Chapter 1 "The Nameless Girl"
"Hey!" a girl yelled down the hall. Derek was annoyed, he was trying to read for English. A girl bumped into him and both his, and her books went flying down the hallway followed by the body of said girl.
"Are you okay?" Derek asked the girl lying face first on the ground. She shook her head fast. Derek walked around her and took her hand to help her up; they both felt a shock of electricity by the touch of their hands. He quickly bent down and picked both of their books up. "Um-"
"I've been looking for you all over the place. I saw you fall are you okay?" the other girl asked. The girl with no name quickly glanced at Derek who was currently looking at the floor not knowing where to go, or even if he could go.
"Yeah I'm okay, Addison. I was reading for the English thing in the quad and I was on my way to the class now." The one that fell informed, Addison?
"You look like you had a bad fall. Maybe I should walk you to your class to make sure your okay." Addison suggested.
"Is it Professor Martin's English class?" Derek asked suddenly looking up at the two of them. Addison looked at the girl with no name with the same questioning face Derek had on.
"Yes, why?" she asked Derek.
"Um…because I'm in that class and if you don't want to walk your friend to her class just to walk back I could help you guys out." Derek suggested looking at Addison then the nameless girl. The nameless girl nodded her head at her friend.
"Yeah that would be great. Would you keep an eye on her in the class? She looked like she fell on her head." Addison asked. Derek nodded his head.
"Yes, I promise." Derek informed with a steady head nod. Addison turned around and walked off. Derek and the nameless girl started walking in the direction of their class again.
"You didn't have to do that." She said. Derek laughed and shook his head.
"You looked like you might have died, if your friend took you to your class like a mother with their child." He said while looking at the room numbers, knowing he always passed the right room. "Are you sure you're in this class I haven't seen you in here for the first couple of classes?" Derek asked. The girl giggled and Derek thought he could hear that giggle for the rest of his life.
"It's a pretty big class. And it's only the eight day we've had this class." She stated. Derek nodded his head.
"Yeah. My friend would say you must not have been hot enough to catch my eye, but-" He was cut off.
"You are an ass. You know that." She said while they walked into the lecture hall. She stormed away from him and made a point to sit in the fifth row. Derek raised an eyebrow when he saw her walk six seats in and sat down. He laughed and walked up to the fifth row and walked five seats in and plopped into the seat right next to her.
"What are you doing?" She asked. He turned his head to look at her.
"Keeping an eye on you like your friend asked." He said with a blank face on.
"Well, can you 'keep an eye on me' somewhere else in the room?" She snapped at him. Derek raised an eyebrow.
"What I thought I was your savior." He said. She turned to look at him and gave him a death glare.
"No, you're an ass, who only sees women if they are up to your standards." She said staring at the wall.
"What standards?" He asked. She rolled her eyes.
"You know women like my friend Addison leggy and fashion gurus." She informed. Derek scoffed.
"You don't know who I like, or the type of woman I like." He said leaning into her.
"Yeah, then why are you sitting next to me and not across the room like I asked?" She asked.
"Because I follow through on promises." He informed.
"Well then, do you promise to leave me alone?" She asked. Derek shook his head no.
"I can't it interferes with another promise I made. But after this class if you still want me to leave you alone I can promise you I will." He said looking at the wall. She turned her head to look at him, but when he started to turn his head she quickly went back to looking at the wall. The corners of his lips curved upward.
"Great." She said. He nodded his head.
"Great." He said under his breath. The word laced with disappointment and sadness.
"Well, at least let me have your name." He asked. She sighed.
"Why?" She asked.
"So, when I tell this story to my grandkids I can tell them a name." He informed with a smile. He saw a slight smile form on her lips.
"What would the story be like?" She asked and turned to him. Derek saw to most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. They were a blue with a mixture of grey and green. He knew there was no way he was going to let her get away from him, now. She looked into his eyes and saw a electrifying blue. The most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen.
"Well, I would start out with the name of the girl and then they would all ask who this girl was. So, I would answer them with a story." He replied.
"Well, if I'm going to give you my name I want to know what you would tell them." She said.
