Head buried under her pillow, Lennon Wood let out a muffled groan as her alarm went off. She blindly reached out with her left arm to turn the beeping off. She sighed as she sat up, attempting to rub the sleep from her tired brown eyes. She blew a strand of her long, chocolate hair that had escaped from her messy ponytail out of her face before finally removing herself from her bed.
After getting showered and dressed she made her way downstairs. She slowed her pace and took a seat on the steps as she heard two voices talking.
"...look, I'm gonna go upstairs and take a shower, okay, and when I get back down here, you won't be here, so, um, goodbye...um..." Lennon heard her best friend Meredith trail off. She let out a snort as she realised Meredith didn't even know the name of the man she spent the night with.
"Derek." A deep voice introduced. Lennon was satisfied to know the name of the man who had been party to keeping her up most of the night. She now knew who to curse when she was exhausted on her first day of work.
After a very brief conversation, Meredith said her goodbyes and made a break for the stairs. She silently cursed as she came across a smirking Lennon. The shame faced girl just shook her head before running past her brunette friend, closing her bedroom door behind her. Lennon chuckled before standing up and heading the rest of the way down stairs. She smirked once again as she came face to face with Meredith's one night stand just as he reached the front door.
"Uh... Hi. I didn't know anyone else was here. Meredith didn't tell me." He said rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly and Lennon couldn't help but admire his beautiful ebony waves.
Lennon breathed out a laugh "I'm sure she didn't tell you a lot of things." Lennon retorted with a smirk "But you didn't seem to mind, from what I could hear anyway." She added, shooting him a wink.
Derek chuckled before sending Lennon an apologetic grin "Sorry about that... I should go before Meredith comes back down." Lennon nodded, waving as he closed the door behind him. She clicked her tongue before swivelling on the spot and heading to the kitchen to make coffee.
After placing her empty cup in the sink, she poured some of the black coffee into a to-go cup and made her way to the front door just as Meredith came rushing down the stairs "Is there co-"
Lennon cut her friend off handing over the cup. Meredith sighed in relief, happily accepting the steaming beverage. "Thank you!" She moaned as she took a sip as the two made their way to Meredith's car.
Lennon let out a sigh as she leaned against the head rest. Meredith glanced over at her from her position in the drivers seat "You nervous?" She asked her tan friend.
"Completely. What about you?" Lennon asked turning her head to look over at Meredith.
"I'm so nervous, I think I might puke." Meredith admitted.
Lennon smirked, "Are you sure that's not shame you're feeling? You know from your dirty night with tall, dark and dreamy?" She questioned teasingly.
Meredith groaned before giving the brunette a playful slap on the arm "Stop. It was a one time thing, I'll never see him again." She declared.
"Are you sure you want it to be a one time thing? I mean from how it sounded you had a pretty great ti-"
"Len!" Meredith scolded with a laugh, glancing over at her grinning friend.
Lennon threw her arms up in mock surrender "Okay, okay! But seriously you guys were loud."
Meredith sent her a sheepish look "Sorry." She apologised finishing off her coffee. "And I'm sorry we're going to be late because of me." She added feeling guilty.
Lennon waved her friend off "Mer, it's fine. Honestly, if I cared about being late I would've just drove myself." she admitted with a laugh just as Meredith pulled into the car park of Seattle Grace Hospital. After parking in the closest space available to the front entrance, the two women shared a meaningful look as they took in the building where the careers as surgeons would begin. After a moment they climbed out of the car and made their way into the large building.
After asking at the reception where the surgical interns should be, the two quickly made their way to the operating room were their fellow interns were being talked to by Dr Richard Webber, the Chief of Surgery. "Each of you comes here hopeful. Wanting in on the game." He said as the two quietly snuck in, barely being noticed as the other doctors were enraptured by the Chief "A month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors. Today, you are the doctors. The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life. You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you. Say hello to your competition. Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to leave. This is your starting line. This is your arena. How well you play? That's up to you." He finished and Lennon gulped. She. Was. Screwed.