PINKY AND THE BOND
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OK please don’t hurt me. It’s been a very busy stressful couple of weeks for me. I’m a senior in high school and am doing stuff for senior projects and college stuff. So I’m sorry for the long wait. Hopefully I’ll have more time to write and update more often. Please enjoy and Review.
She didn’t know how it had happened. She had been in a somewhat good mood after meeting Bond. She had even managed a laugh when she discovered that he had once again stolen her laser pointer. But that had all changed when she got off the elevator and entered her hotel room.
Her mother was working at her computer in the corner of the room, typing furiously at something. Deciding to watch TV before she had to get ready for what was sure to be a boring dinner, she jumped up onto the bed resigned to lounging away the rest of her afternoon.
Right in the middle of finding out if Monica would accept Chandler’s proposal, her mother turned the television off. Before Meredith could even get out a word of protest she was met with, “Meredith honey, we need to talk.”
She had broken out the ‘honey’, that meant that whatever news her mother was about to tell her was going to be bad. Turning her full attention to her mother, Meredith braised herself for the bad news to come… Or maybe it was good news… Maybe dinner had been canceled, that would surely make her mother disappointed. Then they could go see her play tonight. Unfortunately it was her mothers “good” news that broke her out of her train of thought.
“Honey, I’ve been offered a position for attending in Seattle, and I’ve decided to accept it,” Ellis said with a smile.
Flabbergasted, Meredith could barely form a coherent thought, let alone verbalize her feelings on the subject. “Wha…wha… when?” She finally managed to get out.
“Four months,” she stated simply, and with that she went back to her glowing computer screen.
Four Months? In four months she would have to leave New York, HER NEW YORK!
The rest of the afternoon passed in a blur, she wasn’t sure what exactly happened or what else was said after her mother had delivered the dreadful news. She wasn’t sure how she had managed to get dressed… but by the looks of the clothes she was wearing, it was apparent that her mother had picked them out for her. What kind of punk drama kid wears black slacks and a blue argyle sweater?
“Meredith, please hurry we don’t want to keep them waiting”. Her mother told her once the elevator had reached the lobby floor.
Meredith really didn’t understand the need for the rush, she was sure that her mother could show up an hour late and in drag, and these bumbling doctors would probably apologize for showing up early.
On the drive to the restaurant Ellis had made sure to lay down the ground rules to Meredith. She really didn’t want a repeat performance of the time when Ellis had invited the chief and an old professor over to dinner. At the time Meredith had been protesting the practice of censorship and had taken a vow of silence. It was such an embarrassment, the chief and her dear dear professor had tried to engage her in the conversations, but she had not spoken a word. You can imagine how mortified Ellis had been.
“Now remember to be polite and for Gods sake do not start your ranting on an animal rights if one of them orders meat. Understood?” She asked once more as they were entering the restaurant.
Meredith not feeling the need to answer just rolled her eyes and walked through the entrance. She wasn’t the least bit surprised to see that their three guests had arrived before them.
Somehow she had ended up sitting in between her mother and Addison. Not exactly the seat that she had wanted, but it was definitely better than having to sit by Addison’s snobbish fiancé Derek whatever his name was. He had only said hello to her and even that conveyed that he believed she was below him, no matter who her mother was. Addison, despite her fiance, was actually very nice and sweet. Bond… well Bond was being Bond, he even ordered a dry martini.
So far the evening had been filled with mindless chitchat, about New York, and of course medicine. It was when the waitress came to take our orders that the night got really interesting. I had been pretty much ignored by everyone except Marc who tried his best to include me, but the seating arrangement made it very difficult for any one-on-one conversation between the two of us. So he resorted to funny faces to help keep both of us sane, while Derek proceeded to kiss her mothers ass. It seemed even Addison was getting tired of listening to Derek worship the doctor.
As everyone ordered, Meredith couldn’t help but compare each person’s personality to the food that they ordered. Her mother ordered lamb with mint sauce, which said ‘I’m the best and I expect the best around me. Addison ordered a seafood linguini, which shows that she has a taste for adventure but also enjoys classic things. Derek ended up ordering the special of Lobster and Steak, which went to show that he cannot make up his mind so takes the easy solution. Meredith and Mark ended up ordering the same thing, which surprised both of them greatly. They both ended up ordering the vegetarian lasagna, which she liked to think said that they appreciated life and knew how to enjoy it.
