Title: Tangled Web
Author: Farrah
Disclaimer: If I owned Grey's then I would not be slaving in college classes and pulling all nighters drinking more coffee than the cast of Grey's seems to :-(
Summary: Meredith didn't deserve the cards she was being dealt, so she took matters into her own hands. She left, but the death of a loved one brought her back. But when she returns, she's not alone. Post Into You Like a Train episode. Set six years in the future.
I always open up with some sort kind of A/N, so I would like to say I'm sorry. I have not updated in like forever and broke my promises, not only to the readers of this fanfic but to myself.
COLLEGE SUCKS… yes it absolutely does! Necessary mind you, but it still sucks. I have just been bogged with trying to finish early and now me with my oh so smart self, (and when I say that, know that it is just dripping with sarcasm), has decided to go to Law School. Believe that? Sometimes I confuse myself with the choices I make.
Still, I say sorry for not updating in like forever. I will try to do better. Promise :(
But on another note, once again, for all of the MerDer lovers reading this story, I have a story posted that is a MerDer. It's called McJealous. It doesn't really start out as a MerDer, but it is sooooooo obvious that it is. Some of you have read it already, and I thank you for that, but for those who haven't… just thought I would inform. It hasn't been updated in a while but that's the one I go to right after this.
I am still uncertain where I am headed in this story but I have so many ideas whirling around in this maze of mine that people call a brain.
For those of you who are reading and reviewing both of my stories, I am eternally grateful. The amount of reviews I have been received thus far has been phenomenal, and I promise to do my best to update sooner.
Just to introduce a new set of interns. Their resident is Dr. Bainbridge, he's is a fifth year. The Seattle crew likes him, they think he's alright but they don't really make it a point to hang out with him that much.
Dr. Bainbridge's (5th year resident) Interns - most like Bailey's last five.
Trent Cummings - Just like Alex (Trent Cummings is the son of the president of the board of directors. No one in the hospital will call him on his bullshit because of it. Even though he is an intern he walks around on a high horse like he can't be touched. Most people won't rag on him like they will with other interns because they are afraid of what his father will do.)
Bryce Dayton - Just like George
Nicole Humphrey - Just like Izzie
Alexandria Keller - Just like Meredith
Lesley Cole - Just like Christina
Lucas Evans - A mild good mannered kid who doesn't complain about anything. He does his work very well without any problems. Is the cousin of one of Meredith interns (Matthew Werner) at WMH.
Chapter 12:
- Seattle Grace Hospital –
Meredith reached the floor to her office and proceeded to get out of the elevator only to be met by a gruff voice and a hand around her waist.
"Hey sexy, you must be exhausted" Mark whispered softly in her ear.
"Not really, why do you say that?" She asked, confused by the statement.
"Because you've been running through my mind all day" At which Mer could not contain her laughter
"You have got to be kidding me, Mark that is so corny! You're lucky I love you 'cos otherwise with lines like that you would be a lonely, lonely man!" She said as she opened the door to her office.
"I still don't get why Richard put my office so far away from yours" Mark sulked, recalling that his office was on the other end of the south wing, closing her office door behind him.
"So we can actually get some work done babe. DUH!" She smacked her hand to his forehead before giving him a long kiss.
"Mmmm I've been missing that all morning."
"So how was your tour of SGH? Did Alex make us proud?" Mer said asking on behalf of the entire SGH community
"It's not half bad. I don't like that neuro seems to be the hot shot specialty around here but I'll change that soon enough!" Mark said quite confidently.
"Oh really! I think that's 'gonna be kind of hard…seeing as you have to beat out ortho and cardio first!" She couldn't keep from grinning at him because the knowledge that ortho being more sought after than plastics would be mind boggling to Mark.
In New York, plastics was top dog, or at least a close tie with neuro.
"No way! That's not even possible Mer. Ortho are you kidding me? Cardio maybe, but ortho! This is like the twilight zone… seriously…" He had lost the playful tone to his voice by the end of the statement plopping down into the couch, staring at Mer the whole time.
This worried Meredith. This worried her because maybe Mark couldn't make it in Seattle not being a demi god for all to look at and respect. Of course his reputation gave him a little of that but he was a man of show. He needed the people of Seattle Grace to see his greatness. Not to say he was some kind of exhibitionist or something, but all surgeons in some way or the other love the attention, and let's face it he was an attention whore.
"… But I'll show them, Seattle Grace is in for a rude awakening. I'm going to put this hospital on the map Mer. Everyone's going for a spin! I'm going to have so many published cases SGH will be… I don't know what it'll be… that's beside the point…" He shot up out of the couch a smile on his face and made way for the door, lost in thought.
"Where are you going?" Meredith asked completely confused by him.
One second he was down, the next he was right back up. Maybe she was reading into things too much. Mark told her everything if he didn't to be here he would tell her. She was sure of it. After all, it was his first day, he hadn't given it time.
Mark turned back to give her a kiss on the cheek "I'm going to show this hospital plastics is boss!" he said and left heading for Alex's office. He had a plan!
Meredith and the group were in the corner of the cafeteria having a quick bite. It was raining out so even though they intended to go outside and eat today. Fate had something else up its sleeve.
