INT.HOSPITAL
George stands in the elevator leaning against the wall. His feet are tired from running around all day and all he really wants to do is go home and go to bed. The doors to the elevator open to reveal Callie. Callie enters the elevator.
������������������������ CALLIE
��������� Dr. O?Malley.
������������������������ GEORGE
���� ���� Dr. Torres.
The doors to the elevator close and it starts moving.
������������������������ CALLIE
��������� Have you thought anymore about us?
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� Yes.
������������������������ CALLIE
��������� And?
������������������������ GEORGE
I think we need a break. Just for a little while.
�������������� CALLIE
I?m not going to wait forever George. I waited long enough for you to ask me out.
�������������� GEORGE
I know. I just need some time Callie.
�������������� CALLIE
I?ll give you time, George. Just don?t expect me to wait around for you, that?s all.
George and Callie stand in the elevator for a moment.
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� I have this patient-
������������������������ CALLIE
��������� Does it look like a care George?
Callie makes an irritated noise and steps out of the elevator when the doors ding open.
INT. MEREDITH?S HOUSE
George trudges up the steps and looks up to see Meredith?s and Izzy?s doors are closed.
He continues to his room and pauses when he hears a clarinet in Meredith?s room. Ripley plays a chromatic scale from the lowest note on the instrument, to the highest note she possibly can, which George is guessing to be a Bb or a C way above the staff. Either note, that he never tried to attempt to play .
George opens his room and tosses his book bag in, then grabs his clarinet and walks back to Meredith?s room. He listens for a moment while Ripley plays a high note, then an octave lower. He waits until there is silence for a few moments, then knocks on the door. He hears shuffling, then Ripley opens the door.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Hey, George. I didn?t know that you were back.
�������������� GEORGE
I just got back from the hospital.
There is a pause where no one says anything.
�������������� RIPLEY
Can I help you with something?
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� About those duets?
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� You want to play them now?
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� Yeah.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Do you mind if we play them in your room? I?m sure Meredith will be home soon if you?re here.
�������������� GEORGE
Sure.
Ripley turns around walks further into Meredith?s room, grabbing her double clarinet case and sits down. She opens it and swabs out her clarinet.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Sorry, I was planning on working on orchestral excerpts, so I had my A clarinet out.
�������������� GEORGE
Take your time. I?ll be in my room.
George turns and walks to his room while Ripley takes her clarinet apart, thoroughly cleaning it before putting her Bb clarinet together and sticks the mouthpiece that she used for her A clarinet onto her Bb, then tests it out.
She grabs a stack full of duet books from the corner where she had been going through her music a few days ago. Ripley also grabs her clarinet stand, which looks like an alien from outer space, then walks to George?s room.
The door is closed, so she knocks on it gently. George opens the door.
������������������������ GEORGE
Hey there. Welcome to my side of the hall come on in.
George has a metal music stand up with a few duet books on it.
������������������������ RIPLEY
So how long has it been since you played clarinet?
Ripley puts the music down next to the music stand, then unfolds her clarinet stand and lets it bounce to the floor, then places her clarinet on it.
������������������������ GEORGE
Burke plays jazz trumpet, so we played some when I stayed with him and Christina.
Ripley opens up the first duet book and begins paging through it.
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� How long have you played?
������������������������ RIPLEY
Since fifth grade.But I got my first bachelor?s in music education. Then I realized that being a band director just wasn?t for me. And it?s hard to be a performer. I didn?t have the dedication necessary to practice eight hours a day.
Ripley stops turning pages on one particular duet, then George brings the music stand back so they can sit on the edge of the bed.
������������������������ RIPLEY
I always enjoyed learning about psychology, so I got what I needed to be a psychologist. I never gave up playing, though, obviously.
Ripley sits on the edge of the bed and grabs her clarinet.
������������������������ RIPLEY
I?ve been taking lessons off and on since I got my music ed degree so when I ended up in Seattle and read about the opening in the Symphony, I decided to give it a shot. What the heck, ya know?
George sits next to Ripley.
�������������� GEORGE
And everything fell into place.
���� ��������� RIPLEY
Exactly.
She doodles on her clarinet for a little bit before pulling out at each of the joints.
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� Play a B for me.
George does as he?s instructed, then Ripley joins in, playing all the B?s on her clarinet. Listening to the tuning, then stops playing to fuss with how far each joint is pulled out.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Sorry. I hate not playing in tune. Let?s do this.
INT. MEREDITH?S HOUSE ? HALLWAY
Izzy stands in her doorway looking down at George?s room when Meredith walks up the stairs.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� What is that noise?
������������������������ IZZY
��������� That would be Ripley and George playing.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Together?
At that moment, the playing stops and they hear George and Ripley erupt into laughter about something.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� Yup.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� That?s weird.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� Tell me about it.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� I like her better than Callie.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� Seriously.
EXT. TRAILOR
It is dark outside when Derek finally pulls his car up to the trailer. He sits in his car silently staring at the trailer for a moment. He can see Addison inside the window walking around.
Letting out a sigh, Derek gets out of the car and walks up to the door of the trailer. He tries the handle, and it?s locked. He takes his key out of his pocket and slips it in, finding it odd that Addison would lock the trailer when she?s inside. It was a relatively safe neighborhood with no one for miles. He turns the key. Nothing happens. He tries again. Still nothing.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� ADDISON!
