Disclaimer: Same old same old. I don't own the characters or GA, just The Silver, and the song, which is now called "Enough".

A/N: I told you the band had a purpose!

Chapter 11: Singing My Whole Life with These Words

Everyone decided to sleep at Meredith's that night. It was a good idea, considering that Addison had nowhere to go, Alex wanted to stay with Izzie, Christina had to have a shower and some new clothes, and no one wanted George around the hospital when he was totally and completely sloshed.

They tried to enter the house quietly; they were all slightly sober at the thought of Izzie, but it was hard to get 6 semi-drunk people into a house quietly. Izzie heard the commotion and came down to check.

"Holy Doctorpalooza," she said when she saw them.

Callie was supporting an almost-sleeping George. She was able to get him over to the couch before she collapsed onto the other couch. The two were promptly asleep. Alex stumbled in, tried to walk into the closet before he realized it wasn't a room, and leaned against a wall before asking.

"Mer? Where's a bed?"

Christina joined him on the wall. Addison, Meredith, and Izzie were cracking up.

"I haven't been this drunk since...I don't even know," Addison said, stumbling.

Meredith caught her. "Izzie, go get a sleeping bag for Alex. I don't think he can make it upstairs. Christina can have George's room." Izzie sprinted upstairs and came down with a sleeping bag and a pillow. Alex grabbed them and staggered into the living room. He was down and out almost immediately.

"Can you stand up, Addi?" Meredith was a tall person but Addison was still two inches taller. Holding her up was getting increasingly difficult.

"I thought I was." Meredith looked at Izzie, pleading for help.

"Right. Um...I'll get some stuff from upstairs and we'll all sleep in the living room. It'll be like a sleepover." As Izzie ran up the stairs, Meredith walked Addison over to the living room. They sat down on the floor.

"I gave the ring to Derek," Meredith said suddenly.

"I hoped you would," Addison said. "But I would have understood if you didn't."

"The band was good," said Meredith.

"I hope they play again," said Addison.

Izzie came down with some blankets. "There was a band at the bar?" she asked.

"Yeah, The Silver. They're good. They know what I'm thinking," said Meredith.

Izzie laughed. "You're going to be so funny tomorrow,"

And they were all asleep.

The next morning everyone woke up at the same time.

"Headache. Headache. Ow," were the first words out of Callie's mouth.

"Lights. So. Bright. Callie, why do you yell?" moaned George.

"What time is it?" asked Christina, trying to open her eyes.

"If I have to go to work today, I'm going to sue," said Alex.

Addison opened her eyes, looked around horrified at everyone else, and sat up slowly. She looked down quickly and looked back up.

Meredith pulled her wrist in front of her face. "It's 8:00. We have to be there at 9."

They all looked at each other, got to their feet, and sprinted to the bathroom. Christina got there first.
"Haha! Suckers," she said, and slammed the door shut.

"Do you have a kitchen sink?" asked Callie.

"Yeah..." said Meredith, and soon they were all sprinting to that.

59 minutes later, Christina, Addison, and Meredith were running through the doors of Seattle Grace, freshly washed and dried. A sulkier Alex, George, and Callie followed. They had to make do with the kitchen sink. Izzie had nicely distributed asprin to them as they'd gone out the door.

Bailey was watching them from the second floor. She looked at her watch. 3...2...1...

"Good morning gasp Dr. Bailey," the interns gasped. They were patting their cheeks and forcing themselves to breathe normally. It wasn't really working.

Bailey noticed Addison running, then quickly slowing to a brisk walk. Callie sprinted past.

Bailey shook her head.

"Fun night?" she asked with one eyebrow raised.

Christina and Meredith walked into Burke's room. He was doing better, and could probably go home in about a week. The feeling in his hand and arm was coming back, and everyone was praying that there wouldn't be any complications.

"I went to Joe's last night," Christina said, "and I saw this band, called The Silver. They were awesome."

"Meaning..." Burke said.

"Meaning that they play harsh "I Hate Life But I Don't Care" songs," said Meredith.

They laughed.

"Well, I gotta go. We're meeting at the bar again and I have to call Izzie and see how she's doing," Meredith said. She felt like they needed to be alone.

So she wouldn't be a liar, Meredith picked up her phone and called Izzie as she was walking out of Seattle Grace.

"Hello?"

"Hey!" Meredith said. "You okay?"

"I need to get out of this house," Izzie said. "I'm tired of hiding. Feeling like I'm hiding."

"Why don't you come to Joe's with us?" Meredith asked. "You can hear The Silver."

"The band that knows what you're thinking?"

"Yeah, that one." How did she know that? Meredith thought.

"You were drunk last night."

"Oh. Right. Well I'll see you there."

"Yeah. See ya."

Addison walked into Joe's, pleased to see that The Silver were there again. She sat down next to George, Callie, and Alex.

All in all, it had been a good day. She'd done a C-Section on a baby whose mother was in a car accident, but the baby and the mother were both fine. It was a pretty happy day. It would continue to be if she could just push the thoughts of him to the back of her mind.

Meredith and Christina arrived at the same time.

"How's Preston?" asked Addison.

Christina quickly recovered from the momentary confusion of the name. "Good," she said. "He wanted me to come here and have fun."

"He's a good man," said Addison. She felt a sharp pain, but ignored it.

They turned and listened to the music. It was slow and sad.

I am strong
Until I'm with you
I can't do anything at all

You took away
Everything I held dear
But I still have hope

My heart is yours and I am yours
You complete me but I can't take it
Anymore anymore anymore...

I love you I hate you I can't stay away
You won't come around I'm tired of waiting
We're going around in these circles and I'm tired
I've had enough, I've had enough

"Still don't believe me?" Meredith said to Izzie.

Izzie was numb. Addison was crying. Callie, George, and Alex's eyes were wide. Cristina quickly wiped some tears when no one was looking.

Every time I turn around you're there
You don't see me, you don't hear me
Why can't you just understand that I can't
Let go. Let go...

I love you I hate you I can't stay away
You won't come around I'm tired of waiting
We're going around in these circles and I'm tired
I've had enough, I've had enough

The song ended. Everyone cheered like crazy. A loud whistle was heard from the back.

Christina turned around. "Crap," she said.

Meredith turned around. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Addison turn.

Derek Shepherd was standing at the back of the bar.

And the suspense builds! Just remember to review! Oh, and it's Kate Walsh's birthday today. So happy birthday to her!!!