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"Chapter 5 -Liars Great Lies"

Meredith woke up the next morning to the smell of pancakes,

"Izzy," she mumbled as she climbed out of bed and headed towards the kitchen,

"Izz, how long are you going to do this for?" asked Meredith as she sat down at the table

"Oh, I don't know. I mean after tomorrow I won't have anyone to cook for so, I thought maybe we would have pancakes this morning!" said Izzy happily as she pushed a plate full of pancakes towards Meredith. Looking at them hungrily, she dug in.

"So, what time did George leave?"

"Oh, about 2 hours ago. I cooked him pancakes too,"

"You were up since 4:30?"

"Ya! Why?"

Meredith just looked at the Betty Crocker replica and shook her head.

"So what do you have planned for today Mer?" asked Izzy as she whipped up another batch of pancake batter,

"Oh, I don't know. I was thinking about going down to the hospital today and see everyone at lunch. See Bailey and apologize so she won't totally ignore me tomorrow. You wanna come?"

"SURE! Hey, lets bake some cookies and take them to Bailey and them!"

"You do that Izz, I'll be up in my room taking a shower,"

When Meredith took one last look at Izzy, she was getting out flour and starting to make a batch of chocolate chip cookies,

"Oh Izz," whispered Meredith as she climbed the stairs to take a long shower."

Meredith and Izzy arrived at SGH just when the other interns got off for lunch. Everyone gathered around the usual table in the courtyard as they caught up on the usual hospital gossip.

"OMG Bailey put me in the pit AGAIN! I swear if-"

"Oh shut up Bambi. At least you get to see some action. Bailey stuck me at the front desk! This is the fourth time I haven't worn scrubs!"

"Well, I got stuck with both Shepherds Yang! I'm running in between vagina duty and all the psycho people who decided to hit their head on the kitchen table! Cough Grey Cough"

"You better watch out Alex, I'm coming back tomorrow! You know if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be here anyway! I was the one who helped you study for your practical!"

"No you weren't I was!"

"Ya! After you came in and freaked out because he was touching my boob!"

"ALL OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!"

Everyone turned towards Izzy shocked.

"Oh no! Bailey stuck you in the pit! Oh no! You're stuck with both Shepherds! Oh no you're not seeing any action because all you care about is getting into surgeries! Oh no you've been out for a month because you decided to kill yourself! ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!" Izzy got up and ran out of the courtyard. The other 4 just sat there looking at each other. Finally Meredith got up

"Hey sorry guys. Um, I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" Meredith started running in the same direction as Izzy.

"Great the two suicidal girls think they're too good for us now," said Alex sarcastically.

"You evil spawn!" yelled Christina as she threw her roll at him and got up running after the two girls.

"Women," whispered Alex as he went back to his food.

Meredith entered SGH and headed straight for the elevator. As luck would have it, Addison and Derek both stepped out of the open elevator, bumping into Meredith.

"Meredith! Hey, I didn't think you would be back today!"

"No, I'm not. I came to see everyone at lunch and-" Meredith stopped short as her eyes darted to Addison's ring finger. Both rings were still on her finger. Derek's wedding ring was also on his.

"You liar!" whispered Meredith, eyes flaring! "YOU LIED TO ME!" Meredith turned and ran past Christina and out of SGH.

"What's she talking about Derek?" whispered Addison into Derek's ear

"I have no clue," whispered Derek back as they both headed towards the hospital courtyard. Christina was in the middle of the room totally confused.

"SHIT!" she yelled as she turned and ran after Meredith.

"MER! MER! GOD DAMNIT MEREDITH WAIT UP!" Meredith heard Christina behind her, but she didn't slow down. All Meredith wanted to do was go to Joe's Bar and drink until she died. Christina finally caught up with Meredith before she could open the door.

"Ya, I don't think so," said Christina as she grabbed Meredith's arm and pulled her around. "What the hell was that about?" Christina could see Meredith was distraught. Tears were pouring from her eyes.

"He lied to me! He said him and Addison got a divorce! He was going to make it up to me by taking me out to dinner tonight! He even showed me the papers with BOTH signatures! HE LIED TO ME!" Meredith collapsed in Christina's arms.

"Oh, um," Christina stood there not knowing what to do, "Well, lets go back up to the hospital and see if he can explain everything,"

"There's nothing to explain, HE LIED TO ME!"

"Who lied to you?" Meredith looked up to see Derek standing right in front of her

"YOU! YOU FREAKIN LIAR!"

"Whoa Meredith calm down. Now what did I lie about," Derek lead her into Joe's and sat her down at the nearest table "Dr. Yang can you tell Joe the usual for me, and water for Miss. Grey here, and whatever you want. Start a tab for me too please," Christina turned and headed towards the bar as Derek turned towards Meredith. "Okay Mer, now what did I lie about?"

"Your divorce with Addison! You gave me the papers and everything! You said both of you were over each other, and you wanted me. But I saw you. Both of you still have your rings! YOU LIED!" Meredith collapsed on the table in a pile of sobs. Derek and Christina's beeper went off at the moment, but both of them ignored it.

"Look Mer, I didn't lie to you. Yes we are divorced. I still have to give the papers to the lawyer. What I gave you were copies. Also, I haven't gotten the chance to take off my ring. See Addison and I got married a special way, and we have to get divorced a special way. Please look at me. I didn't lie to you. I do love you." Both pagers went off again.
"Shit! Look Meredith I gotta go okay? I'll see you tonight?"

"Ya," answered Meredith quietly as all three of them got up and left the bar. When Meredith turned the corner to go back to the house. Derek went the opposite direction of Christina.

"Dr. Yang, can you tell Dr. O'Malley that I'll be there in a second?" Christina just nodded as she headed back to the hospital. Derek kept on walking until he met up with Addison

"No where were we?" he asked as they started to engage into a long and furious kiss.