Chapter 9
Chapter 9
I don't own Grey's Anatomy.
A/N I'm depressed, yeah, so please review!! First I sprained my ankle, and now, I can't use the computer a lot. I know I'm supposed to update regularly, it's just that I'm running out of ideas, please tell me!
Meredith was on war path, she drove home since all of her friends were home already, and they had the day off.
Meredith could feel herself heating up, the news she just got was horrible, this wasn't supposed to happen, the change was supposed to be better, not insanely worse.
It said that George, Alex and Izzy already made accommodations and they were allowed to stay as long as they liked, she was going to kill them, they were supposed to be her friends, not self-hatred inflicting human beings. They were going to pay. Meredith made sharp turns around the corners, she beeped those people that she usually was very patient about, which comes to show, she is really on war path.
'I'm going to kill them!' She screams to herself. 'They were supposed to help me, not cause me so much more pain!' She stops in front of her house, and gets out the door with movements that looks like she could kill then and there, she barges in the door and screams out, all of them poke their heads out to see what all the noise is about, little do they know that they are in big trouble.
"Izzy, George Alex! Get out here now!" She shouts with a scary voice, Alex thinks to himself 'What did I do now? I was positively sure that I didn't cause any trouble in the last twelve hours.' He smiles to himself, Meredith must be mad about the decision they all made, he was awaiting her shouts the whole day, him and George were, they made bets on who she would get mad at first, and Alex was right, Izzy needed to watch out.
"Hey Mer." Izzy said coming out of the kitchen baking, probably muffins this time. The house was sparkle clean, once Izzy set her mind to something, it would be done in the first 24 hours, that was the thing they loved and hated about her. "Calm down, what's the problem?" Alex and George chuckled, for a doctor, she wasn't that smart, well she was smart but at times she was really clueless.
"Calm down? Isobel Stevens, wants me to calm down? The person that let my arch enemies, LIVE in my house? I swear to God, that you will pay!" Meredith said, The boys were in full blown laughter right now, they couldn't stop laughing, but George had a downside to this, he owed Alex 30 bucks due to their bet, but still he couldn't help but enjoy the moment.
"Don't dare laugh you Guys!! You also had something to do with this, you accepted this decision!" Meredith shouted, George and Alex stopped laughing and fell silent; they were scared of her, though the boys would never admit it, but that clearly showed when they sank in their seats.
"Mer, it will be okay, you can move your room to the other side of the house, that way you won't have to be in the same side of the house." Izzy calmly said, when those words came out from her mouth, Alex and George immediately knew she should have never said that, Izzy didn't realize it until Meredith was going to speak.
"YOU WERE GOING TO LET THEM STAY ON MY SIDE OF THE HOUSE!?" Meredith screamed, now the boys couldn't help it, they started laughing all over again, Meredith and Izzy gave them icy glares, each meaning really different things, Izzy's meant that 'You guys should shut up, you had something to do with this to you know,' Meredith's meaning was that 'Shut up, I'll deal with you later, you idiots' But still no matter how scared the boys were, they wouldn't stop laughing. "I am not moving my room!" Meredith said to break the silence between her and Izzy; they just ignored the boys' laughter and made it seem that all it was, was a nuisance.
"Okay Mer, but then they have to live on your side of the house, and the other guests are going to live on ours" Izzy stated carefully, it seemed as if she was really cautious on what she said, because she didn't want Meredith to blow up again, Meredith chose that side of the house, because it was relatively quiet at times, but now everything changed because of a bunch of stupid, idiotic signatures, that may have ruined her life.
"Fine, but I am never, ever going to agree on your ideas again." Meredith said with anger in her voice. But all of them knew that this disagreement isn't going to wreck their friendship, because they knew each other to well, their strategy was to keep out of the way until the whole issue blows over, but this time was different, this could be until, the whole bed and breakfast thing closes, and they weren't sure when.
"But with all due respect Mer, It's George's fault, he just had to get a pool." Izzy said with a smirk that symbolized as 'Payback' to the boys.
