Meredith arrived 5 minutes late to the hospital the next morning, but she wasn't worried. The night before was one of the best nights of her life. She entered the locker room, flustered but with a smile on her face.
"Grey, you're late,"
"I know I know. Just give me a sec," Meredith walked over to her locker and threw her stuff in. Even though she was a resident, she wanted to keep her locker. It was just so much easier. Christina came over to Meredith with a drowsed look on her face. Meredith held up an aspirin bottle. Christina gave her a grateful look and too the bottle
"Have fun last night?" she asked as she took the medication
Meredith just flashed her a smile and headed towards her interns
"See you at lunch," called Meredith as she walked out the door and into the halls of SGH. She saw her 3 interns walk down the hall. She flashed them a smile as she looked down her clipboard. She looked up again to see Bailey walking down the hall with 2 young girls. Meredith looked back down to the clipboard, but she didn't see any new additions.
"You're not going crazy Grey, I've gotten you 2 new interns just like I promised. This is Dr. Davis and Dr. Shultz. I want you to show them around today," Bailey turned and walked away. Meredith looked at the two new inters. They both looked promising, but they needed work.
"Okay, um Urza I want you with Dr. Shepherd, Ronga I want you in the pit, and Risca you're with Burke. You two follow me. Now GO!" The other 3 interns scattered while the other 2 just stood there.
"Well…. C'mon. We got people to save," Meredith turned and started to walk down the hall. She peeked back to see the other two in shock, but trying to catch up to her. Scratch that, they need a LOT of work!
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"I got two new interns, it's like they think this is some sort of daycare!"
"Well, send them to Bailey, she'll set them straight," Meredith and Christina walked out into the courtyard for their lunch. They just sat down as Alex, George and Izzy joined them
"Hey, you got new interns?" asked George
"Ya, but they think it's tea party time. I wish I could send them to Bailey, but I gotta handle them. But I think I know how to," Meredith smiled an evil smile
"What the hell is wrong with you? You're smiling a lot," said Christina with disgust
"Ya, Mer, what's the secret," Izzy smiled a huge smile to Meredith
"C'mon Grey, you know you wanna tell,"
Meredith just smiled and bit into her sandwich.
"C'mon guys, leave her alone. She'll tell when she wants to tell."
"Thank you George,"
Meredith's pages suddenly went off
"Shit, it's Shepherd. God, what did hell did he do now? Sorry guys but I gotta go. Hey everyone at my house tonight okay?" Meredith got up and left
"She really is in a good mood isn't she?" said Alex surprised as he dug in.
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Meredith reached the surgical ward preparing for her worse, the two new interns followed closely behind
"Dr. Grey?" Meredith turned around to see Derek coming towards her
"Dr. Shepherd," she said trying not to smile, "You paged?"
"Yes, um. I kinda need to ask you a favor. I need your help on this case that I have,"
"But I assigned Dr. Urza with you. What happened?"
"I had to kick him off the case. He didn't have a clue what the hell to do. He was actually worse than Alex Karev."
"So you're telling me just because you kicked my intern off the case, you want me to fill in for him...like an intern?"
"Well…."
"FORGET IT! God Derek, you should know better. Get yourself an intern, because if you haven't noticed, I'M A FREKIN RESIDENT NOW!" Meredith turned and stormed away. The two new interns just started for a second, and then tried to catch up with their resident.
"Dr.-?"
"NO!" Jackass Meredith didn't even turn back to Derek.
"Shit,"
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Even after the incident with Derek, Meredith was in a pretty good mood. She got home after Izzy, but before George. Meredith sat down her bag on the table and walked over to Izzy. Of course, she was baking for the "party" that night.
"Hey Mer, good day?"
"Ya, actually it was. I mean I yelled at Derek today, but other than that, it was good. My two new interns need A LOT of work, but I think I'll live," Meredith bit into a chocolate chip cookie Izzy just pulled out of the oven,
"You yelled at Derek? About what?" Izzy turned to Meredith, also taking a cookie and nibbling on it
"You know how I got paged at lunch? It was him. He kicked one of my interns off a case, and he wanted me to fill in him. Practically, he wanted me to be an intern again. So I yelled at him," Meredith rolled her eyes, "I mean he had the nerve to do that, in front of 2 interns!"
"Jackass,"
"I know,"
George walked in followed by Christina and Burke. Izzy started to run around frantically, trying to get more food together. Meredith ran upstairs to change, as George tried to entertain the guests. When Meredith got back downstairs, she saw that Alex had arrived. Flustered by the sudden guests, Meredith tried to turn on some music. Suddenly the doorbell rang
"I didn't invite anyone else, did you guys?" called Meredith heading towards the door
"Umm," said George stepping out into the foyer
"GEORGE!" Meredith yelled as she opened the door. She saw Miranda Bailey standing on her front porch.
"Dr. Bailey, what a pleasant surprise," said Meredith as she shot George a look
"What? She overheard me and Izzy talking about it, what could I say…no?"
