Title: Spiral

Author: MissMouseMD

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Not mine.

A/N: This chapter is kind of setting up things to come. Anyway, I'll update more later, I have finals today and tomorrow. Enjoy!


Concern

(Finn's POV)

"What do you mean?"

He's pacing the bedroom.

"It's Meredith. She's been acting strange, and she won't open up to me, and I was hoping maybe you could talk to her."

"Is she all right?"

He can hear Derek's concern.

"I'm not really sure."

"Well, I'll try to pull her aside at work, okay?"

"Okay, thanks. Bye."

He sighs, and runs his fingers through his hair.

Meredith walks into the room.

"Hey. You okay?"

She looks at him, puzzled.

"Of course."

He nods, and goes to go get ready for bed.

When he comes back, she's fast asleep.

(Meredith's POV)

At work, she's so tired.

Derek comes over to speak with Bailey.

She looks around at the other interns.

Cristina shakes her head.

She nods, and turns back around.

Waits for Bailey to be finished, so she can get her assignment.

It's hard to explain.

She's so tired of all this.

She wants to just go home and sleep forever.

Bailey comes back over.

"Karev, you're with Montgomery-Shepherd. O'Malley, you're with Dr. Hahn. Yang you're with me."

Oh, shit. She knows what that means.

"Grey, you're with Shepherd."

She silently begs Bailey to switch her with someone.

Anyone.

"Now, Grey!"

She walks toward him, dreading every step.

He starts talking about the case.

She nods, but she can tell it's happening again.

The world is getting all foggy.

His voice is fading out.

She welcomes the blissful escape.

For a moment, it's like none of this ever happened.

And then his voice makes her jump.

"Meredith!"

Everything comes flooding back, and it's all she can do not to burst into tears.

He looks at her, concerned.

"Is everything okay?"

She nods.

Of course it is.

Just fine.

He continues to stare at her.

She ignores him.

They go on like this for several hours.

Finally, she's walking in the hallway when he grabs her shoulder.

Pulls her into an empty room.

She struggles.

He won't let her go.

"Meredith, what's really wrong?"

She laughs wryly.

"What's wrong? What's WRONG? I slept with you and you're married and I'm with Finn and it wasn't supposed to happen! That's what's WRONG!"

He stares at her.

"Meredith, I'm sorry."

"What do you have to be sorry for? It was my decision, too. I'm the slutty mistress, remember?"

And with that, she shoves him out of the way and storms out.

He can only watch, concerned.


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