Disclaimer: I do not own any the characters from Grey's Anatomy.
Description: The staff of Seattle Grace embarks on an interesting journey. Friendships will be made, love will be discovered. Addex bits of Burktina, MerDer, McStizzie, George&Callie
Sunny Side Up
Chapter 1- Time's up
It seemed like an ordinary day, yet it wasn't. Not even close. It felt the same, it looked the same but something was different. Something seemed….off. Yet everything was normal. There were patients waiting to be cared for, and nurses gossiping away behind their desks. There were also a few doctors getting frisky behind closed doors, as always...The only noticeable difference was that it was a bit more quiet than usual. But that wasn't it. There was something else, but what was it?
Addison Montgomery made her way to the OR board to see if she had any surgeries scheduled but her name was nowhere to be found. As she read the board, she noticed that there weren't any of the regular names. She could find Derek's, nor Preston's. There was no sign of Mark, Bailey or even Callie. This was odd. It might just have been her, but she was certain that there was something weird about the fact that none of the best surgeons of Seattle Grace were scheduled for surgery. Sure it happened that one would get a day without any, but that all of them would suddenly find themselves unoccupied at the exact same time…there was definitely more to this.
Addison made her way to the chief's office but he wasn't there. She asked a nurse if she had seen him in today. The nurse told her that Dr. Webber was waiting for her in the conference room. Bizarre, Addison thought to herself. Nevertheless, she started walking to the conference room. As the elevator doors opened, she looked up and saw Alex Karev leaning against the wall. She walked in briskly her mind elsewhere.
'Dr. Montgomery,' Alex said.
'Karev,' she replied distractedly.
'Where are you off to?'
'The conference room.'
'Me too.'
'Seriously?'
'Seriously. I was looking for Dr. Bailey and a nurse told me the Chief was waiting for me there.'
'Same here…I wonder what this is about.'
Before he could reply, the elevator doors came open and they saw a large group of people huddled around the conference room door. There was Derek, Mark, Preston, Meredith, Izzie, George, Cristina and Callie. They were all bickering with each other about what this was all about. Addison and Alex joined the frenzy. Every one was yelling but still, no one knew what was going on.
'Derek! This is not my fault! Why are you yelling at me?' Addison said anger evident in her voice.
'I'm yelling?! Look who's talking!?'
'I'm tired of you blaming me for everything thing that goes wrong in your life!'
'Oh no, not this again. Addison, we've talked about this. Let's not go back down that road,' Derek replied tiredly.
'That's the thing Derek: We haven't talked about this. I think we should address the issue!'
'Addi-'
He was cut off by the deep voice of Chief Webber. That definitely shut them all up. They all turned to him, curiosity written all over their faces. He motioned to the conference room, inviting them all to enter so they could talk more privately.
They all took their seats, each placing themselves strategically so they could avoid someone. They sat at the table, Derek next to Meredith, with Cristina next to her, and Burke following on her other side. Next to Burke was Addison, with Alex at her side, then Izzie, then Mark, George, and finally, Callie.
The Chief looked at the all and smiled slightly. He looked like he was thinking about his words carefully. He glanced around the table, staring each and every one of them directly in the eye before sitting himself at the very end of the table.
'You have all just proved my point,' he said. The smile was gone from his face, and was replaced by a frown. 'You all act like a bunch of teenagers around each other. Whether it be because you don't like someone', he looked between Callie and Izzie, 'or because you do like someone,' this time he looked to Addison and Alex, 'you all act like you're a bunch of hormone driven 15 year olds. It's got to stop.'
Everyone had definitely noticed the look Chief had sent Addison and Alex. They looked at them questioningly but both refused to make eye contact with anyone, preferring to stare straight ahead.
'I was hoping that these problems would solve themselves and so I decided to give it some time,' he continued slowly, 'but it is obvious that isn't going to happen. Time's up! Therefore, I've decided to take things into my own hands.'
They looked at him expectantly. They all looked slightly embarrassed about the situation but confused about where Dr. Webber was going with this. Silence stretched on as he continued to stare them down. Maybe he had paused for dramatic effect but this was insane. They wanted so desperately to know what he had decided to do. Finally, someone spoke up:
'So are you…going to tell us what you decided to do…Chief, sir?' Cristina said hurriedly. They all wanted the answer to the question but Cristina, being as curious as she was, just had to say something.
'Yes, Dr. Yang. I was getting to that,' he said through his teeth. 'I thought long and hard about how to deal with this, and I've decided that…'
Meredith had an intense look on her face and Derek's mouth was somewhat open. Cristina was on the edge of her seat as opposed to Burke who looked relaxed as always, but there was a slight twitch in his face. Addison was leaning forward as if she thought that if she didn't listen carefully, she would miss it. Alex looked pretty indifferent to it all, as usual, but he was just as curious as every other doctor in the room, maybe even more. Izzie's eyes were very big and round and Mark was displaying a bit of annoyance at the situation. Finally, George and Callie looked on at the Chief as if he had quite possibly lost his mind. The Chief smiled in amusement as he watched the awaiting faces of his staff.
'You're all going to the Bahamas,' he finished.