"Ya, Grey. You better watch it. Remember what I said about you being an intern again,"
"Welcome, Dr. Bailey. Izzy is getting sweets and there is alcohol in the fridge. Help yourself,"
"That's better Grey," Bailey started to head towards the kitchen when the doorbell rang again. Meredith shot George another look,
"Oh, ya and um-"
"George, please don't tell me this is going to be Derek standing on the other side of this door,"
Sure enough, Derek was at the door, holding a dozen roses, a bottle of Tequila and Vodka, and he had Emily behind him,
"Hey. I brought these for you," He handed the roses to Meredith, "These for the party," He handed George the alcohol, "And her, because I thought she should have some fun with her half-sister. May I come in?" Meredith was standing there, shocked.
"Um, Emily come on in, and make yourself home. Don't be shy. Derek, can I speak to you out here?" said Meredith trying to recover from the shock of the sudden surprise. Meredith let Emily in, and then stepped outside to talk to Derek. When she closed the door, she started to yell at him again,
"HOW DARE YOU! YOU THINK THESE WILL GET ME TO SAY 'I'M SORRY?' ROSES? DEREK SHEPHERD YOU ARE A JACKASS!"
"Mer, -"
"NO! GO AWAY! YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE! AFTER THE WAY THAT YOU TREATED ME, YOU THINK I'M JUST GOING TO BLOW IT OVER BECAUSE OF ROSES? GOD DEREK, YOU REALLY ARE FULL OF YOURSLEF! GOOD NIGHT!" Meredith turned to leave, when Derek grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him. He kissed her with a passion, and love. They broke apart, and Meredith was in tears,
"I hate you," she whispered
"I love you too," whispered Derek back, as they walked back into the house together, trying to enjoy the night.
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Meredith found Derek in her bed the next morning
"Shit," she said as she got up and took a shower. She crept downstairs, to see everyone on the floor, except Bailey. She was in the kitchen making 9 cups of coffee.
"Good morning Dr. Grey," said Bailey, with a little stiffness in her voice
"Not now Dr. Bailey," she took a cup of coffee and began to drink it. "Mmmmmmmm. This is good,"
"Not now? Grey, I don't care if you're a resident or not, it's still not appropriate for you to be sleeping with an attending,"
"What about Christina? She's sleeping with a attending too, but I never see you on her," Meredith took another drink of coffee with a smile on her face
"Well, um, I planning to, um, talk to her, and um, -"
"No disrespect Dr. Bailey, but if you're going to get on me, then shouldn't you get on Christina too. It's not fair. And besides, he's not married anymore. He wasn't even supposed to be here last night. But he came and the rest is a blur,"
"Well I can tell you exactly what happened. I heard you two yelling last night, but when you came back in, you were holding hands. You had a little too much to drink and when you went to bed, he followed, and you didn't reject," Meredith just looked back into her coffee, trying not to blush. Everyone was now starting to wake up. Emily came in blushing by the sights of her bosses and quickly grabbed a cup of coffee. She then slipped out the door and headed towards the hospital, before Christina woke up. Shortly after Christina walked in, with a hangover, as usual.
"Mer, where the hell is your aspirin?"
"Up stairs bathroom, here I'll get it for you. I have a feeling you're not the only one, who is going to need it," said Meredith as she slipped upstairs, and everyone else began to wake up. She walked into the bathroom to see Derek,
"Shit, crap, uh Hi!"
"Good morning to you too. Sleep well?" Derek smiled at her
"I really don't want to talk about how you took advantage of me right now Derek. I just want the aspirin, everyone has a hangover," Meredith walked in and grabbed the aspirin and ran out, before she said something else stupid. She looked back to see Derek staring at her, still smiling.
"Shit," she said as she walked downstairs, to the start of a very long day.
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Everyone arrived to the hospital late. Meredith hurried to change and then but her interns to work.
"Okay, Davis I want you with Shepherd today. Shultz, I want you with Burke. Urza, pit, um, Ronga Bailey, and Risca, Dr. Montgomery. People I got a headache, so make me happy," Meredith tuned and started to head on her rounds. As luck would have it she ran into Derek in the elevator,
"Dr. Shepherd," she said as she climbed into the elevator
"Ah, Dr. Grey just the person I wanted to see,"
The doors closed and the elevator started to move,
"Really? Why?" Meredith turned towards him and smiled
"Well, I got this patient, and-"
"Derek, just tell me the truth,"
"Fine, what was that last night?"
"What?"
"You. You weren't yourself. You were-"
"I was drunk, and you took advantage of me. Just like you did over a year ago" said Meredith as the doors opened to the pit, and she walked out,
"We'll talk later then. Tonight, Joe's. 8…be there," Meredith just continued down the hall pretending not the hear him.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A/N: I know that Ch.13,14, and 15aren't that great, but I promise that I'll try to make the rest better.
