Sorry it has taken me a while to update i've been busy and i wanted to get my other fic finished before i go away, i will be able to update this everyday for the next week but after that unfortunetly it will have to be put on hold for a month! Enjoy Chap 7 and keep reviewing. Dani xx
Chapter Seven: Complicated
"Wife?" Derek stammered looking between Meredith and the man whose fist had just connected with his face.
"I'm so sorry Derek" Meredith cried kneeling beside Derek trying to inspect his wound that had been produced by her estranged husband.
"You didn't think to tell me you're married in the last 6 weeks?" he questioned her angrily as she helped him stand.
"It's complicated" Meredith muttered to him helping him to a nearby exam room.
"What the hell is going on?" came the chief's bellowing voice. "Someone care to explain to me why my head of neurology is being knocked out by random men Dr Grey" he interrogated her.
"Sorry chief, I didn't know he was coming….and I was going to tell him…but he showed up and ….this happened" she rambled.
"Who was coming?" Chief asked her slightly concerned.
"My husband" she muttered softly.
The chief wore the same shocked expression that Derek had worn just seconds before. "Out of here Dr Grey, I will take care of this. Don't let me see a repeat of this in my hospital again" he reprimanded her.
"He is so McSteamy" Izzie stated as she looked at the man standing at the other end of the hallway by the nurse's station.
"Dude that is Mark Sloan, best plastic surgeon on the east coast. The guy is a legend" Alex exclaimed with excitement over the fact that his idol was standing a few metres away.
"More like McCheating bastard of a husband" Meredith muttered joining her friends and fellow interns. She felt all their eyes turn and stare at her.
"What?" Cristina screamed at her.
"You're married" stammered George.
"To Mark Sloan" Alex added for confirmation.
"Ahuh" Meredith mumbled. "4 years" she said to them before walking over to where Mark was standing. She could tell all her friends were watching her, and the nurses suddenly went quiet as she approached.
"What the hell are you doing here Mark?" she spat at him staring him right in the eye.
"I came to see you baby, I missed you" he said softly reaching up to brush a piece of hair off her face. She slapped his hand away.
"Don't even think about touching me" she said to him harshly.
"Please Mer, can we talk?" he asked. "Privately" he added.
She looked up at him; as much as she hated him she couldn't help but notice how good he looked. His hair was cut slightly shorter than usual but he still had his same muscular build that she loved.
"Not tonight Mark. I can't even look at you right now" she said to him softly as she turned and made her way for the exit.
"Did you know she was married?" Derek asked the chief as he personally sutured the side of his face.
"No I didn't, clearly you didn't either" Chief replied.
Derek just shook his head. "I fell for her" he said softly.
"You know I shouldn't have condoned this in the first place Derek, she is an intern and you are an attending" the chief explained.
"I know, if I had of known she was married I would have never pursued her. And with all respect sir I met Meredith before I knew she was an intern" Derek replied sadly.
The chief just nodded as his pager beeped. "I have to go Derek, I will send a nurse in to finish cleaning that wound" Richard said before exiting the room.
"Chief, if you see Meredith can you ask her to see me?" Derek asked not sure what he was going to say to her.
Richard just nodded as he walked up his hallway.
"Mark Sloan" Richard greeted the man waiting in his office. "I'm glad you could make it" Richard continued.
"Happy to come, what's the case?" Mark asked. There was an ulterior motive to his visit to Seattle, he wasn't just here for Meredith, the fact she was here was just an added bonus.
Richard continued to tell Mark about the burns patient who required major skin grafting and facial reconstruction. Knowing that Mark Sloan was the best plastic surgeon Richard knew he had to get him here for the case.
"So, what made you leave New York so quickly for this case?" Richard asked curious to why a work renowned surgeon would give up his patients at a private practice so easily to fly across the country.
"Honestly Chief Webber, I have an ulterior motive" Mark began. He saw the look on confusion on the chief's face. "My wife" he explained.
"Meredith Grey is your wife?" Chief clarified surprised.
"Well legally it is Meredith Sloan but I can understand why she wouldn't want to use my name" he said sadly. "Look chief I didn't come looking for trouble I just want to sort things with Meredith, I didn't realise she was seeing someone" he explained hoping Richard would be understanding.
"I don't know the details of your marriage Dr Sloan nor do I want to but Dr Grey is an intern in my hospital so I would appreciate you leaving your personal life outside of my hospital" Richard advised.
"Of course" Mark replied leaving his office hoping to find his wife.
Derek entered Joe's bar across the road instantly spotting Meredith's blonde wavy hair, sitting at the bar knocking back shots of tequila. Her usual poison. He approached her wearily, he was still unsure of what he was going to say. She had lied to him, she was married. Bound to another man. Yet she had started whatever they had going with him.
"Meredith?" he said softly.
"HEY!" she screamed happily as she spun around to meet him. She was already more than a little tipsy. "You're mad at me, I get it" she slurred at him.
"Meredith, we need to talk" he said softly.
"Yeah I think we do" she said knowing exactly what he meant. This was a conversation she was dreading having.