"I was walking down the hall way and a girl bumped into me. She flew across the floor along with both my and her books. I was a gentleman and asked her if she was okay. She quickly shook her head no and I helped her into a standing position. When our hands touch I felt a shock of electricity." Derek heard a gasp come from his nameless girl. "Her friend came up to her and started to ask her questions. I offered to walk her to her class and watch her to make sure she was okay. We walked to our class together. I made a comment about one of my rather dirty friends and the girl got mad at me. I of course kept my promise, about watching her during our class, to her friend. I asked her for her name, but she didn't give it to me. So, I said I would need her name so I could tell my grandkids one day. She of course wanted to know what the story would be like, to make sure she was a nice character I presume. I told her the story." Derek stopped right there and then. The nameless girl, with beautiful eyes looked at him with awe.
"I think your grandkids will be very lucky to have a grandfather who can tell great stories like that." She said.
"Name, please." He said.
"I have no name." She answered. He looked at her in shock.
"Come on, give me something. Anything." He pleaded. She looked at him and quickly turned her head to the wall again.
"I'm just a girl in a class." She answered. He laughed.
"Fine. I'm just a guy in a class. Now you can't tell your grandkids my name either." He said like a angry toddler. The professor came into the lecture hall and ordered silence and passed out a pop quiz on the book they were reading.
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The quiz was over and Professor Martian started to lecture. Derek leaned over to her and whispered into her ear, "Give me a name. Last, first, I'll even take middle name." He pleaded. She softly giggled and shook her head no. Derek sighed and continued to take notes.
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The girl with no name leaned over to him and whispered in his ear, "Give me your name and I'll give you my name." She said Derek got a rush of excitement that was quickly destroyed.
"GREY! SHEPHERD! WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU'RE WHISPERING IN EACH OTHER'S EARS?" Professor Martin asked loudly. Derek swore he heard one of the people sleeping in the back wake up, along with some giggles from girls. Derek swallowed loudly. A Girl In A Class quickly looked over at him and she shook her head. "WELL?" Professor Martian asked.
"No, sir. We'll stop." She responded. Professor Martian returned to his lecture.
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They all filed out of the hall. Derek and the nameless girl walked beside each other. Once everyone was out of earshot and they were the only ones walking down the hallway, she busted into laughter.
"That was horrible." The girl said through her laughter. Derek looked at her and couldn't help but laugh along with her.
"Yes, it was." He said through laughter. She tripped and fell into Derek's side. He couldn't stop laughing along with her. He grabbed hold of her waist with one hand, when she dropped her books and held Derek's bicep with both hands.
Their laughter died down and they still held onto each other catching their breaths. Once they caught their breaths Derek cleared his throat.
"Sorry for falling on you." She apologized, still not releasing his bicep.
"It wasn't a problem. You didn't harm me." He responded. She let out a quick laugh.
"Yeah." She said as she released his arm and Derek let go of her waist. She bent down to pick up her books and Derek caught a look at her ass. He smiled and quickly diverted his eyes not knowing what she would do if she caught him looking. Before she stood she smiled, she could feel his eyes on her.
"Bye." Derek said when she walked down the hall not looking back. She waved her hand at him not turning back.
"Bye." She called out. Derek smiled then a thought came across his mind.
"Grey!" He called out running to catch up with her. "Grey!" He called again. She stopped and turned to face him.
"Yes, Shepherd?" She asked. He held his hand out.
"Hi, I'm Derek Shepherd." He said with a smile. She laughed and shook her head a little.
"What?" She asked. He dropped his hand and sighed.
"You said, if I tell you my name you would tell me yours." He reminded her. She smiled and Derek took that as a good sign. "So, hi I'm Derek Shepherd." He said again. She paused and opened her mouth to say something but chose not to and grabbed hold of his hand.
"I'm Meredith Grey." She stated. He smiled and moved their locked hand up and down.
"Meredith Grey, do you want to go out for a slice of pizza any time soon?" He asked, even knowing there was a bigger possibility that she would say no he still asked.
"I don't know you." She said. Derek assumed when she rejected him she would pull her hand back and walk away, but she didn't do that so he assumed it wasn't much of a rejection more as a reminder.
"Okay, we'll go as two strangers that know each other's names and we go to get to know each other better. Alex Pizza is really good." He said. Meredith smiled and started to walk backwards. Derek stood in his spot glued. Meredith nodded her head and their hands dropped not having each other to hold them up.
"Yes. Meet me at Rich Hall at eight. You know where that is right?" She said, still walking backward.
"Yeah, I'm on the 9th floor. What floor are you on?" He shot back walking forward. She laughed.
"You'll find out tonight." She explained. She turned around and sprinted out of the building. Derek stood there and shook his head. He continued to his hall to wait out the four hours.