*a bit of a filler chapter, bare with me here*
Meredith's POV:
I wake up to the sound of music and what sounds like footsteps outside as I roll over in bed and groan. Who the hell plays music at this time in the morning?! I open my eyes to see I'm in Derek's bed. Oh crap!
I racked my brain of what happened last night. Come on, come on, Meredith! Crap, why can't I remember anything! Okay, you went out with Lexie, you went to some bars and then- damn it why can't I remember!
I decided the one person that would probably know would be the persons bed I woke up in. I climbed out his bed, much to my disgust, before I walked through the trailer and to the door.
Oh. My. God.
Derek. Freaking. Shepherd. SHIRTLESS.
Breathe, Meredith, BREATHE.
No POV:
"Hey, you're awake!" He called as he jumped up from his push ups and jogged over to her. "Um- hi" she stood in the doorway. "How you feeling?" Derek smiled at her. "Um- hungover I think. And confused. How did I get here last night?" Meredith looked at him, trying her best not to focus on his chest or abs.
"We ran into each other at the bar. Me, you, Lexie and Mark" Derek reminded her gently before reaching to grab a towel to wipe his sweat. "Oh. Who's Mark?" She asked as she watched him. Thank you god for giving me this glorious sight. "Mark, my friend. Do you not remember anything?" Derek stopped and looked to her. She just shook her head. "You guys came over to us, you were drunk and upset, we went outside to talk, you apologised for what happened, you told me about your parents and... yeah that was about it. You said you wanted to sleep here" Derek shrugged before taking a sip of his water.
"Well drunk Meredith seems a lot more reasonable than sober Meredith" she chuckled, "I should have apologised sooner. I'm sorry it took me 12 shots to say that" Meredith said as she picked at her fingers. "It's fine" he shrugged. "Did I say anything stupid?" She asked carefully. Derek laughed. "Yeah, but you're lucky you don't remember" he mumbled before going back to his yoga mat, starting some burpees.
Meredith just rolled her eyes at his moodiness, too hungover to deal with him. "Okay, I'm gonna get my stuff and go!" She shouted over his loud music. "Just stay, bring your stuff back, we've still got 6500 hours to go!" Derek shouted breathlessly as he continued his burpees. Meredith continued to watch him, her eyes now focusing on his bulging triceps, her body becoming flush.
She decided not to reply and just went back inside. She wondered about everything last night, and why all of a sudden her and Derek felt in a completely different place than they were before their argument. Not necessarily in a bad place, but things just felt a lot more comfortable; less like colleagues and more like good friends
Meredith jumped back on his bed and switched on the TV before grabbing her phone and reading a text from her sister.
Lexie💜: Me and Shepherdess are going to lunch if you want to join
Meredith: Okay, be at your apartment in 15 :)
Meredith sighed, still feeling a little nauseous from the night before. At that she noticed she actually had vomit in her hair. Was I that bad, again? She quickly got showered and changed before grabbing her purse and finding here shoes. She went to open the door when suddenly she was met by a shirtless Derek. His shorts hung low on his hips and he was no longer making her body flush, it was making her burn. "Um-hi-" she stuttered as she tried to focus on his dreamy eyes. "Hi?" Derek said. "I've got to go, I'm meeting your sister and my sister for lunch" she smiled nervously. Derek frowned.
"You and Amy are going to lunch?" He asked. Meredith nodded. "With Lexie too" she smiled as she stepped down. "I didn't know you guys were friends?" Derek turned to look at her. Meredith just shrugged. "She's taken Lexie in as her student. And besides, me and your sister got on great last time we spoke" Meredith smiled. Derek laughed a little, "well don't let her brainwash you" he said. Meredith frowned, "why?" She asked. Derek reciprocated the shrug. "No reason, she just puts ideas in peoples heads" Derek smiled before reaching into his pocket and pulling out $20 before handing it to her. "All buy yourselves a coffee or something" he said before she could respond. He smiled and nodded at her before walking into his trailer.