All eyes had been on the group since they entered. To new interns and first year residents, they were who they aspired to be, and to the men, Meredith was fresh meat. Let's not forget the rumor mill. Meredith's unannounced return had the whispers going, dredging up all the old stories on her and Derek and Addison. Meredith definitely was going to be the topic of conversation for a long time at SGH.
"You should have seen the look on your face Christina" Izzie said laughing whilst Christina sat with her arms crossed glaring at them, not eating her food.
"Absolute Kodak moment, that's what that was!" Mer said high fiving Izz
"I have no idea what you're talking about, so just shut your traps and eat" Christina quipped trying to remove the focus from her.
"Cost of morning coffee: 3 dollars" Alex continued as if he had heard nothing she said "Cost of lunch: 8 dollars, Christina's face when she saw Mer: priceless!"
The whole table erupted in laughter, even George, Christina rewarding him with a kick under the table, to which he disregarded and kept laughing.
"I wonder if we can get security to give us a recording of it" George mused to get back at her
"You wouldn't!" Christina dared… staring George down
"He wouldn't but I would" Alex smiled readying himself for Christina's fist to connect with his arm but was saved by an interruption
"Excuse me" Everyone looked up at the kid wondering why he was bugging them, except for Meredith who spoke
"Werner, sorry, I mean Evans, what can I help you with?" Meredith asked receiving weird looks from her friends
"Dr. Shepherd asked me to bring these scans to you." He said timidly passing her the folder, weirded out by the stares of everyone at Meredith's table
Mer looked the contents over as Lucas shifted on his feet. "It's worse than I hoped, Dammit!" She cursed as she passed the file back to Dr. Evan's
"Get something to eat! Schedule the surgery for 3 hours from now and inform your resident you're on my service as of now. It's going to be a long surgery so be prepared."
"Absolutely Dr. Grey, and thank you! Thank you so much" He was so happy he looked like he would somersault out of the cafeteria.
"You know what wait" She stopped him before he left and posed a question to her friends. "Do you guys have the spider yet?" Mer asked
"You're kidding right!" Alex wondered
"Okay. Do you at least have the Bonati system?" she received blank stares telling her that there wasn't a chance in hell "So I take it we still have the Da Vinci?"
"Yep" was their collective answer
She sighed. "Have them bring the Da Vinci into the OR. I'm going at it Laparo." she said to Dr. Evans getting incredulous looks from him and the table, but he left to do as he was told.
"How in the hell do you plan on using Laparo for neuro!" Christina asked as if she lost her mind
"Spina Bifida consult" she said half heartedly, she was deep in thought. Working out how she would approach the surgery once she got in the OR. Her friends were still confused so she had to clarify, "the baby is still in the womb, and therefore laparo can be done."
"Mer that's crazy! Why not just make the incision and go through the abdomen good old fashioned scalpel style" George asked not sure why she was making the surgery riskier than it already was.
"The obgyn never found it. She's eight and a half months along. The only thing protecting that kid is amniotic fluid. If I cut into her, there now way that kids not coming out today and if he does, with that opening, he'll be lucky to be paralyzed." Meredith said as she got out of her seat leaving the table and a group of amazed friends
"She's nuts! First case in, and this! She's nuts!" Izzie said still not believing what she was hearing
"No, she's hardcore!" Christina smiles at her friends retreating back, proud. Concerned, but proud.
"Did that intern say the case was with Shepherd?" No one realized that Alex was in shock until he spoke
The color from their faces drained. They knew it was inevitable but the first freaking day!
"Which one?" George asked but received no reply.
What had they done? They asked her to come back and she did. For them. And she was deep in the middle of a snake's nest.
Mark made his way around the corridor, lost. This was the second time today he got lost. It would take some time for him to learn this hospital that's for sure. He looked down at his watch, and realized he was supposed to be meeting Mere for lunch. He had been so consumed with finding the Craniodiaphyseal Dysplasia (CDD) case he saw walking in today.
Out of nowhere a hand grabs him into an on-call room.
"I was wondering when you were going to try and take advantage of me" Mark chuckled as he stumbled into the room, losing his breath as he looked at the woman in front of him.
"Addison" he spoke, with no emotion. No happiness, no sadness, no nothing.
"Hello Mark, I see you haven't changed one bit"
"What's that supposed to mean" He asked taking offence to the remark
"Still thinking every woman wants to sleep with you." Recalling the statement he made as he walked in the room.
"I see you're still pulling me into on-call rooms for quickies" he spewed with venom
"That's not why I did it" She defended quickly.
"Then why" he asked, he really figured she would avoid him at all costs.
"No mark, that's my question to you." She stopped him "Why now? 6 years Mark, six! Why all of a sudden you decide to come here? I'm not taking you back! Derek and I are happy."
"And I see you haven't changed one bit either Addison." She turned her head to the side in wonderment as to what he meant but he continued before she could speak "You still think the world revolves around you, guess what! It doesn't. I didn't come here for you." He breathed through gritted teeth.
