Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy! This is just for fun and for making the summer to pass easier without our favorite tv show!
How can a knock out change your life?
This is how…
Chapter1
The park was looking different in that evening; there was something special about it, but he couldn't figure out what.
The view! That was different.
He was leaving in Seattle for 3 days already and he had never seen the park so crowded and so painted like then. It wasn't looking grey and rainy anymore, like it would have been lifeless. The weather was warm, the sun had started to set down, painting the view with a slight orange color, and the noise was filling every space from that park; the noise of naughty kids and their parents.
There was a continue commotion around him; the kids were running away chased by a parent, by another kid or by a dog, the adults were yelling at them to stop, or to tell them to come home; dogs were dragging their masters after them impatiently to get rid of the energy they had accumulated during the day, while the masters were at work; young and old couples giving themselves one more unforgettable moment.
There were still many activities at that hour, even if it was around 7 o'clock. Everyone was enjoying as much as they could of that rare kind of day.
He looked carefully around him. Everyone was having someone to enjoy that evening with and just a few were walking around lonely. He was being one of those few people; he was being one of those that didn't get this kind of activities, he was being just a watcher. Although, he wanted to be part of their fun, but he didn't have with who, so… he was just watching at it.
A woman was playing with a little girl in a less populated area; probably mother and daughter. The little daughter was trying to teach her how to throw a flying disc and she was making fun of the woman's left-handedness.
Their game amused the man that was now sitting down on grass not very far away from them. He could hear them laughing and talking. The little girl called the woman, mommy and the woman called the girl, Sandy.
He turned his sight away from them for a moment to look over the place where two kids had started to fight. As he returned his attention to the previous game, a red spot appeared in front of him and the feeling of a hit in his forehead knocked him down.
"OMG! I am so sorry! Sir, are you alright?"
"Is he dead mommy?"
"No Sandy, he is not dead!" the female voice snapped at the little girl "Sir, please open your eyes!"
By the soft touch on his face and by the soft voice that was almost breathing into his face, the man opened his eyes. He saw the woman that he was watching for a while, kneeled and bent in front of him. The smiling face that she had showed earlier was now replaced with a worried one.
"Thank God you are awake! I am so, so sorry! How are you feeling?"
He returned in his sit position whining and placing a hand on forehead.
"It hurts, isn't it?" she asked him worried.
He looked up at her and tried to calm her down by smiling at her, "A little, but I'll be fine! Don't worry, it was just an accident"
She came even closer to him than she already was and took his hand away from forehead "It looks pretty bad! Are you sure, you are ok? How many fingers do you see?" and she showed him two fingers.
The man smiled amused at her "four" and in that second the woman showed more concern. At her new worried look the man started to laugh "two! I see two fingers! I was just joking"
She moved back a little "You can't joke with this kind of things! How can I know for sure that you were joking and that later you won't fall unconscious?"
The man started to stand up, immediately followed by her. He stood up and stayed straight leaning on a tree "I am doctor, so don't worry about me!"
The woman didn't let him go from her sight "I am a doctor too, so let me be worried. Where do you live?", and she took him by his arm to sustain him.
He gave her another smile hoping that this time he was more convincing "About 10 minutes far, so I will be home very soon"
"Well, I live about 2 minutes away from here, so come with me to clean the wound and if in the mean time nothing bad happens you can go home"
"Why is she insisting? She really has not reason to be worried" and he took his arm away from her hand.
Now, for the first time, the woman stepped back in defense "Fine! Go! But for your information I am not a kidnapper, I just wanted to help you"
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you! Look, to see that I trust you, I'll come with you". But she was still looking at him offended, so he smiled at her to convince her that he is serious.
She seemed convinced then and she gave him her arm for support "I hope you won't call the police later and tell them that I hurt you"
The man laughed "But you did hurt me, remember?"
At his statement the woman laughed too and looked down at her daughter "Sandy, take your toys and let's go home"
All this time the girl looked carefully at that man, without saying a word.
