"Oh you are alive! That's nice," exclaimed Izzie.
Meredith hadn't been home all weekend even though she had had two days off work. It was Monday morning and Izzie was standing with Alex waiting for an elevator. Derek and Rose were also waiting for an elevator. Derek looked up when he heard Izzie raise her voice and spotted Meredith bustling into the hospital, looking a little flustered.
"I'm alive," said Meredith pulling her ringing cell phone out of her bag. Instead of answering it Meredith threw it in nearby trash can and dumped her coffee on it.
"Bad weekend?" asked Izzie.
"No," said Meredith. "It's just that phone…it's does bad things."
"Oh the phone does bad things or the phone made you do a bad thing," said Izzie.
"Did you do a bad thing?" asked Alex. "Naughty weekend?"
"Shut up both of you," hissed Meredith. "I didn't do a bad thing."
"Did you do a bad thing that was really, really good?" asked Izzie.
"I'm not talking about it," Meredith insisted.
"Dr. Steven, Dr. Karev beautiful morning isn't it?" said James cheerfully. "Oh how lovely to see you too Dr. Grey."
"Jackass," Meredith muttered. He was supposed to wait until she was on the elevator before he came into the hospital.
"Good morning to you too sweetheart," he chuckled.
"You are apologizing to the Chief this morning," said Meredith as they all piled onto the elevator.
"Am I?"
"Yes I told you last night you have to…what you said wasn't nice…"
"Shouldn't I apologise to you then, she was your mother?"
"No," said Meredith shortly.
"Last night?" said Izzie.
"Oops," said Meredith guiltily.
"Oops honey," mocked James. "You could have just told them you were…helping me with…my crossword puzzle."
"I hate you," said Meredith.
"No you don't, you love me."
"Wanna bet?"
"Dude you are fighting like a little old couple," sniggered Alex.
"We are not!" Meredith protested.
"You so are," said Izzie rolling her eyes.
"I mean it James, apologise to the Chief this morning," said Meredith stepping off the elevator.
"Fine, geez bossy much."
----------------------------------------
"I apologised," James announced.
"Miracles can happen then," Meredith retorted.
"Hmmmm lets find out shall we?"
"What are you talking about?"
"What did Shepherd do to you?"
"Nothing."
"Sure he didn't. I can always just ask him, you know?"
"Go ahead."
"Or beat it out of him?" said James.
"Like I said, go ahead," said Meredith.
"Did he cheat on you with that nurse, Rosie is it?" asked James, he had heard some gossip and put two and two together.
"Rose," snapped Meredith. "And no…not exactly."
"Well if you ask me it looks like she's had a snout adjustment," said James studying Meredith carefully.
"There is nothing wrong with her 'snout'," sighed Meredith.
"Still not a patch on you," said James. "I mean you're like a rubber band…very flexible."
"Shut up," Meredith hissed looking round to make sure nobody had heard.
"You wound me love, you really do."
"Do you actually do anything here all day?" asked Meredith. "You just seem to follow me around all the time."
"Believe it or not I do have something to do today besides you," said James as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "Piggy back surgery, I want a resident."
"Cristina is Cardio."
"Yang can come too," said James. "But I want to see if you're as good in practice as you were at Med school."
"Why?"
"Because I haven't seen you in action," said James obviously. "Professional curiosity."
"When?" sighed Meredith. It was an amazing surgery and would be great practice for her, not to mention it might shut James up for ten minutes.
"Four O'clock OR 6," said James. "By the way I have heard whisperings of 'McCreamy'…should I be worried?"
"No flattered, it means the staff think you look good enough to eat…like a cream cake," said Meredith.
"Really? And what do you think?"
"Cream makes me nauseas."
"Oh but Dreamy makes you giddy?"
"Who have you been talking to?" asked Meredith. How could James find out so much in two days.
"I'll never reveal my source."
"Izzie?"
"Yeah," James admitted. "Now I'm off to beat McDreamy within an inch of his life…I'll see you at four."
"See you," said Meredith going back to reading her chart.
