George woke up to find himself on the couch with Meredith still wrapped around him. He glanced at the clock and saw that it was

1:20am. They still had a few hours before they had to go to work but he didn't want to wake her so he carried her up to her room. As he

laid her on her bed she started to wake up. "George what are you doing?" "Just go back to sleep okay." George turned to walk out but

Meredith grabbed his hand. "Stay in here with me, I don't want to be by myself." "Where do you want me to sit?" "I want you to sleep in

here next to me silly" Meredith said with a laugh. "Oh, okay." George nervously got into her bed and stayed as far away as possible. "For

crying out loud George, I think you missed the point" Meredith said this as she scooted next to him." "Sorry." George hesitantly put his

hand on Meredith's back and she put her arm on his stomach. They both felt comfortable, and both fell asleep almost instantly.

The alarm went off and neither of them wanted to get up. Meredith finally pushed herself out of bed and grabbed Georges arm. "Come

on lets make some coffee. As they walked into the hall they ran into Izzie. She stared at both of them. "What's going on?" "Nothing"

George said while his and Meredith's hair was a mess and they were still holding hands. "Yeah, okay, whatever" Izzie said as she went to

the bathroom. Meredith just grinned "come on George". "But she thinks we." Meredith cut George off fast. "I'll explain it to her later,

now come on."

At work Izzie and Meredith were doing rounds together. "So why was George in your bedroom and why were you holding his hand?"

"What!" Christina said surprised as she appeared out of nowhere. "Nothing is going on. I got lonely and asked George to sleep in my

room and I was holding his hand because I had pulled him out of bed. That's it!" "He's all I got now. You two are always busy with your

boyfriends." "I know I've been spending most of my time with Alex lately, but if you need to talk I will always make time." "Yeah me too,

but I'm not going to sleep in your bed with you." The three girls laughed at Christina's last comment.

George was at the nurse's station when Meredith snuck up behind him. "Hey, you have time for coffee?" "I think I have time for a

cup." They sat on a bench outside while they drank. "It's so cold out here, we should have stayed inside" Meredith said as the cold when

blew against her face. George was about to speak but Meredith's pager went off. They both stood up. "I have to get back inside."

Before she left she turned so she was standing right in front of him. "I want to thank you George for these past two nights. Last night I

really needed someone to comfort me and you were just what I needed." With that said Meredith kissed George on the cheek and ran

back inside. George just stood there in shock with his hand pressed against his cheek.

Meredith had to perform surgery with Derek of all people, but she didn't let him get to her and the surgery was a success. She felt

good about it. She had to be in a room with him and yet she didn't go crazy, not even for a little bit. "Good job Dr. Grey" "Thank you

Dr. Shepard." "Can I talk to you in the hall" Derek asked. "Okay." Derek and Meredith both walked out to find a semi private spot to

talk in. "Look I know things have been weird between us for the past few months, but I would like for us to be friends." "I don't want to

be mad at you anymore, and I'm not. I don't think I can be friends with you though after everything that has happened between us, but

you are my boss and who knows how long we will be working together so I would like to be on speaking terms with you." "Okay, that

sounds better than walking off every time we cross paths." Meredith smiled and Derek walked away.