Sandy ran back to their play area and took a pink ball; she then came back and picked up the accusatorial flying disc. She put them into a bag and took her mom's free hand and they started to walk. After a few steps Sandy let go her mommy's hand and ran in front of the man's, walking backwards.
"I'm Sandy!" and she gave him her little hand.
They stopped and the man took her hand and shook it gently "Nice to meet you Sandy! I'm Derek!"
Satisfied, Sandy returned to her mom's hand and they started to walk again.
The walk was silent and all the way he supported himself by the woman's arm. He didn't really need a support, but something made him want to stay close to her. She was having a tiny body, so he didn't let his entire weight on her.
As they got out of the park, they crossed the street and stopped in front of an apartment building. While the woman was searching for a key to open the main entrance, the man started to ask himself what exactly was he doing there; he knew very well that it wasn't necessary to go with her, but with all this he accompanied her. What her husband would say when he will see him walking inside by his wife's arm, so he took his arm away from her.
All three of them stepped in elevator and Sandy went fast to the button panel; with a finger in her mouth she looked at it, then at her mother for approval.
The woman smiled at her and nodded "Yes Sandy, you can press the button" and right away the little girl pressed the 10th floor. The elevator took them there, without any other stop.
The doors opened and revealed a cream painted hallway, well lighted and with a dark blue carpet. The doors were all the same, having the wood's color.
The little girl had started to run right after the elevator's doors opened and she stopped in front of a door "We leave here!" she told Derek.
The woman unlocked the door and motioned Derek to come in. Sandy was faster and got in before him. The entire apartment was in a complete dark, a sign that nobody else was home. It was already dark outside; just the light coming from hallway was revealing some spots from inside, same as the light that was coming from moon. As she came in too, the woman turned on the light.
Sandy dropped her toys down and ran to a room that seemed to be the bathroom. "Missy, I am expecting you to pick them up and place them where they belong"
"Yes mommy!"the girl yelled from inside.
"Come on in and sit down" she leaded Derek to living room and pointed the couch. "I'll be right back!" and she went to knock at the bathroom door.
"I'm coming mommy!"
"Wash your hands Sandy!"
"Yes mommy"
The water jet was heard and soon it stopped. Sandy came out and showed her hands to her mommy. The woman bent down to her and cupped her head placing a kiss on her forehead "You smell delicious"
Sandy giggled and ran to the place where she had dropped her toys earlier.
In the mean time, Derek was giving a look around him. It was looking like a clean house … a little messy, probably caused by the hurry of going faster to park, since a small pink bag pack was left on couch, a big bag, probably the mother's bag from work and two shirts on a chair; a small mauve one and a red large one.
The woman came out of bathroom with a sanitary kit in her hand and set down on the coffee table in front of Derek. She opened the kit and looked for something inside of it, but she stopped and looked at Derek "My name is Meredith!" she said smiling at him "In case you will want to denounce me later to the cops".
Derek laughed "Nice to meet you Meredith!"
"Nice to meet you too Derek!" she saw her daughter's back bag "Sandy, don't forget your back bag"
"No mommy!" her voice came from a room.
Meredith put her gloves and took out everything she was necessary to clean Derek's wound "Excuse us for the mess, but we hurried to go out to play!" a little embarrassed.
"I imagined that this had to be the reason!"
She cleaned the wound from above his left eye with a cotton swab imbued with betadine holding his chin.
Meredith saw a grimace on Derek's face "It hurts?"
"It blisters a little, but it's fine"
"I'm sorry!" and she came closer to his face and blew to his wound to attenuate the pain.
She was standing so close to him in that moment, that Derek could feel her hair in his face and the scent of it.
Meredith stopped from blowing and looked at him smiling "Better?"
Derek smiled at her wide "Much better!"
"Good, now let me finish this!" and took a bandage to cover it.
"Won't your husband be mad to find me here?"
Meredith laughed as she stood up and picked up the kit "I am not married!" she left to take back the kit in bathroom, and Derek stayed there smiling.
"She is not married! This is a relief; at least I don't have to be worried about a jealous husband who might show up and broke my face worst then Meredith has done already."
