I'm on vacation, so you won't get a lot of updates in the next few weeks... This is just something I wrote down while waiting for a flight, I was bored and scribbled on the back of my flight reservation. Reviews are very much appreciated, by the way, thanks to the three angels who have posted reviews so far :D
Meredith noticed some nurses whispering behind her back in the elevator in the morning, and even though she didn't really know why, she took the stairs the rest of the day. Lately, she had gone to great lengths to avoid the elevator, anyway. It seemed to her that at Seattle Grace, too many things happened in elevators. Especially to her. And as a result, she always ended up getting hurt.
It was a busy day, there was no time to chat or have lunch with any of the other interns. Even with Alex being back at work for the first time since the prom, they were still swamped. Dr Bailey had threatened to throw him out of the program if he didn't come back. Surprisingly, when he had come back to work, Dr Bailey hadn't assigned him to Addison and her vagina squad, but to Derek. And during the day, Dr Bailey discretely took Alex aside and told him that any time he needed to go home early, it was fine. But on that day, even if more people may have whispered around Meredith than usual, she was just too busy to care. She managed to block them out as she was hurrying from one patient to the next. She had managed to block out a lot of things lately. It made life easier.
Just before lunch, she was surprised to run into Addison in the stairs, who was going up as Meredith was going down. Odd, Meredith thought. Addison never used the stairs. She was far too self-confident to be afraid of an awkward meeting in the elevator, and besides, with the high heels she preferred, one didn't walk more than one really had to.
Meredith smiled nervously, muttering a hello. Addison stopped. She looked different somehow, but Meredith couldn't quite place just how she looked different.
"You win, Meredith." The attending's make-up was perfect as usual, her salmon-coloured scrubs annoyingly well fitted. Neither her face nor her voice betrayed any real emotion. Before Meredith had the chance to ask the older woman just what she was talking about, Addison continued walking up the stairs, leaving a puzzled Meredith just standing there.
Half an hour later, as she walked into OR 2 after having scrubbed in to assist Dr Webber, she realised what had been different about Addison. She had taken off her ring.
Later that shift, Meredith received a phone call.
After a few hours, she finally decided what to do.
She found Addison in her office. She knocked on the door, and if Addison was surprised to see the intern, she didn't show it.
"Addison, can I talk to you for a minute?"