"Morning Mer." Jason called catching up to her in one of the many hospital's hallways.

"Morning Jason." she smiled wrapping her arm around his waist.

"What are you doing for lunch today?" he asked placing his arm across her shoulder.

"Cafeteria, same as always."

"How about we meet for lunch then?" he asked grabbing her free hand.

"Sure." she smiled. "I have to go. I'll see you then." he kissed her hand before letting her get back to work.

"Did you schedule the OR Dr. Grey?" Derek asked joining her.

"Yes I did Dr. Shepherd."

"Excellent." he closed his chart and started to walk off.

"Derek." she called after him, he turned to look at her. "Are you okay? I heard about yesterday." she explained.

"Didn't everyone?" He smiled but it didn't reach his eyes.

"If you wanted to, maybe, you'd like to talk about it later?" she offered.

"It's okay Meredith. You don't have to worry about me." and with that he walked away.

I know that you've been thinking

I see it in your eyes

You're holding on to something

But still you don't know why

So walk by faith and not by what you see

Trust your heart and let yourself believe

"Busy morning?" Jason asked a distracted Meredith over lunch.

"Huh? No, nothing happened this morning, nothing at all." Meredith answered speaking a little too quickly.

"I visited your mother again yesterday."

"You did? Did she remember you?" Meredith asked.

"Yes, she did. She kept on asking me when the wedding was." He said looking at Meredith..

"She did? Wow, she remembers you, that's, that's amazing." she said looking at Jason.

"She's looking good."

"I wouldn't know. I haven't seen her for a while." she said looking down. "Am I a terrible daughter Jason?" she asked looking back up at him.

He held her face in his hands over the table. "Of course not. You're just scared. It happens to the best of us." she smiled at him letting a tear escape. He wiped the tear away and kissed her lightly on the lips. "You don't need to be scared Meredith, I'm here for you." he whispered.

You've got to hold me and tell me what you need

And don't be afraid of what you're feeling when

You know me then I'll never want to leave you just

Hold on to me

When we're apart I still feel together

I still believe in a thing called forever

George stood outside Meredith's room trying to muster the courage to go in. he slowly opened the door to find Meredith sitting up on her bed going through a photo album. "Can we talk Meredith?" he asked.

"Sure George." she smiled moving the album aside.

"I just wanted to, um, to say that, uh...You know what? I've never been good at this sort of stuff." he sighed.

"I know." She answered with a friendly laugh. "Sit down." she patted the bed next to her.

"Okay." George started taking a deep breath. "I'm just going to say it because if I don't I'll probably never have the guts to do it again. Meredith, I wanted to tell you that you're an amazing woman, and I'm not sorry I told you how I felt about you because I'm glad you finally know. But I first and foremost want to be your friend. I hate how uncomfortable we've been towards each other these past few days and I wanted to know if maybe we could put them behind us. I don't want to have a ruined a beautiful friendship with you. I wondered if you are willing to accept my offer as friends. Not if you don't want to though, because I'd totally understand, I mean why would you really? I'm just me and you're, you're..."

"George." she laughed holding his hand. "You're mumbling."

"Sorry, I guess I'm just nervous an all and..."

"Of course I want to be your friend. I love you George, you're the best guy a girl could have as a friend."

"Oh, oh thank god." George puffed.

"Oh George." Meredith smiled at the nervous heap on her bed. "I want to show you something." she said grabbing her photo album and turning to the first page. "I found this in one of the boxes I'd packed away and I was just going through it. Do you want to go through it with me?"

"Sure." George smiled leaning in. they stayed up for hours looking at the photos and talking about everything and anything.

Sometimes people come into your life

Like they're meant to be

And suddenly you've found me

Who sees the world like you see

And you laugh like crazy

At all the crazy things

That no one thinks are funny but you

That's when I knew

That I had a friend so true

hey just letting you know to look out for my new story The Past Will Always Haunt The Present. Please read it and review I'm not too sure how good it is so I need some feed back. Love Maddy – yes my name is Maddy