"Mer, the trout's ready," George said from outside the tent she was moping in.

"Not hungry."

The tent unzipped, and George stepped inside. "What's wrong?" he asked compassionately.

She groaned at the intrusion. "There's nothing wrong. I'm perfectly fine."

George laughed. "That means something's really wrong. Come on, you can talk to me. I may not be your person, but I'm George."

Rubbing her hands over her eyes, Meredith sat up. "You are George." She smiled a little. "There really is nothing that's actually wrong. It's just Derek has been hovering, I told him to back off, and now I feel bad about it."

"For insulting him or because you miss him?"

Meredith let out a long breath. "I don't know. Both? But we're over George, it's done."

After a moment of silence, George suggested, "Maybe you should talk to him about this."

"What's there to talk about?"

"Well clearly you don't want it to be over." His quite voice came across as forceful through his sincerity.

Meredith's breathe caught, and she had to fight back tears. George had just put his finger on what she had been denying all weekend, and it hurt to talk about it. "No, what I don't want is to be hungry. Let's get that trout." Denial. She lived in denial.

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"Let's play a drinking game," Meredith suggested quietly to Christina, feeling better after a meal of freshly caught fish.

"Yeah, how about truth or dare when you take a shot if you don't do what you're told," Christina elaborated.

"No, you have to take a shot every time you give a truth or dare. Person performing take two. If you don't do the truth or dare, you drink the bottle," Meredith amended.

"Isn't truth or dare like fifth grade girl at slumber parties?" Alex asked from the other side of Christina.

"You just volunteered to go first," Meredith exclaimed. "Go get the tequila and get your ass over here."

"Come on, George. First round is interns only," Christina announced, effectively excluding the other men who most likely would not have participated anyways had they known exactly what this drinking game was.

Derek watched as the four drew into a tight circle, laughing loudly as they passed the bottle and shot glasses arounds. Never in all of his years as a doctor had he seen a group of interns so close.

"Alright, Alex, truth or dare?" Meredith asked as she poured herself a shot and him two.

"Dare."

Christina scoffed, taking a shot even though she had no reason to. "Thinks he's such a big, brave man," she muttered sarcastically.

"Okay, big, brave man," Meredith mocked. "Let's mess with your mojo a little. Go kiss Joe." She knocked her shot back with a satisfied smirk.

"Wh-what?" Alex sputtered. "I am a man, I don't kiss other men!"

Christina was laughing hysterically, picturing Alex kissing another man. "Joe kisses other men."

"Oh, is little Alex afraid?" Meredith mocked in a ridiculously high voice.

Alex gathered his wits. "I'm not afraid." He pounded the two shots in rapid succession. "This is for you, babe." He raised the empty glass towards Meredith.

Trying to muffle their laughter, the three watched as Alex strutted over to Joe. "This is a game, man," Alex explained in a low voice, before quickly pressing his lips to the top of his head. The other interns groaned in disappointment as they realized that technically, Alex had just completed his dare.

"What is going on over there?" Burke asked, expressing the curiosity of all those not directly involved in the game.

"Nothing," Christina told him, her voice dripping with innocence.

"You suck, Alex," Meredith informed him when he returned to his seat.

"You're just bitter I outsmarted you. Get used to it."

Meredith rolled her eyes. "End round one. I think we all need a shot."

After taking Meredith advice, Alex turned to George. "Well, I considered daring Meredith to give Shepherd a lap dance, but I think that's a little too mean."

Meredith choked on her tequila. "Not funny."

Alex chuckled. "I know. O'Malley, truth or dare?"

George thought for a few moments. "Um, truth."

"Boring," Alex moaned. "There is nothing to ask you that will be remotely interesting."

"I'm sure there's plenty," Meredith countered. "Your brain is just too small to think of anything."

"Ouch, Grey. That hurts."

"Shut up and give him his truth," Christina ordered.

Alex sighed dramatically, and took his shot before asking, "Where's the kinky place you and Torres have had sex?"

George turned beat red, and took his shots to stop himself from becoming flustered. With the alcohol burning a path down to his stomach, he answered, "Hospital basement."

"How boring," Alex responded dryly.

If only they knew how boring it really was, George thought. After all, that technically was just his girlfriend's house.

"That is boring," Christina noted. "I remember when Mer and Shepherd did it in his car at that party and got caught by Bailey. Now that was memorable sex."

"What about me, sex, and Bailey?" Derek called out to the group, realizing as soon as the words left his mouth that he definitely should not have said that. There was only one instance that could possibly be referring to.

"Nothing," Meredith responded, giving him the sweetest smile he had seen on her face all weekend, thought it was dripping in fakeness. She turned back to the interns. "Okay, new subject. George ask someone."

"Fine. Christina, truth or dare?"

Christina flipped her hair confidently. "Give me your best dare," she challenged.

George actually smirked. "Okay, go tell Burke you have syphilis."

Christina paled slightly, but then smirked, realizing she could pull a trick similar to Alex. "No problem."

"I'm not done yet," George continued. "Make him believe you. Tell him you're bi and you got it from Nurse Olivia. Remember, he has to believe you. I get to tell him it's a game when I choose."

Alex and Meredith widened their eyes, shocked that George had come up with all that. They then started laughing hysterically at the thought of Christina actually doing it.

Without addressing them, Christina stood up, and went over to Burke. "We need to talk, in private."

The two walked a ways away from the fire, into the on setting darkness. "I'll go listen," George told Meredith and Alex. "You guys stay here or you'll give it away."

Heeding George's instructions, Alex and Meredith stayed put, watching Burke's stiffening silhouette. "You have what?" he shouted, loud enough for them to hear.

Their voices faded once again. "That cannot be true!" Burke exclaimed. "Her of all people. She's disgusting, Christina!"

This went on for a few minutes, before George stepped towards the two, said something, and Burke started laughing loudly. "Good one, O'Malley. You had me convinced."

Burke said something to Christina and kissed her, before George and a humiliated Christina came back to the group.

"He actually believed me," Christina ranted. "Why in hell would he actually believe me?"

Alex and Meredith were laughing to the point where they couldn't breathe, and George was quick to join.

"I'd stop laughing now, Meredith Grey," Christina warned. "You're up, and I need some serious revenge."

Suddenly the situation was not so funny to Meredith.

This is kind of amazing how fast I updated, but like I said, school's finally winding down. It's so nice.

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