Shades of Grey
By Misha
Disclaimer
and Notes in Part One.
Part Three- Telling
Stories
"You had sex with McSteamy?" Christina asked in disbelief later that morning. Meredith was confiding in her.
"I know." Meredith said, shaking her head. "It just kind of happened. We were in the bar and we were sitting there brooding about them and the next thing I knew, we were going home together."
"That's it, I'm officially cutting you off." CHristina told her. "You are not allowed to go to Joe's without a chaperone."
"It's not like I mean for these things to happen." Meredith told her.
"That makes it worse." Christina retorted. "So how was it?"
"Really great." Meredith told her. "One thing to say about Addison, she knows how to pick them."
"Still, you slept with McSteamy..." Christina said shaking her head.
"More than that, I'm going out with him tonight." Meredith confessed.
Christina shot her a look. "You're going out with him? Meredith, drunk sex, even great drunk sex, is one thing, but you're going to go out on a date with him?"
"What's the harm?" Meredith asked. "Christina, Derek's not going to leave Addison, I know that. Maybe, it's time I start accepting that."
"And going out with McSteamy is going to help you accept that?"
"Maybe." Meredith said. "At least, I'm going out and not just having random sex."
"Except, that's what you did." Christina pointed out.
Meredith shot her a glare. "Well, I'm moving past that and I'm moving on."
"With McSteamy." Christina said doubtfully. "Now there's a brilliant idea."
"Why do I even talk to you?" Meredith asked, shaking her head. She sighed. "I have surgery."
With that she walked away, leaving Christina smirking after her.
Derek spent the morning looking for Meredith.
He wanted to tell her that it was over between him and Addison. He thought she should be the first person to know.
Derek wasn't sure what it meant for them, but he thought she should know. He was still in love him with her and he thought she should know that too.
He didn't know what would happen between them, he had just left his wife and maybe it was too late, maybe he should have chosen her months ago, but he thought he wanted to be with Meredith and he needed to know how she felt. Needed to know if it was too late, or if they still had a chance.
"O'Malley," Derek said, spotting Meredith's roommate.
"Dr. Shepherd." George acknowledged.
"Have you seen Meredith?"
"Not this morning." George said tightly.
"Damn." Derek muttered. "Well, if you do, will you tell her I'm looking for her?"
George just nodded stiffly and turned to walk away.
Derek watched him with narrowed eyes, wondering what was going on. He shook his head, he had enough on his plate, without worrying about George O'Malley.
Meredith went look for Derek later that afternoon. She had run into George and he had told her stiffly that McDreamy was looking for her.
Meredith wasn't sure what was going on with George, but he seemed mad at her. She figured she'd worry about it later, she had enough on her plate right then.
She was moving on with her life. She was letting go of Derek and her dreams of having a happily ever after with him.
Speaking of Derek...
"George said you were looking for me?" She said, when she finally spotted him.
He turned and gave her that look, their look, the one he wasn't supposed to give her because he had a wife. Meredith wanted to call him on it, but instead she ignored him.
"Yes, I want to talk to you, in private." He told her.
Meredith nodded, not at all sure what was going on with him. She followed him into an empty room.
"What's going on with you?" She demanded.
"You're blunt this morning." Derek said with a grin.
Meredith just shot him a look.
"All right," he said, his eyes focused intently on her, "I asked Addison for a divorce this morning."
