There was still time. She could still cancel. No she decided she wasn't going to run away anymore. She wasn't going to be afraid.

"How do I look?" She asked Maggie.

"You look hot" her sister replied. Meredith was wearing black jeans, a dark red blouse, and heels. "Are you excited? This is huge!"

"It's just drinks" Mer said as the doorbell rang. She opened the door to find Nathan standing there in dark jeans and a gray sweater. "I just need to grab my bag. Come on in."

Nathan stepped through the door and looked around. "Nice place," he said.

"Thanks," Mer said. "Ready?"

"Ready."

They walked out to his car. Once at the bar the sat in a small booth in a corner.

"You know they say you can tell a lot about a person from their drink of choice," Nathan said slyly.

"Oh really?" Mer laughed. "Well I drink tequila. What does that say about me?"

"It says that you are energetic, fiery, and you are very protective of the people you love."

"You pulled that out of your ass," Mer laughed.

"I did not," Nathan defended. "You see I drink whiskey, neat, which means I exude confidence, I know what I want and how to get it, and I don't see the point in over complicating things.

Meredith laughed again. "You really like yourself don't you?"

"That's not why we're here though is it? My opinion of me is irrelevant." This made Meredith laugh again. They joked back and forth a bit more before the conversation died down a bit.

"You ok?" Nathan asked picking up on the fact that Mer seemed to be getting uncomfortable.

"Yeah it's just… I guess I'm a little rusty. I don't really know what to talk about," she admitted.

"That's ok," Nathan assured her. "So what got you into surgery?"

"Well my mother was Ellis Grey so I basically grew up in the hospital."

"So you're purebred" Nathan quipped.

"You could say that. Actually when I told her I wanted to go to med school she tried to talk me out of it. She didn't think I was cut out for it."

"Well I think you've proved her wrong."

"How about you?" Mer asked.

"I liked helping people," Nathan responded, "and you know, cutting people open is a pretty cool way to do it. Any surgeries yourself?"

"Four: appendix, liver donation, and two Cs."

"Who'd you give your liver to?"

"My estranged father," Meredith said stunning Riggs. "It's a long story."

"Well it sounds like you've got all kinds of stories to tell."

"I guess you'll just have to stick around to hear them all."

"I can do that." Nathan smiled at her and they called it a night.