Disclaimer : I sadly do not own Grey's Anatomy

Author's note : Hi everyone! Thank you for all of those who read/reviewed my story. Seriously, thank you! My summer job finally gave me more hours so I won't be able to post new chapters as fast as I want to. However I promise that you won't have to wait more than 8 days for an update! I just want to remind everyone that this story is a MerDer pairing and they will be together. They will just face some obstacles before they can be happy! This chapter contains some violence.

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Chapter title is a line from the awesome song "No Brakes" by The Bravery.

"Yeah, what is it?", Derek said apprehensively. His eyes were looking into hers, searching for answers.

"It's the kiss, right? I know you have a boyfriend and I have a fiancée and I'm sorry." His body was turned towards her, anticipating her response. Meredith handed him his wallet back and took a deep breath.

"Don't be sorry, it's not about the kiss. It was good, great. It's not about that.". She paused for a few seconds, wondering how the hell she was going to break the news.

"Okay", she breathed. "I'm just gonna say it : your fiancée is cheating on you."

She studied his face, trying to see how he would react. Seconds later, Derek's eyes widened in shock, the words finally reaching his brain.

"What?! How do y-you don't even know her! What makes you think she's cheating on me?"

I hope he doesn't think I'm crazy. I'm not crazy. I mean I saw her, I really did! That gold digging bitch!

"I was on the elevator with her earlier today and she was talking on her cell phone with someone named Sarah. She kept saying that she's only with you for your money and that she's sleeping with an intern. I'm so sorry, Derek.", she answered with eyes full of sympathy. Derek's face went from shock to disbelief.

"Are you sure it was her?"

"I'm positive", she assured. "It's the same woman from that picture in your wallet. I'm 100% sure."

The disbelief then turned into anger. He indeed was angry at Rose but also at him. All those warnings and comments from his friends about Rose being a gold digger and all those times he had defended her, thinking she loved him genuinely. He had been played. He had no reason to doubt Meredith because one, she had no reason to lie and two, it all made sense now. He could how sincere she was.

Meredith was waiting for Derek to say something. Anything.

"Are you okay?". He snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of her voice.

"Yeah, I am. I just..ummm..I need to find Rose. We have stuff to clear up.", he answered. He believed what Meredith said to be true but he needed to face Rose and to hear it from her mouth.

"Yeah sure, go." Derek out his wallet back into his lab coat pocket, took his empty coffee cup and got up.

"Thank you, Meredith for telling me. You didn't have to but you did so, thank you.", he said softly while looking into her eyes. Her reply was a small smile and a hand wave as he walked away.

She sat on the bench, still stunned at everythng that took place in just a couple of minutes when it finally hit her.

Oh God, I kissed him! We kissed. I just cheated on Finn. I'm a cheater. What is Finn gonna say? How am I gonna tell him? Should I tell him? No, I shouldn't. He would get mad and I know what happens when he does...

She was internally freaking out. The thing she was most guilty about was how much she enjoyed the brief contact of their lips. The way his stumble had scratched her soft skin, the way his warm hands had caressed her face and the way the proximity of their body had made her totally forget she had a boyfriend and that her name was Meredith Grey. She got up and walked towards the hospital.

At least I have the rest of day off. I don't know if I could concentrate on patients with what just happened!

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He took quick angry steps to the nurse's station where Rose was leaning on.

"Come with me.". He grabbed her arm and brought her into an empy on-call room.

He locked the door and turned around to face Rose, eyeing him seductively.

"Umm...you want that kind of talk". she stated. Rose closed the space between them and put her hands around his neck. He immidiately removed herself from him and stepped back.

"They warned me about you. Mark, Addison, my mom, my sisters. They all saw who you really were. You played me."

"What are you talking about?", she asked, faking confusion. Derek crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes.

"Cut the crap. You know damn well what I'm talking about. I can't believe how much time I wasted with you. You only want me for my money!"

"Honey, I don't know who told you these lies but you know I love you!". She stepped forward and carressed his cheek but he quickly shrugged it off.

"The worst part is you weren't even trying to hide it! A good friend of mine was with you in the elevator while you were talking on your cell phone. She heard all about how you're cheating on me and how much of a gold digger you are. You disgust me.". Derek look at her and he tried, but he couldn't see it anymore. He could not see what attracted him to her. What was it about her face or the way she spoke that made him want to marry her?

"Derek, please! I don't know what that bitch told you but she's lying! I love you. We're getting married soon. We're gonna build a house. We are made for each other! I remember that girl from the elevator. She's probably jealous of me because she's uglier than me and she wants you.", Rose pleaded.

"You don't get to call Meredith a bitch. I've known her only for a couple of days and already I can tell she's much more caring and beautiful inside and out than you will ever be! I'll live in the trailer for a couple of days until you move out your stuff and find someplace else to live."

Derek wasn't even angry anymore. He was just relieved. A weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. He was now seeing the Rose everyone else was seeing. The selfish, materialistic, lying woman.

He turned around and before opening the door, he calmly spoke.

