Disclaimer: I don't own, nor do I have any affiliation with Bones and Grey's Anatomy.

A/N: So you read the Bones side of the story. This chapter will be about Grey's Anatomy. As a reminder, Derek and Addison are not together, but Meredith and Derek are not a couple. Enjoy!

Chapter Two: A Jar of Hearts

Seattle Grace was a ticking bomb waiting to explode with all the tension building up in it. The intimate relationships between the surgeons around the hospital proved to be a great problem. Burke and Cristina refusing to speak with one another, and George not standing up for Callie to his friends. However, leading for forefront was the previously, infamous love triangle of Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd, and Addison Montgomery, which was also known as a pentagon with Mark Sloan and Finn Dandridge in the mix. Though they may appear civil towards each other at times, the tension that arose from it could have been cut with a knife.

Addison Montgomery was questioning everything in her life. She had just divorced Derek, after they attempted to rebuild their marriage. No one knew yet, however, because with all the gossip around the hospital, they did not want to put more fuel on the fire. She did not and could not blame Meredith Grey for any part of her failure of a marriage. Her marriage was already doomed when Derek and herself became unsuccessful in communicating with one another back in New York. He had become absent in her life, which made her feel lonely and unwanted, which ultimately, lead to her having an affair with his best friend. In her mind, the decision and finalization of the divorce was the right thing to do because she knew they both had fallen out of love. However, her heart felt empty, like a bottomless pit that she managed to fall into. When did my life become so complicated? she often asked herself. She did not remember having such a complicated life before her affair with Mark Sloan. Everything was easier. She was in control of her life. Now, she did not have the faintest clue.

So there she was, sitting on a gurney, in the middle of the hallway, contemplating her life, especially her love life. Mark Sloan's presence everywhere proved to make her life even more confusing. He had come to Seattle because he apparently loved her, yet he was sleeping with nurses, left and right. There was no point in denying that he acted like a manwhore. She had felt an attraction towards him since they started their affair back in New York. Now, the appeal was growing stronger now that she was single again. Unfortunately, his sexual habits around the hospital left little to desire. She did not want to be one of many women he happened to be in bed with. Until he stopped his behaviour, she would pretend that their relationship was strictly platonic.

Meanwhile, with a cup of coffee in her left hand, Meredith leaned against the counter of the Nurses' station writing up the post-op chart of one of her patients. However, her writing hand was frozen, not a single mark decorated the sheet. Her mind lingered on the encounter she had with Derek in the stairwell. All the horrible comments he made about her secretly broke her heart all over again. She had been subjected to abandonment before, but she never felt as deserted by someone than by him. Everyday her heart felt as if someone was clawing it, which she had not experienced in a long time before Derek decided to trample over it. It is done. She may have said it because he said it, but her heart was still yearning for him. Although, she was still furious at him.

Regardless of her anger, she was still able to sense his presence around her. Meredith could tell that Derek was watching her, like a hawk at his prey. He was standing on the other side of the Nurses' station, talking to another surgeon. He nodded every once in a while, pretending to be interested in what his co-worker was conversing about, but he was more captivated by Meredith's presence. Calling her a "whore" was just a moment of rage that he regretted tremendously. Seeing her with Finn, and learning that she had slept with O'Malley was too much for him to take in.

Cristina walked towards Meredith with an unamused expression on her face. She was on the receiving end of Burke's silent treatment, all because she fell asleep on him during sex. Furthermore, she noticed the increased amount of tension between her person and McDreamy the McBastard.

"You do know Shepherd is staring at you like your dinner, right?" Cristina inquired, leaning her back against the counter with her elbows atop it.

"Well, he's a hypocrite. A complete jackass," Meredith muttered, putting down her coffee and making sure no one else heard her. "He has no right to stare at me like that. McBastard."

"Oh what did he do?" Cristina asked, already slightly annoyed by Derek.

"He basically called me a whore. He has no right to call me a whore! He chose Addison. I didn't tell him to choose her. I told him to choose me. So he cannot call me a whore. Bastard!"

"I think I'm going to need to break his face in!" Cristina replied in support of her person.

"No need. I gave him a piece of my mind. We're done. It's over."

Just as Meredith responded, her pager started beeping, breaking their conversation.

"I have to go. The Chief's paging me," she stated, grabbing her charts and coffee before sprinting down the east corridor.

Derek had watched Meredith leave the Nurses' station, after his conversation with Dr. Nelson. He was completely uninterested in what the other doctor talked about, as it had nothing to do with medicine. He had heard little pieces of her conversation with Cristina, and was ashamed of himself from what he was able to hear. He was still in love with her, but he had chosen Addison because he refused to just throw away eleven years of marriage. He owed Addison to another try when it was partially his fault that their marriage failed back in New York. However, their rekindling marriage did not last long, as they were officially divorced. The love between Addison and himself was not there anymore.

"Stop looking at her!" Cristina scowled at him, snapping Derek out of his thoughts.

"Dr. Yang, may I help you?" he frowned, having not heard what she had said.

"Ok, look. You listen to me, Shepherd, and you listen clear!" she snapped. "You chose your bitch of a wife over Meredith. Then, accuse her of being a whore because she is trying to move on from an ass like you?"

"Now, wait just a second! I'm your attending. You can't talk to me like-"

"No! You're not talking when I'm talking. You don't freaking scare me!" Cristina hissed. "Who do you think you are to call her a whore?"

"You are ruining her life with your indecisiveness," Cristina continued, but with a calmer tone. "Make up your mind."

"Choose her, otherwise, grow a freaking pair and learn to accept Meredith with someone else who won't break her heart over and over again!" she finished with a growl, before leaving him to contemplate.

He knew everyone was watching him. It would not be soon before the entire hospital found about his stupid mistake, since gossip spread faster than disease at Seattle Grace. With a sigh, he quickly walked off towards his office for a moment to himself. He already knew that the Chief would probably give him his mind later, seeing as Richard treated Meredith like his own daughter. Additionally, he recognized that he would be hearing from Meredith's circle of intern friends quite soon.

Miranda Bailey had discreetly watched the entire scene unfold from the staircase. She did not understand how such an brilliant up and coming surgeon with the medical prowess in her genes, like Meredith Grey, be involved with such a brainless man. She was also baffled by how such a talented neurosurgeon with the complete McDreamy charm, like Derek Shepherd, could treat her intern as a toy. She understood Shepherd's reasons for staying with his wife for the brief while, but at the same time she agreed with Yang's arguments. There were many moments where she wanted to knock some sense into that thick head of his. At the rate that everything was going, it did not seem likely for them to be a couple any time soon. However, she had a feeling that in the end, they will be. Secretly, she wanted them together, just like everyone else who saw that they were made for each other.

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