A/N: Thank you for the reviews! The song you will come across in this chapter is Color Everywhere by Youth Asylum, which I do not own. 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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That night, Izzie was in her room, she was nervous. She didn't know why, it was just Mark, but it was their first date. She looked at the clock. She had twenty minutes until Mark was coming back over. They had decided to tell their friends that they're going to just hang out alone that night at Mark and Alex's place. Their friends didn't think much of it, they've done it before.
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There was a hat on the coffee table, it was flipped upside down. Alex and Addison were throwing cards into the hat from where they were sitting. Derek was sitting on the couch, looking at them amused.
Alex flicked a card with one of his hands and it landed in the hat. "Finally!" He grinned.
Addison raised an eyebrow at him. "You do know that this isn't even a game right?"
"Sure." Alex said as he bent down and picked up more cards on the floor.
Addison rolled her eyes. She boringly threw another card to the hat, which missed and fell to the floor. She looked up from the card in her hand to look at Meredith who was coming out of the kitchen. "Hey."
Meredith looked at Addison, she glanced at Derek, then looked back at Addison. "Hey." She cleared her throat a little. She decided that she wasn't going to be away from him anytime soon, so she started walking into the living room. She sat down on the opposite end of the couch from Derek.
As the tension filled the room, Alex and Addison gave each other a look.
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Izzie bit her bottom lip. She wasn't sure where they were even going. He said he was going to make her dessert, so it probably wasn't going to be to fancy. She walked back over to her closet and took out a dark pink, lace, short-sleeved polo and a dark pink camisole, a flowing black skirt that ended just above her knee, and some strappy high heels.
Once she finally decided what she was going to wear, she focused on her make-up. She knew Mark thought that she didn't need much, so she put on some lip gloss and a little bit of mascara. Izzie then moved onto her hair. She sat down looking into her mirror at her vanity. It took her a few moments, but she finally decided to put her hair up in bun, but she left two of her naturally curly/wavy strands of hair on the side of her face.
She took a deep breath.
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There had been silence in the living room for quite some time, deciding to break the silence, Alex stood up. He took a deep breath. "I got nothing." He sat back down.
Addison rolled her eyes. "Nice, Alex." She said sarcastically.
Alex looked at her and shrugged.
"I'm going to get something to drink." Derek stood up, then walked towards the kitchen.
Addison looked at Meredith. "What's going on between you two? Before the trip, you literally couldn't keep your hands off each other." Addison said with curiosity and a little confusion in her voice.
Meredith shook her head. "Nothing." She looked down at the ground as she leaned back against the couch.
Alex and Addison gave each other another look.
Mark walked into the towns home. "Hey." He said as he stood just outside the living room. He was wearing his jacket, it was to cover up the white dress shirt he was wearing underneath it.
"Hey." Alex said glancing at Mark.
Derek walked out of the kitchen and looked at Mark. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "I thought you were just going to hang out at your place?" He asked looking at the jacket he was wearing.
Mark nodded. "We are."
"Then why are you wearing your jacket?" Alex asked with his eyebrow slightly risen.
Mark thought for a moment, looking for an excuse. "We're going to stop by the store and grab dessert." He said trying to sound convincing. He saw them nod and drew out a slow breath.
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Izzie grabbed her long, tan colored trench coat. It would cover up the things she was wearing, which would automatically get questioned. Her shoes weren't going to be covered, but she would take the chance on it if anyone asks. Once she put the trench coat on, she looked at the clock, it was just before seven. She knew he'd be here by now. They decided he would come in casually like normal to get me to hang out with him. She took a deep breath and smiled.
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Derek walked back to the living room and sat on the couch with beer in his hands. He needed alcohol if he was going to be sitting in the same room as Meredith.
Mark looked up at the stairs when he heard footsteps. He smiled at Izzie as she smiled at him. "We'll see you later." He said as he put his arm around Izzie's waist.
Izzie smiled and waved a little to them as they were about to walk to the door.
"Don't have to much fun!" Derek said with a grin as he sipped his beer.
