Chapter 14:
January 14, 2007- New York City, New York
Meredith woke up and found that Jacob had already gone. Cristina was sitting in the kitchen. Meredith poured them both some coffee and then sat down besides Cristina. "Care to explain why my 'bed' is soaking wet?"
"Oh… sorry about that," Meredith said.
"What happened here last night?" Cristina asked. Meredith told her the entire story. Cristina wasn't that surprised, but she was fairly proud of Derek for coming back to Meredith. "So you dance now?" Cristina asked after Meredith finished her story.
"What was I supposed to say to him? 'Uh, Jacob, I was trying to see if we could be candidates for Extreme Home Makeover...so I kinda went through and uh, messed things up a bit...just for dramatic flare...And of course I always wore my pants backward...what are you talking about?' Come on Cristina, he's not that stupid," Meredith said.
"You're pants were on backwards?" Cristina asked raising an eyebrow.
"You're missing the point!"
"No, Meredith I know the point. You're the one who has been missing the point since Derek got here," Cristina said.
"What are you talking about?"
"What the hell are you still doing in this apartment? You just had sex with Derek in the bed you share with Jacob. You told him you loved him, yet you are still in the apartment with Jacob. You are doing the exact thing that Derek did to you. He told you he wanted you and then stayed with Addison. Why the hell aren't you stopping this cycle that you two have going?" Cristina asked getting mad.
"Where did my Cristina go and who is this?" Meredith asked not appreciative of the new side of Cristina.
"This is Cristina. I haven't changed. You are the one that left everything. You left a big part of who you were in Seattle. You left Derek and whether you want to admit it, he is part of you now. You can't just go on without him."
"Since when have you been supportive of this? In Seattle you were telling me he was an ass and now you are here, defending him! You are supposed to be my person, not his!" Meredith said continuing the fight with Cristina.
"Well Derek happened to tell me where you were, which isn't something that you did, now is it?"
"Cristina that isn't fair!"
Cristina stood up and grabbed her jacket, "Life isn't fair, is it?" Then she walked out of the door, leaving Meredith alone in the apartment, raw with memories.