Discalimer- I don't own anything!
Meredith, George, Christina, and Alex walked into the hospital preparing for there twelve hour shift.
Izzie had the day off which was surprising considering she was on probation, but despite the front he put on the Chief really was a compassionate man.
As the four changed into their scrubs Bailey came in with her clipboard,
"All right, Karev, Torres needs someone to assist in an amputation in OR 3,"
"But shouldn't I be with Dr. Montgomery-Shepard?" He asked her
"Do I look like I want to be questioned right now Karev?" Bailey retorted
"Hey I'm not complaining." Alex replied
"Then go," Bailey said annoyed. Alex nearly ran out of the room and towards the OR. She continued,
"O'Malley there is a patient that needs a consult in the pit and then I need some labs run, Yang your with me today and Grey, well you have had a special request from non other than Dr. Shepard," Meredith paled and turned to Christina who just smirked and shrugged.
Once the locker room had cleared Bailey came up to Meredith,
"Do I even want to know why I had a special request put in for you by Shepard?"
Meredith just looked at her and shook her head.
Bailey gave her the "look" the one that makes you want to run and hide.
"Don't do anything stupid Grey, but I have a feeling you already have so don't make it worse," was all she said as she motioned to Christina and the two left the room.
Meredith sighed; grabbing her pager and clipping it on to her wait band she shut her locker door and headed out to face the inevitable.
"Dr. Grey, its good to see you this morning how are you?" Derek Shepard flashed a smile. Yes, he and his soon to be ex wife had just declared divorce this morning and he wasn't going to let anything stop him from sitting down and talking things over with Meredith.
"Dr. Shepard," she acknowledged him before picking up the patients chart.
"Mrs. Clark this is Dr. Grey she is going to be helping you out today ok?" Derek asked his patient.
The older woman nodded.
"Mrs. Clark is experiencing paralysis in her legs, any suggestions?" Derek asked Meredith.
"There could be a number of things: blood clot in the spine, tumor, hemorrhaging." Meredith responded knowing that some how this day was going to turn into a chase for Derek like it always did. He would try to catch her alone and talk to her, she would resist and walk away and then the cycle would start over again.
"Ok then, run some tests get a Spine CT and we will see what we can do." Derek told Meredith and patted Mrs. Clark's arm.
Walking out ahead of him, Meredith wasn't surprised at all when he walked up next to her and began to talk- and not about Mrs. Clark.
"How is Finn?" He asked nonchalantly. Meredith turned her head to look at him. Was he crazy asking her that question?
"I'm sure he is doing ok," she replied.
"You don't know?" He was going to push until she told him what the status was.
"He and I broke up," she casually stated not missing Derek's huge smile.
"Well in that case, I would like to take you out to dinner tonight," he said in a low voice.
"Why don't you take your wife out for dinner Dr. Shepard?" Meredith responded in a harsh whisper.
"Addison is no longer my wife. We have irreconcilable difference... according to the papers we signed last night," Derek was pleased to see the very small look of shock that went across Meredith's face.
"I really should go home after work... so no." Meredith countered. That was the news she had wanted to here ever since Addison had walked up to them in the lobby, but she was not going to just run back into his arms. He has made her his dirty little mistress.
"Oh come on Meredith. Don't do this." Derek stopped at the elevator.
"I'm not the same love sick fool I was last year Derek," Meredith turned to look at him.
"It's just dinner Mere," he told her in a low whisper.
"Yeah dinner that will lead to sex, which will lead to more sex, and then more sex, and you aren't even divorced yet!" Meredith replied getting agitated.
"But the sex is good," Derek smiled.
"OH! You are impossible Derek Shepard. No means NO!" Meredith turned on here heal and walked away.
"I will see you in the lobby around seven." Derek called after her. Smiling he turned to face the closed elevator door. It opened however to reveal Dr. Bailey.
Bailey looked at him shook her head and walked out of the elevator and down the hall. Derek walked into the elevator and turned around a big smile on his face. She had broken up with the vet.
Lunch was cherished thing at Seattle Grace. It was a time where doctors and nurses could sit and relax for a minute and take in their day.
At his lunch though, instead of making his way to the table where he and the other interns sat Alex walked out to the front of the hospital. Pulling out his cell phone he dialed Meredith's house number.
Two rings later Izzie picked up.
"Hello?" She answered
"Hey. How are you?" Alex asked pacing back and forth on the front lawn.
