Looking at you side ways

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Dr. Bailey says, "What kind of fool swallows the heads of ten Judy dolls?"

Derek says, "Mr. Hubble seems like such a nice normal guy."

Dr. Bailey asks, "Blocked bowels become?"

Cristina answers, "Necrotic bowels."

Dr. Bailey asks, "Running the bowels means what Dr. Burke?"

Burke answers, "Running the bowel entails removing all thirty six feet of the intestine from the body cavity and hand searching for the object and then cutting them out."

As Derek is squeezing the first head through the intestine, Nurse Debbie runs in and says, "Sorry Dr. Bailey. The Chief needs three interns asap!"

Meredith comes into the galley and glances at her watch. Their shift is officially over. She'll just wait for Derek to finish up.

Dr. Bailey says, "Yang, Burke and Montgomery. Go find out what the Chief needs."

Derek looks up and smiles at Meredith as the other three leave. Addison says loudly on her way out, "Grey was late too. I don't see why I have to stay over!"

Dr. Bailey ignores her and picks up the doll head she says, "Black Judy. What a shame. It's a real collector's item."

"Well Dr. Shepherd. It seems like our one hour surgery is going to be a four hour surgery because you will have to move all the dolls yourself."

Derek moaned loudly and looked up at Meredith. The intercom was on and she heard. She gave him a sad little smile.

Dr. Bailey looked up into the galley and said, "There's no moaning in the OR and there is no eye sex either! Hey; life is short. Times are hard. The road is long with many a winding turn." Dr. Bailey shook her head.[i] She cut them some slack for being late and then they go sucking face on hospital time. [/i]

Derek sighed and continued squeezing heads through.

"Ah yes. Mod Judy. Came with a yellow vespa. You know what's strange?"

Derek grumbled and scowled and said, "We haven't had enough strange?"

Dr. Bailey dropped the doll head in the basin and said, "She looks like Grey."

Meredith walked dejectedly to the locker room. She flipped her phone closed as she cancelled the dinner reservation. She scribbled a note for Derek and stuck it in his locker. She quickly changed clothes and went across the street to Joe's.

Meredith sat at the bar and ate her chicken fingers and fries with a shot of tequila. [i]Not exactly the romantic dinner and evening she had envisioned. Joe had tried to cheer her up but she was despondent. She snapped at every man who tried to talk to her. [/i]She thought,[i] stupid, stupid, stupid man for swallowing doll heads! She hated when she liked the patient. Mr. Hubble was so sweet. He said she had delicate features and porcelain skin.[/i] She was just about to grab a cab and go home when a peds intern offered to drive her. She thought [i]about staying at Joe's until Derek was finished, but knew it would probably be hours.[/i]

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Derek sighed as he pulled into the driveway. [i]He was hoping her light would be on in her room, but only a small light burned downstairs.[/i] He pulled into the garage and walked into the kitchen disheartened that she was already asleep. He got a bottle of water and walked into the foyer. He saw her bag and her purse. He walked upstairs dejectedly and then stood in the hallway by her door and listened.[i] No lights and no noise. Fuck,[/i] he thought.[i] Could they not catch a damn break![/i] He went directly into the bathroom and turned on the shower. As he let the water wash over him, he thought[i] that it had indeed been one hell of a week. He should be exhausted like her, but he was wired. He had been looking forward to tonight. He couldn't believe she was asleep at eight thirty PM. [/i]