A/N: So here come the dreaded dates, don't worry I had a hard time writing it because I'm such a Callie/Mark supporter
so let me know your thoughts!

Chapter 17

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"I like the red dress better its looks better with your skin tone."

Addison nodded in agreement with Miranda as she lay on the bed resting. Callie smiled at her two friends and said, "I hope that he doesn't expect too much from this date, I'll look gorgeous of course but that's all he's getting."

Addison nodded and smiled, "You don't have to do anything you want to do besides what you are worried about? I thought you were hoping to give him some of his own medicine."

Callie nodded, "I wanted to make Mark jealous but if he doesn't care anyway what good does it do if I'm wasting my breath and my time trying to get him to care." She slipped on the dress and reached for her shoes that Miranda handed her from her spot in the chair across from her closet.

Callie smiled gratefully and Addison said, "Well I don't understand any of it. What do you feel for George and what do you feel for Mark?"

Miranda rolled her eyes, "Who cares what you feel for either one of them? Go out tonight and have a good time and forget about all the problems that are suddenly weighing you down."

Callie smiled in agreement as she slipped on her shoes and said, "There's only one problem with that plan."

Miranda looked at her in confusion, "And what would that problem be?"

Callie grimaced as she reached for her perfume, "I told Mark that I would meet him at my hotel after our date with Meredith and George."

Miranda shook her head in distaste and uttered one word to sum up the whole situation, "Nasty."

Addison sat up in shock, "After you go out on your date with George he wants you to meet him at the hotel? God forbid, what if he sleeps with Meredith….Is he going to….I'm taking Miranda's stance on this one Nasty."

Callie laughed at her friend's equal expressions of disgust and said, "Look I told Mark the same thing and he swore up and down that he was going to bring Meredith home early and that I didn't have anything to worry about because that is not what this date is about. Addison, do you think I have anything to worry about?"

Addison rolled her eyes, "Mark is what he is, but if he feels anything for you then you have one up on me. I don't know because he never felt anything real for me."

Miranda rolled her eyes, "Why don't you make plans to have fun with George and if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Mark can wait but your social life can't."
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Meredith looked stunning and Mark wasn't one to mince words. "You look gorgeous."

Meredith smiled in happiness, "I'm glad you seem to thinks so." Mark pulled out her chair for her at the same Italian restaurant he had taken Callie to. He swore to himself, if he was going to be reminiscing about Callie all night then he couldn't prove to himself that he wasn't emotionally involved.

Mark laughed and smiled to himself, "So tell me Meredith how was your day at the hospital?"

Meredith smiled and launched into a dialogue about the day's events, "So there you have it. I had a pretty boring day at the hospital and I'm not looking to discuss this on our first date out."

Mark nodded, "I know I swore that we wouldn't discuss Derek but I should warn you that he called warning me against hurting you."

Meredith rolled her eyes as she reached for the glass of wine that had just had been placed in front of her. She sipped it softly and then met his eyes, "I told you I didn't want to discuss Derek but now that you brought it up, Derek talked to me today at work. He told me that he wanted to get my forgiveness or some crap like that. I didn't want to hear it then and I don't want to hear it now."

Mark nodded in agreement, "I agree, so let's call all talk of the Shepherds to an end for the evening, what do you say?" He lifted his glass in toast which Meredith did in kind and as they clinked glasses they called an end to discussion of all things Shepherd.
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Callie looked at George as he was sitting on her couch after situating the box of pizza and the movies while he was currently on the couch with a slice in his hand and eating. Callie laughed as she looked down at herself again, "I get the feeling I'm too dressed up."

George reddened and said, "I'm sorry I just thought it might work out better if you and I could be in your hotel room just no pressure. We always could be like this that was always the beauty of our relationship."

Callie nodded, "Your right. What movies did you bring?"

George leaned forward and said, "Before we get into the movies, can we talk about what's been happening between us lately?"

Callie leaned back on the arm of the couch and said, "What is there to talk about George? You always put your friends ahead of me, whether its Meredith, Izzie or Cristina and I just got tired of waiting. George, you have a lot going for you right now, you're young, smart and handsome. But for some reasons when it comes to women outside of your roommates, your priorities are screwed up. The only thing that I'm was counting on is that I thought you cared about me but time and time again much to my dismay you proved that I wasn't number one in your life and for any guy I date that has to be a prerequisite."