After everyone had ordered Derek excused himself to get another drink, and Ellis went off to answer a call she had received. As soon as Derek was out of earshot, Mark had turned to Addison and, “What is wrong with him tonight?” He asked while sipping his martini.
Addison could only shake her head, “I don’t know, but he’s turned into some sniveling suck up,” she said with a heavy sigh. Then almost as if she remembered that Meredith was at the table added, “He’s not usually like this, he’s just very driven and a bit star struck.”
“I wouldn’t call it star struck. He knows exactly what he’s saying and how he’s acting.” Mark said.
“Hey, no worries, I’m used to it. It’s what I like to call the Mr. Collins syndrome.” Meredith said with a bit of a laugh.
“What’s the Mr. Collins syndrome?” Addison said seeming genuinely interested in the answer. Unfortunately before Meredith could answer, Ellis returned to the table.
“I’m terribly sorry, but I’m needed in surgery,” Ellis said addressing the two younger doctors. “Please stay and finish dinner, it’s on me. Oh and Meredith, stay, eat then go back to the hotel. I don’t want you sneaking off to that play by yourself,” and with that she turned and walked quickly from the restaurant.
Before much could be said, Derek returned with his drink, “Where is Dr. Grey?”
Addison quickly filled him, “She was called away for a surgery.”
“Well then I’m out, no reason to stay. You guys coming?” He asked completely ignoring the younger girl at the table.
“Nah, I’m going to stay and have dinner.” Mark replied
“ Addison?” Derek asked.
“I think I’m going to stay as well. I’ll meet you back at the apartment later,” She said with a smile.
“Fine,” and without so much as a good bye to Meredith or the other to occupants, he walked out and into the brisk New York evening.
Without Derek and Ellis, the dinner was much more relaxed and filled with funny tales of med school and stories of New York adventures.
“So Pinky, what is this play your mother mentioned?” Mark asked as the various plates were being cleared away.
“Oh it’s nothing,” Meredith answered with a small smile at her two companions.
“Oh come on there’s got to be more to the description than that.” Addison said while taking a drink, having loosened up considerably after the departure of Derek.
Before Meredith could answer, she was cut off by Mark, “Excuse me sir would you mind boxing up the Lobster and Steak along with the Duck? Thanks.” He said with a smile to the waitress that was helping them out. “Ok go on tell us what it’s about.”
“A couple of my friends in school are apart of this non-profit theater group that does plays in the Village. Their latest play is “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940”. I had auditioned for it and got a part, but my mom didn’t want me spending that much time on something besides school.” Meredith said her emotions on the subject shown clearly in her face.
“Well lets go!” Mark stated standing up. “What else do we all have to do? It’s Friday night lets go out and have some fun.” He added practically dragging Meredith and Addison out of their chairs.
“I should really be getting back to Derek,” Addison said with some hesitation.
“Derek can wait.” Mark argued, but after seeing that Addison was still set on going home declared, “Fine it’ll just be Pinky Bond. We don’t need you,” and with a dramatic spin he grabbed the boxes of food and Meredith and started towards the door.
“Bond, I’m capable of walking by myslef,” Meredith said with a big smile.
“That’s Mr. Bond to you, now show a little leg and get us a taxi.”
A good three hours later, they both came through the doors of a tiny theater in the village, trying to contain their laughter. “That had to be the best play I’ve ever seen Pinky. You sure know how to pick them,” Mark declared trying to get a taxi.
10 minutes with no sign of a taxi, Meredith couldn’t help but point out that she was able to get a taxi right away.
“Well of course you’re able to get a taxi quickly,” He said still trying to gain a cabbies attention. Truth of the matter is, he wasn’t exactly thrilled with the looks the cabbie had been throwing Meredith on the way to the theater. She didn’t realize it, but she was going to be a heart breaker when she was older.
Finally having gotten a taxi, without the aid of Meredith or her legs, they were on their way back to the hotel where Meredith was staying.
“Why are you staying in a hotel when you live in the city?” Mark asked fiddling with his class ring.
