Hola, people! So are people still reading this? I really hope so. So yeah, thanks for reviewing, they always make me smile and make me happy. So, please keep 'em coming. Okay, this next part is a little on the short side, but I still hope that you like it. I think it's pretty interesting and its a lead in to the next one (or couple of ones), which I am still tinkering around with, it's kinda hard, I can't quite get it perfect. So anyways... read on!

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"Come on, I'm taking you to the hospital," he said standing up.

"No, really, I'm okay," she said closing her eyes, rolling over on her side practically falling asleep.

He got back down and rustled her back slightly, "Meredith, I'm afraid you could have an infection," he told her as he helped her into a sitting position, "Come on," he said again, taking her arms trying to get her to stand up off the couch.

"Derek, no, please," she pleaded, and he realized that she was scared to go to the hospital, scared of the truth being known. That everyone she knew would find out what she had done. He knew that she couldn't take being the hospitals source of gossip again, he knew what she had gone through with everyone looking, pointing, snickering, and talking about her behind her back, he knew, even if she never told him, he knew. 'That's the intern that's sleeping with Dr. McDreamy', 'the sluty mistress,' he'd heard what they said and he knew that she couldn't go through that again.

"We don't have to go to Seattle Grace, we can go somewhere else. I just want you to get looked at, okay?" he whispered to her.

"Please, don't make me," she said in a small voice, somewhat still in denial over everything that had happened, she didn't want to have to face everything yet, she just wanted to stay on that couch, sleep, and let the world pass her by, wanting to deal with everything at some other time, wanting to forget...

"I know you're afraid," he said softly, taking her hands in his, "I know what you're afraid of, but everything is going to be okay." He didn't want to make her do anything she didn't want to, but the doctor part of him was concerned and he tried to relay that that to her with his eyes, but his look was met with a look of fear and pain. He saw her fear, all of it rushing back to her in a massive tidal wave, all the color draining from her face. "Okay," he said despite his better instincts, rubbing her arm, "It's okay. Come on, lets get you upstairs and into bed."

He gently pulled her to her feet towards him and he noticed that she was a bit shaky so he put his arm around behind her waist and she did the same to his. Slowly, one step at a time, they made their way up the flight of stairs to her room, but about half way up, she lost her balance. Her free arm flailed out in front of her as she tried to find something to grab on to to hold her balance, she found Derek. As soon as he saw her sway he reached out to help her, "Whoa. Easy, easy, you're okay," he said as he held her steady, he knew it was a bad idea to stay, something was wrong. As soon as she regained some of her balance he could feel that she was placing all her weight on him, this was definitely more than her just being tired. "Hang on," he told her as she tried to take another step up the stairs, he bent down and hooked his arm under her knees, picking her up and taking her back downstairs to his truck.

"No," she whispered, shaking in his arms, trying to break free from his arms, "don't."

"You have to, it's okay," he said, knowing she didn't want to go to the hospital.

"No, I don't want anyone to know," she told him. He couldn't help but feel a twinge in his heart at hearing that, but he brushed it off, "I'll have to tell the truth... I don't want you to get in any trouble," she continued. It still surprised him that through everything that she was going through she was still overly concerned for him.

"You don't have to worry about me," he said down to her, "I just want you to be okay, that's all that matters." He made his way across her living room and quickly kicked the door shut behind him as he stepped outside, hardly noticing that at sometime during the night it had begun to rain. He quickly and carefully made his way across the street to where he had parked and gently put her down while he took his keys out of his pocket and unlocked the passenger side door. As soon as he let her down, she leaned up against the side of this truck waiting; wanting to run, to go back into her house, but laking the energy to do anything about it. Besides, deep down, she knew Derek was right in taking her to a hospital.

As he opened the door he turned to usher her in out of the rain, but paused when he saw her, "Meredith?" She didn't say anything, instead just leaned her head back and rested her hand on her stomach, "Meredith, you okay?" he asked her, placing his hand on her shoulder, obviously worried.

She took a deep breath and swallowed, "I feel dizzy," she said. He took her hand and squeezed it gently, offering her what little comfort and strength he could, and he felt her squeeze back, hard.

"It's going to be okay, take a deep breath," he said, and she did, "Good, deep breaths." After a few minutes her dizzy spell subsided and she opened her eyes and looked straight into his, and she saw him smile his crocked little smile at her, "Better?" he asked, and she nodded in response. "C'mon," he said as he eased her into the passenger seat, awkwardly wiping away some of the rain from her face with his jacket sleeve after he fastened her seat belt for her. He quickly closed the door and made his way to the other side of the truck, running a hand through his hair as he stepped into it. A quick glance in Meredith's direction and he saw that she was resting her head up against the window, her eyes once again closed. On the center counsel between them was his cell phone, flashing a little red light indicating he had missed calls, he ignored it and started the engine.

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TBC... So... whatcha think? What's wrong with Meredith? I know! But you don't ;) If you want to find out, hit the review button! ;) hehe.

OFF TOPIC: Loved the episode last night! Did you guys watch? Loved the fact that Meredith didn't choose either Mc (Dreamy or Vet), and is going to date them both, I would of never thought of that! But, I guess that's why I write fan fiction instead of writing for the "Grey's Anatomy" staff, maybe one day, LOL. But, it was a cool episode, I can see that the next few ep's are going to be pretty funny.