Patrick's POV:
I went into the costume trailer and Emily, the costume designer, was there waiting for me.
"Hey, Dempsey!", she said.
"Hi, Emily.", I replied.
"Do you know what is going on in the episode that you're getting fitted for today?", she asked.
"I do not. What is it?", I asked eagerly.
"A Merder proposal.", she said.
'This couldn't have been planned more perfectly', I thought to myself. Ellen has been more present in my life and she needs me more than anything. This. Is. Perfect.
"Oh my goodness. It's about time Derek makes a move!", I said while laughing with lots of excitement.
"Great! Let's get you fitted!", Emily said.
After trying on a few pantsuits, shirts, and jackets, the perfect proposal outfit was created.
"Now Patrick, don't tell anybody, even Ellen. I know how close you two can be. I wasn't even supposed to tell you, but I couldn't control my excitement.", Emily said.
"Of course I won't.", I said smiling while putting my shoes back on.
I thanked Emily, left the trailer and I was heading my way towards Ellen's trailer. As I was approaching her trailer, the body figure of a man who made my blood boil entered my sight of vision. I approached him and said, "Hey, what's up!".
"Man, have you seen Ellen? I know she's in town because everything of hers was out of my house when I went back during my lunch break. Do you know if she's here?", he asked.
"I don't believe so. I was just here trying on some outfits for a future episode.", I said coming up with something believable.
"Oh, gotcha. If you run into Ellen, can you give her my new phone number? I had to buy a new phone since I haven't been able to find my old one", he said handing me a piece of paper with his phone number on it.
"Yeah of course.", I said.
"Great. Thanks again", he said.
"Yup", I said as I walked towards my trailer. I unlocked the door, opened it to make it look like I was going into it. I closed the door and locked it. I looked at the piece of paper, ripped it up, and threw it on the ground.
After waiting for 5 minutes, I texted Ellen saying, "Hey. I'm all finished. I'm in my trailer though, I saw Chris outside of yours."
Ellen's POV:
As I was rehearsing my lines, I heard a knock on the door. My paranoid self looked out the window because, with my luck, Chris would show up. And I'm glad I did. I saw Chris and Patrick talking outside. I quickly squatted down and I put my ear up against the wall to hear their conversation.
5 minutes passed and it was quiet outside. I felt a buzz in my back pocket and I got a text from Patrick saying, "Hey. I'm all finished. I'm in my trailer though, I saw Chris outside of yours."
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My Safe Place to Land
RomanceIt is 2007. Grey's Anatomy has been on the air for about 3 years now. Ellen Pompeo, freshly married to her husband, Chris Ivery, finds out he wasn't as great as she thought he was while they were dating. While going through this struggle she finds c...