Epi 5 (It Ain't Over Till It's Over by Lenny Kravitz)
MVO: So we wake up every morning and go about our day. Nobody knows what we will deal with, or who we'll meet. Some days we are just going through the motions of what we are expected to do, what we expect for ourselves, and others well… we mess up and screw up and we do it again. But we have our friends and our surgeries and our relationships that help to keep us sane (mumbles) or it throws us off the ledge...
(Der and Mer waking up in each other's arms)
Der: good morning.
Mer: It is a good morning
Der: Mer, have you ever thought about
Mer: (happy) about what?
Der: it's nothing.
Mer: it can't be nothing you brought it up.
Der: no, I was just wondering. I was talking to Joe the other night and
Mer: (laughs) you were thinking about Joe?
Der: No. About something he said. But you know what. It's not important. We need to get to work.
Mer: But we will discuss this later. right?
Der: sure. Later. (smiles)
Mer: Good. I have to go wake Christina.
Der: Christina? She's here too?
Mer: yeah, long story burke dropped her off.
Der: (confused) Burke?
Mer: long story. (leaves to go wake Christina)
(Alex wakes up and izzie's head is on his shoulder)
Alex: Hey, Izz. Get up. You fell asleep.
Izzie: huh? What time is it?
Alex: time to get to work.
Izzie: what happened at the end of the movie?
Alex: I don't know. I didn't see it..
Izzie: it sounds like you were the one who fell asleep.
(they hear someone puking)
Izzie: don't tell me Mer got drunk last night.
Alex: That or she's pregnant.
Izzie: Why do you always think someone is pregnant?
Alex: must be because of Addison and being on gynie squad too long. (both laugh)
Izzie: (walks to the bathroom and knocks on the door) You ok in there?
Christina: I have a freakin headache.
Mer: (walking up to izzie worried) Christina is not in her room.
Izzie: she has a headache.(points to the door) When did she get here?
Mer: long story. (knocks on door) Do you need an aspirin? It helps with the hangover.
Chris: I do not have a hangover (then proceeds to puke)
Mer: yeah sure.
Chris: ok, maybe I do.
Mer: I'll go get it. (Izz and Mer walk away)
Izz: so what happened last night?
Mer: I was going to ask you the same thing.
Izz: what?
Mer: when Christina came, I saw you and Alex on the sofa together. Asleep and all cozy. What happened?
Izz: nothing
Mer: (not believing her) uh huh. (grabs the aspirin and turns to go back to Christina)
Izz: We were watching a movie and fell asleep. That's all.
Mer: you've been spending a lot of time together.
Izz: it was nothing.
(Der walks into the kitchen and sits down. Alex is now dressed for work and making coffee)
Alex: coffee?
Der: I think I'll need some.
Alex: long night?
Der: lots of thinking.
Alex: that can't be good.
Der: I need to tell Meredith something, But I don't know how to say it.
Alex: Better tell her soon. Get it over with. Was it the intern? Lexi?
Der: (looks at him strangely) What?
Alex: sorry, you said you knew her and she looked embarrassed. I just assumed.
Der: I wouldn't do that to Meredith.
Alex: And I'm sure you said that about Addison.
Der: I think I'll just drink my coffee.
Alex: Sorry, man. I didn't mean it like that.
Der: yes you did. And I can assure you that it isn't about the intern.
Alex: so what do you have to tell her?
Der: nothing.
(all the girls come back. Christina looks like crap)
Mer: ready to go.
Izzie: Ohh, coffee! Thanks.
Mer: Christina needs it more than anyone.
Chris: I'm feeling better. Can we just go now?
Der: gladly. (they all head off to the hospital in 2 different cars)
(At the hospital Callie walks up to izzie in the locker room)
Callie: Did you see George? Did he talk to you?
Izzie: no. what's going on?
Callie: are you sure, because don't lie to me. I don't like it when people lie, and I am so not in the mood to hear lies. (stares her down) I will find out.
Alex: (steps between callie and izz) what's going on? She doesn't know where George is.
Callie: she doesn't?
Izzie: no.
Callie: (looking at Alex) How are you sure?
Mer & Alex: We're sure.
Izzie: What happened to George?
Callie: he didn't come home last night and I've been worried. Sick. Normally he'd call and say he was running late, but
Mer: he didn't show?
Callie: yeah. I gotta go.
Mer: what about our orders?
Callie: they'll page you if they need you. (leaves)
Christina: (yelling) I have your cards. (to the others) wow. What has bambi been up to?
(George gets a page)
George: crap! It's callie. She is going to be so mad. (goes to find her)
Callie: where were you last night?
George: I was studying.
