Disclaimer: sigh Grey's Anatomy is not a product of my mind. I don't own it. This story is merely an illusion of my withdrawal symptoms.

The sun woke Meredith up, in Cristina's bed, to a whirlwind of memories from the day before. Burke had not only left Cristina at the altar, but it was surmised that he had left town as well. And Meredith had broken up with Derek, after him confessing that she was the love of his life. She knew it sounded ridiculous, but she had lost her hope when Burke left Cristina. Her romantic aspirations were founded in the success of Cristina's. If Cristina could be happy, then so should she. And now she had seen her happiness crumble in front of her eyes.

Meredith got out of bed and surveyed the apartment, now in shambles. Cristina was sprawled on the bed, still garbed in her wedding dress. Crumpled tissues lined both sides of the bed, where they had hastily discarded them, on their respective sides of the bed, in their emotional upheaval. Cristina's bridal jewelry lay broken in a heap on the floor. Meredith looked at it sadly, seeing themselves represented in the destroyed pile of gems.

Cristina stirred from her sleep. She looked up at Meredith, her painted eyebrows smeared about her brow. Meredith laughed ironically.

'I was supposed to go on my honeymoon today. I took my leave and everything. Burke and I are supposed to be going to the Mediterranean in six hours,' Cristina stated sadly.

'Cristina, go. You have your leave. You can't go back to work just yet. You need some time. Go to the Mediterranean.'

'Don't be stupid, Mer. I was supposed to be going on my honeymoon. Burke and I were supposed to be married now. And we were going together. I can't go by myself now. I'd be like a lonely, old cat lady.'

'You don't have to go by yourself. I'd go with you.'

'You aren't Burke. I can't go on a honeymoon meant for me and my…husband…' Cristina barely managed to choke out that last word, 'with you.' Silence lulled. 'Meredith, you go. I can't. I have two tickets to a fabulous place. Take McDreamy.'

'I can't take McDreamy. We're over. He isn't even really McDreamy anymore. I guess he's just Dr. Shepard now.'

'Mer, please go.'

'I'm your person. I can't just leave you here.'

'I'm not staying here. I'm going home for a while.'

'To California?'

'Yes.'

'Then who's going to come with me?'

'You have other friends. Find one.' Meredith stared blankly. 'You have to go tell the Chief anyway. Find someone there. The first person you see. It doesn't really matter.'

'…Fine. I'll go on your honeymoon.'

'Just take somebody hot. Or find somebody hot there. Give my honeymoon some action.' Meredith giggled.

'I'll give your honeymoon my best.'

Meredith and Cristina gave their goodbyes. Meredith persisted on trying to get Cristina to come with her, to no avail. Meredith got in her car, and drove towards Seattle Grace, on her own.

Meredith walked in the front doors and went straight to Chief Webber's office.

'Chief, I need to take a week's leave.'

'I know it's been tough on you recently. Take all the time you need, Meredith.'

'It's not because I'm sad. I'm fine. Cristina wants me to go on her honeymoon. Because she won't be using it.'

'Oh…' Chief Webber looked perplexed. 'By yourself?'

'As of now. I have an extra ticket. I just don't know who to take. Cristina wouldn't go. And I can't really take Derek anymore.'

'The two of you…'

'We broke up. Anyway, I have to go pack. And find someone. Bye.'

The chief watched her as she left, utterly puzzled.

'Meredith!' Meredith heard her name shouted from across the hall. She turned, dreading the figure she was unavoidably going to find.

'Derek, I can't talk. I have to leave in a few hours. I'm not even packed.'

'Where are you going? You can't just leave!'

'I'm going on Cristina's honeymoon.'

'With Cristina?'

'No. She wouldn't come. I'll find someone to go later.'

'Meredith, I love you. You can't just take that for granted. I think a vacation would be good for us. Time to get away from all of this mess, where we can just be us. We can heal.'

'Derek, I can't go with you. Not now. I need to reestablish myself.'

'Does this mean we're over?'

'Derek….yes. This has been a really terrible couple of months for me. I need some time for myself. To make myself better. It's not good for you to be with me now. It's not good for me to be with you right now. I'm sorry, I have to go.'

Derek watched her sadly. He wanted to help her build herself. He wanted to be with her. All the pain, it was worth it.

Meredith ran frantically around the hospital. She was looking for Izzie. She saw Mark.

'Hey, have you seen Izzie?'

'I think she left a few hours ago. Something about her and George.'

'Crap…I need to find her. I have to find someone to go with me on Cristina's honeymoon. George is married. That'd just be awkward. And Alex isn't really that kind of guy. I need to find Izzie!'

'Why aren't you taking Derek?'

'We broke up.'

'That explains the sad puppy look. Are you ok about it?'

'I'm fine. I have to go…'

'Mer, don't go find Izzie. You should take me on Cristina's honeymoon. I'm fun. Hot.' He smirked, causing Meredith to grin reluctantly. 'We'd have a good time together. I need to get out of this hospital anyway.' Meredith pondered a moment.

'Fine, you can come with me. The plane leaves in 3 and a half hours. We need to go pack.'

'Ok. I'll meet you at your house in 2 hours.' Meredith nodded and headed off. 'Oh, and Grey, remember to pack lots and lots of lingerie,' Mark said, with his signature grin.

'Mark…it isn't that kind of honeymoon.'

Tell me what you think. It's going to get pretty adorable.