Chapter Seventeen: Day Two, Night
As Meredith dreamed, her friends were having a discussion about the McBitch She-Shepherd and Meredith's transfer at Joe's bar.
They were taking the chance to be able to talk about it without the worry of Meredith showing up and listening to them.
They were all seated at the bar and Joe was serving them beer.
"I can't believe the She-Shepherd was such a bitch to her!" Alex said, growling into his beer as he drank it.
"I wish I could have been there to have seen her face when the Chief told her to take a break." Izzie said in dreaming satisfaction, just trying to imagine what it would have looked like.
"Well I think half the hospital heard the Shepherd's fight in the Chief's office they were so loud…" George said in disbelief. "I had been running labs in the corridor directly underneath and I could hear them through the floor."
Instantly Cristina, Izzie and Alex interrogated him for about it and forced him to recount everything he could remember.
They all laughed in satisfaction when he reached the part about the Chief finally yelling at the both to shut up.
"If it had been me, I would have told the She-Shepherd where to go." Cristina said and everyone just looked at her.
"Well I would…just discreetly and go to the Chief." She said and everyone nodded in agreement.
"I can't believe that Mer allowed Addison to treat her that way." Izzie said sadly, "She should have spoken up."
Alex looked at her, "Iz, surely you can understand why she didn't."
Izzie nodded, "Yeah I do."
"If she had complained herself it would have seemed like Mer just wanted to get away from Addison sooner and just get out of the hospital sooner." George said quietly to himself, "So she stuck with her even though she knew it would be tough."
"And it didn't help that she is an attending and Meredith is only a lowly intern like the rest of us?" Alex asked.
George shook his head and took a sip of his drink, "I just don't get the whole thing of her transferring."
They all nodded and were silent for a few minutes.
"Well I think it was a very brave decision for her to make." Izzie said quietly.
Cristina just gave her a look.
"Yeah right Barbie, and the world is happy peaceful place filled with rainbows and butterflies and there are no such things as wars and diseases."
Izzie glared at Cristina before quickly turning to George for support.
"George you think it's a good thing right? I mean, Mer will be able to go and try and make her own way away from McDreamy and Satan and she will be able to continue her internship at the same time."
George looked extremely thoughtful and didn't answer for a few seconds, but when he did his spoke very carefully, "Maybe Iz, but it still doesn't help the feeling that she is…"
"Running away?" Cristina cut in suddenly, causing George to abruptly look at her then slowly nod in agreement.
He looked at Izzie with a sad expression, "No matter how you put it Iz, it still feels like that Meredith is just going to use the transfer as another way to avoid the problems in her life."
Izzie looked at him with a shocked expression. "George, I expected you of all people to be supporting her with her decision." She said in disbelief.
George looked at her in brief confusion before he quickly continued, "No, Izzie, it doesn't mean that I don't, but you can't deny the fact that she is running away from the problems in her life…and us."
"I couldn't have said it better myself Bambi." Alex chimed in before glancing at Izzie who just glared at him.
"Evil Spawn, since when would you know Mer like we do?" Izzie said harshly, "We live with her."
Alex smirked at her smugly, "I know. But she offered me her room after she leaves."
Immediately Izzie and Cristina looked at him in shock and the expression on George's face came close to horror.
"W…w…what?" he stammered, nearly falling off his chair.
Alex moved to George and clapped him heavily on the back a few times, "Yeah I know O'Malley..."
Izzie just looked at Alex in shell-shock, her mouth dropping open and her jaw hanging slackly.
"She…Meredith…asked you to do what?!" she exclaimed.
Alex just grinned at her before leaning over and patting her shoulder. Before he could give her a chance to reply, Alex got up off his chair and walked away to go to the toilet.
Cristina just watched in bored amusement.
"You two are so blind." She scoffed the instant he was out of earshot, taking a swig of her beer.
Instantly Izzie turned to look at her with a angered but slightly bewildered expression.
"What are saying Cristina?" she demanded.
Cristina turned to look at Izzie and simply regarded her with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh come on Izzie, as if it isn't obvious what Mer is trying to do." Cristina said.
Izzie wracked her brains but couldn't come up with anything.
Looking at Cristina in confusion she shook her head slightly and waited for Cristina to continue.
Cristina couldn't believe it.
"And you call yourself a surgeon…" she huffed under her breath before looking at Izzie with a blank expression.
"Mer is playing match maker with you two because Izzie you are so blind that you can't even see the fact that Evil Spawn likes you."
Now George's mouth dropped open and looked at Izzie in shock.
"Alex likes you?" he asked, staring at her with slightly bulging eyes.
Izzie, still at a loss for words, thought over Cristina's revelation and the thought of Alex maybe liking her suddenly brought a small smile to her face.
