Thanks for all the reviews - I really wasn't sure what kind of reaction I would get! You all made my day with your comments - though I guess it's a little sad that we can relate to it all...

This is just a short little chapter, good for another chuckle or two (I hope).



"Why does April get her own room and I'm stuck with Teddy in the attic?" Lexie demanded the next morning, standing in line at the bathroom. She demanded this of no one in particular, and Alex just shrugged, and Jackson shook his head. Each of them carried their towels and toothbrushes, waiting for their turn, reading a section of the newspaper to pass the time.

"Thanks, Grey…glad you enjoy being 'stuck' with me!" Teddy snorted.

"You came in to the situation late so you didn't have any choice about rooms," Lexie frowned. "But I'm Meredith's sister for god's sake!"

"Maybe she doesn't really like you," Alex smirked.

"Or she's gotten you and April confused…you do look alike," Jackson pointed out, with a wink. "Both skinny white girls with dark hair and childlike attitudes…it's possible."

"Oh!" Lexie flicked her towel at both of them in frustration. "You're terrible, both of you!"

"Where is April anyway?"

"Do I look like I care?" Alex asked, going back to reading his newspaper.

At that point, April staggered out of her bedroom, her hair in a tangled mess, and her long flannel nightgown twisted around her. She met Lexie's questioning look with a shake of her head.

"Bad dreams?" Lexie inquired innocently, unable to resist.

"Don't even ask…" she muttered. April tugged at her nightgown, glancing back to the bedroom as if expecting someone to follow her. She shook her head, mumbling to herself, and twitching.

By then, Cristina and Owen joined the bathroom lineup, exchanging confused glances with the others. "Don't ask, Yang. Kepner's cuckoo," Alex whispered behind his newspaper. "Just take a number for the shower…" He indicated the ticket dispenser mounted on the wall.

"Who's in the can?"

"We're not sure…." Teddy sighed, before banging on the door. "Hey, hurry up! Some of us out here have to pee!"

"Yeah…your fifteen minutes are up!"

The door was flung open and Mark stood there, naked except for his trademark white towel slung around his hips. "Geez… can't a guy get some me time?"

"Not around here…"

"We could share the shower...anyone willing to join me?" Mark smirked, but Teddy elbowed past him and slamming the door shut without another word, leaving the rest of them to wait their turns.


Meanwhile, at SGH, Chief Webber was reviewing the proposals from the attendings on their bid to get grant money. After all the whining and crying and backstabbing, it was amazing that any of them had been able to come up with something workable. There was a tap at the door and he looked up to find Dr. Bailey there. "Yes, Miranda, what is it?"

"Just wondering if you had a chance to think about who will get the million dollars?" she asked, walking in.

"I haven't decided yet."

"Oh, well, you know everyone else is thinking of themselves…I think my plan is the one to go with. Just saying…"

Richard frowned, but he nodded slowly. "Yes, well…" Thinking of Callie wanting to win over Arizona, and throwing her lesbianism out there as a playing card; thinking of Mark confessing he was not having sex; or Teddy mumbling about what he couldn't even remember without consulting his notes. It was so much simpler back when it was just Shepherd and Burke, he realized.

Then he looked at Bailey again, and realized she was wearing a fuzzy red wig and big nose. "Miranda…your nose…"

"Oh that…it's Halloween, Chief. Gotta get into the spirit."

"Right, well, you'll hear about my decision soon enough."

"Fine…" She flounced out without giving the usual long winded speech he was accustomed to hearing from her.

"This is going to be a long day…" he muttered to himself.


"Grey, Yang, Karev, Grey, Kepner, Avery…" Bailey called out, standing at the door of the resident's lounge. "Did I forget anyone?"

The group of them jostled for space in front of Bailey, while Mark, Callie and Arizona sat with their feet up on the ottoman. "Ah, the days of the resident…" Arizona smirked. "Look at them all fighting for attention…"

"What's up with Bailey?" Mark asked, looking at the wig and nose.

"Halloween…" Callie commented without looking up from her iPhone.

"We should have costumes!" Arizona said brightly. "I love costumes!"

"Hey where's Teddy?"

"Is she somewhere with Owen? He's missing too…"

"Oh-oh…trouble in paradise?"

At that point, Derek and Owen strolled in, sharing a cup of coffee between them. "God…bromance in the air…" Callie sniffed before returning her attention to the phone.

"I'm jealous…I'm supposed to be Derek's bromance partner," Mark frowned.