His thoughts were interrupted by Sandy's presence.
"My mommy is clumsy! She doesn't know how to play" she gave him an honest smile and took her bag.
Derek laughed "It's fine! How old are you Sandy?"
Sandy was a communicative girl, so when Derek asked her about her age, she let down the back bag and climbed up on couch and made herself comfortable near Derek
"I am almost 4!" she says proud of her entity "Are you a doctor too? My mommy is also a doctor!"
Unfortunately for her the chat was about to end before it have started, because Meredith was coming out from bathroom and saw her daughter chatting and not doing what she asked her to do.
"What do you think you are doing here young lady? I suppose that this bag (as she picked it up) is not yours so I can take it and give it to another girl that needs it"
Sandy stood up and stepped in front of her mother with a puppy dog face and biting her lower lip "I'm sorry!"
Meredith smiled and shook her head. She never could castigate her when Sandy was giving her that look.
Sandy took the back bag from her mommy "Mommy, I'm hungry!"
"I'll make something for us to eat!"
Sandy looked at Derek smiling "Derek, do you want to stay for dinner?"
Derek looked at Meredith for her approval "You can stay if you want! I am not very good in kitchen, but the food is eatable"
"Are you sure I can stay? I don't want to bother you or someone else"
Sandy came in front of him "You don't bother us. Please stay!"
"Sure! There is no bother!" Meredith confirmed and Sandy clapped her hands with joy "Yay! Come with me to show you my room" and she grabbed his hand with both of her tiny palms.
"I'll be in kitchen!" and Meredith left them alone.
She opened the cabinet to take what needed for dinner, but she stopped and looked at Sandy and Derek as they were going in Sandy's room.
She was worried. She was worried because she should be worried, but she was not. Why isn't she worried? This man is a stranger and she brought him into her house. "No, he is not a stranger; he is …Derek!", "But who is this guy…Derek?". She doesn't know anything about him, but he seems to be …a nice man and she did hurt him.
She shook her head, trying to clear her mind from all those thoughts. He was a nice guy and she was paranoiac."You didn't bring strange people in your house since you have Sandy, but you did it before, so you shouldn't be worried"
Derek took Sandy's bag and let himself leaded by the girl to her room. A very girly room, painted in at least three color tones of pink, a bed covered with sheets that pictures the story "The little mermaid", fluffy toys and dolls arranged between the story books in bookcase, posters with scenes also from "The little mermaid"
"I can see that you are a fan of 'The little mermaid'".
Sandy took her bag from Derek's hand and put it on her bed "I like Ariel! Do you like the story too?"
Derek laughed "It is a cute story, but not for a boy!".
He set down on the edge of her bed near the night stand. There were some photos of hers; one with her alone on a small bike smiling, another one with her and Meredith in front of a birthday cake, from her last birthday judging by the massage from it [IHappy birthday little mermaid[/I and a candle with number 3; there is another picture of Sandy with Meredith and three other ladies, and another one with Sandy, probably at age of 2 with a young couple.
He took the picture with Sandy and Meredith and looked at it. Now he noticed for the first time that the girl didn't look much like her mother. Sandy's eyes were brown and her hair medium brown, Meredith instead was having green-blue eyes and her hair was medium blonde. This means she looks a lot like her father; but looking around he didn't see any other man in those photos, besides the one with her and the couple.
"Crap, crap, crap" and the sound of a slam was heard from kitchen.
Derek stood up and wanted to go there to see if everything is alright, but he saw Sandy slapping a palm over her forehead.
Derek looked worried at her "What happened?"
"We will eat pizza again at dinner! Mommy burned the dinner!"
Sandy's crying tone amused Derek and in the same time it melted him "Why don't we go in there and see if we can help" and he gave her his hand.
Sandy smiled and took his hand.
A lot of steams were coming out of the sink and Meredith was looking for something in the phonebook.
"I'm sorry, but we'll have pizza for dinner! I am really sorry Derek! What kind do you want me to order?"
