DISCLAIMER: I do not and have never claimed to own Grey's Anatomy. If I did, I wouldn't have to bother with these. Seriously!

"Hey Mer, how'd your princess case go?"

"Pregnant. We're handing her over tomorrow."

"So you're getting a new case?" Asked Cristina.

"Yes, she is." Mark interrupted their conversation. "That is, if you want one." He said to Meredith. Derek flashed through her mind for a moment, but she quickly pushed him out.

"Sure!"

"Great! Patient is in room 3437. Be there in ten minutes. I'll give you time to review the case."

"Thank you Dr. Sloane." Mark smiled at her and walked away. Cristina grabbed the chart out of Meredith's hands and flipped it open. "Wow. This chick wants a whole new look. Breast augmentation, captique injections, rhinoplasty, otoplasty and liposuction."

"How much do you want to bet that this is going to be another princess?"

"Who's a princess?" asked George. "Meredith's new 'plastic case'"

"You've got plastics? Man I would kill for that!" said Alex

"People! What's going on here? Did I say you could have a tea party? Come on, lets move!" yelled Bailey.

Quick as lightning they began to scatter. Meredith walked up the hall to 3437, and found Mark talking to a patient. "Maybe it's more of a midlife crisis." She thought to herself.

"Ah, Mrs. May, this is Dr. Grey. Dr. Grey, this is Mrs. Ruthie May."

"Aren't you just a bit young to be a doctor?" she glanced at Mark. "Both of you?"

Meredith smiled while Mark laughed. "Ok. Your surgery is scheduled for 8:00 AM tomorrow sharp. See you there." They turned and walked out of the room. "Dr. Sloane? That's it? You're not going to make me present?"

"Uh, I see no point in that. You're going to round in the morning aren't you?" Meredith nodded. "So, I'll let Dr. Bailey know that you're with me. And Ill see you bright and early in the morning." He smiled at her and walked away. Meredith looked at her watch. 6:00. She smiled to herself. She was off for the day, and she had made dinner plans with Finn for 7:00. She walked down the hall to the locker rooms, and looked around before she entered them. Other than the fight with Derek, the day had gone relatively well. Even though Mark showing up had been a bit of a surprise, it had turned out to be rather nice having him there, although the tension between Derek, Addison, her and him would most likely remain for quite some time. "Yeah, schedule it for eleven." Shouted Derek as he entered the room. He turned his head and spotted Meredith. "Hey." She looked at him and then away. " I don't have time."

"For what?"

"For you trying to apologize, and me yelling at you because you shouldn't even have called me a whore, to cause you to need to apologize in the first place."

"Meredith?"

"What?"

"How would you like to scrub in on a cranial reconstruction tomorrow at eleven?" He asked flashing her a McDreamy smile. She looked at him before she turned to rummage through her purse. "I can't."

"Why not? Come on Mer, how often are these done ever, let alone in this hospital?"

"Believe me, despite the fact that I'm just a little bit angry with you, about everything, if I could, I most certainly would accept that surgery."

"Then why aren't you?"

"I already told you, I have someone else!"

"Who?"

Just as she was about to try to lie, her phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey, are you almost ready?" asked Finn.

"Yeah, I'm going to be there in a few minutes ok?"

"Alright. See you soon."

"Yeah." She hung up and picked up her coat. "I have to go. Bye Derek."

"Meredith!"

"Goodbye Derek!" she called as she jogged down the halls.

Sighing Meredith got on the elevator, for what felt like the millionth time that day. "Hey." She jumped as Addison got on the elevator pulling her out of her thoughts. She smiled "Hi Addison."

"How're you?"

"I'm good, how about you?"

"Good." Addison paused and looked at Meredith before saying. "About the other day, when I was shouting at Derek…. I'm sorry." Meredith gave her a puzzled look. "For what?"

"Well I'm sure you must have been embarrassed. And he did reassure me that nothing was going on so I guess…." Meredith looked at Addison pausing to consider her words carefully. "I'm sorry if we caused you to worry."

"No it's fine. I was jealous when there was no need to be, right?"

"Right." There was a moment's silence and then Meredith asked "So as a friend. How are you doing? With Mark being here?"

"I'm good. Thank you though. For asking. Everybody's just been looking at me like they expect to find me in an on-call room with him, it's…it's annoying really to see, that they can't even hide the fact that they don't believe that your marriage is trying to heal, that they think you're just going to go back to your mistresses." Meredith bites her lip and nods. The elevator stops and they get off. "Meredith?" She turns around again. "Thank you again. For asking."

"You're welcome Addison." They smiled at each other. "Meredith!" shouts Mark as he

opens the staircase door. Just then Derek is getting off the elevator. "Meredith listen I just wanted to let you know that the surgery is going to be at 7:30 not 8:00. Can you be there?"

"Of course! How often does all this get done on one patient at one time?"

Mark chuckled "See you there."

"Bye Dr. Sloane."

She walked out of the hospital, and Mark turned around, his gaze landing on Derek's, which was directed furiously at him. Mark shrugged and turned around, smiling to himself. His plan was going to work.

A/N: Ok. I am reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyyyy sorry about the long wait between chapters. Truly. But I have been really busy lately AND I had a case of writers block.

I want to thank everyONE who reviewed (cough cough few reviews, I loved absolutely all of them, but maybe more next time if you could, and don't forget no flames? Cough cough )

So a lot of conversation in this chapter eh? But it IS a TV show….

Ok, that bit with Addison at the end. She's vulnerable. People are always looking at her like she and Derek are falling apart (and, they are, I mean Meredith and Derek belong together they HAVE to fall apart!) but they aren't even giving them the benefit of the doubt. I feel sorry for Addison, she's really trying to make things work, but people aren't believing her. And she's just so tired of it, so when Meredith asks it's kind of like "Thank you. Even though, we've had our differences, the fact that you actually asked, it really DOES mean so much to me." It's like this huge weight is being lifted off her chest, because sometime when you know that one person, even if it's just one person? If you know they care enough to ask, because they know that it must be tough on you, and they do feel genuinely somewhat sorry, it can make you feel so much better.

Once again I thank you all for reviewing last time, please do so again this time, your reviews, LITERALLY make my day (no flames please!…lol, who knew I was going to say that?) and I will TRY to get another chapter up ASAP, barring any writers block. Thank you so much for reading!

Meredith