Meredith had curled up on the bed in the basement reading over her study
notes. Since the success of the trial her interest in neuro has grown,
but she has found she has a liking for the diagnostic side, or more
treating the inoperable.

She had been ignoring her pager right up until bailey was standing at
the edge of the bed.

"You have a patient that has belted his head against a wall repeatedly
and you are ignoring your pages." She said almost sternly.

"I have a patient who in 4 days is going to get executed and at the
moment his organs are viable and his liver is a match for your kid."
Meredith replied.

She tried not to look up as she heard bailey gasp.

"Did you tell your patient how to kill himself?" she asked

Meredith looked up at her. "No, that would be completely un ethical I
just simply told him the dangers that he faces after brain surgery." She
replied.

Bailey went to say more when Derek came running up to her. "What the
hell are you doing?" he asked. "They called me at home because you
aren't answering your page.'

Meredith sighed. Now that was something she hadn't expected to happen.

"So much for retribution" she murmured as she sat up and piled her
things together.

"Retribution?" Derek asked and bailey eyes widened in interest.

Meredith nodded before moving off of the bed. "I guess you want me to
undo what I did?" she asked

Derek shook his head he couldn't believe what she was saying.

"Move it." He said as he ushered her down the hallway away from Bailey.

Meredith groaned, leaving her paper work behind.

Bailey watched her go and could remember the conversation she had overheard between Derek and his mother. "You see everything in black and
white, while she sees the shade of grey."

Shaking her head, she then moved to quickly peak at what Meredith had
been reading and her eyes widened in surprise. "Well I'll be." She said
as she studied for a moment before putting the papers back down. "That
girl is going to be a force to be reckoned with."

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After the broken plea from bailey, and word getting back to Arizona
about what Meredith had done, she knew that there was more heart in this
hospital then she first was worried about.

She had heard bits and pieces about that among other things over the
day. She had seen dr bailey so close to a break down and she had been
amazed as she had heard people refer to her as domineering and
everything in between.

She had been relieved that they had found a liver, even more so when
their little boy had come back around.

She had watched his mother cling to his side and fight not to lose hope,
and in some weird twisted way it had reminded her of Meredith and the
way she used to hope that she could fix the things in her life that she
didn't like.

She knew that she had only spent a night really thinking about whether
she was going to tell Meredith the secret she had been holding back, but
now she knew that she needed to, because maybe this secret could turn
Meredith's life around For the better and maybe just maybe, things could look up for them too.
She really wanted her baby sister back, and she hated that this had been
between them for so long.

Having now decided this she moved off again, away from her patient's
bedside, to go home and plan how exactly she was going to tell her the
biggest secret of her life.

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"My mother loved you." Derek had murmured as he had leaned into kiss
her. It had been weird and definitely random. She hadn't expected those
words to ever fall from his mouth.

Meredith pulled back and looked at him skeptically.

"Its true." Derek murmured as he leaned in and kissed her again. "She
thinks you even me out, that you are good for me."

Meredith nodded and didn't really say anything more, while Derek smiled
even wider with the knowledge of what was in his coat pocket.

"She wants you to come to New York with me." He added, knowing that the
topic could spark a very interesting conversation.

Meredith sighed and leant into him. She was too exhausted to be having
this conversation, especially after having everything happen today. She
was pretty sure she just needed to sleep now.

Derek wrapped his arms around her tightly. "So what do you think?" he
asked.

Meredith ran her hands down his back before tiredly looking up at him.
"I think we should sleep." She told him, and before he had a chance to
pull away she quickly added. "We can talk about this in the morning when
my head is able to function."

Derek nodded in understanding, he was tired too, but feeling better than
what he had been over the past couple of days.

"Ok" he said quietly as he tilted her head up to his. He then dipped his
head to give her a kiss.

Leading her up to the bedroom, he watched as she seemed to drag, and he
could tell that she had a few things were on her mind, but he knew he
couldn't push her to talk, and she was far too tired to.

Watching as she stripped down and slid into bed, he quickly followed
knowing that the only thing he could really do for her right now was to
hold her.