Meredith and Christina walked into the locker room and straight to their individual cubbies. They were running a little behind this morning, but they still were in no rush. She was reminded every morning that New York was their fresh start. After Burke and Derek had managed to flip their lives upside down, they made a run for it, together.

"I'll see you at lunch?" Meredith turned to ask before she left the locker room to start her day.

Christina threw her scrub shirt over her head, "See you at lunch."

"Morning, Dr. Grey," the familiar voice of the nurse behind the small island desk greeted her.

"Morning," she smiled. "Have anything good for me?"

"Of course," she gave her a handful of files.

"Thanks," she said, while flipping though them, seeing what her day would consist of. She felt a hand snake around her waist before a soft kiss landed on her cheek. She giggled.

"Good morning, beautiful," he whispered.

"Hello, Trevor," she turned around and gave him a quick kiss. She knew, from past experiences, that relationships with co-workers wasn't a very good idea, but she had gotten into yet another work relationship since her last heated love back at home. This time, the two dating doctors were on the same level. They were both first year attendings, specializing in different fields. Meredith had taken up neuro, while Trevor was dedicated to plastics.

"Are our plans for tonight still on?"

Meredith looked down to her beeping pager, "As long as I can get out of here in time. I have to take this. I'll talk to you later," he kissed her quickly before she ran off towards the ER.

"Love you, babe," he said after her. Meredith could only turn around and smile. He had been saying that a lot lately, and she wasn't really sure she was ready for that.

"What do we have?" she said, scanning the patient's chart, waiting for one of the new inters to give her a detailed over-view of the girl in front of her.

"Female, 32, collapsed in a restaurant about 30 minutes ago. She seems to be very confused and she hit her head pretty hard."

"Name?"

"Nancy Sheppard."

Meredith's heart stopped dead in its tracks for a brief second. Nancy Sheppard. The same Nancy Sheppard whose brother resided in Seattle, Washington. The brother with gorgeous blue eyes, and dark black curly hair that made her melt. The man that she had flown across the country to avoid.

She couldn't lose her. She couldn't be responsible for Derek's sister dying. "Ger her to CT," Meredith insisted. They did as they were told, and quickly at that.

Meredith made a few quick stops to check on her recovering patients while she waited for her newest patient's CT results. She could feel her stomach doing flips the entire time. Beep. Beep. Beep. Results were in.

She quickly walked to Nancy's room, where anxious interns greeted her. "The CT shows a small bleed on the left side, right there," one of them pointed out on the film before them.

Damnit, was all Meredith could think. "Book an OR."

"We called her family. They're on their way here. Would you like us to page you when they get here?"

Family. Derek. "Yes, let me know when they're here," was the right thing for her to say. Inside she was screaming. The last person she needed to see was the one person she came to New York to forget about.

She walked out of the room and walked straight into the nearest supply closet. She sat down on an empty crate on the floor, put her head in her hands, and let the tears fall. She sat there and cried for a good 5 minutes, then she decided that was enough for now. She wiped off her face, and went off to find Christina. It was about lunchtime, and that would give her just enough time to tell her best friend about everything, before she had to operate on her ex-boyfriend's sister, who never liked her to begin with.

After explaining everything Meredith had to say, Christina could only look at her, mouth wide open in shock. "So?" Meredith coaxed. She needed advice.

"You're about to operate on McDreamy's sister?"

"Yes."

"Is he coming here?"

"I'm not sure. They called her family. Her mom and her other siblings live out here somewhere. I know that. I don't know if Derek plans on flying all the way out here."

"Does he know we're here?"

"No."

Christina scoffed, "Good luck, Mer."

Meredith rolled her eyes. Both of their pagers went off at the same time. "Cardio crisis," Christina muttered.

"Nancy's family is here," Meredith added. They both looked at each other, and then headed in opposite directions. It was going to be a long day.