Hello! I wrote a one shot that had been floating around in my head but fell in love with it so have now decided to expand it. It won't be a long fan fic (now I have said that it will be fifty chapters long lol) hope you enjoy. Please read Review and hopefully like.

Meredith and Derek are together and engaged. Burke and Christina are married with a little girl call Iona. George is with Izzie and still living in Meredith's old house with the happy couple. Alex is dating a young intern called Amy. Everyone except Burke and Derek are Residents.

Meredith lifted the mail off the floor and started shuffling through it all. Two for Izzie and George none for her. But one caught her eye. It was for Derek, from New York general. Placing it down, she pushed it to the back of her mind. Meredith shouted up the stairs.

'Leaving in five, mails on the side board, coffees made,' she felt like the mother of the house. Smiling to her self she walked over and started filling up her mug. She jumped as Derek wrapped his arms around her waist and started kissing her neck.

'Morning beautiful,'

'Hey,' Meredith turned to face him, leaning in gently to kiss him.

'What time do you finish at?'

'I've got a board meeting with chief at four so I should be finished at six. What about you?'

'Interns are on a forty eight. Me on the other hand finish at five,'

'Lucky you,'

'You have mail,'

'Oh, somebody loves me,'

'I love you too,'

'Really?' Meredith nodded her head enthusiastically.

'Where is it?'

'Side board. Do you not listen to my public announcements in the morning?'

'Nope,'

'At least your honest,' Meredith walked over to the door and pulled her red jacket on.

'Guys, we're leaving now if you want a ride?'

'No, you go…ahead,' Izzie started laughing her head off in the middle of her sentence.

'Ok. At least somebody happy,' Derek smiled and followed Meredith out to the car, lifting the letter as he went. Sliding in the drivers' seat, Derek was reading the letter.

'Anything interesting?'

'Nope,' Derek folded the letter up and stuffed it in his jacket pocket. Pulling in for gas, Meredith put her hand on top of his.

'Are you ok?'

'I'm fine. You want anything?'

'Gum please,'

'Ok,' Derek filled the tank up and went to pay for it, leaving Meredith wondering what was in the letter. He hadn't said a word since he had read in and she didn't have a clue what was in it. As they pulled into the hospital, Meredith leaned across and kissed Derek.

'You'd tell me if something was wrong,'

'Mere, there's nothing wrong,'

'Promise?' Derek looked away out the window.

'What's wrong?'

'Nothing… it's not important,'

'It is if it's bothering you,'

'Mere, I'm sorting it. We're going to be late,' Derek opened the car door and left Meredith sitting, cursing herself. She should of kept pressing him, find out what was really bothering him. Derek locked the car and walked away. Leaving Meredith at the car. Shaking her head, she sped up and brushed past him as he headed for the elevator.

'Mere…'

'Sorry Dr Shepherd,' Meredith turned and looked at him over her shoulder as she headed for the stairs.

'Crap,' Derek knew Meredith was pissed off. When she called him Dr Shepherd, she was pissed off. It was not what he needed. Changing into his scrubs, he walked out the locker room, attaching his pager to his waist band and putting his stethoscope in his scrub pocket. Walking straight ahead he bumped straight into Meredith.

'Sorry,' she walked right past him like he was none existent. Meredith looked back as she walked away. He was watching her. She smiled weakly but she knew it was a false sense of security she had given him. Whatever was up his ass, he had better remove it, or tell her what the hell was going on because she wasn't putting up with him in this mood for much longer.

I know this is short but I had to set the back ground for the big bit up, get you going in the story. If I had put it all together it would have been very long. Hope you enjoyed. Please review and make me smile :)