NEVER LEAVING YOUR HEART ALONE

SAVING OFF A LAYER AT A TIME

Meredith stood there in shock. She had heard wrong. Surely she had heard wrong. She could swear that he just said cousin. That couldn't possibly be right. It was a joke.

"Cousin?" She said in shock. "What do mean, cousin? Like relatives? Like...family" She went on in disbelief. They did look somewhat similar as they stood next to each other.

"Yep, my mother is his aunt." Derek mused, looking at her shocked face.

"As in Evelyn." Meredith said, biting her bottom lip and scrunching her face.

"Yeah. How did you know?" They both just looked at him. She gave Drew the look of death. "How do you two know each other?" Derek said with a puzzled look on his face.

"We, um-" Meredith started. Drew was wondering why he cared.

"Oh my God. New York. My mom. He's the guy, isn't he? He's the guy you fucked this weekend, isn't he?" Derek spat angrily.

"Derek, it's-" She started.

"I have to go." Derek said as he rushed off.

"Derek!" Drew yelled after him. Derek kept walking. "What the hell was that about?" Drew asked. Meredith just followed Derek with her eyes.

"Oh my God. I can not believe I didn't realize it sooner. You are Mer. His Mer. Derek is the guy, your guy, isn't he?" Meredith just looked at him. "Wow. This is awkward."

Drew and Meredith were scrubbing in for the sexual reassignment surgery. Meredith couldn't be mad at Drew or Derek. She could only be mad at herself. She was the one that got herself into this anti-relationship. She liked Drew. He was a nice guy. A good guy. Not the kind of guy she would spent the rest of her life with. But he was the kind of guy that she would want as a friend. She could feel Drew's stare upon her.

"What?" Meredith asked softly. Not looking up.

"What?" He asked, scrubbing his hands.

"You were looking at me." Meredith stated.

"I was just thinking. We had a great thing. I really liked you Meredith." Drew said quickly.

"Liked?" She asked. "Oh, I see, now I am chopped liver."

"No. Now you are unattainable. Derek, Mark and I are best friends. You don't screw your friend's girlfriend. Well you're not supposed to, but I guess you've heard about Mark. He's a different story." Drew chuckled. "Derek dodged a bullet there."

"First of all. I am not Derek's girlfriend. We are friends. And secondly, Addison happens to be my friend, so shut your damn mouth." Meredith snapped.

"He has been talking about you for a long time. He is head over heels in love with you." Drew said sappily. Meredith rolled her eyes.

"Whatever." She said flatly.

"You are head over heels too." He pondered. He walked into the Operating Room. Meredith followed.

"Okay, let's make Seattle a little prettier!" Drew said. "Okay, Mer-" He cut himself off and looked at her. "Dr.-" He realized he didn't know her last name.

"Dr. Grey." Meredith said quickly, looking at everyone around her.

"Okay, Dr. Grey." Drew said. "Dr. Grey? As in Dr. Ellis Grey?"

"She's her daughter." A nosey scrub nurse added.

"And it gets better and better!" Drew said, causing everyone to get a very puzzled look on their faces. "Have you done this before?"

"Uh, turned a penis into a vagina?" She raised her eyebrows. "Not technically." Everyone laughed.

"I bet!" Drew said quickly.