Title: A Tale Of Two Cities

Authors: Sara and Lizzie

Rating: T for language, sex, you know.

Disclaimer: We happen to own our personal anatomies, not Grey's. Or Patrick Dempsey's. Sadly.

Summary: Another shot at Post Prom. It's going to be a little silly. It will be our version of what happens post prom, and then jump a few months in the future when uh, some bicoastal high jinx ensue. So we'll start right after the prom.

Author's Note: The deliberation is over. We are pleased (and somewhat frightened) to announce that this is going to be The Pregnant Story. Yes, folks, even though we may lose some of you, we cant resist. There will be a Meredith and Derek reproduction plot, but we promise you, it will be different from the others. Stick with us.

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Meredith's eyes were fluttering. She was wrapped in Derek's arms and falling asleep. When he heard her breathing deepen, he started to untangle himself from her. She rolled toward him and opened her heavy eyes.

"Stay." She mumbled.

Without hesitation, he obeyed. "Okay."

She shook her head. "No, you can't. There's Addison, and Finn, and two weeks."

"Right." He said. "I could always tell Addison I was…" She shook her head.

"We've got so many lies already."

He kissed her temple and got out of her bed. She shivered, feeling cold without him. He tucked her sheets tightly around her and kissed her again. "I'll miss you." He said at the door.


Derek was standing in front of the board the next morning, when the tell tale clack of Addison's heels broke him out of his play by play from the night before.

"So you left last night." She said.

"I came back." He said, a little defensively.

"I know." She said. "Where did…"

"I needed to get some air. You know, clear my head."

"Your head needed clearing?"

He leaned down and kissed her cheek. "It's nothing." He strode away, and she turned from the board and watched him go.

"Dr. Bailey needs you for a consult, Dr. Shepherd." One of the nurses said.

"Thanks Wendy." He said. "Do me a favor and page Dr. Grey?" Addison's eyes narrowed. She shook her head.

Get a grip, she told herself. She's the intern assigned to him. She rolled her eyes. She could already tell it was going to be a fantastic day.

"All right, Dr. Shepherd." She heard Dr. Yang say as she walked up next to her. "Am I going to see an OR today, or just listen to babies scream for ten hours?"

Addison sighed. Yes. It was going to be a fantastic day.


"Dr. Grey." Derek said as Meredith breezed in the door. His tone caused Bailey to raise her eyebrows.

"Dr. Shepherd." She replied with a smile.

"Ready for another day?"

"Absolutely."

Bailey looked back and forth between them. "I don't want to know. I'm going to pretend that none of those tones or glances were exhibited in my presence and I'm going to go. When you figure out what's wrong with my patient, let me know."

With that, she backed out of the room.

Derek smiled at Meredith over the hospital bed. "CT scan Grey." he ordered.

She smirked at him. "Your wish is my command, Dr. Shepherd." With that, she wheeled the patient out of the room, leaving Derek to stare after her, grinning like an idiot.


Later that night, Meredith was sitting on a barstool at Joe's, chewing on a thumbnail and waiting for Finn. She could see Derek across the room, sitting at a table, watching her. She smiled at him and he nodded at her, encouraging her.

He got up and made his way over to the bar, signaling to Joe that he needed another drink. He leaned on the bar next to Meredith.

"Meeting someone?"

"As a matter of fact, yes." She said smiling. "Jealous?"

"Well that depends. Is he going to touch you? Because if he's going to touch you…"

Meredith smiled and smirked. "Interesting, Dr. Shepherd."

"You are breaking up with him, aren't you?"

"You are breaking up with her?"

He checked his watch. "Twelve days, nine hours and twenty seven minutes, but really, who's counting?"

Meredith looked at him with the softest, sweetest look he had ever seen. "You're counting." She said.

He shrugged sheepishly. Meredith couldn't wipe the grin off of her face.


Addison blinked at the familiar face raising a hand at her outside of The Emerald City Bar. "Dr. Dandridge." She said with a smile.

"Dr. Shepherd, call me Finn." He said.

"Addison." She told him. "Meeting Dr. Grey?"

"Yes, I sure am. Meeting Dr. Shepherd?"

She nodded. "I'm sorry about Doc." He said.

Addison shrugged as he pulled the door open for her. "It was really Meredith's dog. But we had the land so…" She trailed off as they both stood in the doorway, watching Derek and Meredith. She was sitting on a stool and he was leaning against the bar facing her.

It hit Addison again. That nagging feeling that something wasn't just quite right. They were just talking, but it seemed painfully obvious to her that there was something else there. She turned to Finn and drew in a breath as if she was going to say something, but stopped herself.

"What?" he asked her gently, tearing his away. She didn't have to ask him, because the look on his face told her that he had that same feeling.

He made the first move towards them. "Meredith." He said, approaching the bar. "Dr. Shepherd."

Derek smiled at him. "Dr. Dandridge." He said, sticking out his hand. "How are things in the animal kingdom?"

Finn, who had been sure he was going to be able to detect undertones of jealousy or sarcasm, was surprised to see the grin on Derek's face was sincere. He shook his hand, smiling back.

"Fine, thank you. How's Seattle Grace." Derek smiled.

"Never a dull moment. Have Meredith tell about how she cut some guy's brain in half the other day." With that, he led Addison to their table.

"You cut a guy's brain in half?" Finn asked.

Meredith smiled weakly, downed her shot and looked at him. "I'm sorry." She said.

Finn sensed she was not apologizing for the surgery. "Meredith."

"I like you. I like your plans. You're an amazing, warm person, but I just can't."

"Okay…"he said slowly, drawing the world out. "Why not?"

For the briefest of seconds her eyes darted to Derek's table, and then she looked down. "Him." He said. "Dr. Shepherd."

She bit her lip. "I'm so sorry." She whispered.

"He's married, Meredith." Finn said, trying to remain calm and rational even though he wasn't feeling it. She shook her head.

"It's complicated." She could see he didn't understand her. "I love him."

Finn just stared at her, so she slid off of her barstool and headed for the bathroom.

Addison's cell phone rang and she answered it, signaling to Derek she needed another drink. Her back was facing the bar, so he used the opportunity to follow Meredith. Without a glance in Finn, he followed her.

"You love me, right?" Meredith asked him. "Like you're not just saying this because we had sex and then I practically threw myself at you? I mean, you really love and you really are going to sign this time?"

He smiled at the fact she didn't seem at all surprised to see him in the woman's bathroom. So he put his hands on her cheeks and looked into her eyes. "I love you." He said. "I love you so much that I can't sleep. I can't focus. All I can do is love you."

"And you're really going to sign the papers?"

He kissed her forehead, her nose and then her lips. "I'm really going to sign the papers."

She smiled and put her arms around him. "I love you." She said.

Addison meandered up to the bar, looking around. "Seen my husband?"

"He went to the bathroom." Finn said dejectedly.

Addison put a hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong?"

He shook his head, threw a few bills onto the bar and got up. "Tell Dr. Shepherd I said goodbye." He said, walking away, leaving a very confused Addison in his wake.

Meredith walked out of the bathroom first, cell phone in hand. "Did you know Cristina is really doing those charts you asked her for?" she said, smiling at Addison. "She just called me to complain."

Addison smiled back. Meredith didn't seem surprised that Finn was gone. She was about to ask her about it, but Meredith's pager silenced them.

"Trauma." Meredith said, looking at it.

Derek came out of the bathroom, also clutching a beeping pager. He held it up so Addison could see it. "Trauma." He told her. "See you in the morning." He too threw some bills on the bar, and followed Meredith out of the bar.