The Mating Game (1/4)
Title: The Mating Game (1/4)
Author: dealan311
Spoilers: Through Scars and Souvenirs
Rating: PG for language
Summary: Ever wonder why the nurses are so organized and up-to-date on the gossip about Bailey’s interns? Three words: M.A.G.I.C. Bingo Fever.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Don’t sue.
Author's note: Unbeta’d and my first dip into writing for GA fandom, so apologies in advance. The concept for this fic was born from fox1013's comment, "I like to believe that every locker has a bingo chart, and everyone's just aiming for five in a row," referring to the ridiculously high sex drives and number of conquests on this show. She always makes GA fandom fun, and she asked someone to design a game for fandom, so this is for her.
They all had a lot to thank Bailey’s interns for, but Olivia felt she owed George and Izzie the most.
When Izzie went nuts after she found Olivia hooking up with Alex (which, she still maintains, was a complete overreaction. It wasn’t like she knew they were exclusive or anything), it had been the last straw. Between that and the fiasco that was her hookup with George, Olivia made the decision right then and there that she would stay away from the love lives of Bailey’s interns at all costs. Sure, she was still hung up on George a little and yeah, the sex with Alex was incredibly hot, but George could be such a petulant child, and Izzie…well, Izzie just scared her sometimes.
And really, it was for the best. If she had stuck around and been sucked into their drama, it would have been much harder to show up to work every day. The nurses’ station was Seattle Grace’s hub of all things gossip, and every day, at least two of Bailey’s interns came up in conversation. It was a commonly known fact that there was regular Seattle Grace gossip, and then there was Bailey Intern Gossip (rightfully shortened to BIG gossip, since if it involved Bailey’s Interns, it usually was). Nobody provided drama like they did, and on the fateful day that M.A.G.I.C. Bingo was first conceived, the BIG gossip was as juicy as always.
“I take it you heard about O’Malley and Grey having sex?” Nurse Tyler said coolly, as he approached the desk.
Nurse Debbie rolled her eyes. “Please, who didn’t after O’Malley practically screamed it in the stairwell?”
“I am so glad I dodged that bullet,” Olivia muttered without looking up from the chart she was reading.
“Yeah, you just fell out of your chair when we heard him,” Debbie retorted. Tyler snickered as Olivia chose to ignore them both.
“So, what do you think about all this?”
“I thought she was still hung up with McDreamy.”
“Well, I saw her at the bar with Dr. Sloan last night.” one nurse chimed in, rounding the corner. “I thought for sure she’d get drunk and do him instead.”
“Who wouldn’t?” another joined in, scooting closer. “The man is sex on a stick. I totally get why Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd was tempted to cheat on McDreamy now. If *that* is who she’s having an affair with? I am so jealous that she got to sleep with both men.”
“I’m jealous of her hair.”
“I want her wardrobe. Did you see the shirt she was wearing last week?”
“I know! Woman has fine taste. She’s practically perfect.”
“That’s probably why McSteamy didn’t go home with Grey from the bar. He’s so in love with Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd that Grey ended up just going home and had drunk sex with O’Malley instead.”
“So why do you think O’Malley was shouting at Grey today? Hasn’t he been in love with her for months? ”
“Well, she’s been avoiding him all day.”
“Do you think she regrets it?”
“Maybe the sex was bad.”
Unnerved by the sudden silence that had fallen around her, Olivia looked up and found four faces staring at her with questioning eyes. “I am not answering any questions,” she stammered.
Tyler flopped into a chair. “Man, I do not want to be them when Bailey finds about all this. She’s supposed to be on maternity leave, but she’s still floating around here and you know she’ll find out soon.”
“Speaking of Bailey, does anyone know what’s going on with her and the Shepherds?”
“No, what’s up?”
“I don’t know, but Dr. Shepherd can’t find his wife, and Bailey seems to know but won’t tell him. Something about ‘baby trumps husband’?”
“Callie Torres was totally flirting with George O’Malley,” a voice announced, interrupting their conversation.
Every head whipped around to see Nurse Liz, the resident lip-reader, grinning with her news.
Debbie’s eyes raised an eyebrow in response. “Well. That totally puts a spin on the conversation I had with her about O'Malley on the day of the elevator surgery,” she said flatly.
As everyone huddled closer to hear Debbie’s story of how Dr. Torres had cornered her in the tunnels to grill her about George, Tyler turned to Olivia. “What’s your take on the whole Grey-O’Malley thing?”
“I think it’s all a little sad, really. I mean, getting drunk and hooking up is one thing, but when you knowingly do it with someone who likes you the way George does with Meredith…He doesn’t deserve this,” she finished sadly.
“But aren’t you glad you’re not involved with all that crap anymore?” he nudged her, trying to make her smile.
“Yeah,” she admitted ruefully. “They’re actually kind of nice people and all- well, except for Cristina, of course- but they have major problems keeping their pants on. It keeps getting them in trouble.”
“Has the syph outbreak taught them nothing?” he asked with mock exasperation.
Olivia glared at Tyler.
“Oops. Sorry. But I know what you mean. I feel like I need a scorecard to keep track. At this point it’s practically incestuous. You could probably connect all of them by six degrees of sex.”
“Like Connect Four?”
Tyler chuckled. “Or Bingo.”
“You could call it Intern Sex Bingo,” she said wryly.
“Or, oooh, MAGIC Bingo.”
“MAGIC?”
“Yeah. Cuz if you take the first initials of Bailey's interns, you can spell out MAGIC,” he joked.
Tyler and Olivia shared a small laugh at first, and then grew thoughtful.
