Continuation of If/Then

Part 2

Ellis Grey walked up to Richard in a huff, "I think we need to fire Derek Shepherd."

"What? Why?"

"He disrespected me in my own hospital."

"What exactly did he say?"

"He told me how to talk to my own daughter and said that she was a better person than I will ever be."

Richard paused. 

"I love you, I really do. But I also love Meredith and, hun, it sounds like he was just defending her."

"I am HIS BOSS RICHARD. He talked back to me, he argued with me. It was unacceptable."

"Ellis. If you fire a man for defending YOUR daughter against YOU I don't know if I will be able to forgive you and I am pretty sure Meredith won't forgive you either."

Ellis glared at her husband.

Meredith walked into the cafeteria. She saw Alex, April, Charles, and Jackson all sitting at a table. She normally would have sat with them but she hadn't forgiven Alex or April and she also figured Alex would probably still be bitter about Derek and the punching situation. (Authors note: sorry this is a bit random but "Derek and the Punching Situation" would be a fabulous band name.)  

She saw another table where Cristina was sitting alone, and she plopped her food down next to her.

"What- are you doing?" Cristina asked.

"I am going to eat lunch with you cause I don't want to eat alone and I def don't want to sit with my skank ex-fiance."

Cristina smirked at Meredith. She had been working with Meredith for many years but had never seen this dark and twisty side of her. 

"Fine. So what happened at the bar after I left."

Meredith gave her a guilty look.

"Oh what did you do?"

"I... uhh. Slept with McDreary."

Cristina laughed loudly. "I am liking you more and more. Isn't he married."

Meredith smirked. "Not anymore" She said slyly.

"You did not- did you break up his marriage. That is so badass."

"No they were already split up. But I did something else that would make you proud. Look at whore-boy's face." Meredith pointed at Alex and Cristina turned to see his bruised nose and eye.

"You did that?!"

"Bet your booty I did." Meredith said proudly.

"I am so proud of you"

Meredith saw Derek grab some food and walk out of the cafeteria.

"I'm going to go talk to-"

"Your McRebound?"

"Yea, also I don't think McDreary is a good name for him anymore."

"Well I am not going to call him Dr. Shepherd."

"I was thinking McDreamy."

"Blahh. Gross."

Meredith smiled and got up. "Gross but accurate."

Meredith ran after Derek calling his name. Addison saw her and called her aside.

"Grey, why are you looking for Derek."

"I um- it's private."

"He is my husband." Meredith gulped. What if Derek had lied to her and he was still with Addison.

"I- he said you two were no longer together. Sorry if I got that wrong." Meredith said nervously.

"No, he was right. But. Are you seeing him?"

"I'm sorry. This is not really- I don't really want to discuss my personal life with you." Meredith said quickly, then continued running after Derek.

Addison stood still. She couldn't believe Derek had moved on so quickly. They ended things yesterday and he already has a young shiny resident fawning after him.

Once Meredith caught up to Derek she said, "Hey how are you?"

Derek looked at her a bit confused, "I am.. good, and you?"

"Well I was doing really great. Especially cause of last night. Last night was really great. And then talking with you this morning and punching that slut then you yelling at my mother for me. Safe to say I was having a pretty perfect day, then your wife had a conversation with me."

"What did she say?"

"Well she wanted to know why I was looking for you and asked me if I was seeing you. When I said that I didn't really want to discuss my private life with her and she... I think... assumed."

"She cheated on me. She doesn't have the right to be mad at me for moving on."

"Well that is good enough for me. Also I think I fixed your nickname."

"What do you mean by 'fixed'"

"I changed it. We are done with the Mcdreary."

"So what is it now?"

Meredith grabbed his arm and pulled him into the on-call room and kissed him passionately. Once she was done she pulled back and stared at his eyes. She whispered,  "Now they are going to call you McDreamy"

He started to laugh. "I think after that kiss I definitely don't fit the McDreary thing anymore. I actually can't imagine being dreary ever again."

They started to kiss more.

(again I am too lazy to proofread this so sorry about that)