Chapter One- Friends

A/N- I'm just trying this story out. If you read it, please review so I know that I should write more or if I shouldn't.

Italics are some of Rose's thoughts.

Bold Italics are flashbacks.

Please, please review.

"I'm carrying your child," Rose said seriously, Derek's face went tense, "Gotcha."

Derek laughed, but it wasn't an oh-that-was-funny laugh, it was more like a thank-God-you-are-not-carrying-my-child laugh.

Rose walked away smiling for she had got the last laugh.

Rose's expression froze; she held the small stick in her hand, which was bearing a great big plus sign staring at her. She almost started crying, but then realized that this was a new start, she could start over, with the child.

"Good Morning baby," said Rose as she kissed Josh, her boyfriend on the cheek, "I'm going to go check on Kyle."

"Okay," Josh groaned as he turned over and attempted to fall back to sleep. Rose knew that it wouldn't work so she laughed as she headed to Kyle's room.

Rose went to Kyle's room where he was sleeping in his small crib. He was almost a year old. This was her baby and he was growing up so fast.

She kissed him gently on the cheek, tangling her fingers in his thick dark hair. Her had her big eyes, but defiantly had his Dad's hair. He was so small, precious and beautiful.

Rose laughed when Kyle placed his hand on hers and his eyes lightly fluttered open and he groaned.

"I'm here baby," Rose assured him. Kyle smiled as his eye closed and he went back to sleep.

Then Rose went down the stairs into the kitchen. She threw some sweet tarts into her bag then ran back up the stairs to get ready. She threw on her scrubs and flew out the door.

As she pulled up to the hospital, she sighed. It was her first day back at Seattle Grace after being at Mercy West since she found out about Kyle. She was happy she didn't get cut by the merger, but was nervous to face Derek.

He never knew about the baby. She pulled a prank on him, and then made sure that she wasn't pregnant because she started to get worried. And so, as she sat in the Seattle Grace washroom, she found out she was pregnant with Kyle.

Rose thought to herself, I have moved on, facing Derek will be nothing. She said over so many times in her head, she started to believe herself, until she saw him.

Rose peaked one side of her head out from the side wall that she leaning against. There he was, as handsome as ever and there she was, right by his side.

Rose sighed; she knew that even though she had Josh, Derek would always be a part of her heart. So, when she knew he was gone, she made her way to the nursing station.

Derek kissed Meredith on the forehead as he rounded the corner and headed toward the O.R. where his surgery was scheduled. As he rounded the corner, he crashed directly into Rose.

"Hi, Rose," Derek grinned.

"Hi," Rose said as she put a strand of hair behind her ear, "How are you?"

"Good," he smiled, "How have things been with you?"

Tell him Rose, tell him about Kyle.

"Okay," she smiled back.

"Are you going to be scrubbing in on my surgery?" Derek asked her. Rose couldn't tell if he wanted her to or didn't want her to.

"If you in O.R. two then yes I will be," Rose faked a smile. Truth was that Rose didn't want to run into Derek, or do a surgery with him. She really just wanted to be left alone.

"Well, don't go stabbing me this time," Derek laughed, "See you there."

"See you there," Rose repeated as she turned around in hopes that this was the end of every conversation they ever had.

"Wait, Rose," Derek said, running back to her, "I'm sorry, for everything."

"Me too," she said as she pulled her sweet tarts out of her bag, "Want one?"

"Sure," Derek said as he grabbed the pink one from the top and headed toward the O.R.

Rose sucked on her sweet tarts and scrunched her face at the taste. Although they were sour, they were good, and they got her threw to day.

The surgery went fine and she didn't run into Derek for the rest of the day. But little did she know that Derek went out of his way to "bump into her" again in the parking lot.

"Hey," Derek called as Rose left the hospital, "Good job in the O.R. today." Rose smiled for she loved compliments.

"So did you," she replied, "Good night."

"Actually Rose," Derek stopped her, "I was wondering if, since you are back at Seattle, that we could, you know, be friends."

Friends, just friends, I can handle just friends.

"Yeah," Rose said, "That would be great. Oh, and I'm sorry about the way I acted with our break up. I meant to be cool but it was because...I..."

"Derek," Meredith called, "Are you coming?"

"Yeah just a sec," Derek replied, "See you tomorrow, friend."

"Bye," Rose pretended to smile. She meant to tell him about Kyle. She was about to, but she didn't. She would tell him... later.

She and Derek were friends, just friends; maybe soon they would be good friends. Oh no, Rose thought, that is not going to happen.