Chapter 5: Trout Anyone?
Meredith, Derek, Mark, and Addison walked into a fancy Italian restaurant in downtown Seattle a few weeks after Matthew's surgery.
"Trust me, Addison. Izzie, Christina and George are great with kids." Meredith smiled trying to reassure the parents that their son was in capable hands for the night.
Derek let out a laugh and Meredith nudged him in the side.
"Well… Izzie and George are good with kids." Meredith smiled.
"Alright… If you say so." Addison smiled.
"Plus, their doctors. He's in wonderful hands." Derek put in.
Mark laughed. "Their interns… I don't really think that qualifies them as doctors."
"Hey! I'm an intern." Meredith pretended as if she found it offensive.
"Did I hurt your ego?" Mark teased.
Meredith scoffed. "I don't have an ego. I haven't been a surgeon long enough to have an ego like all of you all." Meredith smiled
"Ah." Addison smiled. "She's still a kindergartner."
"I resent that." Meredith laughed. "Derek, they're teasing me." She pouted.
"It's okay. They used to tease me too." Derek kissed her cheek before looking up at the hostess. "Table for 4 under Shepard."
"Right this way." She smiled and guided them toward a nice secluded table that overlooked the city.
"It sure is pretty tonight." Addison smiled looking out the windows.
"For once." Mark muttered. "It's always raining." He complained.
"I like the rain." Meredith grinned.
"So Meredith, have you picked your specialty?" Addison asked.
Meredith shook her head. "No, not yet. It's difficult for me to decide. All my friends have basically decided, but I just haven't been inspired."
Addison nodded. "What are your friends planning to go into?"
"Well, Alex definitely wants to go into plastics, Christina wants to go into cardio, Izzie really seems to have taken pediatric surgery and neonatal, and George seems to just like General surgery. When did you all decide?"
"Well, Mark and I knew from the beginning what we wanted to do, but Addie couldn't decide until…" Derek looked down at his wine that the hostess brought.
Mark reached across the table for Addison's hand and gave it a comforting rub as she looked over at Derek.
"Until…?" Meredith asked.
"Our daughter died a week after she was born…" Addison said as she lifted her glass and emptied the wine.
"Can I get another glass?" Addison asked the waitress.
"Oh my god." Meredith said under breath, so low that nobody could hear.
There was silence that took over the table but was cut short when Mark broke the silence.
"New subject?" he asked.
"Please." Derek said forcing a smile.
Meredith looked at Derek then at Addison. This was not how the night was supposed to go.
"Izzie! Izzie! It smells!" Christina said as she held the baby far away from her body.
"Christina just hold on a second while I fix the bottle!" Izzie yelled from the kitchen.
"IZZIE! It's moving! It's moving! Come get it, Izzie." Christina yelled.
Just then George walked in the door.
"I'm home!" he yelled.
"Thank god!" Izzie said as she walked into the living room carrying the bottle. "George, grab Matthew from Christina. She seems to have a really bad baby allergy."
George smiled down at the baby as he took her away from Christina.
"Hey there Matthew!" he cooed. "I'm Uncle George." George grinned.
"George… You don't even know his parents!" Christina said rolling her eyes.
"Kids love me. By the time he's talking he will be calling me Uncle George."
Izzie rolled her eyes. "Hand him here so I can give him his bottle."
"Matty, Matty." Izzie giggled. "He's so cute. Matty, look at George." Izzie smiled holding the baby in the direction of George.
"Georgie Porgie, Pudding Pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry…" Izzie broke out laughing. "Oh my gosh, I never knew how great that fit you!"
Izzie looked down at Matthew who had a huge baby grin on his face.
George looked at the laughing women and walked out of living room.
"Aw, George come back!" Izzie begged. "Tell him Matty, Uncle George come back and play with me!"
Christina burst out laughing, "When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away."
"I hate you all!" George yelled form upstairs.
"Do you think they are okay?" Addison asked worried.
"Addie, they're fine!' Derek told.
"Hey Derek, do you remember that time you and I went camping one day and we forgot to tell Addie." Mark laughed.
"Oh yeah!" Derek grinned as he thought back,
"Hey Naomi, have you seen Derek or Mark anywhere?" Addison asked as she came into the kitchen of their apartment.
"No." Naomi shook her head.
Mark and Derek had just moved into the Apartment that Addison and Naomi were renting. Addison and Naomi shared a room, while the men had their own separate rooms. At the time, they were only in medical school, and Derek and Addison hadn't really hit it off yet. They were more of best friends.
"Crap. I haven't seen them since yesterday." Addison started to worry.
"Don't Freak, Addie. Look they will show up. They are big boys. I'm going to the library, be back later."
"Okay." Addie pouted as she sat up on the counter.
"Seriously, Ad. Don't freak." Naomi warned her before leaving.
4 hours later Naomi returned to find 3 cops inside her apartment.
"Addison? What's going on?" Naomi rushed over to the hysterical Addison who was sitting on the couch being questioned by the police.
"They still haven't come back!" Addison cried.
"Addie, I am sure they are fine! They're boys, they've only been gone a day."
"Wait. Wait. Wait." One of the cops said. "You said they've been missing for a week!"
"What difference does it make?!" Addison yelled.
"Addie? Naomi?" Derek's voice was heard from the entrance of the apartment.
Seconds later he and Mark walked into the apartment boy in flannel shirts and cargo pants.
"You're back!" Addison yelled!
"Of course we are." Derek looked at her funny. "We just went camping for the night. We left a note on your bulletin board!" Derek told her.
"I NEVER CHECK MY BULLITON BOARD! HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO LEARN THAT?" Addison yelled.
"HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO LOOK THERE WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND US?" Mark yelled at the same volume.
Derek felt very awkward between the two and having 3 cops glaring at them, so he reached into the ice chest and pulled something out.
"We caught trout." Derek smiled proudly.
"I'll show you out." Naomi told the cops hesitantly.
"That's so funny, and so like you!" Meredith teased Derek.
"I've always been a bit of a worry wart." Addison admitted.
Derek snorted. "Understatement of the year, Ladies and Gentlemen."
Mark nodded in agreement. "It's okay Babe, I think it's cute." Mark kissed her cheek.
"You all ready to go?" Addison asked.
They all nodded.
"I need to go visit the ladies room before we go, though." Meredith said.
"Me too. You two don't get lonely while we're gone." Addison winked at Mark.
Meredith giggled as she and Addison walked to the bathrooms.
"So, do you think this is weird?" Meredith asked Addison awkwardly as they washed their hands.
Addison laughed, "I think it's weird that it isn't weird."
Meredith nodded. "I think that too. Let's get home, I bet Christina is about ready to kill Izzie and George."
Addison laughed.
TBC…
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