Chapter Two
"So which one of you is Meredith Grey?" asked a short roundish woman
"I am Dr Bailey" answered Meredith as she made her way from the back of the group of students
"Please wait behind with me" Bailey instructed before turning to the rest of the group "The rest of you go up to level 5 and wait there, you will be collected by another intern who you will follow and help for the remainder of your time here at Seattle Grace, don't bother asking to swap-you won't be aloud to. Now move"
Meredith watched as the rest of the students headed towards the stairs "Are you my intern?" she asked Bailey when everyone else departed
"What! No" Bailey said shaking her head and walking down the hall "The chief wants to see you before you start" she continued
After following Dr Bailey through a network of halls Meredith was told to go on through to the chiefs' office. "Meredith" greeted the chief with open arms "How are you? Its great to see you" the man exclaimed, as Meredith walked into his open arms
"Good Dr Webber, how are you?" she replied
"I haven't seen you for years" he exclaimed, motioning for Meredith to sit as he took a seat behind his desk "How is your mother? What is she up to now?"
"She's well" Meredith lied "She is traveling at the moment, not sure when she will be back"
They continued speaking for a short while until a tall dark haired man burst into the room, "Dr Webber" he exclaimed, sounding out of breath "Mrs. Gallbridge from 401 is having another seizure, you said I should come get you" he puffed, only now seeing the other occupant in the room
The chief got up quickly and began moving towards the door "On my way", before he turned "Meredith you would have missed being assigned to an intern"
"I did Sir" she stated, still a little shocked from the other mans sudden entry
Turning to the dark haired man he said "Sheppard take her around for today…I'll sort something else out for tomorrow" he said as he ran out of the room "Make sure the OR is ready for us" he called over his shoulder
The dark haired doctor took one look at Meredith "This is where it starts to get fun" he said, his eyes lighting up at the thoughts running through his head "Now we run" he continued as he motioned for Meredith to follow
After getting to the OR the doctor practically forced another group of doctors out, even though they had just put their patient under anesthesia, "Chiefs orders" he simply stated, when an older looking doctor started to protest. As he started to scrub in alongside the chief, he told Meredith she could go up and watch the surgery from the gallery, saying he would come and get her when they were done.
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"I don't feel sorry for you anymore" stated Christina as she sat down in the cafeteria "I hate you" glaring at Meredith
"Hey it's not my fault the woman started having seizures!" she exclaimed "and besides why do you feel sorry for me?"
"You have 'The Nazi' as your intern" stated Izzie
"Who is the Nazi?" she questioned
"Dr Bailey" Izzie continued "harshest intern in the program, so Bob says" catching Meredith's questioning look she continued "Bob is my intern, Dr. Phelps, he is really nice"
"Yeah because you're hot?" stated George, who was remaining quiet about hearing Bob being congratulated by his fellow interns for scoring the hot student
"Bailey isn't my intern" Meredith scoffed "She is only third year-out interns are all fourth years. I have…well I don't actually know his name" she continued with a puzzled face "there wasn't really time before the surgery" she teased, looking at Christina, who looked as if she were about to hurl her salad in Meredith's direction "Dr Bailey just asked me to stay behind because Webber wanted to see me" she stated simply
"Man it's the first day and she is already in with the Chief" George said, sinking into his chair
"I've been in with the Chief my whole life George…family friend" Meredith stated, she didn't like being reminded of her prestigious mother and her friends "don't tell anyone about it" she warned her friends "or my mother" she added
"Why who is your mother?" asked a voice behind her
"No one" she replied before turning around "Oh sorry Dr…."
"Shepard" the dark haired doctor added in, sticking out his hand to Meredith "I didn't get time to introduce myself before-I'm Derek Shepard…and you are?"
"Meredith Grey" she stated, taking his hand and shaking it
"Well now that we have met, can I steal you away for a few minutes? I have to run you through a heap of information and give you a tour of the hospital and everything"
"Yeah sure" Meredith replied, getting up from her seat
George was about to say that she already knew her way around and wouldn't need a tour, but he didn't get a chance as Christina kicked him under the table. The group sat and watched as Meredith walked away with Dr Shepard.
"There is something familiar about him" Izzie stated "it's like I've seen him before somewhere"
The group sat pondering for a short while until Christina and Izzie both turned and stated "Axe murderer"
"What?" stated George
"He lives across the street from us" Izzie explained "We saw him the other day"
"And we have been looking out for him ever since" continued Christina "He's hot!"
"Who is hot?" ask Burke as he sat down
Ignoring his question Christina asked "What can you tell us about Dr Shepard?"
"He's a fifth year like me" stated Burke, before biting into his sandwich "From New York originally I think, going to be a great neurologist. Why?" he questioned, finishing his mouthful
"He's Meredith's intern and we think he might live across the road from us"
"He does, I saw him out there the other day when I was moving you in, asked him round for a barbeque on Saturday as well" upon looking up from his lunch and seeing Christina's glare, he continued "Did I forget to mention that?"
"Yes!" both she and Izzie exclaimed
"Sorry" he said looking at Christina
"Make it up to her by not telling Meredith or Derek about living close" Izzie said, with a wide smile
"Izzie I know that smile…stop trying to set her up" Christina warned
"What I got you and Burke together"
"We were drunk-it doesn't count!" Christina continued
"Anyway don't tell" Izzie said getting up from the table and heading off to find Bob
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Meanwhile in the depths of the hospital Meredith was following Dr Shepard, who was doing more talking than touring. Both were amazed with how easily they were getting on, which explained why the conversation kept diverting away from what they should have been discussing.
"So who did I drag you away from at lunch" he asked
"My college friends who are also doing their work experience here, the blonde is Izzie, Christina has the wild black hair and George is the short one"
Derek laughed "Why not just say he is the guy?"
"What? Oh" stated a confused Meredith "I guess we kind of forget he is a guy sometimes, especially since we all moved in together"
"Why's that?"
"There have been a few discussions about buying tampons and stuff and walking around in our underwear, he caught Christina and Burke having a midnight snack the other night and just about knocked the house down by slamming his door in a huff" then catching his amused look she winced "was that too much information?"
"Yeah-but I don't mind" he laughed, "Burke? As in Preston"
"Oops" she said with eyes wide "Don't say anything, I don't know if Burke has told the chief yet"
"That's cool…so does that mean you are living with Christina?" Derek asked clarifying the point as two discussions just clicked in his mind
"Yeah" she answered, not understanding his smile but returning it anyway.
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"Sorry about that" Webber said walking up behind Derek as he watched a Meredith leave with her friends at the end of the day
"That's ok Chief" he replied, turning to look at his mentor "It was kind of fun" he smiled
"Don't worry I have dug up another 4th year to take her round tomorrow"
"Oh, that's ok Chief" Shepard replied, the smile slowly dropping from his face "I don't mind…I mean it wouldn't be fair on her to swap her over" he stuttered
"She's pretty isn't she?" Webber casually asked
"Hadn't really noticed" he lied
"Sure" answered Webber as he walked away patting Shepard's shoulder
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A/N
Well that's chapter two- I know it was pretty predictable but it had to be done. Hopefully will post again soon.