Coast Clear

Lily walked up the stairs slowly. Looking behind her she saw Izzie smile encouragingly at her.

"Go up there" Izzie said.

It was 11.45 and Lily and Izzie had just come home from a catch up dinner. Both girls felt like they had known each other their entire life and had missed each other when Lily returned to New York.

Izzie had somehow managed to convince Lily to come home to Meredith's house with her and try talking to George again.

Lily smiled back meekly before continuing up the stairs. Standing in front of George's room she shook her arms and shoulders as if she was trying to prepare herself for a football match.

She knocked on the door quietly first and then a little louder.

Waiting for a moment she almost convinced herself he was sound asleep and started to step away from the door, when suddenly George opened it, looking at her sleepily he waited for her to speak.

"Hey" She said.

"Hey" He managed, rubbing his eyes.

"Coast clear?" She tried to joke hoping not to find him in bed with his new girlfriend.

He looked confused at first then seemed to realise what she meant.

"Ah, she's, ah at a medical convention in Boston" He stumbled, wanting to slam the door on Lily but finding it impossible.

"Can we talk? Just for a while" Lily looked at him and gave him a small flirtatious smile.

Again he told himself that he should say no. He had taken the chance with her before, against his better judgement and desire to be hurt… and she had ripped his heart out.

He looked at her intensely and returned the gaze. Then he opened the door a little wider, saying nothing, she stepped inside.

"So" lily looked at Addison the following morning over a coffee.

"How was your night?"

"I should ask you the same question" Addison attempted to dodge the question.

"You first" Lily said.

"Well, his Aussie charm certainly is … charming" Addison nodded, smiling despite herself.

"Did you sleep with him?" Lily asked and Addison just looked at her, answering the question.

"Addison, you dirty stop out" Lily flicked her in jest with her arms, and the two last.

"I must say I feel uncomfortable discussing this with you" Addie said.

"Why?"
"Well, you are Derek's sister…"
"And your friend" Lily interrupted. She wasn't certain if she though Addison and Parker was a great idea, but Lily believed in letting go and allowing the shazam so who was she to argue.

"So, what about you and O'Malley" Addison asked.

"We ah… we talked"

"Just talked"

"Um… well… not quite" Lily said and Addison sat intrigued.

"We kissed, a little, but he stopped it, he's seeing someone, but I slept with him all night, and he held me, it was nice" Lily smiled a little as she felt a warm feeling as if in reflection from the night before.

"So what's going to happen?" Addison asked.

"What's going to happen with you and Parker?" It was Lily's turn to dodge the question.

"Touché" Addison smiled at her and they both knew the answer was the same… who knows?

Karevmacon

"Do you still love her?" Izzie asked George across the cafeteria table. She knew that Lily hadn't left till the morning, but she was looking for more details.

George stared blankly back at her.

"I'm seeing Violet" He said.

"That's no answer George" Izzie replied.

"I'd go for Lily, in a nano second" Alex said, reaching for his coke.

"For what it's worth" He added as Izzie looked at him. She wasn't concerned at all, she knew that was just Alex.

"That was an answer, I'm seeing someone… and I kissed Lily" George stumbled.

"You kissed her, seriously, did you hear that Alex, George Kissed Lily" Izzie shrieked loudly.

"Way to go O'Malley, you just moved up on the Karevmacon"

"The karevmacon?" Izzie and George repeated.

"It measures coolness" Alex said in jest and Izzie rolled her eyes at him.

"Don't listen to him George… if you love her, you need to settle things with Violet" Izzie said gathering her rubbish to put in the bin.

"Come on Karev" she knocked Alex's feet that were resting in the table to the floor.

"Let's leave George to think" She said as they walked away.

"So the crew arrive tomorrow, I want to film the first interview in the afternoon" Lily was going over the notes of the story with Derek. It was her last report for Lifeline and she wanted it to be perfect.

"Then I want to do another one, maybe at your house, more personal.." Lily kept rambling not noticing that Derek had something he wanted to talk to her about.

"Mush, I can't get a word in… I want to tell you something" Lily put her pen down and looked at her brother.

"What?" She asked.

"I want you to be the first to know…" he sounded almost nervous and Lily waited in anticipation.

"I'm going to ask Meredith to marry me" he said and he waited for Lily's immediate congratulations… but she sat surprised.

"What? Don't you like her? Don't you approve?" He asked. Lily had always been his bounce board in the family, her response was unexpected.

"It's not that, I love her, she's great, and the thing I love most is she adores you… I just wasn't expecting that, so soon, you're barely divorced" Lily managed to string a sentence together.

Derek stood up frustrated.

"Addison and I were over long before we realised it" He said.

"I know that" lily said softly standing up as well.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to put a dampener on it, I think it's truly fantastic" Lily hugged her brother.

"So tell me more, when, where, how, this sister needs details" Lily stood back to look at him.

Derek started to smile wickedly.

"That's where you come in" He said, and Lily looked back at him intrigued.