Chapter Five: Facing the Nazi

They found Miranda Bailey having an extremely rare tea and biscuit break in the doctor's lounge and the instant she saw Addison with Meredith in tow, she stopped eating and looked at the pair and said, "Now my day is complete."

She stood up off the couch and even though she was shorter than them, her natural commanding authority made Meredith feel extremely small.

"I was…" Meredith began but Bailey cut in over the top of her with, "Grey you were assigned with the other Dr Shepherd for the day."

Meredith looked at Bailey with unease as she tried to explain herself but again Bailey cut in, "Grey why weren't you with the other Dr Shepherd whom has been coming to me every spare minute he has had today asking where my intern is."

Looking guilty Meredith opened her mouth again but still Bailey wouldn't let her talk, "Not only has he been bothering me while I have been trying to attend to my patients and help teach my other interns, he has been bothering all other areas of the hospital looking for you in his spare minutes. Wasting valuable time that could have been spent looking after his own patients and not bothering other people trying to look after their patients! Now Grey can you tell me why you did not go to him straight away this morning after rounds?!"

Seeing the sight on an angered Bailey in front of her, arms crossed and looking up at her with an expecting expression, Meredith could not help but blurt out, "I'm transferring to Boston Public."

Miranda's Bailey's expression dropped from her face into one of shock, then surprise then into one of anger, "Now why would you want to do that?"

Meredith looked at Addison who just looked back at her with an eyebrow raised and an amused expression.

Looking back at a waiting Bailey, Meredith sighed quietly.

This was going to be a long conversation.

Once they were all sitting down, Meredith explained everything to Bailey but she did not rant this time, but she did manage to get across the message that she did not feel like she was not going to learn to be a good surgeon when nobody saw her at Seattle Grace.

Addison, hearing this, twiddled her thumbs during Meredith's monologue to Bailey and when the speech was finally over, Addison quickly spoke before Bailey could even open her mouth.

"Miranda the Chief has seen both Grey and I and he has requested that Meredith works with me for the remainder of her time at this hospital. Now it would mean that she would still be your intern but that she would no longer be requested by other attendings, like the other Dr Shepherd for example."

Bailey looked at both of them in silence, in slight shock by the looks of it but she finally looked at Meredith and growled, "Am I the last to know about your running away from this hospital?"

Meredith, taken aback, said, "I'm not running away Dr Bailey I'm…"

"You're not?" Bailey asked, raising her eyebrows, "Then what is it? Please try and explain it."

Meredith frowned at Bailey, "I'm not running away. I'm going to make a change and…"

"Running away?" Bailey cut in again.

Meredith was now getting worked up, "No I'm not running away. I just need a change."

"A change from what?" asked Bailey.

"A change from all of this!" Meredith answered, a little louder than she needed but still Bailey would not budge or back down.

"What's wrong with Seattle Grace?" Bailey asked simply, with a small smile on her face. She knew Meredith was going to crack any minute and she couldn't really wait because her intern needed to open her eyes and openly accept why she was making such a reckless decision.

"Because he is here and I can't become a good surgeon when he is constantly over my shoulder every day, watching and talking to me. I need to be somewhere permanently where I know he won't be. I need to leave to here otherwise I don't know whether I can cope with it."

Meredith looked at Bailey, an expression in her eyes that spoke in volumes of her emotional turmoil and just how much she really wanted to get out of Seattle Grace just because of Derek Shepherd.

"You really are serious in leaving here aren't you?" Bailey asked, her voice no longer hard but resembling something that came close to soft, if you weren't talking about Miranda Bailey.

Meredith nodded, "I'm not running away Dr Bailey because I have no reason to run from anything. I want to do this so I can at least have a decent shot to get my edge back and clean my name so I can become a good surgeon."

Bailey studied Meredith carefully for a full minute. She couldn't understand why one of her finest interns wanted to leave, but she could see that she hadn't done it out of foolishness or being a coward, unable to face her problems.

Looking at Addison, Miranda looked back at Meredith and sighed.

"You must really be serious if you are ok with working with Addison for two weeks if you intend to leave after the shortest time period of notification of a transfer." Bailey said with an amused expression, causing Meredith and Addison to glance at each other then quickly look away again.

Meredith nodded and Addison looked at Bailey with a slightly bemused expression, "Yes she is very serious."

Bailey looked at Addison with a serious expression, "Does Derek know yet?"

