Alex parked the car right in the moment that Meredith and Derek were getting out of theirs. Izzie was in front with Alex and Christina in the back sits, when she all of the sudden jumped over Alex to looked over his window "OMG! Is that Meredith? And … Dr. Shepherd?" and she saw Meredith getting out of Derek's car.

Both Alex and Christina looked over the spot that Izzie had her sight fixed, but since this wasn't a surprise for them, they didn't say anything; just Alex shook his head.

When Derek and Meredith entered inside the hospital, Izzie's gaze broke and she turned to Alex "He is the man she is having an affair with?" but Alex stays quiet "But he is her boss!"

Christina opened her door "He is all of our boss, now let's go; we're late!" and she got out, followed by the others.

"Isn't she afraid that she might have problems if everyone else finds out?" Izzie continued while they were walking inside "Of course she's not afraid; she is the chief's step daughter, so she can sleep with whoever she wants to"

Alex stopped and stopped Izzie too "Can you please stay quiet about this and not starting to spread it all around the hospital? Besides, it is Meredith's problem not ours and since she is not receiving any favors at work from him, leave them alone". He started to walk again and then he stopped "Regarding the chief and her mother, if this we'll make you feel better then find out that she will be in a big shit if they find out!" and he started walking again, this time more nervous.

Izzie rolled her eyes angry and followed the others "Fine! I don't want to fight with you again because of Meredith's"

"Thank you!" Alex answered her without turning his look at her.

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Meredith found George in locker room sleeping on a bench. She went to him and shook gently his shoulder "George! Georgie!"

George opened his eyes and set up rubbing them "Hey Mer!"

"What are you still doing here? Go home and sleep in bed!"

George checked his watched "I must have fallen asleep; but you're late!"

In the mean time Meredith started to change her clothes "I know!" and looking around, she noticed that none of her friends were there "Where are the others? Did they start the pre rounds already?"

"I don't think they got here either"

"That's weird"

In that moment all three of them stepped in and immediately followed by Bailey who was obviously not very cheerful "That is really nice of you to show up before lunch"; the interns wanted to say something but she didn't let them say a word "Save it! I don't even want to hear! You missed the pre rounds and this means that you missed the surgeries too, so …Stevens, you're doing the charts, Karev run the labs, Grey and Yang pit" and she saw George too "O'Mailey, go home! Now, thank you for your precious time and let's try to pretend that we actually work today!"

"Great!" protested Christina after what Bailey left.

Meredith has just finished dressing "What happened with you?"

"We had a problem with the car on our way here," Alex answered and he closed his locker and came over to her.

Izzie was ready to say something from the first time she got in, but being interrupted by Bailey she couldn't "But what about to you Meredith? Why were you late?"

Meredith looked confused at Alex and Christina who were also looking at her, after they heard Izzie's question and started to rumble "Umm…I … I had an …incident, so… that is why!"

"What incident?" Izzie insisted and Alex came to her right away "Izzie, please don't start again!"

Meredith slammed her locker "What is going on here?"

Alex looked at her "They found out about McDreamy", and suddenly Meredith turned white and the others reacted in different ways.

Christina knew who they were talking about, but by the hear of his nickname she let out a noise of nausea "Oh… I think I am going to McVomit"

Izzie instead laughed amused "McDreamy?"

And George was the most clueless from all of them "McDreamy?! Who's McDreamy?" but he didn't receive any answer "Meredith?"

"Tell him Meredith! He shares the same house with you so he deserves to know" Izzie said.

Meredith looked around the locker room to make sure that nobody else is there and then she took a deep breath "Shepherd"

George's jaw dropped and he got in shock "What?"

Christina came over to Meredith and grabbed her arm "Now that she fed your curiosity leave her alone and go to work"

"Wait a minute!" Izzie made them stop "Did you know about him? Coz you didn't look surprised?"

Christina pushed Meredith out of the locker room "I am genius in case that you still had any doubts about me"

George was still in shock, that he couldn't even finish dressing himself "Meredith and … Shepherd?"

Alex grabbed Izzie's arm and leaded her out too "Yes, now lets get over this" and they walked out.