I do not own or claim to own any of the characters, ABC does. Hope you all enjoy it-its my first fanfict ever!
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Izzie sighed as she watched Meredith sulk up the stairs, she knew her room mate wasn't happy-she hadn't really been the same since Addison had arrived. It had been a long day at work and Mr. Dunn, the heart patient they had both been working on had died in surgery, they knew he didn't really have a good chance of saving him-but it was sad when they heard the long-low beep of the monitor and even though they had tried their best they couldn't bring him back. She turned her head to watch George, who still had his eyes on the stairs where Meredith had just been. She was startled when he suddenly turned and looked at her straight in the eye.
"I could kill Sheppard for what he has done to Meh", the anger in his voice was something Izzie had not heard from him since he attacked Alex in the locker room a few months back. "Why doesn't he make it up to her, or set her free, she needs to know-she can't go on living in this half state for ever".
Izzie knew Meredith was still depressed after what had happened with Sheppard, but surprised by what George had said. Everybody, but Meredith, knew he still had a thing for her-even though he'd never admit it.
"I just wish we could lock them in a room together and force them to talk" George continued "I mean really talk, somewhere where they are away from the hospital, away from everyone else but each other…so they can sort it out". Izzie contemplated what he said, this was one of the things that she loved about him-the fact that even though he wanted Meredith, he was still willing to put her feelings for Sheppard first.
Izzie smiled, before walking over to behind where George was sitting and wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him on the cheek. "What was that for?" he inquired with an unassuming grin on his face. "Just for being you" she replied before retracing Meredith's steps upstairs. "Night" she called, when she reached the top. "Sleep well", he replied.
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Later that week…
Meredith was sitting in the observation room, watching George fly solo on an appendicectomy, while jotting down a grocery list-it was her turn to do the shopping, she couldn't remember the last time she had done it. She had become oblivious to her household duties since Derek's wife had announced herself, she now only realized that Izzie and George must have been doing everything. She smiled as she thought lovingly of her two room mates, thanking god that she had caved and let them move in at the beginning of the year.
As she watched George now, decisively requesting for more suction she was amazed as at his transformation. In the past weeks, since doing open heart surgery in the lift, he was incredible, she thought to herself. She smiled as she remembered how he had taken charge of the situation after Alex froze. She now knew why he had been accepted, even though his marks where low and now hoped that he recognized this soon as well.
Meredith looked up from her list when she saw a figure enter the room. She tried to cover the shock on her face when she saw that it was Derek, the look on his face proved that he hadn't known she was in there either. It had been two weeks since he had signed the divorce papers and they still couldn't look each other in the eye.
When he didn't come to the Joe's Bar, the night after she told him she loved him, she had dissolved into tears as soon as the clock struck midnight-she thought in her heart that he hadn't chosen her. In the early hours of the next morning, when she was well and truly drunk, after having way to many Tequila shots, they where called back into the hospital to deal with a major train accident. Although, too drunk to work she was ordered to stay and sober up by Bailey until she could work. Even though she saw Sheppard that night, they where both too busy to even think about their personal lives. But that night, after they had recovered from the horrific train crash and its casualties, she had curled up with Izzie and George and fallen asleep crying, after the sadness of loosing him finally hit her.
He had disappeared sometime after the action of the train crash died down and she had assumed that he had gone back to New York with Addison. She later found out, after overhearing some gossiping scrub nurses that he had taken a few days off to recover and de-stress after the hectic time.
She dropped her eyes and gathered her things together, before standing up to leave. He had pulled Izzie aside on his first day back and told him to tell Meredith that he signed, but he wanted to let the dust settle, for both of their sakes. After walking past him and out the door, she took a deep breath, leaned back against the wall and let it out, wondering when her heart would stop hurting when she saw him, before carrying on down the hall to the locker room on her way home.
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Izzie slumped into the comfy chair, she was happy to have the house to herself-even if it was only for a while, she new Meredith would be home form from grocery shopping soon. They had left work together, Meredith dropping Izzie at home before continuing to the local shops. She was looking forward to the home cooked meal Meredith had promised her this evening.