And thus, a movement was born.
Onto Part Two
Author: dealan311
Spoilers: Through Scars and Souvenirs
Rating: PG for language
Summary: Ever wonder why the nurses are so organized and up-to-date on the gossip about Bailey’s interns? Three words: M.A.G.I.C. Bingo Fever.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Don’t sue.
Author's note: Unbeta’d and my first dip into writing for GA fandom, so apologies in advance. The concept for this fic was born from fox1013's comment, "I like to believe that every locker has a bingo chart, and everyone's just aiming for five in a row," referring to the ridiculously high sex drives and number of conquests on this show. She always makes GA fandom fun, and she asked someone to design a game for fandom, so this is for her.
They all had a lot to thank Bailey’s interns for, but Olivia felt she owed George and Izzie the most.
When Izzie went nuts after she found Olivia hooking up with Alex (which, she still maintains, was a complete overreaction. It wasn’t like she knew they were exclusive or anything), it had been the last straw. Between that and the fiasco that was her hookup with George, Olivia made the decision right then and there that she would stay away from the love lives of Bailey’s interns at all costs. Sure, she was still hung up on George a little and yeah, the sex with Alex was incredibly hot, but George could be such a petulant child, and Izzie…well, Izzie just scared her sometimes.
And really, it was for the best. If she had stuck around and been sucked into their drama, it would have been much harder to show up to work every day. The nurses’ station was Seattle Grace’s hub of all things gossip, and every day, at least two of Bailey’s interns came up in conversation. It was a commonly known fact that there was regular Seattle Grace gossip, and then there was Bailey Intern Gossip (rightfully shortened to BIG gossip, since if it involved Bailey’s Interns, it usually was). Nobody provided drama like they did, and on the fateful day that M.A.G.I.C. Bingo was first conceived, the BIG gossip was as juicy as always.
“I take it you heard about O’Malley and Grey having sex?” Nurse Tyler said coolly, as he approached the desk.
Nurse Debbie rolled her eyes. “Please, who didn’t after O’Malley practically screamed it in the stairwell?”
“I am so glad I dodged that bullet,” Olivia muttered without looking up from the chart she was reading.
“Yeah, you just fell out of your chair when we heard him,” Debbie retorted. Tyler snickered as Olivia chose to ignore them both.
“So, what do you think about all this?”
“I thought she was still hung up with McDreamy.”
“Well, I saw her at the bar with Dr. Sloan last night.” one nurse chimed in, rounding the corner. “I thought for sure she’d get drunk and do him instead.”
“Who wouldn’t?” another joined in, scooting closer. “The man is sex on a stick. I totally get why Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd was tempted to cheat on McDreamy now. If *that* is who she’s having an affair with? I am so jealous that she got to sleep with both men.”
“I’m jealous of her hair.”
“I want her wardrobe. Did you see the shirt she was wearing last week?”
“I know! Woman has fine taste. She’s practically perfect.”
“That’s probably why McSteamy didn’t go home with Grey from the bar. He’s so in love with Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd that Grey ended up just going home and had drunk sex with O’Malley instead.”
“So why do you think O’Malley was shouting at Grey today? Hasn’t he been in love with her for months? ”
“Well, she’s been avoiding him all day.”
“Do you think she regrets it?”
“Maybe the sex was bad.”
Unnerved by the sudden silence that had fallen around her, Olivia looked up and found four faces staring at her with questioning eyes. “I am not answering any questions,” she stammered.
Tyler flopped into a chair. “Man, I do not want to be them when Bailey finds about all this. She’s supposed to be on maternity leave, but she’s still floating around here and you know she’ll find out soon.”
“Speaking of Bailey, does anyone know what’s going on with her and the Shepherds?”
“No, what’s up?”
“I don’t know, but Dr. Shepherd can’t find his wife, and Bailey seems to know but won’t tell him. Something about ‘baby trumps husband’?”
“Callie Torres was totally flirting with George O’Malley,” a voice announced, interrupting their conversation.
Every head whipped around to see Nurse Liz, the resident lip-reader, grinning with her news.
Debbie’s eyes raised an eyebrow in response. “Well. That totally puts a spin on the conversation I had with her about O'Malley on the day of the elevator surgery,” she said flatly.
As everyone huddled closer to hear Debbie’s story of how Dr. Torres had cornered her in the tunnels to grill her about George, Tyler turned to Olivia. “What’s your take on the whole Grey-O’Malley thing?”
“I think it’s all a little sad, really. I mean, getting drunk and hooking up is one thing, but when you knowingly do it with someone who likes you the way George does with Meredith…He doesn’t deserve this,” she finished sadly.
“But aren’t you glad you’re not involved with all that crap anymore?” he nudged her, trying to make her smile.
“Yeah,” she admitted ruefully. “They’re actually kind of nice people and all- well, except for Cristina, of course- but they have major problems keeping their pants on. It keeps getting them in trouble.”
“Has the syph outbreak taught them nothing?” he asked with mock exasperation.
Olivia glared at Tyler.
“Oops. Sorry. But I know what you mean. I feel like I need a scorecard to keep track. At this point it’s practically incestuous. You could probably connect all of them by six degrees of sex.”
“Like Connect Four?”
Tyler chuckled. “Or Bingo.”
“You could call it Intern Sex Bingo,” she said wryly.
“Or, oooh, MAGIC Bingo.”
“MAGIC?”
“Yeah. Cuz if you take the first initials of Bailey's interns, you can spell out MAGIC,” he joked.
Tyler and Olivia shared a small laugh at first, and then grew thoughtful.
And thus, a movement was born.
Onto Part Two