Meredith entered her hotel room that night, looking visibly tired with bags under her eyes that had appeared in the last few hours and hair falling everywhere. She collapsed on the bed and stared up at the ceiling, and for the first time, she let the tears that she had been pushing down overwhelm her as they fell down her cheeks. She shook as she sobbed. She sobbed for her marriage, for letting her anger get the best of her, for cheating on her husband, for being cheated on, for all the lost memories, for all the remembered memories. She heard a knock on the door but was in no shape to answer it. The door opened and she quickly sniffled and moved to hide herself under the blanket. He stood at the foot of the bed, looking down at her with pity and sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sorry."

She sniffled and peeked her head out from under the covers, pulling them back to let him join her. He quickly moved to lay next to her, taking her in his arms. She let the sobs overtake her once more, as she buried her head in his chest. She cried for what seemed like forever, until she couldn't produce any more tears. She pulled away gently and looked at him, the man who was there for her once again, when she really needed him.

"How did you get in."

"I'm your husband."

"Oh. Why are you here?"

"I wanted to apologize. I didn't mean those things I said earlier. My anger was talking for me. I love you Meredith."

"Did you just come because your whore broke up with you?"

"I came to see if you would take your whore back."

"Alex?"

"Is that a joke?"

"You haven't been my whore for awhile. You're the Spice Girls' whore."

"How sweet."

"Why now? Why are you trying to save our marriage now?"

"I know we're damaged and we're going to have to work hard to fix it. But I want to fix it. I want to get through this with you."

"I don't see how we can."

"Do you love me?"

"Do you love me?"

The next morning, Meredith crept out of her empty bed, put on her running clothes, and went for a jog along the unknown Seattle trails. She was lost and stumbled onto some private property, naturally. A giant aluminum potato sat in the middle of a large piece of land. She stopped as she saw two figures by the shore. The man was fishing and the woman was nearby doing yoga. She stifled her laughter until she realized who the man was. Doing her best to stand up straight, she continued to laugh harder and harder until the man looked up. He did a double take and when he recognized her, he walked over, catching the attention of the yoga woman.

"Derek! Derek get back here! I need my shade!"

He approached Meredith with a cocky grin on his face.

"How quaint. The fisherman and the yoga student, trying to be one with nature."

"Good morning, Sporty Spice."

"What's with Yogi Bear over there?"

"Jealous?"

"Oh of course. You know I can't live without you. I stalked you to find out where you lived so I could show up and we could have some early morning sex. Can you get rid of Yogi Bear so we can have our fun?"

"You are so jealous."

"I'm really surprised you can stand upright with a head that big."

"Her name's Melody."

"Of course it is."

"She's my girlfriend."

"Well most one-night-stands don't stick around to do their morning exercises ... well exercise like that, at least."

"Do you want to meet her?"

"I think I just might join her."

"What?"

"I used to do yoga all the time."

"Oh ... yea ... right."

"I'm a little rough around the edges, but I'm sure it'll come back to me. Oh look, she's doing that wrong."

Derek turns to see Melody trying to twist herself but going about it the wrong way.

"Well now I have to go help her. I mean you can't have your little sex bunny hurt herself, can you?"

Meredith smirks at Derek as she walks over to Melody.

"What are you doing?"

She turns and smiles broadly at him.

"Weren't you always going on about how you were into threesomes?"

"Seriously?"

"Have you always been this gullible or is this a new thing?"

Meredith walks over to Melody and corrects her stance and proceeds to lead her in a few complex poses, stretching herself out. After a bit, she gets up and walks over to Derek, who hasn't moved.

"You OK?"

"Uh-huh."

"I'll see you at work nature boy."

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