Meredith smiled, and walked over to George; she got the flour from Izzy's baking, and poured it over George's head. Alex was backing away, he knew that it was possible that he was next, the next second, Alex was running away, and Meredith winked at Izzy, they were chasing Alex, after that they had a big food fight. That was how things worked in the house, they would fight one second, and then the next they would be acting like kids again. 'I really love these guys.' Alex thought to himself while running after Meredith while he was all white because of the flour pouring, then their food fight abruptly stopped, it was interrupted by the doorbell, then George broke into a smile, he knew well what that meant, he and Meredith went to open the door.
The man outside extended his hand and said, "Here is your pool service, it will be done in a week or less." Meredith and George went outside to help him make the blueprints, Izzy and Alex were smiling at each other, since the first day of internship, they kind of didn't like each other and made first impressions, but today, these people were their families, the people that the could count on forever.
"What harm would Mark and Derek do if they lived here?" Izzy asked Alex, he just shrugged, and they both thought the same thing 'Everything is going to be okay.' But little did they know that the trouble was just beginning.
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At the hospital, everything was doing great; it seemed that Meredith was happy that Melanie could finally have a fresh start. The days went by quickly, they had a lot of work to do, people were coming in and out of the hospital by the second, and it was getting really busy.
Mark knew that Derek was staying with Meredith, and Derek knew that Mark was also going to be staying with him at Meredith and her roommate's house. Derek was a little worried about the outcome, but he knew that he was a true fighter, and he got what he wanted in the end, and that was Meredith, little did he know that Mark was thinking the same thing, he liked Meredith and her tiny intellectual fists and her tough girl attitude, but he wasn't so sure if he could be a one woman guy.
Mark and Derek have been looking for the girl that caused this all, unfortunately for them; the same girl was avoiding them. When Meredith saw them coming down the hall she would run in the other direction. Mark finally figured that out, he had a plan, when Derek was coming where Meredith was, he would be in the other direction, she was trapped. But she would choose him right? That thought was clogging his mind all day, he knew he loved her, hell, he didn't even try anymore with Addison, but he wasn't so sure what to think with Meredith, did she still love him?
Then the chance came, Meredith was walking towards him, but he hid himself enough to surprise her so she wouldn't have the chance to leave, he grabbed her shoulder and pushed her into the nearest on-call room, they needed to talk.
"You have been avoiding me" Mark flat out said.
"Yeah, I guess so, I will be seeing you the next week constantly, so I want my alone time. Mark, don't think just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean that I'll be running to you, you aren't as great as you think you are." Meredith said, Mark was stunned, rejection hurt, but that made him want her so much more.
"Are you okay, with me moving in and all?" Mark asked sincerely,
"I'm okay with you moving in, I'm not okay with Derek and You moving in together." She said truthfully, that was really how she felt, the weight would be 100 times lighter if only one of them would have moved in, but no, she got stuck with both of them, at the same time, across the hall from her room. Life really did suck.
"Okay, Hey you want to go and get a beer tonight." Mark asked smoothly, "It's on me."
Meredith sighed in frustration; she really didn't want to deal with him right now. "No Mark, some other time." She left the door and once again she made him feel different, now he had to try so much harder, Derek saw her leave the room in a hurry, she didn't even acknowledge his presence, he sighed, then he saw Mark come out of the closet, he looked really confused and stared at him, he saw him stare, they both glared at each other until Mark broke the glare by giving a smirk, they both left the halls in different directions.
'She's mad at him, I could tell by the look on her face and her movements, so nothing could have happened to them now.' Derek thought hopefully, but deep inside, he was madly jealous, because a guy exited the closet with her, even the thought of him and her in the same room alone made him sick, that was THEIR thing, and it seemed as if she was replacing him.
Meredith spent all her free time with Melanie, she brought her to the ice cream parlor down the street, she played with her, she found something in Melanie she loved, when she was care-free, the attitude was contagious, her friends always seemed to have something on their minds that everyone would worry, don't get me wrong, she loves her friends but it was nice to get away for a while.
It took all day to make the flour come out of their hair, they didn't, they couldn't, get rid of all of it, when they came in that morning, Bailey and Paula gave them weird looks and they just laughed it off. But honestly they were annoyed at themselves for making a fool out of themselves.