"I kissed her today. Meredith. I kissed and I don't even feel bad because you don't love me. You love my credit card but you don't love me. Just move out and forget I even exist."

With that said, he unlocked the door and walked out, leaving a dumbfounded Rose behind.

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"Finn?", she shouted, seeing his belongings in the entrance."Are you home?".

She closed the front door of her appartment and picked his jacket off of the floor, next to his suitcase.

"I'm in the kitchen!", he answered. She made her way to the the kitchen and found him sitting on a chair, sipping from a beer bottle.

"Hey, you were supposed to come back only tommorrow. Did something happened?", she inquired, standing in front of him.

He ignored her question, put down his beer and crossed his arms.

"Did you have fun while I was gone?"

"I worked a lot so I didn't have to time to go out.". He took the beer bottle and smashed in against the wall, which made Meredith flinch and scream in shock. Beer and pieces of glass were now decorating the floor.

"Don't you dare lie to me!", he barked. He got up, facing her.

"Pete saw you walking out of Joe's with a man yesterday night. He said you too looked like you knew each other very well."

"What? Your friend Pete saw me? I don't understand.", she replied

"Did you really think I was gonna leave you here, unsupervised?", he said with a sarcastic laugh.

"You had me followed?", she disbelievingly asked.

"You are my property so I have the right to do whatever I want in order to make sure you behave.", he coldly stated.

"You do not own me!", she said defiantly

"What?!". Finn closed the space between them and took hold of her wrist . He then proceeded to twist it sharply and with force.

"Oww! You're hurting me!"

"Shut up!"

Finn suddenly pushed her. He did so hard she lost her balance and collapsed on the floor. She winced in pain as shards of glass entered the palm of her left hand.

"And what the hell did you say to Alex, huh?!", he added, kicking her in the ribs as she was trying to get back up. She hit the ground once again and cried in pain.

"Stop it, please!"

"Why? So you can go to Alex and open your big mouth again?!"

He kicked her once again and asked her to get up.

I have to get out of here! I gotta find a way to get the hell out of here!

Meredith slowly but surely got up in front of Finn.

Come on Mer! You can do this. You can do this!

She mustered up all the strength she could, put her right hand on Finn's shoulder and hit him in the groin. He kneeled down and came harshly to the ground as he held his package, screaming.

She took this opportunity to run to the front door. By that time, tears were already rolling down her cheeks and wetting her lips. She took her car keys and ran as fast as she could outside to her car. Meredith opened the door and got inside.

What to do? I should go to the hospital.

She drove away in direction of Seattle Grace to have her injuries examined, probably by Cristina, George or Izzie. Fifteen minutes later, when she turn off the engine in the hospital's parking lot, she took a minute or two to examine the damage Finn had cause.

Oh God! Ouch!!!

Even the slighest movement multiplied the pain she was feeling in her ribs.

I'm sure they're broken, damn it!

She looked closely at her hand and could see dozens of entry points with glass inside. She was also unable to move her left wrist, the pain being too great.

"I'm pretty sure that's broken too!", she sadly whispered. The tears that had dried since she had left where beggining to reappear. She took a deep breath got out of her car, not without grimacing. The walk to the clinic was usually short but felt like hours for Meredith. As soon as she entered, she spotted Cristina sitting at the desk in the desert area looking bored out of her mind .

"Cristina!", she shouted. The asian doctor's head shot up and her expression changed from bored to worried.

"What the hell happened to you?!", she shouted as she ran over to her friend's side, easing her on a bed.

"Ouch! It's a long story but don't worry, I'm fine", Meredith replied.

"Yeah, I can totally see that", Cristina muttered sarcastically.

"Oh my God! Meredith, what happened?!", Derek said as he walked through the doors of the clinic.

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"I broke up with Rose", Derek said as he sat down next to Mark at the cafeteria. The plastic surgeon stopped struggling to open his sandwich wrapper and gave a blank stare to his best friend.

"You what?"

"Yeah, I'm done with her. She was cheating on me and she only wanted me for my money!"

"Might as well just say it now : me and the entire planet told you so! What took you so long?!"

"I know, I know. I should've listened to you and Addie.", Derek admittted which made Mark smirk. "But don't let it go to your head, though. You're not always right!"

"Yeah, yeah. Now you can focus on that hot chick form the bar last night. Addison told me all about your little meeting today.", he said with a little wink.

"Can she ever keep anything to herself?!", Derek wondered outloud.

Mark chuckled and looked at his watch.

"I have to go scrub in. Could you go down to the clinic? I left my cell phone on the desk and I don't have time to go get it . It cost me $600 so I don't want it to get stolen."

"Sure", Derek agreed. Mark got up and left.

I'm free now. Maybe I have a chance with her. But damn, she still has a boyfriend....

Once again, Meredith was completely occupying his mind as he took the elevator and reached the first floor. When he opened the door of the clinic, what he saw was not something he expected. Meredith was sitting on a bed, looking like she had lost a wrestling match.

"Oh my God! Meredith, what happened?!"