Chapter Fourteen: Teenage Girls
"Yang Hahn, Karev Sloan, Stevens Torres, O'Malley you are with me and Grey you have the special assignment of helping the chief's niece plan her prom" Bailey stood in the interns locker room handing out the day's assignments.
"I'm fine I can work, please anything but teenage girls" Meredith pleaded.
"Whilst your mother is in this hospital you will not be touching a scalpel, now move" Bailey exclaimed.
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Meredith sat at a table in the cafeteria with Camille, the chief's niece, 2 best friends. She rolled her eyes as they changed their mind for the theme of the 'best prom ever'.
"How's it going?" Derek asked her approaching the table of giggling teenagers.
"Seriously, I didn't even like teenage girls when I was one" Meredith admitted.
"Ah so you didn't go to prom?" he asked.
"Nope, I was the angry girl in high school, lots of black and pink hair" she told him. "Let me guess you were the prom king jock."
"I would love to see a picture of that. Actually no, I was in the band, but I did go to prom" Derek replied.
"Well I'm sure you were adorable" Meredith said to him placing a kiss on his lips.
"So Miss Grey, will you honour me by accompanying me to prom?" Derek asked her flashing her a McDreamy smile.
"I suppose it's never too late to attend prom" she giggled.
"What time shall the limo pick you up?" he asked.
"How about I just meet you here Prince Charming" she told him.
"Meredith what about an under the sea theme?" one of the girls asked.
"I will leave you to it" Derek said placing a quick kiss on her cheek before leaving her to her prom plans.
"Seriously that has been done to death" Meredith told the girls.
"How's it going?" Bailey asked appearing from no-where.
"Seriously Dr Bailey, you have to give them a theme and let me go deal with a real patient" Meredith groaned.
"Right girls black and silver, it's classic it's Hollywood and no matter what colour the dress is it will pop" Bailey told them.
"Pop?" they echoed.
"Yes pop, order 200 black and 100 silver balloons Grey and don't let me hear you complaining again" Bailey exclaimed.
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Meredith sat alone in the cafeteria eating her lunch, all her friends had already eaten and were in surgery.
"Mind if I sit?" Mark asked her coming up beside her.
"No go ahead" Meredith replied.
Mark sat down across from her, watching her pick at the fries on the tray in front of her. As he leant in to grab one she slapped away his hand.
"Ah still protective when it comes to your fries" he mocked causing her to giggle.
"Of course, and I see you still like to steal other people's food" she retorted.
"Some things never change" he said with a sigh. "So what's with this prom thing tonight?"
"Chief's niece has cancer, she doesn't have long left and all she wants is to get to go to her prom, so we are bringing prom to her" Meredith told him.
"And who did you piss off to get stuck with 2 teenage girls" he asked.
"No-one, Bailey won't let me near a patient while Mom is here, thinks I'm too distracted" Meredith confessed.
"It's probably for the best Meri, she is only here for a few more days" Mark said agreeing with Bailey.
"Yeah I know it's just frustrating, everyone is worried about me but I'm fine" she noticed the look Mark was giving her. "I really am fine."
"Okay, so this prom thing, do you have a date?" Mark asked.
"Yeah I ah do, Derek asked me" Meredith told him softly.
"Oh of course he did, so I guess you have made your decision then, we should draw up the papers and sign them and then I guess I will go back to New York, the practice is there so I will um speak to my lawyer" Mark mumbled.
"Mark, I never said that, I'm still trying to find a way to forgive you to forget about what happened but it's so easy with Derek because it's new, we are still getting to know each other" Meredith tried to explain.
"Its okay Mer, I get it I screwed up and you can't get over it, just remember that I will always love you" Mark said getting up from the table and leaving Meredith to finish her lunch alone.
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"Can you believe chief is making us all go to this stupid thing?" Cristina complained whilst the interns were changing in the locker room, they were finishing early giving them time to get ready for the prom.
"I think it's sweet what he is doing" Izzie chimed in.
"You would Barbie" Cristina snapped at her.
"So Meredith are both your men escorting you tonight?" Alex teased.
"No just Derek, Mark actually um talked about getting papers drawn up today, he is giving up, he thinks I have chosen Derek" Meredith confessed to her friends.
"Have you chosen Dr Shepherd?" George asked.
"I'm trying to move on, and Derek is perfect but Mark is here and he says things and just little things still make me want to love him. He was so sweet the other day when Mom was brought in" Meredith told them.
"Maybe you still have a chance at sorting out your marriage" Izzie said.
"Or maybe I should sign the papers and let Mark go back to New York. I can't be hurt again" Meredith said softly.