Chapter two.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Grey's Anatomy. If I did some things would have happened by now that Shonda probably will never do.
Welcome to chapter two. Enjoy!
Meredith didn't know what to say. She had no idea if Alex had heard everything that just happened between her and Derek or if he had only just shown up. Either way, it was clear that he had heard or seen something.
He looked back at her with sympathy, but there was also a hint of rage in his hazel eyes. That told her that he had most likely heard everything. Meredith didn't know if she was embarrassed or if she wanted to apologise for what Derek had said about him. She opened her mouth to say something, but Alex cut her off.
"Do you want me to go and kick his ass?" he asked in a completely serious tone.
Meredith raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly at his words. Leave it to Alex to beat up every asshole in the hospital that said something nasty to her or Izzie.
She didn't say anything, just shook her head and made her way down the stairs to stand in front of him. He looked down at her and she saw something in his eyes that she had never seen there before. She couldn't quite tell what it was, but she thought it probably had something to do with what Derek had said.
"Did you… hear all of that?" she asked him quietly. He nodded in response. Meredith nodded too, but it didn't have a clear meaning.
Feeling awkward about the situation, she took a step back and looked down at the ground. She didn't say anything because she didn't know what to say. Alex however, filled the silence.
"You don't need to apologise to me for what he said. He's just a jerk who's mad because you're trying to move on with your life. Guys like him think they are the only ones who can do something like what he did and have you stay miserable."
Meredith looked up at him, surprised by his words. "I wasn't going- "
"Yes you were. And you don't need to. If I were you I would feel worse about what he said about you than me. I know I sleep around a lot, and that's not a good thing. But the difference between you and me is that I'm sober when I do it. You sleep with people you shouldn't sleep with when you've had too much tequila."
Meredith let out a light laugh. He had a point there. She never actually slept with inappropriate men when she was sober. At least not for the first time anyway.
They stood there in a comfortable silence for a few minutes. No one came through the stairwell, so they had some privacy to talk if she needed to. But she didn't. At least, she didn't want to. They only left when they both got paged to the ER. Apparently, there was a massive pile up on the highway and there were at least three ambulances on their way to Seattle Grace.
"We should go, or Bailey will hunt us down and try to keep us out of the OR." Meredith said to him.
Alex nodded. "But if I end up in neuro, I will beat the crap out of Shepard. Thought I should give you a heads up about it." He said with a half teasing and half serious tone of voice.
Meredith rolled her eyes and laughed. "Sure Alex."
Author's note: So, there's chapter two. I hope you liked it. I will try and update in the next couple of days. Happy fanficing! -S