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"Ugggh" a sleep dishevelled Alex grunted as he shuffled into the kitchen
"I know" Izzie replied as she continued mixing the sticky batter with a spoon.
Alex stood, one hand scratching at his t-shirt covered chest, yawning watching the spoon move around the bowl in a daze. He was distracted by the clatter of the spoon against the bowl as Izzie moved back to her recipe. "Why are you baking at 3am?" he asked.
"Why are you standing in the kitchen in a daze at 3am?" Izzie retorted
Both sets of eyes raised to the ceiling as a muffled rhythmic banging started up.
"Because of that" Alex replied
"Well, that's why I'm baking" Izzie offered, adding more ingredients to her bowl.
"No, that's why you're awake, no one can sleep through that" a scream punctated the air, as if to prove a point. "but, why are you baking, you bake when you're sad? Or so the screaming one tells me"
"Well I figure doing something is less depressing than laying in my bed, listening to them go on and on and on while I grow cobwebs between my legs" Izzie spat back.
The screams above continued to build in frequency as the banging returned, both noises synching together as they built to a crescendo and finally stopped.
"That's round three over" Izzie said as she recommenced stiring.
"They weren't like this before" Alex said, "I mean they were occasionally loud, but nothing like this"
"Yeah they were, before, you know" Izzie said
"Before what?" Alex asked
"Before Addison"
"Oh. Well that's a good thing right?"
"For them, yeah I guess it's a great thing" a loud giggle punctated the air, Izzie sighed "For us, not so much."
A new noise rented the night air. "What was that?" Alex asked "Are the moving furniture now?"
Any reply Izzie was going to offer was cut short as the kitchen door swung open, revealing a tussled haired, petite woman.
"Dr Grey" Izzie greeted with a wry tone
"Oh, umm, Hi Dr Stevens" offered the girl as she stood just inside the door tentatively "You're cooking?" she asked.
"Baking, can't sleep with that going on" said Izzy pointing at the roof.
The girl blushed "Oh, yeah, it's, umm, loud, isn't it?"
"That it is" Izzie replied turning back to Alex and grinning at him with her eyebrows raised quizzically. "Does it run in the genes?" she asked.
Lexie looked at her blankly, then looked to Alex, her eyes widening in horror as realisation dawned. "Oh My God, is, that, is that, Meredith?"
Alex chuckled and nodded in reply. Lexie reached out and smacked him the chest "You didn't mention you lived with my sister" she hissed.
Izzie laughed, this was good entertainment and a good distraction from the continuing noises upstairs.
Alex shrugged at Lexie "It didn't come up, you too seem to be ok with each other at the hospital I didn't realise it was a problem"
"We are, it's not a problem, It's just, oh, now I've heard my half-sister have screaming orgasms all night, it will make the getting to know you process even harder than it already is. I mean how do I look at her with a straight face tomorrow, I mean, now that I've heard that. I mean don't you find it embarrassing at all?"
Alex and Izzie stared at Lexie while she rambled on. As much as they were very different people there were clearly some traits both sisters had inherited from their father.
"Not really" Izzie answered "She likes sex, apparently from what we hear she's good at it, and she's a good friend. So do I feel awkward at the hospital the next day after listening to her scream all night? Tired yes, awkward no"
"Oh" said Lexie still clearly uncomfortable, "umm I guess"
A long muffled male groan filled the room
"Him on the other hand, not so comfortable seeing the next day" Izzie added
Lexie looked at Izzy in confusion, the turned a bright shade of scarlet as she realised "Oh My Flipping God, That's Dr Shephered!" she exclaimed.
"Flipping" Izzie mocked
"She's the sweet Grey" Alex shrugged
"I'm not that sweet" Lexie interjected
"No clearly not" Izzie said looking between the two of them suggestively
"Oh, um, no, we, well, just sleeping, no we didn't not that.." Lexie trailed off.
Izzie looked at Alex questioningly, he just shrugged and re-emphasised "The sweet one"
Upstairs a door slammed, and the sound of running feet could be heard. The occupants of the kitchen stood still. The small footsteps barrelled down the stairs and the kitchen door flung open.
Meredith ran in to the kitchen wearing Derek's button shirt down her skin flushed and her hair mussed.
"Oh, Izzy, Hi" she exclaimed, as she pulled out a drawer in the butchers block rummaging through it.
'Hi"
"Baking?" as she opened another drawer
"Can't sleep. What are you looking for?" she asked
"Plastic bowl. Why can't you sleep?"
"Bottom left drawer. Seriously?" Izzie replied and asked
Meredith flung out the nominated drawer and pulled out a white plastic bowl.
"Thanks" she said to Izzie as she turned to the Fridge "Arggh" she screamed as she saw Alex and Lexie for the first time "Seriously?" she yelled
"Nice lungs" Alex said ogling the shirt held together by a few buttons
"Uggh" Meredith grunted clutching the bowl to her chest.
"Oh yeah those too" he smirked "but I meant the screaming"
Meredith turned an attractive shade of beetroot as she looked backwards and forwards between the other three occupants of the kitchen. "There's no screaming" she tried.
Alex and Izzie burst into laughter, Lexie tried to stifle a giggle and settled on staring at her toes after being glared at by her half-sister. "Not now" Izzie agreed "But you're here, and Derek's there" she nodded towards the ceiling.
At the mention of the man she had left in her room Meredith shook her head at the others "Whatever" she muttered as she moved to the fridge. She opened the freezer door and emptied the trays of ice cubes into her bowl. She then turned looked at the other three watching her expectantly, looked down at her ice, then up at the ceiling as if weighing up her options. She then shrugged threw a "Goodnight" at all three as she ran out of the kitchen and back up the stairs.
"Was the ice for during or after?" Lexie asked finally breaking the stunned silence.