"That's okay, Marky, you can hang out with us lesbians," Arizona said, patting his knee. "You can stare at my boobs."

"Thanks, I feel better now…"

"Where's Altman?" Bailey demanded, crossing her arms. "They're paging her on the surgical floor. Since y'all live together, I assume you've seen her this morning. Though why you all need to live with Grey is beyond my understanding…but then what do I know?"

"She was there. Anyone see her since the bathroom line up?"

Negative comments and head shakes all around, before April put her hand up hesitantly. "Oh! Oh! Dr. Bailey!"

"Jeeze, Kepner, what are you, ten?" Alex smirked. "You don't need to put your hand up to talk."

April stuck her tongue out before looking back at Bailey. "I think I saw her heading to the parking lot to get something from her car…"

"Well, go find her!" Bailey bellowed in her best Nazi voice.

"Hard to take that seriously with the nose…" Cristina whispered to Meredith, and they both giggled, as April scurried away to look for Teddy. Anything to take away the images of ghost Denny from her mind, please make it go away…

"All right then…let's get to work people!" Bailey clapped her hands.

"Maybe the midnight skulker got Teddy…" Lexie muttered, her eyes wide. "You know…maybe that's why he was peeking in the windows last night…now he's spirited her away for his malevolent purposes…"

"You watch too many horror movies…" Jackson sighed, walking away.

"You wait…I'm always right!"

Derek came up behind Meredith and grabbed her butt, making her giggle. "You're scrubbing in my next operation, right?"

"Is that favoritism?" Bailey frowned.

"Absolutely…we have eye sex," Derek smirked.

"Oh, well, that's good then. Carry on."

"You're terrible," Meredith said as they walked away.

"I know, and you love me anyway…"

She swatted his arm playfully. "Arrogant surgeon…"

"Wanna go practice baby making before surgery?" he asked, steering her towards the on call room.

"I was hoping you had time…"

"For you I have all the time in the world…"


"Have you seen Kepner?" Bailey asked, awhile later. "She was supposed to come back with Teddy and now she's missing…"

Callie looked up from the casts she was breaking. "Oh no…that's two now…"

"I told you…it's the skulker…" Lexie whispered.

"Call security, see if they have anything on the video surveillance. With all that fancy stuff we installed, they gotta see something!"

"We should call that cop from last night."

"Derek's got the business card," Owen said. "Where is he?"

"Still having sex with his wife. You wanna go interrupt them?" Cristina smirked.

"Um no…"

"Don't you people have anything to do?" Bailey asked.

"No, we just hang out around the nurse's station and trade witty quips," Owen replied. "Coffee?" He held up a tray of coffee cups.

"You gotta mocha latte?"

"With your name on it." Owen handed it over.

"I'll go look for them," Lexie spoke up. "If I see the skulker, I'll scream and run back inside."

"Fine, Grey…" Bailey tried to take a sip of coffee but her nose kept bumping the lid and she frowned. Callie reached over and tugged the nose off for her with a wink. "Damn costume…why do I bother?"

Before anyone could answer, they heard a blood curdling scream from down the hallway. "It's Lexie!" Mark yelled. "I have to save her!" He led the charge of residents and attendings who followed behind the flapping white lab coat tails. They converged on the location of the sound emanating from the resident's lounge. Crowding into the doorway like a pile of puppies, in a tangle of limbs, trying to discover what happened.

"Oh my god…"

"What is it?"

"It's Jackson…"

"What happened…?"

"Don't look…" Mark raised his hand, but it was too late. The sight of Jackson Avery was seared into their retinas. Laying flat on his back, his shirt off, those tremendous abs on display…Jackson was splayed out on the floor with bite marks on his neck. Blood seeped out into a widening puddle beneath him.

"Where's Lexie?" Mark demanded. "She screamed…I'd know her scream anywhere…"

"Here…" Lexie said, waving from the corner. "I came in to get my coat…and there he was…"

"He's been bitten…but is that what happened to Teddy and April?"

There was a deep mocking laugh and they looked around in fear. "The parking lot of doom has swallowed them up…never to be seen again…" the voice intoned solemnly. "This one was too pretty to resist…"

Callie clapped her hand over her mouth. "Ohmigod…" she murmured finally. "The parking lot…just like Erica…!"

The rest of the group looked at each other in horror. Who would be next to suffer the unspeakable fate…

"Is there trouble here?" Officer Caine spoke up from behind them.

Vampires and parking lots and terror…oh my…