After the day Meredith had, all she wanted was to go home. And yet here she was sitting on Dr. Wyatt's couch for her scheduled therapy session. The rest of her day had went okay. No more confrontations with Derek. When she did catch a glimpse of him, he looked straight through her as if she wasn't even there. She really wasn't sure what was worse, him yelling at her or him ignoring her.

"Meredith, you are very quiet today. Do you want to talk about?" Dr. Wyatt asked.

If she wanted to talk about wouldn't she be talking? Damn, they'll give a pysch degree to anyone huh?

"Meredith?"

"I really don't want to talk about it."

"Meredith, lets not backtrack we have begun to make real progress."

"Okay fine. Derek is mad at me."

"Derek is mad at you? How does that make you feel?"

"How do you think it makes me feel? It has obviously upset me."

"Why? You are not with him, he is with Rose."

"He is being really cold and cruel to me and I don't feel like I have done anything to deserve it. The trial was a success and yet he is acting like I ran over his puppy!"

"What do you say to him when he is yelling at you?"

"Nothing. What am I supposed to say?"

"Have you lost your voice or just your nerve? You are a strong woman, an extraordinary woman Meredith. No man defines who you are."

"So what are you saying?"

"I am saying to figure it out for yourself. You know what to do, so do it."

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Derek methodically scrubbed out of his successful craniotomy. He was lost in thought when Rose came up to him.

"Hey! You never did say whether we were on for tonight or not."

"Oh yeah, right. Okay, I will be ready in 20 minutes."

"Great I will meet you downstairs."

Derek headed to the attending's locker room to change clothes. He was exhausted after today and not sleeping the night before. All he wanted was to go home. Oh well, he could always cut the evening short. Then again she would probably want sex. He had managed to hold off after that first time. There just wasn't passion with Rose. Of course there was more to a successful relationship than just sex. He had passion with Meredith and looked where that got him. In a relationship with Rose. He had a lot of thinking to do but he would put it off until tomorrow.

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Meredith headed down to the lobby this time taking the stairs. She definitely didn't want to risk another elevator encounter with Dr. Shepherd. She was after all the master avoider. She would just avoid him until this all blew over. Yeah like that has worked so well in the past. She made it the bottom step and exited out of the stairwell door into the lobby and headed for the door. However before she got there, she heard a voice call out her name. She winced. It was Rose. Just Great. A terrific ending to a terrific day.

"Hey Meredith. I just wanted to congratulate you on your success with the trial. You must be ecstatic!"

"Oh Hi Rose, uh…yeah. It is great. Really great."

"Yeah I am just waiting on Derek. We are going to my apartment for dinner."

'Is she fucking kidding me! Who the hell says that to their boyfriend's ex girlfriend!' She wanted to rip her fucking head off for being so insensitive.

"Great thanks for the information. I am really happy for you." she said sarcastically.

"You have fun tonight okay."

"He is really a great guy and I think we can be happy together Meredith. I hope that we can all stay friends."

"You want to be friends? Okay Rose, friends are honest with each other, right? How is this for honest? Derek Shepherd is a class A asshole who will fuck with your head and tell you all these really beautiful and romantic things that will have you falling in love so fast your head will spin…and then his wife will show up and he will tell you he is leaving her, but instead he will stay with her and then flaunt her in your face every fucking day. And yet you will be labeled as the fucking whore! Then he will want to still be around you, sniffing you in elevators and comforting you in supply closets, all the while still fucking his wife. Then he will get pissed off when you try to move on and chase you into an exam room and fuck your brains out. Then he will tell you he loves you, but then walk away and want space. Then you will let him back in and he tells you he will always show up and yet he is flirting with bar whores and wanting you to put him out of his misery. So you will dump his sorry ass and then he wants break up sex. But can he handle that? No! All of a sudden he will want marriage and 3 kids and a house in the fucking wilderness. And then because you are not ready he will start to date doctors and scrub nurses because to him it apparently doesn't matter who he has a future with, just as long as he has someone to cater to his every fucking need!"

Meredith stopped and looked around to everyone who had gathered to watch her tirade. Rose stood there with her eyes wider than they already were. Then her eyes met steely cold blue. Oh shit!

"What the hell do you think you are doing Dr. Grey?" he said coldly.

Oh, no he didn't!

"Don't Dr. Grey me you prick. You want to treat me like shit go ahead! I can take anything you throw at me. But know this…If you cant take it, don't dish it out." She spat.

And with that she threw her head up high and walked out the door leaving behind a very astonished group of people. Let the gossip and the games begin! Oh this was going to be so much fun!