A/N: I'm really sorry I haven't updated, but school has started and I haven't had much time to make the chapter, and because of that, I tried to make it longer than my other chapters for extra pleasure. Please R & R..
Summary: Completely AU. One lawyer, one baker, one science professor, one real estate agent, one architect, and now one upcoming fashion designer. Drama is bound to catch up to them. (not all of the characters will be in it) Pairings decided, you'll find out what they are throughout.
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"What if we were surgeons?" Addison said randomly. They were all now sitting at a table. Addison was sitting next to Alex who was sitting next to Izzie, next to her was Mark, then Meredith, and Derek who was also next to Addison. "How do you think things would be different?"
"Don't know, but I'd so be in plastics." Alex said drinking some of his beer.
Addison rolled her eyes. "Of course you would. I'd probably be in neonatal."
"I'd be in plastics too." Mark said bumping fists with Alex.
Izzie had and idea of why he'd want to be in plastics instead of anything else, but wasn't quite sure. "Why?"
Mark sighed. "After my grandfather…" He closed his eyes. His grandfather died when he was fifteen, he was the only father figure he ever had, his real father left him and his mom when he was two. He was really close to him, and he died getting a surgery done to his heart, he was having trouble for years with it. "After he passed away, I don't know if I could ever stand seeing someone going through something remotely like that…dieing." He kept his eyes closed trying to hold back emotion.
Izzie rubbed her hand over his arm, showing him that he wasn't alone she was there. He had talked about his grandfather to her during freshman year around when it happened, but he usually avoided the subject.
Mark opened his eyes and looked over at Izzie who was giving him a comforting smile. He gave a weak smile in return.
Izzie continued to rub his arm. "Well, I'm with Addison, neonatal." She leaned over with her other hand and high fived Addison.
Derek glanced at Mark and sipped his own scotch. He didn't talk to Derek to much about his grandfather, he mostly talked about it to Izzie because she had a way of comforting him like no one else could. "I'd most likely go into neuro."
"I'm not sure what I'd go into, maybe general surgery, not sure." Meredith said with a shrug.
Addison continued to think about it. "You think we'd still be friends if we were surgeons?"
"Of course, we're us, do you think we'd still be friends if we were surgeons?" Derek asked her.
"Good point." Addison said taking a sip of her beer.
"I'd so be doing nurses." Alex said smirking.
Addison rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but you'd get syphilis doing so."
Izzie sipped her beer. "She's right."
"Probably a slutty nurse who has slept with more than one surgeon." Meredith said with a light laugh.
"I wouldn't sleep around, I don't see the point. I'm a relationship kind of guy." Mark said glancing at Izzie.
Derek nodded. "Me too."
"You're killing me here."
"Shut up Alex." Addison said sipping her beer.
Alex gave her a look.
Joe walked over to them and leaned his head in between Addison and Derek. "If you ever were surgeons, I'd probably still be the bartender who gives you alcohol whenever you want, no need it."
"Of course, who else would give us our alcohol?" Alex asked as Addison slapped him over the head. "Ow! What was that for!?"
Addison rolled her eyes and looked at Joe. "Don't listen to him, we'd still love you."
Joe chuckled at the two. "Good to know." He smiled and walked back to the bar.
Izzie thought about them being surgeons. "Do you think somehow our lives would of changed in the process, like being at the same college…" She gestured to Mark. "Meeting differently…" Gesturing to Alex and Addison. "Or even being together like this, how much different do you think it would be?"
Those questions got the rest of the group thinking. Wow, a different life from the one they have might have setbacks.
Alex was the first to speak from the silence. "I don't know, but even if I did meet all of you differently, I mean, fate would probably bring us together…" He shrugged.
Addison looked at Alex surprised. "Wow Alex, for you, that's…" She paused to think of the right word. "Deep."
Alex rolled his eyes at that comment.
"I'm a little tired. I think I'm going to head out." Izzie said standing up.
Addison suddenly had an idea. "Okay, Mark will go with you."
"What-"
Alex interrupted him. "See you two later."
Derek and Meredith looked a little lost. Derek had an idea, but he wasn't sure. Addison and Alex were always the unique ones, planning, and well, unique, you never really know what they're thinking.
Mark glanced at Alex and Addison, then at Izzie. "Okay…" He stood up.
Izzie quickly glared at Addison.
"We'll pick up the tab." Alex said smirking in Mark's direction.
