In My Dreams

Hear You Say It

Her friend's faces blurred as she succumbed to sleep.

Meredith stood in the middle of the catwalk, looking out at the Seattle skyline. She leaned against the rail, Derek beside her.

"Are you okay?" Derek asked.

She jumped, startled. "I can hear you!" she smiled

"Yeah..." Then his brow furrowed. "Wait... what?"

Meredith sighed. "In the attack... I think I lost my hearing."

"Oh, Mer..."

"It's temporary right?" she asked fearfully

"I don't know."

"Well at least I can hear you." She slipped her arms around him.

"Mmm." He kissed her ear. "Kiss it better?"

She giggled and leaned into him.

"Do you know what happened to you?"

Meredith shook her head. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Okay."

She flinched with pain.

"Mer?" Derek asked. The skyline was non-existent now and the catwalk was getting shorter.

"I need to hear you say it." Meredith faced him.

He looked at her with that little half smile on his face..."I love you Meredith Grey."

She grinned...

The tinny ringing noise was back, and Meredith was coming back to reality again. Someone was doing something to her arm, and her leg felt funny. She opened her eyes...

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Callie was just too perky for her liking, and the pain was changing from a dull throb to a sharper more insistent bite. She pressed the button and the world clouded over again.

Meredith was lying in a lawn chair on the deck at the dreamhouse. It was a sunny day, and the smell of nail polish lingered.

"You painted your toenails?" Derek asked. He stood in front of her, looking down at her feet, a bottle of beer in his hand.

"I know right? And I was practically naked in that trauma room."

"So everyone saw your painted toenails?" He sipped his beer and peered down again at her toes. Meredith smiled and wiggled them.

"It was Zola's idea."

"Mmm."

"So are you jealous?"

Derek guffawed. "Why would I be jealous?" He sat in the chair next to hers.

"The whole hospital has seen me naked now."

He stroked her hair. "It wouldn't matter, I'm the only one you love."

Meredith sat up a little and pulled her legs up, her knees touching her chest. "My leg is broken, and my arm too. Pretty sure I cracked a couple ribs."

He continued stroking her hair.

"And Penny was there. I think she's going to be assigned to me."

"What do you think about that?" Derek seemed concerned.

"Not like I have any say in the matter, but I don't want to talk about her right now."

"Okay."

An idea occurred to Meredith. "I think someone else needs their toenails painted."

Derek swallowed. "Oh no."

Meredith stood up and advanced to his chair.

Derek had his hands in front of him. "I had four sisters, I think they gave me PTSD from pulling stunts like this..."

She grinned. "Really? That's too bad. You and I could have a lot of fun, I got your favorite color..."

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