I didn't add this before, but I don't own anything of Grey's and all those other things. I hope everyone likes this so far, feel free to review, it'll get a lot better in the next chapter. I'm not sure how long this will end up being, it depends on whether the ideas I keep flowing. Just a quick question, I know George is repeating his intern year, but what are Christina, Meredith and Izzy considered? Are they still interns? Thanks!
"What's your problem?" Christina guided towards Meredith who sat at the lunch table.
"Oh nothing." She replied, playing with her hardly-eaten lunch.
"Come on, I know that look. Spill it."
"It's just," Meredith began, pondering whether she should share her thoughts, "I don't know what to do. I just don't know how to do this anymore. I broke up with Derek. And I miss him, like I always do. But, at the same time, I'm completely and totally happy that we're done with."
"Okay." Christina paused, trying to find some words of encouragement. "Well, what do you plan on doing?"
"About what?" George spoke for himself and Izzy as they sat at their usual lunch table.
"Noth-" Meredith began but was cut off by Christina, "She broke up with McDreamy."
"Christina!!"
"And now she doesn't know how to get over the jackass." Christina finished, ignoring her friends' glaring eyes.
"Does this mean you're going to start having sex every night of the week again? Because if you are, I need to find a different place to sleep until you pass through that phase." George asked once finding out all the details.
"Thanks for all the support guys, it means the world." Meredith said with sarcasm. "I think I'll be fine. I just need to take some time. I'm done with this relationship business. I miss the whole dating thing, even though it didn't last for long. I'm thinking that's how I'll get over Derek."
The sound of beepers going off began right as Meredith finished her sentence and the interns were off to the nurses' station.
"What took you guys so long people, there's surgeries that need to be done. O'Malley, Grey, you are with Shepard in OR-2, Stevens, you are with me and Dr. Yang, you must have done something right because Dr. Hahn has requested you today. Congratulations. Move people; take the surgeries while you can get them. With the way that board has been, there might not be another one for quite some time." Dr. Bailey gave her commands and they headed off to their respective OR's.
"This is just wonderful. Right when I'm set on getting over Derek, I'm on his service. While Rose is in the same room. This is just wonderful." Meredith said more to herself, as her and George thoroughly washed their hands in the scrub room.
"Just concentrate on the surgery, and if he happens to speak to you, then just be professional. You'll be fine, you always are." George replied, but he knew she wasn't listening.
She couldn't help but stare at her McDreamy. She felt pathetic, but she couldn't get over how he looked, especially in surgery. He looked perfect, like he could make no mistake. He was working on removing a tumor on the patients' temporal lobe. She couldn't help but wonder why he wanted the both of them in on the surgery.
"Nice that the two of you could finally join us." Derek said as the two were having their gloves and gowns put on.
Without saying a word, Meredith and George made their way to the Operating Table to be of any assistance if needed.
After quite some time, Derek glanced up at his interns. "O'Malley, this is a non-cancerous tumor, why am I putting this patient through surgery?"
"Well, um," George started as he shuffled his feet a little bit to get a better look at the work area. "To relieve pressure on the patient's brain and any side effects that may be due to the tumor."
"Good response, why don't you get in closer. I assume you know what you're doing, so as I begin to remove the tumor I want you to keep it still. Last thing this person needs is to lose a chunk of his brain."
George looked at Meredith for approval and then replied, "Thank you, sir." He reached for the tool and watched closely as Derek removed the large tumor that had been pushing into the brain.
Meredith couldn't help but admire Derek at that exact moment. All of the other residents treated George like all of the other 1st-year interns, and he deserved a lot more than that.
"Grey, are you listening or just daydreaming?" The doctor said glancing up at her.
"Sorry sir, I was um, I was just…"
"No excuses, if you want to daydream you can leave, if you want to learn something, I suggest you start listening." He cut off sharply.
"Yes, Doctor Shepard." She knew she needed to get over Derek, because not getting over him would ruin her career, she was almost positive.
The surgery came to a much-needed end. Meredith needed to get out of there. She realized that every time she needed to get away from her McDreamy, she was always assigned to his cases. She hoped Dr. Bailey would assign her to someone else next time.
"Nice job today, Doctor."
That familiar voice rang through Meredith's ears like something terrible. She couldn't help but glance.
"Why thank you, Rose. You didn't do a bad job, yourself." Derek said, his eyes glistening with joy.
"I can't wait 'til later, I just thought you'd like to know. Let's just hope you get there on time." Rose said jokingly. "You can count on me, don't worry." And with that, Derek walked out of the OR to clean up.
"Crap." That was all Meredith could say at the end of the surgery.
"What?" George said, already knowing the answer.
"He's being all, dreamy and, just himself towards her. It should be me. And I think they're going out tonight. This is going to be a lot tougher that I thought it'd be." Meredith stated as she washed off. Derek was long gone so she wasn't worried about speaking her mind.
"Look, let's just go to Joe's tonight. We'll have a few drinks and just relax. Things will be fine. You just have to trust me once in awhile, you've gotten through worse things before, you can get over this. You will get over this."
"Thanks George." Meredith said with a sincere smile.