I forgot to mention this before so here we go, you know the drill, I DO NOT own Grey's Anatomy…..I know, shocker huh? Anyways, tests are over so I'm updating again! Please review!
Meredith was heading towards the tunnels. She needed a break, needed to think. What she saw when she got down there was something that she was not expecting, Izzie and Alex practically on top of each other making out. She cleared her throat and waited for either or both of them to notice her. Izzie quickly dismounted and walked over to Meredith. "Hey, I was uh…..you know, I needed a break and Alex…you know what, screw it. I'm back with Alex, go ahead, judge me. I know you want to."
"No, I actually don't. And sorry to interrupt, I uh didn't know that the tunnels were occupied," Meredith replied with a sly smile.
Alex got up and walked to Izzie. "Their all yours, we were almost done anyway." With that Alex and Izzie started towards the stairs, leaving only Meredith and her thoughts. This thing with Finn was kind of getting to her. She didn't want to go out with anyone but Derek, but seeing as how he wasn't even an option, and Finn was sweet, nice, and not married, she didn't see anything stopping her. Just then Cristina banged into the tunnel and slammed herself down next to Meredith on the gurney.
"What's your problem?"
"Um…YOU! You broke George, then he and Burke became best friends, and now they are cleaning incessantly, pushing each other, making things sparkle that so clearly shouldn't be. You know that I can't live in that type of environment, you know that! And on top of that, Burkes mother is coming……….and is staying with us, I forgot to tell you that little detail didn't I? So, you still want to ask me what's wrong?
"Cristina, seriously, not my fault."
"Yeah well you're here and it's easier to blame you so that's what I'm going to do, got a problem with that?"
"Whatever. Just keep your hands to yourself and I'm good." They sat there in silence. Meredith finally decided to break the silence by trying to discuss her problem. "You know how Doc had to go to the vet? Well, the vet, the guys nice, unattached and good looking, and he asked me out. I think I might say yes. I mean…."
"A VET! No Mer. No no no no no. You cannot go out with a vet. It will ultimately lower your self-esteem and my respect for you as a person. You cannot do this!"
"I need to get over Derek and what better way? I need someone who isn't like Derek, like the Anti-Derek. That's what Finn is. He's great. I'm going to say yes." After having made up her mind, she hopped off the gurney and went up to the nurses station to use the phone to call Finn and let him know that she changed her mind. After she disappeared, Cristina sat there thinking. It was just like Bailey said, the stupidity of the human race.
Meredith picked up the phone just as Derek rounded the corner down the hall. He had walked up behind her unnoticed. He was about to say something when he heard her end of the conversation. "Yeah, no, that sounds good. It sounds great actually! So I guess I will see you tonight at 7 right? Ok," she laughs at something that he says, "Ok, Finn, you do that, bye." By that time Derek had made it look like he was busy and had just come up so Meredith turned and saw him and didn't suspect a thing. "Hey, what are you doing here? I thought that you were in surgery."
"Well, I DID, but the guy died, too much damage." Derek said this trying to mask all the emotions that he was feeling. He wasn't jealous. He wasn't. He just didn't get why she had to go out with their vet. She could've picked someone he didn't have to deal with or get acquainted with, or like for that matter, like the broken penis guy. Yeah, he decided, those days were simpler.
Meredith felt bad for a moment until she realized she had no reason to feel that way. He was married and she liked Finn. "Well, I'm sorry. It wasn't you, you did everything you could and you know that."
"Yeah, yeah I do. So, who was that?" He was trying to sound casual so that he didn't give his feelings away. He knew who it was.
"That was uh," Right then Meredith decided that she didn't want to be as bad as Derek was, hiding things and lying so she decided that she would just come out and tell him. "That was Finn. We have sort of decided to try dating."
"Oh, ok." Derek felt like someone had punched him in the gut, hearing it openly admitted like that.
"Yeah. So, anyways, I have to go, patients and everything. But I'll see you later ok?"
"Yeah ok. See ya." With that, he spun around and went back the way he came. He wasn't jealous, he wasn't. That's right, just keep telling yourself that champ.
It was 5:30 and Derek was sitting in the cafeteria eating his "dinner" when Addison came over and sat down next to him. "Hey, what's up with you, you've been acting really weird today. I know there is something so don't try lying."
"I'm just, worried about Doc, you know, I feel bad that he's all alone most of the time, and sick. It's really nothing."
"Oh, alright." Addison knew there was more to the story, but didn't push it. "So, do you want to go to dinner tonight? We've not been out in a while so I thought that maybe we could go out, you know, into the real world, without speaking of the hospital or surgery or anything pertaining to either. Come on Derek."
"Sounds good. I get off at 6:30 so we can go then." He said this all looking less than pleased, but his logic was that if Meredith could go out and have fun and be with someone, then so could he.
"Ok, meet ya in the lobby," she got up, kissed him on the cheek and headed back towards her patient's room. Derek sat there thinking. This is good. See, I'm not jealous, I am going out with my WIFE for dinner where we will enjoy ourselves and I will not think about what Meredith and Finn might be doing. He was just kidding himself of course.
Burke and Cristina's apartment
"Did you get all the magnets on the refrigerator?"
"Yep, Dr. Burke, they're all dust free."
"Ok, ok, I think we might be done then." He looks around. "Yep, I think we're done. It looks good doesn't it?"
"It sure does."
"Thanks for coming over man, really appreciate it. And sorry about Cristina, you know as well as I do that….."
"Don't worry about it, I know, trust me, I know."
"Right. So, you want to hang out for a while. I mean we worked this hard, we need to have some fun right?"
"Yes, but I draw the line at chess. Whenever I play that, I get really bad images in my head……..no offense or anything. It was just a little more than I wanted to see." George said this referring to the time that Cristina had walked out naked while they were in the middle of chess.
"Ah, yes of course. No chess. And once again, I have to apologize on Cristina's behalf. She was having an…..off day."
"And once again, I will say, no need to explain. So let's whip those instruments out again, see if I have improved any." Burke noticeably winced at this.
