Meredith had run to the ferry terminal in her sweats, tank top and matching jacket. The jacket was damp from the tears she was letting flow freely. She had run because she didn't want to face another confrontation. If she had stayed talking to Derek any longer, she would have re-thought all of her decisions and stayed with him.

It wasn't fair for them to stay together, and deep down, she hoped Derek knew that.

She made her way to the ferry and home safely, ran to her room and cried. She was tempted to call one of her friends, but they were probably with their boyfriends and girlfriends. She then realized that Preston had gone to work early this morning. She quickly dialed Christina's number.

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Preston closed his locker and closed his eyes; he was so tired. He heard a sound next to him and opened his eyes. "Derek, I thought you had today off?"

"Yeah, well, things change." He muttered, having trouble opening his locker.

"What's up man? I thought you were going to spend your day off with Meredith?"

Derek sighed, "Meredith broke up with me."

"What?"

"She just wants to be friends, and after her schooling see is we should still be together. She doesn't want me to have to wait for her."

"Well, that was considerate of her." Preston said, trying to lighten the mood.

"But I was willing to wait for her." Derek said, putting on his lab coat and closing his locker.

"I know what she's saying though Shepard. I broke up with my girlfriend when I came here. We said we talk to each other again after my internship and depending on where I get my residency."

"That doesn't help me Burke. You found Christina."

"I know I did. Maybe you will find someone else."

"I don't want anyone else."

"Stop being such a baby. Come one, lets go find a good neuro case for you. That will get your mind off of things." Burke said, dragging Derek out of the Intern locker room.

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Christina was sitting on Meredith's bed, watching her best friend crying under the covers of her bed. "So you broke up with Derek?"

Meredith sniffled. "Yeah."

"Then why the hell are you crying?"

Meredith looked up at her friend, "Are you kidding me, you're supposed to be supportive!"

"I am being supportive, this is me being supportive. But with all do respect, you broke up with him. He should be crying, not you."

"I didn't want to break up with him."

"Ok, here we go. Why did you break up with him then?"

"Its not fair to him to have to wait for me. He's older than me. He's going to be in his 30's if I ever see him again; his late 30's. He should be married and have kids by then. Not waiting for me."

"Ok." Christina said, still trying to be supportive. She wasn't good at this kind of stuff. This was more Izzie's territory. Christina then got an idea. She pulled back the covers on Meredith's bed and kicked her out of it.

"What are you doing?"

"Taking you on some roller coasters." She stated. "Now go get dressed!"

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As chance would have it, Derek did get to scrub in on a craniotomy with Dr. Grey later that afternoon. He spent most of the time staring at Dr. Grey though. She had absolutely no idea what was going on in her daughters' life. Did she even know that it was her prom last night? Did she even know that they had dated? Did she even know her own daughter would be moving across the country next year?

He was angry; angry and frustrated. He couldn't get Meredith's picture out of his head. How gorgeous she looked in her prom dress, he eyes, and the way she smiled. Later that night, he and Burke went for drinks across the street. Then, when getting home that night, he couldn't bear the thought of walking Doc without Meredith.

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The day was spent on many nauseating roller coaster in downtown Seattle, then a meet-up at the mall with Izzie, which was exactly the support Meredith needed.

They shopped for new clothes that they would be taking with them when they moved. Izzie claimed that they needed 'eastern' fashion clothes.

The three girls planned their entire summer out, stating that it would be a boy-less summer. Christina would see Burke minimally as would Izzie see Alex. This was the girls last summer in Seattle together and they were going to spend it together. Once everyone left, Izzie would still be with Alex and Christina would be all alone with Burke.

It seemed like the best idea they had ever had.

They planned beach days, shopping days, packing days, and lazy days. Also, they planned a final road trip with the boys to New York and Dartmouth. The boys would be driving a giant truck they would rent and the girls would drive Izzie's car. Then, Christina would fly home.

They were going to make their summer the best they could.

END CHAPTER 15

A/N: Don't worry.. I plan to get Mer and Der back together. All in time!