AN: This is essentially a filler chapter, just sharing news of the divorce. I have the next chapter slightly planned out so it should be up soon, I think it'll be long and will feature Mer/Der in a elevator!

Meredith was woken by the insistent ringing of her cell phone on her bedside table. She sat up slightly, pulling her alarm clock towards her. 1:27, who in the world is calling me at this time? She picked up her phone, and squinted at the bright glow. Derek. Why is he calling me?

Curiosity lead her to pick up the phone instead of just ignoring it.

"Hello?" She tried not to sound too tired.

"Meredith. I'm sorry for waking you."

"That generally happens when you call someone in the middle of the night." She was really annoyed at him calling her this late, for no apparent reason. He knew how early she had to wake up.

"Sorry, but I just had to tell you. It's over."

"What's over? Derek what are you talking about?" It was far too late for her brain to comprehend his half spoken idea.

"We signed the papers. Addison and I. The divorce will be official as soon as the lawyer approves them."

Meredith actually felt her heart skip a beat. Her half awake mind tried to process this new information and how she should react. She found that she was far too happy, while she should be angry. Hadn't she just told him that she wouldn't be the other woman?

After a long pause, she managed to form a proper response. "I'm sorry Derek. That must have been hard."

"Meredith, this is a good thing. Now we can finally be together. No more secrets." His voice was warm, and convincing.

"Derek, no. I'm not going to be the other woman." Meredith forced herself to sound angry, and snapped her phone shut.

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Burke woke up to the sound of obnoxiously loud rap music. "What the hell is that?"

Christina moaned beside him. "My phone."

"It's the middle of the night. Who the hell is calling you?"

"Probably Meredith, who else has problems that can't wait until morning?" She reached over and answered the phone, sounding very cranky.

"What! He divorced her? For real?"

Oddly, the first thought to run through Burke's head was, Bailey got dumped, that sucks. He knew that couldn't be the situation.

Nudging Christina, he asked, "who's getting divorced?"

She put her hand over the mouthpiece. "Derek and Addison. Meredith, of course, is flipping out. Which lead her to call me in the middle of the night. I mean, doesn't Izzie, queen of gossip, live with her?"

They both heard Meredith's voice raise to an alarmingly high pitch. Christina turned back to the phone. "Yes, Meredith, you have the most complicated, sucky life ever. Just tell him to fuck off and let you live your life." Through Meredith's continued rambles, she said, "I'll talk to you tomorrow, now it's nighttime, so I'm going to sleep."

Christina closed her phone, and turned to Burke. "Man, it would suck to be her. Now he's going to charm her, make her fall back in love, then crush her heart into 1000 pieces . . . again."

"You're so optimistic." Burke smiled and pulled her back into his arms, content with his not-so-complicated life.