The wedding is so over. We are so over. My chance to become chief is so over. My life is so over. These are the thoughts running through Derek's head as he sits at the bar still in his tux. Joe can tell by the look on Derek's face that he will need more scotch to hold Derek over for the night. Derek leans his elbows on the bar top and holds his head in his hands. A familiar voice is heard next to him ordering a drink, he looks up. It's her, the girl, the girl who hit on him the night of Burke's bachelor party. It's the girl he so stupidly turned down. Fate, it must be fate. "Don't just stare at her Derek, do something," he thinks to himself. He smiles at her and she smiles back. "Now say something, you jackass," he thinks. He pulls up the bar stool next to him for her to sit down and says, "So we meet again."
Lexie sits down on the stool Derek had pulled out for her and faces him. "Care to try this again? Are you alone tonight?" she asks, hopeful that she will be able to take him home with her tonight.
"I haven't felt more alone," Derek replies. He isn't really sure what he is doing. Did Meredith mean what she said? Was she even talking about us? The point is she walked away. She walked away right after I asked her not to. That was her answer as far as I'm concerned. "So tell me about you. Obviously you're new in town, I haven't seen you around before."
"Oh is this the only bar in Seattle?" she teases. She was always told her sense of humor was her best quality and most guys find a charming funny girl to be the biggest turn on. This man seemed to be eating it up. He lets out a giggle and smile. She continues, "I just flew in a few days ago."
"Let me guess, you came here for the wonderful weather," he jokes, two can play at that game. There is something about this girl that makes him feel normal. For the first time since he came to Seattle he felt totally normal. Her smile, her wit, her beauty, I can get used to this.
"I am here for an internship, a surgical internship at the hospital. I know what you're thinking, how can she be so beautiful and so smart? It really is a gift," she says playfully, flashing him a smile afterwards. Wow confident and smart. Wait a second, did she just say internship?
"The hospital? As in THE hospital?" he says as he points to the door, "which hospital is the hospital?" Derek knows he is rambling but it all seems too familiar, scary familiar.
"Seattle Grace, I officially start tomorrow," she says. She starts to get nervous as Derek's posture and fun loving attitude changes. He now looks like a deer caught in headlights. "Is everything alright? You look as if you just saw a ghost. You're not thinking of bailing on me this time, are you?" Bailey, oh god, if she found out I am interested in other intern she'd surely cut off my penis.
"I have to go. I had a great time talking to you though," Derek says in a panic, trying to find his keys. He pats himself down only to find that his keys were in his pocket the whole time.
"We barely spoke. Come on, don't leave in such a hurry, the night is young," Lexie says, practically begging him not to leave, not tonight, not now, not when she was so close to having him right where she wanted him. "I'll make it worth your while." Derek's eyes perk up, sounds intriguing. "Oh, I have your attention now?" He gives her a slow nod yes. She kisses him. It wasn't a crazy I am going to fuck your brains out kiss like she had wanted to. It was soft, sweet, innocent, playful…just where she wanted to leave him, wanting more. She pulls back and smiles at him. "I should get going anyway, early day tomorrow." She starts to walk out of the bar. Derek is too caught up in the moment to realize he forgot to get her name once again. This time he would need it to make sure he could avoid her at all costs at the hospital.
"Wait I didn't get your name!" he calls out to her.
She smiles to herself. Bingo, I got him, hook line and sinker. She turns around and yells back to him as she continues to walk backwards, "Lexie! Lexie Grey!"
Derek finds himself pacing. Derek Shepherd, neurosurgeon, is pacing in his trailer half naked and is late for work. Not to mention Derek Shepherd is now talking to himself out loud, "There are tons of people with the last name Grey, it's a common name. I know um 3 people with that last name, of course they're all related but that's really besides the point." He picks up a shirt, sniffs it, and puts it on. "I really need to do laundry, I cannot be going into work like this. It's a good thing I'll be wearing scrubs." He starts thinking about Lexie again after being sidetracked by his dirty or not so dirty shirt, "Didn't Thatcher have a daughter in med school? I don't know anymore, I am late, I will have to deal with this when the time comes." He grabs his bag and quickly exits the trailer.
Luckily Derek doesn't have any early surgeries scheduled so being late was not so much of a big deal. Richard had a meeting with the board so he was too preoccupied to even realize anyway. The first person he sees is Meredith, she is waiting for the elevator. "Meredith!" he calls out as he makes his way over, dodging people who seemed to be getting in his way on purpose. She looks up when she hears her name being called and sees it's Derek. The elevator doors open and she steps on, not even looking back at him. He puts his arm in the way of the elevator doors closing just in time, "Meredith we need to talk."
"Not now, Derek, I am already late," she coldly says, brushing him off, pushing him away as usual. She couldn't deal with him at that moment. There were other things on her mind. Cristina, she couldn't even leave her bed let alone the apartment this morning. Could you blame her? Cristina Yang is not the type of person to just let anyone into her world and she did, she let him in, she sacrificed herself in so many ways for him and this is how she gets repaid. It doesn't seem fair, yet neither did it seem fair that Derek was acting the way he is acting either. Distant, cold, flirting with other girls and being happy about it, feeling neglected Derek. "Like I owe him anything" Meredith thinks to herself. Men, who needs them anyway?
Derek is stunned but breaks out of it when he sees his own reflection in the elevator doors. The closed elevator doors that might as well had been slammed on his face, that's how it felt anyway. He takes a deep breath knowing that he would not be able to avoid it any longer. The wonderful girl in the bar would soon find out that the man she had been flirting with is also her boss. The man she kissed, the man who she had made laugh and forget all his problems even though it was only for those short moments they spent together. He really needed to talk to Meredith, he needs to know where they stand. He needs to know what her damn half-sister's name is.