A/N Idea for this was taken from the preview for the episode aired on February 26. So yeah I like the idea and want to go with it. Story Title is a reference to "Running" by No Doubt. If the Episode has aired then ignore what happened in it because this is completely different.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters associated with Grey's Anatomy. They are the Property of ABC Media and Shonda Rhimes.

Title: Running

"I can't believe you did that Meredith," George snapped as he stormed down the stairwells of Seattle Grace Hospital, "I mean what were you thinking?"

"I wasn't, ok?" Meredith said as she followed behind him, "I wasn't thinking. I didn't know what to do."

"I gave you my heart and you tear it out and jump up and down on it," George said, "Why did you do it?"

Neither of them realized that their friends had been following them from a bit of a distance and walked into the stairwell at that time, "Why did you do what?" Izzie asked.

"You haven't told them?" George asked with a sadistic grin, "You haven't told them about what you did?"

"George please don't," Meredith said, "Please."

"Meredith," George said an almost crazy look in his eyes, "Slept with me last night."

"You what?" Cristina gasped, "I thought you were still on about McDreamy?"

"Stop calling him that," George snapped at Cristina, "He's nothing more than a lying bastard."

"You slept with George?" Alex said, "You didn't get the Syph did you?" Alex added in true insensitive Alex fashion.

Izzie smacked him before saying, "What were you thinking Meredith?"

"I wasn't," Meredith said, "I was acting on feelings I didn't understand, ok?"

"I have to get out of that house," George said, "I don't care where I stay. I just got to get out of that house."

"What?" Izzie said, "You can't leave. We need you there. I need you there. Who's going to help me bake at 3 in the morning?"

"I can't stay there," George said, "I have to get out."

"I don't want you to go George," Meredith said crying, "I need you there."

"Why?" George asked, "Why on this earth would you need me there?"

"Who else am I going to talk to when I have troubles?" Meredith said the tears rolling down her face, "Who else will I be able to annoy with my girly habits? Who else can I get to buy me tampons and make a fuss about it?"

George felt tears falling down his face as well, "You have to chose," George choked out, "Me or Shepherd?"

Meredith stood there in apparent shock. Silence was all that anybody heard except for the quiet sniffling of George and Meredith, "I thought so," George said a new batch of tears rolling down his face, "I'll be out of your place by the time you get off," George went down the stairs quickly and was almost at the bottom when he heard.

"But you have rounds," Cristina yelled after him in an uncharacteristic way.

"I don't care," George said as he left the stairwell.

George sat on the bed he had slept in for the past year and a half. He was wearing a green sweater and blue jeans. He sat there silently crying. In the place he had called home, "So many good memories here," He said to himself as tears trickled down the sides of his face, "So many good memories."

The downstairs door slammed open and shut. George listened as someone apparently seething angry stormed up the stairs and towards his room. He was shocked to say the least when a fuming Derek Shepherd stormed into the room, "I thought better of you," Derek said.

"You'll probably be glad that Meredith won't have anyone in the way of your relationship now," George said.

"I don't want a relationship with her," Derek said, "I wanted one earlier today but not after what I listened to her talk about as she sat in my office today."

"Yeah and what did she tell you?" George snapped, "About how she screwed me all last night because she couldn't have you?"

Derek snapped, "You just don't get it do you?" He said, "She was hung up on me yesterday. But when you talked to her last night she realized just where her love resided. She loves you. She told me about how she felt complete last night with you. She never told me that. She felt like a whole person when she was with you. You may not realize this but I was just a phase. A schoolgirl crush of sorts. But you. She feels for you what she would never feel for anyone else."

George scoffed, "She felt guilty," George said, "She felt bad about what she did so she had to get what she did of her chest. She made stuff up so she wouldn't feel as bad about it."

George stood up to leave the room when he felt a fist collide with the side of his face and heard a gasp from the area of the door. Before he lost consciousness he saw Meredith and Izzie standing in the doorway looks of horror on their faces.

