CHAPTER TWO

Meredith never told anyone about her one-on-one with Finn. She buried herself in her interns mistakes and spent time with her family. She was too busy to be thinking about Finn.

"Dr. Grey, can you take a look at these films for me?" One of her interns asked.

"Sure". Her intern handed her the films. "Ok doctor, what do you see?"

"Umm," the young girl thought for a moment, "looks like a tumour, pressing against the occipital lobe. Could be the result of the blurry vision."

"Very good. Book me an OR and prep Mr. Andrews for surgery, and then you can scrub in."

"Thank you so much Dr. Grey."

"Yeah, yeah. Now get out of here before I change my mind."

"Yes, Dr. Grey."

Meredith laughed to herself as she watched her intern scurry away. 'I am getting more and more like Bailey everyday.' she thought to herself.

"Hey Meredith!" Christina called, walking over.

"Hey."

"Listen, by some miracle of miracle's, Alex, Izzie, George and I all have about an hour free. Lunch?"

"Sounds great. I really want to hear about Izzie and Alex's wedding plans."

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"So Meredith. What's it like being the Chief of Surgery's wife?" Izzie asked.

"Its no different from being the Head of Neurology's wife Iz." Meredith replied back, taking a bite of her sandwich. "He's really good about it actually. He was worried about it interfering with me and Sammie, but he seems to have time for everything."

"Just be glad you only have one kid." Christina said. "Three is beginning to become a handful. I'm just glad Burke decided to retire. He loves spending time with the kids. All of them" she added, referring to Sammie and George and Callie's twin girls.

"He didn't decide Yang, his shoulder screwed him up. He sometimes gets the shakes." Alex said. Izzie hit him lightly on the shoulder.

"He could've chosen another specialty, but he didn't. He's a family guy."

"So, on to other news… Is it just me or are this years interns a bunch of idiot's?" George asked everyone, "I mean, I don't remember being that stupid, do you?"

Everyone stared at him, "We we're just like them George, I mean, I popped a glove once and almost killed someone." Meredith said.

"I did kill someone," Alex added.

"At least none of us have interns going around and cutting people's LVAD wires." Izzie said.

Everyone laughed, except Meredith, for some reason she was now focusing all of her attention on her meeting with Finn. "You ok Mer?" Christina asked.

"What? Oh yeah, I'm fine. No, good thing no ones cutting LVAD wires." She got up from her seat "I got to get going, I have to get to the OR."

Once Meredith was gone, Alex said, "something is going on with that chick."

"Isn't something always?" Izzie said.

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When Meredith got home that night she was exhausted. She walked onto the living room and saw Derek on the couch watching some kind of sport. "Hey Babe, how was your day?"

Meredith plopped herself onto the couch next to him and leaned against him. "Tiring, very, very tiring. Is Sammie already asleep?"

"Yeah, she went down about an hour ago."

"That's good. Did she have fun with her uncle Preston?"

"Sounds like she had a blast."

"Good." Mer said, closing her eyes slightly.

"Do you want something to eat hun?"

Meredith snuggled into Derek's shoulder, "No, too tired to eat."

Derek laughed. "Ok, ok. Want me to carry you up to bed?"

"I'm comfortable here."

"Yes, well, yours and my neck wont agree in the morning." Derek stood and without any difficulty, lifted Meredith into his arms and carried her up to their bedroom.

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"You have a beautiful daughter Meredith?" Finn said, raking his fingers through Samantha's hair. The little girl was crying, pleading for her mother.

"Finn, don't do this. Please. Just let her go." Meredith stood about ten feet away, her feet glued to the ground, rendering her unable to move.

"This should be my daughter Meredith." He said, coming over to her. He stopped in front of Meredith, caressing one hand along her cheek. "It could be just like old times baby. Before your precious McDreamy and your little McDreamette."

"Finn, if you hurt her I swear-"

"You'll what Meredith? You can't move. There's nothing you can do." He leaned in closer, "we will be together again. But first, we need to get rid of what's standing in our way."

Finn pulled a gun out of his back pocket and pointed it at Samantha.

BANG!

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Meredith awoke swiftly, sweat running down her face and the back of her neck. She shook uncontrollably.

Derek woke next to her, "Meredith… Are you ok?" He asked, taking her gently into his arms, rocking her back and forth.

"Yeah." She sighed, "Just a bad dream. I'll be fine."

Derek pulled her closer as Meredith urged herself to fall back asleep.

Meredith was not about to let Finn ruin her life, not again.

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END CHAPTER TWO