Izzie smiled on the other line. Alex had been great the past week and even though at times in the past she had doubted him, deep down she had always known he was a good guy.
"I'm doing ok. Bored out of my mind though. I've cleaned the house twice."
Alex laughed, "So what do you want for dinner? We can stop by some where on our way home after our shifts," Alex said referring to himself, Meredith, and George.
"Hmmm, pizza. I haven't had pizza in forever," Izzie said.
Alex smiled into the phone, sitting down under a tree he talked with Izzie until his pager went off and he had to go back into the hospital.
After Alex had hung up the phone Izzie looked at the receiver for a minute thinking about him. Was she really starting to develop feelings for him again or were the feelings she had repressed bubbling up again?
George had been avoiding Callie basically since prom night. He really didn't know how he felt. He wasn't sure he loved her and he didn't know if he ever really would. She was a great person and he liked spending time with her but was it fair to her to be in a relationship where her feelings were ten times greater than his?
Looking up from the chart he was scanning he saw her at the other end of the hallway walking towards him. Too late to run now. He told himself as he prepared for what she had to say.
"Hi George." Callie approached him.
"Oh hey Callie. What's up?" He tried to be casual.
"Have you been avoiding me?" She really hadn't meant to just blurt it out.
"What? No! No! It's just Izzie you know? She is one of my best friends and she really needed us you know?"
Callie looked at him suspiciously but gave a small nod.
"Look I have surgery with the Chief in like twenty minutes so I need to get going. I will talk to you later ok?" George smiled and walked away leaving Callie standing in the middle of the hallway confused and unsure of exactly what was happening.
Christina stepped into Burke's room while she waited for her patient's labs to come back.
"Hey." She greeted him. Burke put down his paper.
"How was the funeral?" He had been upset that he hadn't been able to come, but Derek had told him it was probably best for him to stay put for the time being.
"Sad. Izzie cried a lot." Christina said carefully sitting at the foot of his bed. Burke just nodded.
"Shep was just in. I can go home tomorrow," Burke told her folding his paper up and setting it on the table next to him.
"Burke! That's great!" Christina exclaimed. Burke gave her a pointed look.
"Look, I tried the Preston thing, and Meredith agrees with me it's weird," Christina smiled at him and leaned towards him. Burke smiled and shook his head,
"So now you go by everything that Meredith says?" He asked in humor. Christina just shook her head but stood suddenly.
"Speaking of..." she said walking over to his door and shutting it as she began to fill him in on everything that had been going on.
Meredith stood at the nurse's station giving one of her patient's chart one last look before her shift ended. Looking at her watch she sighed when she saw she still had fifteen minutes before she could go home, a lot could happen in fifteen minutes.
Putting the chart away Meredith turned just in time to face Addison. Addison wasn't in her scrubs but in a dress and she had her coat on.
"Addison!" Meredith exclaimed in surprise.
"Hello Meredith. I just wanted to, well to..." Addison stuck her hand out towards Meredith
"It was nice working with you Dr. Grey, you have a natural talent and I am very confident that in the future you will be one of Seattle's best surgeons,"
Meredith was shocked but took the other woman's hand and shook it.
"Thank you Dr. Montgomery-Shepard, it was a pleasure to be able to work with you."
"It's just Montgomery now, but thank you." And with that Addison turned and walked to the elevator where it opened and she walked in. Turning around to face a still shocked Meredith she gave a small smile. A smile of acknowledgement and respect.
Meredith turned to look across the nurse's station where she found George, whose mouth was agape as he witnessed what had just happened.
"What the...?" He mouthed.
Meredith just shrugged and walked towards the locker room.
Derek waited at the front desk with a smile on his face. Once the elevator dinged and the doors opened to reveal her his smile widened.
She walked towards him shaking her head with a small smile on her face.
"No." Was all she said as she continued past him.
"Fine, tomorrow night then," he replied in his usual cocky tone following her out the door.
Reaching their cars which were only one apart he proceeded to get into his,
"Dr. Grey."
"Dr. Shepard."
Meredith smiled and watched as Derek backed out and started to pull away. Looking towards the hospital she saw as Alex and George walked towards her car, where they would go home and relax for the night and prepare for another eventful shift.
A/N: Sorry for the delay guys I really don't have an excuse for it. Thanks for being so patient and for the wonderful reviews they really make my day! I hope everyone had a good weekend!
-Loti