Derek let Sandy's hand and went to kitchen smiling. He saw in sink a burned pan and the steam around it.
"May I?" he asked her pointing to the fridge.
Meredith motioned him "Sure!"
He opened the fridge and: Surprise!… the fridge was stocked with everything that it is needed for a dinner. Why did she want to buy pizza?
Meredith saw his confused look and laughed a little embarrassed "I can make only pastas and I am out of pastas"
Derek looked at her curiously; then why does she stock the fridge if she can't use all this to cook them?
Meredith read his minds again "A friend of mine comes and cooks for us, but today she didn't have time"
Derek started to laugh too "I see now! But I can make something if you want!"
"Oh no, no! you are … our guest, we can't let you cook!"
Sandy came to her mommy's legs and grabbed them "Mommy I am hungry and I want food!"
"I really don't mind to cook. I can prepare something fast and more nutritive than a pizza!"
The dinner was indeed ready in less than 30 minutes. During its preparation Meredith helped him with the vegetables, then she moved in living room to clean around of it and Sandy was playing in her room.
When the dinner was ready all three of them set down on table and ate in silence.
"I can wash the dishes !" Derek said as him and Meredith got up from table.
"No, I'll do it later! You cooked, so I can't let you wash the dishes too; this wouldn't be nice of me… so don't worry about them"
Sandy came back in kitchen with a book in her hands "Derek, do you want to read me my bedtime story?"
Derek kneeled in front of her smiling "I'd love to"
"Sandy, you must take a bath before getting in bed and I don't think that Derek has time to wait for you; plus we have to brush your hair and you have a long hair sweetie"
Sandy gave her mother a glare and looked back at Derek and took her puppy dog face.
Derek was already in love with that little girl, so he looked up at Meredith "I can wait; while you give her the bath, I can clean the kitchen! But if you mind, I can go!"
"Please mommy!" Sandy begged her.
Meredith looked at each of them serious and then again, but this time smiling "Fine!"
Sandy hugged Meredith's waist "Thank you mommy!" and then she hugged Derek "Thank you Derek! I finish fast the bath!" and she gave him a quick kiss on his cheek.
"Come on mommy, hurry up!" she yelled running to her room.
Meredith looked down at Derek "You know… you can try to say 'no' to her; she doesn't have to receive an 'yes' for everything that she asks"
Derek stood up smiling "Do you ever can say 'no' to her?"
Meredith laughed "No!" and she followed her daughter to bedroom.
"I thought so too!"
Meredith and Sandy were in bathroom and a lot of giggles and water splashes were heard coming from in there. Derek was smiling just hearing them. They did have the same giggle.
Derek had just finished the last dish when the doorbell rang. He got a little nervous, thinking that it might be Sandy's father; it was 10.35; it was late, but hey, he was having the right to come at any hour to see them; maybe he wants to say 'Good night' to Sandy.
After the second ring, he looked confused, not knowing what to do. He went and knocked at the bathroom's door.
"Meredith, there is someone at door"
"Open for me please and tell that person that I'll right out!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, go and answer the door!"
Derek headed to door; he took a deep breath and opened it. He stayed with the look blocked at the lady that was at door.
The relief that there was no man at door produced the shock.
In front of the door was standing a tall redhead woman; she also was looking shocked at him.
She first looked at the door number … but it was the known one… then she looked back at Derek … but who was that men. She had never seen him before and she did know all the men from Meredith's life.
"Umm… is …Meredith here?"
Derek opened the door wide and made her room to step in "She is bathroom with Sandy"
The redhead walked in still very confused; now she was sure that that was Meredith's apartment, but what was he doing in it at this hour?
Derek closed the door and followed her in living room "She said she will be out soon" he wanted to assure her.
"oh… ok!" she set down on couch, but she stood up fast and looked at him "I don't want to seem rude, but … who are you?"
Derek smiled and gave her the hand for shake "I'm Derek! … I met them in park earlier"
The redhead smiled and shook his hand "I'm Addison! Meredith's friend"; then she almost laughed to herself "This is something new on Meredith; to pick up a guy in park"
In that moment Meredith and Sandy were coming out of bathroom; Meredith was all wet, Sandy was already dressed in her pink pajamas with a small pink robe over it, and a towel wrapped on her head.
