A/N: Sorry I've been a little busy and lost interest in writing this. I wouldn't have even started writing this story again if no one had reviewed- luckily, someone did, and it made my day. J Thanks! Ok next chapter posted! Keep in mind that I can't remember all the exact words they said; this chapter also shows what would've happened if Meredith hadn't have gone home to find Finn bringing Izzie lunch.

Derek shrugged out of his coat in his silver trailer as Addison placed her jewelry away preciously. Derek never understood how she could love clothes, shoes, and jewelry that much- Meredith didn't have this obsession. Ah, Meredith. What was he going to do? He was still married. She was still with Finn, though after meeting up with Finn later in the night, he could tell that Finn knew something between them had happened. Derek smirked- something definitely happened between them, that's for sure. He wasn't sure what to do next with his relationships, though he did know that he had enjoyed every second he spent with Meredith far better than the hours he spent with Addison. Why didn't he pick her to begin with?

"Um, I'm going to take a shower and call it a night.. Ok?" Addison called quietly yet invitingly to him from across the trailer. Was she inviting him to shower with her? Derek couldn't imagine having sex with her so soon after he'd just had amazing sex with Meredith. Not that he wanted to have sex with Addison- compared to Meredith Grey, Addison's sex appeal to him had dwindled down to nothing.

"Okay." He replied without accepting her subtle invitation to the shower. Her eyes fell slightly before she pulled herself together and stepped into the steaming water. Derek tossed his remaining suit onto the couch- forgetting about Meredith's lacy, black panties he had stolen from her earlier. He rolled onto the bed away from Addison's side to hopefully fall asleep before she came and tried to snuggle with him.

Meredith closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep. How could she fall asleep though when all she could think about was the sex she and Derek had had earlier? How could she fall asleep without thinking about how amazing it felt when he touched her, and kissed her, and even loved her. As much as she was falling for Finn, every touch and kiss from him dulled in comparison to Derek's. Did she love him? He'd left her before. How would she know to trust him? How would their relationship survive when she ran away from him, avoided him, and didn't talk- or when he picked his wife over her. That had felt really good. She liked Finn- he was good for her, and like she said, he had plans. Meredith was sure those plans didn't include dumping her for an ex-wife she didn't know about. She liked Finn, but she'd always loved Derek. If it came down to it- who would she choose?

"Whatever you decide, I'm divorcing her. I'm signing the papers today." Derek said to Meredith in the empty stairwell as he leaned in closer to her face.

"You are?" She whispered as she involuntarily inched closer to his face too.

"I am." He stated as he closed the distance between their faces until he was a millimeter away. As they began to finally kiss, the stairway door banged open and Callie Torres surprisingly found them.

"Whoa. Okay. Seriously, you guys should think about getting a room." She smirked as she pulled Meredith through the door with her after talking a bit more, leaving Derek standing in the stairwell alone.

"I'll go." George volunteered to venture back to the house to check on Izzie.

"Oh. Good. Thanks, George. Tell her I'm sorry and I'll see her later. And um, tell her we're all here for her and, um, other consoling things, George." Meredith replied as she scribbled on her patient's, Benjamin's, chart. Meredith replied as she smiled at Derek who hurried by to another patient's room.

Meredith caught up with Cristina as they walked down the hall.

"Okay. I've made my decision. It's Derek. It's always been Derek." She stated proudly to Cristina, who looked like she didn't care too much about this amazing decision.

"Great. McDreamy wins." She replied as she left Meredith standing in the hall as Burke walked by and grabbed her attention.

Derek reached for his phone as he heard an incoming text.

"I don't get off until later, and I have a few things to do, but I was hoping I could meet you at Joe's around 9-10. Just let me know if you can." Meredith had texted him moments earlier.

Things to do? What did that include, he wondered. A tiny, hopeful voice weakly told him that she may be breaking up with Finn for him- but he quickly doubted that small possibility. Why would she take him back after everything he'd done to her- everything he'd put her through? Not that he didn't want her to take him back- that was exactly what he wanted.

"I'd love to. My last surgery should be over around 8:20 barring any complications; Text and let me know when you'd like to meet- I'm all yours." He replied quickly on his phone. His heart stuttered thinking about seeing her later on in the day, for they'd barely had any time to talk today. He'd heard there was a plague in one of the patients- Karev and someone else were locked in until further notice. Derek thanked his lucky stars that he wasn't locked in- he wouldn't want something silly like that to delay him from seeing Meredith.

Addison and him had called the lawyer and set the date to sign the papers for tomorrow morning before his afternoon surgeries. Finally, he would be free- hopefully free to be with Meredith.

"Meredith." Finn called as a welcoming as she stepped into his office at the vet's.

"Hi, Finn." She smiled warmly, not letting it meet her eyes.

"Okay. You wanted to meet. What did you want to talk about?" Finn questioned. He had a feeling Meredith was ending things with him, but another part of him told him that she was going to break up with Derek and tell him she wanted to be with him. He wasn't sure which one it was, but he was scared to find out.

"Finn, I like you. Like, I really, really like you. And I probably love you, but I don't know if I wanna say that because it'll make things harder. You deserve someone who's happy and not dark and twisty. I know you said that you don't mind dark and twisty, but you should. You deserve someone much better than me. Someone who you can build better plans with and not have your partner be afraid. Finn, I, I'm so sorry. I was so prepared to be a part of your plans, and you are the better guy. I-" Meredith said before she was interrupted.

"It's him. Isn't it? He's the one." Finn stated simply, but also sadly.

"And I wish he wasn't." Meredith said truthfully. She knew she would never change the way she felt about Derek though.

"He's going to hurt you again. And I won't be there." Finn said in a final attempt to convince her not to do this.

"I'm sorry Finn." Meredith replied sadly, surprising herself by having a bit of tears forming.

"Goodbye, Meredith." He stated simply, accepting the fact that she wasn't his anymore.

"Goodbye, Finn." She said as she kissed him on the cheek and walked out the door.

She grabbed her phone and typed a message to Derek:

"I'm done now. I'll meet you there in a half hour, if that's good?" She asked.

He quickly replied:

"Yes, see you soon."

Meredith pulled out of the lot and headed towards the bar- Forgetting someone of her past so that she could move forward with someone in the future.

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