Mark rolled his eyes. "Don't drink to much alcohol!"
Derek raised his beer slightly. "Touché my friend. Touché."
Mark chuckled. "Later guys."
They waved and said goodbye as Mark and Izzie walked out the front door and closed the door behind them.
Addison looked at the others. "Anyone else notice the heels she was wearing?"
"I did!" Meredith said nodding.
"Do you think…" Derek said furrowing his eyebrows in curiosity.
Addison shook her head. "Probably not."
Alex nodded in agreement. "Yeah, we'd probably know if they did or not anyway." He shrugged.
Derek nodded. "Yeah…" He sipped his beer.
Meredith glanced at Derek for a moment, but looked back down at the floor when she realized what she was doing.
Alex and Addison looked at each other.
Addison stood up. "I'm going to get something to drink." She started to walk out of the living room.
Alex stood up after her. "Me too." He followed close behind her.
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Once Mark and Izzie were outside, they put their arms around each other and kissed.
"So, you said you were going to make me dessert?" Izzie asked with a smile.
Mark nodded with a smile. "I did." He took her hand in his and tugged for her to follow him. He walked right over to the front door of his and Alex's place.
Izzie raised an eyebrow. "You have a plan for something Mr. Sloan?"
Mark chuckled. "I might." He opened the door and let her go in first, after she did, he went in and closed the door behind him.
Izzie began to take her trench coat off. She put it on the coat rack.
Mark took off his jacket and also put it on the coat rack. When he was done, he looked at what Izzie was wearing. "You look beautiful." He told her with a soft smile. He put his hand on her cheek.
"Thank you." Izzie said with a smile as she put her hands on his shoulders and leaned up and kissed him. "Now, where is this date going to take place?"
Mark took her hand in his once again. "Come on. I'll show you." He smiled and he led them to through the living room and through the kitchen, and opened the screen door that led to the back yard. He closed the screen door behind them.
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Alex and Addison walked into the kitchen and they both groaned.
"This sucks." Alex said.
Addison nodded in agreement. "Yeah, because now we have to figure out how to fix Meredith and Derek, because of some probably stupid fight in Hawaii, and get Mark and Izzie together!" She huffed.
Alex shook his head slowly with a chuckle. "That's not what I was getting at, but yeah."
Addison raised an eyebrow. "Then what were you getting at?" She asked.
Alex shrugged. "Meredith and Derek don't want to be around each other, it's probably more than we think."
Addison raised an eyebrow. "That was very smart of you." She said in a little bit of surprise.
"I have my moments." Alex smirked.
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Derek put his beer down on the coffee table and stood up. He looked at Meredith. "Why?"
Meredith looked up at him from the couch, then looked down at the ground. "What do you mean why?" She asked knowing exactly what he meant.
"You know why Meredith! It's one date! Just tell me the reason why!" Derek said, his voice loud with frustration and a little anger, and maybe even a hint of pain.
Meredith stood up and faced him. "I can't! There is no reason! I only liked the sex! Believe it or not, that's it!" She also said loudly, completely lying through her teeth.
"Can you honestly look me in the eye and say that?!" Derek said, but his voice soon softened. "Look me in the eyes and say that."
Meredith looked into his eyes. She couldn't do this, but she had to do something. "I'm sorry, Derek." She sighed and looked down to the ground.
Derek looked hurt, his whole face portraying that whole emotion. He shook his head and walked out of the living room, and out the front door.
Meredith sat down on the couch. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm just not ready yet." She whispered into the now empty living room.
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Alex and Addison heard screaming from the living room.
Addison looked at Alex. "This is going to be harder than I thought."
Alex nodded in agreement. "Definitely."
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Izzie smiled and looked what he set up. "Mark…" She said, her voice drifting.
Mark put his arms around her waist from the back and put his chin on her shoulder. "Do you like it?" He turned his head so he could look at her.
Izzie nodded as she turned her head to face his and moved one hand up to put on his cheek. "I love it." She leaned in and kissed him. "Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me for this." Mark smiled at her. Izzie gave him a soft smile back as she looked back at what he had set up.
