Irresistible?

Part 2.

"A no sex bet?" laughed Cristina, stealing one of Alex's fries and popping it into her mouth. Alex glared at her and pulled his fries towards himself.

"Yes," nodded Meredith, spearing a few pieces of lettuce with her dulled plastic fork before sticking it into her mouth.

"You and your horny McDreamy made a bet to see who could resist each other?" she questioned disbelievingly.

"Yes."

"Dude, neither of you will last a week," snorted Alex as he picked up his water bottle to take a drink.

"A week? I give them two days," scoffed Cristina.

"Hey! I can resist. He's not irresistible," she insisted. "I have constraint."

"Adulterous prom sex," Cristina supplied.

Meredith looked away from her friend, bowing her head in shame. "Yeah... well... that doesn't count... he started that anyways!"

"How did not going out or sleeping with your boss go?" questioned Alex sarcastically.

"Well... yeah, okay, but-"

"And taking it slow after you two got back together?" Cristina snickered.

"That lasted a while..." argued Meredith feebly, nudging her salad side to side with the plastic fork.

"And you broke up with him but then ended up having dirty sex over and over," she added.

"I-"

"Save it Mer," smirked Cristina. "Face it. You won't last. The guy looks at you once with that annoyingly dreamy smirk with the head tipping, your pants will be on the ground faster than I could snap my fingers."

"She ri'," said Alex with a full mouth.

"Well, I'll have you know I have a few tricks up my sleeve that will make him crack way before I do," insisted Meredith with a sly smile. "He's easy."

"I'm betting on Shepherd," he said. "Mer, you're kinda a whore. You like sex. I mean, you sound like a freaking porno. No, I'm not intentionally listening, you're just that loud."

"Ass," she murmured, raising her leg under the table to kick Alex making him wince visibly.

"Let's bet on it," offered Cristina to Alex, pulling out her wallet. "Shepherd will crack way before Mer does." Cristina pulled out two twenties, putting them on the table between herself and Alex. Alex shrugged, tugging two crumpled twenties out of his pocket and slamming them down on top of Cristina's.

"Thank you, Cristina," smiled Meredith. "At least I have one vote of confidence."

"Yeah, you may be a whore but, Shepherd looks at you like he wants to mount you all the time. If you actually shaved your legs and tried, he'd have no chance," assured her Cristina.

"Thank you?" she asked, unsure if that was a compliment.

"Sure," Cristina grinned, managing to nab another one of Alex's fries.

XXX

Mark laughed heartily, trying to get a sip of the bitter, black liquid down. "You seriously initiated this dumb no sex bet?"

"Yes," nodded Derek, taking signing off on a chart.

"I don't understand... why?" he questioned disbelievingly.

"Because she was testing my self control. I wanted to prove I have some," he said, handing a chart to a nurse with a polite smile.

"You're stupid." Mark rolled his eyes, draping his stethoscope over his neck.