Mark

I knew I wouldn't be able to avoid her forever but I don't think I am ready for this right now. She is coming towards me and obviously not going to just ignore the fact that I am standing here. I have even forgotten why I am standing here. I guess I am going to be the one to say the first word. She's just standing there staring at me. "Addison."

"Hi, Mark." Is that all she came here to say? There better be more coming out of those luscious lips of hers. Stop, you can't think this way anymore. She doesn't want you. You have someone who wants you.

"By the look on your face I guess I should answer the question that is burned in your brain, yes I am here for good and no it's not about you at all." She doesn't even believe me. Egotistical bitch, it's not always all about you.

"Ok, Mark, then why are you here?" Oh you really don't want to know that, my dear. It would crush you. Under that tough exterior is a woman who is aching for me and you will never have me again. I have found someone better and when you find that she is who your husband is in love with it may be enough to make you go insane. I will spare her this time.

"I was offered the deal of a lifetime. I couldn't just pass it up." Tell her how you feel. Tell her what she's done to you as a man. Tell her and then walk away. She needs to know. "It took a lot for me to come here for you. When you turned me down I wanted nothing to do with you or this God awful place again. This offer came up and despite all the pain you have put me through here I am. I am over you, Addison, plain and simple. Don't think for a second you have won because in the end you will see that the only winner here is going to be me." Now walk away. She doesn't deserve to respond.

Meredith

I don't even know why I chose the mac and cheese. It never tastes good and yet here it is sitting on my tray. At least the tuna sandwich is going to be good. Where are they sitting? I don't see them anywhere. Oh, there's George.

Meredith places her tray on the table before taking a seat next to George who is staring at his food. The sound of the tray startles George into sitting up straight. He smiles at Meredith and picks up his turkey sandwich and takes a bite. Meredith takes the bowl of mac and cheese and places it on George's tray. He swallows his bite of sandwich and smiles. "Thanks, Mer!"

"I honestly don't know how you can eat that stuff, George." Oh great, Cristina and Izzie are together. I'm sure Izzie didn't keep her big mouth shut about last night. Here it comes. Any minute now. And 3-2-1.

"So, Mer, McScreamy…details now," Cristina says before she even sits down. Meredith glares at Izzie who takes a seat on the other side of George.

"I'm sorry, Mer, it was a funny line. You were going to have to tell her anyway."

This is not what I need. A conversation involving the words Mc-anything will just turn heads. "It was amazing. What else can I say?"

George drops the rest of his sandwich on his plate. "I have lost my appetite." He grabs his tray and walks away from the table.

"What's gotten into him?" Meredith asks.

"Seriously, he didn't even have his appetite to begin with. He didn't even touch that toxic waste they call macaroni and cheese," Cristina replies and she pulls her chair closer to the table and leans in to whisper, "At least tell us how big it is."

Don't laugh. Don't laugh. She shouldn't be asking things like that. "CRISTINA!" Oh come on. Maybe you should tell them. It is something to brag about. No, this is just wrong. I do not want to talk about this with them.

"He obviously knows what he's doing. It pays to be a man whore." Oh nice Izzie, real nice. I need to get out of this conversation somehow. Is that Alex with a suitcase? No that's definitely two suitcases. Where the hell is he going?

"Why does Alex have suitcases?" That'll get their attention off of me for at least a few minutes.

Alex makes his way over to the table knocking over chairs and moving tables that happen to be in his way. He grunts as he pulls one suitcase behind him on the wheels and the other he carries with his other arm. "I hate Sloan. Picking up luggage is not apart of what I went to med school for."

"That's funny we were just talking about him," Cristina says with a smile. Meredith elbows her.

"What? Did Meredith get all drunk and sleep with him or something?" Holy shit. How did he know? Nobody is saying anything. It's too suspicious. Crap crap crap. "Oh my god you did, didn't you?"

Great, now Mark is on his way over here. "Mark's on his way over here, Alex, you better get up."

"Karev, these bags cost more than your car please get them out of this disgusting place and into my office." I am going to have to talk to him about how he treats my friends. Oh no, I am not becoming one of those women. Alex is on his own.

Alex follows Mark to his office. Meredith watches them with her eyes until Mark is out of sight.

