Chapter seven: Kissing in Public


Cristina Yang knocked on the door.

"Excuse me? We've been waiting for an half an hour. Is everything okay in there doctor Shepherd or do you need some assistance?"

Inside the room Meredith and Derek smirked.

"Come in!" Meredith called.

Cristina, Izzie and George came in to find Meredith sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, holding up her wrist and Derek bandaging it. They looked up smiling at the interns.

"Meredith... is your face, will you be all right?" George asked with concern.

"Yes George. I'm fine," Meredith answered and smiled.

Izzie made her way towards Meredith and hugged her tight.

"Hey honey. I thought for a moment we'd lose you."

Cristina patted her best friend on the shoulder.

"I knew you'd free yourself," she said matter-of-factly.

The door opened and Alex Karev, one of their fellow interns, a doctor with a God-complex and proud of it, stuck his head inside.

"Hi," he said and nodded his head. "Meredith I'm glad to see you alive and well. So your tiny ineffectual fists are not so ineffective after all I heard." Alex, his person not always appreciated in their company by the other interns, was referring to the incident where Meredith had pinned him against the lockers and put him in his place. Derek had come in and Meredith had released Alex but wanted to leap at him again after he pointedly said: "She attacked me." Derek, just in time, prevented Meredith from doing so but said to Alex: "You know, you might want to leave. Before I change my mind and let her beat you to a pulp with her tiny, ineffectual fists."

"Would you like a demonstration?" Cristina said in an annoyed voice and cocked her head to the side and looked at Alex.

"Nope. I'm out of here," Alex said and pulled back his head and closed the door behind him.

Meredith's friends resumed their conversation.

"They transported Raiswick to another hospital after Bailey sewed him up," George chuckled, "He was in so much pain."

"Yeah that must have been so satisfying," Cristina sighed.

"Trust me, he deserves it," Meredith said.

"Oh we know he does. After what he did to you... it makes me want to..."

"Hit him with a surgical hammer? Slice him open and transplant his organs into pigs? Make him watch while you're doing it?" Cristina finished George's sentence for him.

"Yeah," George said enthusiastically but he was unsure of what Cristina meant. With her you never knew. She could be making fun of you or mean it. And you do not want to offend Cristina Yang, George had learned, so he decided to keep his mouth shut.

"There you go," Derek said as he finished the bandage around Meredith's bruised wrist.

"Thank you doctor," Meredith replied with a grin.

Izzie crossed her arms in front of her body and looked from Meredith to Derek and back.

"Okay that look just gave you both away. What has been going on here for freaking 30 minutes while we were worrying ourselves sick outside?" Izzie put her elementary-school-teacher look on, "Go on. Admit it. Spit it out!"

Meredith was beaming as she looked at Derek and he nodded slightly after which Meredith turned her gaze back to Izzie.

"Yes," she said simply, "Yes!" and at last, free of feelings of embarrassment or doubt or guilt in any way, Meredith kissed her McDreamy in public.

Yes!


So, this was supposed to be the end of this story, but since you guys seem to love it so much I've decided to add some more chapters. If you keep reviewing, that is. I need more reviews to keep me writing now! I'm hoping to have at least fifty before I update the next chapter. (You get the hint, right?) So to y'all that are reading but not reviewing: I'd really appreciate just a few words! And feedback is always welcome. I will continue this story as long as you want me to.