[voice over] The thing about the bold moves, they're terrifying. Could end in nothing but tears and broken bones. And that's exactly what makes them so damned exciting.
S10 E23Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right
S10 E24Fear (Of The Unknown)
[voice over] Whenever we think we know the future, even for a second, it changes. Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and we're left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it. Just stand there trembling, not moving. Assuming the worst that can happen. Or we step forward into the unknown, and assume it will be brilliant.
Just finished an craniotomy with Dr. Shepherd.
Shepherd or Shepherdess?
Shepherdess.
"Shepherdess"? Really?
Uh, sorry. It's just very confusing.
I kind of like it, Shepherdess.
Oh, well, before, it was just "Shepherd's little sister."
Edwards, do you like working on neuro? Don't ever say that to me again.
Did more come in?
No it's slowing down, what are you still doing here? What time is your flight?
I can't leave Mer, they just bombed Seattle.
No they didn't, no one did, it was an accident. Gas-made. So no different than a train derailment or a ferry boat crash. So you can go.
When I heard it was the mall, you know what I thought of? I thought of that time me and Callie played hooky and we bought all the furniture for the fire house.
What time is your plane?
Two hours, but Link has got a heart and I have to do that first.
No you don't, the new head of cardio can do that, you don't have the time.. plus you'll have to re scrub so there's that! [touching Cristina's clean arms]
Meredith!
You have been stalling for two weeks!
I have to finish something here. Nothing feels finished. None of it feels finished. Owen and I, we split over something that hasn't even happened, and we never even split up. And you and I are not finished, George is dead and Izzie is gone, and it's supposed to be me, you, and Alex, and now nothing is finished. I am not finished!
You don't feel finished because this isn't the end for you. There is no finish line, there is no end point. You just have to go.
I know, I know. and I keep trying to but I don't know how to just do it. You gotta help me Mer.
Let's go. Okay?
Okay.
[to Meredith] Text me, and don't let Owen get all dark and twisty. Take care of him, and Alex, take care of Alex. He needs to be mocked at least once a day, or he'll be insufferable. Don't get on any little tiny planes that can crash, or stick your hand in a body cavity that has a bomb in it, or offer your life to a gunman. Don't do that! Don't be a hero... you're my person... I need you alive. You make me brave. Okay, now we dance it out.
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[about Derek] You are a gifted surgeon with an extraordinary mind, don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. He is very dreamy, but he's not the sun, you are.
I took the job.
And you were supposed to be stepping back! You said "Take this year and make it count. And I'll make sure you can do it." And you lied!
I'm sorry. I lied. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
So you got this thing and I gave up that piece, and I found a way to make it work, with my job, my kids, and my research with less help from you and I did it!
You're not a victim. I'm killing myself as much as you are!
And then you wanted more and more pieces! And now this is just too much. You can't just drag us away so I can live in your shadow!
You have a job, you could be working in James Madison.
Right, and that's how my father got his first job here. They wanted my mom, so she had to call the University and pulled some strings and find something for Thatcher to do! It's all how the trailing starts.
This isn't like that.
This is exactly that! And it's not what I signed up for.
You know, you're being selfish!
Well, I have to be, Derek, because you believe that your career is more important than mine.
Well, at this moment in time it is!
No, not in this moment, always! You will always be that hot-shot doctor and I will always be that young intern that fell in love with you.
That's how you see yourself. That's your problem, I can't do anything to fix that.
That's not how I see myself; that is the issue here!
D.C., you can do your surgeries, you can do your research, you can do the portal veins, there is nothing here that you can't do there.
But I don't want to! We're not just talking about my job Derek, We're talking about my life. I grew up here, I made my family here, I helped rebuild the hospital here that has my sister's name on it, my mother's name, my name! I live here, my life is here, I'm staying here. I don't want to leave.
You're asking me to choose between this job and my family?
I am simply saying I am not going anywhere. I am staying here.
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