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Chapter 15

"I can't believe you're finally eating lunch with us." Izzy said while stuffing a chip into her mouth.

"Well since operation avoid my mother failed epically I figured I should at least eat where I want to."

"Plus George was getting tired of bringing food to the ER." George said.

"I never asked you to do that George." Meredith scowled.

"No, but humanity did. You can't afford to go without a meal, you might fall through a storm drain or something." he said. Meredith glared at him, they heard a tray slam down against their table and looked up to see Christina sliding into a seat, they all stared at her incredulously.

"What?" she snapped, as if she belonged there.

"Um, nothing." Izzy shook her head and looked away. Meredith shrugged and looked at her plate.

"You don't usually eat lunch with us." George said.

"Well maybe I want to today." Christina retorted, they looked at her unconvinced "Ok, apparently I need some friends so I don't come off as an uptight bitch."

"But you are an uptight bitch." George mumbled.

"George!" Izzy gasped "Don't be discouraging."

"I'm being obvious."

"I don't really give a shit what rainbow boy thinks anyways." Christina shrugs, George glared.

"You've been hounding around the cardio god lately." George said "Why not eat lunch with him, by the rumors going around you might as well be dating anyway."

"Seriously?" Izzy's eyes lit up "Are they true?"

"And this is why I don't have friends." Christina mumbled "Too nosy."

"Christina's right." Meredith said under her breath as she munched her salad "Everyone needs secrets." she suddenly heard silence around the table and looked up from her plate to see everyone staring at her "What?"

"What are you hiding?" Izzy giggled with a grin.

"Nothing!" Meredith stuttered "I'm not hiding anything.. Nothing to hide, no not here."

"Well that says it all." George smirked.

Meredith was saved by a loud shrieking beep coming from her side, she jumped out of her chair and looked at her beeper.

"Who is that?" Izzy asked.

"Probably Shepherd." George teased "Wanting her secret services."

"I have absolutely no control over who pages me!" Meredith hissed and sat back down to glare at them as she grabbed her lab coat. George's pager went off as well and he glanced at it.

"Looks like wants an audience."

"Ha!" Meredith spat.

"I'll race you." George smirked.

"George," Meredith rolled her eyes "I have no interest in immature games."

"Your loss." he shrugged.

"No." she grinned, then proceeded to shove him back into his chair, causing it to knock backward and sprawling him out all over the floor "It's yours!"

"Oh that was just...dirty." George grumbled as he picked himself off the floor and tried to catch up to her feeling figure. They giggled up the stairs as they played their little race and stopped once they got to radiology, trying to compose themselves before they got to CT. Meredith got in the room first and saw Derek sitting in a chair next to the radiologist, he looked up at them, showing no emotion.

"You paged us?" she asked, he nodded.

"What do you see?" he asked pointing to the screen. They both squinted.

"What is that?" George asked

"A tumor." Meredith gulped.

"Correct Dr. Grey." Derek said.

"Is that Jorge?" Meredith asked, glancing in the room.

"Yes," Derek nodded "You were right, he has a tumor."

"What does this mean?" George asked.

"This means that you two get to play rock paper scissors or whatever stupid mindless intern games you play to see who gets to go into surgery with me." Derek explained.

"Seriously?" they said simultaneously...

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Derek scowled. Meredith rolled her eyes and then heard George snicker.

"Crap." She said under her breath, remembering the competitive moment she had a few minutes ago that caused her to shove George to the ground. She turned to him with wide pleading eyes.

"No competition sir." George said with a sincere smile. "It was Meredith's idea, she should do the surgery."

"George," Meredith mumbled "You're the one on the case, you've been doing the work."

"All Dr. O'Malley has been doing is running labs Grey, so I'll see you in surgery." Derek mumbled, he got up and walked out the door, nodding to them both. Meredith sighed and stared at George.

"Why did you do that?"

"He was offering you a spot in the OR...how can you turn it down?"

"I don't know, I guess I don't feel worthy yet."

"Well start feeling worthy." George said as they walked off. "And maybe you'll get more than just OR time with him."

"Shut up."

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