Blood was pumping deep within Izzie's veins. Anger was building up as she stormed through the hospital searching for what she liked to call one of her closest friends. How could anyone keep such a big thing away from her? Especially someone she classed as family. Izzie left Addison's side seconds after she read the chart. She couldn't stay in the room, knowing that she had been lied to. Who knew, she was most likely the last person to know Meredith was pregnant.

Walking past the CT room, she was astonished to find her close friend so quickly. She looked on as her friend and neurosurgeon boyfriend flirted and giggled while waiting patiently for their patient's CT scan. The anger that was built up inside her slowly disappeared as the realisation hit her. Meredith was happy and Derek loved her. They are meant to be. No matter how Izzie tried to keep her anger, she couldn't. She was happy that Meredith was a completely different person than she had been from recent months before.

"Hey, Iz, are you alright?" Derek caught a glimpse of the intern staring into space. Something was clearly invading her thoughts.

"Er, Mer, Meredith, can I speak to her for a second?" Izzie asked her superior as she came back from her trance. "I can wait, if you're too busy."

"No, sure take her." Derek smiled.

"I'll be back in a minute." Meredith reassured her Attending. As she passed, Derek slowly pushed himself halfway up from the chair. Naturally Meredith let her lips fall onto his and gave him a quick, soft peck, before running out of the small, dimly lit room completely. As Meredith made her way to her friend's side, Izzie grabbed onto her hand tightly and dragged her into the nearest vacant cupboard she could find.

The cupboard was dark, small and filled with all the essential first aid equipment. It wasn't the most appropriate room to be having a heart to heart discussion, but Izzie wasn't going to risk losing those few minutes she was allowed to have with her friend.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Apparently the anger feeling had seeped through Izzie's body, but not from within her voice.

"Tell you what?" Fear was placed in Meredith's eyes. She knew why Izzie wanted to talk to her. To drag her away from the crowded corridors that was filled with people going about the busy lives.

"Don't lie to me, Meredith." Izzie snapped. "I'm not stupid, I saw your chart!" Though it was hard for Meredith to see, she could tell tears were forming in Izzie's deep, brown eyes. "Just, I need to hear it from you." Calm, yet shakiness was all the strength Izzie could pull through in her voice.

"Okay, okay." Meredith took her tiny hand and placed it on Izzie's shoulder. "Yes, I am, I'm having a baby. Well, I'm having Derek's baby." She couldn't help it, when those words slipped, Meredith's lips curled into a smile that spread across her small face.

"Okay," Izzie became emotional. She couldn't help but let the tears fall down her rosy cheeks. They were happy tears and proud motherly tears. Yes, Izzie was proud of Meredith. After the bomb and the relationship issues her and Derek had, Izzie was so pleased to finally see Meredith settle down with the man she loved. She placed her hands on Meredith's shoulders and pulled her in for a tight hug. Meredith let her arms wrap around Izzie's back. She could finally relax. Her family now knew. Weight was lifted off of Meredith tiny shoulders, she no longer ached. Instead she felt as light as a feather and felt she was able to accomplish anything.

"Iz, you have to promise me something." Meredith told her uncontrollably emotional friend. Izzie looked at her to carry on. "You can't tell anyone."

Pacing back to the dark room, Meredith looked on at the father of her baby. She leant against the white door frame. "Have the scans come up?" She asked Derek as she watched him looking closely at the bright screen that held the only light in the room.

"Not yet," Derek replied, impatiently. It was a good five minutes since his patient climbed into the scanner and he was beginning to question whether the machine was actually working or not.

"That's fine it's only been a few minutes," Meredith reassured him. "Izzie knows." She blurted out. Meredith wasn't going to tell Derek until later, but the words slipped her lips before she could stop them.

"How did she find out?" His tone wasn't angry; he was concerned more than anything.

"She accidently picked up my chart instead of her patients and of course she read it." Meredith continued. "It's not her fault and besides I'm happy that she knows it means I don't have to hide it from her."

"That's good." Derek jumped up at the screen before him as the images from the scan began get clearer. "Scan's up."

Meredith moved from her spot and stood behind Derek resting her hand on the back of the leather chair and leaning down until her face was next to his. Warmth rushed through Derek's body as he felt the comforting presence beside him. He wanted times like these to carry on for the rest of his life. He loved working with Meredith, they were a great team.

"Look, he's got an aneurism in the right frontal lobe of his brain." Meredith pointed to the screen. Derek had never felt prouder. He loved it when Meredith spotted the cause before he did. Although he felt empowered he knew he was doing his job well.

"Book an OR, looks like we have work to do." A smiling Meredith walked out of the room and made her way freely to the nurse's station. She never loved her job more.

"Dr Grey, would you like to open him up?" Derek asked his intern as she stepped beside him in her scrubs. He couldn't help but stare into her eyes when he asked the question. Her eyes were the one thing that Derek could read so well and he was glad that they could communicate with them when other people were around so they could still be professional as well as send secret messages to each other.

"Really?" Meredith asked. Derek could tell by her eyes that she wanted to kiss him there and then and of course he wanted to do the same thing too.

"Of course." Throughout the whole surgery Derek watched on at Meredith who was busy looking at her patient to notice those ocean blue eyes laying on her. She enjoyed herself too much and she knew he was going to get some special treatment when they got home that night.

"You did great in there," Derek was proud, Meredith could tell that in his voice. She like pleasing her teacher and not only in the ways others could provide, but she knew when she pleased Derek at work she was on her way to becoming the extraordinary surgeon she always dreamt of.

"Well, that's because I had a great teacher." They both walked hand in hand out of the scrub room, something that would rarely happen as they worked together.

Meredith became startled as a nurse that she recognised, but didn't know gliding up to her and Derek with a smile on her face. "Congratulations!" The nurse's smiled beamed more as she looked on at the couple's reaction.

"What?" Meredith's face turned from a loving smile to a not so sincere smile.

"On the baby," The nurse watched as Meredith glanced up at Derek. His expression was matching Meredith's. Someone had told her and Meredith knew exactly who it was.

*Can I just say thank you for all the reviews! They really keep me going with the story and I do keep your reviews on board when I write the next chapter. I don't know where the story is going at the moment, but I want to fit it in with what actually happened in season three of Grey's Anatomy, so I'm sorry to say, Meredith does drown in this FanFiction too. But like I said I don't know where it's going apart from that. Hope you all have a great day! - Seven days till Grey's is back on woo!*