Title: Spiral

Author: MissMouseMD

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Don't own nothing.

A/N: Yeah, so all my writing these days is very angsty, I think because I'm really stressed about finals. Anyway, enjoy, and please review. For my sanity.


Fire

She's making herself spaghetti. It was a long day at work.

Lately, it seems like all her days are long.

She goes to pick up the pot, and the oven mitt falls into flames. She watches in fascination as it begins to burn, slowly.

The flames grow bigger and she continues to stare.

"Meredith? Meredith!"

Finn comes up behind her and jerks her out of the way. She stumbles, but doesn't fall.

He puts the fire out and turns to look at her.

"What was that about?"

She doesn't say anything. It's like she can't hear him.

She's been doing this a lot recently. It worries him. It's almost as if she's shutting down.

He walks over to her, shakes her shoulders.

"Meredith, look at me."

And then, her head snaps up and she looks him in the eye.

"What?"

"Meredith, you just almost caught the house on fire."

She wrinkles her brow.

"Did I? I must have zoned out."

He nods.

"Yeah. Look, why don't you go get some sleep, all right?"

She nods.

"Okay."

He sits at the kitchen table, and puts his head in his hands.

He doesn't know what to do.

It's obvious she's having trouble.

But he doesn't know how to fix it.

Maybe she just needs to talk about it.

That's it.

He cleans up the mess in the kitchen, and climbs the stairs.

When he opens the bedroom door, she's lying down on the bed, still fully dressed.

He walks over, and lies down next to her.

"Meredith, honey, if you want to talk about anything, I'm here. You know that, don't you?"

She turns her head, to look at him.

"Yeah."

She wishes that were true. But she can't talk about anything to him. She can't tell him that she slept with another woman's husband. Because he wouldn't stay with her; if he knew she'd cheated.

And she needed him. He was so kind and so normal and so accepting.

He was like a rock. He'd never let her down.

Unless he knew the truth.

"Meredith, do you want to talk?"

She shakes her head.

"No, I'm really tired. I'm going to go to sleep now, okay?"

He sighs, running a hand through his hair.

"Yeah, okay. Good night."


A/N: Fear not! I will bring McDreamy in soon, I promise. Review, please? Thanks.