Meredith got in her car and drove straight to Lexie's where she saw them both stood outside. They all piled into her car and drove straight to the mall.
"So where's the first stop then?" Lexie looked to the two in the front seat. "Food!" They all exclaimed and laughed as they talked the whole drive into Seattle. "So how you feeling this morning, Mer" Lexie asked. "Rough. I'd feel better if I could remember anything. I don't know who this Mark guy is, apparently a vomited, apparently a cried, apparently i told Derek about my parents divorce, and I have no memory of any of it though. Derek just kept it pretty vague this morning" Meredith shrugged as they pulled into the parking lot. "What you mean Derek kept it vague? Did you go to see him already? I woke up to like 5 missed calls off him and I never heard back" Amelia asked as they all got out the car. "No I was at his trailer last night and he unkindly reminded me this morning" Meredith shrugged but they both turned to her. "You stayed in his trailer last night!" They exclaimed, certainly waking Meredith up.
"Apparently I asked to stay at his trailer. I don't know why, he didn't say much. Nothing happened, I woke up in my vomitty clothes" Meredith explained as they walked into a cafe in the mall. The ladies accepted the explanation as they all sat down for some much needed lunch.
Afterwards they went shopping, something 3 surgeons never got to do. They trawled around Victoria Secret and scanned the hangers. "Do you ever feel like you're so invested in being a surgeon that you forget you're actually a human? I can't remember the last time I went on a date, or had sex, or even wore cute lingerie" Meredith mumbled as she scanned the racks. Lexie quickly glanced to Amelia and they both nodded knowingly.
"Well just buy some stuff, Mer, and get back to it" Amelia shrugged as she handed Meredith a handful of things. "I'd love to get back to it but your brother took me hostage for the year" Meredith laughed. "Just sneak away or something" Amelia laughed. "Ooo! Make him jealous!" Lexie chimed in. "No! I would actually like to be a neurosurgeon. And Derek isn't allowed to be jealous, I don't belong to him" Meredith shrugged. "You have to admit though, Mer, you're pretty close, and I told you he has the sparkly eyes for you. It would hurt him if you were with someone else, even if you aren't his" Amelia said before walking to the cashier.
"I'm not in love with your brother" Meredith said mattarfactly. There was a long pause. "I saw you two last night out in the rain. I came looking for you and you were crying. And the way he was comforting you, he's in love with you, Meredith. And you scare so easily so I know you won't admit it, but stop saying that you're just colleagues because we know it's not true. I'm your sister, and she's his, and we both can see it." Lexie said as she wrapped her arm around Meredith.
Meredith chose not to say anything. There was nothing to be said. She was falling for Derek Shepherd. And she was too stubborn to admit it. It's just the sparkly eyes. Something still twisted in her gut, something happened last night and suddenly everything felt different.
After a few hours, they'd all opted to go home and Meredith made her way back to the trailer.
"Hey!" Derek smiled as she walked through the door. "Hey" she smiled as she placed her bags down and looked at him as he watched his movie. I wonder if he's a good kisser. I bet he is. I mean look at him. God really does have favourites. Why can't I stop imagining his tongue in my mouth? Oh god, Meredith, Lexie and Amelia were right.
"Meri...Meri!" Derek called to snap her out her trance. "Hmm yeah?" She looked up quickly. "I was asking you if you wanted to take Doc a walk with me" he smiled at her. Oh that smile. Don't smile at me like that Derek because that smile does thing to my body that I can't control.
"Sure, just let me change my shoes" she said before walking to the bedroom and closing the door. She clenched her thighs, hoping to ease the building tension that seemed to be growing by the second.
She took a deep breath to steady her breathing. Shaking her head to shoo away all the dirty thoughts she was having about him right now before walking back out to him and going on their walk.
Screw you Lexie and Amelia.