The man can do anything and it will be sexy. I want to see him again soon. I guess I'll have to find somewhere that we can be alone so I can ask him. There is no way we are going to my place again, that was a bad idea. If I time it right I can meet him out in the parking lot after my shift. I need to get his phone number. Things would be so much easier if I had his phone number. It's easier to be able to sneak around. I am day dreaming and they're staring at me. And that's my beeper, thank God.

Meredith

I know I saw him come out here somewhere. I need to find him quickly before somebody spots me. Where did I park anyway? I don't see the truck anywhere. That doesn't matter right now. I have to find Mark. He couldn't have just disappeared. Was that? I think I just saw the top of his head over there by that tree. Yeah that's him and his big goofy smile.

"You can't get enough of me can you, Grey?" Since when does he call me Grey? Wait his eyes are pointing. Oh there are people around. He is smarter than I thought. Good they're gone. Was it too suspicious that I didn't say anything back to him? It's too late now. Crap, I should have said something.

"Today is a rest day. It's kind of like exercising. The body needs a resting period to regroup itself." What the hell am I talking about? That made no sense what so ever. Way to go, Mer, not only will you not get the phone number but he probably won't want to sleep with you anymore after that.

"I suppose I can live with that." Really? That was unexpected. I guess I should just get it over with. This is just too embarrassingly awkward. "I hate sneaking around trying to make plans. I think I should give you my phone number or you should give me yours. We should probably exchange actually."

"Yeah sure, we could do that. Give me your phone. I'll plug mine into yours and you plug yours into mine." Now I just have to find my phone. UGH! I hate my hair. One of these days I am just going to cut it all off. It get's in the way too often. I never noticed before but he has really beautiful eyes. Focus, Meredith, the phone number. Enter it and go home. You are tired and you need your rest.

"You have to admit that all this sneaking around stuff is quite the turn on." He really is making it hard not to sleep with him tonight. No, stay strong. Sleep is what you need. Sleep not sex.

"See you tomorrow, Mark." Now all I have to do is find my damn truck.

Mark

She is seriously going to kill me if she finds out I am hiding from her. This is just too funny. She looks like a lost puppy out there. I probably shouldn't mess with her too much longer. I love it. Oh, oh no, I think she looked this way. I wonder if I ducked in time. Damn, she spotted me. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Don't laugh, just smile. She'll never suspect a thing. There are people around. I should make it look like I am being that ass they all see me as. "You can't get enough of me can you, Grey?" Hurry up you chatting nurses, you could be ruining a perfect opportunity for me to get laid. Finally, I thought they'd never leave.

"Today is a rest day. It's kind of like exercising. The body needs a resting period to regroup itself." That's a new one. I guess I did tire her out. Maybe I could use a good night's sleep for once. No, I want to do it again. It was too good. Just go along with it, you don't want her to lose interest in screwing you at all.

"I suppose I can live with that." I guess. I don't think I sounded convincing. Oh well. What man admits to anyone that he could go a night without sex? Not this man…until now.

"I hate sneaking around trying to make plans. I think I should give you my phone number or you should give me yours. We should probably exchange actually." Good idea. I wish we thought of it sooner. Now we can make plenty of sex plans without anybody suspecting a thing. It's perfect.

"Yeah sure, we could do that. Give me your phone. I'll plug mine into yours and you plug yours into mine." It looks like that one strand of hair is bothering her. Maybe I should move it while she's looking for her phone. I want to kiss her so badly right now. She looks so beautiful in the moonlight. I can't risk somebody catching us.

I need to say something to break the mood or I will wind up kissing her. Something flirty, I need something flirty to make her regret taking a break. "You have to admit that all this sneaking around stuff is quite the turn on."

"See you tomorrow, Mark." She so wants me.

Meredith

I cannot wait to get home and take a nice long bubble bath. I will probably fall asleep. I'll have Izzie check on me. I should stop off somewhere for food. I don't think I've gone food shopping in a while. Maybe Izzie had. She likes to take the initiative on those things. I'll try to get George to go. This guy is driving me nuts. "Come on, some people actually want to get home tonight!" I swear some people do not know how to drive. "This is a highway where we are meant to go fast!" Fuck this, I'm getting off here and going the back way. It's too quiet in here, I need music. "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older? Da da da da da da da da da!" New station. George must have been playing with the radio. Hm pizza…pizza sounds really good right about now. No, I just want to go home. We'll order when I get there. Is that car following me? No it's a different car…I think. Ah home finally. "Izzie, I want pizza. Are you in for pizza?" Where is George? He'll flip if we don't ask him. I'll just yell up to him."

