Disclaimer: Last night's episode was perfect. I can not pretend something that perfect is mine. I can not pretend I could write something that perfect. I can not pretend that I can improve upon perfection. So no GA sadly isn't mine.
I know I was supposed to update this yesterday afternoon, but a friend that lives out of down was visiting and we ran into each other so we caught up, went for lunch, found some other friends. Good times. And then I was going to update after GA . . .but well, I think that should be enough said. I keep watching a certain scene over and over again.
So damn happy. Can't even describe it. Ah.
So yes, updating now. This chapter has no Mer/Der interaction, which after last night's GA is slightly painful to do. But it's going to come to a good place next chapter. So hang in. And this chapter is shortish. But the next chapter will be long and lots of Mer/Der stuff. So it's all good.
Enjoy.
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"Izzie, I don't know what happened," the voice over the phone said.
Izzie had been surprised to hear from Meredith. She didn't call since she moved to New York. Well she had, but always when she knew they'd be working, so she could just leave a message. Meredith had always been about the avoidance, nothing had changed. Izzie just wished Cristina wasn't in surgery at the moment. She's be able to knock some sense into Mer a lot better than she could.
"He's just clearing his head Mer. You both need to clear your head. It's going to be fine," Izzie said, knowing that it might not be. But her friend was flipping out. She needed to hear the positive stuff.
"He just stopped calling, and now he's not answering. Derek never not answers when it's me." Meredith said, sounding panicked.
"Well you did ignore his calls." Izzie pointed out.
"I really needed you to point that out."
Izzie laughed a little. "Why don't you stop by the hospital he works at? Find his office and refuse to leave till he talks to you."
"Tried that. He didn't show up for work today." Meredith said, her frustration evident even over the phone.
"I don't know what to say Mer. You and Derek will be fine. Your, well you're you and Derek."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Meredith said, her voice jumping through the phone.
"Nothing. Just that there's a reason none of us fought to hard to keep you here in Seattle. You and Derek need each other."
"Well he has a fine way of showing it, not answering his phone."
"After you spent the day not answering yours."
"That was different." Meredith said, soundig stubborn. Izzie really missed her. It wasn't the same without her in Seattle.
"Mer . . ." Izzie started but was interrupted by a knock on the door. "One second, someone's at the door."
Izzie walked over to the door phone in her hand.
"Meredith," Izzie said looking at the man on the other side, "I'm going to have to let you go. Ummm, I'll . . .someone will call you later." And she hung up, not waiting for Meredith's response.
Izzie slowly opened the door. He hadn't changed. His hair was slightly touched by grey a little more now, and the lines on his face seemed more defined. Something about his eyes had changed. And he looked angrier than she had ever seen him. But no he hadn't changed.
"What are you doing here? She's looking desperately for you." Izzie demanded the second their eyes met.
"Dr. Stevens," he greeted.
"Please Derek, you're not my boss anymore. Izzie works." Izzie said.
"Okay, Izzie, where is he? Where do I find him?" Derek spat the words out.
"Meredith told you about Chris?" Izzie said with a grimace. Meredith should have told her that part of the story. If she had mentioned that Izzie would have been willing to bet exactly where Derek was. And she would have been right.
"She did. Where is he?"
"Derek, I can't tell you that. Meredith didn't want any of us dealing with him, hurting him. She just wanted to leave." Izzie pleaded with him, half knowing it was going to be useless anyway.
"This isn't about what she wants. This is all about me."
Okay, Izzie was confused. "How?" she asked, cocking her head to the side.
"He hurt my Meredith," Derek spat out again, emphasizing the my. "No bastard is about to hurt her without getting a message from me."
"Except for you, of course." Izzie didn't know where that comment came from. It sounded more like Cristina than it did her. And she liked Derek. She wanted him and Meredith to work things out. But he had hurt her. Izzie figured it was a legit statement.
Not that she didn't feel awful when she saw Derek's face fall.
