A.N. I'm sorry that I couldn't update sooner, this was a little crazy for me the last few weeks. I really hope that this will settle down so I can update you more often. Thanks all for your reviews. You all have been really helpful. The pairing is still a surprise. I think I know what I'll do but you know how it is… It's hard to stick to the original plan. So I'll keep the mystery on for a while. Please note that the initials D.M.C. stand for Dirty Mistresses Club.

Chapter 3 – Another evening at Joe's

Sixteen hours later in the scrub room

Meredith and Mark were just coming out of surgery. Everything went well and the fireman was saved. He will have some scars in the back of his neck but they had managed to fix his face in a way that there will be no visible scar in his face.

"That was awesome" Meredith said when scrubbing off the surgery. "I haven't felt like this in a while. I'm not that much into plastics, but I think I would do it again anytime."

"You've been great in there." Mark added. "Don't let anyone know, but I think you could pull it off in plastics anytime"

"Sorry, Dr Sloan" Meredith added giggling "but I don't think that playing with breasts and facelift would be part of my career objectives. Do you think that our favorite brainless neurosurgeon will still have a place for me for a fellowship? Although, I might want to rethink that one. Maybe I should do general surgery. Oh god! My mom… I'm rambling again aren't I? OK right now I would just wish for you to tell me to shut up.

They both start laughing at the situation. "Shut up then" Mark said.

"Hey since when do you do what I tell you too?"

"Well since my friend kind of mess things up with you. I wish that would had work out between you two, but since that things turned out the way they are… I thought I could have a chance too.

"Mark Sloan…." She started but couldn't finish as they started to laugh. "See you at Joe's at seven for another official meeting of DMC and this time I want to hear about you. Enough of me already."

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At Joe's

It was 18h53, Meredith was waiting at Joe's hoping that Cristina, Izzie and all the gang will not show up that night. She didn't want them to ask her questions about what she was doing with McSteamy 2 nights in a row. In front of her the usual tequila was absent and to the surprise of most of the regular there was a Sex-on-The-Beach standing right there at its place. Meredith was in the mood for one of those girly drinks, way to light for her, but she didn't need strong that night. She was so absorb in her thinking that she didn't notice what was happening right behind her. Mark, also known as McSteamy, a nickname that made him proud because it suited him so well at least that what he was thinking will all his male confidence.

"Well, that drink says a lot about what you´re thinking right now" he said, only half joking and sat down next to her.

"Are you so sure about that?" She answered. "Last time I checked, you were after another one of the nurses. Oh sorry, I forgot, Nurses United against Mark Sloane... I guess she passed." Meredith added a little bitter.

"Oh, isn't someone in a bad mood tonight? What happened, got syph from O´Malley?" he shot back, still upset about the nurse turning him down. HIM, Mark Sloan, McSteamy! How could she?!

Meredith was laughing. "So I am right, then. Now that you're stuck alone for the night, you tell your cleaver self why not Meredith she seems so desesperate she might go for vengeance sex this time?

"Nope" he shook his head "I already do have a date for tonight, but great you think you´re desperate too"

"A date you say and who would that be? Who wants to seriously go on a date with you? Unless, she wishes for a sleepless night in Seattle." Meredith added.

"Sleepless indeed" he gave her this dirty look he was so well known for "Why are you in such a bad mood?"

"I saw him going with that nurse again...still too fresh in my memory to be totally immune to that. I should be able to just go for the next guy, but that isn't as easy as I thought."

"Sleep with me, Addison did it and she´s fine" Mark shrugged his shoulders, not sure how Addison really was since she told him, she never wanted to see him again in her entire life.

"Are you always going after Derek's leftovers? Think about it... might not be such a great idea and once again I'll be sorry in the morning." Meredith added not so sure of how she should answered to that invite.

"Derek´s leftovers... well, yeah, maybe I am going after that. But I have to say I´m more into women with darker hair"

" Why me then? It's like the... i don't remember how many time you ask me to. Crap here he comes, I don't want to see him tonight... I'm better but not that tough and speaking of dark hair woman Rose is there too. Crap!" Meredith was rambling hoping that Mark would say something so she would shut up.

"I have no idea how you made it through med school" he sighed and felt a little sorry for Meredith "Just ignore them"

"What does med school have to do with it?" Meredith asked a little confused

"You can´t even get a full sentence out without rambling, that´s what it has to do with it" Mark hoping that this woman will get a little better because at this moment, she was down a forth sex-on-the-beach.

"Got throught med school because my mom was scarier than the teachers." Meredith told him only half joking.

