All Stitched Up - Herbie Hancock feat. John Mayer
INT. RIPLEY?S OFFICE
Meredith lies across the couch and Ripley stares at Meredith like she is crazy.
������������������������ MEREDITH (V.O)
We put things off. In pre-school, it was when we finger painted on the walls when we knew our parents would be mad. Then in grade school it was telling the person that we liked that we liked them, in case they didn?t feel the same. In college, it was that thirty page paper with a five page bibliography or studying for that major test that could make or break your grade for the class.
������������������������ MEREDITH
Him with his problems and his wife? And how am I going to tell Finn that the man that I slept with at prom is now living in my house?? Especially since he has my panties!
�������������� RIPLEY
Meredith-
�������������� MEREDITH (V.O)
Now, it?s telling the man that we?re dating that the man that we slept with is sleeping on our couch.
�������������� MEREDITH
I mean, seriously? Could I have made things anymore awkward if I tried? What is wrong with me? He didn?t even apologize for calling me a whore!
�������������� RIPLEY
Meredith.
Meredith looks up at the ceiling, ignoring Ripley?s interruptions.
�������������� MEREDITH
And mom. Mom! He got her into that stupid program. She?s having more good days. And she remembers me more. She keeps lecturing me about being a surgeon. My mother!
�������������� RIPLEY
MEREDITH!!!
Meredith finally looks at Ripley, as if seeing her for the very first time.
�������������� MEREDITH
What?
�������������� RIPLEY
Meredith, you are not my patient. What are you doing here? On my couch?In my office?And who called you a whore?
�������������� MEREDITH
I?m avoiding everyone. Derek. And he didn?t call me a whore. (grudgingly) But he damn well implied it. (pause) Isn?t it your lunch break?
�������������� RIPLEY
Yes, it?s my lunch break, but you didn?t even give me time to grab my lunch. You just plopped right down on my couch without even saying hello.
Ripley gets up and pulls a paper bag out of the tiny refrigerator behind her desk.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Got anything for me?
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� Don?t you have your own lunch?
Ripley opens her fridge again and pulls out an apple, then tosses it to Meredith before closing the door again.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Nah.I?m not even supposed to be here today.
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� Then why don?t you go home?
Ripley walks over to her chair and puts her feet up on the coffee table.
������������������������ MEREDITH
Because Derek is there and he stares at me with those eyes that make it so that I can?t breathe.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Tell Derek to grow some balls and lie in the bed that he?s made. *pause* Why don?t you go visit Finn?
������������������������ MEREDITH
Because I haven?t told him about Derek sleeping on my couch.
�������������� RIPLEY
Are you not going to invite him over anymore? Cause he?s going to eventually notice that Derek is either there or that George is really messy and is keeping his clothes in the living room.
Ripley opens her bag and pulls out another apple, a container of yogurt and a spoon.
�������������� MEREDITH
I?m hoping to keep Finn away long enough for Derek to find somewhere else to stay. When did you start calling him Derek?
�������������� RIPLEY
When he operated on Katalina as a favor.
�������������� MEREDITH
See?He?s being McDreamy again.
�������������� RIPLEY
If you?re even thinking about calling him McDreamy, then you need to break up with McVet, like, yesterday.
Meredith sits up on the couch and puts both feet on the floor, facing Ripley.
�������������� MEREDITH
So?You and George?
Ripley becomes intensely interested in picking up her apple and studying it before taking a bite.
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� What about me and George?
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� You like him, don?t you?
������������������������ RIPLEY
It is unethical for me to like him. He is my patient.
�������������� MEREDITH
And the hanging out and playing duets?
�������������� RIPLEY
We were just playing duets. That?s it, end of story.
Ripley gets up and walks to the refrigerator, pulls a bottle of water out then unscrews the lid. She takes a long sip from it, contemplating for a moment before continuing.
������������������������ RIPLEY
I mean, I could like him. A lot.He?s adorable and anyone would be crazy not to like him. Especially with those eyes.But he?s my patient and it would be unethical to even debate the issue.
Ripley takes the bottle and sits back down on her chair.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� So you?ve thought about it?
������������������������ RIPLEY
Absolutely not. (pauses) So, you and Mcdreamy?In an exam room?
