[Teddy joins Mark, Callie, Miranda and Derek for a drink after her date]
Okay, so get this...his very first question: "So what's your favorite food?"
French, but that's not the point. Why would he ask me what my favorite food was? Like he read that that's some good icebreaker from some internet handbook that was handed out at the loser fair? Ugh!
DerekThis is why you don't meet people on the internet.
You're married! You don't get to have an opinion about my pathetic forays into internet dating.
[The scene cuts back and forth between Derek and Mer getting married to Callie and Arizona getting married]
JJudge
Applicants Grey and Shepherd...
Derek
That'd be us.
JJudge
I need to see some ID. Okay, this seems to be in order, I'll jump right in. We are here today to participate in a marital union...
...To celebrate love and happiness and loyalty, and in my opinion, a little bit of magic.
JJudge
In the form and regulations of the state of Washington,
To bring together two exceptional and beautiful human beings...
JJudge
Since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join hands, and repeat after me. I, Derek Shepherd...
Derek
I, Derek Shepherd...
I take you, Calliope Torres to be my wife.
For better or for worse in good times and in bad...
I choose you to be the one whom I spend my life...
JJudge
Okay, you sign there, and you sign there. [they both sign] By these documents and according to the state law of Washington...
Okay, I hereby pronounce you wife and wife. [Callie and Arizona kiss]
Derek
Why, thank you.
JJanet
A lot of questions came up today, about your relationship, your employment...
Derek
[about Meredith] Well, she got her job back. That was a misunderstanding.
Derek
Well, that was a miscommunication.
JJanet
And the part about you two living in separate houses, that's miscommunication, too? Look, I get it. It's not easy bringing a child into a relationship, you're allowed to have some bumps in the road. But, this afternoon when it looked like you two had split up, your wife got fired, she lied to me and left with the baby. It set off some alarms. Now, I'm trying to dial them all back but it's not that easy to do. Once a system has been set in motion, there's protocol that needs to be followed once the agency believes there's questions about Meredith...
Derek
Janet. Meredith is the best mother a child could have. She loves Zola and she loves me, and if she has any flaws, it's that she loves people so much she will do anything for them.
JJanet
Derek, please. I hear you. But no matter what I say social services still needs to re-evaluate the placement and when that happens, Zola can't be in your home. I'll give you a minute to say good-bye.
Derek
I still don't understand what you possibly could've been thinking.
They fired me. Janet basically told me that they were gonna take Zola away. I mean, possibly send her back to Malawi. You and me... I just needed some time. I just needed to hold her and look at her and just think about how everything, everything got so screwed up. You should take Zola. Janet has a problem with me, not with you and we need to do everything that we can to make sure they don't take her away and if that means that you have custody of her and I don't... then that's what we need to do.
Derek
You're not fired. Richard's gonna take the fall for you.
What? He can't do that. I'm not gonna let him do that.
Derek
Yes, you will. If you wanna keep this baby you will let him protect you.
Derek
You did it again today in the OR.
What? I had a successful surgery today.
Derek
You refused to listen to me.
I didn't listen to you because I didn't need to listen to you. I knew what I was doing and I was right. You just couldn’t trust me.
Derek
Why should I ever trust you? Why should I trust you? You ended my trial, you set back my career, you nearly ended your own, you destroyed Richard’s. I have no reason to trust you!
Well, then, why are you with me?
Derek
[points to its post-it] Because of that! Because I meant that! I promised I wouldn’t run. I promised I would love you.
Derek
Even when I hate you. I’m trying, Meredith. I’m trying, but you make it so damn hard.
I understand, and I don’t want you to keep the promise, not if you don’t want to, and not if you can’t trust me with our daughter.
Derek
I do, I trust you with Zola.
Derek
That’s not what I said. I know that you took her to protect her, I know you altered the trial for Adele and for Richard. You stood in front of a bullet for me. I know why you do all of it. It’s what I love about you.
And what you hate about me.
Derek
Yeah!
Derek
[voiceover] There are distinct differences, between male and female brains.
[voiceover] Female brains have a larger hippocampus...which usually makes them better at retention and memory.
[voiceover] Male brains have a bigger parietal cortex, which helps when fending off an attack.
[voiceover] Male brains confront challenges differently than female brains.
[voiceover] Women are hardwired to communicate with language. Detail. Empathy. Men, not so much.
[voiceover] It doesn't mean we're any less capable of emotion.
Derek
[voiceover] We can talk about our feelings. It's just that, most of the time, we'd really rather not.