The usual wooden picnic table was pushed to the back of the yard near to where the fence ended. There was a fence in his yard, and his. It was there when they bought the places. Now, there was a white table cloth laid down on the grass. Around three sides of the table cloth were small candles that were currently lit. On top of the table cloth was a picnic basket, which obviously had the dessert in it. She saw a boom box that had radio near by the table cloth, which she knew probably was not plugged in, but used batteries.
Izzie smiled once again at the scene. It was the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for her, and she's glad he was the one who did.
Mark took his arms off from around her, and took his chin off her shoulder. He walked to stand in front of her. He put her hands in his with a smile. "Come on, the dessert is getting warm."
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Addison shook her head. "I have no idea what we're going to do."
Alex smirked. "Maybe we could get them in the same room without them realizing it." He said innocently.
Addison raised her eyebrow. "And how do you suppose we do that?"
Alex smirked once again.
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Meredith sighed. The feeling of pain in herself was clearly heard in her emotions that were screaming through her head. She stood up and bit her bottom lip as she sighed once again. She started to walk towards the stairs.
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Thirty Minutes Later
Mark and Izzie had just finished up dessert. They had talked, and it just seemed so natural to do this. It seems like they've been one dates with each other a lot more than once, but maybe it was all the affection and heart that was in them that they showed before in the first place.
Mark smiled softly at her as he stood up. He held his hand out for her to take.
Izzie smiled up at him. She took his hand and stood up.
Mark bent down and turned on the boom box, he knew what song would play, and in a way, he was glad it was that one, it was the feeling that he had the beginning before she came into his life, but mostly, before he knew he was in love with her, until the time she said she loved him back. He stood up when he heard the music start to play. He put his hand on her waist and the other in her hand.
Izzie smiled at him and put the hand that wasn't in his on his shoulder.
Used
to seeing black and white
never any in between
waiting on the
love of my life
to come into my dreams
everything is shades of
gray
never any blues or green
needing
someone else to turn to
someone who could help me learn and
see
all the beauty that was waiting for me
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Meredith opened the door to her bedroom and sighed once again that night.
You,
you put the blue back in the sky
you put the rainbow in my eyes
a
silver lining in my prayers
and now there's color everywhere
you
put the red back in the rose
just when I needed it the most
you
came along to show you care
and now there's color everywhere
(everywhere)
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Addison yawned, but then laughed lightly at something stupid Alex said.
My
life is so protect and bold
never any mystery
but ever since
you shine the light
all of that is history and now I have a hand
to hold
all the reasons to believe (Yes.)
If someone in my life
was worth living for
I was hangin' around just wishing on a
star
To put the happiness back in my heart
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Derek rubbed the bridge of his nose as he sat on the couch of his apartment.
And
you, you put the blue back in the sky
you put the rainbow in my
eyes
a silver lining in my prayers
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Meredith walked over to her bed, she sat up against the pillow, then she leaned her head against the wall in back of her with a small thud.
and
now there's color everywhere
you put the red back in the
rose
just when I needed it the most
you came along to show you
care
and now there's color everywhere
a
silver lining in my prayers
and now there's color everywhere
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Alex rubbed the back of his head after Addison slapped the back of it.
Left
those hazy days behind me
never to return again
now they're
just a faded memory
ohh ohh.
Cuz baby its all so clear to
see
The beauty that is waiting there for me
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Izzie sighed in content as her head laid against Mark's shoulder as they swayed with the music.
Mark smiled at Izzie as he saw a small smile graced her features.
You,
you put the blue back in the sky
you put the rainbow in my eyes
a
silver lining in my prayers
and now there's color everywhere
you
put the red back in the rose
just when I needed it the most
you
came along to show me you care
and now there's color
everywhere
a silver lining in my prayers
and now there's
color everywhere
you came along to show you cared
and now
there's color everywhere
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Meredith pulled her head up from the wall, a small glint of hope it her eyes. She bit her bottom lip.
Now
I have a hand to hold
And a reason to believe
"I'm going to tell him the truth. Soon."