The next day…

Meredith carried the twins into the hospital; one on each side. She walked to the elevator and hit the up button. The doors slide open and there stood Derek Shepherd. He was looking down doing something on his phone. He glanced up and did a double take.

"Meredith?" His eyes grew wide and he almost dropped his phone.

"Derek," She said as the doors closed. She let the kids down so they were standing on their own.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Seeing about getting a job. I heard everything has gotten all on the high end here. So if I can't get a job, I'll head to Mercy." She shrugged. She had long since forgiven Derek for cheating on her. She moved on and loved someone else now.

"I'm sure you'll get it. Who are these?" Derek said squatting down in front of the kids.

"Um, This is Zach." She said putting her hand on his head. "And Brookie." She smiled.

"Hi there," He said and stood up. "How old are they?"

"Almost two." She answered. His eyes grew wide, causing a confused look to cross her face. "What?"

"Two? We were to…" He started.

"No, their not yours," She was quick to say.

"Oh," He tried to hide his disappointment and embarrassment. "Mark's?" She nodded and her eyes fell to the ground. "Does he know?"

"How am I suppose to tell him?" She said with her eyes full of tears. "He left me. What am I supposed to do? How do I call him? Because, if you know, I would love to know." She said as tears started to fall.

"I'm sorry, Meredith. Don't cry." He said quickly.

"I'm fine," She snapped and the doors opened. "Come on, kids." She picked up Brookie and took Zach's hand before hurrying up.

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"Come on in," The Chief yelled. She opened the door and smiled at him sitting behind the desk.

"I hope you don't mind. I didn't have a sitter." Meredith said.

"No, not at all," He said. "So this is Zach and Brookie."

"Say hi guys," She coached.

"Hi," They both said together.

Meredith had called The Chief not long before she came out. She told him the whole story.

"So we're finally getting you back," He said.

"If you have a spot," She said.

"Of coarse," He said. "We would love to have you back."

"Thank you," She said.

"I just draw up the contract and you can sign tomorrow."

There was a silence.

"Have you talked to him?"

"No, I'm sorry, Mere."

"No, it's okay," She said trying to hide the disappointment.

"Mere…" He started.

"I just….. I love him and… I don't know." She said and wiped her eyes. "I'm fine." She sniffled.

"Come on, let's go get some lunch."

She nodded and Chief picked up Zach while Meredith took Brookie.

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"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked as she picked through her food.

"What's there to talk about?" She said and handed Brookie some of her roll.

"Meredith, you can't pretend things are okay," He said.

"I just thought things would get easier," She sighed and handed Zach some food. "It never did. I still miss him. It still hurts like he left yesterday."

"I know."

"I don't know what I'm going to d anymore."