Or at least there is nothing to worry about for long-suffering MerDer lovers, according to brief Grey's Anatomy spoiler tidbit from E! Online this morning ...

Q: I'm tired of hearing about the Addison-Derek kiss! Tell me it's not going to happen. If Meredith and Derek break up over this, I'm out. Shonda Rhimes is a liar.

A: It does appear there is a kiss in the promo, but as I said before, there will be no romance between Addison (Kate Walsh) and Derek (Patrick Dempsey). My source said "your eyes are playing tricks on you." So fear not! And for the love of nonlovers with good hair, keep the pins away from your Shonda voodoo doll, OK?

Any affection between Addison and Derek - now friends - is purely platonic.

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