Chapter 4: Friends always make things better

"Meredith? Mer? C'mon Mer…wake-up please?" Meredith heard a soft whisper in her ear. Her eyes fluttered open to see Derek standing over her.

"D-Derek?" Meredith whispered "W-What happened?"

"Well Mer, you stopped breathing. Your heart was working way over time. Luckily, Izzy was keeping you alive, by pumping your chest, if it wasn't for her, you would of died."

"Izzy?" whispered Meredith

"Ya, Izzy,"

"Oh, I'll have to thank her later." Meredith looked up into Derek's blue eyes, seeing sadness in them.

"Derek, I heard you and Addison fighting,"

"Shhhhh, don't worry about that now,"

"Derek-" Derek just smiled his McDreamy smile and turned to leave

"Derek?"

"Ya Mer?"

"Thanks, for saving my life again,"

"No problem Mer. No problem." Derek left the room, closing the door quietly behind him. Meredith sank back into her pillows, thinking about what just happened.

"Izz?" whispered Meredith into the quiet room. There was no response. "Izz?" still no response. "IZZY!" Meredith sat up and looked over to Izzy's bed. It was empty.

"OMG!" yelled Meredith right when George walked in the door.

"Meredith, what's wrong?" he said trying to sound compassionate, even though he was still angry with her

"WHERE THE HELL IS IZZY?" screamed Meredith

"Mer, calm down, she was discharged yesterday. I know you don't know this but you've been asleep for the past week after your surgery. Dr. Shepherd said that, that would be normal." George explained

"Oh," said Meredith quietly, "God I'm a dumbass,"

"No you're not," argued George walking over to her

"George, your not the one who's been asleep for the past week, no knowing who you are,"

"No I haven't. Look Meredith you've made some really stupid decisions lately, but trust me your not a dumbass. Alex is the dumbass," laughed George. Meredith just laughed back.

"So what are you doing in here?" asked Meredith

"Well, Bailey wanted me to run some tests on you. She really wants you back. Trust me Meredith we all do. It's been hectic around here without you and Izzy." George said calmly as he checked Meredith's heart. "Really? Trust me George, I would rather be doing eminas for the rest of my life then being stuck here," said Meredith as George moved to her back

"Seriously?"

"Seriously!"

"Then I gotta hurry and get these results to Bailey! Your getting better Meredith, you really are. I just hope that you get your memory back soon," George started towards the door

"Hey George, I have a feeling that your mad at me for something. I don't know what it is, but I'm sorry. I really am. I don't know how I could hurt someone as sweet as you,"

"Uh, Thanks Meredith," said George walking out of the door, "But you're a little late," he said under his breathe as he walked towards Dr. Bailey, fuming with anger.

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Meredith was released from SGH a couple of days later. She still couldn't get George to talk to her. He hadn't talked to her since he came in to check up on her. When Meredith got home, she found Izzy in the kitchen baking. Pies, cookies, and cupcakes were everywhere.

"Uh, Izz?" said Meredith with a smile on her face when she walked in, "What's the occasion?"

"OMG Meredith your back! George told me you would be discharged sometime this week, but I just didn't know when!" exclaimed Izzy happily.

"Ya, Derek dismissed me today. He said I could come back to work tomorrow or Monday if I wanted to,"

"That's great!"

"Ya, but it won't be the same. I mean I remember everything that they taught us in med. school, but I think I learned a lot more during the internship," explained Meredith as she bit into a cookie

"Well, I heard the Christina has been telling you a lot, has any of it helped?"

"Ya, a bit, I mean I'm starting to remember stuff, but it's hard,"

"Hmmm, I would say 'I know what you mean,' but I don't,"

"No problem Izz," laughed Meredith "Hey Christina and everyone is coming over tonight to celebrate my release, you-"

"OMG! GREAT! I gotta start getting dinner ready then, OMG, this will be FUN!"

"Ok Izz, hey I'm going upstairs to unpack, okay? I'll be down to help in a sec,"

"No no, go up and rest, I'll handle everything down here,"

"Okay," yelled Meredith as she climbed the stairs to her room. She flopped down on her bed and looked up to the ceiling. I wanna remember everything but I can't. Gawd, who said growing up is easy, was wrong. I feel like I'm starting all over again. Meredith quickly fell asleep on her bed, trying to remember what she couldn't.

"MEREDITH GREY! YOU BETTER GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" Meredith awoke to a startling noise. She sat up quickly and ran down stairs,

"What the hell do- OMG!"

"SURPRISE!" Everyone from the hospital was in Meredith's living room with a party hat on.

"OMG!" Meredith was speechless.

"Well?" asked Izzy

"Isobel Stevens, what the hell is this?"

"Well, it's a 'I'm sorry/ Glad your better' party Mer,"

" 'I'm sorry'? Why are you sorry?" asked Meredith as she turned to her friend

"Well, it's partially my fault that you can't remember anything, so I wanted a way to say 'I'm sorry,'"

"OMG Izzy, Thank you so much," Meredith ran over and gave Izzy a big hug

"ALL RIGHT! Enough with the sappiness, lets PARTY!" yelled Christina. Someone cranked up the music and soon everyone was dancing. Meredith looked around to see who all showed up. George and Callie were hanging out by the food. Christina was dancing with Burke. Izzy and Alex were bringing in more food. The Chief and Bailey were dancing together. But Meredith didn't see someone. She kept on scanning the living room, but she couldn't find Derek.

"Hey Izz…. Where's Derek?" asked Meredith

"I don't know, he said he'll be here," Right when Izzy turned her back Meredith heard a knock at the door. Meredith ran over and opened the door. Sure enough Derek was standing there. In his hand was a box.

"Hey," said Derek as he walked in "Glad to see your better,"

"Ya, all thanks to you," smiled Meredith as she walked him in, "Sorry about the music,"

"No problem. Hey I wanted to talk to you, can we-"

"Sure, c'mon" said Meredith as she tugged Derek upstairs. The two entered her room and sat down on her bed

"What's up?"

"Well here open the box," Derek gave the box to Meredith. She looked up at him unsurley and took of the lid.

"Divorce Papers?" said Meredith holding them up to show Derek

"Yes. Addison and I are now divorced. You do remember who Addison is right?"

"Yes, Yes I do. But Why are you showing my this?"

"Keep looking," Meredith looked back into the box and pulled out a black dress

"What's-?"

"It's the dress you wore to the prom," explained Derek "It was all torn when the EMT rushed you into me. I had it fixed up. But keep looking,
Meredith turned back to the box to find a note written in messy handwriting:

Dear Miss. Meredith Grey,

Seeing that you are improving dramatically and under these new changes in my life, I would like to treat you to dinner at A LoMonde restaurant on Sunday May 7th, 2006. Please wear this little black dress that I've had repaired for you, and meet me by the Ferryboats at 7 o'clock. Please R.S.V.P to…

Yours truly,

Derek Shepherd

Meredith looked up at Derek with tears in her eyes,

"So…what do you say?" asked Meredith looking into her tearfully green eyes

"I say-"

"MEREDITH GREY! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"OMG Izzy!"

"Meredith answer my question"

Meredith leaned into Derek and kissed him on the cheek

"I say 'see you at 7 tomorrow'" whispered Meredith into his ear. She then got up and ran down the stairs before Izzy came bombarding into her room, leaving a speechless Derek, sitting on her bed, smiling his famous McDreamy smile.