"Hey Mer, you coming to Joe's?" asked Christina. Bailey's interns had just finished a ten hour shift. Derek had chosen Addison over Meredith a month ago, she wasn't as much of a mess now, but she still wasn't over Derek.
"Yeah," said Meredith distantly. She was watching Derek and Addison, who were standing waiting for the elevator they were approaching.
"A couple of shots and she will forget all about McDreamy," Izzie muttered to Christina.
"Lets hope so this is getting pathetic," said Christina not even bothering to keep her voice down.
"I can hear you," said Meredith rolling her eyes.
"Yeah we know we said it out loud," said Christina.
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Meredith was sitting at the bar alone, her friends had gone home half an hour ago, she was still flinging Tequila shot down her throat trying to forget about Derek and his perfect wife.
"Can I buy you a drink?" Meredith looked up and saw a tall handsome man who was either in his late twenties or early thirties. He had short black hair, smoldering chocolate eyes, he also hadn't shaved that day so he had some sexy stubble.
"Are you a doctor?" said Meredith her voice giving away the fact that she was drunk.
"Uh…no I'm not," said the man, looking around nervously.
"Do you work at the hospital?"
"No," said the man sitting down on the bar stool next to Meredith. "Do you interrogate everyone that wants to buy you a drink."
"No."
"Straight Tequila?"
"Yes," said Meredith.
"Two straight Tequilas please," the man said to Joe. "So what's your story?"
"No story I'm just a girl in a bar, downing Tequila."
"You'll be sorry in the morning," said the man wisely.
"I'm always sorry in the morning," said Meredith lifting the shot Joe had just placed in front of her.
"I'm Jake," he said.
"Meredith," said Meredith lifting her jacket.
"Going somewhere?" said Jake looking at her his eyes twinkling in amusement.
"I'm going home to bed," Meredith drunkenly informed him.
"Right." Said Jake crestfallen.
"You coming?"
"You bet I am," said Jake grabbing his coat and following her out.
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"Well good morning," said Jake as he woke up the next morning. Meredith was standing with her back to him pulling clothes out of her closet.
"Oh you're up good," said Meredith turning round.
"You wanna pick up where we left off last night?" said Jake sitting up.
"No I have to go to work," said Meredith firmly. "So I'm going to jump in the shower and when I get back you won't be here so…it's nice to meet you uh…"
"Jake," he laughed pulling on his boxers.
"Jake right, Meredith."
"I remember," he grinned.
"Right…it was nice to meet you Jake. I really have to go," said Meredith scurrying from the room.
"Bye Meredith," Jake chuckled.
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"Dr. Grey take this to Dr. Henderson, this is his patient now," Derek said to Meredith later that day. She had been assigned to Neuro.
"Dr. Henderson?" said Meredith she couldn't remember a Dr. Henderson that was a Neurosurgeon.
"The new resident he just transferred from Mercy West," said Derek.
"Right okay," said Meredith.
"He should be scrubbing out of OR three about now," said Derek recognizing the panic in Meredith's voice. "Tall, dark hair and an ego the size of Brazil."
"Just like the rest of the Neurosurgeons I know then."
"Yes except I am much prettier," grinned Derek.
"Although I doubt Brazil could contain your ego," smirked Meredith leaving Derek's office.
"I'm uh looking for Dr. Henderson the new Neuro resident," said Meredith to Burke who had just scrubbed out of the surgery in OR three.
"He's right behind me," said Burke.
Burke left the room and the door to the OR swung open and Dr. Henderson came out, ripped off his gown and pulled his gloves off.
"Dr. Henderson?" said Meredith uncertainly.
Dr. Henderson turned round and Meredith gasped. It was Jake.
"Meredith?" said Jake just as shocked to see her as she was to see him.
"Uh…here Dr. Shepherd said this is your patient now," said Meredith her voice an octave higher than normal. She all but threw the chart at him.
"Meredith you're an intern?"
"Yes…Yes I am an intern and you…you are a liar," she said pointing her finger at him accusingly.
"I'm a liar?" said Jake amused by her obvious discomfort.
"Yes you are. I asked you if you were a doctor and if you worked at the hospital."
"Right I did lie and I apologise," said Jake sincerely. "When some women find out I'm a doctor they go all white picket fence."
"So you lied and now I have slept with my boss. Great." Said Meredith suddenly feeling claustrophobic.
"Well…you didn't say you were a doctor either," said Jake.
"I didn't think I had to," snapped Meredith. She took a deep breath and said very slowly and calmly. "We should forget it ever happened, it doesn't exist alright?"
"Let me by you a cup of coffee," said Jake out of the blue.
"What? No! Didn't you hear what I just said? Nothing happened, this can't exist."
"Come on just a cup of coffee," protested Jake. "I've never been kicked out of a woman's bed before."
"This cannot happen, not again," said Meredith leaving the scrub room. She couldn't believe history was repeating itself, she couldn't let it happen again. She couldn't sleep with her boss again. Not after Derek had hurt her so badly.