Meredith works on charts for a little while after Derek leaves before she begins to get more cravings. She decides to text message Derek instead of calling him.

Meredith: Can you also get me some black olives?

Derek: Black olives, jolly ranchers, and pickles? That's quite the combination
There is a lull in the messaging. Meredith is now lying on a bed in the on call room, the hospital eerily quiet tonight. She gets bored and decides to have a little fun.

Meredith: CHERRY jolly ranchers and I don't plan on eating them all together

Derek: Oh, so these are all seperate cravings?

Meredith: Yes.

Meredith: How is dinner?
Derek's sister just laughs at his nonstop typing on his blackberry.

Derek: Good.

Meredith: I miss you.

Derek: I miss you too.

Kathleen: You hate being apart from her, don't you?

Derek: Yes. I do. I mean, I've been apart from her for a month and I felt completely lost.

Kathleen: Because you love her.

Derek: Because I love her.

Meredith: I'm horny.

Derek chokes on his drink as he reads her message. His sister looks at him funny.

Derek: Went down wrong.

She arches her eyebrow, not believing him.

Meredith: I have another craving.
Kathleen: I see the text messages have taken a turn.

Derek: And what is that?

Meredith: Y.O.U.

Derek blushes slightly before shrugging.

Derek: What can I say? I have a month of making up to do.

Kathleen: Well, we are almost done here.

Derek: Yeah...and I need to go by the store.

Kathleen: Why?

Derek: She has cravings.

Kathleen: For?

Derek: Pickles, black olives, and jolly ranchers...cherry jolly ranchers.

Kathleen arches her eyebrow.

Kathleen: That's...interesting.

Meredith: I'm hungry.

Derek: Yeah...it's weird...I know.

Derek: Do you want me to bring you something?

Kathleen: Don't tell her that.

Derek: I'm not stupid.

Kathleen: Sometimes I don't know about that.

Derek glares at her.

Meredith: Yeah. Tex-Mex please.

Derek: What exactly would you like?

Meredith: Have to go, getting paged. See you soon. Love you.

Derek: What do you want to eat? Love you too.

Derek waits for her to respond, but she doesn't. They finish their meal and leave the restaurant. They stop at the store and Derek realizes that he doesn't know what kind of pickles she wants. He tries texting her, but she doesn't respond. So, he decides to get a jar of every kind. He then goes to get the jolly ranchers and realizes that the store doesn't carry just cherry jolly ranchers, so he gets ten bags of the assortment, planning on opening them all and taking out the cherry flavored ones for her. The black olives are easier and he grabs a jar. After he leaves the store they go through a Taco Bell drive-thru. Unsure of exactly what she wants, he orders one of everything with the veggies, sour cream, and guacomole all on the side.

He finally arrives back at the hospital with several bags of food for one very small person. He steps off of the elevator onto the surgical floor and searches for her. He doesn't see her anywhere. He sets the bags on the counter of the nurses' station and pulls out his blackberry.

Derek: Where are you?

The sound of her blackberry signaling a text message wakes Meredith from her light sleep.

Meredith: On call room.
Derek doesn't answer. Instead, he opens the door to the on call room to reveal her small figure splayed out on the bottom bunk. He chuckles at her as she jerks her head towards the door, attempting to shield her eyes from the blinding light.

Derek: Which one?

Meredith: Across from nurses station on surgical floor.

Meredith: Why?

Derek: Hey sleepy head.

Meredith stands up and walks towards him, quickly kissing him on the lips.

Meredith: Hello, lover.

She giggles and then notices all of the bags that he is carrying.

Meredith: What is all of this?

Derek: Well, I didn't know what kind of pickles you wanted, so I got a jar of every kind. Also, they didn't have just cherry flavored jolly ranchers so I just got several bags of the assortment. Then, you didn't tell me what Tex-Mex you wanted, so I got one of everything on the menu.

Meredith's mouth falls agape.

Meredith: Seriously?

Derek: Seriously. I want you to have everything your heart desires.

Meredith smiles at him and he sets the bags down on one of the tables in the room. She wraps her arms around his neck.

Meredith: You are amazing.

Derek tilts his head to the side and smiles his McDreamy smile.

Derek: I know.

Meredith giggles and Derek chuckles. Her stomach growls and both burst into laughter. She rubs her stomach with her hand and he places his hand on top of hers.

Meredith: We are hungry.

Derek: Well, there is plenty of food here.

Derek begins to lay out all of the food. Meredith eagerly licks her lips. She looks up at Derek.

Meredith: Will you stay with me?

Derek: Of course.

Derek pulls out a chair and sits across Meredith and he watches her indulge all of her cravings. He loves the look on her face as she enjoys the food. He loves seeing her satisfied and happy. It makes him happy. She makes him happy.

Derek: I want to be here for you for everything. All of your cravings, your morning sickness, your mood swings, everything. I want to be here for you. I just want you to know that. I just want you to know that I am not going anywhere.

Meredith stops eating and looks up at him, a smile plastered on her face.

Meredith: I know. I want you here. I may yell at you for hovering, but I want you to hover. I may yell at you for being over protective, because I know you and I know that at some point you will be and it will annoy me, but I like that. It lets me know that you care and that you love me. I just want you to know this now, because I love you. I love you and I am scared about all of this and I need you. I need you to get through this.

By the time Meredith finishes her speech she has tears running down her cheeks. Derek is shocked by her words, by how open she is being with him. As soon as he recovers from the shock he stands up and walks over to her and kneels down in front of her.

Derek: I am scared too, but we can do this. We can do this together. I am not going anywhere and together, together you and I can do anything. Okay?

Meredith just nods and leans her forehead against his.

Meredith (in a whisper): Der?

Derek( also in a whisper): Yeah?

Meredith: I'm glad you found me.