Callie: Studying so much that you couldn't call and say, "hey I'll be running late. I'm not in a ditch somewhere. I'm just studying without you and won't make it home.'
George: I didn't think You would be worried.
Callie: Seriously? You are my husband, George. Who I just find out cheated on my with his best friend. You don't show up and I'm supposed to not worry?
George: I'm sorry.
Callie: and who gave you those study materials? Izzie?
George: no, Bailey.
Callie: ohh.
George: I just wanted to do well on the test. That's all. I'm sorry you were worried. It won't happen again. I love you callie. I just want to pass the test.
Callie (gets paged) I'll see you later. You have to study. (leaves)
George: (callie)
(the board really hates my use of apostrophes, so Im going to stop using them for now and see if that helps. It may be a bit hard to read, but I hate seeing those symbols)
(Mark and Derek walking to OR board)
Der: I heard what happened with Addi.
Mark: Addi told you? Figures
Der: And I actually thought it would work out. (smiles) Karma
Mark: karma? (writing a surgery on the board)You cheated on her too and you found an intern and you're happy. Where's the karma in that?
Der: she cheated first.
Mark: and how do you know she didn't this time too?
Der: Who would she cheat on you with?
Mark: Never mind. Forget I said it.
Der: She said you cheated with her? Who were you cheating on? And since when do you care?
Mark: I have to go. (pager beeps) told you
Der: You owe me an answer! (both smile)
Mark: we never agreed to terms. I owe you nothing. (leaves)
(Addi and callie sitting at a table drinking coffee it's been a slow day for them)
Addi: So mark dumped me
Callie: George didnt come home last night.
Addi: We are pathetic arent we.
Callie: you may be. George was studying. Fell asleep here.
Addi: Studying? isnt the intern test over?
Callie: yeah, he is re-taking it. Dont ask
Addi: Ohh. And hows the baby making going?
Callie: Dont know. Dont ask. And mark?
Addi: intern caught us.
Callie: oh (raises eyebrows) oh. HE sleeps with you, Then he dumps you?
Addi: yep. (gets a page)
Callie: he's an a$$
(Izzie and Christina in the clinic)
Izzie: Im getting so sick of this clinic. Nobody has anything surgical. Its all the cold or the flu.
Chris: What happened to miss 'Im always happy because Im izzie'?
Izz: Promise not to say anything?
Chris: sure. I probably wont care anyway
Izz: Is it possible to like, like 2 people?
Chris: I don't know, Mer dated McVet and McDreamy, but she didn't like them both. How could she? He was a vet. That's not even a real doctor..
Izz: but could it happen?
Chris: you know izzie, not everything is about you. (takes patients chart and leaves)
(mark checking in a patient getting a chin implant his intern today is keli)
Mark: so dr. Mitchell. Did you make any friends here yet?
Keli: yeah, her names lexi. You can say we are friends.
Mark: ohh, (makes some marks on the patient)
Keli: Yeah, I was supposed to be your intern the other day but we switched.
Mark: (to patient) Thank you Mr. Garan we'll bring you to OR2 soon. (gives keli the chart and starts to walk away) Do you have an interest in plastics?
Keli: no way, I want to save lives. Im sorry that didn't come out right
Mark: that's ok. So tell me about your friend.
(Alex talking to Mer as they are filling out reports)
Alex: so I just scrubbed in on a (medical) with dr. Harrison (a higher up resident).
Mer: good for you. That's impressive.
Alex: yep, so I heard that you and Derek were talking this morning?
Mer: yeah. Im not quite sure what its about.
Alex: So he didn't tell you?
Mer: tell me what? (both pagers go off)
Mer and alex: its Addison.
Alex: Ill go. You get the next page.
Mer: What did Derek want? (goes to look for him)
(Addi with a Mrs. Anderson)
Addi: Mrs. Anderson, I'm Dr Montgomery, Ill be taking care of you and your baby.
Anderson: Thank you. I wasn't due for another 6 weeks. Isn't this dangerous? Will my baby live?
Addi: I don't know yet, but I will answer that as soon as possible.
Alex: hey, You paged?
Addi: Yeah, (gives him the chart) lets get her up to labor and delivery and see just how far her labor is progressing.
Alex: Did you give her any (medical) to slow her contractions? (Addi just looks at him) Of course you did.
(intern Hall enters the room)
Hall: you paged?
Alex: get Mrs. Anderson to labor and delivery and page us if any of her vitals change. (Addison looks impressed)
Nick: yes sir. (leaves with patient)
Addi: so, bossing around the interns? I see Sloan's attitude has rubbed off on you.
Alex: Nope just that intern. Some deserve to be tortured.
Addi: So What did he do?