George slowly opened his eyes and saw white all around him, "You are lucky I don't fire you," He heard Bailey say from somewhere to his left, "First you don't show up for Rounds. You totally blow of work. You make one of the attendings have to come after you. You almost completely mess up the head of one of my other interns. And best of all you mangle the $2 million dollar hand of one of the countries best Neurosurgeons."

George tried to respond to that but he couldn't. His mouth wouldn't open, "You're jaw has been wired shut," Bailey explained, "That Dr. Shepherd is one mean person when he is pissed off. And I'd say you pissed him off royally."

George just sat there not able to say a word as Bailey left with a smirk. George looked out the window opposite the door for a second, "Now that you can't speak you are going to listen to me," He heard a voice say from the door. Meredith stood there in normal street clothes.

"I know I hurt you," Meredith said, "I know you must think me some of Trashy whore for what I did but," Meredith searched for words, "With you I felt complete. I felt whole when I was with you."

George scoffed with a sharp exhale form his nose. If she expected this to work on him then she had a lot more to think about.

"If you want to move out then fine," Meredith said, "That's your choice. But you wanted me to listen to you last night so you will listen to me today. Did you seriously think that I set out to hurt you? I had just learned that my Mother forced my father to leave after having an affair with my boss. Our boss. How would you feel? I needed someone to care for me. You were there. I'm not proud of my motives but that all changed when we were together."

Meredith decided to take a page out of Burke's book and just reworded his speech to fit her needs. Being friends with Cristina had its benefits, "I am Meredith Grey. I am the Daughter of a World Reknowned Surgeon. I am an Intern. I am also a Human Being. I have feelings. I have needs. And you? You are a jealous angry Intern. You are jealous of things that are beyond your control. You are angry about things that were in your control. You are the most aggravating, most stupid, most bull-headed person I have ever met," Meredith paused here, "And I love you, why won't you let me?"

George just stared at her for a second before indicating that he had something to say. Meredith produced a pad of paper and a pen. George took it and thought for a moment before he started to write. When he was finished he handed the paper pad to Meredith who read it out loud, "I am George O'Malley. I too am an Intern. And I too am a Human being, complete with feelings and needs. And you destroyed those feelings with what you did," Meredith choked slightly but she continued to read, "I don't know how long it will take to forgive that breech of trust, but I love you as well. And I will never stop. Will you allow me to?"

Meredith had tears in her eyes as she basically flung herself at George and pulled him into a hug. George had missed how Meredith felt. George indicated that he had something to say. Meredith pulled away and handed him the pad. She still had tears sliding down her cheeks George noticed. George took the pad and started to write quickly.

When he was finished he handed it to Meredith who again read it out loud, "Let's take this slowly," Meredith read, "This is going really fast for both of us and it needs to slow down. I'll take you out to dinner when my jaw is unwired."

"I'd love to go to Dinner," Meredith said with a smile that made George melt. Well sort of, "But right now I have to get back to my rounds. I'll stop by and visit later."

George nodded his head and shooed her off. After she left he closed his eyes to think for a moment when he heard another person enter the room. Meredith had left the paper pad with him so he could write his responses to people.

"Glad to see that you finally decided to listen to her," He heard Derek say. George really didn't want to see him right now but he really didn't have a choice, "I saw her in the halls and she looked very happy.

"I just wanted to stop by and apologize for that," Derek said. He held up his hand and it had a bandage around it, "Thought you might be glad to see that your jaw at least caused me some damage."

George chuckled at that, "Glad you found it amusing," Derek said, "Anyways I'm off work for awhile as are you. I just thought that maybe you'd be willing to try friendship with me. I mean you have no reason to want to try but well it could work."

George thought for a moment before pulling the pad of paper towards himself, "I'd be glad to," Derek read when George handed him the paper, "But we will do this on my terms.

"I can handle that," Derek said, "Well I have to get moving. I need to find something to do with myself."

George chuckled at that and watched as Derek left the room. This day just went from crappy to perfect in a matter of hours. God George loved life now.

A/N There you go. All finished. Now what you think?