She made sure the hood was up before driving to work.
She walks in and changes into her scrubs.
(Derek arrives and parks next to Meredith)
Meredith: Crap.
Derek: Crap?
Meredith: Hi. I'm late.
Derek: You're avoiding me.
Meredith: Yes, but also late.
Derek: Ok, are we going to talk about this?
Meredith: No.
Derek: About us and Bailey and what she saw?
Meredith: I don't need to talk about it. I experienced it, naked.
Derek: This is getting complicated.
Meredith: Complicated for me. I'm the intern sleeping with the attending. Bailey isn't speaking to me anymore.
Derek: Not that that's a bad thing. If I was a better guy, I'd walk away.
Meredith: Yes, you would.
Derek: Do you want me to be a better guy?
Meredith: Yes.
(They enter the hospital. He pushes the elevator button.)
Meredith: No. Crap. I'm late.
(Meredith walks away.)
Derek: Take your time. Think about it.
(Scene: Cristina putting pants on. Her and Burke obviously just finished having sex in a lab room.)
Cristina: That was definitely worth being late.
Burke: (Sighs) Thanks. Is this a...? Should we talk about this?
Cristina: Yeah, definitely.
(Cristina leaves then enters the locker rooms. Meredith is inside.)
Meredith: You're late.
Cristina: So are you.
Meredith: I know, and I can't afford to piss off Bailey any more. Do you think she told anyone?
Cristina: About you and McDreamy?
Meredith: Yeah.
Cristina: No, he's her boss too.
Meredith: If they find out, what can they...? Can they kick me out, or...?
Cristina: No... Not officially. You'll just get edged out, blacklisted, banned from his surgeries, passed over for chief resident. (Sighs) It'll be humiliating, but you'll live.
Meredith: I have to end it. I definitely have to end it. I have to end it, right?
Cristina: Meredith, shut up.
Meredith: What?
(Meredith and Cristina are rushing upstairs and through hallway.)
Meredith: Did you seriously just tell me to shut up?
Cristina: Oh, please. You got a hot doctor who like to make you open up, and say "ahh." It's the American dream, stop whining about it.
Meredith: No. No good can come from sleeping with your boss.
Bailey: Cristina, you're late.
Cristina: So is Meredith.
MVO: Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true. That, by the time the pain of not doing a thing gets worse than the fear of doing it, it can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumor.
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