DISCLAIMER: I am not following the story line. Some couples are couples & some others are not. I do not own Grey's anatomy nor do I own the copyright. Thank you & Enjoy.

The alarm went off.

At first, Meredith's body was still, as if there was no life within it. Her eyes twitched open & cracking as they did was the crust at the corner of her eye socket. She groaned as she sat up with a hunch in her back and slammed the alarm off. For a moment, she scratched her head and stared at her feet. Endlessly in her mind were thoughts of her senior year, and how awful they could be.

See, Meredith had grasped onto the wisdom of calming down... now. Her freshman year, she was caught stealing a computer, and sophomore year she burned her high school gym down. Junior year, she realized her dilemma and studied to catch up for senior year. This year. She just wanted to be done with school, and crawl underneath a rock.

She peeled the crust off of her eyes and childishly groaned. She dragged her feet onto the fauz laminated wood floor. She extended her arm and reached for the door. "First day of school always sucks," she mumbled, "Suck. Suck. Suck!"

Across the hallway, slept her sister. In order for her to wake up, a fast tempo Taylor Swift ring tone went off. Lexie woke up with a smile on her face as she usually did. Unlike Meredith, Lexie didn't have to try hard to get anywhere. She's always had a good set of friends & studied a lot. Between them both, there was always a competition. Meredith seemed to have always work twice as hard as Lexie. & Before their mother died, she was often praised for the things she did. Almost as if Lexie were the Oldest sibling.

As Lexie opened her bedroom door, she saw that Meredith opened hers as well. This looked like a scene that came out of a western film. Both of their legs were shoulder width apart and their hands were balled up into fists. They stared at each other intently.

"You don't want to do this," Lexi said deepening her voice a little to make it sound firm. Her knees shook at the fear of Meredith.

Meredith jerked her head an inch to the side, "Do what?"

"Don't do this Mer," She said as they both walked toward the end of the hall slowly. "Do you remember what you said last night?"

They sprinted toward the end of the hall which turned into running, frantically Lexie responded, "We agreed that since I take less time I would use the bathroom first. You signed a contract!"

Meredith stopped in her tracks before heading downstairs and paused. So did Lexie. "You're right," She said, "I said I'd let you use the bathroom."

Lexie closed her eyes, sighed and smiled. "Thank you."

They both chuckled. They both felt that this was an awkward moment. The tension spoke into words as, 'So do you move, or do I move first?'

Meredith chewed on the corner of her lip as she eyed Lexie from the side. "...That's if you get their first!" she said before shooting down the stairs. Lexie ran after her. Meredith in the lead, out running her sister, ran down the stairs & Lexie coming in second. They continue running as Lexie whines behind her telling Meredith that she signed a contract. Lexie wanted to jump in the hair and tackle her sister like they do in the movies. She knew she had only one chance to do it, so she runs faster and jumps in the air, only to miss by an inch and grab onto only her foot. As Lexie holds onto Meredith's ankle, Meredith drags her along to the front of the bathroom. Frantically, between the shrieking and the biting, Meredith has to find a way to make Lexie let go. She grabbed the door and threatened to slam it on her fingers. With no hesitation, Lexie let go of her ankle.

Lexie lied on the floor upset. Meredith hearing the silence which was her sister, prepared herself for the madness that ensued. 'Three," She said to herself, "Two... One." Exactly at that time, Lexie began to bang and kick on the floor, like a four year old who wanted candy. "It's not fair," Lexie shrieked, "I was supposed to go first!"

"Yeah well," Meredith says in one breath, "You snooze, you lose." She quickly shuts the door and locks it behind her. Lexie gets up from the floor & winces as she bangs her head against the door. She takes a step away from the door, only to come back holding the frame of the door, "But I slowed you down right!"

"Whatever helps you sleep tonight, Lexie," she responded as she turned on the faucet. .