"Except for me," he agreed in a pain voice and a sigh. "I'm the one that got Meredith into this big mess. I'm getting her out of it."
"By kicking some guy's ass?"
At that moment Alex walked in. Izzie and Derek were both to wrapped up in talking to hear the door open and he had gone unnoticed. "Who's ass are we kicking?" he asked catching the end of the conversation. And then he noticed Derek. "Shepherd, good to see you again." Alex said sounding slightly confused.
"You too, Karev. And Chris."
"The bastard that beat Meredith?" Alex asked, giving Izzie a quick kiss on the cheek and grabbing a muffin off the table.
"That's the one," Izzie said giving Derek a dirty look.
"I knew I could count on you man," Alex said smiling at Derek. "I'm in."
"Seriously?" Derek asked him. He didn't realize that Meredith and Karev has been that close.
"Seriously. But wait till O'Malley gets home. He's been wanting to lay it into him." Alex said.
"O'Malley?" Derek asked skeptically, obviously not certain of George's fighting skills.
"About a year ago George decided he needed to be tougher, so this moron taught him a thing or two." Izzie said exasperated. "You're all morons."
"And you love it babe." Alex responded.
Izzie rolled her eyes. And Derek laughed. He hadn't realized that Izzie and Alex had become a couple in the time he was gone. They worked well together. He wondered what else he had missed. With Izzie. And Alex. And Cristina. And George. And Meredith.
Mainly Meredith.
"Burke, we have to call Burke." Alex said, interrupting Derek's thoughts.
Derek nodded his head. "What about Joe?"
"Joe's gay, dude."
"I'm aware of that, Karev. Gay men can fight. And Joe's probably Meredith's second biggest fan."
"Who's her first?" Alex asked, looking slightly confused.
Derek just smiled.
"She won't be a big McDreamy fan after this stunt. She's not going to be happy at all. This is a bad idea guys. Meredith doesn't want you doing this, you know that." Izzie said, looking flustered and really wishing she had Cristina there to back her up. Actually, Cristina would probably be signing up for fight club as well.
"She's already not a big McDreamy fan as it is," Derek pointed out laughing at himself.
"Besides, what a girl thinks she wants and what she actually wants are two very different things. Your heads are messed up. Not even Shep here can fix them." Alex said, pointing to Derek.
"No Shep," Izzie responded, sounding bitter using the guys nickname for Derek, "only practices in messing up head. Meredith is just not going to be happy about this. Meredith won't be happy at all."
"That's what I'm working on," Derek said with a smile.
Alex groaned. Izzie smiled.
"Yang is going to be livid if we don't invite her," Alex suddenly realized.
"So we invite her. She can probably do more damage than any of us," Derek said with a laugh.
"What about Bailey?" Izzie asked sarcastically. "I'm sure she'd hate to be left out."
"Babe, Chris is all hers once he ends up in the hospital. She's much better at the yelling." Alex said with a smirk.
Derek laughed and headed over to the cupboard where the Muesli had always been kept. "It's good to be back in Seattle." He said, helping himself to a bowl.
Alex and Izzie exchanged raised eyebrows. What exactly was his plan?
I'm not sure if I liked that chapter. Lol. I liked the idea, and there was humor in it, which I liked because it shouldn't have been funny. So it was. Lol. But writing wise, not sure if I'm love with it. If it's not the greatest, blame it on the kiss. Has my mind scrambled.
I don't think there's too much to say. Izzie and Alex are couple. Derek wants to kiss Chris's ass. And now he has the whole group helping him. Even though it's not what Meredith wants. But god, Chris deserves a butt kicking. Not that you'll see said butt kicking. But whatever.
I may post a chapter tomorrow. I'm having a party at my house to celebrate mine and some friend's bdays. So I have to clean a lot during the day, and then well party. I'll update if I have time but I'm not making promises. Will definitely update by Sunday though.
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