She got out of surgery the next day and headed back to the main surgical floor. Her patient had survived and was heading up to recovery. She got to the nurses' station.

"Can you page my interns?"

"Yes, Dr. Grey." The nurse said.

"Thank you." She waited impatiently for them soon Harrison and Jonathon showed up. "Where's Dr. Grey?" She tapped her foot expectantly.

"I haven't seen her since she went into surgery with Dr. Shepherd." Harrison said.

"What?" Meredith said her eyes jolting from the page.

"Yeah, she went into surgery with Dr. Shepherd two hours ago." Jonathon interjected.

"I'll be back soon." She said storming off.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Alright, part one is finished. We need forty minutes before we start again." Derek announced as he walked into the scrub room. Lexi followed.

"That was…" She stopped talking once she noticed Meredith standing there with her arms crossed.

"Doctors." She said coldly raising an eyebrow.

"Dr. Grey?" Derek said.

"What do you think you're doing? Who were you assigned to today?" Meredith growled.

"But, Dr Grey…" Lexi started.

"Who were you assigned to?" She demanded.

"Dr. Torrez." She mumbled. "But we had no patients and Dr. Shepherd needed an intern. And… And I didn't want to bother you in…"

Meredith put up her hand cutting her off.

"No, shut up, you are band from the OR Dr. Shepherd's or anyone else's."

"That's not fair…"

"Life isn't fair, Dr. Grey. Go tell someone who gives a fuck."

"Meredith, this is my fault." Derek said.

"One, my name is Dr. Grey not 'Meredith.' Two, I don't care. I'm her resident, not you."

"May I talk to you?" He asked. "Alone?"

"Wait outside, Dr. Grey, I am not done with you."

Lexi nodded and walked out.

"Me…Dr. Grey, I needed help Dr. Grey was open."

"She was assigned."

"Dr. Grey…" He started.

"You undermined my authority. You stole an intern from another service. You broke the rules. She knew damn well that she was assigned to Torrez. She broke the rules. She went against what I said. I'm not putting up with this. She's off your service for a month, so don't try to request her. She's band from the OR for three weeks." She turned to the door.

"I'm your boss."

She turned to look at him. "You don't scare me. What are you going to do to me? Complain to Dr. Webber?" She hissed as she walked out. "You're off Nuero for a month. You will not see the inside of the OR for three weeks. Get your ass to the pit."

With that she walked off.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Hey." She smiled at him and slipped into the seat at the Italian restaurant that he chose.

"Hey." He smiled back and sipped his water.

"Good choice by the way."

"Thanks. How was surgery?"

"Surgery was fine. Afterwards…" She shook her head. "Not so much."

"What do you mean?"

"Derek is playing favorites with his new intern. He took her from Torrez and let her scrub in. I found out and band her from the OR and his service."

"Nicely played." He clapped.

"Thank you." She smiled and sipped her water. She rubbed her face. "He pulled out his 'I'm your boss.'"

"And you said…?"

"I said 'You don't scare me. What are you going to do? Complain to Dr. Webber?' I mean seriously, if her were to tell on me to him he'd be digging his own grave."

"I'm proud."