"I keep telling everyone I'm fine. But the truth is I'm hardly standing."

"Wow deep confessions to a patient." Brianna stated.

Meredith smiled. "You don't know me so you can't be worried about me, everyone else can."

"I like you. You're down to earth."

"Why thank you I appreciate it."

They both jumped when a voice cleared behind them. Burke was leaning against the door frame looking at them.

"Dr.Grey I thought I asked you to run some tests on Brianna, not have a heart to heart convocation. Now go take her down for a MRI. You can meet Dr.Sheppard down there, he's waiting for the both of you."

"Yes Dr.Burke, sorry."

"Oh and Meredith?"

"Yes?"

"I would like to talk to you later."

"Ok."

Burke left the room.

"Jeeze sorry did I get you in trouble?"

"No this isn't what he wants to talk about

"No that's not what he wants to talk about."

Meredith wheeled Brianna down to the get her MRI.

"Nice of you two to join us." Sheppard greeted them.

"Sorry about that doc. Mer and I were having a little chat."

"Really? What about?"

"Oh just about what happened to her yes-"

"Nothing." Meredith butted in quickly before repeating herself slowly. "Nothing."

"Ok." Derek looked suspiscially at Meredith who avoided eye contact with him. "Well then let's get you ready!" He declared.

While Brianna was getting her MRI done Derek watched as Meredith looked at her patient.

"Stop looking at me." Meredith always knew when he was looking at her.

"I was not." He took at step closer to her.

"You were to. I can always tell. You know that."

"Yeah. Yeah I do"

"Then stop."

"I'm worried about you."

"I know."

"Maybe you should consider seeing someone." Derek bit his lip at this. He wasn't sure at how she would take it.

"Maybe I will." She turned and gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand.

"Really?" Derek was startled at her response

Meredith shrugged "I 'spose It can't hurt."

Derek stood close to her and kissed her on the forehead.

"How's she going?" Derek and Meredith jumped back from each other as Burke entered the room.

"She has a small tumor in the left side of her brain. Shouldn't be to hard to remove and she should recover in no time."

"That's good. So you two are…together. Isn't that against hospital rules?"

"You know were against the rules, thats why you and Cristina stayed secret for so long." Meredith said to him defending her relationship.

"Touché Meredith. What time should Chrissie and I come over for dinner tonight?"

"Around seven." Burke turned around to walk out the door. "Oh and Burke you better not call her Chrissie to her face I did once and got her drink all over me."

"I'll remember that." Burke said with a smile as he left the room.

"You better go get her out of there." Derek said indicating towards Brianna.

"Yep."

Meredith wheeled Brianna back to her room.

"So am I going to be alright?"

"You should be fine nothing Derek and Dr.Burke can't fix."

"Derek? And Dr.Burke. So you call one of them by there first name and the other the way your supposed to call them?"

"What? I didn't say Derek I said Dr.Sheppard."

"No-No you didn't" Brianna raised an eyebrow at her.

"Common mistake then."

"I'm sure."

Meredith smiled at her patient, put her finger to her lips and gave her a small wink.

Later that day Meredith met up with Cristina while getting changed to go home.

"Hey Cristina." Meredith smiled.

"Hey."

"How are ya?"

"Good." Cristina replied. Her head not being able to be seen as she rummaged through the contents of her locker. She poked her head out. "What about you?"

"I think I might go see a therapist."

"What! Why!" Cristina was shocked at the thought.

"Well apart from what happened yesterday. I had a nightmare."

"Yeah but 1 nightmare isn't a reason to go forking out your money. Shrinks don't help anyway. They sit there and pretend to take notes when really I think they're paying no attention and drawing freaking smiley faces!"

"Cristina this is for my own good. I walked past the room and I froze I couldn't move. I nearly broke down crying."

"But you keep saying you're fine."

"Yeah that's what I say." Meredith grabbed her bag and walked towards the door. "C'ya tonight Chrissie."

"What did you call me!" Cristina said in a threatening voice.

"Hey Burke called you it." Meredith called as she walked out the door.

"Oh did he now." Cristina said to herself clenching her fists.

When Meredith got home George was in the lounge watching one of Ellis Grey's surgeries and Derek was helping Izzie in the kitchen.

"Hey." He greeted her with a kiss.

"Derek get back to making that salad." Izzie yelled at him. Derek winked at Meredith and went back into the kitchen. "When are Burke and Cristina getting here?"

"Seven but they'll probably be late I told Cristina that Burke called her Chrissie."

"You what?" Izzie immediately stopped what she was doing.

"Remember what she did to you when you called her that Mer?" George asked coming up behind them.

"Ahhh George so nice of you to join us." Izzie said sarcastically "Go set the table."

"No I don't think I want to."

"What?"

"You didn't ask nice enough."

"George will you please go set the table."

"Why yes Izzie I would be glad to."

Izzie smiled sarcastically at George and went back to cooking the meal.

They didn't notice that while they were fighting that Mer and Der had slipped out side and were sitting on the steps.

Derek broke the silence between them. "So that's the last time I'm helping Izzie in the kitchen. She gets a little too stressed out"

Meredith laughed. "Yeah I gave up helping her a long time ago."

"So how are-"

"Fine." Meredith cut him off.

"What were you talking about to Brianna today?"

"Stuff."

"Meredith?" He wasn't convinced.

"About what happened"

"I thought that might have been it."

"Yeah…"

"Do you still want to go-?"

"Yep. I think it's for the best."

Cristina and Burke's car pulled up. Meredith stood up and took Derek by the hand.

"Come on we better go."

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