Meredith looked at Bailey, "The Chief had him in his office this morning after I left."

Quickly glancing at Meredith Bailey said in her Nazi-tone, "Grey I did not ask for your input. I was addressing Dr Shepherd here not you so until you are spoken to keep your mouth shut."

Meredith sighed, and feeling like a kid, slunk back on her chair and crossed her arms.

Bailey looked at Addison whom just looked back at her with a big amused smile.

It clearly showed Addison's respect at Bailey's ability to handle her intern but she was polite enough not to have a little chuckle at Meredith's slightly sulking face.

"Yes Miranda, Derek would know by now. But Richard wants you and I to keep Derek away from Meredith for as long as possible because Richard is unsure how he will react or what he could do. So to be safe than sorry I am going to have to tell you that from now on Meredith will be with me." Addison explained.

Bailey took one look at Meredith before nodding at Addison and saying, "Ok if it's the Chief's orders."

Meredith looked at Bailey in shock and surprise. Bailey was just going to give her up just like that?

Bailey, reading Meredith's mind, turned to her and said, "Grey it's the Chief's orders and personally I'd rather it because now I won't have to worry about how I'd have to protect you from Dr Shepherd if the Chief hadn't made this arrangement."

Meredith now looked even more surprised at Bailey who just gave her an easy smile, "You may be an intern Grey but it doesn't mean I don't look out for my interns."

Meredith unable to think of anything to say, just blankly looked at Bailey whom looked at Addison with a smile.

"Thanks Addison."

Bailey got up off her seat and walked out of the doctor's room without another word.

"Thanks Miranda." Addison called out through the door.

Addison looked back at Meredith who was still shocked, but Addison just smiled in surprise too.

"Wow Grey. You nearly got Miranda Bailey admit that she cares about you and the other interns."

Meredith looked at Addison with a disbelieving smile.

"Yeah, I nearly did."

A/N: Wow! Thanks for the great reviews! I'm glad that everyone is enjoying the story and my twist on what could have been. I have read so many stories where Meredith had become an absolute mess so that is why I have been writing this story. She had always had it in her to transfer and I am sure that if she were a real person the thought would have crossed her mind once. Anyway, I hope you like the update and here is a reply to the reviews I got.

MerDerLove4Ever: Hey! Glad you're still reading it and enjoying it. :) I hope you like the update:D And I hope you continue reading it. :)

Malu Snape Rickman: LOL! Yeah he can be a McBastard sometimes but the inevitable confrontation will come, but not just yet. I need to gather a few more central characters first before they can face off. :) But how she will react will be revealed in the chapter when it comes. So glad you are still reading and thanks for the review:D

MissRe: I'm glad you find it interesting. :) I hope it is different compared to some stories. Addison is protecting Meredith (on the Chief's orders) but she is also doing it out of the goodness of her heart. I really like Addison as a character and I'm letting it show in this story because she is genuinely a nice, caring once you get to know her. In my story she no longer sees Meredith as a threat to her marriage because Derek chose her. And she knows Meredith wants to leave because she is unhappy at Seattle Grace because of her feelings for Derek. So she's protecting Meredith. :) Thanks for the review!

DempseyGirl: Hey, thanks for the review! I love MerDer too, but I wanted to try and have a different angle with this story. :) I haven't reached the end but I think it will be MerDer eventually, but it won't be just because she is going. Through a chain of events it will happen in due course but give it sometime. :) I love MerDer though! Addison is nice and I honestly think that if this had happened in an episode that she possibly would have been the same way too…maybe…I hope so. Lol. :)

Jessi: I have read countless stories where Meredith is a pathetic mess and few where she stands up and decides to change and deal with her life. I am so glad you like this though and that you noticed that point about Meredith being strong. Thankyou for the review:) And I hope this is soon enough for an update:)

DeniseSB: Shucks, I hope I can too! I love all of the MerDer and Mcdreaminess moments…but while watching season two again last week I couldn't help but wish Meredith had gotten a transfer too. She went through so much unnecessary pain and humiliation and so that's why I decided to write this story. I'm glad and very relieved that you think I have captured the characters voices and relationships too, and as for how much Cristina said for the bet…I couldn't help it. :) I wanted to tempt Meredith just that little bit more. :) thankyou so much for the review and I hope you will continue reading because receiving reviews like this is so helpful and great because its nice to know there are other people out there who wanted the same things to be different.