They finished everything that they had to do and headed home, they were planning on a party that night because the pool was done, they invited some friends over for like a house warming but for the new business, they were finally going to meet Izzy's new boyfriend, Denny, Izzy kept it a secret for a while but they caught her kissing him on the front porch. Denny seemed like a nice guy, he made Izzy happy, which was all that mattered to the 4 friends. Meredith didn't know that Izzy invited almost the entire surgical floor to the party.
The people that were coming were Callie, Bailey, Paula, Denny, Addison, The Chief and sadly, Mark and Derek.
Meredith went home with Alex because Izzy and George went ahead to plan the party, it was going tot be a pool party, George was more excited than he was ever before.
Alex and Meredith talked about their patients today, they also talked about what they were going to plan when they opened it up. And then Alec couldn't help it anymore, he had to tell Meredith what she was up against, luckily he was driving, so she couldn't hit him or anything, but that probably wouldn't stop her all that much,
"Mer, Derek and Mark are coming tonight." He said quickly so that he could get it over with.
"Seriously??" She replied shouting, the shouting was predictable, but her not hitting back, wasn't.
"Hey I didn't plan this okay." Alex said teasingly to get in the clear.
"Is Joe coming today?" Meredith asked, Alex knew what she meant.
"No, and don't even think about it." Alex quickly replied.
"Aww, come on, we are making a quick little detour, please!" Meredith fought back,
"No. And nothing you do will change my mind."
"I'll do your dirty work for a week" Meredith offered.
"Make it a month." Alex countered, Izzy was going to scream at him, and so he needed to make his efforts worth while.
"Fine, you are no fun." Meredith said crossing her arms over her chest. Alex made a swift turn, and headed back to Joe's bar. He was sure they would be late for the party, but anyway, Izzy and George were there to fix things if ever something got messy.
Alex drove as fast as he could under the speed limit, he knew that Meredith would have a horrible hangover the next day, but he knew it was worth it, it was either she was drunk and she didn't mind anything at the party and everyone would have a good time, or she was sober, and it would be a hell of an awkward moment back at the house, Either way, he would get the screaming's from Izzy, so he chose the easier path, he wasn't going to drink a lot, but fun always gets in the way of conscience, we will see what happens to him.
Back at the house, everyone was already there except Alex and Meredith. Izzy called Alex the 10th time and he still wasn't answering; Denny wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Don't worry sweetheart, they will get here, have some fun" He said to her. Izzy smiled, her boyfriend was really sweet, and in her heart she was hoping that he would be the one.
George on the other hand, was sitting awkwardly between The Chief and Bailey; they were arguing about the Chief resident position. Mark, Paula and Callie and Derek were outside, drinking some beers, they were having a good time, but the two boys were wondering were Meredith was.
The four walked in, and sat in front of the Chief, Bailey and George, Mark felt bad for the kid, because he really looked uncomfortable.
"Who wants to play poker?" Mark said to break the awkwardness.
"Oh, I do, I do" Paula said. And the others nodded.
"Did I hear poker?" Izzy said sitting down beside Paula and she urged Denny to come follow, "George get the poker set in Mer's room, she probably has scotch in the kitchen too, and get that." Izzy ordered.
"Gladly" George quickly stood up and practically ran out the room, Paula giggled.
"Hey Paula, how are you adapting to the new set of interns?" Callie asked politely.
"They are great" Paula said, the truth was that she felt a little left out, Meredith was nice to her, but the rest acted as if she never existed.
George walked in the room, he was out of breath he was carrying two heavy bottles of scotch. "It's not in Mer's room." He said.
"It's probably in Alex's; they both were playing late yesterday." Izzy said,
Derek and Mark were insanely jealous that Meredith spent a lot of time with another man, George came back with the poker set, and he looked traumatized.
"What happened George?" Izzy asked, the all broke into giggles because of the look on George's face.
"You need to tell Alex to fix his stuff, his room reeks and Meredith's shirt was on the floor" He said blushing.
They all laughed, Derek and Mark just frowned, and Meredith seemed not the type who would date Alex Karev.
