shame!"

While she was thinking about all the possibilities, Derek said "Charlotte! What are you doing here? I'm so happy to see you! How many years have passed? 7 or 8 years already!"

"Derek! Yes, almost 8 years. I've missed you a lot, my Dinky!" she replied smiling.

Meredith thought " Dinky? "and said " Ok I'll go, I've a lot of.. stuff to do."

Derek nodded without paying attention to her.

Mark greeted Charlotte too. "Charlie, why don't you hug me? Come here!"

Charlotte answered, laughing "Because you are the most stupid jerk in the world!"

"She's right, Mark!" Derek agreed with his friend "Charlie, why are you here?"

She smiled and answered "Richard called me. There's a woman with a complicated heart problem. Only my mother, other 2 doctors in the world and I can save her life, so he just called me!"

"Oh talking about your mother... How is she?"

"After my dad's death she isn't the same person anymore. My mom is not cold like an ice-cube anymore, she doesn't speak to anybody and she is in some sort of depression... She doesn't go to the hospital, she neither answers to Captain. It's like a shame."

"What? Stephen died? When? Why didn't you call me?" Derek was shocked.

"It happened a month ago. He had an heart attack while he was driving. Your mother came to the funeral and told me you were busy. She's very nice, she always brings food."

Derek was embarrassed "Oh that's the reason of her calls. She has called me thousand of times lately, but I didn't answer her. Charlie, I'm so sorry. I don't know what to say... Can you forgive me?"

Charlotte looked at Derek and she gave him HER "McDreamy" smile.

Mark, who was watching the scene not too far from them, recognized her smile. Once they were in love. "She's so beautiful, and when she smiles … oh" he thought.

"Sure, I'll forgive you but only if you have dinner with me tonight. I'm at Archfield Hotel, it's nice. Addison suggested it to me. So shall we have dinner there? Is it ok for you?"

Derek answered her "Sure... but Charlie, you said Addison suggested you the hotel... Did she come to the funeral?"

She replied embarrassed "No, but she called me and we talked a lot. She's one of my best friends and after that we've kept in touch everyday so when I told her that I'll be in Seattle, she suggested me that hotel."

Derek thought that if they're best friends again, she surely knows all the story about Meredith but his thought stopped when their pagers started to ring so he just said "See you at the Archfield at 9pm, okay?"

"Perfect Dinky!"

"Don't call me Dinky!" he shouted.

After Derek left, Charlotte was looking at the exams of her patient and an annoying person told her:

"Hi Doctor Camding, I'm Cristina Yang. I've worked a lot with doctor Burke when he was here and I'll be very happy to work with you because I read all the studies you did when I was at Stanford."

Charlotte interrupted her "Doctor Yang, right? You don't have to tell me all these things. I just need a doctor and the Chief assigned me Karev, but if you really want to operate with me, perhaps you can work with Karev. It's a long surgery so you both can scrub in, but you'll have to follow me like a shadow all day."

Cristina incredulous said "Sure, do you need anything?"

"Just one thing. Talk less".

Karev and Avery saw Charlotte. Avery asked "Who's that sexy woman?"

Karev answered "She's doctor Camding, she's a cardiothoracic surgeon and I'll work with her tomorrow. She's like God!"

"She's sexy too!" Avery stated, admiring the new doctor.

"I got that you like her, but I'll work with her. Bye Avery" Karev said, walking away.

8.00 pm

"Karev, Yang I want you to study the procedure, so tomorrow you'll be ready. But sleep too, I don't want to see anybody yawning in my OR! Goodnight!" Charlotte said and left the hospital.

Karev commented "She is one of the sexiest woman I've ever seen."

"You're a jerk" Christina muttered.

In the meanwhile Meredith arrived there and said "I can't work with him anymore… and that woman, probably she's one of his sisters or another hidden wife... he's such a jerk."

Christina said "Alex is a jerk too. But she isn't his sister, she is Charlotte Camding, the daughter of Stephen and Kirsten Camding. They're both cardiothoracic surgeons, and she's too. She's called the daughter of the heart. She's one of the most important cardiothoracic surgeons in the world..."

Alex interrupted her " Please stop doing it. You read her biography on Wikipedia and you know everything about her, you're noisy."

Meredith started talking "So she's just an old friend of Derek, maybe they worked together..."

"Not exactly. Derek went to Columbia, didn't he?"

"Yes."

"She went there too, she's my myth. I know everything about her. I saw her in a conference with Burke. She worked first at Mt Sinai in New York, then she moved to Miami and worked at Mt Sinai too."

"Ok Alex's right. You are unbearable, you're like an encyclopedia" Meredith said.

9.00 pm at Archfield

Derek entered into the hotel's hall and asked for Miss Camding's room.

"It's 728, seventh floor. Is she waiting for you?"

"Sure."

He went to the elevator. Arrived at the seventh floor, he knocked on his friend's door.

She opened the door, smiled at Derek and made him enter.

"You're very punctual! I thought we can have dinner here, so we can talk quietly."

"Here it's perfect!"

After the dinner, that they spent talking about Charlotte's operation and about Meredith, they sat on the sofa of this big room and Charlotte said "You know Derek, I didn't cry, people usually burst into tears, but I didn't. When my mother called me, I rationally took the first plane to New York, such as an ice-cube, then my mother couldn't do anything about documents and other stuff, so I did everything. The day of the funeral I had to be strong for the coldest woman in the world, so I didn't cry."

Tears started streaming down her face.

"Can I cry on your shoulder? I've missed you a lot in these years."

Derek hadn't ever seen his best friend crying and told her "Sure Charlie. You know, you can always cry on my shoulder, you are my best friend, you're like a sister to me, even if I already have four sisters. We were always together, we spent hours and hours talking about your absent parents, my intrusive mother and my noisy sisters."

She smiled. "You know what? You always make me feel better! And you should follow my advices."

Derek looked at her, perplexed "What?"

"Yes, you should go far away from Seattle. You told me that you can't stand Meredith and all her friends. Come back to New York with me. I've moved there, my mother can't stay alone. Your sister Nancy invited me to enjoy Thanksgiving with your family. I'll go. Come with me!"

"I have to think about it. I'm not sure that I want to stay in New York... I have too many bad memories about it..."

"And many good memories too…" she whispered "Ok think about it, but promise me that you'll think about it."

Derek said "I will. I promise."

It was late and Derek left Charlie's room after one of the best nights of the last days.