After the hot shower action, Meredith was awake and feeling better than ever.

Addie had moved back to their bedroom with Meredith stumbling behind so that they could continue further. Of course, both had almost forgotten about work and as a consequence they had run late.

Meredith had ran into the intern locker room, quite aware that her fellow interns would have already started out on rounds.

She quickly changed and ran off to find how far along they had gotten.

She was surprised when she caught up with them just as they entered the room for their first patient.

Bailey had glared at her, but did not say anything. Meredith knew that she would be saving it for later, when she could embarrass her in the hall, or even make her do scut.



Meredith had noticed as she entered the patients room that Izzie and George were missing. There were only 3 interns on rounds with Bailey. She was intrigued by this. She knew that if Addie was correct, then George was no longer here, but the location of Izzie was another thing altogether.

The rounds went well, and just before they all received their official assignments Meredith watched as her Dad came up behind them. "Miranda, i would like to speak with you and your interns for the moment." He informed her.

Bailey turned around and looked at him concerned. "Yes sir." She replied. She then turned and gestured for the rest of the group to follow.

Richard led them through the hospital and up to his office where Preston, Derek, Mark and Addie were all seated. They filed in and stood before the attending.

"What i need to discuss with you, is of great sorrow, yet importance. In fact, i should even suggest that you take a seat." Richard informed them.



Meredith looked confused between her brother's and Addie. She could tell that neither of them knew what was going on.

Meredith moved towards the seat that had been left vacant beside Addie and sat in it; Addie automatically taking her hand. Both of them could feel the built up tension in the room. It seemed like everyone could feel it.

The other interns moved to be seated between the other interns, and Bailey standing off to the side. She too had no idea what was about to come.

"Yesterday afternoon." Richard opened. '"I unfortunately had to force a transfer through in regards to Dr O'Malley. While this brought me great sadness to lose a doctor who could have been formidable in the O.R. Nothing saddened me more than what followed."

Meredith looked to Addie, and both the boys looked between each other then over at them. They all shrugged.

"Late last night i was notified that Dr O'Malley was killed in a car crash. It seemed that as he went to apply the brakes at 

the traffic lights, they did not work, and it resulted in him running a red light. He was killed instantly when the driver of another vehicle slammed into the driver's side door." Richard continued. "An investigation followed into the early hours of this morning. The police found that Dr O'Malley's brake line had been cut."

Meredith gasped in shock. Everyone too seemed to be wearing a similar expression of shock.

"The police studied our surveillance tapes to see if the car had been tampered with at work. It appears they have found and have since arrested the perpetrator. This brings me to the next news. You can obviously see that you are down two Interns, and that is because it was Dr Stevens who cut the brake line. I'm sorry to have to inform you of this, and i can only offer all of you interns the day off to come to terms with your loss." He informed them

Meredith looked horrified. The person who slept down the hall from her was a murderer. She had severed the brake line of the person who was meant to be her best friend. Meredith had no idea what she should do with this information.



"Dr Bailey." Richard turned to her. "I suggest you and your interns go home for the day. I am even considering sending home my head attending until we need them. This is a lot to process and i assure you, you will all need time to process this information."

Bailey nodded and turned to her interns. Tears were evident in her eyes. "I think you all should go home. I don't expect to see any of you back here until tomorrow."

They all nodded and made to stand. Christina and Alex left first, Meredith turned to nod at her father and then at her brothers. Addie had squeezed her hand and promised that she would be home shortly.

"Oh and Meredith." Bailey spoke, "i wont forget that you were late this morning. I don't care what extracurricular activities you got up to with my best friend. Your an intern, you need to be on time."

Meredith nodded and quickly muttered an apology. She left without another word. She had not idea what she was to do, or how she felt about the turn of events.