Back away, not today, update lady.
This one's real short, sorry! I've got another one on the way though. This is my last prewritten one, so sorry, but you can't be expecting quick updates anymore, ok? I'll try to keep it up, but schools a killer.

The surgery with Jose had gone as smoothly as could be extected. He had a tree through his gut, and he was only nine years old, it just seemed too good to be true that he was even living. Meredith stayed with him most of the time after the surgery, tending to his every need, even though he wasn't concious to bark out orders, she wanted to be there if anything went wrong. She almost felt as though it was her complete responsibility to watch over him, and protect him until either he awoke, or his parents were there to do the work for her. It was right after lunch, and Meredith came once more to check on her 'little man', as she now called him. Picking up his chart, she examined all that had happened in the moments that she was gone.

"Dr. Grey," A strong voice came from behind her, giving her a jump. She turned, smiling at her fellow doctor.

"Dr. Burke," She replied.

"I'm glad that you were on this case," he began to explain, "It's always nice to have an intern who knows what their doing on a case of this magnitude." And, at this moment, another tall and handsome man had made his way to the doorway of the room, leaning on the doorjam as he had done previously.

"Yes it is," he chimed in, flashing a beautiful smile, "I wouldn't have chosen anyone else." He agreed with Preston.

"Oh, Dr. Schaffer," Burke said, turning to see his colleague, "I didn't know you were here."

"Well," he began as he walked into the room, "Now you do." Meredith only looked back and forth throughout the conversation from one gorgeous man to the other. She was speechless, not because of their compliments, but purely because of their beauty. A fake smile tugged slightly on her face as they both turned to her. A long silence occured not too long after Dr. Schaffer had spoken. Realizing the uncomforing feeling that dwelt in the three's stomachs, Burke decided to break the sweet peace, "Dr. Meredith Grey, this is Dr. Aiden Schaffer." With that, he stepped out of the way to allow the two to shake hands.

"Its a pleasure," she commented, quietly.

"The pleasure is all mine," he shot straight back, a bit louder than Meredith, "You can call me Aiden if you like."

"Dr. Schaffer is fine," She smiled, this time sincerely. She still needed to keep her distance from beautiful men -- lately they hadn't done her any good. She turned back to Jose, stroking his head as she pulled up a chair and sat next to his bed. "Dr. Burke, where do you thin his parents are?"

Preston stood, now crossing his arm, and opened his mouth to speak, but quickly decided not to tell Meredith what he knew. "I don't know," he lied. Aiden had quickly picked up on his lie and shot him a death glare. Burke, only nodding in return, began once more,"Come Dr. Grey, the nurses will take it from here." Looking at him reluctantly, Meredith stood her ground next to her young patient, "I would like you to meet a friend of mine," he said, smiling politely at her. Before letting go of his hand, she sighed deeply and leaned next to his ear, "I will be back, I promise."