Another Bar Night

Thanks to all those who reviewed. Your support is appreciated. Again, I own nothing. Here's chapter 2. Hope you like it.

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Sometime later, after working a 20-hour shift, Meredtih was happy to be going home to sleep. She was extremely tired and just wanted to be alone and luckily for her, she had the next two days off. As Meredith walked into her room, she felt lonely, lost, and unloved. She missed having Derek there with her, holding her and telling her how much he loved her smile. She tossed and turned for awhile before sleep finally overcame her. She slept for about nine hours before she woke up hungry. She walked downstairs to find Izzy, George, and Cristina eating pizza and watching one of her mother's famous surgeries on tape. She flopped down on the couch grabbing a slice of pizza on her way.

When the surgery tape was over, they all sat there quietly. Meredith continued to eat, while the rest of them just stared at her. She was eating like she hadn't eaten in days.

"What?" asked Meredith looking at them with her mouth half full with pizza. "I'm hungry." was all she said.

"Nothing." They all answered in unison, hoping not to make her feel uncomfortable. They all knew she was hurting and dealing with it the best she could. They also knew that she didn't want to be bombarded with a thousand questions as to how she felt, or how they could help. They decided the best thing was for them to let her tell them what and when she needed their moral support.

She stopped eating a couple of minutes later; now her stomach hurt.

"Hey, let's go to Joe's tonight" said Cristina. She definitely needed alcohol right now. "I'm still pissed that Alex found 'my' leg. I was looking everywhere for it. He made me look stupid in front of Chief Webber." she stated, sounding mad.

"I'm all for that plan." George remarked, getting up to go use the restroom.

"Meredith, are you going to come?" Izzy asked, noticing that Meredith just sat there looking at the television screen, daydreaming. She didn't know Meredith had actually processed what she said. She was about to ask her again, but Meredith responded.

"Yea, I guess I'll come. I definitely need more tequila." she stated and walked back upstairs to lay down before she got dressed to leave.

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By 10 p.m., all four of them were dressed and ready to go. Meredith thought she would ride with Cristina, because she knew Cristina wouldn't ask as many questions. George and Izzy rode in George's car. When they arrived, Izzy spotted a table and George went off to get them some drinks. They made random conversation and kept busy playing darts and eating peanuts. Right when Meredith was feeling a bit better about being dumped (from the previous night), she spotted them. Derek and Addison walked in and chose a table on the opposite side of the bar. Cristina, Izzy, and George noticed the look on her face and all looked in the same direction as Meredith and quickly spotted them. She just stared at him as he walked over to the bar to grab him and Addison some beers. Meredith wondered how he was feeling. Was he thinking about her? Was he happy to be back with his wife? Did he feel any remorse over dumping her? Meredith saw him laugh as Addison said something. She couldn't stand to keep watching them.

"Hey Meredith, come throw some with me." replied Cristina, pointing to several darts that were lying next to her beer. "You can throw them at the board and pretend it's McDreamy's face. Or Addison's." she said throwing one very hard and fast. "See. I just hit Alex. He shouldn't have interfered with my surgery." All Meredith could do was laugh.

"Thanks for trying to make me feel better." grinned Meredith as she joined Cristina in her fun little game.

Meanwhile,

"Do you think he's really much happier?" Izzy asked George in a low tone, hoping that Meredith wouldn't hear her.

"No. He's a jerk. I can't believe he chose her over Meredith. Addison isn't even all that pretty. Meredith is way hotter." George was mad when Meredith had told them about Derek's decision. He still had a small crush on Meredith, but he had opened up to the idea of Meredith and McDreamy dating. "Did you hear that he actually came to the bar right after we left to go help the train victims?"

"No! Are you serious? Why would he do that when he chose Addison?" Izzy asked curiously and mad.

"I don't know. He's stupid."

"Who is?" asked Meredith coming back to sit at the table with them.

"Huh? Um, no one." George said very unconvincingly.

"You're talking about him aren't you? Well yes he is. Very much." Meredith stated with a small grin on her face.

George let out a small laugh and they all continued to enjoy their eveing together without talking about him.

"Anyone still need anything?" asked Meredith before getting up. She was headed to the abr to get some more beers.

"I do. Tequila please." Cristina was already a little drunk, but the night was still young.

"Ok, I'll be back in a sec." and Meredith walked off to go get the drinks.

...Addison excused herself she could go to the restroom. Derek saw Meredith at the bar.

..."I'll be right back honey." Addison stated as she walked off. Derek got up and walked towards Meredith. He knew Addison would be in the restroom for atleast ten minutes.

"Joe can I get 2 beers and a shot of Tequila?" Meredith asked.

"Meredith"

She immediately knew who was calling her so she didn't bother to turn around. Instead all she said was "Dr. Shepard."

"We aren't at work you know." Derek hated when she called him that.

"Fine. Mr. Shepard. How can I help you?" Meredith replied, as she grabbed her drinks and tried to leave.

"How are you?" He asked, not knowing what else to say.

"I'm fine, great, wonderful. And yourself? What about your wife? Oh, and where is she? She won't be mad that we're talking, will she?" once Meredith said all this she walked off hastily, but since she wasn't watching where she was going, she accidently ran into and guy, hitting him on his back.

"Sorry" she replied. She looked at him and he just smiled.

"It's ok. Hi." He was a very good looking man, with a nice masculine body.

"Hi." was all she managed to say.

"I'm Marcos. I've seen you in here before."

Derek was watching as he talked to Meredith noticing that she was smiling at him. He didn't like what he saw. Meredith and Marcos seemed to be interested in each other.

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Awhile later, Marcos was with Meredith and her friends. She had sort-of cleaned the back of shirt, where she had spilt a bit of tequila on. Addison had long returned to the table with Derek, but he was too focused on trying to figure out what Meredith and Marcos were talking about. He could see them from where he was sitting. Finally after about 3 hours of being at the bar, Meredith had told Marcos that she had to get going. He didn't want her to leave, but she told him she needed some rest. As she and her friends stood up to leave, he asked her for her phone number and at first she hesitated to give it to him. She looked over at Derek and noticed that he was watching. She wanted to make him mad, plus she liked Marcos, so she gave him her number. Derek looked on in disgust.

Meredith, Cristina, Izzy and George all put their coats on. Cristina said good-bye and left first. The rest of them waited and grabbed one last beer before passing by Derek's table, and out the door. Meredith could feel Derek's eyes on her. She chose to ignore it. Instead she smiled and waved bye to Marcos before leaving home satisfied.

...Derek looked over to the guy Marcos who waved back and was very jealous. But why? He was the one who hadn't chosen Meredith. He could have had her. So again, why was this bothering him?

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Thanks for reading chapter 2. I started to run out of ideas towards the end of this chapter (you can probably tell lol). Thanks for all the reviews I got for chapter 1. I'm glad you all liked it. Next chapter will hopefully be up by Friday, but work and school are drowning me.