The First Time

7.

Meredith couldn't believe that the evening could be going so badly. Nothing in her plan had prepared her for this.

Firstly, she'd arrived at George's place only to be greeted by him at the door in a suit. Certainly, you could have called it a casual suit ... because it was all crumpled and it didn't fit him properly. But it was a suit nonetheless. She tried to tell him kindly that he was a little over dressed and he had taken it reasonably well, informing her that he didn't get out much and that he hadn't know what to wear.

He'd looked at her in her black dress with strappy sandals that she'd borrowed from Izzie's wardrobe and it was obvious that he was stunned. She knew that it did little to cover her assets. The dress was uncomfortably short and the soft fabric of what there was of the top of it, clung to the outline of her breasts and left little to the imagination. But then that had been her plan. She had to try to seduce this guy and she really had no experience on how to go about it. She just hoped that if she showed enough flesh that he might get the hint.

But then noticing the effect that it was having on him only made her feel even guiltier about what she was doing. He seemed so uncomfortable. It looked like this guy was even more of a social outcast than she was.

She'd convinced him to lose the tie and jacket and they'd headed off to the party. Little had she known that things were only going to get worse.

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Meredith tried to rub away the frown that she knew had become a permanent fixture on her brow. Why oh why, she thought to herself, hadn't she realized that George was sitting in the IT section of the library? It was all her fault. She couldn't blame him because SHE was unobservant.

But it seemed that George was the proverbial computer nerd. He had no social skills what so ever.

And they were at a party full of active sport freaks. She realized that she couldn't have found a worse place to take him if she had tried. The only reason that she fitted in was because she was used to being around Izzie and her friends.

He had nothing in common with anyone, including her. She had tried to introduce him to people but every time he opened his mouth, it just became even more obvious that he didn't fit in. And so he'd taken to not opening his mouth at all, unless of course it was to pour alcohol down it. And in his misery, he had been doing plenty of that.

It had only taken about ten minutes to realize that bringing him along was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. And every time that thought ran through Meredith's mind she cringed. She couldn't help but wonder if it could be literal and if at the end of the night she might find that he had a square penis when they got down to business? If so then she didn't think that it would fit in to her round hole. She realized she was being ridiculous but nothing was going to plan, so why should she imagine that the end of the night would be any better.
She'd taken a few minutes rest from 'babysitting George duty' to head to the bathroom. She'd left him outside talking tennis to Burke. She knew that it wouldn't be long before one of them realized that they were talking about totally different things.

George was talking about the Nintendo Wii version, Burke was talking about the type you played on a court with rackets and balls. But it was as close as he was going to find all night to having something in common with someone.
As Meredith was leaving the bathroom she ran into Christina in the hallway.

"I see you decided to bring friend?" Christina asked.

"I hope that was okay?" Meredith asked feeling like she should apologies for her choice in guys. "Burke suggested it."

"No. It's fine. I just think that Burke was expecting you to bring McDreamy along with you." Christina explained.

"Oh." Meredith blushed remembering Burke catching her as she'd watched Derek last night. It's no wonder that he may have gotten that impression. "I think that Derek's a little out of my league." Meredith said in explanation.