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Derek held back at the door, not knowing whether to knock or not, he hadn't really thought about going to her home, he just ended up here after leaving work. He thought back to when she had walked past him in the observation room, keeping her eyes low and pretending to read the notes in her hand, he remembered the way her hair had smelt, as he lent forward to let her past. Finally, after rehearsing his speech as to why he was there, something along the lines of could he pick up some of his shirts which he had left in her room, he gathered himself together and knocked.
He heard someone start to move inside, holding his breath in apprehension.
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Izzie was surprised to see Shepard standing their, she didn't think Meredith would have invited him without letting her know first, especially due to the current friction between the two of them.
"Hi" she said.
"Hey, how are you Izzie?" he questioned, trying to mask his disappointment that Meredith hadn't answered the door.
"I didn't know Meh had invited you, come in" holding the door open wider for him
"She didn't" he stated looking at his feet, "Is she home?"
"No"
"Oh" he said, as he felt hi heart drop. Izzie could see it in his eyes that he hadn't thought about her not being there. "I just came over to grab some of the stuff I left here" he stated, putting on what he hoped was a convincing face.
"She should be home soon if you want to come in"
"Umm" Derek hesitated, considering his options, he didn't want to pressure her by making it look as if he was waiting for her. "I don't really have time to wait" he lied.
"OH, in that case I'm sure she won't mind if you go up and grab it, ill let her know when she comes home" Izzie hoped she was doing the right thing, she gathered that if he was collecting his stuff he wanted to break it off with Meredith and if so, at least she wouldn't have to go through watching him clear himself from her life.
"You sure?" he questioned, knowing he must have given Izzie the wrong impression.
"Yeh, go on up, she won't be home for a while"
"Ok" he said, stepping towards the stairs. "Ah, thanks Izzie" he added as he prepared to walk towards the room, he so desperately wanted to become well acquainted with again.
"That's cool" she replied, heading towards the kitchen to set the table. She thought back to what George had said about locking them in a room so they had to speak to each other. She was curious as to whether Sheppard had been telling her the truth or not, he had said he wanted to collect his things, but his face was saying the complete opposite. She sighed, starting to feel sorry for him.
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Meanwhile Meredith was in half way round the shops when she suddenly realized she had switched wallets that morning and her bank card was still at home where she had left it. Investigating in her bag, she realized she only had a few coins to cover it. She apologized to the cashier, saying that she only lived around the corner and if she could leave the basket of food she had collected there she would be back to pick it up as soon as possible. Annoyed at herself, she jumped in the car and headed home.
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Upstairs Derek found her room tidier than he was use to, he guessed that was because all his things weren't spread across it and she had made the bed-something that they never seemed to have time to do when he stayed over. As he surveyed the room, memories of their secret nights together came flooding back, remembering how he loved to watch her getting ready in the morning. He would sit on the edge of the bath as she washed her face and did her hair. With that in mind he stepped through her room and into her bathroom.
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Izzie peered out of the kitchen when she heard the keys in the door, thinking it would be George coming home after discharging his last patient-which he was about to do when she and Meredith had said they would meet him at home. She gasped as she saw it was Meredith coming through the door, thinking instantly of the ex-boyfriend packing up his belongings upstairs. "What are you doing home already?" she questioned, her mind racing as to how to tell her friend the news.
"Oh, I forgot my bankcard its still upstairs, its ok I'm going back to pick up the food" she said racing towards the stairs. Meredith had been too annoyed at her own stupidness to notice Derek's car, which was parked across the street.
"Um, Meh" Izzie called, hurriedly chasing her friend up the stairs two at a time, desperately trying to stall her.
"Yeh" Meredith replied, but Izzie was too late, Meredith opened the door and froze. There was a man standing with his back to them in the doorway to her bathroom.