"Hi Addison!" Meredith greeted her and Sandy ran to her arms "Addison!!"
Addison bent down and picked her up "Hey little mermaid!".
They made an exchange of kisses and then Addison put her down.
Sandy ran to Derek and took him by hand "Come on Derek!"
Meredith stopped her "Sandy, I have to brush your hair first!", so Sandy let go to Derek's hand and sighed "Ok, but lets hurry!" and Sandy ran to her room and came out fast bringing with her the brush.
She first handed it to Meredith, but when Meredith was about to take it, Sandy changed her mind and handed it to Derek.
"Sandy, this is not nice, to ask a stranger to brush your hair" Meredith tried to take the brush from her hand, but Sandy opposed "He is not a stranger; he is Derek"
Meredith got a little angry of her attitude "You can't call him on his first name; he is much older then you and you should show more respect"
At this point Sandy was keeping the brush with both hands under her bent tummy and Meredith was bent over her trying to take the brush from her with force.
Derek was feeling a little embarrassed for being the cause of the fight between mother and daughter.
Addison on the other hand was looking at those two very amused and shaking her head, like a sign that this wasn't something unusual for them.
Derek wanted to do something to stop them, but he didn't know what. He kneeled at Sandy's level and looked at them "I can brush her hair, if you don't mind! I told you I don't live far, so I can stay longer". At this, Meredith straight up, but she didn't let go Sandy's arm. Sandy got a grin on her face, also without letting go the brush from her hands, and she looked up at her mommy, then at Derek.
"And I don't mind if she calls me Derek" he looked up at Meredith, then at Sandy "I want her to call me Derek"
Addison was so curious to find out about Derek and about their meeting that she took Derek and Sandy's side "Come on Meredith! Let him brush her hair!"
Meredith looked at all three of them, then let Sandy's arm. She surrendered again in front of her daughter "Ok"
In the second that Meredith said "ok" Sandy jumped straight on Derek's neck, wrapping her little arms around it. Derek laughed and picked her up in his arms to take her to her room.
Meredith wanted to follow them, but Addison's hand stopped her "Where do you think you are going?" and Meredith glared her "Oh no, no; you have no right to glare me; I should be the one who glares you! Stay here and tell me the story"
"What story?"
Addison raised her eyebrow suggestively and motioned with her head to Sandy's room.
Meredith looked back at her room and to make sure that he won't hear her she took Addison in kitchen. Addison set down on table and Meredith leaned with the back on sink so that she can see if anyone comes in.
She started to tell Addison the entire story, and Addison was almost under the table laughing. "OMG Meredith!!! This is the most original way of pick up guy I have ever heard."
"It was an accident! I didn't go there to pick up men! I brought him just to clean up his wound and to make sure he is ok; you should know how bad this kind of contusion can be, you are a doctor too"
"And what is he still doing here at this hour?"
"Sandy invited him to stay over for dinner…." And Addison had started to laugh "What? You actually had the gut to cook for this guy? And he is still alive?"
Meredith gave her a glare and looked down ashamed. Seeing her like this, Addison stood up and started to laugh even harder "Don't tell me you let him starve"
Meredith continued to look down and she shook her head "I burned it, and he offered himself to cook for us"
Addison clapped her hand with excitement "This is just brilliant Meredith! I can wait to tell Christina; she will be sooo proud of you when she will find out"
"Stop it Addison! What are YOU doing here at this hour?"
Addison rolled her eyes "Izzie has another sexual crisis and she tries to supply again the missing sex with baking; I couldn't longer stay in that heat! But do not change the subject, lets get back to your …Derek! Do you know if he is married or committed?"
"I don't know! I didn't check and I am not interested either to check!"
"You are not interested?! Are you crazy? How can you not be interested with a man like this? He cooked you the dinner, now he offered to brush Sandy's hair!"