Addison opens a window, but only a crack.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Yes, sweetheart?
������������������������ DEREK
��������� My key doesn?t work.
������������������������ ADDISON
I had the locks changed today. I had a lot of free time with it being my day off and everything.
������������������������ DEREK
This is my trailer! You didn?t even want to live here!!
�������������� ADDISON
But half of this lovely trailer is still mine. Half of everything here is still mine.
Derek, getting angry begins to look around for something to kick. Looking closer, he can see his clothes all over the front lawn with a suitcase wide open.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� What happened to my clothes?
������������������������ ADDISON
Freak tornado. It only disturbed your clothes. Weird, huh? Have a nice night Derek!
Addison closes the window with an evil smile.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� SATAN!
Derek kicks the side of the trailer and grumbles something unintelligible before moving around the lawn, picking up his clothes, then shoving them into the suitcase.
EXT. BACKYARD
Alex teaches Meredith some of the basics of boxing. He holds up two pads, one on each hand and Meredith wears boxing gloves.
������������������������ ALEX
When you punch, you need to put your whole body weight behind it. Here.
Alex hands the pads to her and demonstrates just using his arm, then using his whole body weight. Meredith gives the pads back to Alex.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Like this?
Meredith uses her whole body when punching.
������������������������ ALEX
That?s better. Now, don?t straighten your elbow out. You could end up over extending it and hurting the tendons.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Like this?
Meredith punches again.
������������������������ ALEX
��������� That?s better.
INT. MEREDITH?S HOUSE ? LATER
Izzy baked up a storm all day with chocolate cakes, cupcakes of different varieties, and muffins of more kinds than you can possible describe all over the kitchen. Meredith, Izzy, George and Ripley are all sitting around the kitchen table.
������������������������ GEORGE
I like it when you?re upset. You are a cooking fiend.
�������������� IZZY
It?s my thing.
�������������� RIPLEY
I found an apartment today. Yay!But I can?t move in for another three weeks. Boo.
�������������� MEREDITH
Rip, you can stay here as long as you like.
�������������� RIPLEY
No thanks, Mer. You kick in your sleep. And you tried to grab my butt.
�������������� MEREDITH
I?ve never gotten complaints before.
�������������� RIPLEY
That?s cause most guys don?t know you the way I know you.
�������������� IZZY
So. I think I?ve made a decision.
Izzy stands up and walks to the counter.
�������������� GEORGE
About what?
�������������� IZZY
About what I?m going to do with my life, now.
�������������� MEREDITH
That?s awesome, Izzy. Are you coming back to the program?
Izzy picks up a chocolate cake and brings it over to the table.
��������� ���� IZZY
No, I?m going to get transferred to pediatrics.
�������������� GEORGE
Not surgery?
�������������� IZZY
I can?t handle surgery. Little kids, I can handle.
Izzy walks over to a drawer and pulls out a knife. She
�������������� RIPLEY
I think that?s a good decision, Izzy.
�������������� MEREDITH
Why pediatrics?
Izzy walks back over to the table and hands the knife to George, who then beings to cut slices for each of them.
�������������� IZZY
Well, on her day off, Ripley took me to this children?s center. I had so much fun and I just wanted to help all of those poor kids.
Izzy sits back down.
�������������� MEREDITH
That?s awesome, Izzy. I?m happy for you.
The doorbell rings. Meredith hops up.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� I?ll get it.
Meredith walks to the foyer and opens the door to find Derek standing there with a suitcase by his feet. Meredith opens the second door.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� What are you doing here? With a suitcase?
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Addison threw me out.
������������������������ MEREDITH
Of the trailer? She didn?t even like the trailer.
�������������� DEREK
I know. So, anyway. Can I stay with you?
�������������� MEREDITH
Don?t you have any other friends?
�������������� DEREK
Mer, I?m coming to you because I need help. And because I still have your underwear.
�������������� MEREDITH
I have to do one thing, first.
�������������� DEREK
What?s that?
�������������� MEREDITH
This.
Meredith winds up and punches Derek right in the nose. Derek doubles over holding his nose.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Why did you do that?
�������������� MEREDITH
Because. You are sneaky, with the ransom for the underwear. But I?m sneaky to. Ok, you can stay here. On the couch. Because even though you and Addison aren?t together right now, doesn?t mean that you and I are together. I?m still with Finn. Now, where?s my underwear?
�������������� DEREK
I didn?t say I had them on me. And I didn?t say that I was going to give them to you.
������������������������ MEREDITH (laughing)
Come on in. We?ll get you some ice and a towel for that nose.
Derek enters the house with a little smile on his face because even though he and Meredith weren?t together yet, it was a step in the right direction. Derek puts his suitcase in the living and the two enter the kitchen.
������������������������ MEREDITH (V.O.)
Yes, it?s the complications in life that make it interesting, but when the complications are through and we?re picking up the pieces, we begin to find out who our real friends are, who really cares about us.
While Meredith?s voice over plays over the scene, the camera moves to show Meredith getting ice for Derek, and then a towel. Ripley yelps something, then Izzy. George looks on, then chuckles. Derek holds up his hand, and Meredith mouths something about him being fine. Meredith pulls a chair out for Derek, then Ripley gets up and gets plates and some aspirin. She hands the plates around and places the aspirin in front of Derek. Everyone takes a piece of cake that Izzy has made while Derek leans his head back.
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