She came back down in a pair of loose pajama pants and a tank top. She found Mark in the kitchen dishing the spaghetti onto some plates he had found. Smiling at him, she sat down at the bar and watched as he finished putting the food on the plates.

"Want to watch a movie?" She asked.

"No chick-flicks."

Meredith rolled her eyes but gigged none the less. "Okay, no chick-flicks. We'll watch an action pack thriller."

"Really?"

She laughed as she walked into the living room. "No."

Mark pretended to groan, but still had a smile on his face.

'I want her so bad.' He thought to himself before following her into the living room.

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How she got that way, he wasn't sure. But with her head on his chest and her light snores drowning out the quiet whispers on the movie. But he didn't notice the missing lines in the story. His mind was elsewhere. And his eyes were on something else.

It was nearly midnight. And he knew he should probably wake her, bring her to her room, and go back to his place, but he didn't move. Maybe it was selfish, but he wanted nothing more than to lay there and hold her. Propping his feet up on the coffee table, he pulled her closer to him wrapping his arm around her back. She snuggled closer to him.

And that's how they fell asleep.

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The next morning…

The alarm on his watch went off waking him from his sleep. It surprised him how well he had slept even though he was on a couch. It was better than the sleep he got on his own bed. He looked down at the still sleeping Meredith. For some reason he couldn't figure out, he didn't want to move. If they stayed like that all day, he would be the happiest man alive. Taking a deep breath, he savored the moment.

"Mer? Meredith?" He said quietly nudging her light.

"Hmm? Huh?" She said still half asleep.

"We have to get up for work."

She groaned getting closer to him. "I don't want to."

He chuckled. "We could call in…"

"I can't." She groaned sitting up. "I have interns." She yawned. "You know you could have woken me. You didn't have to stay on the couch."

He smiled. "It's my pleasure."

She smiled back but said nothing. They stared at each other for a few minutes.

"I, ah, better go take a shower." She said breaking the stare.

"Um, yeah." He sighed, standing up. "I should go."

"Okay."

"See you at work, Grey."

"Yeah, see you at work." She smiled at him before scurrying up the stairs.

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She walked into the locker room and shot a smile at her friends as she opened her locker.

"I heard that McSteamy was leaving your house early this morning." Christina said.

"How did you know about that? I was the only one home?"

"I didn't. You just told me. So was it good, cause it looks like it would be good." Christina said.

"I didn't sleep with him." Meredith snapped.

"So he just spent the night? You and I both know he's Mark Sloan." Izzie said leaning against her locker looking at Meredith.

"Do we have to be here for this?" George asked gesturing himself and Alex.

"Nobody said you have to be here." Christina snapped before looking expectantly at Meredith.

"We fell asleep watching a movie, if you must know." She said slamming her locker. "You guys need to trust me more."

"We do trust you. But McSteamy is… McSteamy. The amazingly hot man-whore we all know and love. Just maybe not as much as you." Christina said with a satisfied smile.

Meredith rolled her eyes at her friends. "One, he's a reformed man-whore. Neither of us have had sex in more than a month. And two, he's my friend."

"Meredith, you're falling for him. We can all see it." Izzie said.

"I'm just still in shock she hasn't had sex in a month or more." Christina shook her head. "You won't be able to hold out much longer. It might as well be with McSteamy."

Meredith rolled her eyes again. "I have to go meet my interns." She headed for the door calling back. "And I can survive without sex you know."

"I give her to the end of next week." Alex laughed walking out.

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"Alright, Dr. Grey you are with… Dr. Sloan. Dr. Rogers go find Shepherd. And Dr. Moore you're with Torrez." Meredith announced before turning to walk off.

"Dr. Grey?" A voice came. She glanced over her shoulder.

"Good Morning, Dr. Sloan." He held out one of his two coffees. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. So what do you have today?" He asked walking beside her.

"A meeting with the chief to pick a specialty."

"What are you planning on picking?"

"Why would I tell you? It would take all the fun out of it." She smirked at him when the feeling of being followed washed over her. Glancing over her shoulder, she noticed Lexi trailing not far behind them. Mark looked back too.

"Dr. Grey, go make yourself useful and change the bandages on my patient in 4201."

Lexi groaned, but headed off anyway. Meredith didn't bother to give him the teaching hospital speech.

"What time do you get off tonight, Grey?"

"Nine, why?"

"You up for Joe's."

"With you? I don't know…"

"I am deeply offended, Dr. Grey."

Meredith giggled. "Okay, I'll go to Joe's with you."

He stopped and turned to look at her. "I have surgery in two hours. You want in?"

She smiled. "Are you picking me just cause I said I'll go to Joe's with you?"

"Maybe I'm playing a little bit of favoritism… But you're worth it."

She giggled. "Then, I'll be happy to assist you in your surgery today. I'll see you than Dr. Sloan."

"Okay, Dr. Grey."