Alex: nothing yet. There's something about him I just don't like. I don't trust him.
Addi: really? (moves closer to him)
Alex: Dr. Montgomery we have a patient to attend to.
Addi: yeah. Right. (leaves the room Alex follows)
Alex: this can't happen again.
Addi: it won't, I'm leaving.
AleX: what ? Why?
Addi: I'm not wanted here anymore.
Alex: you are the best neonatal surgeon and women's specialist we have. What do you mean not wanted?
Addi: just that. Not wanted.
(Mer and der in his office after a tough surgery, izzie scrubbed in by the way)
Mer: (pokes head in door) hey,
Der: (gets up from his desk) Hey. How's your day going?
Mer: good but slow.
Der: good (kisses her gently)
Mer: you know that talk from this morning?
Der: yeah.
Mer: so?
Der: its not the right time.
Mer: time for what?
Der: ok, I'll just ask then you say no, and we wont have to ask again.
Mer: (laughs) what are you talking about?
Der: do you want kids?
Mer: Kids? Derek. I'm not the mothering type. You know my track record with mothers. Dead mommy, new dead fake mommy.
Der: right, stupid question. forget I asked. Look on the bright side, now we don't have to deal with the question anymore right?
Mer: You mad?
Der: no, not mad at all (kisses her again)
Mer: Derek?
Der: yeah.
Mer: just not right now.
Der: (smiles) ok then. (he s paged)
(George in the basement studying baileys notes)
George: (talking to self) Tomorrow is test day. Today is test day. What is going to happen with me and callie? She wants a baby and I don't know what I want, and I need to study
Christina: Hey, George? Escaping from callie?
George: hey, yeah. I mean no. I mean. What did you hear?
Chris: Nothing. Why?
George: no reason. You needed something?
Chris: Yeah, Callie was bugging me for her cards, but I couldn't find her, so here (hands them to him)
George: thanks. I've. (pauses) She's been looking for these.
Chris: I mean I know the cards are valuable, but I mean seriously. She's this overprotective of some cards?
George: you would not believe. Thank you. (Chris leaves)
(Mark spots lexi doing more paperwork)
Mark: (walks up behind her) Its the life of an intern.
Lexi: What?
Mark: Paperwork. We get the interns to do it because we're lazy and love to torture them.
Lexi: I thought it was to prepare us to be better surgeons.
Mark: We just tell you that. Who do you have today?
Lexi: Bailey, The Nazi. At least I didn't tell her good morning.
Mark: So you want in on a chin implant?
Lexi: I thought dr. Mitchell was your intern?
Mark: and? I'm known for being an a$$. People kind of expect it from me.
Lexi: no thanks.
Mark: seriously?
Lexi: (puts the papers back in the folder) seriously. (leaves)
(Izzie walks over to mark she saw everything)
Izz: (walks up to mark) Flirting with the interns? You never change.
Mark: I was talking to dr. Grey.
Izz: Dr. Grey? Her? (points)
Mark: lexi. Meredith's sister. I heard the nurses talking
Izz: Looks like she's not interested.
Mark: ohh, she's interested.
Izz: What about Addison?
Mark: ask Alex. He should know. (walks away smirking)
(Izzie pages Alex and doesn't get an answer)
Izzie: Olivia, have you seen Alex?
Olivia: no not for a while. Why?
Izzie: well did you see dr Montgomery recently.
Olivia: she said she was going to OR 1 (izzie rushes off to find them)
(meanwhile in OR 1)
Hall: I thought that the medicine that we gave her would stop the labor? Why does she need a C-section?
Addison: The (medicine) didn't work. So we have no choice but to deliver.
Alex: And the risks to the baby are drastically reduced if we deliver it quickly
Addison: by reducing the stress. (machine starts beeping)
Alex: Da it! we're losing it
Hall: the Fetus?
Addison: Karev, You've done this before. (hands him the scalpel) We have under a minute no stress.
Alex: ok, (makes the first incision)
Addison: ok, now make sure you don't
Alex: get the bladder, I know. (continues)
Addison: Good, ok he's in distress. Hurry up Karev
Alex: (pulls out the baby) Got it.
Addi: good I got it from here. (takes the baby to start working on him)
Alex: I'll finish up here (meaning the mom)
Hall: is there anything I can do?
Alex: Watch and be quiet..
(izzie walks into OR1)
Izzie: dr. Karev. When you get the chance, I need to speak with you.
Alex: Ok, I'll be out in a minute.
Izzie: (looks at Addison) It's kind of important.
Alex: I said I'll be there in a minute.
Izz: whatever.
Hall (trying to impress izz): I can suture, I've been practicing. (izz leaves)
Alex: Stand and watch.
