Here's the newest chapter. Hope to have another up by Thursday night. Please review!

It was 6:45 and Meredith had just gotten out of a great surgery. She had that great post surgery high going on for her. It came crashing down however when she remembered where she had to be in ten minutes. "Damn," she thought as she ran to the locker room. As she was changing, she thought about how bad this night could go. She decided not to think about it seeing as how if she thought about it much more, she might just direct her car down the ever familiar path to Joe's instead of to the vets, where she knew she needed to be. She put on her jeans, her green shirt and left her tennis shoes on. She shook her hair out of its holder and let it flow gently around her shoulders and back. She looked in the mirror. "As always…..this is as good as it's gonna get." With that she ran to her car and followed the directions that Derek had given her. About seven minutes later, she found herself in front of a vet's practice. She got out and made her way to the door. As she got closer she saw Addison sitting there with the dog, but not Derek. "Fan-freakin-tastic, God hates me," she grumbled as she got close to Addison.

"Hey Dr. Shepherd."

"Addison, when we aren't at work, please call me Addison." She said this with a tiny smile.

"Ok, um, Addison, isn't Der…Dr. Shepherd going to be joining us?"

"Yes, he just left his pager in the car, you know, life as a surgeon. He'll be right here." Meredith nodded and proceeded to sit down cautiously a few feet from Addison. Both could sense the awkwardness of the moment. "Dr. Grey, I know we don't have the best relationship, but I was sort of hoping that we could maybe try to be friends. I just think that we work together, you and Derek are friends, and, I think we could really get along. So what do you say, worth a shot?"

Meredith sat in silence, thinking about what had just been said to her and who had said it. She knew that she had to try. As painful as it was, she knew it was the right thing to do. "Uh yeah, I would like that. Oh and, you can call me Meredith." She couldn't believe she had just said that, but she realized it had to be done. They gave timid smiles to each other and then continued to sit in pure silence until Derek appeared. Seeing Meredith, his face lit up. "Hey, you made it!"

"Said I would come didn't I? So, now, come on, let's go and get this over with." They all three filed into the waiting room. Derek went up to sign Doc in while Meredith and Addison took Doc and found seats. Meredith looked up when she saw motion on her left. In came Dr. Dandridge. One look at how attractive he was and Meredith knew she was in for a rough ride. She looked back over at Derek then at Dr. Dandridge. Her life was now the textbook definition of hell.

The vet ushered the three into an exam room. Derek was the first to speak. "I'm Derek Shepherd, this is my wife Addison Shepherd and this is Meredith Grey."

"Nice to meet you all, so, what do we have here," he asked indicating Doc. Derek dove into a long explanation. Meredith knew she was probably looking ridiculous to everybody but she didn't exactly care. She just kept staring at their new vet. Occasionally during an explanation, Dr. Dandridge would look up and catch her eye, but nothing noticeable to the other two. Derek and Addison just listened while nodding their heads. In end, it turned out that Doc had a neurological problem that could be treated by medication. After the appointment ended, Addison took Doc out to their car while Derek paid for the medication. Meredith was walking towards the door when she heard Dr, Dandridge call her. She turned. "Yes?"

"I uh….I'm sorry about your dog, I know that with your jobs, that's not exactly something you need."

"No, but he's our dog, so we'll make it."

"Good, good. Listen I was wondering, you and Dr. Sheperd aren't……" Meredith then realized what he was implying. 'If only he knew' she thought.

"NO! Dr. Sheperd and I…..well…..see, he's married, and I, I am uh…..you know, I'm fine. He's married and we're friends. All three of us. Friends. Yup, so…..and now I'm rambling, but yeah, no, we aren't….."

"O, alright. Well, I was just….curious."

"Yeah. Well, listen I have rounds early so I had better get some sleep. But thanks for everything. Doc…he means a lot to us."

"Your welcome. And don't be afraid to call if you need anything." Meredith thought she picked up on a double meaning on the last part of that but she wasn't sure so she just looked at him. Realizing what he had said, he hastily threw in "for Doc. If you need anything for Doc." He said this and started to shake his head at his own stupidity. Before Meredith turned to leave, he caught her eyes for a second and just held them. Derek had turned around just in time to catch the little moment going on between the two. He quickly ducked out the door however before either had realized that there had been a witness.

Driving home, he thought about what that look could've meant. They arrived at the trailor around 8:15 so neither wanted to go to bed. Addison went and stretched out on the bed to read while Derek sat near the window. Addison could see something was bothering him, but she just couldn't figure out what. She finally gave up and started reading her book. Derek sat staring out the window.

'What the hell is wrong with me?' he thought, 'Meredith can date, I'm fine with that. Just not our vet, because, I mean, come on, really. No, actually, I shouldn't care that it's the vet. God, what's my problem. It's just that she's freakin slept with 50 of the men in the tri-state area by now. Jesus, I forgot, she even got to George. I SHOULD NOT CARE. I chose Addison. I chose my family, my wife, the love of my life. Right? Yes, and besides, friends don't feel this way about each other dating. It will pass…..yeah, it'll pass…' Derek just sat there thinking. He finally made it to the bed to find Addison already asleep. He quietly slipped in and tried to sleep. Sadly, for Derek Shepherd, sleep never came. He was left awake, thinking only one thing. Why?

So this was basically a filler chapter and to introduce the beginnings of the Finn/Meredith plotline. Next one will be better, I swear!