Hey guys! so i want to thank all my reviewers. Sorry this has been a while but i had writers block :( and i have exams for the next few days, so i need to study. Should be another chap up in a week or so.

This is set during 2x07 'Something To Talk About'

Chapter Eight – I Just Need You Here

"She didn't even know he was married." a blonde intern gossiped, "I mean, his wife just shows up and he dumps her. I heard she flipped out."

"What does she expect? She got what she deserved." Said another, "Dating an attending!"

"Dating McDreamy. Have you seen his hair? No guy is that perfect." Said the blonde,

"I think it's kinda sad." said a guy, "She has to work here. With him. With her. Everyone knows."

* * *

The interns and Bailey walked into their patient's room.

"Grey." said Bailey, "Present."

Meredith picked up the chart, "Tamara Jones, 25, presented with-"

"Grey? Meredith Grey?" Meredith looked up,

"T.J?"

"Doctor Grey." Said Bailey,

"Uh, right. Presented-"

"No. No! Get out!" Yelled Tamara,

"Is there a problem?"

"I don't want her anywhere near me."

Bailey raised her eyebrows at the patient, "And why is that?"

"I went to high school with her. She's a whore. You hear me, Meredith Grey? You're a whore!"

Everyone looked at Meredith,

"Look TJ..."

"No! No! You ruined him!" Tamara turned to Bailey, "She cheated on my brother, got herself pregnant then expected sympathy from everyone! She's a whore!"

Meredith swallowed a lump in her throat and left the room, everyone staring after her.

"You know she didn't even keep the kid?" Tamara said, "Her mother came to visit and Meredith dumped the baby in her arms and walked away."

"Ms Jones, I'm sure you have your reasons, but Dr. Grey is a respected surgeon in this hospital. We can't have her being publicly harassed like this." Bailey told Tamara,

"Not that respected." Muttered Alex,

Bailey gave him a look and he shut up.

"You." She said to Karev, "You're with Shepherd."

He looked at her,

"Go. Now!" He left.

"Izzie, you're here."

"But-"

"Here." Said Bailey, "O'Malley you're with Dr. Burke."

George nodded and left,

"Yang. Find Grey."

* * *

Cristina found Meredith in the empty intern locker room, she was wiping tears onto her sleaves.

"Meredith?"

Meredith didn't look up; she just spoke in a small voice "She doesn't know anything. No one knows anything."

"Meredith come on."

Mere nodded and looked at Cristina, "Why'd you want me before rounds?"

Cristina smiled, "We have a case."

* * *

Cristina had shown Meredith a case she'd stolen, Shane Herman, a pregnant man. Unfortunately Bailey had found out.

"Do not think for a moment," she said, as she looked at Cristina and Meredith in the crowded room, "I condone stealing patients. That said ... way to go."

"The first pregnancy test I took was a joke, to make Tina laugh." Shane smiled at Addison, who was giving him an ultrasound,

"We didn't think it would lead to ... you know, this." Said Tina, his pregnant wife,

"Mr. Herman," Smiled Addie, "I can assure you, you are in no way pregnant."

"Whew. It's a relief to hear it, you know officially." Shane said as Addison started making her way through the crowd of people. She passed Meredith and gave her a small smile.

* * *

Izzie stood in Tamara Jones' room. It was a very simple, boring, yet surgical case.

"I've heard them talking." said Tamara, "About her."

"Who." Said Izzie, not really interested,

"The nurses, and orderlies, and everyone. They're talking about her. Meredith Grey." She smiled triumphantly, "I knew it. I knew she really was a slut."

Izzie raised an eyebrow.

"She always will be." Said Tamara, "She's been sleeping with Dr. McDreamy, who ever that is. But it doesn't matter. He's married."

"Not anymore."

"Exactly!" said Tamara, "As soon as he's serious she leaves! She broke up a marriage and she doesn't even want to be with the guy."

Izzie gave her patient a look, "You don't know anything about it." She left the room,

* * *

Addison stood with Richard in the gallery, looking over at a preparation for surgery.

"I can't stop wishing I lived here, Richard." She sighed, "Just picking up everything and moving here!"

The chief smiled, "You should stay Addison. For me. For yourself."

