A/N: Wow…thanks for all the reviews! It made my super happy! Like I said before, the next few chapters are going be kind of like the season finale/premiere but I promise it won't have the same outcome.

Chapter 44: What Are You Doing?

The next morning Meredith woke up in Derek's arms. Last night had been absolutely amazing. She had put Finn completely out of her mind and Derek did the same with Tiffany. Although they both knew that they were cheating, they had no remorse about what happened the night before.

"Good morning," Meredith said.

"Good morning yourself," Derek said, with his trademark smile.

Meredith leaned over and gave Derek a deep kiss.

"How'd you sleep?" he asked.

"Better than I have in months."

"Yeah, me too."

Meredith cuddled up to Derek and they lay there just enjoying being in each others arms. About a half hour later, there was a knock at Meredith's door.

"Damnit," she said, getting up and putting on a robe.

Meredith got up and opened the door just enough to get out and not let whoever was waiting at the door see that Derek was in her bed. She walked out into the hall to see Izzie and George standing there with their hands on their hips and with disapproving looks on their faces.

"What? I was trying to sleep. What do you want?"

"You slept with Derek last night," they both said at the same time.

"What? I did not. I came home to go to sleep…by myself."

"Meredith, we heard you two last night," Izzie said.

Meredith didn't know how to respond. She had had Finn over a few nights and both Izzie and George knew that they weren't sleeping together yet. They were also familiar with the sounds they were hearing the previous night because when Derek and Meredith were together they didn't always stay at his apartment and when they were at her house, they did very little sleeping.

"What happened? I thought you were with Finn," George asked.

"I am with Finn. I just…I don't know. I was upset about my mom and when I was at the hospital Derek comforted me and I wanted to thank him so I asked him to come over last night and it just…happened."

"Hot sex with your ex-boyfriend just happened?"

"I can't talk about this right now. Later okay?"

George and Izzie both rolled their eyes and walked away back to their respective rooms to go to sleep because neither of them had gotten much during the night. Meredith went back into her room. She closed the door and then leaned her head back on the door, gently banging it.

"Mer? What are you doing? What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? We had sex last night Derek."

"We did."

Meredith walked over and sat down on the edge of bed, putting her face in her hands. Derek sat up and rubbed her back, realizing that she was upset. But he hoped that she didn't think that what happened was a mistake because that was the last thing on his mind.

"It's going to be okay Meredith."

"It's going to be okay? It's not going to be okay Derek. I'm with Finn. I told Finn that I had to come home last night to eat and sleep in my own bed. I didn't say, 'Hey Finn, I have to go home and have sex with my ex-boyfriend. I'll call you in the morning.' And you…you're with Tiffany."

"I am. But I don't want to be. I want to be with you Meredith. The only reason I started dating her is because of I was jealous. I heard from Cristina and Burke that you were dating Finn so I decided that I should move on too. But it didn't work. No matter what, you'll always be in my head."

"Derek, you have to go. I have to call Finn. I have to go to the hospital and check on my mom."

"Don't do this. Don't push me away."

"Don't do what? I have a boyfriend Derek."

"Don't act like last night didn't mean anything. It wasn't just meaningless sex to me Meredith. And I hope it wasn't that to you either."

"It wasn't that at all," she said, taking his hand, "But we can't be together right now because I'm with Finn and you're with Tiffany. Before we do anything…you just have to go now. I promise I'll call you later."

"Before I go, I want to let you know. I'm going to end things with Tiffany. She doesn't mean anything to me. I love you Meredith."

"What does this mean?" Meredith asked.

"It means that you have a choice to make. I'm not going to force you to do anything and I want you to take your time. But you need to know that I love you and I'm ending things with Tiffany. I'm leaving now…so I'll call you later Mer."

Derek got dressed quickly, gave Meredith a kiss on the cheek and left. Meredith just fell back onto her bed as she watched Derek leave. She put on sweatpants and a t-shirt and went downstairs where George and Izzie were eating breakfast.

"Hey" Meredith said, sitting down at the table and grabbing a muffin.

"Meredith, what are you doing?" Izzie asked.

"I'm eating breakfast," she said with her mouthful.

"No. What are you doing with Finn and Derek? You're leading both of them on and you can't do that. You have to decide which one you want to be with."

"That's what Derek said," Meredith replied, putting her head down on the table.

Izzie and George didn't know what to say to her. Meredith was obviously conflicted but the both of them believed that no matter how long it took her to make a decision, the outcome would be same; she would pick Derek.

Meredith finished eating and went upstairs to call Finn. She wasn't going to tell him over the phone what had happened and she wasn't going to make a decision today, or the next day. Finn was a great guy and she really did have a huge choice to make. Meredith wasn't going to make a decision fast and on impulse. She was really going to think about it and take it seriously.

She sat down on her bed, picked up the phone and slowly dialed Finn's number.

"Hello?"

"Hi Finn."

"Meredith. I've been waiting for you to call."

"Sorry it wasn't earlier. I uh…slept in."

"No need to apologize. How are you doing?"

"Much better that I had a good night sleep in my own bed."

"Are you going to visit your mom this morning?"

"Yea, I think so. I just want to check on her and see what the doctors are saying today. Hopefully everything is the same or better as it was yesterday."

"I'm sure it's fine. Do you want me to come with you?"

"Is it too much to ask? I mean, you probably have things to do."

"Of course I'll come. Do you want me to meet you there or I can come and pick you up?"

"I'll meet you there in about an hour. I have to shower and call my brother."

"Okay, I'll see you soon."

Meredith hung up. She had thought that she would just blurt out what had happened with Derek just to get it over with but just when she got her courage up, Finn went and was all sweet and Meredith couldn't hurt him like that. She took a shower, called her brother and then headed to the hospital.

A/N: I don't know when my next update is going to be. Probably tomorrow afternoon but I'm not sure. I have SAT prep to do b/c I'm taking the test on Saturday morning. I'm going to my home schools homecoming game on Friday and probably the dance on Saturday so there won't be a lot in the next few days b/c I'm doing that and working on my college essay. But…if I get a lot of reviews…who knows…