He pressured Meredith to make the most of her career to make up for the sacrifice he made, which she soon grew tired off. With the news of Izzie dying and her previous comments about spending her life with Alex, Derek and Meredith decided to give their wedding to Izzie to give her the happiest day of her life. Unlinke all of our competitors, we offer phone cases for over 75 different phone models, each available in 3 different colours. After Burke left Cristina at the altar, Meredith made an announcement to the guests that seemed to imply she had given up on her relationship with Derek as well: "It's over…so over. Contrary to the lifestyle his salary entitled him to, Derek preferred the simple life and lived in a trailer, much to Addison's horror and everyone else's bemusement, prior to moving in with Meredith.

Meredith then decided to stay in Seattle as that's where she grew up and started her family, and she didn't want to be a trailing spouse like her father was to her mother. However, after talking with the true Meredith for only a short while, she told Derek that she was the "good one" and gave him the ring his father wanted him to have for the "one.

Wanting to be with Derek, Derek informs her it's not her time to go and Meredith eventually wakes up, leaving Derek at the beach as he waves good-bye to her. Upon Owen's request, Derek sat down with guys from the President's brain mapping initiative as they expressed interest in using his sensors for their project too. As the distance between them grew, Derek was tempted to accept a drink from a woman he met at Joe's during Burke's bachelor party, but ultimately refused.

That was going to suggest that the love was not true, the thing we had said for 11 years was a lie and McDreamy wasn't McDreamy. This event forms a large part of Derek's moral compass and consequently may have inspired him to become a surgeon to help save lives. YOURE MY PERSON - A QUOTE OFTEN USED IN THE POPULAR SHOW GREYS ANATOMY - ALTHOUGH ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS. Amelia became head of neurosurgery, taking Derek's job because he wanted to leave for Washington anyway. Everyone suggested a grand proposal so he planned an elaborate one involving roses and a giant teddy bear.But when she mentioned their own future children in passing, he knew that she was ready for marriage.