A/N: Thank you so much to everyone who read, and even more so to everyone who reviewed, I appreciate it so much. Hopefully this chapter lives up to your expectations.

Disclaimer: Nothing is mind except the idea this story is based upon (and the mistakes, as I am beta-less).

"Yang, you're with Hahn. Grey, Sloan. Karev, Shepherd-"

"Actually," Derek interrupted, "I've requested that Dr. Grey be on my service today."

"Excuse me?"

"Karev can switch to Sloan. I heard he's got plenty of charting."

Derek started to walk away and Meredith quickly caught up to him.

"Why would you do that?"

"What?"

"Request me?"

"Because I miss you." Derek gave her his McDreamy-est smile.

"Seriously," Meredith replied, in a way that meant Don't give me that crap, why'd you really do it.

"We'll talk about his later," Derek said when he saw Bailey walking towards him. "Get a full work up on Mr. Wilkins and then get an MRI." Meredith gave him a suspicious look and walked away.

"Dr. Shepherd, the chief personally asked me to assign the residents to services that they are rarely on, that they don't want to specialize in. Now I know you requested Grey because she wants Neuro, so if you think-"

"That's not why I requested her."

"Oh I see. So it's just the fact that you don't spend enough time with her at home, you have to spend every minute at work together, too."

"No it has nothing to do with her, it's Karev."

"Well in that case, leave your roommate problems at home."

"It's not that."

"Then what, Dr. Shepherd? What exactly is your problem with Alex? Sir," she added with the sarcastic tone that rarely leaves her voice.

"Nothing."

"Nothing? Nothing isn't a good reason to overrule my decision, overrule the chiefs decision, now is it?"

"It's just that, I think something wrong."

"Somethings wrong?"

"Well you know Karev better than I do, has he said anything to you?"

"Yes, Dr. Shepherd, as a matter of fact, Karev and I have sleep overs all the time. We paint each others toenails and tell our deep dark secrets."

"He says he's fine, but he is not fine."

"Of course he's not fine. It wasn't too long ago that his girlfriend told him she was pregnant, went crazy, and tried to kill herself. Anyone in this gossip-center-of-a-hospital could tell you that. But that hasn't affected his work. So stop punishing him and favoring your little girlfriend."

"It's more than that. I just have a bad feeling."

"Well a 'bad feeling' isn't a good enough reason. Pull this again and Grey won't be on your service for a while, I can guarantee it."

"What do you mean 'missing'?" DR. Bailey shouted.

The nurse remained quiet.

"'Missing' as in 'stolen'? As in, someone stole medication from the hospital. Without anyone noticing? How could you not notice?!"

"I'm sorry, Dr. Bailey."

"Oh no, you don't have to apologize to me. You can apologize to the chief. You can- Oh no."

"Dr. Shepherd," Dr. Bailey said as she held a mask over her mouth in the OR doorway.

"I'm almost finished here, Dr. Bailey."

"This is important."

Derek looked at Dr. Bailey and sat down his instrument.

"Close up for me, Dr. Grey."

Derek and Bailey walked into the scrub room.

"What is it?"

"A nurse noticed that some Valium, Oxycodone, Methadone, and Cortisone are unaccounted for."

"So tell the chief, why are you coming to me?"

"I want to wait to notify the chief."

"Why?"

"Because I think I might know who took it. But I don't want to jump to conclusions. So I need you to tell me what you think."

"Oh my God."

Dr. Bailey knew what that meant. "I'll find him."

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