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Grey's Anatomy: The Next Generation
"I still can't believe you asked Sally Hames to the prom!" Lily Shepherd exclaimed to her best friend Nathan Sloan. "She's such a slut."
"Ah, but you see this is the point," the handsome brunet replied, "This way I have a better chance of getting lucky." Lily rolled her eyes.
"Just don't pick up an STD." Lily's younger fifteen year old brother Jackson said from the back seat of Lily's Ford Taurus. "I heard that Andrew Johnson picked up syphilis from her last year."
"You hear that Nate? The girl has syphilis."
"Allegedly." Lily shot him a look. He turned away from her piercing blue eyes and looked at the road ahead. It was a typical rainy day in Seattle, Washington. Winter had melted into spring and the end of Lily's junior and Nathans senior year of high school approached. The pair had been friends ever since Lily was born and Nathan had been the first person to hold her that wasn't a parent or grandparent. Lily had a mix of her parent's hair colors making it a sort of chestnut brown. It seemed to lay perfect even when she just woke up like her fathers. She had her father's eyes too. Her nose and mouth resembled her mother's. Her brother, Jackson, or Jack as most everyone liked to call him had green eyes with light brown hair. He had gentleness in his face that was more from his mother.
Nathan Sloan was handsome as you would expect any son of Mark Sloan to be. He had the cool hair that maybe didn't fall naturally perfect like Lily's or Derek Shepherds, but it was nothing that a little gel couldn't fix. His eyes were a silvery blue and his bone structure, much like his father's, was perfect. There wasn't much about his looks that wasn't from his father's side of the family. His mother had been one of Mark's many one night stands and she couldn't bear to have an abortion, but she couldn't raise him either so she left him with Mark who fell in love with his son instantly.
Mark had relied a lot on his best friend Derek to help raise his son and thus Lily and Nathan were inevitable play mates. The kids were now grown which freaked their fathers out. Secretly though, and maybe it was only Mark who felt this way, he wished that maybe the two teens would develop something more than just a friendship. After all if his son could be with a girl like Lily Shepherd then maybe Nathan wouldn't end up like Mark did, alone and lonely.
"I'm disappointed in you Nate." Lily said.
"Well I would have gone with you but you and Gwen Bailey are doing the girl's night thing."
"Well she just broke up with the guy she was in love with and I knew she would regret not going to prom. Sorry. I just with you would date a girl that had about the same IQ as you or at least was kind. Sally is both mean and dumb."
"Well I'm sorry that no girl at our school is as beautiful, smart, or as funny as you." Nathan joked revealing his perfect smile.
"Don't be a smart ass." Lily warned grinning in spite of herself. She pulled into the familiar parking lot of Seattle Grace Hospital and turned off the engine. "You need to be nice to me or who else will you bum a ride from until your piece of junk car is fixed."
"That piece of junk car is a 1969 mustang thank you very much. And I'm sure Sally would give you a ride." Lily rolled her eyes.
"Let's hurry up and see what our parents want so we can get home and enjoy the weekend." Jack proposed. The three of them exited the car and hurried in from the rain into the chaos that was the surgical wing of the hospital.
"Hello chief Webber." Lily said to the elderly chief of surgery who was staring almost madly at the surgical board. Lily didn't think he would ever retire even though he had to be well into his seventy's.
"Hello Lily. Can you have your parents hurry this little meeting of yours up so I can have my surgical team back?"
"Yes, sir." She said smiling. He gave her a kind smile back.
"He's going to die in this place." Nathan whispered in her ear.
"Be nice." She giggled. The trio entered a meeting room to find Derek and Meredith Shepherd, Mark Sloan, and Christina and Owen Hunt waiting for them.
"Whatever it is I didn't do it." Jack said entering the room with his hands held in the air.
"I should hope not after that last incident at school." Meredith said from her chair next to her husband. The trio took a seat across from their parents.
"So what's up daddy-o?" Nathan asked draping a leg on the table. Lily reached over and pushed it off.
"So since works been crazy and you guys are always on the move we just wanted to touch base with you guys and discuss your future." Mark said in an uncharacteristically serious voice.
"Um well I know I want to go to either Seattle University or Sarah Lawrence" Lily offered.
"And not be a doctor." Christina mumbled.
"That's right Aunt Christina." Lily replied smiling sarcastically. It had always been a thorn in her godmother's side that Lily had never wanted to be a doctor. Sure watching what her parents did was amazing and she had the utmost respect for them because the saved people's lives, but she always knew she was made for something different. Her brother was good with his hands; maybe he would be a surgeon, or perhaps maybe even an engineer. As for Nathan, who knew what he wanted to be. It changed depending on his mood.
"So why so formal?" Jack asked. "We're all still in high school."
"Well this meeting is mostly for Lily and for Nathan especially." Derek said eying the oldest.
"So can I go watch a surgery from the gallery?" Jack asked hopefully. Derek smiled at his only son.
"I think Kurev has an interesting surgery in OR 2."
"Sweet," Jack said getting up, "I'll catch you all later."
"Um so no offence, but what are you two doing here?" Lily asked Christina and Owen.