“The Hospital puts us up in nice rooms, and this way my mother doesn’t have to commute to the conference, she’s already there,” was her reply.
“You don’t sound very enthused about it.”
“I’m not, I don’t enjoy listening to the lectures and would rather stay at home. But my dear mother thinks that if she takes me to enough of these things I’ll magically want to go into medicine.”
Mark understood what it was like to want to do something your parents didn’t approve of. All of the men in his family had gone into the military, he was the first one who hadn’t. You would think that most parents would be thrilled that their son wanted to become a doctor, no not his dad. The day he told him that he had been accepted to Medical school, was the last time him and his dad had talked.
Meredith must have noticed her companions silence and change of mood, because she suddenly told the driver to stop. Jared from his thoughts, all Mark could do was ask what was going on, as Meredith pulled him out of the cab and paid the driver. He then noticed that they were at an entrance to the park.
“I don’t really want to go back to an empty hotel room just now, so how about a little walk?” Meredith asked starting towards the path. “Plus you need to work off all of that lasagna you ate, got to keep that Bond body of yours.”
They spent a good hour walking around the different paths. Meredith couldn’t help but notice that her opinion of the doctor next to her improved with each passing moment. There was no doubt in her mind that he was cocky and infuriating, but she also knew that there was a lot of good qualities in him. It had happened after they had been walking for 20 minutes or so, when they came across a couple of homeless people, Mark had given them the extra food from the dinner. Meredith was so surprised at this action, that all she could do was stop and watch with her mouth open. No surgeon she had ever met performed random acts of kindness, like Mark just had. No Surgeons were selfish cocky bastards that only cared for themselves and their careers. It seemed that Mark was the exception to that theory.
They continued on walking talking about everything, ranging from school to their favorite movies.
Yes Meredith thought, ‘Bond is the prefect name for him, he’s cocky and selfish but at the same time kind and always doing something good.’
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(Skip forward 8 years. Meredith is now a surgical intern at Seattle.)
There was something about off-white paint that annoyed her. It wasn’t quite white or yellow. More of a mutated tone that was unnatural in the world and seeing it all the time growing up made it even worse. Off-white is the official color of hospitals. It’s everywhere, the annoying sheets of paper attached to patient’s charts, the labels on the bottles of medication, and worst of all the walls. Off-white paint was a hospitals calling card, and it was something that Meredith dreaded seeing every day. Now here she was standing in the middle of an off-white hallway waiting for her first pre-round of her surgical internship at Seattle Grace hospital, the exact same place she had spent her childhood waiting hours upon hours for her mother to finish so they could go home with nothing to do except stare a the boring monotonous off-white walls.
She wasn’t sure why, but waiting for her pre-rounds to begin, she thought back to her last few months in New York, before moving out here to Seattle. Oh how she had dreaded the move, leaving her friends and life behind. She had spent most of the four months trying to think of ways to be able to stay, but nothing had worked. The only bright spots in that entire time was the time spent with Mark and Addison. Addison had joined their little group, deciding to let Derek stay at the apartment studying. She even got her own nick name ‘Foxy’, which Meredith had come up with once Addison had shown her sneaky ways of persuading them to go along with what she wanted. Derek joined them sometimes, but whenever he was around it was more subdued and uncomfortable. He never did treat Meredith like the other two did, choosing to ignore her.
It had been a sad when the time came for Meredith and Ellis to move out west. Mark and Addison had grown fond of the younger girl, and knew they would miss her. Over time memories faded and they all went on with their lives. Addison and Derek got married, she became one of the best OB surgeons on the east coast and he climbed to the top in the Neurology field. Mark became probably the best plastic surgeon in the country and became the type of guy that woman would kill to be with. Meredith had gone off to college and then to med school and somehow ended right back where she started, Seattle Grace.
It had been ten years... she had dyed her hair to her natural mousy blonde and officially entered into the medical career track... while contemplating the changes that she had undergone in the past ten years, a voice broke her thoughts. “Well, well, pinky is all grown up.”
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Ok That’s chapter 2. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review they really help me feel like I should continue. As always if you have any suggestions or questions or ideas just put them into a review or PM. I will listen to whatever you have to say. nn
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