INT.HOSPITAL ? OR
Dr. Webber performs a surgery and Christina assists.
������������������������ RICHARD
��������� How is Dr. Burke doing, Dr. Yang?
������������������������ CHRISTINA
Good, sir.He?s recovering well physically. He?s not taking it well mentally, sir.
�������������� RICHARD
Why do you say that?
�������������� CHRISTINA
He?s talking about taking up fishing, sir.
�������������� RICHARD
Fishing?
�������������� CHRISTINA
Yes, sir.Fishing.
INT.HOSPITAL ? CAFETERIA
Meredith stares at her phone. She flips it open, then closed. She chews on her bottom lip. George takes a plate of food and sits down next to Meredith.
������������������������ GEORGE
You look like you?re contemplating the circle of life.
�������������� MEREDITH
Derek called me. I?m debating? On whether to check the message or delete it.
�������������� GEORGE
You should probably check. There might be something important on it. Or there might not be. Because you know what? People are weird.
�������������� MEREDITH
What the hell are you talking about, George?
�������������� GEORGE
People.And their weirdness.
�������������� MEREDITH
Right.I?m going to check my message.
Meredith dials her voice mail and listens for a moment, then begins to chew on her nails.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Ripley?
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� Dr. Sheppard is calling about Ripley?
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� There?s something wrong with her.
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� Call her. See what?s wrong.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� That?s what I?m going to do.
Meredith picks up her tray and throws what is left of her food away.
INT. MEREDITH?S HOUSE
Ripley changes into a pair of black pants and a red tank top that dips low in front. Izzylays down on the bed, looking at the ceiling.
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� I?m fine Izzy. I swear.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� I know Ripley. I know.
������������������������ RIPLEY
��������� I?m singing at Joe?s tonight. You coming?
������������������������ IZZY
Count me in. I need a night out. I got a phone call from the chief?s secretary.
�������������� RIPLEY
About what?
Izzy rolls onto her stomach as Ripley sits down at a little vanity, brushing her hair.
�������������� IZZY
I have a court date set. For two weeks from now.
Ripley turns to look at Izzy.
�������������� RIPLEY
Oh, Iz.Good luck.
�������������� IZZY
I?m going to need it.
Ripley puts the hair brush down.
�������������� RIPLEY
Everything will turn out the way that it is supposed to. Just wait and see.
�������������� IZZY
I know. I just?I?m worried. They might strip me of my license.
�������������� RIPLEY
Is that such a bad thing? You?ll find something else that you?ll be great at.
�������������� IZZY.
All that time and hard work.That?s all I wanted to be when I was growing up.
�������������� RIPLEY
You weren?t thinking when you cut that LVAD wire. Call it temporary insanity, or a person in love. It boils down to you weren?t a doctor at that moment.
�������������� IZZY (eyes tearing up)
I should have been. If I had been? Denny would be alive right now. And Dr. Burke? Would still have his career ahead of him.It?s all my fault.
�������������� RIPLEY
Iz?What?s done is done. You can?t change the past, just like you can?t tell the future.
Ripley says these words carefully, as if convincing herself rather than Izzy.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� I can?t accept that.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Izzy, I don?t want to be harsh, but you can?t do anything about it now. You can pick yourself up with your head held high and tell those doctors your side of the story. Or don?t and definitely be stripped of your title.
�������������� IZZY
Will you be there?
�������������� RIPLEY
With bells on.
�������������� IZZY (pauses)
Will they be jingling?
�������������� RIPLEY
For you?Of course.
INT.HOSPITAL ? HALLWAY
Addison works on charts at the nurse?s station.
������������������������ ADDISON
Page Meredith Grey. I have a patient for her to sit with.
�������������� DEBBIE
She?s with Dr. Bailey today.
�������������� ADDISON
When I?m here, she?s with me.
Mark walks up behind Addison and leans really close.
������������������������ MARK
��������� Addi?
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Mark? I?m working. And?
������������������������ MARK
��������� And you?re not married anymore.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� How did you know?
������������������������ MARK
��������� I heard from a reliable source.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Well, Mark?
������������������������ MARK
No, Addison. Just be at Joe?s tonight. Just me and you. Nobody else.
�������������� ADDISON
Mark, there will be a lot of people there. That?s where everyone goes after work.
�������������� MARK
Then that little Italian restaurant.Around the corner. I know you like Italian.
�������������� ADDISON
All right, Mark. I give up. I?ll be there.
