She is lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling. The house is unusually quite because everyone went out to Joe's. She could have gone along, but with the day she had, she told them that she would rather stay home. Her eyes are just drifting shut when she hears a strange noise coming from outside. Startled, she throws on a bathrobe and creeps to the window. Hesitantly, she pulls the blinds aside to reveal the scene below.

The read you Cinderella.

You hoped it would come true.

That would day your prince charming

Would come rescue you.

You like romantic movies

And you never will forget

The way you felt when Romeo

Kissed Juliet.

All this time that you're been wasting.

You don't have to look no more.

I can love you like that.

I will make you my world.

Move heaven and earth

If you were my girl.

I can love you like that.

Be all that you need.

I'll show you you're everything

That's precious to me.

I can love you like that.

She couldn't believe her eyes. She just couldn't. There he was, so very unexpectedly, holding a boombox over his head play a love song for her. She rushed outside to greet him.

"Mark! What are you doing? You're going to wake the neighbors."

"Sorry. This is a little cliché for me…a little out of my territory. Knowing you, it's probably a little cliché for you, too, but I had to make a point. Derek…well, he's a big jerk. He must be absolutely out of his mind to treat you the way he does. If it was me, I wouldn't make that mistake. I'm here to show you that I'm willing to give it a chance…the whole 'like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window' thing….for you…if you give me a chance."

She goes over and presses the 'stop' button on the boombox. She lifts in from his hands, and for once, she is the one who initiates the hug. He pulls away.

"I'm not going to force you into anything. In fact, I'm going to walk away. Not that I want to, but I want you to have plenty of time to think it over. I just want you to know that, despite my reputation, I am not Derek. When I commit to a relationship, I truly commit. Few people actually know that about me. Consider yourself one of the few, but please, keep it in mind."

And with that, he picks up his boombox and walks off into the night. Meredith is left to stand there and stare. Nobody had ever taken that much initiate into making her happy before. Nobody. She really didn't see it coming from Mark with his 'manwhore' reputation.

After a few minutes, she realizes how chilly the night air has become. She finally turns around an enters back into the house. Tears stream down her face for the millionth time for the day, but this time, she shed tears of joy.