So this chapter is a little bit shorter. I hope to have the next one up really soon. Hope you like this one :)

Disclaimer - Grey's isn't mine, no matter how much I wish it was.


Oh crap.

Meredith had never even wanted to meet Derek's family when they were dating. And now that they had broken up, and Meredith was convinced that she would never have to do the "meet-the-in-laws" thing, that's when she finally runs into one of his sisters. This should be extremely awkward.

"Yeah I did date your brother," Meredith replied sheepishly. The last thing she needed was to give out too much personal information to this stranger.

"Yeah, you did. What made you both break up?"

"That's a little personal…"

"Oh come on. I'm his sister. If he did anything stupid, you should tell me so I can make fun of him about it for the rest of his life."

Meredith sighed. Lauren seemed nice and genuinely interested. And this was Derek's sister. She was most likely just as chatty as he was and wouldn't stop until she got her answer.

"Well, this isn't the first time we broke up."

"Yeah, I know. It's the second. You broke up when Addison came."

"How much do you already know?" Meredith questioned.

"Derek really doesn't talk to us that much. He called a few times when he was trying to work it out with Addison. I tried really hard to talk him out of it. They were never meant to be together. None of our family liked her except Nancy. But when I talk to Derek, I can tell that you and he are supposed to be together. You can hear in his voice how happy you make him, and how depressed he is when you're gone."

"We basically broke up because I couldn't commit," Meredith couldn't believe she was about to tell most of her romantic history to Derek's sister. "He wanted to get married and have kids, but I'm not ready. Well, I wasn't ready. I think I am now. But that's not the point. So anyway, I couldn't commit because I really didn't trust him anymore after Addison showed up. And the trust issues just kept getting worse when I drowned, and when he told me he couldn't wait for me, and when he started dating a nurse not even two hours after we broke up. I really didn't know what to do other than try to let him go."

"Well, if I was a complete outsider, I would say he was an ass and to run and never talk to him or see him again." Meredith laughed. "But I'm not. And I can tell that you're both really in love with each other. So I think that you should both have a long conversation about where you want to go with this relationship because you're meant to be together."

"Are you the shrink?" Meredith joked.

"No, that's Kathleen, but I think what she says rubs off on all of us a little," Lauren smiled.

"I think I'll talk to him when I get back."

"I think that would be a good idea."

Meredith's pager went off. "Bye, Lauren. Thanks."

"Bye, Meredith. Good luck."


Derek was sitting in the cafeteria alone, eating lunch. He was skimming a medical journal, but was lost in his own thoughts.

"You look lonely," he could hear someone say jokingly behind him.

"Well, you obviously have no one to talk to if you're talking to me."

"Funny. What happened to the good old days when we were brothers and would have lunch together every day," Mark said. "I would talk about how many times I got laid that day, and you would talk about sports to avoid the subject of your terrible marriage."

"Yeah, we did that until you slept with my wife," Derek replied, but not angrily. He wasn't really mad about that anymore. He had to admit, he almost missed his best friend.

"Well, then you ended up with Meredith, who you say is the love of your life, so you shouldn't be complaining. How is the girlfriend doing by the way?"

"Mark, the only reason why you would ask about my personal life is because you're having trouble picking up random nurses."

"Hey! You can't make fun of me for that! I heard a rumor that you just broke up with a nurse so you don't get to talk."

"Yeah I broke up with her."

"And then how was the reunion between you and Meredith? Everything you imagined it would be?" Mark teased.

"She didn't take me back. And now she's in Boston because Mass Gen offered her a job."

"Wow, is that why you're so devastated?"

Derek just nodded. Mark smirked at him.

"How about tonight we go over to Joe's and pick up a couple of women so you can get over her," Mark suggested.

"Mark, this isn't like when we were in college, and I would be sad about breaking up with some girl I was seeing for two weeks. This is the love of my life, and I think I lost her."

Mark didn't know what to say to him. He looked so broken, like his whole world was crashing down.

"Is she coming back?"

"Maybe in a few days."

"Well, when she gets here, if you need any help winning her back, let me know. I'll think of a few ideas," he smiled.

"Thanks, Mark," Derek laughed.

"No problem," he patted him on the back. "See you, buddy."

Derek smiled. He might be getting his brother back. Now, only if he could get Meredith back.


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