A shoulder to cry on

by Cookiemonster311

After Meredith tells Derek off about calling her a whore, someone is there for her to talk to. Just not who you think. What will happen when Derek becomes suspicious? Will Meredith change her views of someone in the hospital? Only one thing is guaranteed; a change is gonna come. Rated T for language. Story is almost completely AU.

1. Chapter 1

Title: A shoulder to cry on

Author's note: This is my first Grey's Anatomy fic, but I think you will like it. I know I do! Anyway, go ahead with your reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own Grey's Anatomy or any of its characters, scenes, or lines/quotes.

It was a rough day for Meredith Grey. Things were still heated with Derek, George was still weird around her, and all her friends seemed to be judging her, even if it wasn't out loud. But this, this was just the icing on the cake to her bad day. Though she preferred to think of it as the embers of a fire at this point.

Derek was giving her a look that went right through her, almost as if he no longer recognised her. But lately, she didn't even know if she recognised herself anymore. And even though she had done some things she wasn't proud of, it certainly did not give him the right to say what he did.

"So, was the knitting a phase? Who's next? Alex? Because I hear he likes to sleep around. You two have that in common."

Meredith stared at him in awe. Who did he think he was, saying something like that after what he did? Having had enough, Meredith defended herself.

"You don't get to call me a whore! When I met you, I thought I had found the person that I was going to spend the rest of my life with! I was done, so all the boys and all the bars and all the obvious daddy issues, who cared? Because I was done. You left me! You chose Addison. I'm all glued back together now. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke. You don't get to call me a whore."

Derek looked at the ground as though for a split second he felt bad, maybe even guilty for what he said, but when he looked back up at her, his eyes were stone cold. The usual gentleness of his deep blue eyes was replaced with ice cold bitterness. Without saying another word to her, he turned and went up the stairs, leaving Meredith alone in the stairwell. When she finally turned to go out the door and return to work, none other than Alex Karev was standing there.

Author's note: So that was chapter one. I can't tell you how long this story will be, but I'm aiming for around five chapters. Let me know what you think so far. -S