"Katie belongs to the new attending now, Dr. Shepherd. He's over there."
Right, ok, Dr. Shepherd, that should be easy enough, oh shit. She noticed exactly who Dr. Shepherd was: Dr. Derek Shepherd. Great, nice going Mer. I have to get out of here. Crap. He saw me. Ok well maybe I can get reassigned. Where did Bailey go? Meredith turned and started walking back down the hall. "Meredith can I talk to you?" an all too familiar voice said as an all too familiar hand grabbed her arm and led her into the stairwell. No you may not.
"Dr. Shepherd," she started as they both looked around to make sure they were alone.
"Dr. Shepherd? This morning it was Derek, now it's Dr. Shepherd?"
Meredith took a breath strengthening her resolve again, "Dr. Shepherd we should pretend it never happened." Her voice was strong, firm, assured-the complete opposite of how she felt.
"What never happened? You sleeping with me last night? Or you throwing me out this morning? Because both are fond memories I'd like to hold on to."
He doesn't get it. He thinks this is a joke, that this is funny. This could ruin me before I can even get started. What would my mother say?
"No! There will be no memories. I'm not the girl in the bar anymore and you're not the guy. This can't exist. You get that right?"
He nodded slightly and Meredith thought she might actually be getting somewhere, getting through to him.
"You took advantage of me and now you want to forget about it."
God what is wrong with him? "I did not take advantage…"
"I was drunk, vulnerable, and good looking and you took advantage."
"Ok I was the one who was drunk and you are not that good looking," Meredith smiled despite her anger and frustration.
"Maybe not today but last night? Last night I was very good looking. I had my red shirt on…" He stepped to her other side. "Wanna take advantage again? Say Friday night?"
Shit how does he do that? "No!" Meredith snapped herself out of it. "You're an attending and I'm your intern." He really wasn't getting this. "Stop looking at my like that." She wanted to slap him.
"Like what?" Derek asked innocently.
"Like you've seen me naked." He smiled at her. "Dr. Shepherd! This is inappropriate," Meredith started to leave. "Has that ever occurred to you?"