Meredith walked up to the clerk at the desk. "I need the lab report for Grey please." She told him.

"Just a sec." the busy clerk told her, phone to his ear.

Meredith nodded and stepped back with Derek. They were holding hands, waiting.

"Babies.. are a lot of work. They cry. And excrete stuff. And seriously cut into sleep. Interns never get to sleep anyways." She told him, nervously.

"Well I guess the attending will have to deal with the majority of night stuff, so the studious intern can get rest." Derek said with a smile.

"I heard it hurts to give birth." She said.

"That part I can't help with, sorry." He said sheepishly.

"We'll need an OB-GYN…. And I don't think Addison is it." Meredith said.

Derek chuckled. "Uh..no, I don't think we're all that comfortable yet."

The clerk held out a paper…."Grey?" he asked her.

Meredith reached forward and snatched it from his hand. "thanks."

She walked back over to Derek and handed it to him. "I can't look."

He scanned it for a minute, and sighed.

"What?" she demanded.

He pulled her into his arms ," it doesn't mean we can't decide to have one."

Meredith looked at the paper, negative for pregnancy. She was disappointed. She had thought she would be kind of relieved. "I guess it was the flu."

Derek counted, "It's only been three weeks. Sometimes it's too early to tell still."

"I'm sure the blood test would have picked up an elevated hcg level. It just wasn't meant to be."

"I think you need to have a pelvic to make sure."

"You have a pelvic." She told him.

"That's your field not mine."

"I'll call Dr. Chandler, and ask him to see you this afternoon briefly. Okay?"

Meredith sighed. "Fine."

She was really disappointed. She felt empty. And now sad that Derek had wanted it so bad he was grasping at straws. "I've got to run before Bailey kills me slowly instead of quickly for being late. I'll see you at lunch." She reached up and kissed him lightly before running off.

"Where have you been?" Cristina asked as she walked up.

"Good news.. I didn't kill the rabbit." Meredith said sardonically.

"Wait a minute… your upset that you're not?"

"nooo.. well maybe some yeah."

"God Meredith, as if you need an eight pound drool lump right now. Seriously."

Cristina walked off shaking her head.