3. When darkness falls upon us…

The world is dark, almost cold.

Waiting to swallow you in one simple move.

Unwelcome to difference, and ready to fight it if wants.

Washington DC

"Bye, guys." Jeffrey Spender waved the guys in the bar goodbye. He walked in the darkness, to his car. Wherever he had parked it. He was drunk. Not as drunk as usually. Stumbling trough the empty alleys. Not knowing if he was going the right way to the car. He was down, he was fired from the FBI that day. His father was a complete asshole, and he didn't like that Scully and Mulder much either. That was what drove him to that bar. Desperation. Well, no one would blame him. His mother was a crazy woman who believed in aliens. His god damn father even believed in it. He was fired. Just great. He stumbled on, feeling cold wind around him. Like something was passing him by; with a great speed. So high that he couldn't even be seen.

He heard a giggle, an evil little giggle. One of those giggles the killer, before he was going to kill you. Before he was going to strike. The alley turned even darker, and in a flash Jeffrey felt sober. He was thinking clear, but he didn't know what to do. If he needed to believe the thing he was hearing, seeing and feeling. He started to run, first slow. Then faster. He walked away from the darkness that was all around him. Heading over to the docks. There were very few lights out there. And no one was seen. He could hear voices. Turning around him. For just a moment he stood still. Seeing if he could see anything at all. But he couldn't seen anyone. Just the feeling of cold air. The next moment he felt a crazy pain in his hand. A bite mark was on his hand. He craved it out. The pain was horrible. His body fell to the floor, feeling the change in his body. And then everything went dark.

Seattle

"Death is not the end. Death can never be the end. Death is the road. Life is the traveler." Meredith replied "The Soul is the Guide, Our mind thinks of death., Our heart thinks of life, Our soul thinks of Immortality."

Meredith slowly stared at Derek. The meadow was filled with flowers. She could see his blue eyes staring in his, the eyes that were staring at his for such a long time.

"You know, it seems like Sir Chinmoy knows about the existence of vampires." Meredith smiled "I mean he talks about life not being the end. Is he talking about the change?"

"Immortality, does not always mean being a vampire." Derek replied "He means that our soul will always live one. In the hearts of others. You don't have to be a vampire to do so. As long as you live in other people's hearts."

"I don't know Derek." Meredith replied "I am going to college, and you are. But still, I need to know that we will be together. It doesn't matter what happens. Promise me you won't dump me for some girl named Rose."

"You are the love of my life." Derek admitted "I can't leave you. And I'll never fall for someone else. I waited for you, for 400 years, I waited for you."

"Derek." Meredith stared in her eyes. "I don't feel really well. I mean what happens to you, if something happens to me. I mean, if we buy a house, and I die. What happens to you? I mean you won't be able to keep the house. That's things I think about. What if I die, what happens to you?"

"I don't know Mer." Derek replied "What happens if I die? Or anyone kills me? What happens to you?"

"Derek, don't scare me." Meredith replied "You aren't going to die, like ever. I need to know you will be safe if I'm gone. That everything we would work for, would be ours. Not just yours, not just mine."

"Marry me." Derek replied "Meredith, marry me. That way I can take care of you. Even when I'm gone."

"Derek, I'm 18 years old." Meredith replied "If I do so, my mum is going to think we.."

"crazy in love." Derek replied "Ready to take the next step."

"no pregnant." Meredith replied "And moving in together is the next step. Derek, I don't know. I love you. You know that, but I'm not sure if I'm ready for marriage."

"We get married." Derek stared at her. "And we move in together. At college. We could rent an apartment."

"And a baby." Meredith added "I want a baby someday. Don't say it's impossible. George got my sister knocked up. So one day, I'll be pregnant."

"You saw that outcome of that." Derek replied "She had to pay with her life. I don't think we should be thinking about starting a family. Our child would be half vampire. Do you want that?"

"I don't care." Meredith replied "I want a family, a life time. And if you want to get married, you'll have to agree with my wishes. I always wanted 2 children. Derek you've got to give me something."

"Bidi bidi bom bom." Lexie sang while dancing around in the living room. She couldn't hear anything around her anymore. Just the loud music blasting in her ears. Repeating the only words she could really understand. Almost screaming them out like.

"You are quiet the dancer." Vanessa jumped trough the window. Lexie removed the headphones from her head and stared at her. She gave her a soft smile.

