Because we can.
Chapter 2. A hard day's night. Part two.

A/N: this chapter is a repost from years ago, before I started to write again. Grammar is not changed, and will be better with the new chapters. Still 10 to repost after this chapter.


The game. They say either a person has what it takes to play, or they don't. My mother was one of the greatest. Me, on the other hand... I'm kinda screwed.
- Meredith Grey


A couple hours later Meredith looked up from her banana she was stitching with Cristina, to her pager which was bleeping . ONE CALL ROOM 34- XX D. it said. "I have to go" she said before getting up, earning just a nod from Cristina.
She quickly walked towards the one call room, not knowing what Derek wanted from her. After his angry behavior against her she didn't speak with him. She knocked on the locked door and it only took a second before the door opened. She felt an arm grab her and soon she was dragged inside the room. "Derek what the.." she started but was soon cut off by Derek his lips on hers

She soon was lost in his kisses before reminding herself that she was mad at him, so she quickly pushed him away from her "what do you think you are doing?" she asked him as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"I'm sorry I snapped at you" Derek said, knowing exactly what he did wrong. He took a step closer towards her and placed his hand on her arm "Mer please look at me" he said as she stared at the floor. "It's just that it's a bad case, I don't know what is wrong with her and that makes me angry with myself, and you were there on the wrong moment. Or not literally because you saved her Mer. Babe you saved her" He said as he took a step closer towards her and kissed her on her forehead "I'm sorry" he said as he noticed her crying. He gently wiped away her tears with his thumb, while he placed his other hand underneath her chin so that he lifted her face up, so that she was forced to look at him.

"I just imagined our first day of work together different, it's my first day Derek and you already snapped at me. Its hurts" Meredith told him as she looked at him "I love you but I hate how you treated me back there. I know I'm your wife and I told to keep it a secret for everyone.. no one knows Derek just the chief, so you don't have to show Dr. Bailey that I'm just an intern." She laughed cynical "I bet you never would scream at someone else like that" she said sad

"Ow Mer, It wasn't because you are my wife, It was just a bad moment. I'm really sorry! " He said as he kissed her again, this time on the lips.

"I don't want to fight Derek, and we have to stop meeting in one-call rooms and stairwells because someone will find out soon. I already have the bad name because Ellis is my mom, I don't want to be hated because I married a successful brainman, who seems pretty brainless some days…" she smiled "just don't be angry at me when I save someone, I did nothing wrong there, she pages me all the time because she is bored and I run, I run Derek I'm watching her just as you told me"

Derek said nothing but just nodded and kissed her lovingly "I won't anymore, I promise" he said before taking her hand and kissing it "babe if you don't want anyone to know though you should not wear your ring, I will keep it on because I don't get it of anymore, but I know you can." He took out a little box from his pocked and opened it "I've bought you a necklace, so you can put the ring on it when you are working. I won't want you to lose it" he said as he kissed her ring and took it off, before putting it on the necklace and closing the necklace around Meredith her neck. he kissed her again "I love you"

"Love you too" Meredith smiled "and thank you" she kissed him before her pager went off again.


Derek stood in front of all the interns that started that day "Well good morning. I'm going to do something pretty rare for a surgeon, I'm going to ask interns for help. I've got this kid, Katie Bryce. Right now, she's a mystery. She doesn't respond to her meds. Labs are clean, scans are pure, but she's having seizures. Grand mal seizures with no visible cause. She's a ticking clock. She's going to die, if I don't make a diagnosis. Which is where you come in. I can't do it alone. I need your extra minds, extra eyes, I need you to play detective, I need you to find out why Katie is having seizures. I know you're tired, you're busy, you've got more work than you could possibly handle. I understand. So, I'm going to give you an incentive. Whoever finds the answer rides with me. Katie needs surgery. You get to do what no interns get to do. Scrub in to assist on an advanced procedure. Dr Bailey's going to hand you Katie's chart. The clock is ticking fast, people. If we're going to save Katie's life, we have to do it soon." He said as he looked around, watching the interns looking at each other before taking off to get a chart from Dr. Bailey.


Derek walked in the or "Alright people , it's a beautiful night to save lives, let's have some fun"


Meredith sat outside the or, still dazed by her first surgery

"It was a good surgery" Cristina said as she sat down next Meredith

Meredith smiled "Yeah" and with that there was a silence for a while

"We don't have to do that thing where I say something, and then you say something, and then somebody cries, and there's like a moment..." Cristina said as she looked at Meredith

Meredith looked strange at her "yuck" she replied

Cristina smiled a weak smile "good, you should get some sleep, you look like crap"

Meredith chuckled "I look better than you do"

"That is not possible" Cristina replied before getting up and walking away.

Meredith quickly got up and walked towards the nurses desk, just as she stood there Derek arrived.

"that was amazing" she said with a big smile on her face

Derek looked quickly up at her before going back to filling out some papers "hmm"

"you practice on cadavers, you observe, and you think you know what you're going to feel like standing over that table, but...that was such a high" she smiled

Derek looked up properly now and nodded while a smile crossed his face "I have to finish this" he whispered "see you at home?"

Meredith took a look at her watch "I will go and visit mom first, see you after that at home" she whispered back before turning around and walking away.



Meredith opened the door to her house and walked in. She placed her coat on the coat rack, before walking into the living room.

"you look exhausted" Derek said as he walked towards her, he quickly kissed her on the lips before guiding her towards the couch.

Meredith sat down and lay her head on his chest "I am, my first shift was exhausting, mom was exhausting, she didn't recognize me. She thought I was just one of her doctors. You were exhausting, Keeping us a secret was exhausting. I'm just exhausted" Meredith said as she let out some tears

Derek kissed her tears away before reaching towards her necklace and unclasping it. He took the ring from it and placed the necklace back around her neck. Then he took her hand, kissed her finger and placed back the ring. "Everything will be fine, you just need to get used to the hours at the hospital, people will find out that you are married to me when you have proven yourself to everyone. They know you are a grey but it won't take long for taking you for being you.. you can make it, we can make it. Just because we can" Derek told her before kissing her again. It didn't take long before she fell asleep in his arms.


I can't think of any one reason why I want to be a surgeon. But I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit.
There comes a moment when it's more than just a game. And you either take that step forward, or turn around and walk away I could quit. But here's the thing: I love the playing field.
- Meredith Grey


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