Grey's Anatomy

Winter weather here in Seattle was enough to make me want to call in sick for work, but I knew better. As I rolled out of bed to change into my workout clothes, I get a text from Alex.

I can see the message on my screen: "Let's go grab some coffee "he says. Knowing Alex, he wasn't really inviting me out, but rather demanding it. I was just another intern at the Grey-Sloan Memorial, and none of the residents, apart from Alex, knew I existed. For that reason, it is impossible for me to say no to Alex. I quickly reply back: "See you in thirty,"hoping to not have sounded too eager.

I basically had to listen and give him relationship advice in exchange for good surgeries, so it wasn't too hard. I put my headphones on and leave the house for a quick jog through the park. I run by the same people every morning, the sun isn't out yet and my body temperature makes me forget about the cold breeze. I stop by a bench to tie my shoe, and I see the silhouette of someone whom I seem to recognize.

"Derek?" I ask. "I thought you were dead", walking around him inspecting him like if he was something out of this earth. Only to find myself staring at his puzzled face. It was him. I used to bring him coffee when I was new to the internship program almost every morning in hopes that him, being the head of neurosurgery, would teach me something I could brag about later.

Who's Derek? He murmurs.

"What do you mean? You're Derek Shepherd, Meredith Grey's husband, correct?" Why did I ask that, of course he knows who he is, but he obviously doesn't know who I am.

"Ma'am, I think you're confusing me with someone else", he states and walks away.

Being left confused, I quickly find my phone and call Alex to tell him to meet me now.

"What the hell Sarah I told you thirty minutes, I didn't even get to brush my teeth" Alex yells as he finds me. We start walking towards the coffee shop that's less than five minutes from the park. I can tell he's in a bad mood already and I didn't know whether to ask about what's going on in his relationship now or to tell him who I just saw. My mind is trying to comprehend what had just occurred that I didn't notice we were silent the whole way there. He finally speaks first, "Jo dumped me again and I had to crash at Mere's, I had a rough night, now are you going to tell me what you're hiding from me?" I knew that was his way of apologizing. I couldn't have him think I'm hiding something from him, but I also don't want him to think I'm making this up.

"I asked for you to come earlier because there's no one else closer to Meredith than you right now, and this has something to do with her," he's listening intently now with a confused face expression. "I saw Derek at the park earlier". I get the response I expected, "What? He's dead that's impossible," I assured him so many times before he asked what exactly happened. "He was acting strange, I'm positive it was him, but he wasn't. He seemed different, something was off" I continue to tell him.

"Maybe it was just someone who looked like him. Listen, we all miss him, whether we mention it or not, so it's possible your mind is playing tricks on you" he says, I stare at him back in disbelief, Alex and I had been each other's confidants for years and he wasn't trusting me right now. "Fine then just don't believe me, I'm telling Meredith about it if I see her at work," I angrily say to him as I leave the table and make my way out the coffee shop.

I ran back to my apartment in fear of arriving late to work. I only had a few minutes to shower, change, and think about how I could tell Meredith. I start to realize how complicated this situation really is. Why would she trust me, she doesn't even know me and has probably never seen me before, I'm invisible to everyone and with her busy schedule I highly doubt she even has a second to listen to a word I have to say…