A/N: The first part of this chapter is in the point of view of Christina.
I was abruptly woken from sleep by the sound of my phone ringing. Who could possibly be calling at this hour?
"Who is it?" came the muffled voice of Burke next to me.
"I don't know. Let me check. Go back to sleep, okay?" I said, gently.
"If you know what's good for you, you will hang up this phone and you will never call me at this time of night again." I said as I clicked on the phone.
"Christina? It's Meredith. I need to talk to you." Was the really quiet voice on the other end.
"Meredith? What is it? What's wrong? Did you break someone else's penis?" I was instantly alert. If Meredith was calling it had to be something interesting.
"No. I'm in New York. I'm moving here. I made a terrible mistake last night and this was the only option I could come up with." She said.
"WHAT!? You're MOVING to NEW YORK? That makes no sense. You couldn't have done anything that bad." I reasoned.
"I slept with George. And I cried during the middle. It's that bad."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously." She confirmed.
"Wow. It IS that bad. But what are you going to do in New York. You're a surgical intern you can't just transfer hospitals in the middle of your internship. Have you talked to the Chief? You're ruining your career."
"I have talked to the Chief. Technically, he's giving me an extended leave of absence. I suppose he understands what I'm going through. But I doubt if I will come back. I've only been in New York a couple of hours and I'm already in love with it. I need a fresh start, away from McDreamy, away from my mother, and away from my mistakes. I'll never be able to do anything to make things right with George, so I might as well make things right with myself. And I'm definitely NOT going to be a doctor any longer. A fresh start means a fresh career. I've always wanted to be a journalist so I'm going to try and get a job doing that. But, IF things don't work out here, I'll be back. I'll miss you Christina, but, on my first day off I'll come and visit you, and I expect the same from you. I gotta go hail a cab. I'll call you later. Bye."
And with that she was gone. By hanging up the phone my person was moving away. This was going to be much harder for me than it was for her. How was I supposed to get through all of this unfamiliar relationship stuff without my person?
I'm being selfish. Meredith's right. This is what's best for her. George was just another in a long line of her mistakes. And New York was a long way away from all of them. I hope this works out for her.
A/N: Back to Meredith
After my conversation with Christina I was feeling a lot better. Now I had told everyone, I had a place to live and I was well on my way to starting over.
Mark had left me alone after we had disembarked with directions to his apartment and a promise that he would have a key waiting for me with the doorman. Since I had nothing better to do I decided to explore New York. And start scoping out places for a job. Even though, with as much money as my mother had saved away I wouldn't have to work for the rest of my life. Maybe I wouldn't work after all. I could be Mark's "housewife" but definitely not desperate. I would have to think more about this. But today I was exploring New York and nothing was going to get in my way.
Dropping my bags off at Mark's place seemed like a good idea. No, if I'm going to live there I am going to have to stop referring to it as Mark's place. It's our place, where we will live, as friends. I lived with George without any problem. Never mind, I almost forgot. George was my biggest problem.
Maybe living with Mark wasn't my smartest decision. But it couldn't hurt to try, could it?
A/N: thanks for the reviews once again. Updates probably won't be quite as frequent because the creative juices aren't flowing as well.
I still haven't decided what I'm going to make the pairings. I do know that it will either be Mer/Der with Mer/Mark friendship, Mer/Mark, or Mer/OC. Let me know what you guys want to see and I may try to write it in.
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