Izzie and Mark looked at Alex and Addison a little strangely before giving them a slight glare. They both started to walk out of the bar.
Once they were out the door, Derek looked at Alex and Addison. "You two trying to get them together?"
"Is it that obvious?" Addison asked not even bothering to deny it.
"Only if you pay attention." Derek said sipping his scotch.
Meredith looked at them all confused. "Izzie and Mark have a thing for each other."
"I think it's a little more than that." Derek said.
"But they don't like each other." Alex said drinking some of his beer. He saw the confused look on Meredith's face. "They love each other."
Derek looked at Addison and Alex slightly amused. "You do know how good of friends they are right?"
"Yeah." Alex and Addison said in unison.
"Then you know that they spend a lot of time together, so getting them to leave alone together won't really get them together." Derek said knowingly.
Alex's face dropped. "We didn't even think of that."
"Damn." Addison muttered under her breath.
Derek had a thought, and he put his hand on Meredith's leg and slowly made his way northern. He couldn't resist, he agreed to forget about what happened, but he didn't want to.
When Derek's hand was making its way up her thigh, she couldn't take it. She stood up. "I'm a little tired, I think I'm going to go." She gave Derek a quick look, which he got right away.
"Me too." Derek said quickly standing up. He took out his money and put his share of money that he had to pay on the table. "Bye." He and Meredith quickly exited the bar.
"We're getting them together next aren't we?" Alex asked sipping his beer.
"Oh yeah." Addison said also sipping her beer.
When Izzie and Mark got to the front yard of both towns homes, Mark had saw a shooting star, and he showed her it. Another came, and they both ended up, just staring at the stars.
"They're beautiful aren't they?" Izzie asked softly still staring at the stars.
Mark nodded a little. "Yeah, they are." He also said softly. He slowly turned his head to look at Izzie. He saw her shiver, so he took off the jacket he was wearing and put it around her shoulder.
Izzie smiled at Mark. "Thanks." She tightened it around herself.
"It will never be a problem." He said softly.
Her smile softened as she looked at him.
Derek parked his car not to far from the towns home. Meredith and Derek quickly got out of the car. They looked at each other, both slowly walked over to each other. Derek cupped her face in his hands and quickly brought her lips to his.
Izzie glanced out of the corner of her eye. She turned and her eyes widened. "Holy crap!"
Mark turned so he was looking at what Izzie was looking at. "Wow, didn't see that one coming."
Meredith and Derek were making their way to Meredith and Izzie's towns home without even looking. Meredith giggled, but then they came face to face with Izzie and Mark. Their faces dropped, not sure what to say.
"You two slept together didn't you?" Izzie asked knowingly.
Meredith looked at her dumbfounded. "How did you figure that out?"
"I thought their might be a reason to why you two were making out in front of Derek's car."
Derek and Meredith glanced at each other longingly.
Mark rolled his eyes. "Just go in the house! Make sure you lock the door, nobody would want to come in and see what you're doing."
Izzie looked at Mark and raised her eyebrows.
Mark looked at Izzie and shrugged. "It's obvious we aren't going to stop them."
Izzie sighed and looked at Meredith and Derek who were basically having eye sex with each other. That was getting her a little annoyed. "My god! Just go and do it already!"
Derek and Meredith looked at each other before bolting towards the towns home.
Once Meredith and Derek were inside, Mark started to laugh.
"What's was so funny about that?" Izzie asked not really finding any of it amusing.
Mark's laughed started to fade. "I just find it funny that she has been here less than two days, and is already sex with Derek. I would've at least guessed a week."
Izzie then started to laugh. "Yeah, you're right." When she stopped laughing, she looked back up at the stars. "It think I'm going to head in, hopefully Meredith and Derek will be upstairs by now."
"Hopefully." Mark said giving her a smile.
Izzie looked at him and smiled back. She took off his jacket and handed it to him. "See you tomorrow."
Mark took his jacket. "Yeah, tomorrow…"
Izzie gave him a soft smile before walking to the door.
"Izzie!" Mark called out to her.
Izzie turned around and looked at Mark. "Yeah?"
He took a deep breath, deciding not to say what he really wanted to say. "Have a good night."
She smiled once again. "You too." With that, she walked into her towns home, closing her eyes and leaning her head against the door taking a deep breath. Meredith and Derek obviously made their way upstairs already. "If only you knew…" She said quietly.
