As always, thanks for the reviews! This update took a little longer than I had wanted it to, but I've been crazy busy lately! But I got myself into a system that I try to write 200 words whenever I have free time, and that seemed to work for this chapter. Anyways, enjoy!

I pour my favorite warm liquid into a cup in the attending's lounge and take a sip. Coffee is perfect for mornings like this, when it's a little chilly out and it's early. My eyes find the clock on the wall, which reads seven o'clock. Nathan should be here any second, as we agreed to meet here at seven before heading to Rachel's room to talk to her. Not yet about her injuries, because I haven't reviewed the scans and labs enough to come up with a plan. We are going to see if she will tell us some about her time in that hole with Megan, to help Nathan better understand her since Megan won't talk about it.

I sigh, and step toward the couch to sit down. Nathan swings the door open slowly, holding to coffees.

"You got me coffee?" I tilt my head to the side.

"Yeah, I got it from the new coffee shop that still hasn't opened yet. I know you really liked it and I figured you would want some but I see you already have coffee so…" He trails off.

I push myself of the couch, leaving the coffee I just made on the table and I take a couple steps toward him. "I still want it! I would so much rather have that the hospital's coffee."

"Okay then." He hands me the coffee, and our hands momentarily touch. I swallow, trying to ignore the feeling I got when I touched him. Him and Megan are probably going to get back together, so I really just need to get over him.

"You ready to talk to her?" I ask, walking toward the door.

"I don't know honestly." He opens the door for me and follows behind me. "I'm a little afraid to hear about what they went through. I don't know if I can handle it, so I don't know how they did."

"Well would you rather know some of what she went through or just imagine? I bet your imagination will be way worse." We walk side by side, our steps in sync. "She's a strong woman Nathan, that's how she handled it."

"I just don't know what to expect."

"Try not to expect anything and just be there for her. She needs you." I smile at him, hoping that he gets what I was implying.

He stays silent for the rest of the walk, all that can be heard is the sound of our footsteps and some nurse chatter in the distance. This time I open the door, and follow him in.

"Hey Rachel, how are feeling?" I remove my stethoscope from around my neck and listen to her breathe for a few moments.

"Um, pretty okay I guess. This hospital staff is amazing, if it weren't for all the needles and that hospital smell, one might think it's a fancy hotel where you never leave your bed." She smiles.

I move to check her abdominal wound and see no change, but it still looks pretty darn nasty. "Well, I like to think we have some of the best hospital staff around, so that is good to hear. Now, any pain?"

"I've been pretty much pain free for a while Doctor Grey." I watch out of the corner of my eye as Nathan cringes a little. Megan's recovery hasn't been the easiest.

"That's good. How about when I press down here?" I put some pressure on her lower abdomen, and she winces. "I figured that would happen." I smile.

"Well then why did you do it then?" She questions as I recover her with her gown.

"Because I needed to know." I move to the foot of the bed, grabbing the tablet to add some notes.

"Whatever. So who is this guy and why is he so quiet? Am I dying?" She raises an eyebrow for a moment before laughing. "So, who is he Doctor Grey?"

"This is my colleague Doctor Nathan Riggs. He is a cardio surgeon." Nathan gives a slight smile, but continues to stare at the woman in the bed in front of him.

"Cardio is hearts right? Is there something wrong with my heart?" Her brows furrow and her breathing increases slightly.

"No Rachel, your heart is fine. Nathan and I, were wondering if you would talk a little about your time in the that hole. It's fine if you don't want to, really." I smile softly, and try to read her reaction, but there is none. Her face is blank and she is just staring back at us.

Nathan clears his throat. "You don't have to if you don't want to. We are just curious."

She sighs. "Not to be rude but, why would you care?"

"We care because of Megan." Nathan states plainly.

"Oh!" She relaxes. "You're are the Megan's fiancée. It makes a little bit more sense now why you want to talk. So, what do you want to know?"

I nudge Nathan when he doesn't answer right away, but he seems frozen. "He just wants to know more about what happened all those years, to better help understand Megan. He wants to get back with her, but she won't talk to him about it and I think it's eating him alive to know what happened." I hear him swallow roughly, and I glance over to see him giving me a glare.

"Well, there was a lot. You might want to sit; this could be awhile." She nods to the chair next her bed.

