Disclaimer: I do not own Grey's Anatomy. If I did, it would be on HBO or the Playboy channel.

Meredith knew she had to face him whether she wanted to or not; she was the neuro resident and he was the neuro attending. Every step she took forward, her heart took another back. The closer she got to him, the harder it got for her to think about what to say. At this point, she wanted to run out of the hospital and forget all about Seattle but she knew that wasn't the answer, that her past would always come back to haunt her. He looked up and their eyes met. He smiled at her and she, unknowingly, smiled back. She was now floating towards him and their eyes hadn't fallen apart yet. At this moment, their past was erased. At this moment, they were alive. It took them until the time their bodies were just about pressed against eachother and they could feel the warmth of one another's breathe to come back to reality.

Can i erase your face from my day?
Can i erace your face from my day?
Can i erase your face from my day?
Can i erase your face?

"De-Dr. Shepherd."

"Dr. Grey."

That stood there looking at each other in an incomfortable silence. Derek finally broke the silence.

"We get our new interns today."

"So I've heard."

"Meredith…"

They both stood there looking at each other. He wanted so much to tell her about his undeniable love for her but knew she didn't want to hear about it. She was standing there, waiting for him to continue and plea for her to take him back. She knew she was the one that needed to plea but she couldn't help but wish he would, knowing she'd never do such a thing.

When's it gonna end?
When's it gonna end?
When's it gonna end?
When's it gonna end?

"Yes?"

Derek's head bolted up as he saw a familiar face approaching. This was all deja-vu. But instead of turning around, this time, the familiar face continued to approach. He wanted so much for her to turn around and run, knowing there was no way he would chase her. Meredith noticed Derek tense up and get a frightened look on his face and turned around to see what was making him like this. She followed his eyes to a young girl in scrubs.

"Hello Dr. Shepherd."

"Hi."

They sat there in an awkward silence as Meredith looked back and forth between the two. Derek turned to Meredith and a sad look came upon his face. He wanted Meredith back in his life and her meeting the girl "that was the highlight of his week" was not the way to go about that.

"This is Dr. Grey. Dr. Grey this is…"

"Um, I'm uh, my name is Lexie Grey."

This was not good. Derek hoped this was just some coincidence but by the way Lexie was looking at her, he might as well flush his hopes for Mereidth and him down the toilet.

"You are Meredith?"

"Yes. And your Lexie?"

"Yeah. I've heard so much about you!"

"Great." She mumbled under her breathe. "Dr. Shepherd may I please talk to you for a second?"

"Yes." A worried smile crept across his face as they excuse themselves from Lexie.

"You know Lexie?"

"Well no, not really. I mean, we've met before."

"And yet you fail to tell me you met my sister?"

"Well you see, we didn't really exchange names."

She was waiting for him to continue and he paused. He looked into her eyes and saw the confusion, anger, and annoyance which assured him she wanted him to continue."

"We met at Joes."

"At Joes? And she's… wow. She's mcbarwhore."

"What?"

"She's the girl you flirted with at the bar. She was the highlight of your week."

"No Meredith I didn't mean that."

"What exactly did you mean then, Derek?"

"Meredith…"

She looked over at Lexie who was still standing in the same spot, looking down at her feet nervously.

"She's my sister… You flirted with my little sister. And you enjoyed it."

"Meredith. I did not mean it like that when I said that. You are the love of my life. I meant every single word I told you." He sighed. He was loosing her. He could read her and by looking in her eyes, he could tell that she was even more broken. She looked more hurt than when Addison flew in on her broomstick. He could see tears forming in the corners of her eyes and knew she was about ready to make a run for it.

"Meredith please, let me explain."

"Explain what? There is nothing to explain. You have a thing for cute, young girls. Now that I'm becoming less cute and less young, you are moving on. Finn was right. Goodbye Derek."