Crazy Talk
I know you all remember what it felt like on your first day back to school after a long summer vacation…
You shared stories. Saw familiar faces. Returned to the monotonous daily grind of homework and exams and teachers you despised because they caught you trying to pass that one innocent, little note to your friend before they made you stand up in front of the entire 32-student class to read aloud that note’s contents. And, before you knew it, those 32 students (and that one teacher) told the entire school (and the entire faculty) that you had a crush on Kevin Fisher, David Cooper, Mr. Wilson and half your high school’s soccer team when nobody even knew you were gay in the first place. Ah, good times…
Well, tonight, for some reason, felt like it was the first day back to school. Not because some teacher found a note and unknowingly forced me to come out of the closet, but because I was able to see just about all of my old friends. Together. In one place. At the same time. Man, that hasn’t happened in a while.
Meredith, Cristina, George, Alex and even Izzie! Yep, I saw all of their crazy faces in the bar. And, let me tell you, some of those faces looked a little crazier than others…
Like, oh I don’t know, my girl Izzie. She came in earlier this afternoon. She didn’t look so good. I mean, she’s Izzie, so she’ll always look beautiful, but that typical Izzie glow just wasn’t there. It’s pretty understandable. Her fiancé died. Knowing Izzie, I’m sure she’s blaming herself for the whole debacle. Man, I feel incredibly, incredibly sad for her.
Izzie came in with a basket full of muffins. Warm, freshly baked, absolutely delicious muffins. It didn’t look like Izzie was going to get back on her feet any time soon. To be honest, the whole glassy-eyed, crazy look doesn’t really suit Izzie very well. So, so sad.
Speaking of crazy and sad, Addison got WASTED tonight. Well, today and tonight. Yeah, she was in the bar for pretty much the entire day. Now, I make a living in the alcohol business, but, bourbon for breakfast? Seriously?
Well, I suppose Addison had good reason. You know, for the whole drowning her sorrows in bourbon thing. I think it’s safe to say that her marriage is officially over. I guess finding Meredith Grey’s panties in her husband’s tuxedo jacket would do the trick. I didn’t do much talking to Addie. I sorta just let her drink. I felt bad for her. But, not quite as bad as I felt for Dr. Bailey, who was forced to listen to Addison’s entire sobfest.
That’s right. Somehow Dr. Bailey fell victim to Addison’s miserable outpour of emotions and feelings. Yes, emotions and feelings – two things that Dr. Bailey doesn’t really like to respond to. I’m telling you – it was hilarious. Dr. Bailey excused herself to the bathroom several times. Still – crazy, drunk Addison wasn’t letting Dr. Bailey get away that easily!
Addie was wearing a pretty awesome hat. At least I thought so. Reminded me of my fishing days. Dude, I’ve got to plan a camping trip soon. Anyways, I sent her home in a cab at around 10 pm. Now that I think about it – I wonder where that cab took her. She couldn’t have gone back to Derek’s trailer. At least, I hope not. And, why was Addison so insistent that her cab be there at 10 pm on the dot? Hmmm…
Things finally got a little quieter after Addison made her exit. That is, until both Derek and Finn showed up to sweep Meredith off her feet. But, sorry to say, there was no sweeping of Meredith off her feet.
Apparently, Mer had told both McDreamy and McVet to meet her in the bar tonight. I overheard a little bit of what was said. It turns out that Mer’s not making a choice. Yet. For me, it’s totally obvious: MCDREAMY, MCDREAMY, MCDREAMY. I mean, come on. One saves lives – HUMAN lives. The other puts helpless little doggies to sleep. Seriously. Has my girl Mer gone crazy? This cannot be that hard of a decision.
Well, it looked like McDreamy and McVet are both game. I hope McVet doesn’t do something really charming and win Meredith’s heart over. (You know, like rescue a group of cute, little puppies from the gutter and give them away to an orphanage full of deserving children). Or, rather, I hope McDreamy doesn’t do something really stupid and eliminate all hope of ever having a chance with Meredith again. (You know, like keep wife #2 a secret until she unexpectedly shows up in even taller heels to roam the halls of Seattle Grace too). Hey, anything’s possible…
Of course, Cristina and George were all over the bar tonight as well. Well, George wasn’t here for too long. He left in quite a hurry. I think he was a little embarrassed after making an ass out of himself in front of this one cute nurse. Yeah. The dude nearly poked her eye out with a dart. Cristina and I had a good laugh about that.
According to Cristina, Dr. Burke is recovering quite nicely. I was relieved to hear it. Let me tell you, I was really worried about him. Now, I’m really worried about Cristina. She didn’t seem like her usual self tonight. Something was troubling her. Of course, she’d never admit it, but I could tell that something very serious was on her mind. And, I’m pretty sure it’s more than the fact that Burke’s parents are in town. Yeah, that’s an entirely different issue for Cristina.
OH – And somebody had sex in my bathroom tonight. I’ll spare you the details of how I found that out. But, to whoever decided to get crazy and do the nasty nasty in my bathroom tonight: I will find out who you are. I always find out who you are…
Until next time….
- Joe the Bartender
