Months passed by with Meredth and Aiden getting a little bit closer every day. They had somehow managed to keep their relationship under wraps at the hospital, no one except the two, and of course Cristina and Burke, knew about the relationship that they shared. Meredith never fully trusted Aiden, she was afraid to; the two were not nearly as close as her and Derek were, but they were making it, which made both of them happy. Cristina and Burke are still together, and struggling, as usual, with the differences in how they percieved what an actual 'relationship' was. Like Meredith, Burke never trusted Aiden, except in his case, not at all. He felt like the older brother that he never had the chance to be, protecting Meredith at all costs; Burke was sure that Aiden was too 'attached' and 'clingy' to Meredith, as the readers proclaim. He made sure that Aiden wasn't moving to fast, for his pace rather than Meredith's, by constantly requesting double date nights, which seem to upset Cristina, but not even faze Aiden. Aiden loved to hang out with Meredith, Cristina and Burke. They were all so open to each other, sharing personal feelings, as well as teasing one another with complaints of "Just lay off" or "Next time lets leave Aiden home". . . . .little did he know these weren't teases, these were those 'personal feelings' that he was so happy to share.

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Meredith sighed deeply, exiting the hospital at about 10 00pm. She had gotten off work early enough, thankfully, but it had truley been a long day. She had been through a few surgeries, many, many frusterating patients, she didn't have enough time to eat breakfast, luch, or dinner, and considering the fact that she had been on call the night before, she ws exhausted. Only one thing could cheer her up in a situation like this,

"Hey Meredith, baby!" And unfortunately, that wasn't it.

"Hey Aiden," she said, tiredly as she reached her car.

"You ok hun?" He kissed her on her forehead.

"Yeah i'm fine," she smiled, causing him to do the same, "Just really tired."

"Tired?"

"Tired."

"As in. . .too tired to have Dr. Yang and Dr. Burke to come over tonight?" He asked, almost scared. She just smiled back, letting out a little giggle. "I thought that they might be able to help." He continued, "You have been so down lately," He brushed the hair out from her face.

"Thanks babe." She smiled; she was so happy that Aiden always tried to do everything he could to help her out. He always noticed when she was out of it, upset or confused, doing anything within his power to cure her. "I'll see you at home," she kissed the tip of his nose before getting into her car and turning it on. Immediately, loud music blared from the stereo's, much louder than she usually had them, with a band that Meredith didn't usually listened to.

"The Clash?" He questioned as she left the hospital parking lot.

Arriving 'home', Meredith opened the door, refusing to enter past the entry way. She looked around this old house that was once her mothers, that she was now forced to call home. Today was one of the worst days that she had had since she arrived in Seattle, it was her and Derek's would-be ninth anniversary, and she couldn't forget that, not ever. She did everything that she could to remind herself of him, making her angry and happy at the same time; in fact, just thinking of Derek now made Meredith the happiest girl on earth, rather than the most upset. She didn't know why, it was probably because of the differences between him and Aiden, but she wasn't sure. It made her laugh thinking about what Derek would have to say about Aiden, probably that he was a 'pansy' or say something about how horrible of a surgeon Aiden is, although he was a pretty good one. Meredith snuck up into her bedroom, logging herself onto the computer. She glanced through many pages about 'Dr. Derek Shephard' that she had googled. Apparently he had become an excellent surgeon, one of the best in fact, which made her extraordianrly happy. She read small, 'interesting facts' about him, including his pet peeves, his pets, little quirks and whatnot, all of which she knew. Then, then she ran into a very interesting fact, as she scrolled down, she leaned in closer to the computer, realizing that he wasn't married. He hadn't even been seeing anybody for the past 10 months. Meredith had left only 10 months and 3 weeks ago, meaning that he had a relationship with Addison a maximum of a week after she left, unless, of course, they kept it hidden, which was very possible, and to Meredith's standards, probable.

"Meredith?" Aiden's voice rang from the doorway, breaking her thoughts. She hadn't notice him come in. She closed the window quickly, making sure that Aiden hadn't seen it.

"Yeah?" She asked, turning around in her chair.

"Cristina and Burke are here."

"Ok, I'll be right down."