As Meredith sat on the plane listening to the pre-flight safety instructions her mind began to wonder once again, back to a much happier time in her life. Actually, to one of the happiest days in her life, the day she met him.

"I can't believe I'm late for my first day of med school," Meredith mumbled as she ran across Dartmouth's campus to the building where her first class was located. She ran up the two flights of stairs to the classroom and slipped in to the back of the room just as the professor was starting. The guy sitting beside her turned and asked, "Are you going to be late like that every day?"

"Maybe," replied Meredith as her face began to turn a little red. She then looked up and right into the most gorgeous blue eyes she had ever seen. They were like two never-ending pools you could just get lost in. She then took in the rest of blue-eyed guy and was equally impressed. He was muscular with dark kind of wavy hair, and was most definitely the best looking man she had ever laid eyes on.

"Well then I'll be sure to save this seat for you every day," he replied with a grin.

"So you want to sit by me everyday," she stuttered out.

"No, I just didn't want you to have to be embarrassed and have to walk all the way to the front of the room," he smirked back.

"Oh," she answered. Man had she ever blown it. The hottest guy she'd ever met and within thirty seconds she had completely embarrassed herself.

"Hey, I was only joking. I would be honored to sit by the most beautiful green-eyed girl in the class."

Their interaction was then interrupted by a stern voice, "Would you like to come share with the class what is more interesting than the influenza virus."

"No sir," Meredith answered just as blue-eyed boy said "Sure, I was just about to ask the prettiest girl I've ever seen to go on a date with me tonight."

"Well, please go ahead and ask. Don't let me interrupt!"

"Okay," he said as he turned to Meredith, "Green-eyed girl, would you like to go to dinner with me tonight?"

Meredith was stunned. This was definitely not the way she had envisioned her first day of medical school. Her mother would definitely kill her and make it look like an accident if she knew her daughter was disturbing a class in this way. Man she just hoped Dr Wilkins didn't know her mother.

"Well, aren't you going to answer him, what was it? Green-eyed girl?"

"Um, okay," she managed to mutter out.

"Well now that that's settled, let's get back to talking about the influenza virus."

Meredith hunched down while she took notes during the rest of the class. She had never been so embarrassed in her entire life. If that boy wasn't so hot, she would have definitely killed him right on the spot. When the class was over he managed to stop Meredith before she made it out the door.

"So where do you want to go tonight?" he asked her.

"Go? I'm not going anywhere with you. I can't believe you embarrassed me like that! We have to have Dr Wilkins for the next three semesters, and he already hates me now!"

"No, you are going to dinner with me tonight. I even have 150 witnesses that heard you agree to go with me, so no backing out now."

"Why should I go anywhere with you? I don't even know your name," she answered as she could slowly feel her resolve weakening. She couldn't look him directly in the eyes because she knew if she did she would agree to do anything and everything he ever asked. There was something about those eyes.

"You should go to dinner with me because if you don't you'll spend the rest of your life regretting it."

"You think very highly of your dinner skills."

"What exactly are dinner skills?" he asked as he began to laugh.

"Ugh… You know what I mean!"

"Oh man, you're even cuter when you're flustered,"

"Flustered, I'll show you flustered. Well, I mean I am already flustered, but I'll show you to call me flustered. I mean you can't get away with doing that."

"Oh man, now you're rambling. I really like the rambling. I'll even let you ramble at dinner tonight! Say 7:30 at Provino's?" He then turned around and walked away.

"But, I didn't say I'd go!"

"Oh you'll be there," he said as his back-side got further and further away.

To this day she still doesn't know exactly what possessed her to show up at the restaurant that night, but she did. That night was their first date, and she hadn't dated another man since. They had dated all through med-school where he had proposed during their last year. They were married the summer before they began their internships, and had worked together at the same hospital until the day he died. They were even both specializing in neurosurgery. Even though they pretended to be competitive at work, each was secretly glad when the other succeeded. He had been so proud of her that day when she had gotten her first solo surgery. She had been the first of the third year residents to get to go solo. He had pretended to be mad and jealous around everyone else at work, but in private he had told her just how proud he was. He hadn't even gotten a chance to perform his first solo surgery.

Meredith was brought out of her thoughts by the motion of the plane beginning to taxi down the runway. She had a few tears in her green eyes, all for her blue-eyed boy.