I find this is the perfect time to excuse myself. "I've got more patients to check up on, page me if you need me. We should have a plan of action soon for your abdomen. Hopefully by the end of today." I nod and smile, probably looking like a freak before grabbing my coffee and leaving.

I drop the tablet off at the nearest nurse's station, and make my way toward an elevator. I'm just getting on when my phone buzzes.

"Since when I have said I want to get back with her? I haven't made the decision yet even though you just want to be friends, but thank you for getting me to talk to Rachel, I'll let you know how it goes."

I smile, knowing he was going to say something about that. It's all part of my plan to get him and Megan together. So I quickly text back saying "You're welcome."

Once I reach the Peds floor, I begin my search for Alex. I need to tell someone my plan, just to make sure it isn't completely irrational and crazy. I watch as he walks into a patient's room, I wait at the nurse's station for him. I grab a tablet and pull up Rachel's scans to look over them while I wait. Her abdomen looks like a complete mess. Between all the scar tissue, and the various half fixed injuries to her organs, it won't be easy to close that wound. The only definite thing is that it will take multiple surgeries. I scan over her labs, which actually look pretty close to normal for the most part. With good labs, everything will be a little easier, as long as there are no surprises.

I jump when a hand lands on my shoulder, but I turn around to find it's only Alex. "Alex, don't scare me like that!" I elbow him in the ribs.

"I didn't mean to startle you, but you were deep in thought looking at those scans. Tough patient?" He hands the tablet he was holding to the nurse and leans against the counter next to me.

"It's Rachel, the one who was down in that hole with Megan." I slide over to the scan of her abdomen and turn the tablet towards him.

"Ouch, that is one nasty abdominal wound." He cringes.

"I know. I don't even know where to begin yet. She doesn't have enough tissue to cover the wound, and I also have to watch the scar tissue. Plus, there is the injuries to her abdominal organs that need to be addressed too." I sigh, laying the tablet down.

"I mean it will be a cool surgery though," He shrugs. "Something you haven't really done before and you probably won't see another injury like this."

"True. Can we talk about something else?" He nods, and I continue. "I want to give my brain sometime to try to process her injuries and I have a question to ask you."

"Can we head to get a cup of coffee? I haven't had one yet and I really need one." He smiles, and follow him to the attending's lounge. "So, what do you want to ask me?"

I match my strides to his, thinking about the best way to ask this without sounding totally crazy. "So, the patient Rachel-"

"I thought we weren't talking about her?" He cuts me off.

"Well, if you'd let me finish, I was going to say it's not about her injuries." I frown.

"Sorry Mer, continue."

"Well, she seems to be this happy and optimistic person."

He chuckles. "So, the opposite of you?"

I punch his shoulder lightly. "Would you just shut up and listen to me?"

He laughs, and I roll my eyes. "Fine, I'll listen."

"Good. So, she seems to be this happy person. I don't know if I told you or not, but Megan wants to try with Nathan, and I'm going to use Rachel to help get them together. I'm going to be like some sort of matchmaker, you know? Where they set people up together? That's what I'm trying to do. Is it impossible?" I sit on one of the couches as Alex fills his cup with coffee.

"Why doesn't Megan just tell Nathan that she wants to be with him?" He takes a sip of his coffee.

"Because she wants to see if he really wants her, she doesn't want him to be with her unless he really wants it. She just doesn't want him to feel obligated to be with her." I shrug. "Otherwise the relationship wouldn't be that great."

"That makes sense, but you being the one to try to get them together doesn't." He falls down onto the couch next to me.

"So tell me why it doesn't make sense." I turn myself to face him, being completely serious and he just busts out laughing.

"You Meredith?" He holds in his laughter. "You are very dark and twisty so I don't see that working out."

"So? I can use that to my advantage."

"And you were involved with him, don't you think that is going to mess with your head?" He asks, getting serious.

"So? They will probably last longer than we would."

"I don't care about that. I care about if you are okay or not, and this may make you go dark and twisty again." He states his opinion with concern.

"I'll be fine." I smile.

"As long as you are okay, then I'm okay with you trying to be a matchmaker. Am I allowed to place a bet on if it will work or not?"

"Nope." I push myself to my feet. "Because it will." I skipped to the door, and before I leave, I add one last thing. "Watch me."

