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Title: Could be Anything
Summary: SEQUEL TO INTO THE DARK: Takes places immediately after the last chapter, Meredith must now deal with the fact that Derek is no longer married and he wants her back but it she willing to get hurt all over again?
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There are times when even the best of us have trouble with commitment and we may be surprised at the commitments we're willing to let slip out of our grasp. Commitments are complicated. We may surprise ourselves by the commitments we're willing to make. True commitment, takes effort, and sacrifice. Which is why sometimes, we have to learn the hard way to choose our commitments very carefully.
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CHAPTER 8 – Streetcorner Symphony
Some people
It's a pity
They go all their lives and never know
How to live or to let love go
After the meeting with Nancy, Meredith had gone home to take a nice long bath but when she walked inside, she found George and Izzie sitting and watching her mother's surgical tapes.
"How was talking to Satan II?" George asked.
Meredith paused, "Not as bad as I thought it would be. I think that we came to an agreement of sorts."
"Come sit down with us." Izzie sat while making room for her on the couch.
"Sure."
"So, George, you and Callie?" Izzie asked.
"So what's wrong with her?" George shot back.
"Nothing, she just doesn't seem like your type." Izzie shrugged.
"Well I didn't think that vets were Meredith's type."
"Ok, enough about Finn being a vet. There is nothing wrong with that." Meredith said.
"It's ok Meredith. I respect your choice to date a vet." George said.
"And I respect your choice to date Callie." Meredith smiled.
The next day at the hospital had been pretty uneventful compared to the previous day. Derek's sister had left and she still had not talked to Derek since the incident in the on-call room and come to think about it she had not talked to Finn either.
Meredith got a page, paging her to the locker room. When she got there, she found Izzie sitting down, crying, George sitting there comforting her and Cristina standing there not knowing what to do.
"What's wrong?" Meredith whispered to Cristina.
"Denny died."
"What!" Meredith said a little too loud.
"They said his heart couldn't take it anymore and he just gave up. He had proposed only an hour before and I said no. I was beginning to think that it was a mistake to get too close to him. I turned him down and now …and now he's ….dead." Izzie said, still crying her heart out.
Meredith went up to her and put her arms around Izzie, "Shh. Everything is going to be ok."
"No it's not. He's gone. Forever."
Just then Alex walked inside, "I heard what happened." He said to the others and went straight to Izzie.
"I don't want to hear it from you Alex."
"Izzie." Meredith moved away and Alex took her place beside Izzie.
"I can't believe that he's gone." She cried.
"You made him the happiest man on the earth. Just remember that he loved and will always love you."
Before Izzie could respond, Bailey walked through the door.
"George take Izzie home. Cristina, Meredith and Alex find someone to cover for you and you can go home but I expect you to be back tomorrow." Bailey told them and then walked outside.
Meredith walked out of the locker room and went to the nurse's station.
"Can you page Dr. Shepherd?" Meredith asked Olivia.
"Sure Dr. Grey."
Moments later, Derek came.
"I got paged?" He said to Olivia.
"Actually, I paged you." Meredith said.
"You?"
"Can we talk?"
Derek nodded and led her to an on-call room.
"What's up?"
Meredith grabbed the collar of his lab coat and her lips crashed against his. The kiss grew very heated and she pulled away.
"I love you Derek and you are here right next to me and I don't want to lose you. I don't know what I've been doing the past month but all I know is that I love you. I don't want to lose you again. I don't know what I would do to myself if I ever lost you and I couldn't see you anymore. I would die Derek. So please forgive me." She started to cry.
Derek wrapped his arms around her.
"You did nothing wrong. It was me; I should've signed the divorce papers as soon as she came out here but I made a mistake and I know that I've made too many but I love you too Meredith." He looked deeply into her eyes.
They both leaned in and gave each other a very soft, sweet kiss that meant so much to the both of them.
Meredith laughed, "I love you."
"I love you too Mere." Derek gave her his McDreamy grin.
They both smiled at each other.
"What time do you get off?" He asked.
"I'm off now."
"Now?"
"Denny passed away, so Bailey gave of us the rest of the day off."
"Denny, the heart patient, Denny?" Derek asked.
"Yep."
"Wasn't Izzie close to him?"
"He had proposed to her but she didn't think that it was a good idea."
Derek nodded, "Well I was going to ask you out but Izzie needs you tonight."
Meredith smiled, "Thank you."
Derek leaned over and gently kissed her.
"I could make this a habit." He said.
"Go, you have lives to save."
A/N Hope that you all liked this chapter. Denny dies but Izzie doesn't cause the death. Meredith realizes that she has the man she loves and that loves her there and breathing and she shouldn't waste the time she has with him. Hope that you liked the chapter.
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