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"Elena. We met in the rain, actually. Stupid, right?"

Meredith watched the dance of gloved hands, the silent communication of people who had seen a thousand deaths and still fought each one. She thought of Derek's voicemail. She thought of her mother's voice, cold and brilliant, saying, "Love is a distraction, Meredith. Don't let it cost you a patient."

Izzie didn't answer. She just held her hand.

The man on the gurney was young, maybe twenty-four. His name was Leo. His left leg was twisted at an angle that made Meredith's own knee ache. Blood matted his hair, but his eyes were open—panicked, searching. Grey--39-s Anatomy- 3-7 3-- Temporada Episodio 7 A...

The rain over Seattle hadn't stopped for three days. Inside Seattle Grace Hospital, the leaks were as predictable as the trauma calls. Dr. Meredith Grey stood in the attendings' lounge, staring at her reflection in the dark screen of a deactivated monitor. Derek had left another voicemail. She hadn't listened to it.

"Grey. You're up." Bailey's voice cut through the fog. "Trauma bay. Motorcycle vs. guardrail. No helmet."

Meredith stood in the doorway, watching. Her phone buzzed. Derek: "Can we please just talk? I'm outside. In the rain. Again." "Elena

"Not yet," Meredith said, grabbing scissors to cut his jacket. "But you're working on it. What's your name?"

"Her who?"

"He left because I said I needed space," Elena whispered. "I didn't mean it. I was scared. We're getting married in June, and I thought… what if I'm not enough?" She thought of Derek's voicemail

"I'm here," she whispered. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Not stupid," Meredith said softly. "Romantic. Painfully romantic."

Elena looked up. "Is he going to make it?"

That night, the rain stopped. Derek and Meredith sat in his car in the hospital parking lot, steam rising from their cups. They didn't fix everything. They didn't even try. But for the first time since the bomb, since the drowning, since her mother's sharp words cut deeper than any scalpel—they listened.