The staff halted, a rare occurrence during a 911, to watch the resident run, tears welling in her eyes. Meredith had a history of strange emotional mood swings, but no sane surgeon would run away from this 911 case.

Olivia looked around, and upon viewing the patient, knew immediately what was wrong. Olivia really didn't have any relationship with Meredith, and had even cheated on one of her best friends, but she still knew the problem without thinking.

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Meredith sighed, and her small figure rattled with her shaking breath. The supply closet seemed familiar, like it was the one constant in the hospital.

The other four interns Meredith was with during her internship at Seattle Grace had transferred for their residency. Alex had gone to New York. Izzie, Christina and George all went to Boston. Meredith was the only one who had stayed put--Finn's whole life was in Seattle, and she didn't want to disrupt that.

What she had seen... she couldn't even believe it. Destiny must have been playing some joke on her… some very cruel joke. She still loved him... she still loved him.

Silently, Grey wiped her eyes, aware it would smudge her mascara, and took one last gasping breath before standing up and walking out the door.

As she opened the door, she muttered just one word.

"Derek."

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A/N : More angst. Reviews are fabb. Love the short chapters !