In Each Other's Arms Chapter 1: Prologue: Halo, a grey's anatomy fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy, that honour goes to the wonderfully talented Shonda Rhimes. Nor do I claim any ownership to the song 'Halo,' sung by Bethany Joy Galeotti of One Tree Hill fame (Haley James Scott). In my dreams, however, McDreamy is all mine! PS, Jerry Maguire also isn't mine.

A/N: Just a little idea I had after hearing this song. Bear in mind that, as I am from Australia, the season 2 finale hasn't aired here yet, but this oneshot songfic is post LMR, based on stuff I've read. However, I've decided that Meredith wouldn't choose McVet or McDreamy in the love triangle (square including Addie) she faces in the hospital lobby. I think that she'd run from the decision, and have followed on from that. Enjoy, and please review, it keeps me sane!

They stand together outside in the rain. He'd chased after her when she fled from the hospital lobby, not caring about his wife, her McVet, or anybody else who saw them. He'd never dreamed that she'd stop, to hear him out.

"Look, Mer, I know that this has been hard. Our relationship has been one ordeal after another. First I was your persistent boss who wouldn't give you up, no matter how much grief anybody gave you. Then Addie showed up. And, worst of all, I picked her over you. You nearly died, Mark showed up, we got a dog, you slept with George, Finn came on the scene, we lost our dog, and I practically called you a whore. But through all this, we've never really managed to give each other up…"

I never promised you a ray of light
I never promised there'd be sunshine every day
I'll give you everything I have
The good, the bad

"…It's not working between me and Addie. Hell, I think me sleeping with you tonight kinda proves that point. All throughout the prom, I could only think of you. I was dancing with my wife, talking to her, trying to pretend that nothing was wrong, and you were the only thing on my mind. I was…I am so jealous of Finn, because he gets to hold you, and love you, and take care of you, while I'm stuck in a loveless marriage that I trapped myself in. God, I had a way out, and out of some misguided sense of loyalty to the institution of marriage and the legality of it all, I didn't take it. I was stupid. I was an ass…"

Why do you put me on a pedestal?
I'm so up high that I can't see the ground below
So help me down you've got it wrong
I don't belong there

"…Meredith, I love you. And, as much as I hate sounding like Jerry Maguire, you complete me. I know that now. I know that I sound corny, ridiculous, and downright crazy, but you do that to me Mer. I can't think straight around you, I am always aware of you, and I'm distracted by you whether you're near me or not. Love does that to you Mer…"

One thing is clear
I wear a halo
I wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here
You wouldn't say so
You wouldn't say so if you were me
And I, I just want to love you
Oh I, I just want to love you

"…I don't think I've ever felt this way about anyone else in my entire life, not even Addie. God, I always thought that sayings like 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' were trite and clichéd. Clearly, I was wrong. Because the absence between us has only made me love you more. It's been the worst kind of separation, because I see you all the time yet I can't have you, and that kills me inside…"

I always said that I would make mistakes
I'm only human and that's my saving grace
I'll fall as hard as I try
So don't be blinded

"…Mer, you see the real me. The Ferryboat-loving, trailer-living, fisherman kinda guy. I'm not the same guy that I was in Manhattan. I've changed. Forget the betrayal thing, forget the absent husband and the wife with the best-friend scenario, my move to Seattle, forging a life down a new road, that's what's changed me. God, I never used to be one for big speeches, but look a me now…"

See me as I really am
I have flaws and sometimes I even sin
So pull me from that pedestal
I don't belong there

"…Mer, you make me ramble like an idiot, as I'm sure you've already seen tonight. You have this amazing effect on me that changes me from a renowned, sophisticated neurosurgeon to an incoherent moron. I know that you probably think I'm talking crazy, because I'm still married, but I can change that. I'll sign the papers immediately, I'll get a divorce. I just need you in my life as something more than my intern. From the very day me met, you have always been more to me than my mere intern. That's probably why we've found the past few months so hard. Aside from loving each other, we never really knew how to be just an intern and her boss' boss. And I don't want to learn how to now."

She looked at him in shock. Finally, he was saying everything that she had always wanted him to say from the very beginning of this mess - the day that Addison showed up. But was it too late? Nothing could change the fact that he picked Addison, and that they're trying to make their marriage work. Does it? Nor could she escape the reality that she had moved on, with Finn. But had she? Had all of her moved on, or was her head just leaving her heart behind?

Like to think that you know me
But in your eyes
I am something above me
That's only in your mind
Only in your mind

"Mer, I'm gonna repeat what you once said to me, and I hope that you don't do what I did. Pick me. Choose me. Love me. I promise you, I'll never break your heart again."

I wear a, I wear a, I wear a Halo

She looked at him, struggling to keep her tears in check. The feelings of the past - devastation, humiliation, distress – they all came roaring back from the place deep down inside her where she tried to keep them suppressed. He'd hurt her, badly. Unfortunately for her, that hadn't changed her feelings for him, despite all that her friends said or did to achieve otherwise. She realised now, she still loved him. She hadn't moved on, no matter what her head tried to tell her heart. She loved everything about him, from his black curly hair, to his indigo scrubs, from his horrible taste in music, to the McDreamy look that he seemed to reserve for her. That same look that was currently gracing his gorgeous face. Could she risk it, would he crush her again?

Leaning forward, she took a leap of faith, and kissed him. Neither one of them seemed to realise that they were soaked through from all the rain, nor that they might be seen. They just felt comfortable being back where they belonged – in each other's arms.

(I just wanna love you)
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo

A/N: So, I hoped that you liked it, and please review. If there is enough interest, I might even turn it into a full fic, who knows?