"Sandy begged him to do it and you know how can't anyone say 'no' to her! I think she is in love with him"
"Just she? I am in love with him too! I mean… did you see his smile? OMG, I had an orgasm just looking it!"
"Addison!!!" Meredith yelled at her laughing and shaking her head.
"What? Don't tell me that his smile didn't have any effect on you!"
"You know what? I have to go and see what they are doing!" and she left the kitchen followed by Addison.
They walked to Sandy's bedroom and Addison continued, in a lower tone this time, her chat about Derek "He has a familiar face… I think I saw him somewhere before! What's his last name?" and Meredith answered her with a shrug.
Addison stopped from their track and faced her "Do you mean you don't even know his last name?"
"I didn't ask" she said in her defense.
"Wow! This is not you! Meredith that I know doesn't bring strangers in her house! I think you like him as much as your daughter, but you don't want to admit it!"
Meredith turned around and started to walk again "Whatever!"
As the both women went in Sandy's room, they saw Derek laying in bed next to Sandy, with his back leaned on the bed's headboard and holding a book in his hand. Sandy was keeping her head on his shoulder and she was listening to his story.
"The bunny had finally found himself a family. They made themselves a little house on the stubble field by that beautiful lake" and Derek shut the book and looked at Sandy "Did you like it?"
Sandy gave him a grin and nodded "Can you tell me another story?"
Meredith set down on bed at their feet "It's late sweetie and you have to sleep"
"Your mom is right! It's is late and you should go to sleep" Derek told her as he kissed her forehead and stood up from bed to make room for Meredith to come to Sandy.
He placed the book on night stand and looked at them.
Meredith moved to her daughter and picked up the blanket so that Sandy can make herself comfortable under it. She tucked her in and then she stood up so that Addison can come and give her the good night kiss.
Addison bent down and Sandy wrapped her arms around Addison's neck. Addison gave her a kiss on cheek "Good night Sandy!" and Sandy kissed her cheek too "Good night Addie!" and Sandy turned Addison's other cheek and kissed it "This is for Izzie!"
Addison kissed her again "I'll send her your kiss".
Then Meredith returned to her bed and kissed her both cheeks "Sleep well sweetie!"
Sandy kissed Meredith back "Good night mommy! I love you!"
"I love you too!" and after she placed on more kiss on Sandy's forehead, Meredith stood up.
They went outside the bedroom and Meredith turned off the light and closed the door.
Addison had headed straight to exit after she left Sandy's room "I am going back to make sure that Izzie didn't burned the apartment! I'll see you tomorrow Meredith!" and Addison winked at her while she was getting out the door.
Meredith went to escort her out "Good night Addison!" and closed the door.
She hesitated a little before she retured to living room, knowing that she is now alone with Derek. Derek was taking his jacket from the couch he had placed it when he came in, when Meredith stepped in.
"It's time for me to go too!" Derek said smiling.
Meredith was standing a few steps away in front of him "yeah… it is late…thank you for what you did for Sandy and for dinner …and I'm sorry for the hit!" she had started to rumble the words.
"It was my pleasure! You have a wonderful daughter!"
"Thank you!"
"And don't worry for that hit; I'm fine …see? I didn't faint or anything, so I'll be fine, don't worry"
Now Derek was supposed to head to door and Meredith to lead him, but none of them was daring to make a single step. Both of them were feeling weird because of that awkward silence.
"I'll go!" Derek finally said and he was starting to walk slowly.
Meredith reacted too "Yeah…right!", and she started to lead him to door; she opened it for him and Derek went out. He turned around and smiled "Good night Meredith!"
"Good night Derek!" and the door closed that separated them.
Both of them stood in front of the closed door for a few more seconds. They both wanted to hear something more… "I hope I'll see some other time"
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I have just started to write on this, so let me know if I should continue with it! The reviews are appreciated!!!!
I apologize for an eventual spelling mistake, but English is not my native language and I am trying to write it the best way that I can!
I hope you enjoyed this first chapter! If you did, then in about two weeks I'll come up with the next one!
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