An hour later, and an even more frantic Lexie, they both leave the house. Meredith pulls out the car keys and glances at her sister. "Remember Lexie, don't forget to breathe." Lexie nods her head and

counts to ten, inhaling and exhaling. They get in the car and Meredith stops for a minute. She hears her sister click the seat-belt on and set her bag on the floor. She grasps the steering wheel and take a deep breath herself. She turns the ignition on, and put the car in drive. As the mph increases, so does her heart rate.

The car ride was quiet. Lexie seen the transition her sister went through. Ever since their mother died, Meredith became the mother. Lexie saw how irresponsible she was, and how quickly she changed. She saw how hard it was for her sister to be the sensible one. Lexie can tell that the smallest thing could set her sister off and she'll shut down and be the way she used to be before. Although she wants her sister to be herself, she likes the responsible person she's lived with for two years. But even with that, she's still afraid of her. "Are you ready for the first day of school?"

"Am I ever," Meredith said Coldly. Not even looking at her.

"No," she responded meekly.

"Then why would you ask Lexie," she snapped.

"...I Just figured things would change.," she stammered through. "...Y-you know, you should always be open to change."

She scoffed, "Change doesn't happen to me Lexie, you should know that. I live the same sucky life I've lived since I was born. My Childhood sucked. Mom gave me sucktastic hobbies, like stamp collecting?Who in their right mind likes stamp collecting – I mean unless you wear depends and Hawaiian shirts & live in a nursing home. My freshman year sucked. I got my period while doing the Christmas play which, my character was supposed to wear a white pants & then later that week got caught stealing a computer! Sophomore year sucked because I burned down the school gym and because of that my sophomore and junior year sucked because I couldn't walk for almost a year! & my ex-boyfriends, which I might add, have all been sucky at one point or another sucked a horrible amount of suckiness. So please, excuse me Lexie, if I feel like my senior year is going to be nothing but a horrible suck fest!"

"Okay, Okay! You didn't have to go midlife crisis on me," She said moving around in the passenger seat, uncomfortably. "I just thought you needed positivity in your life right now. I do want the best for you Mer."

Meredith looked at Lexie from the corner of her eye, and sighed. She grasped the steering wheel tighter and moved around in her seat. "Thank you Lexie... Don't get me wrong. I have probably had a sucky life, but you are the best thing that's happened to me. I'm glad you're my perfect little sister."

Lexie smiled as Meredith parked the car. They both got out of the car and smiled at each other. They walked toward the door until something caught Meredith's eye. She stopped toward the walkway to the school and saw something leather on the floor. She found a wallet and examined the outside. With Curiosity she opened it to find a drivers license and a credit card and what seemed to be 5 ten dollar bills in it. She looked around and noticed no one was around. She put it in her backpack and walked along with Lexie.

She smiled as she looked at her older sister. "Still think it's a sucky year?"

Meredith sighed & pulled the door open for her sister. "...More sucky than it's ever been."

The fifth bell rang later that day, which meant it was time for lunch. Meredith, being the closest to the door, was the first one out. She hated her classes and the people inside of them. They all saw her as this reformed bad girl, and she knew they spoke about her but she didn't mind. She learned how to paint a smile on her face. Even though she and her mother had a rough patch, and she can't remember much, her mother taught her how to cover your feelings in public & for that Meredith had been forever grateful.

As she thought about her mother her friend, Izzie, walked next to her. She stared at Meredith with a big smile on her face.

Not even looking at Izzie she said, "Izzie, if you keep smiling like that, I'll punch your teeth in."

Izzie laughed and hugged her. "How's your morning so far?"

"Four years. Four years Izzie, and you continue to ask me the same question. Why? WHY!"

"Because I'm hoping one day you'll say something different. So is today something different!"

She looked at her for a brief second, "No. It's sucky."

"Aw well, one day you'll be happy. Just think positive not negative."

"Yeah, yeah yeah. I'm just the negative Nancy aren't I?"

They walked through the lunch room, to walk outside to the school's 'lunch garden' & sat with her four friends. Across her way she saw her sister and partially smiled and Lexie smiled in return. As Meredith sat down at the table she caught her best friend in a conversation.