Meredith lays back down on the couch, propping her feet on the arm of the couch again.
�������������� MEREDITH
��������� Yes.
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� So how did it make you feel?
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� I?m not giving you details!!
������������������������ RIPLEY
No, not how did it FEEL. Meredith, you have a dirty mind. How did it feel, emotionally?
Meredith contemplates this for a moment.
�������������� MEREDITH
It felt? Bittersweet? relieved? Like, there had been all of this tension that was just building up inside and then? Relief.
�������������� RIPLEY
But he?s still married?
�������������� MEREDITH
Separated, now. I guess.
�������������� RIPLEY
What about Finn?
�������������� MEREDITH
I like Finn. A lot.He?s perfect for me.
�������������� RIPLEY
But he?s not McDreamy.
�������������� MEREDITH
But he is McVet. I could really, really love him.
�������������� RIPLEY
Are you going to give him a chance? A real honest to goodness, toe curling chance? With McDreamy sleeping on your couch?
�������������� MEREDITH
I?m going to try.
�������������� RIPLEY
Good. (pause) So why did you punch Derek?
�������������� MEREDITH
Because him and his panty stealing friends stole my panties and he won?t give them back!!!
�������������� RIPLEY
Don?t you think you overreacted? Just a little?
�������������� MEREDITH
I want my panties. And he?s still married. He makes me mad.
�������������� RIPLEY
Let?s explore that.
INT.HOSPITAL ? ELEVATOR
Derek stands leaning against one side of the elevator, moving his neck from side to side, trying to loosen it. He was too old to be sleeping on someone?s couch. Mark enters the elevator.�
������������������������ MARK
��������� You look a little worse for wear.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Just a little stiff.
������������������������ MARK
��������� Sleeping on the couch?
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Now why would you say that?
������������������������ MARK
��������� Just a rumor.
The doors to the elevator open and Mark gets off. He sees Addison standing at the end of the hall at the nurses? station and walks over to her.
������������������������ MARK
��������� Hey Gorgeous.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Don?t call me that Mark.
������������������������ MARK
��������� So I heard there?s trouble in paradise.
������������������������ ADDISON
Mark, you?ve been here for how long now? Why are you making your presence known now?
�������������� MARK
Just preparing.
�������������� ADDISON
Preparing for what?
Addison makes some notes on a chart, she flips through some pages, then makes more notes.
������������������������ MARK
Nothing you need to worry about yet. Why don?t you meet me for dinner? Tonight?
�������������� ADDISON
Derek and I-
�������������� MARK
Are separated. Again.
�������������� ADDISON
How did you know that?
�������������� MARK
When are you gonna realize that you love me? Not Derek.
�������������� ADDISON
I have patients to look in on.
Addison hurries away.
INT. MEREDITH?S HOUSE
Izzy sits on her bed, staring at her nightstand. Or, more specifically, the cell phone on the nightstand.
���� ������������������� IZZY
Don?t wimp out. Just do it. You want to do Pediatrics?You?re going to have to call and talk to the Chief. There has to be repercussions for what you?ve done.
Izzy picks up the cell phone and dials the hospital. She gets Richard?s secretary.
���� ������������������� IZZY
Hi, this is Izzy Stevens. I?d like to make an appointment with the chief of surgery. (pause) As soon as possible would be good. (pause) Cancellation at 2? I?ll be there. Thank you.
Izzy snaps her cell phone shut and looks at the alarm clock on her nightstand. 11 o?clock. She had a few hours to prepare.
INT. HOSPITAL PATIENT?S ROOM
Christina, Alex, George and Bailey all stand around a patient?s bed.
������������������������ BAILEY
��������� You sure you should be here Yang?
������������������������ CHRISTINA
Absolutely. Burke?s mom is here. She?s taking care of him today.
�������������� BAILEY
All right.Presenting.
�������������� CHRISTINA
This is Gary Hart. He?s 40 years old and was shot last night. The bullet, miraculously, didn?t puncture his spine, heart or lungs, but was lodged between the spine and back rib cage.
�������������� BAILEY
Good, what happens next?
�������������� CHRISTINA
Dr. Keyes will be taking him to surgery soon to have the bullet taken out.
�������������� BAILEY
Good. Go scrub in Yang.
Bailey, George, and Alex exit the room.
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