Meredith and Cristina are sitting across from each other at a cafeteria's table. They are both staring at the food in front of them.
"So… you both worked over 80 hours this week?" asks Lexie, who is sitting besides Mer.
"Yup!" replies her sister. Cristina just lets out a groan, then says: "You know what we could do?"
"What?" exclaims Lexie.
"I was actually talking to Mer!"
"Oh, right!" for a second Lexie thought Cristina was actually including her for once.
"Mer? Are you listening?"
"Yeah. What is it?"
"Have a contest! See who makes the other blush first!"
Mer has no idea where she got that idea, but she isn't really in the mood to argue with Cristina when she can't get near an OR.
"You are on!" she says at last.
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"What's going on?" asks April approaching the table. She is followed by both Jackson and Alex.
April seats next to Cristina, Jackson right next to April, and Alex next to Lexie.
Lexie is the one to answer her.
"Cool!" says Alex stealing one of Lexie's french fries. "Hey, I saw that! Eat your own food!"
Jackson looks at them interested, but doesn't say anything. April asks who has to start.
"We have a contest to start over here." Cristina shushes them, then turns to Mer and adds:
"You almost never shave your legs."
"Whatever! Everyone knows that!"
"I… didn't know that?" says Jackson holding his fork midair. Everyone else just nods, Alex smirks.
"My turn! In the morning you just sniff your clothes to see if you can wear them again, but don't always realize they smell." April gives a slightly disgusted look at Cristina and moves closer to Jackson.
"You do that too! So, what?" is Cristina's reply.
"Oh, right!" Mer looks kind of disappointed for not having thought it through.
Alex and Lexie can't stop laughing. They both know their habits by now. April and Jackson, on the other hand, not so much.
"Okay! I have another one." exclaims Cristina "You always eat old cheese. I am surprised you didn't get salmonella by now."
"I knew that one!" says Jackson, happy about is "accomplishment". The other three are just embarrassed by how loud this conversation is getting, and how everyone in the cafeteria seems to be staring at them.
Both Meredith and Cristina seems to have no more ideas. Of course they both know way more embarrassing things about the other; but if one of them would even dare say anything in front of other people, the other one would be found in a body bag the next day.
"So, that's it?" asks April interrupting the silence.
"Well.." is Meredith who answers.
"I'm sure a have something else." says Cristina "I can't just forfeit or something."
There is another long silence interrupted only by Lexie's pager.
She looks down at it and gets up. She takes a few steps away from the table, then comes back.
"You always like to snuggle when you sleep in the same bed." "You," she points at Cristina "like to be the small spoon, even though you probably won't ever admit it. And you," she says pointing at Mer "you always get mad when Cristina tries to move in the middle of the night. I can hear you arguing from the attic."
"We all knew that!" April, Alex, and Jackson exclaim at the same time.
It wasn't news for everyone. Well, everyone at the table, at least; but it did the trick. Both women are blushing so hard they match the apple in April's hands.
Lexie looks at them both, gives a smirk, and leaves them at their embarrassment.