"Then why?" She asked not believing him
"That's none of your business!" he said as he brushed past her and out the door, Addison in tow. It was just his luck that nurses were standing at the end of the corridor. The only thing he could think of was getting to Meredith. He had to tell her before anyone else could.
Dr. Bainbridge's interns sat in the cafeteria going over who they wanted to work with first. They were deep in conversation when Dr. Cole spots Lucas Evans looking for a place to sit, tray in hand.
Lesley Cole (like Christina): "Evans, get over here!"
Evans: "Yeah?"
Cole (like Christina): "I hear you know the dirt on the new attending."
Evans: "Dr. Grey? Yeah my cousin was her intern last year."
Cole (like Christina): "So… this cousin of yours tell you anything useful?"
Evans: "He just said that she was a great surgeon, and her mom is Ellis Grey."
Humphrey (like Izzie): "I knew it!" she said triumphantly
Dayton (like George): "Ellis Grey?" asked quizzically, but feeling like he should know who that was.
Cole (like Christina): "Don't tell me you don't know who Ellis Grey is."
Dayton (like George) gives a blank stare
Humphrey (like Izzie): "The inventor of the grey method! In practically three quarters of our medical books." She said looking at him like he had 3 heads.
Dayton (like George): "Oh, I remember now." Not really remembering at all.
Cole (like Christina): "Uh huh, where did you go to school anyway? Mexico?"
Keller (like Meredith): "Leave him alone, he probably just forgot." taking pity on Dayton
Cole (like Christina): "Whatever, what else?" shaking off Keller's remarks and moving her attention back to Lucas.
Evans: "Nothing much." Lucas said not wanting to say anymore. He liked Meredith, she had already got him in on a surgery and he wasn't a gossip in the least.
Cole (like Christina): "I have a feeling you're holding out on us Evans." She said, looking as though she would hurt him if he didn't spill the beans on Meredith.
Cummings (like Alex): "holding out what (he comes over with a tray, when no one answers he speaks again) who we talking about?" he knew he wasn't exactly liked by the group but he didn't care.
Keller (like Meredith): "The new attending, Dr. Grey"
Cummings (like Alex): "Oh her, she's hot!" he smirked
Dayton (like George): "yeah..." Dayton trailed off kind of dazed.
Evans: "Well she's out of your league" laughing them off.
Cummings (like Alex): "Man, she may be out of his (pointing to Dayton) league but no one is out of my league."
Evans: "Well Dr. Grey is." He retorted steadfastly
Cole (like Christina): "And what makes you say that (when everyone looks at her questioningly) what? I have a feeling there's something he's not telling us"
Cummings (like Alex): "Me too, so tell us, why is Dr. Grey so out of my league"
Evans: "Because she's got a kid. A little boy"
Cummings (like Alex): "What does that have to do with anything? She's got baggage, doesn't mean she's out of my league" he said in a cocky manner certainly not giving up
Humphrey (Izzie): "You're disgusting you know that" she scrunched her face at him
Cummings (like Alex): "You love it" he said wiggling his eyebrows to which Humphrey blushes
Keller (like Meredith): "You two make me sick" disgust clearly evident on her face
Cole (like Christina): "All of you shut up. Evans spit it out, what else do you know" she was tired of this game with him, it was like pulling teeth!
Evans: "The little boy she has..." he trailed off, not really sure it was his place to tell
Collectively: Yeah...?
Evans: "It's with the other new attending, Sloan I think, Yeah that's it. Mark Sloan"
Humphrey (like Izzie): "New Head of the Plastics department, Mark Sloan?" verifying the unbelievable
Cole (like Christina): "Number one plastic surgeon in the country? Mark Sloan"
Meanwhile Evans is just shaking his head in the affirmative
Cummings (like Alex): "No way man" not believing it, or not wanting to believe it
Dayton (like George): "I don't know" disbelief evident in his voice
Evans: "Don't believe me. You asked, I told. What you do with the information is up to you"
Keller (like Meredith): "Lucky girl"
Cole (like Christina) and Humphrey: "I'll say..."
"Well I got to go prep for surgery." Evans said as he got up with his trash
Cole: "How the hell did you get a surgery already? Who with?"
"Dr. Grey and female Shepherd. Spina Bifida case. Grey's going in laparoscopically" He replied with a smirk, knowing he would be the envy of the group, leaving them stunned.
Once the initial shock they all jumped up and followed Evans out hoping to get a good view in the operating theatre.
So this will be the 2nd of 3 chapters that involve Mark and Mer's first day at the hospital. It shows just how gung-ho Mer has become in the medical field, which shows some of what her friends couldn't see with her being away from them.
As for the new interns, they'll pop up every now and then but aren't integral except for Dr. Lucas Evans. That'll probably be the first and last time they have a real convo together in my story, but I wanted to display some of the gossip and how it circulates around the hospital. They have different backgrounds etc. from the original group. I just wanted to show that another group of interns are similar to the bond that Mer George, Izz, Chris and Alex have. Their actions are similar to the gang a little bit, hence the (like Alex) etc. That will also be the last time I do that. Hopefully my writing will be good enough that you will determine who the intern most resembles.
So Addison and Mark know each other! LOL I had to do it!
Please review and let me know what you think! I live for it. Really I live them.