I do not in any way own Grey's Anatomy or the characters…

Meredith was dreading the encounter that she knew she was about to have with Finn. In a perfect world, she would have been able to pick a better place than his work to break her news, but due to the circumstances she figured the sooner the better. The pregnancy test that she picked up at q local drugstore was sitting in her purse unopened. The whole idea of a baby was overwhelming, putting off finding out somehow allowed Meredith to cope. She was very skilled when it came to putting certain situations off. Scarlett O'Hara's famous line "I won't think about this now, I can't stand it if I do; I'll think about it tomorrow," seemed to have become a personal anthem. However, telling Finn the truth about this relationship or whatever they had going could not be put off. Finding out for sure whether or not you're pregnant is one thing, but dragging along a decent man who genuinely cared for you, who had had his own share of heartbreak, and who was most definitely not the father of said hypothetical child was another. Meredith did not want to give the man false hope, especially now…now that she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that she and Derek still had something to fight for…she had hope for the future and the best way to prepare for that was to shed the past, to make a clean break.

She walked into the reception area of the clinic. People were there with their pets. Finn really had an odd assortment of clientele from the more traditional pets (dogs, cats, rabbits, even horses and mice) to the exotic, or at least what she considered exotic (snakes, lizards, chinchillas). The secretary gave her a big smile.

"Well this sure is a pleasant surprise. He's in with a patient right now, but feel free to sit; he should be out any minute. Playing hooky today?"

"Something like that," Meredith said with a weak smile. She took a seat and hoped that Finn would make an appearance soon.

She saw him before he saw her, of course she was looking for him and he had no idea that she wasn't at work. His dirty blonde hair looked as if he had just recently gotten a trim. He was always neat. For a split second Meredith wished that she could have the flip flops in her stomach for him that she felt for Derek. Finn was sweet and stable and she could picture a life with him. If she had met him first or not met Derek at all, Meredith was thoroughly convinced that she could have been, no, would have been happy. Finn took a glance around the waiting room and Meredith felt when his eyes found her. She looked up and managed a smile. His in return was big; it traveled all the way up into his eyes which made her spirits sink even lower. "I'm really going to hurt him and he doesn't deserve this…damn you Derek…"

Before she had time to fully gather herself together, Finn was striding toward her; enveloping her in a big hug.

"Meredith! What are you doing here? Not that I'm not glad to see you I just thought you were working today."

"I was, but I felt sick so I took the rest of the day. I'm on my way home, but I needed to talk to you and I figured that I'd go ahead and stop by and maybe you might be able to spare a few minutes."

"Sure, sure not a problem; I have one more patient I need to see and then we can go upstairs and have some coffee. Do you mind waiting a while?"

"No, I'll be fine."

"Good, then why don't you go upstairs and relax…if you're not feeling well just stretch out and I'll be up in no longer than a half an hour." He took the opportunity to guide her to the stairs and press a kiss on her cheek. "See ya soon."

With that he headed back into his waiting room. "Mrs. Tyson and Rascals?"