-1Chapter 4

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Meredith searched through the kitchen cabinets looking for aspirin. She knew she would need it by the end of the night. Derek stands behind her, waiting for the right moment to start a conversation he could no longer avoid.

"Meredith we need to talk."

"I told you, it's fine that you brought Mark. I think it's good that you are friends again." She pulls open the drawer and starts to rummage through it.

"This isn't about Mark. Meredith please stop." He takes her hand and leads her to sit at the kitchen table.

"Okay now you're scaring me, what's up?"

"I was confused about us." He stated

"Me too, but now we are in a good place, aren't we? There is a silent pause. "Derek?"

"I kissed someone else!"

"When? Who?"

"Her name is Rose and it was right before you asked me not to see anyone else."

"Oh. Rose is a scrub nurse right?"

"Meredith."

"No I understand its fine really. You want to date other people. You want to date Rose."

"Meredith I…" Just as he was about to explain, the kitchen door flew open and Cristina Yang walks in, throwing her bag on the counter.

"Hey, do you know that Hahn kicked me out of surgery today. She told me I was standing too close to her! Can you believe it? It's not like I was breathing down her neck or anything! I was at least a whole foot away from her, but whatever."

She grabs a beer out of the fridge and pops the top off. She puts the bottle to her lips and takes a sip, as she does this she notices they are both looking at her strangely. "What?"

In the living room Jason has taken a seat next to Izzie's mother. Lexie and George are standing by the fireplace when Alex comes back inside. He thinks that maybe it is time to find the bottom of the tequila bottle with Izzie. Now all he had to do was find her.

"O'Malley, have you seen Iz?"

"I'm Izzie's mother. Are you a friend of my Cricket?" Mrs. Stevens asks Alex.

"You could say that, we used to date." Alex says.

"You dated Dr Stevens too? My god Alex is there anyone at the hospital you haven't slept with?!" Lexie crosses her arms.

"You're Alex?" Mrs. Stevens asks.

"You've heard of Alex and not me?!" George yells.

"Have you slept with my sister?"

"What? No I haven't."

"He did give me syphilis once."

"Christ O'Malley are you ever gonna let that go?"

"No, I don't think I am."

"You really never slept with my sister? George told me that she has a thing for sleeping with inappropriate men." Lexie smirks.

"Really? Did he also tell you that he slept with Meredith once?"

"George, you slept with my sister?"

"Just once, and it didn't turn out that well. It was nothing really."

"He made her cry."

"Alex! Where is Rebecca?" George smirks at Alex.

"She went home." Alex smirks back.

"So Where is Izzie anyway?" Jason asks.

"Oh, she's upstairs in the bathroom with her boyfriend." Mrs. Stevens says.

"Her what?!" Alex and Lexie say at the same time.

"I think they might be fooling around." She whispers.

In the bathroom upstairs……

"You can't go downstairs yet."

"Why not?" Izzie asks.

"Because your mother will think I'm not good at pleasing you."

"Do you really believe my mother thinks we are up here having sex?"

"After the way you dragged me up here? Yes…….. Maybe we should have sex."

"I'm not having sex with you! What do you care anyway if my mother thinks you're a sex god?"

"I don't care what your mother thinks, but I'm sure you care what your ex-boyfriend thinks."

"Point taken. We will wait, but no sex!"

Meredith carries a platter of snacks to the living room as Cristina trails behind.

"He kissed a scrub nurse? Seriously?"

"Seriously!"

"Wow that really sucks!"

There is a knock at the door.

"Here, hold this. I'll get the door." Meredith gives Cristina the platter and opens the front door. "Dr Hahn?"

"Dr Grey, are you going to invite me in or are you just going to make me stand out here in the snow?"

"Yes, come in." Erica walks inside and shakes the snow off her coat as she takes it off.

"Thanks, it's really coming down out there."

"It is? I didn't realize it was snowing." Meredith draws back the curtains.

"Observant, Dr Grey. We're in the middle of a blizzard and from what they are saying on the radio, it looks like we're gonna be stuck here for a while."

"Dr Hahn?"

"Merry Christmas Dr Yang," Erica makes her way toward the living room, walking by Cristina.

"I think everyone will have to stay the night." Meredith says.

"Merry Freaking Christmas!" Cristina sighs.