I couldn't resist a post-rose story like so many others. Here's the way mine is going. Crossover-ish with Private Practice…. Which I have never actually watched… So, this should be interesting.

Disclaimer: I own neither shows that are in this story.


"Derek, I…" Meredith ran up to Derek with an excited smile on her face only for him to hush her up quickly with one finger and the upset look on his face.

"I kissed Rose. She's nurse here, and I kissed," Derek told her, not looking her in the eyes, something that 'Communication is Key' Derek Shepherd didn't do.

A surprising un-emotion face quickly replaced Meredith's smile. Her response was equally un-emotional, "Oh."

"That's it? 'Oh' is all you have to say?" Derek looked at her, a slightly stunned look on his face.

"Oh no?" Meredith shrugged. "Yeah, I kinda don't know what to say. I'm just trying to figure out when forever become so short. Because, I clearly remember this whole 'I'll lover you forever' speech."

"It's just," he started but she cut him off with a wave of her hand.

"Look, this is complicated. And, you know, I'm an avoider. I run away when the going gets tough. So, I'm going to make this easy and do what I do best," she shook her head and walked away.


He'd come to work the next day only to learn she wasn't there that day. And she wouldn't be there the next day, or the next day, or the next and so on. He wasn't aware that when she said she was going to run away that she was actually going to run away.

But, when he talked to the Chief after she hadn't been there, he was informed she had transferred. That and Chief was under strict orders to tell no one, but mainly Derek, where she went.

He tried to find out from Christina, but, needless to say, that did not go over to well. She had buffered him way and insulted him. Numerous times. Saying he, and quote, "May be McDreamy but he was also McAss" and of such. He received similar responses from Izzie, Alex, and George. He even received an insult from Mark.

So, that's where we left him. In Seattle. With half of a hospital staff that hates him and a not so happy one night… Kiss?


Meredith shifted in her seat. Again. She received another odd glance from the secretary behind the counter that she was sure was keeping tabs of how many times she shifted in thirty seconds.

Los Angeles. She'd lived there once when she was a kid. For about two months before her mom uprooted her again. So that's where she was. She remembered liking it for nine weeks that she was here. So, here she was, working at St. Ambrose Hospital. She was the social recluse resident. The one that didn't have any friends. She was the one that knew what to do, spends all her time in surgeries. Kind of like she could picture Christina having been if she hadn't been there.

Well, how she would have been if Christina hadn't been there. Christina and George and Izzie and even Alex. God, how she has missed them. It's been two months. Two months without a sarcastic comment from Christina. Two months without Izzie's almost annoying bright-and-shininess and her food. Two months without George's awkwardness that she truly did love. She could almost say she missed being hit on by Mark. Almost. She's in contact with all of them, besides Mark, so it makes it easier.

And, Derek, oh how she hoped Christina has beat his head in. Okay, maybe not. But, she sure hoped they all gave him hell. Except, it'd be worse than hell. It'd be living hell. They had a vicious cycle going. He'd get her to fall in love, insert girl here. They'd break up. Going a little while apart. Get back together. He'd get her to fall in love all over again. And, then… insert girl again. Seriously?

Though, with the whole missing everyone thing aside, she's been doing pretty well on that whole 'Bright-and-Shiny' thing she was working at. Okay, that doesn't include her reclusion of the people at work. So, she doesn't have a personal life, per say… All right, you got her she doesn't have one. Period. Her schedule includes working, eating, and sleeping. But, nonetheless, she was feeling much more bright-and-shiny than she did back in Seattle.

Shift. Glance at irritated secretary. Glance at watch. Shift. Glance at secretary. Start over. How long has she been here anyways? It feels like 40 minutes… Oh wait; it's only been four. Why was she here again? Oh yeah, the staff at the hospital is way too nosey. All their questions asking if that's why she's in LA.

Would there be any other reason she came in the condition she did? Of course not. Try explaining to the people you barely say hi to that you are there because you ran away. Because, the person who said they'd love you forever kissed another girl right after you decided you were excited about the news you were about to give him.

Nah, we'll leave them in suspense. Maybe they'll come up with some crazy stories like the 'she was a secret spy and had an affair with her target and now she's here' kind of things. Some of them will come pretty close to the reason. But, no one will get it.

"Grey," a voice finally broke into her thoughts and her routine. She looked up into a face she hadn't really expected to see. "I'm sorry, but I don't have a husband here that you can so casually steal from me."

She really had to start listening when her boyfriend told her where his ex-wife went, "Dr. Montgomery, I forgot… Well, whatever. I'm done with husbands. It was a bad idea from the start."

"Is that seriously just sinking in?" Addison raised her eyebrows. "What are you doing here, Grey?"

"Well, I ran away," she said simply but decided that wasn't enough when Addison gave her the 'continue now' look. She sighed, "I got knocked up by your ex-husband, found out he kissed one of the nurses, ran away like I do best, started working at St. Ambrose, they got too nosey about my pregnancy, heard of this place, and now here I am having this extremely awkward conversation with you about my last three months."

"You ramble a lot. Come on follow me," Addison said turning around and leading Meredith away from the front and the now very grateful looking secretary.


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