A/N: Thank you again for the reviews! Also, I know Thanksgiving way over, but I always imagined it in this chapter. And, I know nothing about the SuperBowl or what time it starts, so please, bare with me. My computer deleted the first half of this chapter, so if it isn't that good, I'm sorry. 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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One week and a few days later
Mark and Izzie still haven't told their friends about their relationship. Alex and Addison are still trying to figure out how to get Meredith and Derek in the same room, lock all the doors and windows without them figuring it out. Meredith and Derek have been avoiding each other like the plague. Meredith has been talking to Izzie, and is slowly to actually talking and telling Derek the truth, but not just yet.
Today was Thanksgiving morning, nine o'clock, and like in years past, Alex, Addison, and Mark were sitting in the living room watching the game. Addison wasn't, she was flipping through a magazine. Derek and Izzie were in the kitchen.
Meredith walked down the stairs fully dressed, and saw the three in the living room. She walked in. "Hey. Why aren't you in the kitchen for breakfast?" She asked curiously.
"It's Thanksgiving." Addison said simply as she looked up from her magazine.
Meredith furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "Then why's Izzie in there and not here?"
"She's making Thanksgiving dinner." Mark said glancing at Meredith, then looking back at the
TV where the game was on.
"Oh." Meredith said a little embarrassed that she hadn't figured that out.
Alex looked at the TV, then at Meredith. "Derek's cooking dinner with her, some strange brotherly/sisterly bonding type thing, even though they're not even related."
Meredith nodded, and quietly sighed with relief as she walked over and sat on the ground next to where Addison was sitting on the beanbag chair.
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Derek was stuffing the turkey with stuffing, and Izzie was currently chopping carrots.
Izzie looked over at Derek. He has this look of pain on his face, but he tries to hide it, and she knows it has something to do with what happened with Meredith. She was getting worried about him. "Derek, are you okay?" She stopped chopping.
Derek glanced at Izzie quickly before looking back at the turkey as he kept stuffing it with stuffing. "Fine." He said plainly.
Izzie smiled a little. "You know, when someone says they're fine, they're not."
Derek sighed and stopped stuffing. He looked at Izzie. "It's just…"
"Meredith?" Izzie asked finishing for him.
Derek nodded. "I just don't really know why she won't go on a date with me." He said as he again sighed.
"I think she'll tell you, you just have to be patient and wait till she does." Izzie told him warmly.
"I don't know if I can do that." Derek admitted.
Izzie gave him a small smile. "Just try."
Derek sighed. "I'll try. She's worth it."
Izzie's smile widened at what he said about Meredith.
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Two hours later
Meredith and Addison switched places an hour ago, their butts started to hurt from sitting in the same place for awhile.
"What time have do you guys usually eat for Thanksgiving?" Meredith asked curiously.
Addison shrugged. "Usually around three, but that's because they start so early in the morning." She added.
"And the fact that we eat dessert and have some sort of movie night thing after dinner, and how the game usually ends by the time dinner starts." Alex informed her.
Mark smiled a little as Alex said the word dessert. That image of he and Izzie's first date still seemed to be fresh in his mind.
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"You know what we need?" Izzie asked as she stopped cutting up mushrooms for the stuffed mushrooms.
Derek raised an eyebrow at her after he had checked the turkey in the oven. "What?"
Izzie smiled and walked over to the radio and turned it on. Move Along by the All-American Rejects (A/N: do not own.) started to play. She turned it up.
Derek chuckled and shook his head.
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Four hours later
Izzie and Derek walked out of the kitchen, they knew the game has been down for a few minutes now.
Izzie smiled. "Who won?!" She asked excited. She wanted to watch it, but she had to make dinner, she also had a bet with Mark on who would win.
Mark grunted and took out his wallet. He stood up and walked over to her and gave her fifty dollars. He put his wallet back in his pocket.
Izzie's smile widened and put the money in her pocket. "You're such a good sport." She leaned up and kissed him on his cheek.
Derek chuckled at Mark's expression. He looked at everyone, avoiding looking directly at Meredith. "Dinner's ready."
"Yes! I've been waiting all day for this!" Alex said immediately standing up.
Addison slowly stood up and nodded. "Nice to know, Alex." She said sarcastically.
Alex rolled his eyes, ignoring the comment. He just really wanted to get start eating the food, but he knew it would take a little time for a small event before they ate, which Izzie always initiates.
They all proceeded to walk to the kitchen. When they got there, Alex sat at the end of the table where the turkey was, they alternate who gets to cut it every year, and it was his turn this year. Addison sat on the side of the table near where Alex's seat was. Izzie and Mark sat next to each other across from Addison and Meredith who was now sitting next to Addison. Derek didn't want to sit next to Meredith, so he decided to sit at the other end of the table.
"I think we should say what we're thankful for before we eat." Izzie said, initiating what she always initiated on Thanksgiving.