George leaned across the couch and stroked her face, "I do care about you Callie, that's what's so hard about this whole thing. I find myself wondering who comes first should it be you or my friends and…. I just don't want to end up alone."

Callie stood up, "George each time you were faced with that decision, I'm never the one that you choose for. I want a guy who when I call he's happy to see me not grimacing because he needs his space and is too chicken to tell me that he doesn't want me to move in with him. I want a guy who wants to be by my side and who's not afraid of me saying I love you and him saying it back. I don't get that when I'm with you all I get are is Meredith needs me, Izzie called me. I've waited to long in my life to be first in someone's life and if I can't be first in your life then I don't want to be in your life at all. Well, at least not in the capacity of girlfriend."

George nodded defeated, "I understand."

Callie stood up, "Look why don't I change my clothes and then we can watch the movie and eat pizza together. It won't be like before with the sex but we will at least be able to talk as friends."

George smiled, "It's a deal."
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Meredith leaned forward after finishing her fifth glass of wine and said, "So why haven't you invited me back to your hotel yet? I thought you wanted me and I wore this pretty dress and put on deodorant for nothing."

Mark rolled his eyes, "You have rounds in the morning and the last thing that you need is to spend the whole night with me."

Meredith smiled and said, "I didn't think you were the type of guy who would be worried about whether or not I was okay for the next day. Why don't we go back to your hotel room and talk about this in the morning?"

Mark laughed and sat back, "Meredith we don't have to go back to my hotel room, why don't we just go back to the hotel. I'll buy you a room and you can sleep off the alcohol. When you and I sleep together, you need to have all of your wits about you because I promise you we won't be sleeping much."

Meredith leaned back in her chair and rolled her eyes, "Chicken."
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After Callie had let George out of was a relatively painless evening she had called both Miranda and Addison to converse over the events of the evening.

Addison had been the one to tell her that George was a misguided guy who would eventually grow up and realize what he had lost but that it was his loss and not for her to grieve.

Miranda had a special place in her heart for George as he helped her bring her son into the world and so she had stated that she didn't want her or George to get hurt and that as long as they were both okay with friendship she was happy.

She hung up the phone with a yawn as she put the rest of the pizza and the snacks that he brought with her in the trash.

She walked to her bedroom and reached for her robe as she got ready to go to bed. She had decided during the course of the night that she was going to make Mark Sloan wait. He had been the one who complained when she had accepted a date from George so he could be the one to wait until she was ready to see him.

Besides, she would not be the one to chase after him. He didn't deserve it, she would wait and bide her time and as she got into her bed she convinced herself that it was the right decision.

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Addison opened the door to the trailer and entered with her suitcases and Derek swore from where he was sitting watching TV. "Why the hell didn't you tell me you were planning on moving out of Miranda's tonight? I would've gone over there and helped you move."

Addison rolled her eyes as Derek hovered around her nervously taking bags from her arms, one at a time until she was left in the middle of the kitchen with only her purse in tow. "I didn't want you to think that you had to help me move. We are going to be looking for a house tomorrow anyway and I figured if we saw one we liked we could move in and I would already have my stuff right here."

Derek shook his head in disbelief, "You do know that we can't just move into anywhere without signing papers and all of those documents that you know are vital to us moving out of this trailer."

Addison sat down in the chair in the kitchen with a pout, "I just wanted to get all of my things out of storage I'm not telling you that we have to move there tomorrow but just to have my items out of Miranda's way. She has a husband and a child who might need that space at any time and I didn't want to deprive her of the possibility that I was always encroaching on her time and space. I just don't want to be a burden to anyone."

Derek kissed her on the forehead and pulled her into his arms and said, "I know a lot of things and Miranda Bailey loves you as a dear friend and you weren't interfering with her family in anyway as a matter of fact I was worried that I wouldn't be able to steal you back from her because she had become as protective of you as she was her son and husband."

Addison rested her head against his chest and said, "I want so many things for us Derek. I want us to get back to where we were and I want us to be happy about our baby together and I don't want to worry about the past always being our future."

Derek squeezed her to him and said, "My life has never been more full and complete than it has at this time. I'm holding my future in my arms and I've never felt better."

And I ended on a happy Addek note, I think I deserve bonus points for that one! Just kidding, let me know your thoughts!