Meredith couldn't believe what George just told her. And who the heck is Rose? Some nurse. Take a deep breath, Meredith said to herself, you have to rise above this to keep Derek in your life. But she still wanted to ask Derek about it. she found him in the tairway where she found out that her one night stand has turned out to be her new boss. How fitting.

"I have to ask you something, but it doesn't mean that I want to leave you or walk away, because I am done with that. I would just like to know who Rose is?"

Derek looked at Meredith, really looked deep into her eyes. And he saw that she spoke the truth, that she was done leaving. This is what he wanted. Communication.

"Rose is a nurse that I kissed and it meant nothing"

Meredith did what Derek had done, looked into his eyes.

"I believe you, thanks for telling me" Meredith gave him a quik kiss on the lips and left Derek standing there with a huge grin on his face. They were finally moving forward.

Meredith spotted Christina and Izzy sitting at a table eating lunch, so she decided to join them.

"So did you hear the rumor about Derek and a nurse?" was the first thing Christina said.

"It's not a rumor, but Derek and I talked about it and we're all good."

"Okay where did the real Meredith go?" Izzy asked.

"I've changed"

Christina and Izzy looked at her and the silence was interuptted by Alex joining them.

"So I heard Derek kissed a nurse."

"Okay, I am going to say this only once, so listen up. Derek and I talked about it, the air is cleared and the subject is closed. No more talking about it."

"Okay" Christina said followed by Izzy and Alex.

"So, my interns are ticking me off today," Alex changed the subject.

"Why?" Izzy asked.

"Because one of them decided to mess up on some post-op care. So then Bailey gets on my case for messing up"

"That's nothing compared to my interns, just staring at me as if I will grow a second hed or something" Izzy repiled. "Isn't being a resident the best?"

All of a sudden, the sound of a pager going off filled the air. And all of them looked to see who it was.

"It's me" Alex stood up. "Probebly one of my interns acting stupid again."

"I should probebly go as well," Izzy said. "And prep my patient for surgery"

This left Christina and Meredith alone at the table.

"So now you are all bright and shiny" Christina stated.

"Yes, no more dark and twisty Meredith"

"Okay" And that was the end of that conversation.

Later in the day, Derek ran into Rose. "Hey there"

Rose turned. Derek was such a nice guy and she really hoped that they could remain friends.

"LIisten, I really hope that we can remain friends" Derek said, cutting into Rose's thoughts.

"I was jsut thinking that"

"Great, maybe sometime you can hang out with Meredith and I."

"I would like that. And you tell Meredith that she is extrmly lucky."

"I will"

"I gotta go, so see you around" Rose said as she had to go scrub in one a surgery.

"See you"

Everything was perfect in Dereks world. The woman that he loved more than anything in the world was finally communicating. This is exactly what he wanted. And suddenly there she was. She can still make his heart skip a beat. It sounds corny, but it is very true.

"Hey" Meredith said as she wrapped her arms around him.

"Hey, how was your shift?" Derek asked

"It was okay. I scrubbed in on a surgery with Dr. Hahn and one of my interns got to assist a very handsome neurosurgon"

"I wonder who that could be"

"I don't know' Meredith said with a smile.

"Maybe this handsome neurosurgon should take his girlfriend home. How does that sound?"

"It sounds perfect"

As the couple left the hosptial, a certian nurse looked on and she was going to make Dr. Grey pay somehow, someway.