Meredith awoke to the smell of Izzie cooking in the kitchen. Ever since Callie told her she was pregnant, Izzie couldn't stop baking! She had no idea what was wrong with her, but whatever it was, it was bad! Izzie only baked when things were bad, but Meredith had her own problems. She couldn't believe she was pregnant! Right after she broke things off with Derek, she found out! How could she tell him? She couldn't tell him! She wanted the dust to settle between them, and telling him she was pregnant was only stirring things up more!

"MEREDITH, BREAKFAST!" Izzie called from the bottom of the stairs.

Meredith pulled the covers over her face. She didn't want to get up. She wanted everything to be over! The pregnancy, the hormones, and the drama! She wanted to disappear.

"What's wrong?" Alex questioned as he crawled next to Meredith.

"Nothing, I'm just not feeling that great."

"Well Izzie's pancakes will make you feel better! They are DELICIOUS!"

Meredith smiled. Alex always put a smile on her face. He was exactly like her in so many ways. He got her. Whenever she was with him, she felt safe. Like no one would hurt her.

"ALEX, MEREDITH! I AM NOT CALLING YOU AGAIN!" Izzie screamed as she waved her spatula around like a fly squatter.

Meredith and Alex rolled their eyes and sluggishly came down the stairs.

"Finally, it's getting cold!"

"What's the big deal Iz? You've been so uptight the past week!" Alex stated as he dug into a stack of pancakes.

"Nothing, I'm just stressed. A girl can only take so much stress!"

"Well what are you stressed about?" If anyone knew about stress it was Meredith. There was no way that Izzie had more stress than her! After all she was the one that was pregnant! Not Izzie!

Izzie took a deep breathe then sighed, "Life. I'm stressed about life. It's so damn hard!"

Meredith nodded in agreement. Life was hard, and if anyone knew a way to make it easier, they should definitely give her a call.

Meredith, Alex, and Izzie arrived at the hospital just in time for rounds. Izzie's hair was pulled back in a tight bun, and her skin was flawless. Meredith hated Izzie for that. How could she be so perfect? She was working the same hours, she had the same amount of stress, and yet she still looked like a supermodel! Meredith's hair was in a messy pony-tail which took her 5 seconds to do. Either way, Meredith couldn't hide her stress. When she was stressed out, everyone knew it. But Izzie could hide hers VERY well, and if there was one thing Meredith envied, it was that.

Meredith sighed as her mind continued to think about Izzie's hair. She was pregnant, PREGNANT, and she was thinking about hair. She needed coffee, she needed it fast! But most of all, she needed a way out.

Alex groaned as he stared at the stack of charts he had to complete. He hated charts. If there was one thing Alex wanted to disappear in this world, it was charts. He slowly took the folders, and headed to his patients rooms. On his way, he caught Meredith filling out a chart, drinking coffee. She was so beautiful. She wasn't high maintenance. She wasn't a snob. She was perfect to him. Sure she has issues, but so does he! He wanted Meredith, and that shocked him. He shook his head at the thought because he knew she loved Derek. It was always Derek. But even if it was Derek, could she ever have feelings for him?

Derek knocked on the Chief's door. And for some reason, he was nervous. He never thought about transferring before, but now that Meredith was moving on, how could he stay? She was his reason to go on. He needed her. But she didn't need him. She broke up with him. She was gone. How did he let that happen? How did he let her get away?

"Derek, come in."

Derek stepped into the Chief's office. This would've been his office. He was offered the job, and he refused it. If he was offered the Chief position a year ago, he would've accepted in a heart beat. But, Meredith changed him. She changed everything.

"Take a seat."

Derek slowly sat down. Why was he so nervous? Was he afraid of wanting something? Was he afraid of getting away? Or was he afraid of leaving Meredith?

"Chief, I know this is a bit of a surprise, but if you wouldn't mind, I would like to transfer."

The chief sat there stunned. Transfer? His top neuro-surgeon wanted to TRANSFER?! He couldn't allow it! He wouldn't allow it!

"What?! Derek, your at one of the best, no let me rephrase that, the BEST hospital on the West Coast and you want to TRANSFER?!"

"I'm sorry; I just don't think this is the place for me right now."

"Oh yes it is, you're not transferring!"

"Chief, with all due respect, you don't own my life! If I want to transfer, I should be able to!"

Richard rubbed his eyes. He wasn't hearing this. Derek Shepherd couldn't be transferring! The chief inhaled deeply then said calmly, "Why?"

Derek paused. He couldn't tell the chief his relationship problems! Plus, if he did, he would not accept that as a good excuse. Derek folded his hands together and blurted out, "I think this hospital is not doing that well. First Addison leaves for LA, and then Burke leaves for San Diego. This hospital is falling apart."

Richard gritted his teeth. What was this man talking about? Seattle Grace is one of the finest hospitals out there! It's not falling apart! There had to be something else. He knew there was something else. And that something else was Meredith Grey.

Meredith was in the cafeteria flipping through a text book; Alex sat down next to her.

"Hey, watch you up to?"

"Nothing, just studying."

"Oh, cool." Alex watched Meredith pull her hair back behind her ear. He watched her wrinkle her nose when she didn't get something. He even noticed that whenever she knew an answer to a question, she would smile, but not in her mouth, in her eyes. It was those little things that made Alex like Meredith even more.

"Ugh! I hate doing charts!" Izzie yelled angrily as she plopped down her lunch tray next to Alex.

"Join the club," Alex sighed.

"Even as a resident the work NEVER stops," Izzie exclaimed as she jammed her fork into her salad. But it wasn't just the work Izzie was stressed about. She was stressed about George. She loved him. But he chose Callie. He was having a baby with Callie. He loved Callie, not her.

"Well, I have to go," Meredith yawned as she took another sip of her coffee. She hated that being pregnant made you tired. She hated being pregnant! She needed to tell Derek. He deserved to know. She had to tell him….right?