Something to Talk About
By Misha
Disclaimer and Notes in Part One.
Part Seven: If I Fall"Izzie says you have a new boyfriend." George said awkwardly the next morning.
Meredith had the day off so she came home to get a few things done. "Yes." Meredith said distractedly, though she wondered if she could really call Alex her boyfriend. Maybe it was more than sex, but it wasn't like they were really together."Are you ever going to let us meet him?" George asked her, obviously uncomfortable. "I mean, this is your house, you shouldn't have to leave and we're your friends and..."
"Izzie asked you to quiz me, huh?" Meredith asked with a smile. She knew it was too much to hope that Izzie would just give up and let it go.
"Yeah." George admitted, looking even more uncomfortable. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Meredith assured him. "George, it's still too new, it's too soon..."
"You really like this guy, huh?" George asked softly. Meredith looked at him and she didn't see in his face except genuine interest. It seemed that Callie had cured him of his Meredith-thing and had healed the damage her very bad thing had done. Though, she didn't think it would last if he knew exactly who she was seeing.
"Yeah." Meredith said softly, before she could stop herself. "I really do."
She froze as soon as she said the words, realizing that they were true. She did care about Alex and not just as a friend and a fellow screw-up or even as someone she was just sleeping with...
Suddenly, it hit her. Somehow, she had gotten attached. To Alex. Meredith raised her hand in horror. What had she done and what was she going to do about it?
"Izzie sicced George on me this morning." Meredith complained to Christina. "She wants to know who I'm sleeping with."
"Do you think she suspects that it's Dr. Evil Spawn?" Christina asked. She still wasn't sure that she approved, or rather was pretty sure she didn't, but she had to admit that Meredith seemed happier than she had in a long time. Somehow, Alex was making her happy.
"No." Meredith said quietly. "If she even thought I was sleeping with Alex, she'd be throwing a hissy fit, you know that."
"True." Christina agreed.
Izzie could be a selfish little bitch sometimes and she might not want Alex, but there was no way she'd be okay with the fact that Meredith had him now. No, that was just a disaster waiting to happen.
"She's going to find out eventually." Christina pointed out. "Have you thought about that?"
"She didn't want him." Meredith said quietly. "She threw him away, told him that he wasn't good enough for her, wasn't good enough for anyone. She doesn't get to call dibs now."
"She won't see it that way." Christina said dryly. "Are you willing to deal with a pissed off Izzie, just for good sex?"
"Yes." Meredith answered, without hesitating. "Izzie has no right to tell me who I can sleep with and she has no right to decide who Alex sleeps with."
"You're the one that lives with her." Christina said dryly.
"It's my house." Meredith said calmly. "If she can't keep herself out of my personal life, if she decides to be difficult, then..."
"You'd kick Izzie out over Alex?" Christina asked in disbelief. "Only if I had to." Meredith said quietly. "My life is my concern, not anyone else's and Izzie... She has no right to Alex, not after the way she treated him and if it comes up I will tell her that. But who knows, maybe it won't. After all, there's no reason she has to find out about this thing between Alex and I, right?"
"Right." Christina agreed dryly, though she didn't believe that for a moment and she doubted that Meredith did. No, it was all going to come out, probably soon, and it was going to be ugly.
That was a given.