Addison nodded. "Like we do every year."
The comment went right over Izzie's head. "Who wants to start?" She asked everyone.
Addison pointed to Alex. "He does."
Alex looked over at Addison. "What?" He rolled his eyes. "Fine." He cleared his throat. "What am I thankful for? I'm thankful for this food for one." He smirked.
Everyone let out a light laugh.
"Another thing. You all, I mean, I'd be sitting somewhere drinking beers right now if it wasn't for the fact I knew all of you." Alex said truthfully.
Addison smiled a little. "Aww, Alex."
Alex rolled his eyes. "Enough of that. Who's next?" He looked at Addison. "Addison?"
Addison rolled her eyes. "Okay… I'm thankful for shoes, I mean I think it is literally god's given gift."
The room filled with soft laughter.
"But mostly, I'm thankful that I know all of you too, I have no idea where I'd be." Addison nodding.
Alex smirked. "Aww, Addison." He said mimicking her.
Addison stuck her tongue out at him.
Izzie started to smile. "I'm thankful to be here, right here, right now. We've all had our ups and downs, but we're all now here together. I think whatever problems we might have or are going to have will be solved. In the end, we'll all be back here." She said in a little bit of thought.
Mark put her hand in his, causing her to smile.
"Wow…" Addison said a little in aw.
Alex nodded. "Now, that was deep."
Addison looked at Alex. "You just ruined the moment." She leaned over and slapped him over the head.
Alex frowned and rubbed the back of his head.
"I'll go next." Derek offered. He cleared his throat. "I'm thankful to have met Mark and Izzie in high school, because think about it, I would definitely not be here right now if I didn't."
Mark nodded. "On that note, I'm thankful I met Derek in high school, or else I would have never met Izzie, therefore probably not meeting the rest of you." He added in.
"Sure, add us in at the last minute." Alex joked.
Mark chuckled. "Sorry." He squeezed Izzie's hand that was in his, he smiled at her.
"I'm thankful for my sister. We got through having a bitchy mother together who was never home. I'm also thankful for meeting Izzie. If I hadn't, I'd probably be living with a psycho." Meredith said with a cracked smile.
Light laughter filled the room again.
Alex's eyes brightened as he noticed that she was the last one who would be telling what they're thankful for that night. He stood up and grabbed what he needed to cut the turkey. "Time to cut the turkey!" He said with a grin.
Addison looked at everyone else at the table, except Alex. "It takes so little to make him happy."
Izzie and Meredith started to laugh as Mark and Derek chuckled.
Alex rolled his eyes, but quickly focused back on his target. He puts the utensils onto the turkey and began to cut it.
Soon after, everyone was getting the food and drinks they wanted. They had a lot of food, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a lot.
Ten minutes later, everyone was eating and were happy. Any tension that had been there before seemed to dissolve, because they were all there, healthy and happy that they're there, right now, in this time in their lives.
Derek felt vibrating coming from his pocket. He reached in and pulled it out. He finished chewing and flipped it open and put it to his ear. "Hello?" He smiled. "Hi, mom."
Meredith glanced over at Derek.
"Good, it's going really good. How about you? … That's good to here. How is everyone? … They're doing really well… Okay, I'll get her…" Derek handed his cell phone over to Izzie. "It's my mom." He said with a small smile. She always called on Thanksgiving, and other times during each month, but she made sure to call on the holidays.
Izzie smiled as she put the phone to her ear. "Hi Julienne… I'm doing great…" She glanced over at Mark. "Yes, we've taken very good care of your boy…"
Mark chuckled at what she said into the phone.
Izzie blushed. "No… Yes, I'm sure… Yes…" She smiled. "You'll find out soon enough… I know, but you'll have to wait like many others…"
Mark gave her a curious look.
Izzie gave him a look saying that it was nothing. She watched him nod. "Let me get him for you… It's great hearing from you too…" Izzie laughed softly. "I will, don't worry. Okay, here he is, bye." She handed the phone over to Mark.
Mark took the phone from Izzie and put it to his ear. "Happy Thanksgiving… Really, that surprises the heck out of me…" He said sarcastically. "Oh, don't worry, I have…" He smiled over at Izzie. His eyes widened as he heard her words. "What?!…"
The others at the table just looked at him curiously.
"Oh…" Mark laughed nervously. "Right… Okay…" He looked up from talking on the cell phone. "She says Happy Thanksgiving."
"Tell her Happy Thanksgiving for us." Addison said with a smile. She met Derek's mother when she came to visit Derek once, she was really nice.
Mark went back to talking on the cell phone. "They say Happy Thanksgiving… Will do… Okay, bye." He handed the phone back over to Derek.
Derek put the phone back to his ear. "Hey… Right, give them each a hug for me… Love you… Bye." He closed his phone shut and put it back in his pocket.
Mark pointed at Derek. "Your mother wanted me to do something."