Cristina's sharp eyes caught the smile and she suddenly made a triumphant-like sound as she leant forward and held her beer up in the air and pointed it at Izzie.
"Oh no, Barbie likes Evil Spawn too!" She said, laughing slightly because tonight just suddenly got interesting.
Izzie felt her cheeks suddenly become very hot and instantly began denying it.
"Wah? No! No I don't, eww! Cristina that is just…Gross! Anybody would have to be way beyond desperate to like Alex or to even find him attractive!"
George looked away with hurt and Izzie instantly felt guilty.
"Ah crap…I'm sorry George about mentioning Syph-Nurse." Izzie said in an apology, but George's only reply was to take a huge swig from his drink.
Cristina laughed into her beer, "Poor Bambi still feels sore about it Izzie. We shouldn't mention the Syph-Nurse around him and…"
"She has a name Cristina!" George suddenly yelled, causing Cristina to regard him with a slightly shocked expression.
"Very sore about it." She said and rolled her eyes at him before glancing back at Izzie. "But what are you going to do about Evil Spawn that you like him an' all."
"Who likes me?" Alex chimed in with interest as he came back and into the conversation at the opportune moment.
Izzie looked at him like a deer caught in the headlights.
"I uh…I have to go to the ladies room." Izzie mumbled quickly before scrambling off her seat and nearly running off towards the toilets.
Joe, who had been listening nearby to the entire conversation with interest, walked over behind the bar and looked at the three interns sitting in front of him.
He was cleaning a glass and watched Izzie's retreating form disappear behind a door.
"Why is she retreating to the bathroom?" he asked with a smile, although he could correctly guess.
Cristina just looked at him with a knowing smile, "I do not know Joe."
George shrugged slightly and Alex just looked confused at the whole situation.
Joe looked around the room for the other intern that was missing.
He looked at Cristina and asked, "Where's my favourite and best customer?"
Cristina looked at him with a blank expression.
"She's not here."
Joe began cleaning the bar but he did not look away from Cristina.
"Where is she then? I just got a whole delivery of tequila for her." He said, smiling in amusement but Cristina just looked away back down at her beer bottle.
Joe looked at her with concern and then looked at George and Alex for answers.
It was George who spoke up. "Mer is at home sleeping, Dr Montgomery-Shepherd worked her into the ground and…"
"And Mer is leaving in twelve days on a transfer to go to Boston Public Hospital." Alex finished off.
Cristina took an angry sip of her drink before slamming the bottle onto the bar.
Joe instantly stopped wiping the bar and stood himself in front of Cristina, sliding her another bottle of beer.
"Hey, hey…" he said in a soothing voice, trying to get her to look at him, "Yang, I'm sure there is a good reason why she is going to transfer."
Cristina slowly looked up at Joe and he smiled sadly at her when he saw the small tears building in her eyes.
She opened her mouth to say something when suddenly the door of the bar opened and George, Alex, Cristina and Joe instantly looked to see who it was but when they all saw Derek walk through the door Cristina immediately turned away and faced Joe.
"She's leaving because of McDreamy and his stupid decision to choose his wife over her. And she is leaving me behind." She said in a hard voice, taking a final swig of her drink and drained it in a single gulp.
She heavily placed the empty bottle on the bar and got up and walked out before anybody could say anything else.
Alex and George watched as she walked out and when she disappeared, Alex looked at Joe with a disbelieving face.
"Dude, it looked like she was about to cry."
Joe could only watch as the door that led outside slammed with a hefty 'BANG' and Derek turned to look at him with a confused expression. Joe looked at Derek with a disappointed expression before shaking his head and going back to cleaning the bar.
Izzie finally came back and sat down in-between George and Alex, although she would not look at Alex when he was obviously looking at her with a smile.
"Where did you go Iz?" he asked and Izzie blatantly ignored him by turning to George and asking, "Where did Cristina go?"
Alex answered, "She left cause she was too pissed at Mer for leaving her."
Now Izzie looked at Alex with a confused expression, "Leaving her?"
Alex nodded and George said, "She feels as if Meredith is abandoning her."
Izzie looked at George and then back at Alex and then down at the bar.
"Maybe she is…" Izzie said, her voice trailing off, as she could not say the rest of her sentence.
But they all felt it and thought it too.
It felt as if Meredith was abandoning and leaving them behind too.
A/N: Good grief! This story now has over 100 reviews!! Never ever expected to get that many but I wrote this story for people to read it, not review. :) But regardless, thank you very much to everyone who has reviewed and has supported this story since its first chapter, or just joining the bandwagon as this story slowly grew, or just reading it for the first time. :)
And I must also say a huge thank you to everyone who reviewed last chapter because I was a bit unsure as to how people were going to react to it. But it was well received so that was fantastic! Thank you.
