A/N. Okay, this is my first stab at this. I've been reading fanfiction for a while now and have gotten just so frustrated with some of the stories that I have decided to write my own, because then I know that the word "our" will never be misused with "are". Seriously. I just read a twenty-one chapter story and every time the pronoun our or ours was used the author typed are. It really bothered me.

Sorry, I'm kind of a rambler, anyway, this is my first story and I'm not yet sure of its destination but here is what I do know: At the END it will be MerDer. At the end. I don't know where it will start or where the middle will take them but they will be together in the end. And there will be NO Addek. Because I just finished watching season two and they are just friends. Even when they were married, best friends, and I just can't force myself to see it any other way, and I am extremely glad that the writers stopped having them try to have sex because honestly I think that was just shy of the awkwardness Meredith and George shared after they slept together. Yeah, definitely a rambler. Point is MerDer at the end, no Addek. But there will be a lot of different pairings throughout the story. Because I like variety. And I love the Greys characters. No guarantees besides what was already stated but there is some possibilities of some MerMark, Izzie/Alex, Addie/Alex, Mark/Izzie, Mark/Addison, and some Burke/Christina and George might be thrown in to the story as well although I have no clue what to do with George. Still deciding if I like Callie. Okay, so all characters random pairings throughout the story undecided. If you have any suggestions let me know via review or email, always open to criticism, and I'll make a deal w/ other authors. If you would like to review my story, I will review one of yours- your choice which. Okay I'm gonna shut up and get started now.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, I don't own grey's.

Meredith Grey sighed as she stared out the hospital window at the gray Seattle sky that she felt constantly spit rain.

It had been a long day. Two traumas, two surgeries, all ending with four deaths. Today had been a day that she decidedly would end with a warm bubblebath and a mug of warm tea, before she would collapse in her bed after the thirty-hour shift from hell.

She turned to head back to the elevator that would take her back down to the first floor, where she would idle her way back to the locker room, change, and sprint out the hospital lobby before another trauma came in and prevented her from sleeping yet another night.

She pushed the button that made the down arrow glow, and the elevator doors opened to reveal none other than McDreamy.

"Afternoon Mer, you heading home?"

" Yeah, thirty-hour shift", she said, grinning at the smug smile that pulled his face as she stepped into the shaft.

"Really."

"Really."

"Coincidence."

"Why is that Dr.Shepard?"

"Well, I'm heading home myself. Trailer is so much more peaceful now that its just me again."

"Well I'm glad you have your peace again", she said grinning yet again, this time knowingly of his next suggestion.

"Yeah, it was time Addie and I let reality set in. The thing about peace though is that it can be awfully lonely at times."

"Well I guess you can't have everything at once, can you", she retorted playfully.

Addison and Derek had finalized their divorce three weeks ago, but Meredith decided that they both needed time to be themselves. Just themselves, without any attachments. If they tried to be "them" again she wanted it to stick. She couldn't let herself love him like she knew she did until she was sure they were both ready to be done. Until he realized how to convince her she was it for him, she refused to admit the same.

"Well, I guess I'll see you around Dr. Shepard", she said as the elevator doors pinged open and the both walked out into the hospital lobby.

"Why not have dinner with me Dr.Grey? We could go out and catch up at a restaurant, or…"

"What"

"Or you could run an errand with me to the nearest grocery store and then come back to the trailer with me and I'll make you dinner", he said with the most convincing McDreamy smile he could muster.

"I thought you were enjoying your peace Dr. Shepard", Meredith laughed at his obvious efforts to be smooth.

"Yes well, I would enjoy my peace more if you were there with me."

"I see."

"Can I take that as a yes?"

"You are impossible", she laughed again.

"Yes but the challenge intrigues you, admit it"

"Alright."

"Alright?"

"Yes, alright, but I'm not staying too late. I work another shift tomorrow starting at six and I have got to get some sleep if I plan on surviving it", she said as he grinned at her resolve.

"Wonderful, shall we then?"

"We shall."