Welcome to this story!
I found this one while I was cleanning my laptop and didn't expect to have 20 chapters written already. But I did, and I meant to post it last year but totally forgot about it. I actually like it, I made some changes and I think it can be a good story if you guys give it a shoot!
English is not my main language, but I will try my best!, I have never written mature scenes so i don't know if i will write them in this fic, what do you think? but if i do Maybe I will change the rating, or I will leave it in T. I am not sure yet. They won't be explicit so I would appreciate if you guys told me your opinion, please :)
This will be a very romantic story full of drama. A lot of things happen. I hope you leave a review. I will try to post the next chapter tomorrow!
Chapter one— when it doesn't rain.
She hated Mondays. She hated them because they were the first day of the week. The day where she had to go back to work and exactly when the fun time was over. But that was what being a grown up meant. Seriously. She didn't really know why she had wanted to turn 18 when she was a teenager. Yeah, freedom, alcohol, sex. All that sounded way too tempting. But that freedom? It was bullshit. She was even more free when she was grounded in her room with no escape. Now she had to obey the world. The government. She had to pay money she didn't have. Life, she had to deal with it. And it was hard.
Studying and working at the same time was not the best combination either. Her mom went crazy and cut her off. She said she had to grow up, stop with the parties and the drunken sex. And a part of her knew she was right but it was hard to admit she had been wrong at first. She had been a crappy daughter, but Ellis had had a crappy mother.
Or not a mother at all.
Meredith hated life in general. And missed tequila.
"Excuse me!" She heard someone yell. Meredith groaned. It had been way too quiet. She needed the money, and clients meant better tips, she just hated the idea of working.
"Coming!" She tried to draw the best smile in her face. She may hate her job, but she needed it.
"Finally!" A girl with black hair and blue eyes clapped. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, I was... Doing paperwork. Yes. That's exactly what I was doing" she lied.
"Um, sure." The girl shook her head"Right, Meredith." She said reading her name."I am looking for a gift for my brother, he is a geek. I am the opposite. But well, the point is, he loooves reading." She rolled her eyes." Do you have any suggestions? "
A geek. She was a rebel. She didn't know anything about geeks. She did like reading. But she didn't think books could define you as a person too. Or maybe they did. It made sense after all.
but it was also confusing, her previous clients had known what they wanted the moment they walked in. This store was like everyone's last hope to find what they wanted after looking through every store in Seattle.
But she had to do it. She had to think fast. This could be practice for when she is standing in the middle of an OR with a life/death decision in her own hands.
meredith think she said to herself.
She was not going to die if she didn't pick the right answer, but she was sure that her boss was not going to like the fact that she had lost a client.
"Um... Well. We have this copy of "the sun also rises"– Maybe he likes it? " she asked handing her the book. "What do you think?" She smiled politely.
She looked at the girl, staring at the cover for a few seconds, then, she shrugged and nodded happily. Not hard to please."This is perfect!" She exclaimed." I don't think it's gonna be the best gift since I am a med student and barely can pay my bills but I think he is gonna love it."
That was good.
"You are a med student?, really?" She smiled." Me too."she went to the cashier, taking the girl's money and putting the book in a small bag.
She didn't meet med students that often at the book store. Normally, med students are supposed to be locked in their rooms studying.
But well, those are the kind of students who can actually pay college.
"Oh, really?"She exclaimed happily. She was one of those girls. "Where do you study?, I am from New York, I am just here visiting my brother, he is an intern at Seattle Grace. They say it is a great hospital. Although his boss is a bitch. "She shook her head. The med student was rambling. Just like her. Maybe they ha more things in common than she thought"Anyway" she paused, shaking her head."I study at NYU. " she said quickly. Meredith had to take a few seconds to process all the words.
"I study at Dartmouth. And my mom is Ellis Grey, who is the chief of Seattle Grace. The one you just called bitch" she giggled.
Maybe she shouldn't have said it, but the girls face was priceless. It was a mix between embarrassment and fear. "Oh my god!, I- I am so sorry" Meredith bit back a laugh."you won't tell her right?, I really want to apply for Seattle Grace when I finish med-school." She asked quickly. "This is humiliating in so many levels"she whispered.
Meredith couldn't help but laugh this time.
"W-why are you laughing?" Asked the girl in a nervous tone.
"Nothing it's just... You are totally right, my mom is a complete bitch. I've been calling her that since I learned the meaning of that world, which was kind of soon."
"Oh."She saw a smile in the girl face. "I call my mom a bitch too." Both girls laughed softly.
"Besides, you don't have to worry, I don't even know your name, how would I tell her that you called her a bitch?" Meredith said raising an eyebrow.
