The next day…

Thursday…

She sat in the bed remembering what happened the night before. What she remembered only confused her more.

"Hey," She smiled at him as she walked up behind him.

"I have surgery." He answered not looking at her.

"I heard you're the best man."

"Yeah."

"Well, maid of honor, best man, kind of perfect."

"Yeah."

"I know I haven't been myself lately, but I'm me again, so I was thinking maybe you should sleep over, because the me that I am is horny for the you that you are." She smiled at him brightly.

"I met a woman last night." Her smile fell.

"You met a woman last night?"

"At Joe's. Nothing happened. She was pretty, I noticed, and we talked."

"You met a woman last night?" She repeated still in shock.

"Yeah."

"So should I be worried or something?"

"You be worried that I met a woman? No. Should you be worried that, for me, flirting with that woman was the highlight of my week? Yeah, you should be worried or something." He said before walking off.

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"If you want to break up with me so you can see other women, just do it. Don't tell me you met another woman. Just end it if that's what you want."

"I can't."

"Sure you can. Here's how it goes...Meredith, I don't want to see you anymore. Meredith, I don't love you anymore."

"Meredith...I do love you. Don't you see? Don't you understand? You're the love of my life. I can't leave you. But you're constantly leaving me. You walk away when you want; you come back when you want. Not everyone, not your friends, but you leave me. So I'm asking you...if you don't see a future for us, if you aren't in this...please...please just end it, because I can't. I'm in it. Put me out of my misery."

"I...I can't. I...I...Cristina is getting married. I have to go make sure she gets married."

"Meredith…"

"I really need to make sure she gets down that aisle."

"Let's go. We're running late."

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"Oh. I'm ready. I'm fine. I...Meredith talked me down. Really, I'm fine. Go, go, go. I'll be right behind you." Christina said once Burke walked out from the chapel to where the woman were.

"I'm sorry." Burke said.

"Oh...I can do this. You know, I had a momentary freak out, but now I'm fine. I can do this. Go."

"But you don't want to do this. I'm up there waiting for you to come down the aisle, and I knew you don't want to come. I know you don't want to come but that you'll come anyway because you love me. And if I loved you...if I loved you, not the woman that I'm trying to make you be, not the woman that I hope you'll become but you...if I did...I wouldn't be up there waiting for you. I would be letting you go."

"I am wearing the dress. I'm ready. And...and maybe I didn't want to before, but I want to now. I really think I want this."

"And I really wish that you didn't think. I wish that you knew."

He walked out of the church.

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Meredith walked into the chapel. Her head was low as she made her way to the altar.

She sighed as she turned towards the group of people.

"It's over. You can all go home. It's over. It's so over."

She was trying to sort out what had happened. She needed someone to help her clarify because it wasn't making any sense.

The door opened and Alex walked in.

"Hey, sorry I couldn't stop by yesterday. You were asleep before I got out of surgery."

She nodded, but didn't say anything.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Before, I get to that, can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"What happened to Christina and Burke? Cause what I remember… I don't know."

"What do you remember?" He asked sitting at the end of her bed.

"Derek met someone and he told me that it was the highlight of his week. Then, he told me that I was the love of his life but I just walked away cause we were late for Christina's wedding. But Burke said he didn't love her just the idea of what she could be. And he walked away. Then I walked into the chapel and told everyone it was over."

Alex nodded and sighed. "I wasn't actually at the wedding."

"You weren't invited."

"I was and I was going to be there, but Addison…"

"Derek's wife?"

He nodded slowly. "Convinced me that I was in love with one of my patients, Ava… well her name was really Rebecca, but that doesn't matter right now. So I left to see if I could give her a reason to stay before she left but she as gone. But like I said that's a story for later…"

"But, Burke proposed to her?"

"He did and it took her over a week to answer. She wanted a small wedding. He wanted a big wedding. His mother ended up forcing the big wedding. Izzie said that while you guys were waiting to go in, she started to freak out because when she scrubbed into surgery, she scrubbed off the vowels she wrote on her hand. By the time you convinced her that everything was going to be okay, Burke had come out and…"

"Told her that he loved the woman he was trying to make her be, not who she really was."

He nodded. Meredith sighed and rubbed her head. "You're starting to remember. That's good."

"I feel like there's something big that I'm missing. I don't know why, but it feels like… don't laugh." He nodded. "When that guy, Mark Sloan, is in the room… I don't know. Sounds stupid."

He shook his head. "It will all come back to you."

She nodded. "Oh, about what I wanted to talk to you about."

He nodded.

"The chief said I'll be getting out of here soon as long as I'm careful. Izzie said that you live with me."

Alex nodded again. She took a deep breath.

"My sister, Danni, is coming into town to stay with me for awhile. But I can't leave for another couple of days. She'll be here tomorrow."

"You have a sister?"

"My mother had a child when I was fifteen. She lives in Boston now."

"Does the chief know?" Meredith winced and shook her head. "So, wait… what?"

"Like you said… stories for a different time. Right now, I just need you to know. She'll be here most of the day, but she'll need a place to sleep and shower and stuff."

"Okay."

"Thank you, Alex."

"Your welcome." He sighed. He had to tell Mark, too. "I have to go."

"Please, just don't mention this to anyone." He nodded. "Thank you."

He walked out as she sighed.

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And who Danni is, is finally revealed!!!