Heyyy (: So yeah, i did it again. I'm starting another one. I've had this one in my documents for awhile, just never did anything with it. Hope you enjoy. Lemme know. Rated Teen.
Just for clarification: It's completely AU. Mark and Derek have never met before. Uh... Derek and Meredith are the same age interns. I think thats it. Any questions? Let meh know.
She walked out into the freezing December night and looked around at her surroundings. This night was her favorite out of all 365 days. It was New Year Eve and she had just finished her shift at the hospital and was walking home through the crowded New York City street. She decided to leave early tonight so her and her husband could start over. Originally, she was supposed to stay throughout the holiday night. That's what new years was about. Things had been rocky between the two and it had been Meredith Grey's goal to fix them.
Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something You said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread
After unlocking the door to her brownstone, and tossed her purse on the couch, Meredith started to walk up the stairs. 11:45. That was until she tripped over a pair of scrub pants that she knew for a fact weren't her husbands. They were navy blue in stead of the light blue all interns wore. All though her mind told her to leave, Meredith kept walking. Her hand was on the doorknob, and then she heard them. Meredith opened the door and her suspicions were confirmed. "How could you?" She managed to get out; only above a whisper.
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Both of them looked up, horrified. "Meredith…" Her husband, the flawless Derek Shepherd, pulled his boxers on. "Baby, I can explain."
"No. You do not have the right to call me baby, anymore. God, how could you even… what the hell is wrong with you?" She screamed at him.
"I'm sorry, Mer. I just… I missed you."
"So you turned to my whore of a best friend?" She shot Addison Montgomery a death glare and then turned to her. "I told you everything, Addison! You known the problems me and Derek have. You... You heartless bitch." She shook her head and walked out on both of them.
She hailed a cab and ordered the driver to bring her to the closest bar. "Thanks," she threw him a five dollar bill and walked into the over crowded bar.
Luckily, she found an open seat, near the end and by the television that was being turned up for the countdown that was soon to come. "Can I buy you a drink?"
Meredith looked up to see a guy sitting next to her. He wasn't bad look at all. "Yeah, actually. You can."
"Hey," he called out to the bartender, who eventually walked over after tending to the other people. "Can I get a beer and…"
"Tequila." Meredith smiled as best she could. He soon cam back with her drink. This was what got her through high school, and college. Now, she was turning back to it again. 11:59.
"Happy New Year," he smiled, as they both took their drinks. "So," he slurred, obviously drinking all night. "You want to get out of here?" he whispered.
"I can't, I'm married," Meredith got up and started to leave. She had subconsciously covered her ring with her other hand. "Happy fucking New Year," she mumbled to herself before making her way back to her house to pack.
"Meredith," Derek immediately jumped up from the couch when she walked through the door. "I thought you were gone. Mer, we can fix this." Meredith kept walking towards their room and into the walk-in closet.
"No, we can't. I am leaving, right now. God, Derek, in my bed? Couldn't you have enough decency to go to a fucking hotel?" She grabbed all necessities she needed. "We can not fix this. Good bye, Derek, just… good bye." She ran out of the house leaving a speechless Derek standing there.
It's nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done
Meredith stepped out of her cab and walked into LaGuardia Airport and directly to Customer Service. "Hi. Is there any possible way I could get a flight directly to Seattle? Preferably tonight?"
Six hours later, Meredith was walking out of Seattle's airport, into a cab, and then directly into Seattle Grace Hospital. "Hi, Daddy."
"Meredith?" He stood up and walked over to his step-daughter, which had really, always been a daughter to him. "What are you doing here?"
"What? I can't visit you?" She smiled the best she could. Richard gave her a big hug and the sat down.
"Meredith, you haven't visited me in almost two years. It's New Years. Derek isn't with you, and you would have more than one suitcase." He sighed. "What happened?"
"Well, for one, I already had a great new years." Meredith sighed. "I got off early from work so me and Derek could talk. I walked in on him screwing my so called best friend."
"I'll kill him," Richard dropped his pencil. "Does he realizes how much he is losing right now?"
"He said he missed me. That was why he did it." Meredith shook her head in disgust. "Can you page Alex for me?"
"Sure," Richard nodded. "He should be here soon; do you need a place to stay or something?"
"I'll figure something out," she smiled as Alex walked through the door. "Alex! I missed you!"
"What are you doing here?" He hugged his best friend from college. "How's New York been?"
Xoxoxo
"I'm going to beat the shit out of Derek fucking Shepherd. He is going to wish he never met me," Alex exclaimed as him and Meredith were at the local bar.
"Thanks," she faintly smiled. "I just… I need to forget him," Meredith pulled off her wedding and engagement rings and handed them to Alex. "Don't give them back to me."
"Okay," he nodded.
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
So much for my happy ending.
R&R I'm updating my other fics tomorrow
