True to her word, Meredith paged Derek.

Need you, roof, Mer

Derek received the page as he entered a patients room. He looked at the page and quickly excused himself.

Reaching the roof in minutes Derek found her standing on the ledge overlooking the city.

"Mer" he said quietly, he hoped not to startle her. "Mer, move away from the ledge, your making me nervous."

Meredith climbed off the ledge but still faced the city.

Derek moved closer and wrapped his arms around her. He thought about speaking first then decided to give her time.

They stood there, moments passing, as she relaxed into his arms. "Do you know why i come up here?" she asked.

Derek remained silent.

"I come up here to breathe, to escape, to fly." she told him. "I come up here because i don't have to worry about what's going on in there"

Derek's grip tightened on Meredith.


"Lex and i wandered up here when they first told me about my heart. He told me that it would make me breathe easier. Since then, this has always been where we would come when things got too much."

Derek nuzzled her neck. "Everybody just needs a place where we can just stop."

Meredith sighed. "When i couldn't leave the hospital and mom had left. Alex would wheel me up here in my chair and push me around in a dance. Dad used to get so angry with him, but it was what i had needed to keep going, to stay hopeful."

Derek stayed quiet. He could hear the change in her voice.

"Do you know she aced like her leaving had no effect on us. That she hadn't destroyed our world. How dare she. I mean, if she had any real idea, then maybe she'd show some regret or something." Meredith finished.

"Did you tell he?" Derek asked. "Did you tell her what leaving you did?"

"Vaguely" Meredith mumbled.

"She's a doctor. She needs details, scans etc. Show her, help her see." he attempted to reach her emotionally.

"How do i do that?" she asked.


Derek though for a moment. "Your hospital records are here. Give them to her to read. Collect photos, anything to show her what you've been through."

"I don't know if i can go in there again." she sighed.

"You can Mer, I'll go with you. I'll help."

They remained quiet for a long time. Meredith turned in his arms. "I love you Der" she told him before she looked up into his eyes.

He could sense that she wanted something. He was too scared to ask what.

"Der" she whispered, "can you dance with me?" she asked.

"Gladly" he replied as he pulled her into him and began to sway to the music in their hearts.