�������������� MARK
Good. Meet me at 8.
INT.HOSPITAL ? ELEVATOR
Meredith stands on the elevator. George enters.
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� Did you talk to Ripley?
������������������������ MEREDITH
No, she?s not answering her cell phone. Neither is Izzy.
�������������� GEORGE
You didn?t try Dr. Sheppard?
�������������� MEREDITH
No. (pause) You and Callie.
�������������� GEORGE
Are still in limbo. I haven?t returned any of her calls.
�������������� MEREDITH
George, don?t treat her like I treated you. Be up front with her. Please. Especially if you have the slightest inkling that you like Ripley. She deserves a good guy after?
�������������� GEORGE
After what?
�������������� MEREDITH
Nevermind.Nothing.
Bailey enters the elevator.
������������������������ BAILEY
What are you two doing on here? Grey, you should be with the She-sheppard. She?s demanding you.
�������������� GEORGE
I?m running labs today. Like you told me to.
�������������� MEREDITH
Right on it, Dr. Bailey.
Meredith exits the elevator walks to the nurses? station where Addison still stands. Addison looks up to see Meredith.
���� ������������������� ADDISON
Good to see you show up Dr. Grey. You need to do post op notes on all of my patients and you need sit with the woman in 2422. She?s in a coma and someone needs to be in there at all times until she wakes up.
�������������� MEREDITH (sighs)
Yes, Dr. Sheppard.
Meredith grabs the charts and heads to the room that Addison tells her to go to.
INT. ELEVATOR
George stands in the elevator with Dr. Bailey.
������������������������ BAILEY
Dr. Torres has been requesting you, O?malley.
�������������� GEORGE
But I?m running labs.
�������������� BAILEY
Yes, you are running labs as I told you to Dr. O?malley.
INT. JOE?S BAR
Meredith walks in and sits at the bar. The place is a little cleaner. Some of the tables have been taken out and a little stage constructed opposite the bar.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Hey Joe.
������������������������ JOE
My favorite intern. The others aren?t here yet, right?
�������������� MEREDITH
No, it?s just me.
�������������� JOE
I was seeing McDreamy in here a lot until we closed to build the stage.
�������������� MEREDITH
Yeah?
�������������� JOE
Yeah. Said he signed some divorce papers.
�������������� MEREDITH
I know. He left them for me to find.
�������������� JOE
So now what?
�������������� MEREDITH
Finn?s a good guy.
�������������� JOE
But?
�������������� MEREDITH
He?s not McDreamy. Get me a shot Joe.
�������������� JOE
Tequila?
�������������� MEREDITH
What else is there?
Izzy sits down next to Meredith at the bar.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� Hey Joe.
������������������������ JOE
��������� Izzy!How yadoin? girl?
������������������������ IZZY
��������� Good, I?m doing good.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Hey, I got a call from Sheppard about Rip.
������������������������ IZZY
Yeah, it was really weird. Alex was there and he pushed her buttons. She freaked out and punched him, then started crying.
�������������� MEREDITH
Crap. She?s still singing?
�������������� IZZY
She said something about how the show must go on. Hey Joe, can I get a glass of Shiraz?
Joe sets the shot in front of Meredith.
�������������� JOE
��������� Sure thing, Izzy.
������������������������ IZZY
Needless to say, Alex will not be coming over again until Ripley is gone.
George sits down next to Izzy.
������������������������ GEORGE
��������� What are you guys doing here?
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Ripley is singing.
Joe puts the glass of wine in front of Izzy. The bell on the door tinkles. Derek enters.
������������������������ JOE
��������� Well, when it rains, it pours with you guys.
Meredith turns and watches Derek sit down at a table with a few other surgeons.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� I should talk to him.
������������������������ IZZY
��������� You should.
Finn enters when Meredith moves to walk over to Derek. Meredith stays standing in shock. Finn walks over to her and gives her a big hug and a peck on the cheek.
������������������������ FINN
��������� Hey Mer.
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Finn? What are you doing here?
������������������������ FINN
You mentioned that you used to come here after work. So, I?d thought I?d drop in and see if you?re here.
Meredith looks over to see Derek watching her.
������������������������ MEREDITH
I have to go to the bathroom. I?ll be right back.
�������������� FINN
Ok.
