40 Weeks

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A/N: I wish I owned Grey's Anatomy, but I don't. Addison isn't here because she is not pro Der/Mer and she went back to New York with Mark.

Week 3 (Continued)

Meredith and Cristina scrambled behind Bailey.

"Where have you been?" she barked.

"Sorry, traffic." They both said in unison.

"Sure, sure. Cristina, you got labs, Grey, you're checking on Mrs. Fullman in 449. Remember, there's a meeting at 12:00 in with the chief. Don't be late for that. Don't be late when you are answering to me, again. Got it?"

Meredith and Cristina nodded furiously. Of course there wasn't traffic. Cristina and Burke were hooking up in the on-call room, and Meredith was puking in the bathroom. She figured that it was just leftover from two days ago. She had been nauseous all week, come to think of it. But, she had a job, and internship. She was stressed. Thank God it was Friday. She had the night off, and all of Saturday off. She and Derek were going on a "surprise trip" Saturday night, and she was having a spa day on Saturday. She had no clue why Derek was sending her to the spa, but she was gonna take the relaxation where she could get it.

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Sauntering down the hall, Derek kept his eye out for Meredith. He was so nervous about Saturday night. He knew that he was going to propose and had booked reservations for Meredith at the spa. Then, he had gotten reservations at a very nice restaurant, the Red Room. They were going to set up a private table for them, complete with red roses and champagne.

"Meredith!" Derek called as he saw her coming out of a room.

"Hey Derek." She said in a sort of low voice, avoiding awkward stares from a patient down the hall.

"Are you okay? You look a little pale."

"Yes. Yeah, I'm fine."

Meredith grabbed his arm as she started swaying.

"Fine? You do not look fine. Fine people do not sway."

"Derek, I'm a little dizzy, and a little sick, but I'm fine."

"Uh huh. Well, while you are in a hospital, I could have someone check you out. Or I could check you out." He said with a smirk.

"I'm fine. If it gets to be a problem, I'll sit down."

"And then get checked out."

She rolled her eyes. "Okay, if it gets any worse, I'll get checked out."

"Thank you babe."

"Yeah, yeah yeah."

Derek kissed her on the mouth.

"Derek!"

"What?"

"Who even knows about our relationship? Couldn't we get in more trouble?"

"Who's already in trouble?"

"Hah, Bailey still hasn't gotten over that night in the car."

"At the party that you didn't know about, but then got there and got drunk?"

"That would be the one."

"Well, I'll stick to the cheek at work."

"Thank you."

"Yeah, yeah yeah."

Meredith gave him a small kiss on the mouth.

"Happy, McDreamy?"

"Yes. Very."

"Good. See you at lunch."

"You know where I sit."

They both started to walk off.

"Wait!"

"Yes?" Derek turned around.

"I have a meeting during lunch, with the Chief. All the interns do. Do you know anything?"

"No, but if I find out, I'll page you."

"Ok, I love you Derek."

"I love you too Mer."

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Derek walked down the hall feeling very content. He was madly in love with his girlfriend, and had been for a year and a half, since he first saw her at the bar. He was going to propose on Saturday, and he wanted to get married soon. He was smitten, and that's not something he could help.

"Hey Dr. Sheperd!" came a voice from behind him.

"Dr. Burke. How are you doing?"

"Doing great. Just great. Only two interns have managed to kill patients right below my nose today."

"Well, interns will be interns."

"Speaking of interns, did you go see Richard?"

"Yeah, lets go somewhere more quiet to talk about this."

"Okay."

Leading Dr. Burke into an empty bathroom, Dr. Sheperd was filled with questions.

"So, how did you like it?" Burke asked.

"It was great. There were so many rings to choose from. It was late though, and dark, and the area looked very sketchy."

"Ha, yes, well, they are amazing. They only take appointments, they handpick the diamonds. They have very high-profile clients as well, and the well-known surgeon status is probably what got you the appointment."

"Yeah. It was nice. What was with the Richard guy?"

"He's very well known. He's from France, and he is one of the best jewelers in the world, and probably in the top few in the country. Seattle is more calm than the bigger cities that have more congestion, and its easier to run his business from there."

"Ah. How did you know about it?"

"Well, lets just say, I may have bought an engagment ring as well."

"You and Cristina!"

"Yeah. I proposed a few weeks ago. We are really happy, we just haven't had time to tell anyone yet. Plus, she cant wear the ring here because well, we haven't told anyone and she doesn't wear jewelry to work."

"That's great!" Derek said, patting him on the back.

"Yeah. It really is. I am so ecstatic all the time now."

"Who would have thought, both of us. Marrying interns."

"Wait, hold up, Meredith hasn't even said yes to you yet!"

Derek laughed. "I know. I'm just so nervous!"

"So was I. Cristina was impressed that I didn't throw up while waiting for her answer."

"You're not comforting."

"I know. Good luck, man."

Derek and Burke departed separately and the matter wasn't spoken of again.

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Meredith made her way to the chief's office for the meeting during lunch. Knocking on the door, she joined Cristina, Alex, Izzie, and George.

"Hello Dr. Grey."

"Hey Dr. Webber."

"Alright, now that everyone is here. I have a proposition. There is a program, this program is going to be 20 weeks long. In this time duration, you will be assigned to one of the attending in the hospital. If you show interest, or talent, in their specialty, you will follow them around. You will be on call only when they are on call, you will scrub in on all of their surgeries. This is a new program that we are developing, and we have never tried this before, so you five will be our, lab rats, if you will. However, this program will be quite strenuous. You will be pushed to the limit. This program is not mandantory. If you would like to sign up for it, you may do it now, or sometime in the next week. 5 months is a long time people, but, if you are willing to take the chance, you may learn a lot. Dismissed."

The interns looked at each other with excited grins.

"Chief, I'll sign up." Said Cristina, followed by the other four interns.

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"Alright, I've made your assignements, and after this, you may leave the hospital for the day." Said Chief Webber.

"Cristina, you will be with Dr. Oliver Sinai."

Cristina squealed, grabbed the paperwork.

"See ya, sucka!" she grinned as she skipped off.

"Alex, you will be with Dr. Angela Eithan."

"What a babe."

"Excuse me?"

"Nothing Chief. Glad to have the opportunity." Alex replied grabbing the paperwork.

"George, you will be with Dr. Gina Klien."

"Ok, thank you Dr. Webber."

Dr. Webber looked at the remaining two, Izzie and Meredith.

"He always was the polite one, wasn't he?" Dr. Webber joked.

Izzie and Meredith laughed.

"Ok, Izzie, you will be with Dr. Burke."

"Thanks!" she squealed.

Everyone was gone but Dr. Webber and Meredith.

"Meredith. You will be with, Dr. Sheperd."

"Seriously?"

"Seriously."

"Seriously?"

"Is there a problem, Dr. Grey?"

"No, of course not. Its just…"

"I know I may be old Dr. Grey, but I can tell when two people are truly in love."

Meredith nodded. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me now. You have always showed promise in the brain area. More than any other intern, plus I know you can take the workload. And you're in love, which makes life all the sweeter.

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