Meredith's arm came out from under the covers and hit her alarm. It was 3.30am and her shift started at 5.00am. Pulling herself up out of bed, she began to remember what had happened the day before. A single tear fell from her eye as she stepped in the shower. The lavender smelling conditioner soothed her. Izzy began banging at the door.

'Mere…you ok?'

'Yeah, I'll be two minutes,' Meredith stepped out the shower and spotted the cloths she was wearing yesterday in the basket, still wet. Creeping along to her room so that George wouldn't see her with only a towel on, she listened intently to see if he was awake yet. The rhythmic sounds of his snoring could still be heard coming from his room. Getting changed into her green cotton top and her jeans she scraped all her hair back into a messy ponytail. Izzy was floating about the house lifting cups and glasses and generally tidying up.

Meredith could smell the pancake from her room and that's when she realized that she hadn't eaten in a while. Chapping George door, she heard him grunt.

'Yeah?' Meredith sat on the end of his bed and rubbed the back of his leg.

'Thanks for yesterday…it meant a lot. Also, you need to get up, we start in a hour,'

'Mere, I meant what I said last night, I'll be your night in shining armor,' Meredith laughed, something that George hadn't heard in a while.

Meredith lifted a plate and Piled it high with pancakes, covering it in maple syrup.

'You hungry?" Izzy raised her eyebrows at the food on her plate.

'I'm starving…you want some?' Meredith held her plate out towards Izzy, the syrup dripping over the side.

'No, thanks. Are you ok?'

'Yeah I had my breakdown yesterday, I'm ok now. What are you wearing to the prom tonight?'

'Do you remember when we went shopping and there was that pink dress in the window of Heartenson…that!'

'Oh Izzy your going to look fab!'

'What about you?'

'Your going to have to wait until tonight…and I'm going to arrive after all of you's so you won't even see me getting ready!"

'Spoil sport,' George came into the kitchen and his heart lifted. To see Meredith smiling and laughing like the way she did before Mc Dreamy made his day worth looking forward to.

"You girls ready to go?'

'Yip,'

The drive to hospital was full of excitement over who was going with who and what they thought everyone was going to wear. Izzy jumped out the car and whispered in Georges ear.

'Now's your chance,' George began fidgeting with his jacket as he walked over towards Meredith.

'Meredith, I was wondering…if you would go to the prom with me tonight?'

'George…I would love to…but on one condition,'

'What?'

'Wait for me outside and I'll met you there at 7.15pm ok?'

'Yeah, what color are you wearing?'

'Red, Why?'

'Just trust me,'

Meredith walked into the locker room to see a note posted on her locker door.

Meredith, I need to speak to you please, meet me in the on call room at 9.00, please, I need to explain.

Derek

Meredith peeled the note off of her locker and put it in her scrubs pocket.

'Karev your with Bourke, O'Malley you in the pit, Grey your with Shepard the guy, Stevens your with me and Yang your in the pit too,'

Meredith's head fell. This was not going to be a good shift. Walking along the corridor she could already see Derek standing with the patient. Breathing in she walked over beside him.

'Dr Grey, I didn't expect you in today,'

'Dr Shepard, can we please keep relations to a minimal today? I just want to deal with the patient.' Derek was stunned at what she had just said.

'Ok Jackie I'll be back to check on you later, Dr Grey will check on you every ten minutes,' Derek left and headed up to the emergency exit, he needed air and he knew exactly where to go. Meredith watched as he headed to the exit knowing full well that she had to go after him.

The wind messed up his hair but he didn't care. The roof was his space that he had if the world was just too much. Standing looking over the skyline of Seattle, Derek sensed that he wasn't alone.

'what did you want to talk to me about?'

'I needed to know what is going on,'

'You chose your wife, and are now having to deal with what's known as guilt for breaking somebody,'

'I left Addison last night,' Meredith fell silent. She didn't know what to say.

'Marks back in Seattle to get her, that's why I left, I found them in bed, again'

'Derek, why are you telling me this? Do you expect everything to go back to the way it was because your divorced?' Meredith's pager started going off.

'I have to go, I'll see you at the prom,' Meredith left Derek on the roof alone, wondering what to do. The day passed quickly and Meredith's wish was granted, she only spoke to Shepard one more time after the roof.