"Well, can you blame me." Lexie replied "I love Selena. She's the best singer of al time. So what are you doing here? I mean is something going on?"

"No, just a bit tired." Vanessa replied "Not in I need to sleep tired. But my mind can't handle the reading minds thing, when Derek is near. And stuff like that."

"How did you know?" Lexie turned to her "I mean you saved mum. But how did you know? I mean you told us that you were at the house during the day. That's like a mile away. How could you get there? How did you know? Is it a vampire thing?"

"Not really." Vanessa stepped closer to Lexie "It was like I knew I had to go there. I can't say how I did it. I just knew that something was going on. And I couldn't not go there."

"Is it like a vampire power?" Lexie stared at her. "

"No." Vanessa turned around. "Something big is coming down, somewhere in DC. I don't know what."

"It's nothing." Lexie replied "All that matter is that we can be a family again."

"Meredith." Finn stepped next to her. "I need to talk to you."

"Finn, hey." Meredith walked over to him. "My best friend, I needed to see you."

"When were you going to tell me that they changed Vanessa in one of their kind?" Finn stared at her. "I don't understand how you could let them to it. That means they attacked someone. It means.."

"They didn't do anything wrong." Meredith stared at him. "You know that, and I know that."

"Meredith, I don't know what you see in Derek." stepped in front of her. "He's a vampire. I don't get that you are okay with that. That you are okay, with all of that."

"I don't understand how it's different." Meredith turned away. "You are a werewolf. I don't think that's so different. I mean.."

"I have a heartbeat." Finn stared at her "Meredith, I'm not suppose to be here. I'm suppose to let you go. I'm.."

"You are my friend, Finn." Meredith reacted.

"That's just it." He walked away from her.

One heart, one person, one time. .

An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth.

Those that won't give, will receive.

Darkness all among, Nothing better then Revenge's song.

Dana Scully walked over the dark streets. It had been a year, a years since Jeffrey Spender disappeared, Mulder told her that the man had been kidnapped. Scully didn't buy it. She didn't buy the alien crap. She never really did. The Hoover building was some how darker then other times. Scully stared around her, like she knew that something was going to happen. Like she saw something coming her way.

"Scully." She heard in the darkness. She turned around, facing the darkness that was all around her.

"Who's there?" Her hands grabbed towards the gun she was carrying. To shoot the man that was scaring her. She knew this was not a good idea. Scully slowly walked towards her car. Scully slowly open it. She dropped the gun on the passenger side, and started to breath heavily

"Scully!" She turned around. Staring at the dark face of Jeffrey Spender.

"You scared me!" Scully turned around "How the hell did you get in my car?"

"The same way I did." Erica Hahn replied.

She grabbed Scully's hand. Pulling her towards the backseat of the car. Hahn pushed her teeth deep in Scully's skin. She felt the pain. Scully tried to reach for her gun, but nothing could help the pain. She fell against the floor.

"You're going to like the change." Spender replied "Scully!"

"I'm glad we made up." Callie replied "I think we make a great couple. A lovely couple, don't you think?"

"Yes." Arizona replied "I could love you forever. And I'm going to do so."

"I love you too." Callie replied "What about we.."

"You turn me in a vampire." Arizona replied "I mean, you have been telling me all about vampires. It seems very cool. I mean not the drinking blood thing, but the whole forever thing. It's romantic."

"Arizona, you don't get this." Callie turned around. "Have you seen what happens to you, you lose your soul. I lost mine. It's not fun. You are frozen in time, forever young. Forever together."

"That sounds.." Arizona replied

"You know what." Callie turned around. "You remember Vanessa right, your friend. She's a vampire now. She hates every second of it. She loved being human. You don't know how much vampire would kill for that. For what you got. I won't turn you. I love you."

"I want to be a vampire." Arizona replied "You need to respect my needs. And what I need is you."

"And you need to respect mine." Callie turned to Arizona "I can't turn you, I can't turn you in to something like me. I can't. I want to be alive so bad. I don't want you to ever feel guilty. Ever.."

"I won't!" Arizona replied "'I thought about it…"

"What like 5 seconds?" Callie stood up. "You thought about it 5 seconds, giving up your life. You do know that right? You don't know anything about being a vampire. Anything!"

