Disclaimer::: I don't own grey's anatomy. If I did...kate walsh would stay at SGH

Okay, this is my new fic...I hope you like it.

About:Derek is a surgeon at a New York Hospital. He and His wife Addison divorced and he's been avoiding the dating world. Meredith is in her mid twenties and works in a bakery for Miranda Bailey. She works alongside one of her best friends Izzie Stevens. One day Derek meets Meredith and...(sorry I can't give much away.)

Icing on the Cake

Meredith Grey walked through the sunny streets of New York in a hurry. She was carrying her Fiji water and her L.L Bean tote, while trying to get to work. Today was a Saturday and sure to be a busy day. When she walked into the Miranda's Sweets Bakery she heard "These are the Days" by Natalie Merchant Blaring.
The bell over the door rang and her boss Miranda Bailey came out. Miranda was usually sweet as candy, but if she was rushed or stressed all Hell could brake loose. "Meredith, you're here!"

"Sorry, I'm late. I had to pick over those muffin orders from Mr. Henley on Monroe Street." Meredith said as she put her bags in the back. "Its bigger than the last order and he decided to make a dozen of them raspberry."

"Is he the one with the wife with the fake ta-ta's?" Bailey asked motioning to her breasts.

"No, he's the one with the dog that humps anything with a heartbeat." Meredith laughed. "Mr. Washburn is the one with the wife that has the ta-ta's"

"Eww." Miranda made a grossed out face. "Okay, Izzie is in the back icing cupcakes. I made a list of the kinds we need made. Right now she is working on a batch of pastel cupcakes and the order for that church. Oh and all of the scheduled morning pickups are done. But I need you to finish the cake that I started for the pickup this afternoon for the Henderson wedding. Are you sure you two are going to be alright, while I go to my niece's wedding?"

"Yes Miranda. Every time you leave us in charge, we have survived." Meredith smiled. "You can quiz me."

"What do you do if your iced flowers wilt?" Miranda asked.

"I add a little bit of starch to the icing, if that doesn't work I might add a few granules of sugar to make the base more thick if I am making roses." Meredith added while she put on the apron.

"What temperature do we put the oven on for the sugar free cookies?" Miranda asked.

"Only 400 degrees in the big oven because we want to maintain our signature fluffiness." Meredith said as she ushered Miranda for the door.

"Okay, call me if you need anything."

"I will Miranda. Do not worry and have a good time." Meredith had Miranda out of the door, but Miranda turned around.

"Don't burn this place down. Not only will you have killed my business, but then I will have killed you." Miranda said as she walked away.

Meredith tossed her hair into a messy ponytail and let her bangs hang down.

Meredith laughed then went to the back. There was a tall blonde, who happened to be Meredith's best friend. "Hey."

"Hey." Izzie said as she looked up. "So, is Miranda finally calm and gone?"

"Yes, she's like a mother leaving her newborn baby." The girls laughed for a minute then the phone rang. Izzie went to answer it and Meredith began to ice the cupcakes with a pale pink.

Izzie hung up then walked back over to Meredith. "So, how was your night?

"It was alright. I stayed in, but Finn called." Meredith said as she moved on to another cupcake.

"Meredith you guys broke up six months ago." Izzie said. "You need to just ig…"

"He's getting married." Meredith interrupted.

Izzie's jaw dropped. "Already? You guys dated for five years and engaged for two of them. Are you alright?"

Meredith took a deep breath. "Yea, I guess so. I'm swearing off men for a while. I'm going to be 100 percent celibate and no dating."

Izzie laughed. "Maybe celibate, but you need to date."

Just then Meredith and Izzie heard the bell from the door.

Izzie looked up, "Girl, it's your turn. I've been here longer."

"Fine," Meredith stood up and wiped her hands on her apron. "Maybe we'll get a freakin' girl scout."

Meredith walked to the front of the store. "Hi, welcome to Miranda's Sweets."

The man looked up and smiled. He had perfect hair and piercing blue eyes. "Hi."

"Hi." Meredith was in shock. She instantly felt butterflies in her stomach.

The man stood there too just smiling at Meredith.

Suddenly Meredith jumped back to reality. "Um, uh…is there something I can help you with?"

"Uh yea…I'm here to pick up a birthday cake. My sister ordered it for our mother's birthday and I was just supposed to pick it up when I got off of work." The man said as he smiled some more.

"Oh…um…right." Meredith brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "What's the last name?"

"Shepherd, its Derek." He said still unable to stop looking at her.

"Right, Derek….Shepherd." Meredith began blushing. "Let me go get that for you."
As Meredith walked past the counter to go into the kitchen she knocked over the brochures. "Oops." She bent over and grabbed them. Her face just blushed more from being so embarrassed.

Derek smiled and laughed lightly. He was amazed by how cute and striking she was. There was something about her that just made him smile. "You okay?"

"Yea, I'm fine. I'll be right back." Meredith rushed to the back and saw Izzie. She seemed panicked. "Have you seen the cake for Shepherd."

"Yea, it's with all of the other pick-up orders." Izzie stated the obvious. "And do you know you have a little bit of icing on your cheek?"