Derek! You're trying to steal my guy. He's my guy. Avery go get in the car.
Derek
Mark.
You've been moving in on him all week. You weren't even interested in him until you saw how much he meant to me. I don't take the time to teach anyone if I can help it.
Derek
Mark.
But I'm takin' the time with Avery because he's a quick learner and he can do a c-plasty better than I could at his level.
I can? [Mark turns to walk away]
Derek
Hey, hey. Don't do that. Don't just yell at me then walk away.
I'm not. It's just that Sofia likes it if I'm moving.
You guys talk. I'll take the baby.
Okay, careful. We had a scare this week. [hands Sofia to Owen] Thank you. Now, Avery go get in the car. Friends don't steal from each other.
Derek
It's not stealing if he asks to scrub in on my surgeries.
Okay, look. I appreciate this, I do. But if I have to choose, I choose plastics. I mean, I really appreciate being able to take the lead on your neuro surgeries but I feel like--
[to Jackson] You usin' my boy here? To get more surgery? Nobody uses my boy. [Derek smiles, Jackson looks confused]
[voiceover] People say 'be a man.' People say it all the time.
[voiceover] But what does that even mean?
[voiceover] Is it about strength?
[voiceover] Is it about sacrifice?
[voiceover] Is it about winning?
[voiceover] Maybe it's simpler than that.
Derek
[voiceover] You have to know when not to man up. Sometimes it takes a real man to set his ego aside, admit defeat, and simply start all over again.
Homemade maple-ginger scones. Try.
Derek
Oh, no, no, no, really.
The scone's a very tough pastry to make. You have to be exact with the ingredients, the baking temperature––
[glances at Derek] Hey, how is the house coming?
Derek
Oh, we're working on the drywall now.
I get it. I'm a bore. But Avery's doing all my surgeries, and I'm taking up cooking to keep my mind sharp for when the next big case rolls in.
Derek
[smirks] Yeah, you keep telling yourself that.
[Mark interrupts Derek, who is analyzing a patient's scans]
Derek
Wait just one second.
I'm a little worried about Avery.
Derek
[tries to ignore him] I'm--I'm this close to getting this.
We had a real connection, you know?
Derek
[puts away his notes and looks at Mark] Okay.
Well, we were having such a good time together, and suddenly he's avoiding me. He's cold and distant.
Derek
Well, you're afraid You're about to have your heart broken by him.
Kind of. Derek, you know me. I never gave a crap about teaching in my life. But lately, I like the idea of passing it on. And I, you know, I just-- I want to see him do well. Maybe I just need to back off.
[Owen enters the room]
Derek
Ah, Hunt. Just in time. Mark is afraid that Avery is gonna break up with him.
Can this just stay between you and me?
[awkwardly] I'd prefer that. Uh, Shepherd, about these cases--
Derek
I know what you're gonna say. You're worried about the hospital's mortality rate going up. See, that's the worst part about being chief. You have to say no to everybody, and they hate you for it. And you say no enough, you're gonna hate yourself, which is why I'm not gonna watch you go through this. I have a consult. [looks at Mark] If you love someone, set them free. If they come back.. [facetiously blows a kiss to him]
[Derek quickly leaves the room]
I'm gonna punch you. [to Owen] Hey, let me ask you something––
Derek
Meredith didn't want kids. I pushed her... She opened herself up. Now I feel like I... I did this to her.
She wanted it, too. Or it wouldn't have happened.
Derek
She'll blame me... like I've been blaming her. We lost Zola and now if I lose Meredith...
She always comes back. She might need a minute to back away, but... she comes back.
I offered to time share Sofia with Derek and Meredith if they don't end up with kids of their own. He said no.
Derek
Because your child is not a rental car. We're not gonna take her out one week a month.
Have you seen her? Because she's heart-stoppingly adorable.
Derek
You're missing the point.
No, she's delicious. She's addictive. Why wouldn't you want to parent her?
Derek
How much trauma has your girlfriend done?
A lot. She's told me about a bunch of her cases.
Derek
Oh, so we're just going off your pillow talk? If I get a hint that your girlfriend is in over her head, I'm gonna boot her out of my O.R.
You know what your problem is? You don't think anyone who sleeps with me can be talented or have half a brain.
Derek
That is not true.
Derek
Yeah. Yeah, it's mostly true.
Your ex-wife is brilliant, and she slept with me. I'm not trying to start a fight. I'm just sayin'.
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