"Do you remember when we were thirteen and we went to the skater park to meet Mandy Scavo?" said Derek. He had just finished his surgery and gone to Joe's, he found Mark there and sat on the stool next to him.
"Mandy Scavo? Wow that was long time ago." Said Mark.
"I should never have went to that skater park, it would have saved a hell of a lot of trouble," said Derek downing the scotch Joe had put in front of him.
"Women trouble?" said Mark knowingly.
"Yeah you could say that," said Derek. "I have just had the day from hell."
"What's happened? Rose caught you doing Grey in the OR?"
"Nope," said Derek. "But thanks again for your sensitivity."
"You didn't sit here for sensitive conversation," said Mark. "Tell me what happened."
"Well it's just been horrible since I got woken up at 4am by Ella, then she wouldn't go back to sleep so I got her ready and took her for a walk. But I lost track of time and forgot I said I would meet Rose to talk about 'our relationship'…"
"Oh one of those talks," said Mark knowingly.
"Yeah," said Derek indicating to Joe to bring him another drink. "So I was about an hour late for that, she made breakfast it had gone cold. Then when we sat down to talk Ella needed to be fed again, so Rose flounced out. I just caught up with her at the hospital and had the most bizarre conversation I have ever had."
"About what?"
"Babies," said Derek downing another scotch. "She wants to have kids like yesterday. With me. Ella is barely three months old and she wants to have a kid, I live in a trailer…she wants to build a house on my land. I don't know what I want to build on that land, but Rose…she has her own Barbie dream house planned out. Why does she want to have a kid now? We've only been together for like…a year and a bit. A baby, seriously!"
"Of course she wants a kid, you're spermtastic!"
"Thank you," said Derek sarcastically. "You really are big help."
"Relax just tell her you're not ready to have kids yet," said Mark as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"How can I tell her I'm not ready for kids when I have Ella?" said Derek in an 'you're so stupid' voice.
"Ella was an accident, wasn't she? You didn't plan knock Grey up right before you dumped her, did you?"
"No we didn't plan to have Ella," sighed Derek. "But it was the best thing I ever did."
"Then have a kid with the nurse."
"I don't want to have kid with Rose," said Derek frustrated.
"You're just going to have to stall her or something," chuckled Mark. "Have you never heard of get laid and leave?"
"No I'm a human being."
"Hey you could just buy a house and move in there with the nurse…"
"Will you stop calling her that?" snapped Derek.
"Fine Rose whatever, buy a house move in there with her and keep your precious land," said Mark.
"It's not just that," sighed Derek running his hands through his hair. "Rose really isn't the person I thought she was. Ever since Ella was born, she's been…I don't know different."
"Well your ex shows up with your kid, you can't expect her to just shrug and be alright about it straight away."
"That's surprisingly deep coming from you."
"I have incredible depth these days," said Mark arrogantly.
"I'm sure you do," chuckled Derek. "Anyway she's different, she won't hold Ella, she badmouths Meredith at any opportunity and she constantly bitches that I spend too much time with Ella. I only see her two days a week!"
"Dump her!"
"What?"
"Dump her! Cut her loose!"
"I can't do that," said Derek. "Everything that has happened…I can't expect everything to be how it was."
"She hates your baby, tell her to hit the road!"
"She doesn't hate her…she couldn't hate Ella, she's too sweet she's always smiling and so happy all the time…"
"Oh I'm going to gag," said Mark rolling his eyes. "I get it the baby is cute and sweet and we love her, alright?"
"I don't know what I'm going to do," sighed Derek.
"Get drunk and be merry."
"For once you have you have a point," said Derek holding his drink up. "Cheers."
"Cheers."
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"Someone looks like hell," said Meredith when she spotted Derek in the parking lot the next morning.
"I feel like it too," Derek groaned.
"Late night?"
"Uh…no I don't think so," he said. "I woke up on the hammock and found Mark asleep next to the lake this morning."
"Ah big boys night out."
"Actually we spent the most the night crying into our scotch, it was pitiful really."
"Sounds like fun," laughed Meredith. "Anything in particular you were crying about?"
"Just having a few problems."
"You want to talk about it?"
"We're friends now?" asked Derek pleasantly surprised.
"Yeah why not? Is that okay?"
"Yeah that is more than okay," said Derek smiling. "Although when you think about the last time we were 'friends'…"
"There will be no sex in any exam room this time…we have a daughter now, we're adults," said Meredith too quickly and her voice too squeaky.
"We're adults…consenting adults," said Derek watching Meredith with his McDreamy stare.
"Oh shut up," laughed Meredith. "And stop looking at me like that!"
"Like what?" asked Derek his lips twitching.
"You know like what!"
"Sorry," said Derek holding his hands up. "I didn't realise me looking at you, offended you so much."
"It doesn't…just stop looking at me at me like you've seen me naked."
"But I have."
"So stop looking at me like…"
"Like I'm undressing you with my mind?" said Derek surprised at his own daring.
"Yes!"
"Sorry, I can't help it," he shrugged.
"You're in a very strange mood today," said Meredith suspiciously.
"I must still be drunk."
"Drink plenty of coffee before you operate then."
"Thanks for the advice," said Derek. "I have a craniotomy at seven, you wanna scrub in?"
"Yeah thanks," said Meredith getting off the elevator. "See you then."
"Bye," said Derek giving her one last lingering look.
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"I need your help now," said Derek pushing Mark into a closet.
"Uh…I don't swing that way," smirked Mark.
"Shut up," said Derek. "I'm serious."
"Alright what have you done?" sighed Mark.
"Why do you assume I have done something?"
"Because you look guilty…I have a facial reconstruction in ten minutes, you've got three."
"I spoke to Meredith this morning…"
"The clock is ticking."
"I flirted with her…we flirted a lot," said Derek. "I was checking her out, she noticed."
"I fail to see what the problem is," said Mark. "Did you get a hard on and the nurse spotted it?"
"Do you have to be vulgar?" snapped Derek.
"I'm right though aren't I?"
"No," said Derek. "Rose thankfully didn't see anything."
"You need help," said Mark patting Derek on the shoulders.
"You were supposed to help," Derek called after him.