Shades of Grey
By Misha
Disclaimer and Rating in Part One.
A.N- Ok, I couldn't resist slipping in a slight shout out to one of my other fics, I wonder if any of you will catch it?
Part Nine: Bad Moon Rising
"Meredith." Meredith turned to see Derek walking towards her.
"What would you like?" She asked coldly, not really in the mood to deal with Derek. She wanted to stay in that pleasant place she'd been in since that morning, which had been aided and abetted by Mark's news.
"Mark's only going to hurt you." Derek warned.
"You mean like you?" Meredith asked bitterly. "Why? Does he have a wife stored away somewhere?"
"Not that I know of." Mark answered, coming up behind Meredith.
"What are you doing here?" Derek demanded of him.
Mark grinned. "I work here now, just finished clearing up all the details."
"What? That desperate to get in my wife's bed?" Derek taunted.
"Well, as I hear it its your soon to be ex-wife's bed." Mark said cooly. "And no. I found another bed I like much better."
Meredith knew she should be offended, but she found that she couldn't fight her grin.
Derek gave her a disgusted look. "This is what you turned me down for?" He asked. "So you can be another woman Mark Sloane screws over? Be warned, Meredith, he's not relationship material."
"So?" Meredith said with a shrug. "Neither am I really. So either, we'll delve into new territory together or we'll just have a lot fun before we part ways."
She wasn't sure what was making her so vindictive, maybe she was just fed up with Derek just assuming she'd always be there waiting for him, no matter what he did to her.
Still, it felt good to be a bitch, and with that in mind she leaned up and gave Mark a quick kiss, before turning and walking away from both men. She had no idea where this was going, after all, it had only been 48 hours, but so far it was more fun than she'd had in months...
Mark watched Meredith go, a huge grin on his face. The girl had spirit, that was for sure. One thing was for sure, he had never met a woman like Meredith Grey before.
"Its not going to last." Derek warned him.
"Oh?" Mark asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"I know you, Mark." Derek said cockily. "You can't stick with one woman and we both know it. Besides, even if you could, Meredith's going to get bored of you. She's only with you to get back at me for choosing Addison."
"How do you manage to fit that ego of yours into a hospital?" Mark asked. He knew that Derek was partially right--he and Meredith had stumbled on each other because of Derek's decision to stay with Addison, but he refused to believe it with revenge.
Instead, he had to believe that she was as drawn to him as he was to her. It was crazy, but he felt as if it would have been the same no matter when or how they had met, the only differences was it might have been easier if they had met a few years back in some bar, before either of them got involved Derek or Addison.
Mark shrugged, of course, there was no way of knowing for sure, but he couldn't help but feel that something special was about to occur.
"I have the ego?" Derek asked incredulously. "Have you looked in the mirror lately?"
"Yeah, and I like what I see." Mark drawled cockily. "And so apparently do the women in your life."
With that he pulled a Meredith and walked away, leaving a steaming Derek glaring at him. Oh, yeah, the next six months were going to be fun that was for sure.
