-1Meredith looked over her shoulder, Derek walking towards her. She slipped the chart into the rack and walked towards the elevator. He followed her, Meredith sighing heavily as he got into the elevator with her.

'What the hell do you think that your doing?'

'Excuse me?'

'You stood, yelling at me in front of the entire hospital and today your acting like nothing happened,' Meredith went forward, Pulling the emergency stop.

'You know what I did when I left here last night? I went home and I went to bed with my husband. I forgot the argument that we had because I didn't want to think about how much of an asshole you are. What the hell do you think I am Derek? Some random woman who you used to screw and now employ? No Derek, I'm a world renowned neuro surgeon with the pain in the ass of a chief. I want to work. I am great at what I do. I could run this hospital. You Don't seem to realise how good I am and see eventually when you do, you will come crawling back with your tail between your legs. Now if you don't mind, I'm working here and want nothing else to do with you,' Derek was silent once more, Meredith glad that she had spoken to him and put him in his place.

'I have a board meeting later today and I need you to cover one of my surgeries,'

'What room is the patient in?'

'3210. It's a simple lumber separation. The OR's booked for half one,'

'Fine. I'll do it and leave the post op to you,' Meredith walked off the elevator, Derek following behind at a much slower pace.

'How was work?' Meredith sighed heavily.

'Four surgeries in one day is just too much on three hours of sleep,'

'I felt you tossing and turning last night. The argument really got to you,'

'We had round two in an elevator today,'

'And?'

'He's sorry apparently. That was the message he sent an intern to tell me while he was in a board meeting and I was performing his surgery,'

'You did his surgery for him?'

'Yeah, patients been waiting three weeks. I wasn't gonna let her down just because he's an asshole,'

'Maybe you should take this weekend off. Just take a weekend for you,'

'Only if you got off work as well,' Meredith knew he would say no.

'Ok,' She turned round from hunting in the fridge and looked at him.

'Seriously,'

'If it means you get away from Derek shepherd for a while, then yeah, I'll let Tony hold the fort for a couple of days,' Meredith put the bottle down on the table and sat down on Jethro's lap, her arms going around his neck.

'You know, I really really love you,' Gibbs smiled.

'I really really love you too,' Meredith rested her forehead against his, knowing that both of them needed the time away from work and that a weekend was just the right amount before it became too much. Her head fell as the front door went.

'Ignore it,' Meredith shook her head.

'I can't,'

'Why not?'

'Cause it could be someone important,'

'Like who?'

'The pope,' Gibbs smiled, going back to the papers in front of him. Meredith opened the door, the smile falling from her face as she realised who it was.

'What do you want?'

'Like you said, I'd crawl back with my tail between my legs. I'm sorry,'

'Excuse me?' Meredith raised her eyebrows in shock.

'I'm sorry, for everything. I know I'm not gonna see you until next week so I'm telling you now. I'm sorry,'

'No, no you don't get to come to my house and think that saying sorry covers it. I want a week off,'

'What?'

'I want next week off, including this weekend. Call it taking back time that you forced me into using up on paper work that I didn't need to do,'

'Fine, just don't resign. You're the best neuro surgeon I've got in that hospital,'

'What? I'm not resigning. Where the hell did you get that from?'

'You were talking to interns…you said about resigning,'

'You were listening into a conversation I was having?'

'I just,'

'You, get away from here. I'll call you when I decide that I'm coming back. I'm not sure I will,' Meredith slammed the door shut, Gibbs coming out the kitchen.

'Mere?'

'He was listening into a conversation I was having today and has just begged me not to resign. He's just agreed to let me have next week off as long as I promise not to resign,'

'Good,'

'What?'

'Then we're doing nothing next week. I'll call Tony, get the week off and me and you will spend next week doing absolutely nothing,' Meredith turned into Gibbs, her hand grabbing onto the front of his shirt, pulling him down onto her. She pressed her body against his, her lips soft on his.

'You want to start doing nothing now?' Gibbs nodded, lifting Meredith's shirt over her head. She stumbled up the stairs, the clothes being lost in a trail to the bedroom. A small groan escaped from her lips as he pressed her up against the wall.

'God I love you,' Meredith pulled the sheets up around them, Jethro running his hand up and down her arm.

'So, we're gonna do nothing next then?' Meredith looked up, her eyes full of happiness.

'Yeah, Jethro, we're gonna do nothing all week,' Meredith slipped out, pulling the bottom sheet with her. She searched through the clothes, hunting for the beeping pager. Her eyes closed tightly as she pulled hers from the waist band of her jeans, the number Derek's.

'Look, I am busy and don't appreciate you paging me,'

'I need you to come into the hospital,'

'No way. Find someone else. I'm on holiday. Like I said, I'll call you when I'm coming back,' Meredith put the phone down and climbed back into bed. She sat on Jethro's hips, her arms holding her up either side of him. His arm wrapped around her, the two of them becoming more and more tangled in each other. She groaned loudly, her pager going off on the table. Reaching across she picked it up and threw it across the room smashing it into tiny pieces, Gibb's smiling at her.

'You realise how pissed he's gonna be with you,' Meredith looked at Jethro.

'You realise how pissed I'm gonna be if we don't finish this?' a smile played across Gibbs face, Meredith pressing herself down onto him.