Ok, so in this, it leaves off after What Have I Done To Deserve This? Merder, slight AddisonMark, IzzieAlex, and cute CristinaBurke moments. Meredith and Derek aren't sure if they can be "just friends". Centers around them. Please R&R!

"Just friends."

"Just friends," repeats Derek. Although the look that is present on both faces says otherwise. This look is one of pain, sadness, repressed passion, and secret, unrequited love.

"You kno..." Meredith begins but is interupted by barking coming from ahead. They round a corner and there is Doc holding a ball in his mouth with a look that you could only smile at, which is what the two doctors did, smile. They decide to not discuss the matter anymore and just enjoy the time they are spending together, as friends, friends that co-own a dog, the dog that is waiting for them to throw his ball and play with him. So they do and that is how they spend the rest of the morning, playing with their dog and laughing and talking. Derek begins to think that maybe, just maybe, they can be friends. He sees Meredith is still talking, but he is not paying attention, he's watching her out of the corner of his eye. He realized just how much he missed this. He is brought out of his reverie with a loud beep beep beep coming from Merediths pocket. He watches as she pulls out her beeper and reads it.

"Sorry, 911 from the hospital. We can continue this tomorrow," she says with a little smile as she turns to walk to her car. She then turns back to Derek, "You're right, I think that we can be friends," and with that, she turns and runs the rest of the way to her car, seeing as how she is already late, she doesnt want to give Bailey anymore reason to kill her than she already possesses. Derek watches her run off and realizes that he could never, truly be her "friend". He hears a car door slam in the distance and sighs. Doc barks and he starts walking again, deep in thought about their newfound friendship.

Meredith pulled up to the hospital. She walks in thinking about what happened earlier. She begins to wonder, again, if this could actually work. She knows that they both WANT it to work, wanting it to work was never the issue. The issue is COULD they make it work. She knew that on her side, she was still very much in love with her new "friend", she was unsure of his feelings however. She knew that whenever she saw him, her thoughts were not those that a friend would have. If only she could know what he was thinking. She looked down at her watch and realized how long it had taken her to get to the lobby of the hospital. "Crap!" she exclaims and runs the rest of the way to the locker room. When she finally makes it, she sees all her friends already there and dressed.

"About time," mumbles Alex, which earned him a hit on the arm from Izzie. Meredith runs to her locker and begins to get changed. When she is done, she slams her locker shut and is surprised to see Cristina standing there. "Where were you?"

"I was uh at the store, we were out of tampons and you know uh how George gets so...yeah...and then there was a line to check out...and traffic..." she sees the way Cristina is looking at her. "What?"

"Mer, I've known you for what, about a year now right? See, when you spend as much time together as we do, you sort of learn stuff about each other, what their facial expressions mean, hidden meaning behind the ever popular 'I'm fine', and when they are trying to cover up where they were. So please, do not insult my intelligence and tell me the truth!"

"I uh...was at mmm...come here," she drags Cristina by the elbow to the end of the locker room where no one could over hear.

"Mer, I know that we are good friends, and that you are apparently having something that can only be described as a slight psychotic breakdown, but what have I said about touching me?"

"Listen, I want a straight answer, do think that it is a good idea for me and Mcdreamy to be friends?"

"THATS where you were! God Mer, seriously..."

"Anwser, its a simple yes or no question Cristina."

"NO, are kidding. Look what happened last time you got attached to him."

"This is a strictly platonic relationship Cristina," She sees Cristina's look of doubt. "I mean it, we are friends and nothing more." Even while she was saying it, she realized that it sounded more like she was trying to convince herself moreso than Cristina.

"Alright, whatever you say." At that moment Bailey bursts through the door. "Alright, Grey, glad you decided to grace us with your presence. Yang, your with Sheperd, Karev...Montgomery-Sheperd, O'Malley...you're with me. Stevens...Burke. Grey, you're in the pit. Now move!" With that they all scatter to where they were supposed to be. As Meredith passed Alex she heard him talking angerly to himself. She laughs, which Alex hears. "I've got the She-Sheperd riding my ass for all I'm worth these days and you want to laugh...thanks Grey, real nice!"

" Well, I thought you could handle a laugh or two at your expense since you seem to enjoy it SO much when something happens to us, guess I'm wrong. My bad!" Alex shoots her a look and they part ways, Alex heading to maternity, his new "hang out" in the hospital, and Meredith to a long and grueling day in the pit.