"So apparently you and Doctor Shepherd had quite the spat." Callie Torres said as Meredith came to see if she wanted to go and get some lunch.
"What? You know too?" Meredith groaned and held her head in the hands.
"Yep." She replied, flipping through her paperwork.
"The walls suck in this place." Meredith muttered. "So much for not sharing my life with the hospital."
"If it helps, the nurses outside all said he sounded sincere." Callie offered.
"Thanks." She replied dryly. "However, I came to ask you if you wanted to grab some lunch?"
"Oh, I'd love to, but the vet is here to see you." Callie smiled.
"What?" She spun round. "Here? Now? Where?"
"He's looking for you."
"Crap." Meredith moaned. "My life sucks."
"Uh-huh. Two delicious guys want to win you over. That does suck." Callie said sarcastically.
"That's the second time someone has said that to me today, and I'll tell you now, it is not as great as it seems. My stress levels are through the roof." Meredith defended.
"Aww," Callie mocked. "It's a shame you don't have two men who are willing to massage you every night. Oh wait! You do."
"Haha." Meredith replied dryly.
"Well, I better go and find Finn before one of the nurses –"
"Oh, there you are." Callie smiled.
"– tell him I slept with Derek." As Meredith thought that Callie was referring to George, there wouldn't have been a problem. However, of course it turned out to be Finn standing directly behind her.
"What?" Meredith spun round. "What?" He echoed.
"Oh God," Suddenly Meredith felt light-headed. "Finn."
Finn just looked at her, speechless. He felt utterly betrayed, and just walked away. "Finn, wait." She followed him away from Callie. "Wait!"
"For what, Meredith? For an excuse? A way to place the blame on someone else?" Finn replied angrily.
"No, that's not – what you heard, I –" Meredith started.
"I thought you were different." Finn shook his head, disappointed.
"I am!" Meredith pleaded.
"You know, maybe the reason you're weird and screwed up –"
"Dark and twisty." She interjected.
"Whatever. Maybe you're dark and twisty because you do stupid stuff like this. It's time to grow up Meredith and accept responsibility." He walked away and Meredith just looked shamefully to the floor.
Derek passed by Finn. "You!" He hissed. By the time Meredith looked up, Derek was on the floor and Finn's fist was clenched. Derek wiped the blood from his mouth and Finn looked back to her, angry and hurt and then walked out of the hospital. The staff returned to what they were doing and it was as if nothing had happened.
Derek looked at Meredith. She held his gaze for a moment; her eyes filling with remorse, regret and sadness. She wiped one tear away from her cheek and left. For once, Derek didn't follow her.