The blood drained from Meredith's face. "Damn it." Meredith wiped it off and went to find the cake.

"So why do you care so much about the icing and finding that cake?" Izzie said.

"No reason." Meredith turned around and went back to the front end and Izzie snuck behind her.

When Meredith got to the front she saw Derek standing at the register. "Alright, will this be all for you?"

"Yea…actually how are the scones here?" Derek said trying to make more conversation.

"They're delicious." Meredith said. "Would you like one?"

"Sure, what flavor would you recommend?" He asked as he looked at her eyes.

"I personally love the blueberry and they were put in the display ten minutes ago, so they are still a little warm." Meredith said. She couldn't take it anymore. The way she saw it, Derek was man candy.

"Well, I would love one." Meredith nodded and smiled. Derek couldn't take it anymore. "So you are?"

"Huh? Oh…I'm Meredith." She smiled nervously. She handed him the scone which was placed it a pastel yellow and pink paper bag. "It's on the house."

"Oh thank you." He paid for the cake and Meredith handed it over.

"Have a great day. "At this point Meredith felt like a complete idiot. She had never been this shy around a guy, not even Finn. It really wasn't even that she was shy, she was love struck. Now, the one guy that made her go weak in the knees, was walking out of the door.

"Hey uh Meredith." He said as she turned around to walk in the back.

Meredith quickly turned around. "Are you seeing anyone?"

"Excuse me?" She asked not sure of what he mean. Okay, she knew totally what he meant.

"I was just wondering if you were seeing anyone." Derek said, but Meredith still looked confused. "As in dating."

"I'm single." Meredith said. "So no, but I'm celibate.""Derek laughed. "So you're not seeing anyone?"

"Nope." Meredith said, feeling like a complete idiot. "I'm baking and I'm celibate, which you probably didn't care to know. This is fine, I'm not really sure why I told you in the first place and now I'm rambling, so I wish someone would just tell me to shut up. But, my point is that I am celibate and I'm currently baking in a bakery."

"Oh I see, well I was just wanting to know if you were busy tonight." Derek said sounding somewhat let down. "But if you don't want to the…"

Meredith interrupted, "I do, but it's just that I've sworn off men and I'm celibate."

"Oh, I see. So a dinner date say tonight at seven at Carfagna's Italian Restaurant is completely out of the question?" Derek said with a smile.

"I uh…I can't I have to go to dinner with my friend Izzie." Meredith knew it was a lie, but it was all she could come up with. "She gets really mad when I ditch her. You know, it's a girl thing."

"I see." Derek said. Meredith and Derek just stood in silence for a minute.

Suddenly Izzie, whom had followed Meredith came out to the front end carrying a tray of sugar cookies. Meredith slid the door to the display open for her to slide the cookies in. "Hey Meredith."

Meredith jumped back to reality, "Yes Izzie?"

"I'm not going to be able to meet you for dinner. I'm going to have to cancel." Izzie smiled and winked at Meredith she then walked to the back of the store again.

Meredith stood there dumbfounded, because she now knew that Izzie had been listening in. She and Izzie never even had dinner plans for tonight. She looked back to Derek and smiled. "So I guess I'm free."

"Free for what?" Derek asked as his grin grew bigger.

"For our date, you know. If you still want to." Meredith became hopeful as she looked into his eyes. He was just so dreamy.

"I would love you...to. I would love to." Derek said realizing that he spit out the almighty phrase. He called him self an idiot in his mind then spoke. "So I can pick you up tonight."

"That would be great." Meredith giggled. She grabbed a brochure and a pen. She wrote her information. "Here, this is my address. If you go to the intercom and hit the button under 34B, then I can buzz you in the building. My doors the first one on the right and it's the third floor."

"Alright, well I will be there at seven." Derek kept looking at Meredith.

"Alright." Meredith smiled like a little school girl. "I'll see you at seven."

"Okay, well I better get going." Derek said as he took the cake and the bag. "Bye."

"Bye." Meredith waved weakly with her arm as she watched him walk out the door and smiled at him through the window. She turned around and saw Izzie standing behind the counter. "So you canceled our plans for tonight."

"We didn't have plans tonight wise-ass." Izzie laughed as cleaned off the display case. "If I hadn't have come in here you would have never gone on a date with him."

"I'm celibate." That was all Meredith could say.

"Mer, you are in need of a good date and a good screw." Izzie laughed then saw Meredith's reaction. "Sorry, but this Derek guy seems great and you two just eye-fucked, like nobody's business. "

"Eye-fucked?" Meredith questioned

"Yes and Meredith, it has been six months since you've been intimate with a man." Izzie said.

"That is not true." Meredith shot to defense. "I've had sex twice."

"Okay Meredith, the drunken sex with the men you kicked out first thing in the morning doesn't count." Izzie handed Meredith cookies to slice up for the sample tray. "You need to start dating. Besides whatever happened between you and Finn? I mean the man was an ass, but what happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it." Meredith said as she began cutting the cookies.

