Pick me, choose me, love me

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Derek: What do we got?
Meredith: Let me finish, Derek. I got this.
[Derek watches her perform the surgery successfully while smiling]
Derek: Yes, you do.

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Derek: [to Webber] I’m gonna find the cure for Alzheimer’s. […] Today I watched Meredith perform an emergency craniotomy by herself. She was perfect. She’s got her mother’s talent. She’s got her mother’s looks, Richard. What if she has her mother’s disease? Ellis was young when it started. Every time Meredith forgets her keys or asks what day of the week it is, I… [stops] When that one million dollars runs out, investors are gonna throw money my way for the same reason I am gonna throw everything I got at this trial: because their dad has it, or their wife. Breakthroughs don’t happen because of the medicine. Real breakthroughs happen because someone is scared to death to stop trying.

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Meredith: [while looking for her keys] Oh, damn it. Where are my keys?
Derek: They’re in your hand.
Meredith: Oh. [she finally opens the door while Derek looks worried]

Grey’s Anatomy 7x05 Almost grown