The car ride home was silent. Neither one said a word. Meredith just looked out the window. She looked like she had seen a ghost and didn't know exactly what to make of it. Mark had worried that this day would come. How would she handle it? Would all her old feelings for Derek come back, would she leave him for him? He gripped onto the steering wheel tightly. He must not think like this. She loved him, what they have is special and precious. He was just having silly thoughts, after all, all they did was just see him perhaps he would leave soon. God he hoped he would leave soon.
Once they arrived home Mark pulled into the garage, parked and turned the car off. Meredith finally looking over at him noticed the worry in his face. She knew exactly what he was thinking; she told wondered the same thing.
"I'm fine" she finally said breaking the long silence. "Really, I just got caught off guard. I mean did you know he was here?"
"No" he said nodding his head "believe me if I would of known I would of…" he stopped, what he wanted to say was if he knew he was going to be there he would made sure like hell that they weren't there, but he didn't say that. He was to afraid of how she would react, would she feel hurt, or feel like he didn't trust her. "told you" he finally said.
She smiled, grabbed his hand and squeezed it a bit. "I love you" she said with a smile. Looking into her eyes all of Marks fears melted away. "Let's go inside" She said.
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The next day at the hospital Meredith looked for Christina. When she finally spotted her she grabbed her by the coat and pulled her into the on call room.
"What the hell is he doing here? Meredith said.
"He wants to come back. He's left New York and wants to come back. He went to hospital first looking for Webber and when he found out that Burke was now chief he came to the house."
Meredith didn't know what to say. He wanted to come back. He wanted to come back to Seattle. To work at the same hospital where everyone else had worked. Like before…no not like before she thought to herself. This time is different. She was different. She was married, in love, happy. She had everything the she ever wanted. She didn't need him. Not anymore.
"Well let him come back then. I don't care. I'm married, and happy. It'll be fine." She causally said to her friend, although she wondered if she said it to convince Christina or herself.
"Good!" Christina said. "He's not McDreamy anymore anyway, he's a McJerk and we are not going to be friends with him!" Christina declared. "We work with him and that's it! He's our boss and nothing else!!
"Yeah" Meredith said feeling the confidence rise in her as Christina spoke.
"McJerk! I like the sound of that" Meredith said and walked out of the room tocheck on her patient.