"You never want to talk about it." Izzie said. "You guys were engaged for two years. You haven't told Christina or me about it. Meredith, you tell us everything."

"Well, I don't want to talk about Finn anymore. We aren't together and he's getting married to an ugly bitch." Meredith said with a smile. "I don't know Derek."

"But you could know him." Izzie responded. "You could know him very well."

Meredith giggled. "He is very good looking."

"Yes he is."Izzie said stealing a bite of the cookies.

"I don't know what happened, he walked in and I actually felt butterflies." Meredith looked down at the cookies. "I can't remember a time when I saw a guy that made me feel like that."

Izzie smiled, "Well, Christina and I are going to be at the apartment tonight before we go out. Since I will probably be too drunk, I will crash at her place since I'm watching her kids tomorrow."

"And?"

"And, we will help you get ready for your date." Izzie said. "You don't have to worry; you can bring him back to our place."

"Haha." Meredith said. "Well you have fun, last time I stayed the night at there house I woke up with Lily in the bed with me."

"Really?" Meredith asked. "She is so funny for a four year old. The last time I baby sat for them. Lily and Nina were fighting over who got to play with my cell phone."

"I can't wait to have kids." Izzie said. "I mean, I really want them."

"I know, whenever anyone comes in here with a baby, I think you instantly begin getting milk on your boobs." Meredith joked.

"You're stupid." Izzie went to help a customer then returned to Meredith. "Do you want kids?"

"You know, I don't know. I used to, but then when I broke up with Finn, I thought what is the point?" Meredith frowned. "You think you're going to be with someone forever, then…well things change."

Izzie looked at Meredith out of concern. She obviously knew Finn hurt Meredith somehow, emotionally he had screwed her up."Yea, well maybe you'll want them again."

"Yea." Meredith said. "He's a good guy."

"Who?" Izzie asked.

"Derek, I can tell. I mean he just seems like a nice guy, but so did Finn."

"Yea, well just have a good time with Derek." Izzie recommended. "See where it goes."

"Yea."

Later that evening Meredith stood in her walk in closet looking for something to wear. Christina and Izzie sat on her bed.

"Meredith, whatever you where, you will look great." Izzie said.

"Yea Mer, what about that red dress." Christina commented as she took a sip from her diet coke.

Meredith continued to go through her closet while standing in her black lacey bra and matching panties. "He is taking me to a classy restaurant I want him to think I'm classy. I don't want him to look at me like I'm some five dollar whore."

Izzie and Christina laughed and Meredith came out in a dress, "How about this one?"

"Oh wear that one." Izzie said. "Mer, when did you get that dress?"

"At Bloomingdales, they were having a major sale." Meredith said as she looked in her mirror. She slid off her bra and put on a black lacey strapless.

"He is going to be undressing you before dinner." Christina said. "If this guy is as dreamy as Izzie says, you're getting screwed the bathroom before dinner."

Meredith rolled her eyes. "Izzie will you turn my hair iron on?"

"Sure." Izzie got up then walked into the restroom.

"Okay, what about these shoes?" Meredith stepped out of her closet.

"No, I think they are a bit much." Christina said.

Meredith sighed and went back into the closet. She came right back out into the main part of her bedroom. "Hey Izzie, do you still have those shoes that you wore to Miranda's wedding?"

"Sure, I'll go get them." Izzie ran down the hall and came back with another pair of shoes.

"What about these?" Meredith modeled the shoes and waited for a response.

"Those for sure." Christina said.

"Yea those for sure." Izzie said. "Here use this purse too."

"Okay." Meredith went into the restroom, where she did her hair and makeup.

She sat and talked with Izzie and Christina for about twenty minutes when they heard the buzzer. Meredith buzzed Derek in.

A few moments later they head a knock at the door. Izzie and Christina went to sit on the couch, while Meredith went to get the door. She opened the door and Derek Shepherd was standing there wearing a nice red dress shirt and dress pants.

"Hey, come on in." Meredith said. She felt the butterflies return.

"Hey, you look beautiful." He was holding a bouquet of flowers. "These are for you."

"Thanks, I'm going to go put these in water." Meredith walked to the kitchen with the flowers. When she got in there she took a deep breath. She whispered to herself. "You just met the man, why are you falling this hard."

In the living room Derek stood waiting patiently for Meredith, while Izzie and Christina adored him from the couch.

Meredith came out holding a paper bag from the bakery and her purse. "Derek these are my friend Izzie and Christina. Izzie is my roommate."

"Nice to meet you." Derek said to them with a smile.

"It is a pleasure to meet you." Christina said while twirling her hair.

"Nice to meet you." Izzie said all giggly.

"Well, I guess we can get going." Meredith said. "Bye girls.

"Bye." They said back.

Derek waved then put his hand on the small of her back. He led her out the door.

Inside, Izzie and Christina burst out laughing.

"She is so getting sex tonight." Christina said.

"Oh, totally. We should clean the place before we leave and lock up."Izzie said as she began to fold the blanket on the couch.

"I'll go make sure there is a condom in the bedside drawer." Christina said as she got up and checked.

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