⇢ CHAPTER 9

Tequila. Shots. Everything.

It was a crazy night.

Lexie, George, and Holly had practically drank everything at Joe's bar and somehow made their way home. 

Holly closed her eyes tighter in bed, 

Lexie was the first to go to her room, claiming she wanted to wake up early to go on a jog. Somehow, although she had been drunk, she remembered she needed to go on a jog.

""Holly thought, ""

George and Holly decided to watch something on the couch. A movie that both didn't really pay attention to as they said goodnight and went to sleep.

"Holly's eyes immediately snapped awake as she looked down at herself wrapped in her blanket. "Oh, God." She whispered, wrapping the blanket tighter around herself as her eyes moved to the left to see George.

George. Snoring. Naked. In her bed. 

They had said goodnight to each other. Walked into each other's individual bedrooms and then George came back in the room. He said something Holly couldn't remember and then they started kissing.

Kissing led to the predicament they were currently in. 

Flashes of everything came to her as she banged her head against her hand. Reaching out, Holly lightly tapped him to try to wake him up, whispering, "George." Since that didn't work out, she nudged him harder and he snored himself awake, "George."

George squinted, his eyes adjusting to the sunlight before his eyes widened as he saw Holly wrapped in a blanket, everything rushing back to him as he saw her, "Holly--" 

"We had sex." Holly put a hand to her head as she freaked out, "I just had sex."

"Oh, my God." George remembered, blinking as he remembered the events from yesterday, "You're a virgin."

Holly turned around at him and shook her head, "Don't--!"

"I just had the best sex of my life with a virgin."  

Holly facepalmed, "Oh, God."

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Holly leaned back in the elevator as Derek-- a distressed Derek-- walked inside the elevator as the doors opened before closing.

"Are you okay?" Holly asked, noticing his distressed face.

"I should be asking you that." Derek commented back, noticing her stress-filled face, "But I'm an attending--"

"Not right now." Holly gestured at their clothing, "We're in civilian clothes. You're not Dr. Shepherd and I'm not Dr. Kepner. You're Derek and I'm Holly." Holly waved a hand, "I'm just saying... you could talk to me."

"Mm." Derek hummed, looking up at the elevator to see what floor they were on, "If I share, you have to share, too."

Holly hesitantly nodded, "Fine-- but only because I need to get this off of my chest."

Stopping the elevator, Derek faced her, "Rose and I had sex last night and all I could think about was Meredith."

"George and I had sex last night and before that I was a virgin who was planning to lose it after marriage and everything's complicated."

"I--"

"Too personal?" Holly hummed as she faced forward, "I needed to tell someone that wasn't Lexie because she'd probably kill George."

"How do you know I won't?" Derek challenged.

"Because we're new friends." She smiled, "And I need you to not tell her, please."

Derek nodded, "I won't-- as long as you don't share what I told you."

"Promise."

Derek pressed the button to move the elevator, "Thank you."

The elevator doors opened and they both walked opposite directions as Holly said, "Nice talk." 

Derek added, "Yup." 

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Being the Chief's intern meant doing tasks for the Chief that wasn't necessarily surgical-- like essentially being a bouncer since Walter Tapley was in the hospital visiting.

"Is Tapley in there?" Alex asked, gesturing to the room that George was blocking the entrance to.

"No." George denied.

"You're lying."

"Yes."

Alex stared at the closed windows before walking away as Meredith approached George, "Tapley in there?"

"No."

"Liar."

George whispered, "Yes."

Across the hall, Holly walked straight as she kept her head down, reading a patient's chart before she brought her head up to see George.

"Holly!" He called out, not wanting to leave his post. She turned around and began to walk away and he whispered, "Dammit." 

"What was that about?" Lexie questioned, spooking George as she approached him silently.

George turned his head, "I did something."

Lexie frowned her eyebrows, "What'd you do?"

George hesitated, "I'm not saying anything out of respect for her privacy." He shook his head, "But it's bad." He facepalmed, "I'm a bad person."

✧

Seeing Derek speaking with Rose as Mark charted at the Nurse's station, Holly walked towards the group as Rose left.

"You didn't call her?" Mark asked as Holly caught up to the two.

Holly frowned her eyebrows, "Who?"

"Rose."

"Oof."

"When was the last time you called a woman after having sex?" Derek remarked.