I woke up in the middle of the night with an extreme case of dry mouth. I dragged myself out of bed and made my way to the kitchen. The refrigerator was one of those with the ice and water built in the door. As I didn't want to take a chance on waking Mark up I chose a glass of water sans ice. Now that I thought about it, I was awfully hungry too. I wondered what kinds of things Mark would have in the refrigerator.
I pulled open the door and felt like I'd hit a gold mine. There was a box of pizza, Chinese food, and even left-over lasagna. These were the kinds of things a girl like me lived off of, the kinds of things that I was more than happy to see. I decided that the Chinese looked the most appealing so I popped off the top and dropped some of the rice on a plate. I couldn't stand eating out of the carton. It really bugged me. I also couldn't eat it cold. So I took a chance on waking up Mark and stuck the plate in the microwave.
The beeping was louder than expected and I really hoped Mark was a deep sleeper. I didn't want him to wake up and find me in the state I was in. Since I had just crawled out of bed and walked into the kitchen, my hair was probably a mess and I was only wearing a tank top and my underwear. Not how you wanted to be caught standing in the kitchen when your room-mate might as well be Adonis.
But luck was not on my side tonight and Mark came stumbling into the kitchen just as I put the first bite in my mouth. I found myself once again blushing over this man, the second time in a day. Why was I blushing, you ask? Well, he was only in his boxers. And like I said, Mark was definitely "McSteamy."
I swallowed the bite of food in my mouth and I muttered, "Hello."
"Hey, yourself." He said, looking me over, taking in my state of undress.
"I was hungry." I said by way of explanation.
"I see. Well, now that you're up, we can talk. I really do need to talk to you."
"OK. What did you need to talk about?" I questioned. Even though I didn't really want to talk to him, especially looking the way I did, I knew I had to at one point or another so right now seemed as good as any.
"Actually, I wanted to tell you I was sorry for the whole Derek thing. He wouldn't have even been in Seattle to break your heart in the first place if it wasn't for me. I broke him when I slept with Addison. So I'm just really sorry that it ended up breaking you."
"Oh, well…."I trailed off. This was definitely NOT what I expected.
"You don't have to say anything. I know that you probably weren't expecting me to apologize to you, but I just figured if we were going to live together, we might as well start off with a clean slate." He said.
"I wasn't holding any grudges. I know better than anyone that you can't help who you fall in love with." I said.
"Yeah, I guess not." He answered, looking into my eyes.
The silence stretched on and on, with neither of us saying anything, just looking into each other's eyes. I looked away first, of course. The man was too gorgeous for his own good.
"So, what are you eating?" He questioned.
"Some leftover Chinese you had in the fridge. I hope that's okay. I didn't eat anything all day and I was starved." I answered back with a grin.
"No, that's alright. I always put leftovers away but I hardly ever eat them."
"Really? I live off them." I said.
"Well, this living arrangement should work out just fine then."
"I guess it will." It was like we'd come to a mutual understanding. We were just friends, and we would stay that way.
A/N: I haven't put an author's note in a few and I just wanted to let y'all know that I'm still very appreciative of the reviews! Keep reading, and tell me what you think.
I still haven't completely ruled out a MerDer pairing but I'm leaning towards Mer/Mark. And Mer OC will never happen. I thought for a second it might work, but realized it won't.
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