-1Title: And the Ability to Know the Difference
Author: The Pink Squirrel of Doom
A Bloody Abnormal Love Story
Alex stumbled out of the supply closet and right into George. He looked at the other intern. George, squinted as if trying to make something out.
"Your shirts on backward." He stated simply then turned and started to walk off. Izzy pushed the door open, her hair falling everywhere, and leaned out next to Alex. She motioned with her hands for him to go after O'Malley. Sighing Alex took off after the other intern. 'Why did he get stuck doing this, why not force Yang or someone, hell Burk would've been better.' He was exhausted after his encounter with Dr. Stevens. That women had a tongue that could get him to do anything.
"Listen O'Malley, wait up," George slightly turned his head and kept walking. Finally Alex caught up as he turned the corner. As he did so he bashed into George's back, there stood Dr. Shepard speaking with a beautiful young women.
"Ya, know when a guy says hold up..." George spun on him, effectively ignoring Derek and the young women.
"She was gone, you can tell Izzy, she was gone when I woke up and that if she wants an explanation she should go see Miss. I fix pain by fucking defenseless Irish men who are in love with me. Cause you know what Alex…"
"Whoa, hold it right there man, I don't know what the hell exactly your talking about and I don't want details, fuck I didn't even want to know about your little syphilis extravaganza." George looked at him like he'd grown a second head.
"Wait a minute there, Mr. I gave it to the nurse, who happened to have a thing for surgical interns. I caught it from the nurse you screwed, who caught it from you."
"Yea, well anyway, Izzy heard through the houses walls, guess the their kinda paper thin. Remind me never to…" Off the horrified look George gave him, he stopped "Point is O'Malley, Izzy wanted me to tell you Meredith, she's in the cafeteria man."
"Oh, yea well thanks. I guess I'd umm… better be off with the finding Meredith and everything…yea bye Alex." George turned and started walking away again. He slowly turned back smiling. For a moment Alex thought the man was going to say thanks.
"Your shirts still on backwards, might wanna fix that before the chief comes around."
"Here" Derek sat down across from the young women handing her a French vanilla cappuccino, smiling his McDreamy smile. The young women took it, wrapping her small hands around it, concentrating on the cup as if it was the most fascinating thing she'd ever seen. On the way down to get coffee, a suggestion made by Dr. Shepard, he'd explained what was wrong with her spouse. Derek had expected the young women to cry but she had just looked at him. He shivered recalling the way her eyes had darkened when he told her the family had decided not to tell the team, and the dangerous gleam they held when he informed her that Michelle was in the room with Nick.
"You know Nick tells me I drink to much of this stuff, but I just can't help myself. He tells me someone my age doesn't need anymore caffeine. I tell him someone his age doesn't need to crawl around on wrestling mats, wishing for the good old days, while trying to brake his back. That normally shuts him up" Derek smiled as Sam lifted her head. She responded with a sad smile in return. Taking a deep breath she stared at him for a moment, her green eyes boring a hole in Shepard.
"If you don't mind me asking how did you end up with Mr. Mackenzie, and why doesn't anybody know?" He took a sip of his coffee, watching as the young women leaned back in her chair taking a deep breath.
"I met Nick when he was still Mr. Mackenzie. Foolishly I took advanced International Relations, hell scratch that I listened to one of my best friend Kyle, and didn't drop the class when I wanted to" Derek looked at her, as she gave a half hearted laugh. "Very little did I know that he would end up being my undoing. Not that anything happened when I was in school. Hell, I was outta high school so were my younger twin brothers, I had been abandoned by my fiancée, and given birth to my son Jiri. Not that there weren't close calls in school, but he was married, and the idea of him, me, expulsion and jail didn't fit well. I mean we never even discussed it when I was in school. It wasn't like we both sat down and talked about it, never like hey I'm you teacher but I wanna fuck you in a 'Don't Stand so Close to me' by the Police meaning. I mean those were the feelings, but they were kept under wraps we never verbalized them, or physically acted them out. Sure there were the raise eyebrows, the looks, the comments with double meanings, but never anything else. And I know he wouldn't of done it, if I had shown I was the least bit uninterested." She stopped for a moment, caught in the memories of high school.