Finn sits on the stool next to the one that Meredith vacated. Meredith motions her head to the bathroom to Derek. Meredith walks to the bathroom and stands next to the pay phone waiting. Derek walks over.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Don?t want to be seen talking to me?
������������������������ MEREDITH
Not in front of Finn? What happened with Ripley today? I got part of it out of Izzy?
�������������� DEREK
Alex said something about her not being a good doctor. She lost it and swung at him. I grabbed her and she started crying. It was like she was gone for a moment. Then she seemed to wake up and she said that she was fine.
�������������� MEREDITH
Okay. Okay. Thanks Derek.
Meredith turns to leave and Derek grabs her arm.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Is Ripley ok?
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Yeah, yeah.She?s fine.
Meredith lied through her teeth.
������������������������ DEREK
��������� Seriously?
������������������������ MEREDITH
��������� Seriously.
Meredith extracts her arm from Derek?s grasp and walks back over to Finn.
INT. LITTLE ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Addison sits at a table by herself. She glances at her watch, then looks at the menu trying to decide what to order. A bell over the door dings. Mark walks in wearing a suit and holding some flowers behind his back, then walks over to Addison.
������������������������ MARK
��������� Hey there, sexy.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� I didn?t think you were going to show.
������������������������ MARK
��������� I?m five minutes late.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Late enough.
������������������������ MARK
��������� I brought these for you.
Mark hands Addison a bundle of wild flowers.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� They?re beautiful.
Mark snaps his fingers at the host that stands at the host table. He pulls out a violin from underneath the stand. Tunes it, then begins playing a romantic tune as he walks over.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Oh, Mark.
������������������������ MARK
��������� I?m not done yet.
He motions to the waiter, who brings over a bottle of wine.
������������������������ WAITER
��������� Wine for the madame and sir.
The waiter pours wine into each glass, then lights the candle in the middle of the table and walks over and dims the lights in the restaurant.
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Did you rent the whole restaurant?
������������������������ MARK
��������� Gosh. Does it look that way?
������������������������ ADDISON
��������� Oh Mark.
Addisons starts laughing and a real smile crosses her face and reaches her eyes.
INT. JOE?S BAR.
Joe walks up to the stage where a band is set up and steps up onto the stage in front of the mic.
������������������������ JOE
Hey everyone. Put your hands together for a very special girl. Ms. Ripley Buffet.
Everyone starts clapping and Ripley comes out onto the stage.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Hey everybody. The first tune we?ll be doing is Lazy Afternoon.
Ripley sings into the mic.
������������������������ RIPLEY
Ooooh ooh oh ohoh
It's a lazy afternoon
And the beetle bugs are zooming
And the tulip trees are blooming
And there's not another human in view,
But us two
It's a lazy afternoon
And the farmer leaves his reaping
And the meadow cows are sleeping
And the speckled trouts stop leaping up stream
As we dream
Ripley takes the wireless mic and steps down off of the stage. She walks to the table of surgeons that Derek sat at. She ran a hand up his arm and tousled his hair good naturedly. She looked up to see Meredith sending her an angry look.
A far pink cloud hangs over the hill
Unfolding like a rose
If you hold my hand and sit real still,
You can hear the grass as it grows
It's a hazy afternoon
And i know a place that's quiet, except for daisies running riot
And there's no one passing by it to see
Come spend this lazy afternoon with me
It?s a lazy afternoon
Ooooooooo
It?s a lazy afternoon
Lazy lazy
Ripley continues to where the interns and Finn are sitting, flirting with guys in the audience as she goes.
A far pink cloud hangs over the hill
Unfolding like a rose
If you hold my hand and sit real still
You can hear the grass as it grows
It's a hazy afternoon
And I know a place that's quiet, except for daisies running riot
She stops when she gets to George and lazily leans against George and looks up at him as she shimmies down his side before smiling wickedly at him. Callie enters the bar in time to see Ripley shimmying against George.
And there's no one passing by it to see
Come spend this lazy afternoon with me
Lazy afternoon
Don?t you want come spend some time with me
It?s a lazy afternoon
Spend it with me
With me
Me
Summertime
Yes it is
Yes it is
Ripley then walks around the audience, flirting with guys by touching their arm and singing to them.
������������������������ MEREDITH
Yes, people seem to know when we really need them to see something. Something that will put everything right. (shows Callie, then a split screen of Meredith and Derek) That way, it?s easier to make decisions. (shows George) Sometimes, we just need someone. (shows a split screen of Izzy and Ripley)
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