Meredith had just finished up with a particularly difficult patient when she heard her name called. She turned to see Derek standing there. "Dr. Sheperd," she greeted him. Derek hated it when she called him that, but in a way, it kind of turned him on. He decided to play along. "Dr. Grey. So, the Nazi stuck ya in the pit? What you do?" he asked with a sparkle in his eye.

"I was late because I was walking my dog with this friend that I have and I got here late."

"Ahhhhh, and may I just say, I saw that friend. He is very handsome."

"Ya...but I think he's gay," she shoots back. She sees Dereks face visibly change.

"No...No...No he's not, why are you ruining the game?" he asks.

"What are you doing down here Dr. Sheperd?" she says with a laugh.

"I was down here for a consult and when I was done, I saw you, so, as a friend, I thought it only appropriate to come over and say hello. So...hello."

"Hey..." she trails off, noticing that he is still not moving. "Anything else?"

"Well, yeah, sort of. I have a break and I was wondering if you would like to head up to the cafeteria for some lunch." In his mind, he was justifying his actions. 'We're friends, friends have lunch. This is NOT wrong'. Yet something still didnt feel right, but he pushed that feeling away.

Meredith heard this and thought for a minute. Lunch with a friend should not require this much thought! "Yea, ok, sure, let's have lunch."

Cristina was working on filling out the chart for a patient that she and Sheperd had when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Burke standing there, smiling.

"What are you so happy about?"

"Well, see, I just persuaded my impossibly difficult girlfriend to move in with me, then to give up her apartment. I think that personally I'm doin really well. I'm happy. And generally when people are happy, they smile."

"You're cute...real cute. Is that the only reason you came over here, to tell me that you're happy? Because you know if it is, I really have to..."

"No, I also came over here to tell you that my mother would like to meet you and she is coming up from Alabama in a week."

"WHAT! Burke, God, seriously...no uh huh...listen I..."

"Ya, I know you're busy, so I will just leave you to your charts," he says and hurries off before she can say anything. Cristina is left standing there, jaw on the ground, wondering what she ever did to offend God in such a way. Now she cant wait to play 'Whose life sucks worse' with Meredith, seeing as how she was sure she would take the cake on this one. And plus, she always likes to win.

Meredith had found a table and sat down by the time Derek had gotten his lunch. "So" he says as he sits down, "what do friends such as ourselves usually talk about over lunch?" He takes a bite of his sandwich leaving mustard on the corner of his mouth, making Meredith laugh. "What?" he asks.

"Ahh, your mouth, right here, got a little something..." he wipes it, "there you go!"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Doc is behaving a little odd. Addison and I are going to take him to the vet when we get off from work tonight and I was wondering if you would like to go. I'm sure he's fine, it's just you know, we're doctors, we know that sometimes small things can mean something significantly big. He could use the extra support, I mean, no one likes going to the doctor," Derek finished this with his signature lopsided grin.

Meredith hesitated due solely because of the fact that she would be spending time with the Sheperds that wasnt required for work. She then remembered it wasn't about her, it was about her dog, whom she cared about. "Yes, actually, I would like to go. Thanks for telling me. So, about this vet, who is he?

"His name is Finn Dandridge. He has an excellent reputation among the animal crowd, so I thought we could try him out."

"Ya ya sure, sounds good. What time is his appointment?"

"Its at 7:00 so meet us there around 6:55." At this time, they had both finished their lunches and were getting ready to head back into the hospital. They threw out their trash and went to the elevators. They got on and no one else was there.They exchange a look, both knowing that they had a history with empty elevators. They begin to ascend to their floors, Meredith to 3 and Derek to 4. When the elevator reached 2, Derek finally spoke, "You know, I have this thing, for fairy boats i mean."

Meredith looked at him as they reached 3 and the doors began to open. "I so should have let you walk out with that mustard on your face." She says this then walks past him and out of the elevator. Before the doors can close, Addison sticks her hand in to stop the doors. "Hey"

"Hey"

"Docs appointment is still at 7 right?"

"Yep" Addison noticed how reserved he was and wondered if it had to do with Meredith who she happened to see get off this exact same elevator. She however did not want to push it.

Derek noticed how sad she looked. "So, you found any good poison oak lately?" She turns when he says this and sees him smirking at her. She can't help but laugh, or punch him in the arm.

Cristina finally found Meredith on 3 where she was standing at a nurses station.

"God I have been looking for you everywhere, you're supposed to be in the pit."

"I was, but then I had to come up here and look for a history for one of the patients. Why, whats your damage?"

"Burkes mom..." Cristina says this while pursing her lips and nodding her head.

"Yeah, Burke has a mom, congratulate him on that for me will ya, I have to go, I really need to find this history or..."

"Shut up, he says that she is coming up her next week because he wants me to her and she wants to meet me. On a level of one to ten, how screwed do you think I am?"

"Well, for normal people thats not too bad, but for you...oh dear God. Cristina, whatever you do, DONNOT be yourself, that will not get you anywhere here. I know Barney says to but, you really really shouldnt do that."

"Meredith, what am I gonna do?"

"Wait, you are asking me for help? Wow, hold up, I wanna memorize this moment, its like the apocalypse or..." sees Cristina giving her a look that would make little children cry. "OK moment over. I really dont know what you should do."

"Argh you're no help," with that Cristina storms off.