"It feels like forever ago you know what I mean, I was a junior when I took his class, I took European history the first semester of my senior year just to have a class with him. Anyway yea, so I graduated we sort of stayed friends, but then as soon as I got pregnant, I broke off contact, he sort of, ok really despised by future husband who he had also had in my classes and I figured dumbly that being pregnant with a guy who he despised spawn would sort of destroy what little we had . Well, after Jiri was born, my brother Luke wanted to show him off to some of his friends who were still in high school. I went in, and saw Nick, I was sure he'd never talk to me again, but hey, guess what… anyway we ended up getting all hot and heavy in his classroom. Never even did it when I was in school with a fellow student. I know what your thinking he's your teacher. But see thing is he wasn't anymore, and hadn't been for a couple years. I was an adult, and really when I think about it I never really looked at Nick as just a teacher, who deserved to be respected as such. This one time my senior year he announced to the class his wife and him were going someplace, god only knows where probably Vegas, personally I prefer NYC, anyways he told the boys he had gotton them the hot sub" She held up her fingers in quotation marks as she said hot sub. " I, being the stupid bloody bitch I am, asked for trouble responding by asking what us girls got out of the deal, he came over placed his hands on either side of my desk, leaned a bit over the desk, he said that us girls had him everyday, so it was good to give the boys a turn, after all to much of a good thing and all that bloody rot. Well he didn't say the bloody rot part but you get my meaning. See the thing that people don't understand is , I knew what was happening in high school, so did he neither one of us did anything till long after, so long after I thought it never would. Just a fantasy you have in high school about the hot teacher, sort of all Montley Crew and what not. The big wigs they bloody well want students to get all trusting with the staff, you can go talk to them about anything." She snorted slightly." but when it comes to being even the slightest bit of friends they through this hissy fit. I mean yea, if there children, like elementary school age that's fine, they can go by all valiant fighting for the good of little boys and girls who don't know how to handle themselves in a dangerous situation with a teacher, hell freshman, even sophomores are fine to be all noble protecting, cause there still considered for the most part under age. But… yea once you're a junior or senior your supposed to be able to do all this stuff think like an adult were crimes of all types are concerned, were supposed to see these people, who are perfectly normal human beings, you know go out get drunk, have poker games with each other, one night stands, or what not, as some higher beings for all of our lives. I can't stand boys my age. Believe me I've tried guys my age, my sons father is six months older then me, graduated sitting right next to me, and he took off, one minute I love you Sam, lets name the baby Tommy, and the next his mother was telling me I was some psycho who got knocked up on purpose. Which I didn't seeing as how we had the wedding all planned and half of it paid for, why the hell would I of thought I needed to trap him. But Nick, yea we had quite a few things to get through, especially that first year, but we did, and now sure it's not a normal marriage, but I'm happy, he's happy, my boy adores him, sure were still trying to figure out how to work out the kinks, and we'll have to before we can have more kids, but that doesn't matter because while the person society told me I was supposed to be with nearly pushed me over the deep end, the man who society tells is wrong for me took me back, per say of course with a smile and a kiss. He was buggering mad I had cut ties, and yea when he jokes about it I know he's still scared, that one day he'll wake up and he will of fallen asleep during his prep hour again." Sam smiled wistfully, Derek looked at her, he could see where she was coming from.
"So, his family or anyone knowing..?" Derek looked at her. She pushed a piece of long red hair back behind her ear, and took a sip of coffee.
"Just a minor kink still, my aunt and uncle got married, didn't tell any but a select few, not even their mums and dads, then when they felt the family could handle it moved in together and did the whole big wedding thing. They still get anniversary cards on two different dates. We just want to know we belong to each other, and he wants to be sure I'll be taken care of should something happen to him. Which I guess it has hasn't it." Her voice broke at the end of her statement. Derek leaned forward a little.
"No, don't think like that."
"He's been so scared of me leaving him again, even if we weren't together when I did it in the normal since of the word, but hey I've never been one to go by societies norms. Can you believe I was a punk girl in high school. How things change when one falls in love." Derek looked and have her a lopsided smile, didn't he know what falling in love with someone you weren't supposed to be with felt like.
"So, we have a little while before we need to go see the chief of surgery, why don't you tell me some more about Mr. Mackenzie and yourself" He tilted him head, the beauties eyes lit up.
"Sure Dr. Shepard, Sure."
Author Note: Ok, so not the best explanation, but it will be better explained over the next couple chapters. Plus I know Alex and George were rather out of character I think, but it's like two am here in so yea, im a little loopy in that area. Please review.
