They were all hanging around the nurse's station a few days later, waiting for Bailey. Cristina and Meredith were discussing their problems, Burke's mother and Meredith's two boyfriends.

"That woman cuts his meat. She cuts up his meat into little tiny toddler size bites. Who does that?"

"Derek crashed my lunch date by offering me an awesome brain surgery, and Finn crashed my dinner date by bringing me ice cream, and I was going to let Derek get lucky."

Cristina stopped, "Are you even listening to me? She cuts up his meat before he eats."

Meredith tossed her hair and looked at her friend. She was having a crisis. "Just tell Burke how you feel." She told her.

Cristina snorted. "As if…. Hey Burke… Mama is driving me nuts and I think she's evil. That would go over well."

Meredith started to laugh, before she suddenly clutched her mouth, and ran over to the wastebasket and uploaded the contents of her stomach, a donut and coffee into it. Holding her hair back she wretched a minute more, before standing up and groaning. Embarassed she turned and headed for the bathroom.

"Jesus Mer, are you pregnant?" Cristina asked very loudly… loud enough that several people who all happened to be around all looked up in shock.

Meredith groaned and ran into the safe confines of the bathroom, vowing to kill Cristina later.

The door pushed open behind her, "Well."

"I didn't get a chance to get the pills filled yet, but there's just no way Cristina." Meredith said, as she washed out her mouth and her face.

"Brilliant! That's probably the most intelligent thing I've ever heard you say."

"Could you be hungover? The Flu?"

"I haven't drank in awhile." Meredith said.

Cristina sighed, "You're an intern. What are you going to do?".

"I can't be pregnant." Meredith restated.

"Well I'll just draw some blood and we'll run it." Cristina said taking over. "You need to know as soon as possible so you can decide what you want to do."

Meredith hung her head. "This…. Is not how I pictured my morning."

Cristina shook her head, "Meet me in exam four after you get all the puke out of your hair." And she headed out.

Meredith took a minute to get herself together before heading out of the bathroom. She wanted to vanish when she saw Derek pacing outside the door, waiting for her. Just what she needed.

"Meredith?" he asked with relief when he saw her.

She just looked at him, not sure what to say, or what he had heard.

"Are you?"

She gave him a blank look, so he had heard.

"Meredith, are you …. Pregnant?" he asked quietly.

She tried to read his expression. "I don't know.. I got a prescription, but I didn't get it filled yet, and Cristina wants to draw some blood and see…. I'm not sure if I'm ready to know…. If I am."

Derek smiled at her, and put his arm around her waist, "let's go get that blood drawn and send it down stat."

"Derek…. I'm an intern. I have a married boy-"

"Getting a divorce." He cut in.

"Fine, getting a divorce boyfriend, and a very nice other boyfriend, and I'm a intern. And if I am.. that means it's yours…. And oh my God." She said closing her eyes and wishing she could just die.

Derek pulled her close. "We can do this."

Meredith looked at him, closely. He was happy. Not freaking out like she was. "Derek, I'm an intern. I can't have a baby. I'm an intern."

"I'm an attending, and yes we can have a baby." He told her.

"No Derek, you know what happens to interns who get pregnant." She watched as his face fell, and his eyes turned a dark steely blue.

"I see." He said. "I've got to check on a patient." And he walked off leaving Meredith with her mouth agape.

What did that mean? He wanted a baby? Wanted her to have a baby?

Shaking her head she headed to the exam room.