Obligatory disclaimer: sadly, Grey's Anatomy is property of Shonda Rhimes and ABC, not me.

A/N: Something small to tide you over. Not sure where this one came from but I have a feeling it's going to be important. Thanks to anyone still reading. Enjoy!

She didn't know why she was here. It was probably one of the most stupid things she had done in a while, and she had decided that it was best done alone, by herself.

Where was she? Well, Meredith Grey had gone and decided that Derek Shepherd needed his things back because she was sick of sitting in her house studying for her intern exam and waiting for Addison to come home from saving lives. She was fine, dammit!

So biting her lip nervously, she finally turned onto the dirt road that led up to the trailer. The plan was to get out, put the both boxes on the porch and get out as fast as possible. She had checked- Derek was supposed to be working today.

Of course when you're Meredith Grey, "supposed to" doesn't always work out.

He was home.

He had heard her vehicle approaching and had walked out onto his porch, effectively ruining all her carefully laid out plans.

Shaking, she got out of the car and made to grab the boxes as if she hadn't seen him. Unfortunately for her, he set his can of beer down and walked towards her.

"What do you want, Meredith?"

Meredith gestured to the boxes she was about to take out of her trunk. "I came to return your stuff. I'm sick of having it in my basement and I thought you'd like it back."

He just looked at her, his blue eyes boring into her gray ones.

She sighed, frustrated. "Were you just expecting me to leave these things in my house forever? First of all, I'm renovating and second of all, I told you we were done."

Derek frowned, his eyes becoming cloudy. "I had hoped we could resolve this and get back together. You know I love you, Meredith."

She shook her head. "Derek, no, I don't. If you loved me you wouldn't have called me a whore once, let alone twice. We were broken up and nothing was going on anyway. You were too overbearing. 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice...'" She drifted off, looking down at her feet.

He shook his head sadly. "Is this because Addison is living with you?"

"What? No, Derek, Addison and I are just friends. After what you've done to me... I just can't forgive you for it. I'm sorry, Derek."

"For what it's worth... I'm sorry too, Meredith. I hope we can be friends again someday."

She smiled at him. "Me too, Derek. In the meantime, let's just go back to you being my boss, okay?"

He nodded. "Okay. Does this mean you'll be switching back onto my service?"

"I don't think that will happen for a while. I like my current rotation and you need to prove that you can act mature around me before I even consider it."

"He's not as good a teacher as I am."

"Really? He was doing a damn good job before you swept in. Your fellows are pretty amazing and they weren't taught by you. Just leave it alone, okay?"

He huffed. "Fine. But if I get any cases that I think you might want in on, I'm requesting you."

"And I'll keep my right to deny it."

Her phone rang, effectively piercing the tension-filled silence. "I have to take this." She made sure there was quite the distance between them before answering.

"Hello?"

"Where the hell are you?"

"I went out for a bit. I didn't know you were dropping by on your lunch."

"I thought you were going to be at home! My shift got cut short- explosive case, the Chief sent me home. How long will it take you to get back?"

"Sorry about your case. If the traffic is good and I make the next ferry I should be back in about an hour."

"The ferry? Christ Meredith, I thought we discussed this!"

Meredith dropped her voice to ensure that Derek couldn't hear her. "I was going stir crazy Addison and I wanted his stuff gone. I'm fine."

"When you get back I'm helping you study and then taking you to Joe's. You can only have a shot or two though, your exam is tomorrow."

"Fine. I'll leave right now. I'll grab something that can be reheated for later, okay?"

"Sounds good Mer. Drive safe."

After she hung up her phone she made a vague waving motion to Derek. "I have to go. See you around, I guess."

He smiled sadly and nodded. "See you later Meredith. Drive safe."

"I always do." With that she pulled out of his driveway and headed towards the ferries, not once looking back."