Disclaimer: If I owned Grey's Anatomy, well, I'd be rich. And I'm not. I'm a poor college student. So Grey's Anatomy…not mine.
Just a little change – in the last chapter I said that Cristina and Burke's wedding was in 2 weeks…let's pretend I didn't say that and it's like a month or 6 weeks. I messed up. My bad.
Can I just say that Enchanted is even better the second time? If that's at all possible. I still spent the entire time grinning and wishing Patrick Dempsey was mine…When he sings, I almost burst…Anyways, I've been getting a lot of feedback (which I greatly appreciate) about this not being Mer/Der. It's going to be. I promise. It's coming within the next two chapters. So stick with me )
2 weeks. They had been friends for two weeks and it was going surprisingly well. There were the moments when Derek would give Meredith their look and her opinion on the situation would momentarily change. But in general, things were going good. And now they were all at Joe's, getting drinks, just like they had been friends for years. Even Addison had decided to come this time, adding a little bit of awkwardness to the situation, but still, like they had been doing it for a long time.
They talked about the hospital and the interesting patients they had in the last week. Addison told them how she had operated on a woman with two uteruses and Derek and Meredith told Addison about a kid with a brain tumor who they had done awake surgery on. After all the hospital stories had been told, the conversation became more personal.
"We're friends right?" Derek as he sipped his scotch.
"We're friends," Meredith agreed a little confused, looking between the two of them.
"So if we tell you what we're about to tell you, you won't run away?"
"I won't run," she answered.
"Addison's pregnant," he said, grinning at Addison.
Meredith almost choked on her drink, "You're…pregnant?"
"Yeah," Addison smiled before noticing the shocked look on Meredith's face, "I thought Derek told you we were trying."
"He did…It's just…That was fast…Usually it takes a long time…But I'm happy for you guys…You're going to have a baby…That's…Wow," she said.
"You're rambling," Derek chuckled.
"It's just…you know…you haven't been…for that long and…usually people wait," Meredith continued as Derek laughed at her.
"Well, you're our…friend," Addison said, "So we decided we'd tell you."
"I um…I guess I should congratulate you," she gave Addison a small hug before turning to Derek.
"You'll be a great father," she whispered.
"Thanks."
"Should we…"
"Hug? That's what friends do." Derek smirked.
"Friends," Meredith said.
They both looked around before giving each other a hug. Meredith stayed there for a moment, enjoying the feeling of Derek's arms around her.
"You'll be a great mother one day," he whispered in her ear.
Meredith broke the hug quickly, "I'm going to get another drink," she said, heading towards the bar.
Jealously was the only word for the feeling Meredith had. Derek and Addison were going to be a family. A perfect family. Something that Meredith never had. And something that right then, she wish she could have with Derek. She shook the thoughts out of her head and took a seat at the bar.
"You okay Mer?" Izzie asked, sitting down next to her.
"Yeah. I'm just tired." Meredith lied.
"Okay," she chirped, getting up and heading back to the table with George and Alex.
"This seat taken?" Meredith heard, looking up at a guy she'd never seen before.
"Are you married?" she asked.
"No," the guy answered a little confused.
"Then no. It's not taken," she replied.
He was cute. He wasn't Derek. Derek was…Derek. But he was cute. And he seemed nice. Plus, he wasn't married so she was already off to a better start than she had been with Derek. Derek. She wasn't supposed to be thinking about her married, soon to be father friend when another guy was hitting on her.
"I'm Gabe," he said, interrupting her thoughts.
"Meredith."
Derek was watching from the other side of the bar as Meredith flirted with this stranger and all of a sudden felt sick to his stomach and some sort of unexplainable ache. He was sitting next to his wife. His pregnant wife, yet he couldn't get his mind off of the tiny blonde sitting at the bar, talking to some guy he had never seen before. He wanted to walk over to her and tell the guy to get lost. But he was married and Meredith was no longer his responsibility.
"So, you're an doctor?" Gabe asked.
"Yeah. Well, surgical intern," Meredith described.
"That's a lot more exciting than real estate."
"Right now, I'd love to have a job that wasn't so crazy,"
"You'd be surprised. Those homebuyers can get pretty angry if they don't get what they want. One time when I told a couple that they had been outbid, the wife got so upset she smashed a lamp that was in the house. That belonged to the current owners."
"Really?" Meredith laughed.
"Completely serious," he smiled.
They talked for a while, Gabe telling Meredith more real estate horror stories, making her laugh while Derek jealously watched from the other side of the room. Meredith could feel Derek's eyes on her the entire time she was sitting there.
"So do you work tomorrow?" Gabe asked.
"I actually have to go," she said standing up, "Intern. Rounds in the morning."
"Would you like to get dinner sometime, Meredith?" Gabe asked before she could walk away.
Meredith glanced over at Derek before looking back at Gabe, "I'd love to," she smiled.
It was time to move on. Clearly Derek was staying with Addison. They were going to have a baby. And Derek wasn't the kind of guy to leave, especially when there was a child involved. The only choice was to move on. And right now, in that moment, Gabe looked like the right guy to take that step with.
What do you say to taking chances?
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
I hate this chapter. I think it's crap. But it's necessary. I just want to apologize for not having an update for a little while. I went out to the movies with my best friend who I hadn't seen in a while. Anyways, today was the Redskins game and I didn't go because it was cold and rainy but...THEY WON!! WE'RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!! Hopefully I'll have another update tomorrow because unfortunately, I don't have any thing to do on New Year's Eve. Add to my happiness and review!!!