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Derek had been too lost in thought to hear Meredith and Izzie elephanting up the wooden stairs. He spun around and backed back in shock when he heard someone step into the room behind him. It was Meredith, closely followed by Izzie. He stood their, spell bound to nervous to move, to speak.
She gasped as she caught eyed of who it was, "what are you doing here?" the shock making her words sound more accusing than she had meant. He continued to stare, not being able to think of anything reasonable to say that would justly answer her question.
"Um…I'm really sorry Meh, I thought it would be" Izzie started, but Meredith cut her off as she walked towards Derek, who had still not said anything.
He backed more into the bathroom, staying out of her reach-just incase she started to hit him like she had the night she found out he hadn't signed the papers.
"Well?" Meredith questioned, stepping onto the tiles of the bathroom.
Izzie, not quite knowing what she was doing, suddenly swung the bathroom door shut and grabbed a chair, wedging it against the handle-locking Derek and Meredith inside.
Meredith swung around as she heard the door close, wondering what on earth Izzie was doing when she heard banging on the other side of the door. She went for the door handle while questioning what Izzie was doing, only to find it jammed.
"Izzie!" she yelled through the wooden door
"Sorry Meh, but you to need to talk-we are all sick of walking on egg shells around both of you, so sort it out! She thought if she was firm she might convince herself she was doing the right thing, but at the same time she preyed that Meredith wouldn't kick her out. With her mind made up she retorted that she would be back to let them out when they could prove they had talked, she turned around walked out of the Meredith's room, closing the door behind her and down the stairs just to see George coming through the front door.
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Meredith spun around to face Derek again, "Well?" she asked, more angrily than before, "What are you doing here?"
"Um…I…" he stuttered. Trying in vein to process what had just happened, he couldn't come up with an answer, so he, deciding now would be a good time to start being honest, simply said "Meh, I'm in love with you"
She stepped back against the door, looking at him confused. "Sorry?" she questioned quietly, even though she had heard him.
"I'm in love with you" he repeated, searching her face for an answer.
"Oh" she breathed, suddenly taking the full weight of what he had said, she looked down contemplating it. When she raised her head, she saw him looking at her with the same puppy-dog expression that he had when he asked her if he could by her a drink on the eventful first night they had met. "Oh" she repeated.
He took advantage of her sudden quiet phase, hoping to get in before she started yelling. "Meh, let me explain" he said, before continuing into a long winded story about how he did meet Addison on that night, but only to tell her that he forgave her for what she had done to him and to give him the signed divorce papers. He told her all about how Addison had apologized and how she had gone back to New York after signing the papers and promising to put the divorce in motion when she got home. He said how he was on his way to Joe's Bar when he got paged about the train accident and how when he got there and saw her in a very drunk state he decided not to tell you right away. As he was now in full swing with telling Meredith, he decided not to stop, incase she used the time to start yelling at him, which he was expecting when he finished. He continued explaining how when they had finished with all the train wreck victims he was drained and Webber had insisted he go home and take a few days off and how when he wanted to call, but didn't quite know what to say. He told her about how he felt when he tried to meet her eyes when he got back to work and how ashamed he was when she wouldn't even look at him, he said he decided to let some time pass, to let her calm down before he told her. Taking a deep breath he finished by explaining how he came to be standing in her bathroom at that moment in time.
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Meanwhile down stairs Izzie was barring George from going upstairs, after telling him that she had used his idea and locked them in the bathroom so they had to talk to each other.
"What the hell did you do that for? You never listen to anything I say-why start now when I say something stupid? Izzie go and let them out or I will!" he demanded walking towards the stairs.
But Izzie side stepped him, "George don't make me hurt you" she stated glaring at him "Besides, they aren't screaming the house down yet-you never know, it may do them some good" she continued, bracing herself between the wall and the hand railing.
"Fine" he gave up, knowing there was no way he would make it past Izzie even if he tried "but you are going up there in ten minutes and letting them out"
"Fine" she said, smiling victoriously, but still preying she had done the right thing.
