Hello! I was thinking about this for a while and I finally decided to post it. I hope you enjoy. It's Merder but it's different Merder, like unusual Merder. )

Meredith stood, leaning back against the wall, watching Derek with a patient. He was kind and caring, making sure that the patient was comfortable.

'Grey, see instead of standing staring at Mc Dreamy do you think you could maybe do some work around here?'

'Yes, Dr Bailey, there's just something I have to sort out,'

'Does it involve violence?'

'No,'

'Then you have five minutes. If it had involved violence I would of given you ten and stayed to watch but since it doesn't you got five and I'm leaving,' Meredith laughed gently but stopped when she spotted Derek leaving the patient. Walking over she grabbed his arm and pulled him into the stairwell.

'Meredith what are you doing?' Meredith's hand left her side and slapped Derek across the face.

'That was for a number of things. One treating me like crap. Two don't act all professional and like a pain in the ass in front of everyone and then expect me to jump into your arms when they're not around. Three, I am sick of feeling like the dirty mistress that I am. You have a choice to make. Addison or me. I've got to go and scrub in with Burke in OR 4. If your in the gallery at the end of the surgery, then you'll have signed the papers,' Meredith left Derek standing in the stairwell, still in shock from when she slapped him.

'God, I love her,' Meredith stormed in to the OR where Burke was opening the patients chest. He looked at Meredith and seen her face.

'You alright Grey?'

'I just slapped Dr Shepherd…oh my god…I just slapped my boss,' Burke started chuckling to himself before he got serious and put that patient on bypass.

'So why did you slap your boss,'

'He treated me like crap and I gave him a choice. Oh, god, I slapped my boss,'

'Dr Grey, he had it coming,' Meredith stared laughing but stopped when she looked to the gallery. Addison was sitting, watching Meredith. Meredith panicked. After three hours, Meredith scrubbed out and went up to the gallery. It was empty except for a lone figure sitting up the back.

'You came,'

'You said I had a choice to make,'

'And?'

'I made my choice,' Meredith climbed up and sat down next to him.

'I had made a choice before you had slapped me, which might I add, hurt like hell,'

'Yeah well, I was in a self destructive mood that I had to get out of so slapping you helped,'

'Glad I could be assistance to you,'

'So?' Derek leaned across the seat and kissed Meredith gently.

'I made my choice before you slapped me are asked me to choose. She's leaving for New York tonight and she isn't coming back for a long time,' Meredith cupped his face in her hands and kissed him again. Derek pulled her forward in the seat, his hands wrapping themselves around her waist.

'What time do you finish tonight?'

'Eleven, Bailey got me doing skut,'

'I finish at nine. Come by the trailer when your done,' Derek stood up and left Meredith sitting in the darkened gallery room. She fell backward against the seat and closed her eyes. Maybe life wasn't as crap as she first thought. Meredith started thinking about water fight they had had the day before Addison arrived. Meredith's eyes shot open as she felt the hair being brushed away from her face.

'You are beautiful,' Derek leaned down and kissed her gently.

'I don't think I can wait until your finished your shift,'

'Why,' Meredith and Derek's breath was mixing as there faces got closer and closer together.

'Cause I'm in love with you,'