Surprise; Derek's POV
"Mooom!!!"
WHAT?! A DAUGHTER?!?!
"Derek, meet my lovely daughter; Leonora Grey" Oh my god. I'm…I…I'm going to freak out!
"Leonora, this is Derek. My boyfriend."
She's introducing me.
To her teenage daughter.
"Ouch, you didn't know?!", Mark asked in a shocked tone. No, Mark! I didn't know!
"Meredith!" Oh great. Anthony! Hey, won't just the whole hospital join this party?!
Does Anthony know?
"Leo! Hey! How are you?" Okay, he knows her. Am I the only one who didn't that she has a DAUGHTER?!
Why didn't she tell me?
Where was Leonora the past month?
Who's the father?
Why is she alone?
Why am I thinking these questions rather then asking them?!
"Hey Ant.", Leonora said with a snicker. Ant. Bugs. I like this nickname. So she doesn't like Anthony.
"Ah yeah. So, how's your mom?" She's standing in front of you, Ant!
"She's…"
"I'm great, Anthony! Why don't you just go prep a patient?"
"Huh?!...Aaaah!". Why did he look so clueless and now…so knowingly?!
Beep
Damn! My pager! Oh oh, 911 emergency surgery.
Beep
Mark's too. Oh, the consult!
"Sorry, gotta go! Was nice meeting you, Leonora!"
I'm so freaking out.
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Emergency surgery. Simple surgery, but emergency.
"Yeah, Sloan is HOT! "McSteamy" suit's him. I heard he already slept with 75% of the nurses!"
What? Who's talking?! Am I going crazy?! The scrub team is silent but chuckling.
I see Mark grinning.
Oh, the gallery.
Some interns talking. Ha, intercom's still on.
"Sloan is such a manwhore! Shepherd is hot! He's hot and dreamy! He moved out here for his girlfriend! Totally McDreamy! I heard he's now a neurology attending. Everybody's gonna love the brain and the spinal cord now!"
Haha, in your face, Mark!!! More, gossiping interns! More!
Thump…tack tack tack…
Damn! They left.
"You think he believed it?"
Believe what, Dr. Yang? Who?
"I think he did. Stupid Anthony almost blew it off!"
What, Meredith?! What are you talking about?
Mark's shrugging.
"Yeah. You know, he's probably freaking out about Leonora! It's not very nice."
Leonora? Mer's daughter?!
"I doubt that Shepherd will pull out his hair and let it dye pink like Shitface did."
Shitface? Anthony?! What is going on?!
Chief.
Chief is going to give me all the answers…
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"Chief!"
"Derek! How are you doing? Heard he survived!"
"Yeah…uhm… Leonora!"
"Leonora? Oh, she's here? Where is she?", Richard said and smiles.
"Yeah…she's in the cafeteria…with her mom."
Why is he frowning?
"Her mom?! Her mom's here?!"
"Well, yeah. Meredith."
Why is he laughing his ass off?!
"Derek, Leonora's not Meredith's daughter."
W-H-A-T?!
"She's not." I say calmly.
"No. Leonora is Izzie's cousin."
Haha.
Shit.
You're so going to pay for this, woman.
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"Meredith Grey!"
"Yeah honey?"
"So…tell me about Leonora…What's her favourite colour?"
"Uhm…pink!" Ha! You're so going down. Hehe…
"Really? I heard her favourite colour is black…"
"Uhm…maybe today! She changes them everyday!" Sure, sure…
"When's her birthday?"
"11th October!"
"Not 12th?"
"She was born at 12 o'clock. So…11th or 12th."
"Really? I heard she was born 6th July, 10 p.m."
"uhm… That's because…"
"Meredith, she's not your daughter."
"She is!"
"Meredith. Your 27! And she's what? 16?! You got her when you were 11?! ELEVEN?!"
"Uh…I guess not then…"
"Meredith…"
Then she hugged me tightly.
"Thank you for not being this stupid."
Huh?
"I did the same thing with Anthony. He didn't find out until three weeks later."
Haha, Anthony has an Ant-brain?
"So…this was a test?"
"Not really. She came out here to visit Cristina so I thought why not have a little fun?"
"I'm sorry I ended your fun so quickly."
"I'm glad you did."
Kiss.
With tongue.
Cough.
Cough?
Whispering.
"You think it would be silly to say "Get a room?"
"Honestly? Yes."
"Ah, who cares!"
"Get a room already!", Cristina shouted.
"Cris! You're just jealous!"
"Of what?"
"We all have someone! And you're single! All by yourself.", Izzie said. What about Mark?
"What about Mark? And Addison?!"
"Dude, did you not notice them fucking around?!"
Eeew. I did not need to hear that.
"You know what?!", Meredith said. Seems like she has an idea.
"The "Unique" party! It's almost thanksgiving!"
"Oh yeah!", Izzie exclaimed happily.
Party.
Oh no!
Dancing.
"What's with the party?", Cristina asked grumpily.
"I'm gonna get you a date!" Hehe, what?
"No you're not, Mer."
"You do realize that you can't get in without a partner?"
"I can take Leonora."
"She's sixteen."
"I can take Joe."
"He's going with Walter. Like every year."
"Damn it! Okay, okay…"
A party.
Everybody dressed up.
Alcohol.
Music.
Dancing…