The sight Polly walked into -for what she thought would be a mundane Monday morning- was a pretty funny scene. She walked in her house and opened the door to her spacious living room to see Piper lying on one couch under a thick tartan patterned blanket and a ravenous dark-haired beauty lying in her underwear, sprawled out on the opposite facing couch. Polly let out a small giggle as she walked over to her friend and tried to wake her for her consuming sleep after an evidently eventful night. She padded across the wooden floor of her modern home she shared with her friend and leaned over the couch and gently shook Piper's shoulder.

"Psst! Pipes, wake the fuck up!" she whispered getting increasingly louder.

"Huh? Huh? HUH?!" Piper's body shook from side to side as she startled awake, confused.

All she was met with was Polly's simple laughter; "So um who's the houseguest?"

Before Piper had the chance to form coherent thoughts or words, Polly chimed in; "And wait shouldn't you already be at the hospital. I mean I thought punctuality was important for you obnoxious doctor types?" Polly teased.

"Oh fuck fuck fuck. What time is it?" Pipers baby blue eyes widening in alarm as she sat up and looked around the room. Her eyes immediately fixing on the mop of black hair which had started moving around on her immaculate white leather couch, stirring from her slumber after being awakened by all the hushed commotion.

The beautiful women stretched her arms out in front of her and then proceeded to rub her eyes with one hand whilst using the other to push her self up from her sleeping position. Once sitting, two sleepy green eyes peered up at Piper and Polly, her emerald eyes travelled uneasily from the stares of the two women. Piper couldn't help but notice how much they sparkled every time she moved them.

"uuuh hi?" Polly awkwardly announced into the increasing silence between the three...

"Hey there?" the women said with a cocky smile forming on her full red lips as she locked her stare on Piper.

"Um Pol, this is uh eh…" Piper trailed off.

Piper couldn't even remember her one night stands name, god dammit, this day was getting off to a wonderful start.

"It's Alex." the women said firmly with raised eyebrows and an attempt at a slight laugh following.

"Um yes of course, Alex, right. Well um.. Alex, I'm sorry but I really have to go I'm starting a new job today and I've totally fucked up and I'm going to be late. Polly here will help show you to the kitchen to fix some breakfast; Right Pol?", she looked pleadingly at her friend.

Out of the view of Alex, Polly rolled her eyes at Piper, as Piper ran in little pyjama like shorts and a thin white cami top towards the hallway at the back of the living room to go get quickly ready for work, before she headed up the stairs though, she stopped and turned towards the two "Goodbye. Alex." Piper said sounding definite, her voice in her usual sweet tone. Thinking this would be the last she would see of Alex, after all she was only a one time thing, something Piper has had many of before.

And with that Alex nodded and stood up and walked towards Polly.

"You're uh tall?" Polly observed as she picked up the blanket that Piper had left on the couch and thrust it towards Alex and her black lace underwear she was standing in. This woman was confident, Polly would give her that.

"I've been told." Alex regarded smugly, taking the blanket from Piper's peculiar friend whom she instantly took a slight disliking too, Polly just had an utterly annoying, bad vibe, that would totally get under her skin.

Piper arrived slightly late and found her way to operating room 1 where she was meant to be 10 minutes ago, before she opened the doors, Piper breathed a sigh of relief she wasn't as late as she thought she was going to be and hopefully no-one would take much notice of her tardiness. The OR was empty, -being used as an initial meeting room for the new flock of interns- everything was so clean, obviously sterile, the colour tone of the room was so washed out, white and blue and the lights up above were blinding, totally not the ideal situation to be nursing her hangover in. She looked around the room in amazement and slight apprehension in realising just how much time she was going to be spending in here.

Piper silently hustled amongst the other interns as the Chief of Surgery was finishing his closing sentiment; "A month ago you were in medical school being taught by the doctors. Today you are the doctors."

Wow. Piper suddenly felt a wave of horror for the day ahead. She was a proper doctor, Doctor Chapman. She was now standing in one of the countries most acclaimed hospitals; which housed one of the most prestigious surgical programmes. Piper had chosen the most competitive and hardest of any of the specialties she could have chosen following on from medical school, surgery. She could see the determination around her in her fellow young doctors eyes, almost feel it even. Not just determination but fearlessness, they were out for blood and they all knew it. The next seven years Piper would now spend as a surgical resident at Lichfield hospital in New York City will most certainly be the best and worst of her life. I am totally screwed was all that echoed through Piper's thoughts over and over.

After a warm round of applause for their Chief of Surgery, Doctor Caputo, the grateful and immensely excited interns set off on their first day as qualified doctors and were given the daunting task of meeting their attending. The 20 or so new interns hurried off together to greet their new teacher, all talking loudly amongst one and other, they were all so excited. Bustling full of new life and ideas bringing into the work place where death would become a part of their everyday life.

"Which attending you assigned to?" an intern questioned his surrounding peers.

"I got Vause."

"Me too!" Piper chirped in.

"Ah I've got Doctor Taylor, tough luck, I heard she's the best." gloated an irrelevant Doctor Bloom.

Piper took little notice, "So um have any of you heard what Vause is like then?"

"Dragon lady!"

"Horrible!"

"Rude!"

Replies with a flow of negative connotations were all she was met with. "Ohhh…" Piper tailed off, with her expression saddening. Faced with all these harsh reviews on her to be attending Piper was left wishing she'd never asked, surely she can't be that bad. Right? Piper continued walking optimistically hoping that she'll like her. Lost in her own thoughts she was suddenly started by the calling of her name;

"Chapman, Miller, Jefferson, Bennett, Morello.. with me!"

Piper recognised that voice instantly, that sultry deep sexy voice. She almost collapsed right then and there in the middle of one of the hospitals many corridors. Omg, no this could not be happening.. She was terrified to look over and attach her eyes to whoever that voice bellowed from, but no surely it couldn't be..

"Alex…" her name fell from her lips like silk, soft in a whisper.

Authors Note: Hello, this is my first attempt at any type of story ever, I decided to give writing a go after accidentally coming across the world of just a short while ago and it seems like good fun :) I was inspired to write this story in this particular setting because of my love of Grey's Anatomy! If you took the time to read this story then thank you ever so much, I would really appreciate any feedback you have to offer. Sorry for the rambling here, Amy.