"...I mean I don't know why he has to be such a baby about it. He was just over exaggerating."

"He wasn't exaggerating," Alex said, "you made him cry."

"What I miss," Meredith asked while grabbing an apple slice from Cristina's bowl.

Cristina & Alex argued for a few seconds on who would tell Meredith the story. Eventually Alex won.

"Cristina made Frank cry."

"Frank," she said shocked. "Like the Quarterback Frank?

"Yes."

"How was this possible?"

"She made fun of his lisp-"

"And the way that one piece of hair stands up -" George cut in.

"& The way he twitches sometimes when he lies - " Izzie did the same thing.

"But, I had a reason to," Cristina said.

Why is that," Meredith asked.

"He spit on me! So I broke his nose."

"Cristina," she said appalled.

"I fixed it right after," She whined.

"Even so, you don't go around breaking noses."

"Yeah well,: Cristina leaned back in her chair, "he had it coming."

On the other side of the lunch garden, sat Lexie and her two friends; Avery and April. April organized her fruits before she ate them and Avery stared romantically at Meredith's friends.

"Man... Cristina's hot," Avery said thinking to himself out loud.

In unison, April and Lexie said the word "ew" as if they were four years old avoiding cooties.

"What? She's feisty," he said innocently.

April leaned in and spoke quietly, "I heard she broke Franks nose today."

"That's my kind of gal. Aggressive."

April and Lexie looked at each other & then back at him, "Gal," they both said almost together.

"I was trying to sound a bit older. It didn't work, did it?"

"Nope," Lexie said.

"Not one bit," April, right after.

"Just face it," Lexie chuckled, "you're too young for her. Accept it and move on."

"She'll be mine. You guys wait and see," he said in a daze. Avery was a good boy. Being a good boy, he knew you don't always get your way. & he never did get his way. Since freshman year, he took once glance at Cristina and was hooked ever since. Every time he passed by her locker he would smile, and when she would be at her locker it would be just a bonus for her. Avery had many girlfriends, but none of them compared to Cristina. They all dumped him thinking he was cheating on them with another girl, but that was far beyond the case. His heart just belonged to another. He's written letters, and songs, and poems to her but never could send them to her, because he was too nervous. He tried speaking to her once, but all that came out was ingredients to a ham glaze. Avery was a good boy. But with being a good boy, came that he didn't have experience or cool points to be noticed by Cristina. But he knows soon enough, he will.

"Im hungry," Meredith said.

"How hungry can you be? You ate all my apples," Cristina responded.

"I know, but hey, I found this wallet today."

"How much was in it," Cristina asked.

"50 dollars."

Without hesitation Cristina said, "Spend it."

George seemed nervous, "Um...don't you think you should find out whose it is?"

"I already know the guys name. His name is Derek Sheppard, or something like that."

"So don't you think you should return it?"

"Don t listen to Mother Teresa over here," Cristina interrupted, "Spend it. Do you know how many Derek Sheppard's there probably are in Seattle? Just spend it then throw the wallet out after."

"I don't know. George is right. I should check, probably find him. I don't want things to happen to me later. You know how Karma is."

"Wait, Wait, Wait. You're taking advice from George," Izzie said surprised, "The one who burned the gym down with a light-bulb?"

"Could you shut up," meredith hissed, "the school doesn't know he did it!"

Izzie hackles and covers her mouth. Alex smiles at Izzie and directs his attention to Meredith. "This is what you do, Mer. You find him, and talk to him – but don't say anything about the wallet. If he seems like a prick, then keep it. If he's cool then give it back. Then karma goes around for everyone."

"Deal."

After the bell rang, she left the school. The scholastic frenzy surrounded Meredith, made her nervous every single time. She began shaking and looking down to try to avoid the thoughts that she had which made her believe that people hated her so much, that they would push and shove her purposely. While Meredith was having her little breakdown, she felt this hand tightly grasped her upper arm. She gasped and held her breath as she turned around only to see it was her younger sister.