"Arizona wants to be a vampire." Callie replied "I mean, we are together a week now. And she's thinking about forever. I think she's rushing it. I don't want to turn her. I want to become human."

"You know how the search went for the Broken dawn." Addison replied "Pretty much crappy. I think we will never get our mortality back. I mean Derek's reading old stories. He's given up. "

"I don't want to kill Arizona." Callie lay down. "She doesn't know what it takes to be a vampire. I mean I went trough a hard time. And powers are not just something to be joked with."

"And Vanessa." Addison replied "She's suffering more then anything. I think Arizona should think about this decision, she shouldn't give up her life like that. I wouldn't."

"She wants forever. " Callie replied "I mean what I'm I suppose to tell her, that no vampire ever made it to forever. I mean couples, I don't think I want to make her a monster."

"Good morning." Mark Sloan stepped of the stairs of the house. Callie and Addison were sitting on the chairs next to each other. "You guys look weird, I'm going to regret asking this. But what's going on?"

"Arizona wants to be a vampire." Callie replied "And I don't want to turn her. I mean it's stupid, but I want her to be human. It's just that much more fun. I mean, see what it did to George. Turning Vanessa. It is destroying him. I don't want that to happen to me."

"Well, George's girl is growing in her powers." Mark replied "She's not just another vampire, and Arizona will be. She mind be able to do one thing. A simple power, something she'll get use to in a couple moments. No telekinesis. You know that active powers are something we would notice. "

"I know." Callie replied "I'm not going crazy about it, that's all. Okay."

"Thatcher." Susan entered the police office. "We have to talk about something. Do you remember the thing I told you a couple of days ago?"

"What? That you saw Vanessa." Thatcher took a piece of paper. "I mean you miss her, I have heard stories about people thinking that their family saved them."

"She's still here." Susan stepped in front of him. "Meredith told me herself. She told me that all the Shepherds are vampires. And so is Vanessa, the big bad bosses of the Housers were after her and the baby."

"Oh, you should be a writer." Thatcher replied "That could be a hit. I don't know why you are telling this thing, it's not right anyway. You know Meredith is sad, you don't need to encourage this thing. Vampire, vampire. Stop the non sense. There's nothing like vampires."

"Meredith told me.." Susan reacted "I mean.."

"Meredith, those Shepherds, they are all crazy." Thatcher threw the papers on the desk "Vanessa's dead, let her rest in peace. She doesn't need this vampire stories. I mean.."

"It explains what's going on in DC." Susan replied "This high profiled FBI officer disappeared. Not the be seen again. People getting killed, no blood left in their body. Can you say vampire?"

"Cult!" Thatcher rolled his eyes "That means that the Shepherds believe they are vampires, they are part of the cult. And they are dragging Meredith in it. And Vanessa died. She was lost.."

"She said something about Erica Hahn." Susan replied "She says that they are behind them."

"Erica Hahn is been dead for 17 years." Thatcher replied "She got killed, they never found her body. She went messing on the sea. So did her boyfriend Carlo Marlow. And his friend Preston Burke. One boat. Simple story."

"What do I need to do, to make you believe?" Susan stared in his eyes.

"If you can bring Vanessa to me, I'll believe you." Thatcher sat down behind his desk.

"Why can't you just believe me?" Susan stared at Thatcher.

"Like you believed Meredith's trouble idea about vampires and stuff." Thatcher walked next to her. "Meredith's looking for an explanation. She found them in vampires, thinking this guy is above the law. If we aren't careful, we could lose Meredith."

"What are you subjecting?" Susan turned around. "What?"

"We keep her away from Shepherd, McDreamy, Derek whatever." Thatcher replied "From what I just heard, they aren't trust worthy. I should have seen this sooner. When Vanessa was attacked the first time. This guys shouldn't be trusted. It cost me one child, I won't lose Meredith over it."

"What are you going to do?" Susan 's voice sounded a bit uncontrolled. " Tell her not to see him anymore. She loves him more then anything in this world."

"He's using her." Thatcher replied "Using her to get humans. Humans for their crazy rituals. I just know it, if I don't do this. She'll die. And I'm not losing another daughter. Not again."

"Thatcher, you can't do this." Susan reacted "You can't do this to Meredith."

"I'm protecting her." Thatcher grabbed his wallet from the desk. "One day she'll understand."

