A Healing Heart

Chapter 15

tw: SA, rape

"Dance with me Mer!" Charlotte shouted as she pulled a tipsy Meredith up from the bar stool.

"Like you have to ask me twice." Meredith laughed as she danced around the floor with Charlotte, her hips moving rhythmically to the Rhianna song that was playing through the speakers.

It didn't take long before more people joined them in dancing and soon enough the floor that was once empty was now full of tipsy people having a good time. She hadn't had this much fun with her friends for a while and she needed it. In all honesty mixing tequila with confusion probably wasn't one of her best ideas but in the moment it was helping and she felt herself on cloud 9. Charlotte grabbed her hands with hers and started waving them in the air to the music, laughing as they twirled each other around, the tequila becoming more apparent as the stumbled in a fit of laughter.

"I missed you!" Charlotte told her.

"I'm right here." Meredith giggled.

"I know but I missed this, I missed our tequila dance parties." she chuckled.

"Me too." Meredith smiled.

"Another shot?" Charlotte smirked.

"Have you ever known me to turn one down?" She questioned coyly.

"Never." she laughed as grabbed her hand to drag her over to the bar.

One shot become two, and two become three and three become unknown to them as they smoothly took each shot as it come. They joked at the bar for a while, laughing at the guys that were trying to pick them up at an engagement party. Jo joined them at some point, and Meredith felt the need to drink for their missed night out that was supposed to happen at the intern mixer and soon enough Jo was completely wasted. They were all completely drunk and they all found it hilarious until Alex noticed Jo falling off the stool onto her bottom.

"Jo!" he ran over to her helping her up frowning as Charlotte and Meredith freely laughed.

Jo stood up with the help of her newly fiancé and stumbled into his chest joining in with the laughter.

"Meredith what the hell?" Alex turned to her.

"What?" she laughed.

"What have you done to her, she's wasted." he frowned.

"I didn't do anything, tequila may not be so innocent though." she giggled.

"Are you kidding me? You know she can't drink like you! Why on earth would you let her drink like this?!" he snapped.

Meredith's mood quickly changed and she found herself shocked at the way his tone was with her, he never spoke to her like this. She felt belittled as he stood there frowning at her blaming her for the state his fiancee was currently in.

"I didn't force her to do anything so don't speak to me like that." she frowned.

"This is our engagement party Meredith! Do you have any idea what that means? Of course you don't because you don't understand understand anything that entails commitment! She needs to remember this night and you've ruined that for her!" his face turning red as she pointed in her face.

She turned to Charlotte who was now talking to some guy and noticed she was in this alone. Her eyes filled with tears as she looked at her best friend who was looking at her like some cheap nobody. She looked too Jo who was slumped into Alex, her eyes wide as they looked around the room quickly.

"I- I didn't do anything Alex, I swear." her voice cracked.

"Save the tears Meredith, just leave." he looked her up and down before picking up Jo and taking her to an empty booth at the other end of the bar.