"Be happy for that and now take some of your mom´s confidence and try to get over him, or pretend to be"

"Well you're so not gonna get laid with that line" Meredith who was starting to get her smile back.

"Not trying to. I´m trying to be supportive here, appreciate it Grey"

"Supportive!!! Since when do you care about anyone else but yourself? Even more why do you care what happens to me? Not really in caracter!"

"Believe it or not, my character isn´t that bad." Mark added hoping that Meredith will stop thinking about Derek for once.

"Maybe i'm just bad to be hanging around with tonight. What happened to me? I was feeling good this morning and now look at me at this moment. Can't see him without feeling sad. Is this even normal?" Meredith asked starting to feel as she would cry if they don't change the subject.

"Uhh, no. I´d say you´re emotionally unstable, but hey, I´m just the arrogant guy in plastics" he gave her a compassionate smile.

Meredith smiled. She almost had tears in her eyes but she decided that she wasn't to cry over Derek Sheppard anymore. "You do have a heart after all. Why don't you show that side of you a little more?"

"Because I won´t get the snobby interns to bring me my coffee anymore"

Meredith laughed really hard this time. Not that it was that funny but more because all the stress that she was feeling all day was just coming out at that moment. Her laugh filed the bar and everyone turned on to see who that was. Meredith didn't notice. Actually, not at first. "Crap" is the only thing she managed to say between two laughs.

"Great, now everyone thinks I´m dating the weirdo chick who smoked too much weed" he grunted.

"Hey not smoking, and not dating" Still laughing really hard.

"That´s not what they´re talking about" Mark rolled his eyes and pointed at five nurses on the other end of the bar.

"And so what. It seems that I'm the only thing they can talk about... What were they doing before i came to Seattle Grace?"

"Well, there was a time they were talking about McDreamy sleeping with an intern, the McHot new attending who turned out to be his wife and then there was me, the manwhore who sleeps around and now, there´s you"

"Maybe, but all of that happen since I came here. God what the world would be without us? You may be right. Maybe I should go away with you and give them something to talk about. But that would make me... Well better not to think about it, if I do I won't do it."

"If you go away with me, they´ll all think you´re the luckiest woman on earth"

"That or the slutty intern striked again even knowing I'm now a resident"

"Mine sounds better" he said and drowned his scotch on the rocks.

"It does, but are you sure you want to hang out with me. What about your barely rebuilt friendship?

"With Derek? To that, I slept with his wife, honestly, I like your company better"

"Ok, then, but don't put this on me if this turn bad with him"

"I will not and it can´t get worse than it is or was"

"Well, I guess you don't remember how hard he it when you first came in. That almost ruined your pretty face. We don't want that to happen, don't we?"

"Well, no. But it was worth being punched out" he grinned.

"Ok then shall we go, before I get back to feeling sorry for myself. I think I must be a little drunk for all these sex-on-the-beach drinks I took. Harder on me than I though."

"Always" Mark got up and offered his arm to her.

"And so is closing this other meeting of the Dirty Mistresses Club meeting. " Meredith said taking his arm.

"Yeah! You know, we should have more members in this club"

"We should, but we need some dirty mistresses. Do you have anyone in mind?" Meredith answered.

"Let´s see: Nurse Olivia, Addison, Stevens... anyone else?"

"Addison you sure she'll want too? As for other names: Steve, all the inappropriate men as Alex call them. Does George counts???"

"O´Malley? No, definitely not. He doesn´t have what it takes"

"Ok then we should stick to the inappropriate men. I don't think Derek will count since he seems to be having fun with the nurse."

"I still think he does, after what you guys did during prom"

"Prom isn't the only thing, there were...forget about it you don't want to know."

Mark grimaced in disgust "Thank you, I so did NOT need that image in my head!"

Meredith laugh again. "Thanks to you, I'm starting to feel good again. Crap can't you do something so he'll stop looking at me with that look. It makes me weak in my decision making when he does that." She said talking about Derek eyeing them for a while now. "Not a night for me to have a bad judgment."

"Well, I could show you pictures of how he looked in high school, that would scare you off"

"Seriously??? It can't be that bad. You two must have broken some hearts"

"I did, he... not so much. As a matter of fact, be happy you met him AFTER he discovered hair products"

Meredith now really laughing (she's a little drunk so it's kind of loud). "Ok, but now he is coming over so I need to look like I'm good here."

"Picture him with the afro, that will do the trick"

To be continued… What Derek will say? Is Meredith going to sleep with Mark, will she leave with Derek or she might be leaving alone. You'll find answer to some of these question in the next chapter. Please review.