She wanted to know the girl's name. Normally, she didn't like people. Not people like her but this time was different. She couldn't tell why or how but she had the urge of knowing the mysterious client's name.
"You are right. That was stupid of me." She giggled." But... For the next time... – Which I hope it's just hypothetically talking..." She smiled"My name is Amelia, Amelia Shepherd."
Amelia Shepherd.
Shepherd. Where did she know that name from?
"Nice to meet you then, Amelia" meredith said. She was new to this making friends thing.
"Same to you, Meredith... Grey, I suppose."
"Yep." She smiled. " well, hope we see each other in our internship at Seattle Grace"
"Oh, expect news from me sooner, I will come to thank you for the book, Meredith" she said from the door, after saying good bye with her hand, she left.
Meredith sighed. She really wanted to know where she remembered the name Shepherd. If only it came to her mind she would be happy.
The girl groaned. Enough of chatting for today. She was sure that besides of Amelia, there wouldn't be more clients. Maybe one or two, but this was not he most popular store in the city. Which was lame, but it had been the only job she had been able to find.
And it was not that bad, while she was alone she could study without anyone interrupting, which was good since her finals were in less than a month and her only propose was to prove her mom wrong when she said "you don't have what it takes to be a surgeon." She was decided to change that. To slap her in her bitch face by being at the top of her class.
Meredith knew she could do it.
She was decided to do it.
Hours passed and the book store closed along with her anatomy book. It was cold outside, but she was used to it. The weird thing was that it was not raining already. In Seattle, the city where it rained all the time. It never got old for them. You just get used to it, to live with an umbrella in your hands.
But today was not the case. Today she just wore her black coat.
Seattle was a illuminated city. Especially from the Space needle, you could see it from where she was standing, rising like it owned the big sky. It was her favourite thing. Maybe a little cliché, but only good things become that because a lot of people like them. It made sense that she liked it too.
She walked into a bar. A shot of tequila wouldn't hurt, well only if she didn't have too much. She always said she was never sorry in the mornings, but she was tiny, so she actually was.
"Hey, Joe." She greeted her old friend.
"Meredith!" He smiled happily. "Long time no see." He said, pouring her drink without even asking. He knew her too well. He was her therapist, her friend and the person who gave her alcohol, what else did she need?
"Ah, Joe, you know me too well." She smiled, taking a sip of her drink."Med-school has me busy. " she giggled. "It's almost over but I don't think I should be happy about that since internship is a lot worse"
"I will miss my favourite client." Her shook his head." You're gonna be one of the bests surgeons in the country. I will proudly say: Meredith Grey was a customer of this bar"
Meredith blushed softly."Oh, Joe." She sighed" Thank you. But I don't know if they would trust me if they knew that tequila is my poison." She joked.
"A few shots don't hurt." He shrugged.
Then, their conversation was interrupted by a strange voice. "Double scotch single malt, please" it was a nice voice. Warm and soft, also manly. She turned to see a very hot man smiling at her. His blue eyes met the green of Meredith's. She felt a shiver through her spine. She didn't know what had gotten into her, but something told her that she was not leaving this bar sober and alone.
"So, is this a good place to hang out?" He asked with a smirk.
Okay, that was terrible. It looked like he was not a expert in picking up girls in bars. But she could work with that. As long as he was good down there it didn't matter what came out of his mouth.
"Wouldn't know, never been here before." She lied. Rule number one to be single and staying that way. If you tell them you come here often, after offering breakfast and a house full of kids they come back looking for you and a bag full of hopes. If he knew that she was not an usual customer here he wouldn't hope to find her there again.
"Oh, really? Me neither, I am new to Seattle, first time here. Have to say that I am surprised it's not raining, that's all my friend talks about."
"I've always lived here." She shrugged." And have to agree with you, it's actually weird. "She giggled. " so you move here for your friend?"
"Interesting. " he leaned closer to her." And yes, but let's not talk about him." He smirked.
She leaned closer too, smiling softly."what do you want to talk about?" She whispered, she didn't know what had gotten into her, this was too weird, soon. She didn't do it like that. But this man was just...
Ugh.
Concentrate, Meredith.
"Hm, what about if you tell me your name, I tell you mine, I invite you to a few rounds and we move this to my place?"
Woah, that was direct.
But how could she say no to an screaming orgasm from this man? He was sex on the legs.
"Interesting proposal. " she bit her lip."indecent." She paused." Tempting... " she breathed." And acceptable." She giggled. Drinking her shot straight.
"Woah." He laughed." Two more for the lady" he ordered.
"Meredith." She smiled, I am Meredith.
"Well, nice to meet you, Meredith, I am Derek"
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