Disclaimer: My name is not Shonda Rhimes. Shonda Rhimes owns Grey's Anatomy. But my name isn't Shonda Rhimes! So I can't own it.
Not that I like this arrangement.
AN: Just something I'm fooling around with. My other fic is my main priority but I've been wanting to do this for awhile. There will be an AN at the end explaining things.
Soundtrack for the entire fic: Stolen – Dashboard Confessional
Meredith Grey drove through the tall gates of the college parking lot. Dartmouth College. The first stepping stone for her future. She parked her car and opened the door, stepping out and looking around taking in her new surroundings. She felt her stomach flip slightly as she looked at the many buildings. She shut her door and went to open her trunk, taking out a box that held a few last minute things she had forgotten to pack when she had moved into her dorm last week. After checking in with the main office she went to her new room and was surprised to find someone in there already. She knocked lightly on the door and a dark haired Asian girl turned around.
"Hi, I'm Mere-"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, Cristina Yang." The girl cut her off. Cristina let out a frustrated sigh.
"Listen, I asked for a private dorm but they wouldn't give it to me, so now I have to lay down some rules. Number one, I don't do the whole touchy, feely thing. So if you need a hug go get it somewhere else. Number two, don't interrupt me, especially when I'm studying, when I'm partying, and when I'm doing stuff that's none of your business. Number three… don't talk to me. I'm not your friend, this wasn't even my choice school, and now I'm stuck in a dorm with a nameless dumb blonde who's going to quit as soon as she realizes that Daddy took away her gold card."
Meredith's jaw dropped slightly and she bristled. She threw her box onto her bed and dropped her bag onto her floor. She cleared her throat and Cristina looked at her.
"Didn't I say no talking?" She said.
"Meredith Grey. I have ground rules too. And I'm not here to be your friend. I just thought it would be nice-"
"Oh, I don't do nice."
"I thought it would be… informative if we knew each others names. I don't need friends, I don't need a hug, I don't need anyone, and I definitely don't need my father. Or my mother. Or any gold card."
She said before turning around and unpacking her box. She took out some CDs, a small bottle of Tequila and some other possessions including her mother's copy of Gray's Anatomy.
"Not like she'll need it anytime soon." She thought grimly to herself. She frowned slightly putting it on her bed. The last thing she took out was a picture of her, her mother and her father. She picked it up and stared at it, looking carefully at each of the people in the picture. They had no idea what was going to happen. Maybe her mother knew a little… but she and her father had no idea what would happen. She threw it back in the box before closing it and putting it under her bed. She felt a pair of eyes on the back of her head and she whipped around to find Cristina looking at her. She frowned slightly as she noticed her expression – she clearly wanted to ask her something but she was afraid of breaking her rules.
"What?" She asked sharply.
"Gray's Anatomy." Cristina answered simply motioning towards the book. Meredith glanced at it before looking back at Cristina.
"My mother's."
"You're into medicine?"
She nodded.
"Surgery."
Cristina's face lit up with interest which she quickly struggled to conceal.
"Oh. Me too. My step-father is an oral surgeon." She said.
"Oh… that's interesting. My mother's a general surgeon. But she kind of just does whatever she feels like."
"Who's your mother?" Cristina asked. Here Meredith froze.
"She's um… uh… just you know… a no name surgeon. Just…yeah."
Cristina raised her eyebrows, indicating that she didn't believe her but she let the subject drop. After a few moments in silence Meredith spoke.
"So you don't talk huh?" She said laughing a little.
Cristina glared at her but a small smile appeared and she shook her head.
"Whatever." She continued unpacking.
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It was one week later. They'd had all of their classes for the first time already and they hated the work with a passion. They got barely any sleep and coffee was their life saver. One night while they were reading an article on the internet for one of their classes there was a loud slamming at their door.
"Cristina could you get that." Meredith murmured not taking her eyes away from the screen. Cristina wordlessly complied and she opened the door.
"Woohoo! Partay!" She shouted. Meredith looked up at her and saw that she was holding a flyer that had been taped to their door. She got up and went over, laughing.
"And what makes you think we have time for one of those?" She asked amused as she took the flyer.
"We don't. But we're going." Cristina said firmly.
"We can't." Meredith sighed wistfully. This was a college party. She'd heard about them in high school. She'd been looking forward to one all summer. The problem was when she got to college she realized how little time she would have for this type of thing. The time she had being none.
"Meredith, we're going. Look." She snatched the flyer from her again and read from it.
"Freshmen, Sophmore, Junior and Senior years invited. Clothes not necessary," Meredith laughed as Cristina continued. "Private rooms available and all the vodka, tequila and jello shots you could want." She finished reading what she found to be the most important parts.
Meredith bit her lip and thought hard.
"It's tonight?" She asked and Cristina nodded. She thought for another moment before sighing.
"Alright." She consented and Cristina let out a cheer.
"We watch the season pull up its own stakes, and catch the last weekend of the last week"
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AN: Short first chapter. Basically just getting to know them. As you can tell this is definitely an AU story. And I'm kind of excited because I've never done one of these before. So it's something new for me.
Alright. This is a Meredith and Derek story. So lots of MerDer will be involved. And there might even be some sex. Lots of sex. Cause it's them lol. So this story is starting out T but it MIGHT be bumped to M. Just so you know.
Cristina said this wasn't her choice school. I threw that in there because she went to Stanford. So in this story Stanford was her first choice, but she went to Dartmouth instead. You can make up your own reason as to why she didn't go.
When Derek appears in the story he's going to be a junior or a senior. It's the largest age difference I can give to them right now. Unless we wanted to make Derek her teacher, but that wouldn't work because then it's bye-bye neurosurgeon. And Derek has a secret. You'll find out soon enough what it is. Oh yeah, and Cristina and Meredith. Cristina is being Cristina at first. But they're Cristina and Meredith, each others person. So of course they would start to tolerate each other in a week.
On another note. Angst, fluff, drama etc. This fic will probably have it all. So be open minded when it comes to that stuff. If I could give it all these categories then I would.
Last thing.
Thanks for reading! Please review. :)
-Meredith