(Alex finishes closing up Mrs. Anderson, and tells Addi he will be back. He scrubs out and sees izzie right out side of the OR)
Alex: hey, I told you Id be out in a bit. You didn't have to wait for me, I was going to come find you.
Izzie: Ohh, really. What is (pauses) follow me. (starts to walk off)
Alex: (follows her) izzie, What's up?
Izzie (opens the door to a linen closet): Get in.
Alex: (smiles) Ok, what's with this.
Izzie: Seriously? What is going on here?
Alex: (confused) I dont know. You tell me. You're the one that brought me in here.
Izzie: I mean with Addison, and Mark, and the new intern, and You
Alex: I have nothing to do with mark or the new intern.
Izzie: (angry) What is going on with you and Addison?
Alex: why do you care? You're in love with George remember?
Izzie: This is so not about me! Do not make this about me. And I'm over it.
Alex: why do you want to know?
Izzie: because I have to know.
Alex: see its all about you.
Izzie: seriously!
Alex: (casually) She's mad at Sloan and she's leaving. Happy?
Izzie: But mark said..
Alex: Mark hates me. Always has.
Izzie: He has to have a reason.
Alex: (loudly) Maybe he thinks I slept with her.
Izzie: Did you?
(Alex pager goes off)
Alex: I have to go.
(George and callie)
Callie: hey, so how was your studying?
George: Christina brought me your cards.
Callie: really. Wow. I thought she would frame them.
George: yeah. Callie, I'm not sure about
Callie: the test? You'll do great. We studied you focused and besides, you had my cards. (kisses him)
George: yeah. There's no reason not to pass right?
Callie: And when you do, Ill have a surprise for you.
George: really?
Callie: yeah. Now let's go home. I'm taking the rest of the night off to help you study.
(Mer and Chris are in the locker room. Getting ready to leave)
Chris: so what happened with you today?
Mer: Derek asked me if I wanted kids.
Chris: seriously? What did you say?
Mer: well I said no, not right now. It's not the right time. He said it himself.
Chris: good, because I don't baby-sit.
Mer: I wouldn't ask. (smiles)
Chris: so did you want a smelly, drooling, little brat?
Mer: I don't know. They are kinda cute. A little McBaby. (laughs)
Chris: they're toxic
Mer: (laughs) How are things going with you know who?
Chris: Don't know. I avoided him
Mer: you can't avoid him forever, he (pauses)
Chris: He what?
Mer: he's your boss.
(Meanwhile we will spy on Alex)
Alex: hey, you paged?
Addi: yeah. You did a good job in there dr. Karev. The baby is very small. and his lungs aren't fully developed. But he should make it. We got him out in time. He's a fighter.
Alex: That's good.
Addi: What was that about? with Stevens.
Alex: I think she knows.
Addi: knows?
Alex: about us. I think mark told her.
Addi: mark? Did you tell her anything?
Alex: Just that he thinks we slept together.
Addi: and that was it? He thinks? You didn't tell her did you?
Alex: look, I don't lie. But I didn't tell her. (lying) I was going to and then you paged.
Addi: great, just great.
Alex: Addison,
Addi: you can go. (he leaves)
(iizzie storms in and yanks her clothes out of her locker and throws them on the bench)/i
iChris/i Aww, What's wrong with you? Someone told you that candy coated rainbows don't exist?
iMer: (glares at her/i) Christina!
iChris:/i sorry I couldn't help it.
iMer:/i izzie whats wrong?
Izz: I'm fine! Leave me alone. (they could hear her voice starting to break)
Mer: Izz its ok. Tell us. We all know you are not fine!
Izzie (gets dressed) : I'll see you at home.
(Just as she's going for the door, alex walks in)
Izzie: Seriously?
Alex: what?
Izzie (to alex) I'm not riding home with you. Meredith I'm going to wait for you in the lobby. (walks out)
Mer: What did you do to her?
Alex: what? nothing.
Chris: yeah right, and I'm a pretty, pretty princess who lives in fairy land. (mer holds back a laugh)
Mer: Whatever this is, going on. You better fix this. And soon. I cant take the baking again.
Chris: where's Shepherd?
Mer: He's running late, had an extra surgery case come in. So…
Alex: so?
Mer: (mumbling) I was planning on riding home with you and izzie.
Chris: I would so pay to see that!
Alex: (sarcastic) Great.
MVO: friends. They make or break us. They are there for you one minute and driving you crazy the next. But what are you supposed to do when they become like family? You can't disown them. You just try to pick up the pieces and hope everything works out. Because it isn't over untill it's over, and surgeons... Well... We don't give up easily.