Nathan POV

I give a little wave before shutting Rachel's door behind me. I sigh and lean against the door. Meredith had told me to talk to Rachel to better understand Megan, but now I just have more questions. I will definitely be going back to talk to Rachel again. I told her to either tell me the easier stuff today or to sugarcoat it, because I'm not sure I can handle listening to what she went through until I mentally prepared myself, but soon I will find out everything I possibly can. Now I wanted to find Meredith and thank her again.

I check the attending's lounge first, as she goes there a lot to get coffee, but no Meredith there. I check the OR board and she isn't in a surgery right now, so she's either with a patient or eating lunch. Probably lunch, since it's almost 1 o'clock now. A low grumble comes from my stomach, so I might as well head to the cafeteria anyways.

I see her blonde hair at the front of the line, which is a surprise that it's down. She always has her hair in a little ponytail or braided back for surgery. She looks even more beautiful with it down, if that's possible.

I grab a tray with a sandwich on it and quickly pay for it before jogging to catch up to Meredith, and taking a seat next to her.

"Oh, hey Doctor Riggs."

"Meredith, we aren't working right now so call me Nathan."

"Riggs, I'll call you whatever I want to call you." She takes a bite of her sandwich.

I clear my throat. "Okay then." I'm not really sure what that is about, she is probably just in a mood or something. "I wanted to thank you again, for getting me to talk to Rachel."

"No problem," she pauses to take another bite of her sandwich. "I don't think that's what coworkers usually do, but oh well." She shrugs her shoulders.

"Coworkers?" I ask. She is definitely acting strange today.

"That's what we are, aren't we?" She raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but…" I trail off, unsure of what to say.

"Well, did you learn anything about what happened with Megan?" She asks before taking another bite of her sandwich.

"Uh, a little bit, yeah." I nod.

"Well that's good, unless it was bad stuff. Was it bad stuff?"

I shake my head. "I asked her for mainly the easier stuff today, so I could have some time to mentally prepare for the rest of it."

"Hmm."

"Yeah." I take a sip of my drink while I study her features. She has a determined look in her eyes, but I don't know what for or why.

She interrupts my thoughts of her. "What's the most interesting thing you've learned so far?"

I let out a huff of air, remembering what Rachel and I talked about.

"So, Nathan. It's nice to finally see the face of the person I've heard about. You already know this, but I would like to formally introduce myself." She sticks her hand out to me, and I grasp it lightly. "I'm Rachel, Megan's friend from the hole."

"Nathan, Megan's fiancée." I shake her hand quickly.

"It's really is so nice to finally meet you."

I sit in the chair by her bedside and scoot it a little closer. "You too."

"I bet you have a billion and one questions." I nod and she continues. "So, anything in particular you want to know about?"

I swallow and find myself staring at the wall across from me. I know exactly what I want to ask, but I don't think I'm prepared for the answer. "Could we stick to good stuff today, or sugar coat it for me?"

"Of course, just let me know when you want me to stop sugar coating it, if you do at all." She smiles softly.

"I will. So uh, first question. Did she talk about me?"

She laughs a little. "Sweetie, I knew who you were once you mentioned Megan. How else would I have been able to guess that?"

I let a little chuckle. "I guess that's true. So I guess my real question is, did she talk about me a lot? And was it good or bad things?"

"Oh sweetie, did she ever talk about you. It's all she talked about for months. About how when she was rescued or got free, how you guys were going to immediately get married. She talked about her dream wedding, and how she might even consider kids. She then went to describe you in detail, and imagine what your kids would look like. She talked about you a lot, at least in the beginning. I think as time went on, she talked about less and less because she was losing hope."

"Nathan, are you okay?" Meredith asks, with a look of concern on her face. She shakes me again, but I stay unmoving. "Nathan."

I snap out of my daze I was in, and just stare into her eyes for a moment. "I'm good."

"You blanked for a couple minutes, are you sure you are okay?" Her hand doesn't leave my shoulder.

"She talked about me."

"What?"

"You asked what was the most interesting thing I learned so far. It was that she talked about me, for months and months on end, even though we had probably our biggest fight right before she disappeared. She talked about me, and I thought she wouldn't have."

"That's good, Nathan." Meredith rubs my arm to comfort me, but in the end it confuses me more. Megan talked about me, and even wanted me after I cheated on her, but here is the woman who I am in love with, comforting me about it. I have no idea what to do, that's what I know for sure.

I think it's just a little funny that I started this Meredith being a matchmaker storyline before S15, & in S15 Meredith hires a matchmaker, but it might just be funny to me, idk!

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