They all had a good laugh and started to play, they were having fun, but Izzy kept on looking up to see if Meredith and Alex came, Bailey noticed this and said "They probably got stuck in traffic, don't worry, they will be here."
"Maybe they are at the hospital" George said.
"Nope, we left the same time they did" The Chief said. Mark and Derek, again, were jealous, the idea of Meredith running away with another man was to much to handle. But then again, they were the ones Meredith was running away from. All of them planned to go for a swim when they got here.
Meanwhile, Alex and Meredith where on their 5th shot, but Joe cut them off, but now Meredith was really drunk.
"Hey Joey, call us a cab please." Meredith slurred, Alex laughed at her, and he wasn't that drunk even though he had a lot to drink too.
Joe brought them a cab; Alex left his car across the street in the hospital parking lot. They both got in the car, dreading Izzy's reaction. They were laughing the whole ride back, they were still wearing their scrubs because they thought they would be home early, but unfortunately, plans change.
"Alex, I don't think I can walk" Meredith said in between giggles,
"I'll carry you home then" he said laughing. But oh, they were so dead.
Alex paid the taxi driver and helped drunk Meredith out of the car, he opened the gate first then lifted Meredith up in his arms, Meredith started laughing loudly, Alex groaned, even if Meredith was tiny, she sure was heavy.
They both opened the door and went in the house, for kicks Meredith shouted "Honey, I'm home!" That caused the eruption of laughter from Alex, all of the guests turned around to see them, obviously they were really drunk, he let Meredith down on the couch and sat beside her. He could already feel the fury of Izzy, he could see flames darting from her eyes. Bailey laughed, so Callie, Denny and the Chief followed. Mark was obviously jealous again, he didn't look at her, he didn't know that Alex and Meredith had a strong relationship. Derek on the other hand, knew that Alex and Meredith where just friends, but he wasn't sure of that since O'Malley said he found Meredith's t-shirt in Alex's room.
"I'm going to the bathroom. George please show me where it is." Derek said, George showed him to the bathroom.
"Alex, Meredith, come with me to the kitchen, NOW!!" Izzy said. They all laughed.
The three went to the kitchen, "How come you are 2 hours late? To your own party! I can't believe you two." Izzy screamed.
"Sorry." The two mumbled.
"Okay, get dressed, you can go swimming after this." Izzy said. They were still staring at their feet, Meredith had to lean on Alex because she might have fallen. "You heard me, GET DRESSED!" Izzy shouted,
"Yes, Mom." Alex joked, Meredith giggled at the joke. "Alex could you help me? I can't get my shirt over my head" Meredith said laughing.
Little did they know, they were in earshot with the guests and George, They were all laughing,
"It seems scary to have Stevens as a roommate" Chief said, they all laughed. "Anyways, thanks for inviting me, I've got to go now." The chief said.
"Oh, that reminds me, I have to go too." Paula said. "There goes my ride" Bailey followed.
"Thanks for coming you guys," George replied he showed them to the door. It was kind of awkward for a while because they finished their game of poker, Mark won.
When they all got to the couch, except Alex and Meredith who were upstairs changing, or so they thought, suddenly they heard a scream outside.
"O'Malley!" It sounded like Alex, he was carrying Meredith who was in her scrub shirt and a pair of Alex's boxer shorts. Alex was shirtless, but he still was wearing his scrubs.
They all went outside to see what that was all about, George came near them, and Alex tossed him in the pool, Meredith followed and he jumped in too. They all screamed because it was freezing,
Mark saw this and he became jealous that they were having all the fun. So he jumped in too. They all did except Izzy and Denny, Alex was still clutching on to Meredith who was squealing like child.
After that, they had games in the pool and they had a lot of fun. Derek and Mark couldn't help but feel jealous the entire time because another man was clutching on to the woman they loved and liked, but they acted civilized, but they still wish they could be in the position of Alex right now.
After that they watched movies and fell asleep, Meredith was soaking wet from the swim so was the others, but she couldn't help but think:
'I've got my friends, they will help me through this.'
And then she closed her eyes and smiled.
A/N DONE!! Please review if you want me to continue! Thanks!
