"So you survived your first month at Seattle Grace then!" Callie laughed with a roll of her eyes.

"Hells yeah, and I kicked ass too- give it another month or so I think I'm going to become an attending yesur!" Lydia laughed.

"Wouldn't surprise me if you did, I heard what you did with that patient in the motorcycle accident...some pretty amazing work" Meredith added with a slightly drunken nod.

"Mm you must take after your sister" Christina said, attempting to open conversation around her sister and forcing Meredith to roll her eyes.

"Yano every time we go out my sister somehow comes up! Chances of her following me out here to Seattle equal nil hence my current Seattle residence, finito" Lydia drunkenly explained raising her hands at the end.

"I think I met your sister once" Arizona slurred.

"Oh yeah?" Lydia replied with a soft smile.

"Mhmm out in the er city, she kinda tall, shortish blonde hair?"

"Yeah, sounds like her" Lydia sighed before sitting back slightly.

"She was nice to me" Arizona added merrily. Callie laughed and rubbed her shoulder to which Arizona gave a loving yet drunken smile.

"You've turned my wife into an alcoholic" Callie chuckled "a month you've been here and we've spent every weekend in this bar!"

Lydia laughed, almost like a naughty child before straightening up with a proud smile "Lydia Dixon, providing AA meetings with people since...whatever year I was born in"

...

"Heyy you coming back to my place?" Meredith slurred as she Christina and Lydia staggered down the sidewalk.

"Uh noo.. thank you though" Lydia replied with a kind and warm smile.

"She's going to Mark's place" Christina half snorted, half laughed.

"Do I sense a booty call?" Meredith giggled.

"I ain't no booty call girlfriend" Lydia replied with a raised eyebrow "but if a girl can catch herself some fine tail, a girl's gonna be running round with the biggest net she can find, n'am sayin'?"

...

"Knock knock" Lydia slurred as she slipped through Mark's door.

"Again?" Mark sighed to which Lydia cast him a proud smile "I mean it's not that I don't mind, but I would like to be invited out to the initial drinking event"

"Girls-night-out" Lydia explained as she lay along Mark's couch.

"I can be one of the girls" Mark replied shrugging his shoulders and sitting on the opposite couch.

"I don't have any doubt that you could" she replied with a semi-triumphant smile.

"I spoke to your sister tonight" Mark sighed.

"Oh jeez did you get your phone exorcised after?" Lydia chuckled.

"Didn't know you were married" he replied looking slightly hurt.

Lydia glanced to him, a split second left her face looking hurt and sad though she quickly replaced it with a slightly warm smile "separated."

"Dylan?" Mark asked quietly. Lydia nodded. "Is that why your here? Running away?"

"It's not like that" Lydia said with a frown "it's easier this way, plus I missed you" she turned to him and offered him a sincere smile which he returned.

"You know if he's giving you crap I'll kick his ass" Mark added seriously.

"Whatevs" Lydia rolled her eyes.

"I will" Mark said sitting forward.

"Well he's not so hang up the gloves Tyson" she sighed, eyes closing slightly.

"Go to sleep, we'll talk tomorrow" Mark crosses over to her and places a gentle kiss against her forehead before draping a blanket over her.