"i'm coming with you." meredith pleaded.

"no mer, you have work. you can't just drop everything and leave for me."

"i can and i will."

"no, you won't. i'll call you everyday and update you okay? i promise."

"you better keep that promise."

"when have i ever lied to you? now, help me pack."

"is alex coming with you?"

"no. i told him the same thing i told you."

"he's the father. maybe it's a better idea if he comes."

"i can do this by myself. it's a minor, noninvasive surgery and i'll be back on my feet within the week. there's nothing to worry about."

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"hello, is this dr. grey?" addison asked from the other side of the phone.

"yeah. is there a problem with the surgery? can you still do it?" madelyn began to worry.

"no, i can still do it, but i'm coming to seattle soon so you don't need to fly to new york."

"why are you coming to seattle?"

"some.. personal issues. i'm moving there and'll be there within the next few weeks. just wanted to let you know so you wouldn't fly

to new york for nothing."

"thanks dr montgomery."

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"there's no reason to be ashamed. it's normal. healthy, even."madelyn heard izzie say from down the hall. madelyn rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and walked out of her room to find izzie and george outside of the bathroom.

"put a shirt on george." madelyn joked.

george sent madelyn a look and continued his conversation with izzie.

"i'm not ashamed cause i wasn't doing anything. i don't have to. i have a girlfriend."

"an imaginary girlfriend?" izzie teased.

"an actual girlfriend."

madelyn rolled her eyes and became disinterested in the conversation. she let out a yawn and walked down to the kitchen and sat next to meredith.

"morning." meredith mumbled.

"morning. i got some news. the baby doctor is flying down to new york soon. she's moving here."

"thank god. i was worried for you to go to new york alone."

"i'm just glad i don't have to go broke getting there."

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"there's too much damage. we'll have to remove the colon instead of a local resection." dr webber said. him, bailey, meredith, and madelyn were in the middle of a surgery.

"you gotta push it up." webber instructed bailey.

madelyn watched as webber had problems tying a suture. her and meredith shared a worried look.

"more suture. and what's with these damn lights in here? it's too damn crowded in here. madelyn, scrub out." he complained. meredith adjusted the light and madelyn left the o.r. and sat with derek in the gallery.

"hey derek."

"madelyn."

"did you see webber? he seems.. off."

"yeah i noticed." derek answered.

"do you think we should ask him?"

"no it'll just scare him off. if something is really wrong he'll come to us." derek assured.

"i hope you're right."

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"hey, syph boy." christina mocked george as him and alex sat down at the lunch table. madelyn tried to hold in her laughter as george turned red.

"you told her?" george asked izzie.

"just christina. and madelyn." izzie admitted.

"syph boy. it's got a nice ring to it, kind of like superboy, only diseased." alex joked.

"izzie didn't have to say a word. around here, the only thing that spreads faster than disease is gossip." madelyn pointed out.

"that's not true. just cause izzie can't keep her mouth shut doesn't mean everyone knows." george defended.

"hey george. how you feeling, sorry about the syphilis." meredith told him as she joined the table.

"everybody in this hospital knows?" george asked.

"knows you're a player." alex added.

"you're disturbed." george shot back.

"true." madelyn pitched in.

"everybody's got a secret. be glad yours is out in the open." alex explained.

"oh, yeah, alex what's yours?" christina prodded.

"show me yours, and i'll show you mine." he said back.

"i bet you have some seriously kinky skeletons in your closet." alex joked. madelyn let out a giggle.

"you're one to talk alex." she said nonchalantly.

"shut up." he mumbled back.

"what's in my closet is none of your business." said christina.

"well, i don't have any secrets. my life is boring." said izzie.

"everybody's got something to hide." meredith half mumbled. her and madelyn exchanged a knowing glance. the rest of the group looked to the pair who were sitting beside each other.

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it was the end of the day and madelyn was. walking to the doors of the hospital when she saw derek and meredith together. she smiled and joined the pair.

she was about to start conversation when she saw dr montgomery walk through the hospital doors.

she quickly rushed over to her and held her hand out.

"dr montgomery. it's nice to finally meet you. i'm dr grey, the woman with the twins. we spoke over the phone." madelyn introduced. addison smiled lightly and shook her hand. addison glanced behind madelyn. madelyn turned around and saw derek staring at her.

addison started to walk towards derek and madelyn followed behind her.

"dr montgomery, this is my sister meredith, and obviously you know derek." madelyn introduced.

"addison." derek said. meredith looked confused.

"what are you doing here?" derek asked her.

"you'd know if you bothered to return any one of my phone calls."addison turned to meredith.

"hi. i'm addison shepherd." addison shook meredith's hand.

"shepherd?" said meredith.

"and you must be the woman who's been screwing my husband."

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