The Aftermath Of Lying
So, set after Prom, Denny died, Mer and Der shacked up, all that drama. But! Some season 3 storylines will be in here somewhere, anyway.
We all have secrets, we all have uneasy relationships. What happens when the two collide? What happens when our secrets are revealed? We realise that, we don't really know that much about the person we share our bed with...
Chapter One: Morning After The Night Before
5:00AM
Meredith woke up in her cold and empty bed.It was the morning after Prom, she had run out on Derek and Finn, and headed back home, to the more dramatic and severe problems of Izzie's.
Izzie had cried herself to sleep in the bathroom last night, and hadn't moved out of the room since. No one knew if she was still asleep, or awake -possibly worse- but George had called Cristina and Alex for back-up when he woke.
''Iz, Izzie?'' Alex knocked lightly. ''Uh...we've got pre-rounds in an hour, so..''
''Oh, really nice. She quit the program, Moron!'' Cristina glared. George lightly pushed through the pair, and grabbed hold of the door handle. ''Tell Bailey that i'll be along shortly, tell her i have an emergancy, damnit tell i have the syph again, if you have to, just...I can't just sit here and do nothing.'' With that, the bathroom door closed behing him.
9:15AM
Derek arrived at the hospital with Addison, darkened circles under his eyes, ruffled hair; he clearly hadn't had any sleep. He sat up all night, trying to find a reason, a meaning, for what happened last night. The more he thought about it, the more he convinced himself it was a bad idea to get back with Meredith. To be involved with his collegue in any way. He lazily changed into his scrubs, and headed off towards the board, checking his schedule for the day. His first surgery was a simple craniotomy, in which he needed an intern. He turned on his heel, only to bump into Miranda Bailey.
''Ah, Dr. Bailey, i was just about to look for you. I have a surgery scheduled, i'm in need of an intern. Any spares?''
''Uhhh..i've got Grey in the pit, she will have to do.'' Bailey answered, not taking her eyes off the chart she was carrying.
''Um. Thanks.'' Derek replied with an uneasy smile.
''Something wrong Dr. Shepherd?'' Miranda asked, raising an eyebrow.
''No, no. Everything's..Fine.'' Derek lied, heading in the opposite direction to Bailey. Truth was, Derek wanted to avoid Meredith as much as she wanted to avoid him. He knew the story that would play out; several days, weeks, months even, of awkward avoidance and uneasy glances. A bittersweet argument, in which they would end up in the nearest on-call room, or supply closet. He would return to Addison, and break Meredith all over again. He didn't want to, be he knew it would happen, he couldn't bare to see her go through it again. He headed down the next corridor towards the pit, but when he saw the all too familiar mousy hair, and slim figure, his thoughts changed completely. She looked radiant, and more beautiful than ever, a new shine about her, but he didn't know why. As he moved closer to her, he felt like the geeky kid in high school, approaching the popular girl to ask her out. He felt a chill down his spine, through to his toes as she looked at him, and smiled.
''Good Morning, Dr. Shepherd.'' Those four simple words melted in his heart. He could feel his trademark McDreamy smile, appearing across his face.
''And what a good morning it is, Mer-- Dr. Grey.'' He paused for a minute, exchanging mixed glances with her.
''Can i help you?''
''Oh, right...I have a craniotomy at 3:20, i just wanted to know if you'd like to scrub in?''
''Um, sure. I'll be there.''
''Great.''
''Great.''
They exchanged smiles once more, and Derek left the room smiling. Meredith however, had a slight expression of confusion on her face..
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So, i know my last two stories ended (or pretty much flopped) with disaster, but i PROMISE! to keep updating this one, cause the storyline has been playing on my mind for ages... Don't worry if you're confused, all will be revealed...Hope you like!! Read and Review please, thank you!! xxxxx