"So that's what Mark said to me." Lexie replied "He was acting very weird, like there was something in his eye. And then he kept on staring, like he was flirting with me or something. It was just very odd. I didn't even know that he knew I existed."

"Mark is Mark." Vanessa replied sitting down next to her. "He get crushes very easy. Sleeps with girls, and then he dumps them. He's not the greatest guy."

"He seems like a great guy to me." Lexie replied "I like him. He's handsome, cute and I could fall for him. I am falling for him. The vampire thing, it makes me afraid. Has he ever been in a serious relationship?"

"Not since Addie." Vanessa replied "George told me, that the two of them had a thing. About a year ago. They were madly in love, willing to do anything. Addie was the girl he was looking for. But the something happened. Something he would never expect. He found out that Addie wasn't his soul mate. See there's this river, in the south of Africa, in the middle of the Amazon, they that you can only step in the water with your true love. You can't stand in the water with anything less. He found out that she wasn't the one for him. It crushed him, he felt like Addison was the only one that could be the one. He gave up on love, at the same time. Swearing that he would never love anyone else. He hasn't. He had shallow flirts, one night stand. But nothing close to true love."

"Why did they break up?" Lexie asked "I mean if Addison loved him?"

"That's just it." Vanessa replied "Addison was looking for her soul mate, she told him they shouldn't settle with less then soul mates. She broke his heart. He never became the same person."

"Do you know how Mark got turned?" Lexie stared at her. "I mean.."

"Yes, it was a long time ago." Vanessa sat up in her bed "1912, Mark was a proud man, a honest man. But he wasn't rich. In fact he was very pour. Living in England, he was all by himself. His parents just passed away. Terrible, she was all by himself. To him Titanic was the ship of dreams, the ship that was going to bring him to a place that was so much better."

"Wait a minute?" Lexie paused "Mark was on Titanic?"

"No." Vanessa smiled "He couldn't pay for a ticket. I just wanted to mentions Titanic, Miranda however really was on Titanic. So was Carlisle Shepherd. But anyway. Mark's story isn't great like Addison's. He was never with an army. He was just a guy, he was at the wrong place, the wrong time. He fell in love with this girl, Alexis. She looked 17 at the time. She promised she would show him a whole new world, she told him she loved him."

"Did she?" Lexie stared at her "I mean did Alexis love him?"

"Yes, Alexis was like us. She didn't drink human blood." Vanessa replied "One day a bunch of people killed Alexis, leaving Mark heart broken. He lost the love of his immortal life. He went crazy, living in alley's. Feeding on humans. The smell was intoxicating. He didn't want a forever. Not without her. That's all I know. I know he met the Shepherds."

"Poor guy." Lexie stared out of the window. "I just wish he could let someone in."

"Lex, I'm just telling you." Vanessa sat down next to her. "Don't try, he's never going to love anyone again. You will only get yourself hurt. I don't want to see that happen."

"I just.." Lexie turned to her. "I think I have a feeling about Mark. Like I knew him my whole life."

"Get out of here." Thatcher yelled at Derek. "Get the hell out of here, before I shoot you. I know all about your twisty mind tricks. You won't be seeing my daughter again."

"DAD!" Meredith stepped in front of Derek. "I love Derek, there's no way you are going to cut him out of my life. We are going to collage together."

"He's bad for you." Thatcher stared right in Derek's eyes. "He's the reason your sister is dead, him and that stupid cult family of is. Believing they are vampires, they got you fooled, but they don't got me fooled. I know the truth about the Shepherds."

"Dad, we're getting married." Meredith yelled "You can't get rid of him, he's family!"

"You aren't pregnant right?" Susan stared at Meredith stomach.

"No!" Meredith yelled "I love Derek, and Derek loves me!"

"And he's part of a cult." Thatcher replied "A crazy vampire cult, killing innocent people, and Vanessa was your first victim. But you got that with me, I'm not buying it. I mean you could make Meredith believe that Vanessa's a vampire visiting at night. But you sure as hell aren't fooling me!"

"Is she?" Derek stepped around. "When would she be coming here, Meredith?"

"I didn't.." Meredith paused "she's not here. I mean, she's never coming here. I don't know.." "

"You're a bad liar." Derek turned around. Walking around the house.

"What's up?" Lexie walked down the stairs. "Derek, what's going on?"