"Well Lily as your godparents we just want to be here when you're making important decisions like this and if you have any question, well we're always here." Owen said kindly to Lily. She always loved her uncle Owen. He would have been a great father, but Christina never wanted kids. She always said Lily and Jack were her adoptive children.
"Okay so what's up?" Nathan asked looking board already.
"What's up Nate is that you haven't picked a college yet and you're graduating in two months."
"I'm just not sure where I want to go yet. I don't see what the big deal is."
"The big deal is that most of the deadlines are up at the end of the month so either you decide by the end of the month or I'm putting all of your acceptance letters in a hat and you're going to the one you pick out."
"Funny, I thought being eighteen meant something."
"I just want what's best for you."
"I know dad. I'll decide by the end of the month. I promise."
"Thank you."
"So can we go?" Lily asked uncertainly.
"Not yet." Meredith said to her oldest child. "Your ACT scores arrived today. You got a 30."
"Awesome so I don't have to take it again."
"Well actually statistics say that each time you take a test your score will increase so it would be a good idea to take it again." Christina said.
"I don't think it would be necessary for her to take it again Christina." Derek interrupted.
"I got a 34, but whatever."
"I got a 35." Derek muttered.
"Enough you two." Meredith intervened.
"Now can we go?" Lily asked.
"Alright then." Derek agreed.
"I love you dad." Lily said standing up and hugging her father. "Love you mom."
"Bye dad." Nathan said giving his father a quick hug.
"We'll see you when we get home around seven." Meredith told her daughter. The two teens left the room leaving the adults behind them.
"I worry about that one." Mark said. "He's a lot like me when I was his age which is scary."
"He's not all you." Derek assured. "And Lily keeps him in line."
"Yep, she sure does." Mark smiled.
"Mark don't even think about it." Derek warned.
"Think about what?"
"We already talked about it. If Lily and Nathan want to date then that's their business, but we won't force anything or suggest anything and so help me God, if your son hurts Lily I'll kill him."Derek warned.
"Besides," Christina added, "Lily can do better." Before Mark could retort Lexi Grey- Wilson entered the room.
"Dr. Sloan the chief wants you." Mark met her eye and then quickly looked away. Things had been weird with them ever since their break-up over eighteen years ago.
"I'll talk to you guys later." Mark said leaving the room closely followed by Lexi.
888
"Cut it out Nate," Lily said giggling. Nathan swung the 5 foot 4 girl over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, "Were in a hospital."
"I know damn well were in a hospital. I grew up in this hospital. I'll put you down when you forgive me for going with Sally to the prom."
"Nathan Alexander Slone, put her down." A stern voice came from behind them. Nathan turned around with Lily still in his arms to see a stern looking Miranda Bailey. He put her down slowly. To anyone who looked into the hall now that would laugh at the six foot three man cowering in front of Bailey who couldn't have been more than five two.
"Hello Doctor Bailey." He said cautiously.
"Boy didn't your father raise you not to be throwing people around in hospitals. You could have dropped her and her head would have cracked open."
"Sorry doctor Bailey."
"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to Lily. And what's this I hear about you going to prom with Sally Hames? That girl is looser than a drunken college girl on spring break."
"Why does everyone seem to think that Sally is a slut?"
"If it looks like a ho and acts like a ho…" Bailey muttered. "Just wear a condom because you don't want to come in here for a syphilis shot."
"How did you know about her syphilis?" Nathan asked curiously.
"My daughter talks to me." Bailey said. "Now go get Jack from out of Kurev's skin graph surgery and enjoy your weekend."
"Yes doctor Bailey." Nathan said somberly. She turned around and walked away. When she was finally out of ear shot Lily burst out giggling.
"You got in trouble with Bailey!"
"Yes and it's not the first time. She did interrupt me from coercing an apology from you so I guess I'll have to try sincerely."
"Nate I'm not mad that you have a date. You're my best friend and all I've ever wanted was for you to be happy, but you can't go around dating girls like Sally who only care about appearances and not what's in that wonderful heart of yours."
"Okay I have a deal," Nathan proposes, "I still go to prom with Sally and then I take you next year for your senior year and you can brag about going with a college guy. Then after a string of meaningless flings in college I'll realize that you are the great love of my life and I'll marry you settle down in the suburbs and spend my free time making babies with you that will be the most gorgeous kids anyone had ever seen and to make our parent's happy they will have super surgeon grand babies."
"You are such an ass." Lily said punching his shoulder lightly.
"Well I'm being serious about the marriage thing."
"Jerk!" Lily said punching him again. He pulled her close to him into a side hug as they made their way down the hall.
"So do you want to get married on a beach or in a church?"
"Ha ha, let's just fine my brother and get out of here please? It's our movie night and I really want to watch the old Scream movies."
"Fine," Nathan agreed, "Just know that I love you Lil."
"I love you too Nate. I'll even love you if you get syphilis from Sally Hames."
"That's always good to know."
a/n- this story has been in my head for weeks and so I had to write! Next up will be a scene with Mark and Lexi. I'll try and update soon! REVIEW!