"Yeah sure, Mer, pizza sounds like just what I need."

"GEORGE! PIZZA?" Wow that was loud.

"YEAH! PEPPERONI!"

"Pepperoni is good for me too, Mer." Thank god we're all in agreement.

"Hi, I want to place an order to be delivered. One pepperoni and one plain large pie. You have the address on file? Very good. Thank you." Now I have just enough time for that bath. Who could that possibly be at the door? I just hung up with them.

"Talk about express pizza. Make sure you tip them well." Please tell me she is joking.

"It's not the pizza, Iz."

"Is that the pizza? That was fast," George says from the top of the stairs.

He cannot be serious. Where do these people come from? Obviously not this planet. Maybe it's Mark. He must miss me.

"I'll see who it is." He would have called me before showing up.

Meredith opens the door to see Derek standing in front of her. She steps out onto the porch and closes the door behind her. The look on his face warns her that this will not be a happy visit from Derek. She had never seen him like this before. Tortured would be the best way to describe it.

What is he doing here? Shouldn't he b with her? "Derek."

"You…" What is his problem? He sounds really pissed off. "You slut!" Excuse me?

"What are you?"

"Whore!" Did he find out? Oh god, he must have found out.

"Derek, listen to me."

"How dare you?!"

"It's none of your business!"

"He was my best friend!"

"I'm not having this discussion with you. I am going inside."

She turns around to go inside and he grabs her arm. She stops and turns back around to face him once more.

"Why him? Why Mark?" How did he find out? Oh god. I'm not ready to face him. It's not the time. I can't do this. "I saw you two in the parking lot. I was there. I saw everything."

"So now you're spying on me? How dare YOU? How dare YOU do this to me? You sleep with me and make me fall in love with you. You make me feel that you love me too. You don't bother to tell me you're married and when she shows up you chose her. You CHOSE HER and yet you still look at me like that. You spy on me and show up to my house to call me names. I gave you a choice and you chose Addison. You…you are the slut!! Not me." I don't want to look at him anymore. He's not who I fell in love with anymore.

"You're not going to get away with this!" Seriously? Did he seriously just say that to me? I'm done. Done with this argument and done with him.

"I'm going inside now. Goodbye, Derek."

Meredith turns around and walks inside. She closes the door behind her without looking back at the broken man she had left on her door step. She can't even face her friends whom she knows were probably listening to the whole thing. Head hanging low, she makes her way up the stairs and to her bedroom. Her shoulders drop as she begins to rapidly break down. Tears flow from her eyes as his harsh words play over and over in her head.

I can't believe he called me a slut. I can't believe he called me a whore. It's his fault I am in this position. How can he be so angry when this is what he wants? He doesn't want me. He didn't pick me. I am a slut. I slept with his best friend just to get even. He's right. He is so right. I don't deserve to be happy. I don't deserve anything but to be called a whore.

In the living room Izzie and George have the two pizza boxes set up on the coffee table. Each of them has a plate on their lap with a single slice of pizza with several bites taken out of it already. George keeps looking in the direction of the stairs. "Should one of us go up there?" he asks. He wants so badly to be there for her. He cares so much about her and all he wants to do is bring her joy.

"I don't know. He said some pretty horrible things. She's probably embarrassed."

"I'm going to just take up some pizza to her." George picks up the empty plate from the table and places two slices on it. One plain slice and one pepperoni. "I'll be right back." He walks up the stairs and stops at Meredith's closed door. He isn't sure if he should knock or not. He finally decides to open the door. She is sitting on her bed with her knees bent with her head resting on them. "I uh figured you'd want something to eat."

How sweet of him. He probably just pities me. "Thanks, George." Should I have him stay? No I just wan to be alone. "I'll be fine."

George hesitates before turning around and returning down stairs to join Izzie in the living room once more.

Meredith picks up her phone and dials a number. She holds the phone to her ear and waits for an answer. Finally the voice on the other side says something. Meredith hesitates for a moment before speaking. "He knows."