"I know she's with you." Derek turned around, seeing Vanessa at the door. The darkness was all around her. She slowly walked in the light, revealing here face. "I thought we told you not to leave the house. You are a danger."

"Wait a minute." Thatcher stepped towards Vanessa. "She's real. Really real."

"Yes." Derek turned around. "We are not a cult, and we aren't harming any people. The vampires that have been harming people are being take car off."

"What do you mean.?" Thatcher sat down. "What do you mean, they are being take care off. As in killed?"

"I can't answer that." Derek turned around. "This is something you shouldn't know about."

"It was all real." Derek sat down next to Thatcher. "What's going on in DC?"

"We have no idea."

All you need in a beating heart.

To feel alive. A warmth. A human warmth.

An ice cold heart isn't alive, it doesn't feel. It doesn't sing.

It takes a human heart to feel, to get hurt.

A cold heart to love as much as it can.

To share one moment with one person. Forever.

Frozen in that state, that love until the end of days.

Forever and ever.

Fox Mulder walked out of his office, a man named Alex Krietsech was his new partner. He didn't like the man, he never liked the man. He didn't want to believe that his old partner was gone. Dana Katherine Scully was his old partner, a beautiful enchanting girl. She went missing about a week ago. It had driven him to the bar. Missing his partner was crazy. It was more then that, he was not just missing his partner. He was missing his best friend, his only friend. And maybe even the love of his life. Missing her, made him see how much she meant to him. How much she was in his life, without her, everything seemed empty. Alone. He felt guilty, the night she went missing. That was the night he was suppose to be with her. He started to think that nothing would have happened if he had been there. Nothing.

He walked in his dark apartment. A small one bedroom apartment in the city of DC. The X-files were growing fast. People dieing without explanation. Killings without explanation. Vampires, he betted. But he couldn't prove anything. Nothing at all. He slowly turned the lights on in his tiny apartment. A small figure was sitting on his bed. Mulder could see her red hear. It was Scully. She was looking more pale then usual. Scared in some way. Shaking on his bed. Like she was cold.

"Scully." Mulder ran towards her. Hugging her in his arms. "Oh, my god you are so cold. Get under the covers."

Mulder slowly placed her body under the covers. He hugged her. Scully's eyes were red. She slowly turned her head around. Plunging her teeth in Mulders neck.

"Scully!" Mulder yelled in out from the pain

"So you lied to me for all this time." Derek stared at Meredith. "She was with you all this time, and you would not tell me. Why would you do that Meredith? Why? You would have gotten yourself killed."

"Derek, there's on thing you need to know." Derek turned around to face Derek. "Vanessa would never hurt me, never. You know that. She's my sister. Family never does that."

"I killed my sister." Derek turned around to face Meredith. "I went crazy and killed her. Do you want Vanessa to feel as bad as me. To feel this, for more then a hundred years. Because you trust her. This is where it ends."

"Derek you are my boyfriend." Meredith replied "You are not the boss of me. If I see my sister, then I will."

"I know the consequences of this choice you're making." Derek turned to her. "I don't think you ever think about the risks your were taking when you invited her in your house."

"The same risks I take, when I invite you." Meredith stood up. "There's something special about Vanessa. She saved Susan, she was in the house and she knew that Susan was in distress."

"Impossible." Derek replied "She can't be, I mean.."

"What?" Meredith turned around "What is she?"

"It's a calling, linking family together." Derek explained "Only strong family connections have this band. Linked by love. Not blood. What you don't understand, it's a witches thing."

"Vanessa was a witch?" Meredith turned around. "Does that mean.."

"She is, only witches can be linked to family. In a way that no one can explain." Derek stood up. "She's a witch turned in to a vampire. She's the vampire, a witch turned in to a vampire. The chosen one, to lead us. To bring peace to the land of all vampires. She can replace the Housers."

"Oh my god." Meredith sat down. "He knew. House, he knew all about it. He wouldn't have switched lives just like that. He let me go, because he wanted to stay bossing vampires around. He knew that she would say to give up her life for Amy. He knew. But he didn't expect George to turn her. It wasn't an eye for an eye. He knows that with her, he was done for. What does that make Amy?'

"Half witch, half vampire." Derek replied "I have no idea what that means."

"Oh, what we got here." Addison walked in the local supermarket "Dog boy."

