Countdown to the New Year
Disclaimer: I do not own the Grey's Anatomy characters, because if I did do you seriously think I would be at home writing fan-fictions?
Summary: Seattle Grace hospital is having a New Years Eve party and all of our favorite people are going. The attendings, the residents and of course this years new interns. The only thing getting in the way of everyone' s good time is the tradition that you have to kiss someone at midnight. Do you see the pairings coming? Read and review, a two shot
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"Preperations"
Meredith walked into Izzie's room to find the blond furiously wrestling with a curling iron. Meredith didn't even get why they had to go to this stupid New Year's Eve party, but Izzie said (and I quote) "it will get you in the good with the attendings, plus Mer it will be fun!" But seriously Meredith didn't see how putting more then a dozen geeks who cut people open for a living, in the same room, would be fun. Plus they would also have to look out for their stupid interns (cough Lexie cough) and how were they supposed to get drunk enough to make the party seem fun if they had to look out for pre- schoolers with scalpels?
Izzie turned around and, in a very Izzie like fashion, looked perfect. She was wearing a brown spaghetti strap dress that showed off her eyes and her hair was curled all over the place. Now normally Meredith didn't mind the fact that Izzie looked perfect, but in comparison, Meredith's outfit didn't look nearly as good. She was wearing a blue dress that she had thought looked okay and her hair was down because she didn't feel like wrestling the curling iron. "George will be a very lucky man tonight."
However, that seemed to be the wrong thing to say because Izzie frowned, "Uh… Mer I don't… I don't think it's going to work… me and George that is." She sighed and then continued, "I sort of broke it off with him last week. And it sort of sucks because now I don't have anyone to kiss at midnight."
Now, okay, most things Izzie said confused Meredith but the thing that she had just said reached an eight on the confusion meter. Someone to kiss at midnight? What was this nonsense? "What do you mean Izzie?" Meredith curiously asked her, taking a step into the room.
"Oh you know Meredith, the tradition that at midnight you kiss someone," Izzie answered putting on her hoop earrings. Now normally Meredith would think that it was a joke, but Izzie' s expression was deadpan and Izzie would never joke about a holiday, or cooking (but that is a different matter). So naturally Meredith stared at Izzie until she noticed." What?" Izzie snapped.
"Its just…I mean do we really have to kiss someone at midnight?" Meredith asked, once again not seeing the point except to kiss someone, which, of course, you could do any old day at any old time.
"Well Meredith, if you want to be traditional," Izzie said (of course she said it in a way that made it clear she thought traditional was the was to go),"you have to kiss someone at midnight. Besides why don't you just kiss Derek, I mean you've kissed him before and it wasn't awkward, right?"
Meredith sighed : her and Derek, what a topic. The fact that Izzie just assumed they would kiss each other made her mad (even though secretly, she would like to kiss him as well). "I don't know Iz…hurry up so we can get going."
Izzie nodded." What about Alex?" she asked." Doesn't he need a ride?"
Meredith shook her head. "Nope, he already left, which is a sure sign that we are late." She made sure to emphasize the late part. Because if Alex was already at the stupid and pointless party, it meant he waited until the last minute.
Izzie fixed a beautiful necklace in place and said," Don't worry, arriving fashionably late is a style, and I am ready to go." She stood up and walked past Meredith towards the stairs. Meanwhile all Meredith was thinking was 'they better have Vodka'. Suddenly Izzie's voice traveled up the stairs, "Hurry up Meredith!" Meredith sighed this was going to be a long night.
AN: Sorry about the shortness, but the next chapter will be longer. Please review nicely. Next chapter, "The Party of the Year"
