Surgeons always have a plan. Where to cut, where to clamp, where to stitch. But, even with the best plans complications can arise, things can go wrong. And suddenly you're caught with your pants down."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meredith: Hey.
Derek: Hey.
Meredith: Shouldn't you be preparing for your board interview?
Derek: I am. (He leans over her shoulder and he smells her hair)
Meredith: You're hovering.
Derek: No, I'm breathing you in.
Meredith: You're hovering.
Derek: Fine, I'm hovering. If Cristina would sleep in her own bed, I wouldn't have to hover at work. I could hover in bed. A different type of hovering perhaps. How bad is it today? On a scale of one to ten?
Meredith: Seven maybe a six.
Derek: Good.
Meredith: You know what's gonna make it even better than that?
Derek: Uh-huh, what?
Meredith: Calverian bone harvest I get to do on Sloan's Jane Doe later.
Derek: Sloan's gonna let you do a harvest? By yourself?
Meredith: By myself. Which makes me very cool in the eyes of my dead mother, by the way.
Derek: Okay, then. I better let you study.
Meredith: Better stop distracting me. I will not be cool in the eyes of my dead mother if I mame Jane Doe.
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Derek: Hey, what do you think of a robotics lab as a goal for the hospital? Hmm?
Meredith: Derek.
Derek: You're harvesting.
Meredith: I'm trying to be supportive but this graft, it's really tricky.
Derek: Mm-hmm. You don't have to do it, you know. I talked to Mark and uh...
Meredith: You what?
Derek: I talked to Mark. I mean, Meredith this is, uh, it's a complex procedure.
Meredith: You don't think I can do it?
Derek: When has Mark Sloan allowed his interns to do anything? Let alone harvest a bone graft?
Meredith: He's in the race for chief. He's trying to prove he can teach.
Derek: By teaching you. Your mother died and the chief is going to be watching you very closely. Mark is trying to gain points to play.
Meredith: Using me.
Derek: If it goes well, he gets the credit. But if it goes poorly, he gets the save.
Meredith: So, this is about you one upping Mark?
Derek: He's using you. I'm just trying to protect you.
Meredith: You don't need to. Close the door on your way out.
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Derek: Yeah, you know when I pulled her out of the water... she was like ice. She can swim, Richard... she gave up. I close my eyes for a minute and it's like she's back in the water. I'm up at night and I just listen to her breath, you know? Just in case she stops. I can come up with plans for the hospital but if they ask me where I'm gonna be in 10 years...
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Meredith: I let Mark use the memory of my dead mother to win points with the Chief. You were right.
Derek: Sorry.
Meredith: You know what's weird?
Derek: What's weird?
Meredith: It's exactly what she would have wanted.
Derek: So, dead mommy's proud?
Meredith: Dead mommy's proud. How was your interview?
Derek: Not great. It wasn't great. I was distracted.
Meredith: By what?
Derek: Nothing. I don't know.
Meredith: On a scale of one to ten how bad is it?
Derek: 8... (They kiss)
Meredith: How bout now?
Derek: 7... (She climbs on top of him)
Meredith: How bout now?
Derek: 6... 5... 4...
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The thing about plans is they don't take into account the unexpected, so when we're thrown a curve ball, whether its in the O.R. or in life, we have to improvise. Of course, some of us are better at it than others. Some of us just have to move on to plan B, and make the best of it. And sometimes what we want is exactly what we need. But sometimes, sometimes what we need is a new plan.
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Grey's Anatomy Quotes
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