"Good morning Addison. What are you doing here?" Finn rolled his eyes. "I thought you were more in to something else. I don't know what your kind is in to."

"At least I don't eat 20$ worth of stake every day." Addison replied . Addison turned around. She didn't want to talk to Finn, Finn drover her crazy. It wasn't just the natural enemy thing. It was more then that, something much more then that. It was something she couldn't explain. She was so upset, she didn't even care about anything. Not anything that he said to her.

Finn stared at Addison leaving, Addison drove him crazy. In a way that Meredith drove him crazy. The only difference was that he loved Meredith. He didn't love Addison, in no way. She was everything he never liked in a girl. She was a vampire, controlling and she was a red head. Something he didn't really liked. He stared around, to find that Addison left her purse there. A good person would follow her. Giver her back the purse. He was a good person, but he wasn't going to walk after his enemy to giver her back the purse she forgot. The good person in him took over. He grabbed the bag, running towards the exit. He could see Addison walking in the shadows away from the store.

"Addison!" he yelled. Addison turned around. She could see Finn running towards her. In a way to help her. He stared at her, and slowly handed her the bag. Their hands brushed for a moment, just a couple of seconds. And something inside him changed. Not just something small, the whole world. Like finally everything made sense. Like true love had found his way to her heart. He stared at Addison who turned around again. Walking away from Finn. Finn placed his hands against his head. He knew what just happened. And what it meant. He just imprinted. And not just on anyone. He imprinted on a vampire. Addison Montgomery was the one. The only problem was, he didn't love her. He loved Meredith, more then anything in this world. He wanted to be with Meredith, who was in love with Derek Shepherd.

A dark forest, Callie was watching the trees. She could feel the cold wind, in a way that she never had before. She felt the fear coming closer to her body. The place seemed cold, so where the people that appeared from the darkness. They weren't just any people. They were the Shepherds, including her. They were standing in the woods. Waiting form something to come their way. Something crazy, something scary. The only one that wasn't there was Derek. Callie turned around, moving her body trough the woods. Erica Hahn appeared out of nowhere.

A scream. Just a crazy scream. She could smell the trouble coming to her.

"Callie." It was Mark that was watching at her. She was sitting at their usual diner table, with Callie, Arizona, Lexie and Mark Sloan. Callie didn't know what to say. She simple turned to Mark. 'She's back.' That were all the words she had to say.

"You mean her?" Lexie turned to her. "Hahn? What is she up this time?"

"I don't know." Mark replied "It can't be that good. It never is good, when we get this kind of thing."

"We have to get rid of her." Lexie replied.

"Meredith can't know." Callie turned to Lexie and Mark, ignoring Arizona who was on the same table. "Meredith can't be anywhere near. Hahn wants Meredith. We need to take her out before anyone else kills her."

"Why can't you just call the police?" Arizona asked "I mean they could solve it."

"An evil little vampire." Callie stared at Arizona "No that's our job. We have to kill her before she kills Meredith. We should just do it, this weekend."

"What are we going to do with Meredith?" Mark turned around. "We can't send her to her mother's for her birthday. I mean that would be…"

"Here Meredith." Carlisle Shepherd gave her the plain ticket. "A ticket to Egypt. Derek can go with you, I mean if you guys are getting married, the least you can do is go tell your mother. She disserves to know."

"What, to tell me that I'm making a mistake." Meredith turned around "I don't think so. I'm not going."

"You have to go. You need to ask about the witch thing." Derek replied "This could be important. And a vacation, it sounds great. Fun. You need to go there."

"Derek, I don't need to see my mother." Meredith turned away "I stopped talking to here, ever since she refused to come to Vanessa's funeral."

"She was busy." Derek replied "She said she was sorry."

"Saying sorry for not showing up is just not enough." Meredith turned around. "She's her daughter, and she didn't have time. It's okay not to show up at recitals. Even concerts, but it's just rude for a mother not to show up at her own daughters funeral."

"Meredith, be the bigger person." Derek hugged her "Forgive her."

"Only if you give Vanessa a chance." Meredith turned around. "Give her a life, something. And don't keep her away from me. If you do that, I'll go see my mother. Take it or leave it."

"Are you blackmailing me?" Derek stared in Meredith's blue eyes.

"Is it working?" Meredith rolled her cute blue eyes in Derek's direction.

"It is."