Lexie laughed at her sister, "Jeez Mer, You're so shaky."

"Am not," she retaliated with an offended tone, "...I Just thought someone was going to steal the wallet I found."

Lexie smiled and asked, "are you going to spend it."

She looked at the wallet. "No, I'm going downtown to Seattle University to find this Sheppard guy."

"Oh, cool. Am I coming with you?"

"You don't have to," Meredith said innocently , "I think I'll be fine one my own."

Lexie nodded as if she understood, only until she realized she doesn't have a mode of transportation. "Um, Mer?"

"Yeah," she responded.

"Am I walking home then?"

Meredith then face palmed herself having realized she drove Lexie to school today.

"Right, I'm sorry." She handed her younger sister the car keys. With joy Lexie ran to the car, Meredith tailed behind her. Lexie got in the car and and turned the engine on. Lexie rolled down the windows only to give her sister thanks but before she could, her sister interrupted.

"Lexie?"

"Yeah," she answered innocently

"Remember you are have a permit and if you put one dent in my car, or even a scratch on my BMW, I will find out & poison your foods and all of your drinks." She then placed a fake smile on her face and walked away leaving Lexie with a frozen look of torture on her face. After two minutes of blacking out, Lexie put on her seat-belt and put the car in drive, only driving 10 miles per hour all the way home.

Meredith spent an hour and a half on the bus to do a good deed. As her stop approached she felt a slight tense in her back, it was difficult to move. The bus approached the stop and she got off.

'No good deed goes unpunished, eh?' She said to herself as she walked to the Main hall. 10 minutes later she finds the Main hall and goes to the secretary.

" Excuse me, I'm looking for Derek Sheppard," she said innocently.

The lady, seemed older...way older than Meredith was. She wore pointy framed glasses and seemed not to have a care in the world. With a raspy tone she said, "Wait in line."

"Excuse me?"

"I said wait in line. Girls have been coming here every day since he started his semester asking around for him. I bet you want some of his goodies too."

Meredith's face froze with a disgusted look. "...Goodies? Look ma'am I don't know what you are talking about but I just want to return something to him."

She chuckled a few times until it led to a disturbing cough, Meredith flinched. "I've heard that line before sweet heart. Try again."

She snapped. She slammed her hands, palm down on the desk. "Look ma'am. I have a 3.8 GPA average at Seattle grace High-school. SEATTLE. GRACE. HIGH-SCHOOL. Even someone like you would know where that is located. I have traveled here, on my own, on a BUS. I don't know who the hell this Derek Sheppard person is, but I can GUARANTEE you, that I will never be attracted to him, now point me in the direction of where he would be so I can give him his wallet and GO HOME."

The secretary stood quiet. She smirked and spoke quietly. "It's almost 4:30, he'll be getting out of his Psychology class. The first building on your right."

Meredith calmed down, "Thank you," she said taking a breath. "Now," she continued, "how will I know what he looks like?"

"When you see a perfect smile. You'll know it's him." The lady laughed hysterically.

Her faced seemed puzzled. She slowly walked backwards, "Okay? Thanks..." She walked out of the main hall. As she walked out, before the door closed, the secretary yelled "good luck."

Meredith began walking to the first building on the right. "I bet he's old," she said to herself. She began looking down focused on her feet. " I bet he has a scruffy beard and likes to eat cabbage or some weird crap like that." She held the wallet in her hand and began thinking about the secretary and how wrong she was going to be. "I bet he doesn't hav-"

She was side tracked by the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. She bumped into this man, this young man who completely took her breath away. She was mesmerized by his blue eyes and the way his lips curved into this perfect smile she had ever seen before. She stared into his eyes only to see red hair. The person next to him had red hair. Right then and there she knew that this was the man she was looking for. This was Derek Sheppard. When she came to the realization of who this was he spoke.

"Oh," he said in a surprising tone, "Hello."

He smiled once again.

"...Crap," the single word that came out of her mouth.