"Richard, I-"

"In Seattle you can be front page news. With your reputation and the money I'm willing to put in promoting you. Seattle Grace will become one of the foremost neonatal hospitals west of Manhattan."

Addison smiled shyly; Richard stared at her, her expression changed.

"You're serious?"

"I'm ready to put my money where my mouth is."

* * *

Derek walked down a hallway; he paused, looking at Meredith as she stood alone at the nurse's station writing in a chart. He started to walk to her, but was cut off by Bailey.

"Turn around. Walk away." She said,

"From what?"

"From my intern."

"But I wasn't." Derek said smugly,

"Uh yeah! Yes you were. Come on, look. You can't do this. You don't have the right. Not anymore."

"I just wanna find out if she's okay."

"No she's not! She's a human traffic accident and everybody is slowing down to look at the wreckage. She's doing the best she can with what she has left. Look I know you can't see this because you're in it but you can't help her now. It'll only make it worse. Walk away. Leave her to mend." He didn't move, "Go on."

* * *

Everyone knew. Everyone knew Tamara Jones' version of Meredith's teen pregnancy. Everyone spoke about how she cheated on her boyfriend. How she dumped a baby with her mother. How she got drunk every few nights and went to every party. How she came on to most of her senior year. How she was a whore that would never change.

Derek had stoped looking at her.

* * *

Meredith walked to Shane's room. It was packed full of people and Cristina and Izzie were taking money from people as they took photos and talked and laughed.

"What is going on in here?" yelled Meredith, "Everybody out! Out!" Meredith walked further into the room,

"Mr. Herman is a patient! A surgical patient who's sick and embarrassed! And tired of being stared at!" She turned to Cristina and Izzie "You two! This isn't a zoo! Out! Out! Out!" She was waving everyone out the door,

"You know if all of you want to point and whisper and stare at me, knock yourselves out! Look at Meredith, isn't she sad and pathetic and a huge slut. Maybe she's gone mental, maybe I have! But leave Mr. Herman alone!" Meredith walked after the last few people in the room, and glaring at Cristina she said, "You should be ashamed of yourself!" They left and Meredith closed the door, noticing Derek watching her.

"And what the hell do you want?" she glared at him.

Addison looked on from the opposite side of the hall, people passing her. Whispering.

"She sleeps with Shepherd and thinks she can get away with anything."

"Yea, cause she's Ellis Grey's daughter."

"What a skank. Did you hear what that patient on third was saying?"

"She got pregnant in high school."

"I heard she never knew who the father was. Slept with two guys at once, then didn't bother finding out."

"I heard she dumped the baby on the hospital door step."

"It was at her prom night too."

Addison glared at them and snapped; she stormed through the crowd and made her way to Tamara's room.

"You're Tamara Jones?" she demanded.

"Yes." Said Tamara, "Who are you?"

Addison didn't answer her question, "What right do you have?"

"Excuse me?"

"What right, exactly, do you have to spread lies about Meredith Grey through a hospital where she's already been crushed?!"

"That bitch broke my brother's heart!"

"You know nothing about her!" exclaimed Addison, "Meredith Grey never did anything wrong! You have no idea what she went through! She was so ashamed of something that she had no control over!" Addison was yelling now, "And to spread rumours about her past that are in no way true, is immature! It has been eight years since she had that baby! Get over it!"

Tamara was staring at Addison, "What about now." She said, slightly shakily, "She broke up a marriage."

"She was never told he was married until his wife came in and divorced him! She had every right to be upset, heartbroken and hurt, yet no one is on her side!"

"She's a slut!" Yelled Tamara loudly,

Addison glared at the woman, and hissed her next words harshly and quietly, "She was raped. You might want to think about that before you judge her."

Addison stormed out of the room to find everyone in the halls had stoped, hearing all the yelling, Meredith stood alone in one of the hallways, tears in her eyes. Addison walked slowly to her, not sure if she would be angry.

Meredith wrapped her arms around Addison in a small hug before letting go and running away quickly.

"Addison." Said Derek as he walked up,

"Leave it alone Derek. So she didn't tell you she had a kid, you didn't tell her you had a wife. You were in the wrong, she wasn't."

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