Now the point of this chapter to begin a rift the group, obviously lol, but I hope I was true to the characters.
Thanks!
paradisegurl31: Thank you very much. :D And thank you for the review! I am really enjoying writing this story and I have done since I first got the idea of it. :)
TVHollywoodDiva: I know…she's had a tough haul… But thanks for the review and your great continuation of continuing reading it and reviewing! :D It means a lot.
MerDer88: Thank you very much! :D I am trying my best to not just keep it MerDer but it certainly is easier, but I like to try and challenge myself when I write a story and just trying to construct this story just to be a MerDer fic is challenging enough! Lol. But I am trying my best. :) Elevator scene is written and is interesting! Well I think so, lol. But thanks for the review though and I hope you will continue reading it.
snv3: Well I am glad you liked my update! :D I just hope you will like my latest update. :D Thanks for another review! :D
MerDerGirl: Yeah there will be MerDer eventually, but I am not saying if she is going to stay or not. That would just spoil it. Let's just say…things will get complicated. :) I did think of Derek having the same dream but I wouldn't really think that he would ever have the concept of dreaming of drowning with Meredith in his lake. But I did seriously think about that idea. :) And yes it would be very cute! :D I am glad that you are enjoying this fic and you started reading it! :D I re-read it all yesterday and it is a fair read. Lol. But I hope you will continue reading it and thanks for the review! :D
InGreyEyes: Well thank you very much. :D Unfortunately I can not fully blame Addison for being the only reason in separating Meredith and Derek because it was Derek who picked Addison and he is just too stupid and a coward to get off his buttocks and be brave enough to pick Meredith. Any hoo, it would be very easy just to blame Addison. Lol. But I can not, not fully anyway. :) Thanks for the review and I hope you will continue reading!
Love2LoveGreys: Thank you very much. :D I have a lot of fun writing it and coming up with ideas for what could happen next. That's why I find writing so addictive and fun! Thanks for the review and I hope you will like what is going to happen next.
Liz86000: Woah! That is a long review! But what a great read! :D I know she is hypocritical but hey, if I had Derek for a husband I would hold onto him with all of my strength, although I wouldn't have cheated on him with Mark though in the first. Silly woman Addison. Now as for Derek for still not divorcing Addison and picking Meredith, well I think it is because he knows that he will still see Meredith everyday so that is all he needs. But because I am going to make Meredith leave in my story, Derek feels that because she is going to go he is going to do things that he feels is appropriate in his confused mind because she is going to go and he think he will never have a moment with her again after she goes. If that makes sense…Lol. And the Bailey hug was just irresistible to write. XD! But I am glad you liked the dream, it was meant to be sad and sweet and to show how Meredith missed Derek. Thanks for the review and I hope you liked my long reply! :D
MerDerLove4ever: The best filler chapter ever?! Wow! Thank you! :D I know very well that MerDer is the best couple on the show. :D I follow it with a very strong passion. Lol. I am very glad you think it is interesting because I am trying my best with this story to try and make it interesting, and hopefully slightly addictive because my opinion is that the best sorts of stories are the ones that leave you hungry for more. I don't think he'll abuse it, but he will push the boundaries of it slightly…simply because he can. It seems lots have the same wishful thinking…Let's see what happens. :D Thanks for the happy typing because I will need it! Lol! And I hope you'll like my update! Thanks for the review! :D
DeniseSB: Glad you thought it was interesting. I have always wondered where Meredith's thoughts of drowning came from in season 4 and I just wanted to play with the idea of her dreaming about drowning in Derek's lake for it all to start the idea. But Addison is definitely not the obstacle separating them that I agree with because it was Derek who chose Addison over Meredith, Addison did not force him and was even willing to let him go if he had chosen to sign the divorce papers. But it was only a dream so it was much simpler of how to portray Addison in that dream. But I did think for a long time of how to set it all out, but because it all happened in Meredith's subconscious it did not have to make sense so the rules of real life and the harsh truth of it all did not have to apply for once which was great because it was much simpler to write when I finally realized this. And I am hoping too because some of the things that Derek does and say in the show just is incredible!! But unfortunately I can't guarantee it because I don't want to give anything away. :) Thanks for the review and I hope you have the time and patience to read this reply. :)
MissRe: Thank you very much! I am very happy that you are still reading it and that you are still enjoying it! :D Thanks for another review and I hope you will like my update! :D
iluvderekshepard: Hey, thanks for the review! :D Well, I hope so too but the question you have to ask is 'what will be his argument to try and convince her to stay?' and whether if he will say anything at all? :) I hope you'll continue reading just to see how it will play out.