"So you got my boys back?" andrew asked as he watched the nurses wheel sam out of his room towards the OR.

Meredith turned to look at him. "Of course I do andy." Meredith said with a soft smile.

Andrew sighed and watched sam disappear around the corner.

"I have his back." Meredith said as she rested a hand upon his shoulder. "Just like you had mine all those years ago."

Andrew turned to look at meredith. "Do your best super woman." He said as he leaned in and kissed her cheek.

"Love you andy" meredith sighed as she pulled away to go scrub in.

It didn't take long for meredith to scrub in and she entered the room just before the anesthiologist was to put Sam under.

"Wait" she called, not looking at the video screen which already showed Dereks presence. She moved to stand in front of sam and looked down at him.

"Hey superwoman." He said softly.

"Hey" she replied quietly.

"U ok?" he asked

"As good as I can be. I mean I am cutting into my bestfriends brain and my bosses brain... but im good."
She replied.

"You can do this sweetie." He told her.

Meredith smiled softly. "I am your super woman of course I can do this... it doesn't mean I have to like it.'

"See you on the other side." He promised.

"Love you sammy." She whispered.

"You to mer." He replied as meredith nodded for the anesthiologist to put him under.

Meredith stepped around the table and moved tp stand behind his head. "Ok guys we have doctor shepherd joining us from seattle grace." She said gesturing to the screen.

"Dr karev." He replied with a nod and she could hear the shock in his voice.

"Didn't dr karev tell you why I slipped out of town?" she asked in amusement.

"He said big surgery.. Not very big surgery." He said with an amused grin.

"Well that's because I only told him that I had a big surgery." She chuckled.

"A stand still as a 5th yr... your out to kick my arse aren't you?" he asked.

"Always" she giggled.

Meredith then gestured to everyone to look at the screen. "People that is my big brother." She said pointedly. "He was an attending before he did this procedure... I think that makes me better."

The scrub nurses and other staff chuckled a little.

"Ok enough banter der... let the games begin." She said with a wink and picked up the scapel.

"Right to begin with..." derek opened as he started to describe the procedure's ahead of her. She followed his instructions closely knowing that they were here for the long haul