Meredith

Dear Meredith,

You are cordially invited to attend Seattle Grace's 10 Year Reunion! This is an opportunity to catch up with old friends, piers, and colleagues from the past 10 years. Please RSVP to the invitation by September 31stt. The event will be held at Seattle Grace Hospital in the lower level nurses' station from 5:00 – 11:00 PM on November 1st. Hope you can make it!

Respectfully yours,

Richard Webber, Chief of Surgery of SGH

I crumpled the letter in my hands and threw it in the trash. A reunion? This had to be a joke. As I threw my Dartmouth sweatshirt over my head I hurried out of the house. I wanted to get to work early so I could avoid Clark. Clark was a guy who was cute, but totally not for me. Long story short, he stalked me. Plugging the keys into the ignition, I quickly started the car and backed into the long street. I pressed the radio button and turned the volume up so high I thought the windows were going to burst. Always by Saliva blared through the speakers. I found myself singing along to the ridiculous tune about love and hate. Seriously, who cares about love? Love is stupid. It's not patient or kind or wonderful like everyone says. It's stupid. I stopped at a red light and threw my hair into a tight bun over my head. I knew this was going to be a long day. Pulling into my parking spot, I spotted Cristina walking towards the door. I quickly got out of the car and caught up to her.

"Hey," I mumbled not too enthusiastically.

"Hey, you going to that reunion thingy?"

I laughed a bit then replied, "No way."

She nodded then threw her empty coffee cup in the trash. "Me neither. It's so retarded."

"Seriously who wants to see a bunch of people from the past 10 years?"

Suddenly, she stopped dead in her tracks and looked up at me. "You think Burke was invited?"

I paused then cleared my throat. "Oh…I didn't think about that." If Burke was invited, was Derek invited too?

"Now I'm definitely not going," she said as she continued walking towards the huge crystal clean doors of the hospital.

I pushed the doors open then asked, "If Burke was invited, then Derek was too right?"

She rolled her eyes. "You're still talking about Derek?"

"You're still talking about Burke!" I spat back.

"NO! I'm talking about a reunion. You are talking about Derek."

"No I'm not I'm-"

"Hey Meredith!"

I groaned. Clark. "Oh hey Clark, what a surprise." I slowly turned around and ignored Cristina's snickers.

"Well I'll leave you two love birds alone," she whispered in my ear before taking off into an elevator.

I forced a smile on my face then tucked my hands into my pockets. "What's up?"

He laughed. "Oh nothing. Are you going to that 10 year thing?"

"Mmhmm…I mean no, no I'm not…going."

"You should go! I'm going and I was sort of wondering…" he looked down at his feet then said in a low voice, "Can you be my date?"

Oh God! "Uhm, you see I wasn't going to go."

I saw his eyes fill up as he wiped his nose on his sleeve. "Oh, right…you probably already have plans. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…I'll go." He slowly turned to walk away and before I knew what I was saying I yelled, "Clark! Wait."

He looked up, his eyes still sad. "Yeah?"

I hesitated then groaned, "I would love to go as your date."

A smile spread on his face as he grabbed my shoulders. "Wow, thank you Meredith! Thank you!" He gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. "You won't be disappointed. I'll be your best date ever!"

"I'm sure you will…" I replied dryly. "Well I have to get to work."

"Right, well then I'll see you later."

Without saying goodbye, I headed towards the elevator. "You couldn't keep your mouth shut," I mumbled to myself as the electric doors clicked open.

"Becky all the way," Alex said as he stuffed a mouthful of popcorn in his mouth. "She has bigger boobs and better hair."

I shook my head, turning the volume of The Bachelor up. "No, Becky is slutty. Stacey is classy and her hair isn't bad."

"But she does have smaller boobs."

I threw a handful of popcorn at his face. "Shut up."

He threw some back then moaned, "Why are there no pregnant bitches today? I need a surgery!"

I shrugged. "Well I am on no case what so ever. I'm bored as hell."

"Maybe that's a good thing. Being on no case means no one dies."

"True."

He sighed then flew his feet up on the table. "Are you going to the reunion?"

"Yes…" I sighed, "With Clark."

He chuckled. "Oh dude…that sucks."

"You're telling me. He's so annoying. I just want to take him by the neck and scream, 'WHAT THE HELL!'"

"Just bang him already. That's all he needs."

"No, no, no…I am not doing that. That would be disgusting." I shivered at the thought.

He grinned. "Well that can't get any worse than you and O'Malley."

"SHUT UP!" I screamed.

"Okay, okay!" He paused. "Should I ask Izzie?"

"Sure, why not."

He ran his hands through his hair. "No, I mean like as a date."

I immediately stopped chewing. "You like Izzie?"

"I don't know, maybe?"

I smiled. Alex needed someone. But at the same time, I was disappointed. Alex and I were like a pair. We both had emotional limitations and we both never got what we wanted. If Alex and Izzie actually got back together, I would be alone again. But hey, who was I kidding…I'm used to being alone.

A/N: Alrighty so first chapter is done. Yay! Please review and tell me your thoughts. Remember, each chapter is going to be a different character.