Author's Note: So this is my new story 'A Change Is Gonna Come' and it's what I think the season four premiere should be like. Hopefully I'll have enough ideas to finish this story properly, but I still could use some help, so if you have any ideas, let me know. I hope you'll enjoy.
"So you broke up with Derek?" Cristina asked after a long time of silence.
It had been a couple of hours since Burke had told Cristina that he didn't want to marry her anymore. He didn't like the reason that she was doing it; just to make him happy. And then he'd left. Cristina hadn't expected to find the apartment empty when she got there. She hadn't expected Burke to have packed his belongings and just leave. She wondered whether he'd come back.
"Yeah, I guess." Meredith mumbled. "I told you so."
"What? That if Burke and I couldn't do this, you and Derek couldn't do this either? Because, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Seriously!"
"Whatever, Cristina. It's over. So freakin' over."
Truth was; Meredith ended it mainly because Derek was always there for her. She had someone who wanted to communicate and be her knight in shining armour and that scared the hell out of her. But she was even more afraid of the fact that Derek could leave her again. He had done it before, so why not again. After all, he'd met a girl at Joe's. Everyone that was close – well relatively close – left her eventually. Her father left her when she was only five, because her mother cheated on him. Well, it was what her mother deserved, but Meredith suffered from it. She wasn't close to her mom, she worked a lot and the time she was at home, they pretty much always argued. Then her mom got Alzheimer's and died and she met her other family. She got pretty close to her stepmom, but she died as well. And her father blamed her and so he left her again. Her life pretty much sucked to her.
"Why don't you come with me on my honeymoon?" Cristina asked. "I guess we could use some time off."
"You planned a honeymoon?" Meredith asked quite surprised. "You even come to the hospital on your days off."
"I didn't have much of a choice, did I? With Momma arranging pretty much everything." Cristina answered. "I believe she planned a trip to the Bahamas. Our plane would leave in the morning."
"Well, I guess we could go. It's a good way to avoid everything and everyone. I'll go home and pack some of my stuff, okay?" Meredith proposed. "You'll be okay here?"
"Of course, I'm not a little child anymore. Besides, I'd rather not talk to Barbie and Evil Spawn right now."
"Okay. I'll be back in a bit." Meredith said as she grabbed her car keys and walked out of the apartment.
When Meredith arrived at her house, she pulled the car up the driveway and entered the house. She noticed not just Izzie and Alex in the kitchen; George and Callie were there too. They all looked like hell.
"Hey." Meredith greeted as she grabbed a chair and sat down next to Alex at the kitchen table.
"How's Cristina holding up?" Izzie asked.
"Like Cristina. Burke left, by the way." Meredith answered.
"What do you mean?" George asked.
"Well, like he grabbed his stuff and left the apartment empty."
"What? Is he coming back?" Callie was shocked.
"I don't think so." Meredith said. "Cristina and I are going to the Bahamas. Tomorrow morning."
"Bahamas?" Alex said. "But dude, what about work?"
"It'll only be for a couple of days. Kind of a waste to throw away the honeymoon tickets. I could really use some time away from this all. Away from Derek."
"What wrong with Derek? I thought you were couple of the year?" Alex joked.
"Yeah, sure. That's why I broke up with him." Meredith answered sarcastically. "Anyway, I'm going to go pack and then I'm heading back to Cristina's."
Meredith stood up and walked back to her room. She grabbed a suitcase from under the bed and opened her closet. It was also filled with some of Derek's belongings. After all, they slept here more often then at the trailer. Meredith grabbed one of Derek's sweaters and smelt him. She put it back quickly. She didn't want to regret her decision and start crying like a baby.
When she'd finally packed she heaved the trunk down the stairs. Izzie was waiting for her down the stairs. She looked serious.
"What about the Chief? Does he know?" Izzie asked.
"No. I'll call him later. If Derek asks where I am, you don't know. Okay?" Meredith ordered.
"Sure. Why did you break up with him anyway?"
"Later, Iz. I figure you have some things of your own to deal with, right?"
"I guess."
"See you in a couple of days, Iz." Meredith said as she left the house and drove back to Cristina's.