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Sorry I couldn't get this up sooner, I had a very busy day, which ended with me seeing the Simpson's Movie.

Disclaimer: One can only dream...

The next day, Meredith had plans with her best friend, Cristina Yang. Cristina is different. She is very competitive, pessimistic, blunt, and smug. But when you need her most, she was right there by your side. She's the one who will threaten your boyfriend, making sure he knew that if he hurt you, she'll kill him and make it look like an accident. Despite their different personalities, Meredith loved her like a sister.

Cristina and Meredith were sitting in a café, catching up on old times. Dr. Cristina Yang, head of cardiothoracics at Seattle Grace Hospital, was happily married to Dr. Mark Sloan, head of plastics, at Seattle Grace Hospital, for three years. Between the hospital and her twins, Luke Martin and Isabella Grace, Cristina didn't have much time to spend with friends. So, when Meredith said she had met, and had dinner with Dr. Derek Shepherd, Cristina made sure she had time to meet with Meredith.

"So, how was the sex?"

"Cristina! I'm with-..."

"Oh, don't give me this shit about Finn." Cristina leaned in towards Meredith. "All right cut the crap. You and I both know you hate Finn! Break up with him already, so you can lots and lots of sex with Dr. McDreamy."

"Dr. McDreamy?"

"Hey I have seen him around the hospital, he isn't bad looking."

"Ooooh, I'm telling on you to Mark!"

"Shut up, don't change the subject. You are in love with McDreamy."

"I am not!" Meredith fought back with a huge grin.

Cristina chuckled. "Just admit it you have the hots for-..."

Cristina was cut off by the vibrating of Meredith's phone on the table. Meredith picked it up and looked at the caller ID. Her grin was quickly replaced with a frown.

"Finn?"

Meredith sighed, "Yes." She quickly pushed the ignore button. "So how are Mark, Bella, and Luke?"

Cristina let out a small laugh, "Oh, no, you don't get off that easily." Cristina paused, "Well maybe you do, since you haven't fed the beast in a whole year." Cristina laughed loudly capturing the attention of everyone in the small café. Meredith countered this with a large frown.

"That's not funny, I think it's honorable that Finn wants to save himself for marriage."

Cristina stopped laughing abruptly, "Wait, are you saying that Finn has never, you know, um, played hide the pickle? Ever!?"

"Well, um, yeah." Meredith said a little above a whisper.

Cristina just stared at her friend, "Oh, wow, I'm not even gonna say anything about that." Cristina took a sip of her diet coke. "You mean he never... never mind."

"Shut up."

"Okay we need to talk about the real reason you are here. You like McDreamy."

"Um..."

"Okay, hi, Mer, it's me. You can tell me anything." Cristina said with a disgusted look on her face, "Well not everything, but you get it."

"Okay, fine," Meredith gave in. "I have feelings for Derek."

"Okay thank you for telling me something I already know." Cristina stated. "You wanna know what I would do if I was in your situation?"

Meredith let out a sigh. "Yes, please."

"Okay, first of all, you need to figure out who you wanna be with." Cristina said, "After you figure out you wanna be with Derek," Cristina smiled, Meredith matched it. "You have to break up with Finn the little school girl."

"Easier said than done." Meredith groaned. "Finn is the sweetest guy ever, he has been there for me through everything in the past year. I can't hurt him."

"Meredith look at me," Cristina said seriously. "I'm gonna say something that you won't repeat to anyone." Cristina looked at Meredith with the I'm-gonna-kill-you-if-you-tell-anyone-I-said-this-to-you eyes.

"Okay, this will be our secret."

"Okay, as you know, when I met Mark, I was dating Burke." Meredith nodded. "I thought I loved Burke, but I didn't. Whenever I saw Mark my heart rate could quicken and there would be butterflies in my stomach. Whenever Mark 'accidentally' grazed my hand to reach for a chart, I would blush like no other, and my skin would crawl, in the good way." Cristina added. "I never felt this with Burke. When Burke left, I knew where my heart was. It was with Mark. Mark is my other half. I am so much happier with Mark than I ever was with Burke. Whenever I see Mark, my heart still races, and it always will because we have the real thing." Cristina confessed. "What you have with Finn is nothing more than a friendship. I have seen you two together. You don't look at each other like two people in love. Now, I know I haven't seen you and Derek together, but you wouldn't call me like this and just spend the whole day talking about him. Whenever I say his name, your eyes light up like a girl losing her virginity on her prom night. Meredith, you need to figure out who your heart is with." Cristina's pager rang out, cutting into her speech. "I have to take this." She stood up, threw a five on the table for lunch, and said, "Spend some more time with Derek. If you find these feelings you have to be romantic ones, break it off with Finn, and pursue Derek. If not," Cristina sighed, "Break it off with Finn, just for good measure." Cristina grinned, and then walked off, leaving Meredith to her thoughts.

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That night, Meredith couldn't sleep. She kept thinking about what Cristina said to her. Meredith kept tossing and turning in her king-sized bed, and rolled onto Finn's pillow. She breathed in his scent and almost threw up her dinner.

That's not a good sign. Why can't I sleep? I'm tired. I like Derek, not Finn. But... I don't know. I have only known Derek for like, two days! But I can't get him out of my head. I think I should-...

Meredith couldn't finish her thought on account of a loud crashing sound outside of her window. She jumped up out of bed, and ran into the living room. On the way, she turned on a small lamp. Then she went into the coat closet and got a wooden bat out.

I knew this would come in handy one day.

Only, it wouldn't. Meredith was too scared to do anything. She was stuck to one spot, then she heard another crashing sound. She jumped in her place. She didn't have anyone to turn to. Finn wasn't there; Cristina was on-call tonight, Mark has the kids, and her list of people ran out there. She didn't have many friends. The only other person she could turn was...

Oh, god, I don't want to disturb him.

CRASH!!!

Okay, if someone is trying to break into my house and kill me, I should call someone, right?

Meredith agreed with herself and walked lightly into the living room. She picked up the piece of paper he had written on only a day ago, got the phone, and started dialing. She had tears in her eyes.

Please pick up, please, please, please...

"Hello?" A groggy man answered.

"Derek? I need your help. I'm scared. Can you come over?"

Okay there it is. Please leave your thoughts in the form of a review! Thank you!

-Mary