Derek raised an eyebrow at him. "Really? What would that be?"
Mark put his hand down, leaned over and kissed Izzie on her cheek.
Izzie looked at Mark. "Julienne told you to do that?" She asked surprised.
Mark nodded. "Specifically that."
Derek rolled his eyes. "I'm going to talk to her about that."
Addison smiled. "You're mother's awesome."
Alex chuckled.
Meredith watched everyone interact. She didn't know Derek's mother, she didn't really know about a few things that involved them knowing from the past. She just sat there with a small smile at everyone. She'll know in time, it wasn't like she's been there for years with them like they have been with each other.
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One and half hours later
The table has been cleared and cleared off, and they were now in the living room, deciding on what movie they were going to watch first.
"No!" Meredith and Izzie said as Addison suggested a horror movie.
Addison looked at the two. "Why not?"
"Last time I kept having to push my face on Mark's shoulder because I was so freaked out." Izzie reminded her.
Addison raised an eyebrow with a smirk. "And that's a bad thing for you?"
Deciding to stop this before it became an argument of some sort, Derek picked up a movie. "How about this one?" He asked holding it up.
Alex nodded approvingly at his choice. "Rush Hour two (A/N: do not own), good movie."
Mark leaned over so his mouth was close to her ear. "What is it good for? Absolutely nothing." He say playfully in her ear.
Izzie started to laugh. "Shut up Mark." She lightly hit his shoulder before resting her head on it.
"Rush Hour two it is." Derek said before putting the DVD in. He walked back to his seat on the couch and used the TV changer to press play. He put the TV changer back on the coffee table.
It wasn't long after until Mark started to hum the 'what is it good for? Absolutely nothing' tune.
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Two and a half hours later
It was around seven now, and they had just finished watching the movie Premonition (A/N: do not own). Now, they were all making their way to the kitchen, they were having dessert.
Izzie and Mark got the dessert out of the refrigerator, a lot were homemade by Izzie. They laid them out on the table.
"My favorite time of the year." Alex said scanning the food with his eyes.
Addison rolled her eyes. "Of course it is, it involves a lot of food."
Derek chuckled.
Alex took a plate from the pile that was in the middle of the table, it was a small pile seeing as how they didn't have that many people at the table.
Mark just grabbed a brownie and took a bite of it. He swallowed it and looked at it. "You love to make brownies."
Izzie shrugged. "Depends." She said truthfully.
Mark nodded. "I know."
Meredith smiled at the two before glancing at Derek. She almost caught his eye, but she turned away before their eyes could connect. She leaned over and got a plate from the middle of the table.
"Alex!" Addison said with a gasp as she got a napkin and started to wipe her elbow of cherry pie.
Alex smiled nervously. "Sorry." He wouldn't be surprised if she hit his over the head again.
Mark leaned over to whisper in Izzie's ear. "Wait for it…"
Izzie smiled, knowing exactly what he was talking about, but after a few moments, to everyone's surprise, Addison only glared at Alex. She leaned over to whisper in Mark's ear with a grin. "Wait for what?" She teased.
Mark chuckled as he put his arm around her shoulders.
"Thanks." Meredith said with a small, nervous smile as Derek handed her the pumpkin pie she was reaching for.
Derek gave her a small smile. "Your welcome." He just had to wait, and he would.
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Four hours later
Derek said goodbye and left, giving Meredith a small smile as he did. Alex and Addison left, bickering, but ended up just laughing and going to their own homes. Meredith yawned and went to bed. Mark once again was staying with Izzie.
Izzie and Mark were in Izzie's room. Izzie was changing into some pajama shorts and a tank top, and Mark was stripping down to his boxers and the tank top he wore under his shirt.
Once that was done, Mark turned off the light and they went into Izzie's bed.
As Mark put his arm's around Izzie, she smiled. "Today was a fun day." Mark said as he kissed her bare shoulder.
"And no one fought." Izzie said surprised. She then rolled her eyes. "Sort of."
Mark chuckled. He kissed her shoulder again. "You have the smoothest shoulder."
Izzie smiled. "Thanks." She closed her eyes as his hands began to put his hands under her shirts and gently put his hand on her stomach.
"No problem." Mark said as he leaned and kissed her ear.
Izzie turned to face him, his hand making it's way to her bare back.
Mark raised an eyebrow at her. "Giving in are we?" He asked with a smile.
"Shut up." Izzie said before bringing her lips to his.
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Alex reached over to retrieve his cell phone that was ringing in his bedroom. He opened it and put it to his ear. "Hello?"
"I'm not tired."
Alex chuckled. "Me either. Anything good on?"
"A Stranger Calls (A/N: do not own) is on!"
Alex nodded. "Cool. I think I'm going to try to sleep. I have work tomorrow."
"Alright. Night Alex."
Alex smiled a little. "Night Addison." He flipped his cell phone closed. Having a close female friend wasn't that bad.