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Meredith stared at Derek, not quite knowing what to say. She had been quite surprised how he had just started talking, not stopping to let her say anything. She wanted to stay mad at him, but the more she looked into his eyes the more her heart melted. She thought about how much she had cried when she found out he was married and about all the abuse she had silently hurled at him when she saw him when he came back to work. After what seemed like an eternity, she felt herself move towards him and reach her arms around him as she buried her head in his chest; she felt his chest fall as he let out the lungful of air he had unconsciously been holding.
After wrapping his arms around her, he leant down and kissed the top of her hair, breathing in and taking in her aroma.
They stood for a long time just holding each other, not wanting to let go, not believing the other one was really there.
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"Now!" George stated "I said ten minutes and that ten minutes is up!" he looked at Izzie as he pointed up towards the stairs. He watched as she dragged herself out of the chair and tiptoed upstairs.
When she got to the Meredith's bedroom door she put her ear against it, listening for any sound. When she couldn't hear anything she crept inside and headed towards the bathroom door. She still couldn't hear anything and so as quietly as possible removed the chair and silently went back down stairs.
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By now Meredith and Derek where kissing, long slow kisses. Neither having said a word since Meredith had moved to hug him. Meredith moved her hands form where they had been tightly wrapped in Derek's hair, dragging her fingers down his back to the bottom edge of his shirt, gathering it in her hands before pulling it up over his head. He then repeated the action on her, feeling the goose-bumps form on her back as he placed his hands on the bare skin of her back, pulling her closer to himself. Kissing her more desperately than before, only releasing his grip on her as she moaned, trying to undo his pants.
When they had both stripped to their underwear, Meredith stepped back pulling Derek with her. She stepped into the bath and turned the shower on, turning back to face Derek to continue working at his clothes as the water heated up.
He stepped into the bath, unhooking her bra with one hand as his other pulled her close to his now naked body. Slowly he lowered his hands, from where they had been playing with her nipples and dragged down her panties, kissing her stomach as he squatted. As she stepped out of them he stood and leaned behind her adjusting the water temperature, before picking her up and stepping under the warmth of the water.
As he lifted her she wrapped her legs around his waist as she felt the warmth of the water trickle down her back. He kissed her slowly, enjoying holding her in his arms again. He lifted her higher, kissing her neck. She soon felt the cold of the tiles on her back as he steadied her against the wall while he entered her willing body.
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Izzie was downstairs, she had been keeping the TV turned down low, listening for any signs that signaled her housemate was about to storm down the stairs and kick her out. She had sent George down to the store to collect and pay for the groceries that Meredith had left there. When she heard the sound of the shower, she turned up the TV and moved into the kitchen to start making dinner. She decided to turn the radio on as well, just incase.
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Meredith was now lying with her back on Derek's chest, her head tucked into the crook of his neck and legs apart, slumped over his. They where both struggling to catch their breath after collapsing into the bath, which was now full of hot water. Derek wrapped his arms tightly around her and kissed the top of her head "I missed you" he said, before sinking further into the water. She slowly raised her mouth to his neck, and ever so slightly biting him to show her appreciation; she was pleased this had the desired affect, as she felt him shudder beneath her.
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George was back and Izzie had finished making dinner by the time Meredith and Derek swayed downstairs, his arms tightly wrapped around her, grinning guiltily. She was wearing the shirt he had on when he arrived earlier in the afternoon, with a pair of old track-pants and he had pulled on some boxers and a sweater he had found stashed at the bottom of the closet, where she had hidden his clothes.
Izzie took a deep breath, "I'm sorry Meh…" Izzie started, but Meredith had already broken free from Derek's grip and was hugging her friend.
"Thanks" is all that she said, it was all that Izzie needed, seeing the smile that had returned on her roommates face was thanks enough for her.
"Um" dinners ready George offered, motioning for them to sit at the table, where he had set another spot for Derek.
As they all sat down to eat, Izzie finally let out her breath and relaxed, maybe she should listen to George a little more often, she thought.
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