Author's note. Any characters from the show don't belong to me. I just
used them for the pure entertainment value that I got from writing this
little fic. Meredith Bishop does belong to me. Only because I created
her.
--Some characters were changed slightly to my own benefit, so don't get
psycho if things aren't the way they were in the show.
The Crush: Part One ("I've got a crush on you") An Eli and Meredith fic.
Written by: Ashley Supinski &Elizabeth Coiro.
When her phone rang at 10:32 on Saturday morning, Meredith knew that it was Judy with a big favor on the tip of her tongue.
"Hello?"
"Meredith! I'm so glad you're home. Ralph just called in sick! He's got a fever or something, I don't know. And I have a meeting with Jake. Is there any way you could come in for a few hours? Please?"
Meredith couldn't help but smile into the phone. Immediately, she agreed and told Judy she'd be there in ten minutes. Hanging up the phone, Meredith fell back onto her bed, staring at the glow-in-the-dark stars stuck there in the form of Cassiopeia. Her eyes closed and she inhaled a deep breather, letting Brandon Boyd's words fill her head before she pushed herself off of the bed and changed, grabbing her keys, she said good-bye to her mom and left for BookLovers.
- - - -
Eli burst through the heavy glass doors of the bookstore and shot an award winning smile to his Aunt Judy who was sitting behind the counter, a pen in hand working over what was probably paperwork for ordering new books. He wasn't entirely sure if Meredith was working or not, but he figured he'd give it a shot. He had remembered last night that he wanted to invite her to a show on Thursday by a new local band. They had talked a week ago or so about local bands. Well, he talked and she just listened intently, asking questions and giving her opinion. He wasn't sure what it was about that day, but ever since that talk, he'd wanted to invite her to the Human Nature show.
"Well, look at you up and at them before one on a Saturday. I'm impressed. What's the occasion?" Judy laughed as he neared the counter, leaning against it with his hands in front of him, folded, still smiling.
"I had to hit the bank before it closed for Dad. And I remembered I wanted to ask Meredith something. Is she here?"
Judy looked at her step-nephew suspicious before nodding and pointing to the doors just to the left of her. "She's in the back. She's such a sweetheart coming in last minute to do inventory."
Eli looked away, whistling softly. They both knew if Judy called to see if he'd come in it would've taken more than a full 200 piece orchestra to wake him up and drag him into work. "Thanks," he said softly as he walked around the counter and pushed through the swing door.
For some reason, his heart began to pound fast in his chest and he tried to hold his breath to keep from almost panting out of excitement. He had the mixture of feeling like he was walking on air or dragging his feet with concrete shoes. He'd had this feeling before. This insane excitement that had no real rhyme or reason. He stopped, trying to place the sudden feeling of déjà vu. "Sarah Roberts," he said softly to himself. His first real crush. His hand fell on the door to the backroom and he brushed the thought away. There was no possible way that he had a crush on Meredith. She was just his friend. And definitly not his type. She was quiet and shy. And he was loud and obnoxious. Besides, she wouldn't even look twice at him as a boyfriend. And Sarah Roberts was a crush in elementary school. He was a high school graduate.how unfair was it to compare the two?
When he pushed open the door, he peered his head through and when he didn't see her in sudden sight, he called out playfully, almost whispering.
"Meredith.oooooh, Meredith." He smiled as he straightened up and walked into the room. When he turned the corner, he saw her standing there with her arms over her head, trying to push a pile of five (rather large) books over her head on a shelf about five inches higher than her reach. His body froze and he stared at her for a long moment. His mind went blank and when she looked at him and smiled, he felt like his heart might explode in his chest from pounding so hard.
"Hi Eli, what are you-" It was all she got the chance to say before she lost her balance slightly and fell to her feet, the books tumbling off of the shelf. Instinctively, she ducked, her arms immediately covering her head as they fell around her on the floor. She whimpered softly. "Guess I should've gotten the step ladder."
She sighed softly, leaning down and began picking up the pile of books. Somewhere in that amount of time, Eli's senses came back to him and he nodded brieftly, his eyes searching for the step ladder. When he found it he moved over and picked it up, bringing it back to her.
"Are you working today?" He heard her ask as he came back to where she was standing, setting the ladder at her feet. His eyes slowly rose up to her face and she smiled, grateful. "Thank you." She took the two steps slowly as she pushed the books to the back of the shelf, making sure they were stable before moving off of the ladder.
"No, not today. I, uh, actually came by to see you."
"Me? You must be psychic. I wasn't even supposed to work." She smiled, but at his announcement that he came to see her, her heart started to pound in her chest and she inhaled an unnoticable breath, holding it for a long moment before she let it release and bit down on her bottom lip. "What's up?"
He followed her as she moved to the next section, picking up the clipboard that he'd so rebelliously decorated with band stickers and lyrics in black Sharpie marker. "Remember how we were talking about local bands the other day at work? Well, there's a band playing at the Chamber on Thursday and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me. And my friends," he added quickly, looking down as he shoved his hands into his pockets. He didn't want to scare her off and make her think it was a date. It wasn't a date. It was just friends going to see a band together. They were friends, right? "We're all going, and I thought, well, are you interested?"
She stopped and looked up from the checklist and stared at him for a long moment, letting the invitation sink into her brain and save it to memory. She looked down, brushing the long brown hair from her eyes and tucking it behind her ear as she looked back up to him. "I would love too, but I don't want to impose."
"You're not imposing. I want you to come." Mentally, he smacked himself in the head. Numerously. He didn't want to sound desperate. He tried to think of something else to say. Anything else that could cover up mistake number two. "I mean, unless you don't want to come, or have plans or something. It's cool, either way. Just thought, well, you'd be interested."
A smile crossed over her lips and she nodded slowly. "I'd love to go with you. And your friends. I haven't been to a show in months." She bit down on her lower lip, her tongue peeking out before she let go and pressed them together. "The Chamber's right down the street, right? We could meet here and go, or, we could just meet there. Whatever's easiest."
"We can meet here. That sounds good," he smiled as she accepted the invitation. He hoped (and prayed) that she would. He was entirely too nervous about it too. "Well, I should go, I need to do some things. I'll talk to you later."
She nodded slowly, smiling. "Bye, Eli."
He smiled as he turned and walked out of the backroom of BookLovers. A grin spread across his handsome features as soon as he pushed the glass doors open and moved to his dad's car. Why was he so happy? It was just Meredith. He'd known her since like eighth grade when she started helping him with science homework. He turned on the stereo to hear Blink 182's "The Rock Show" playing, he turned it up, thinking how fitting the song was but as he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive, he sang along to the lyrics and thought about her.
The Crush: Part One ("I've got a crush on you") An Eli and Meredith fic.
Written by: Ashley Supinski &Elizabeth Coiro.
When her phone rang at 10:32 on Saturday morning, Meredith knew that it was Judy with a big favor on the tip of her tongue.
"Hello?"
"Meredith! I'm so glad you're home. Ralph just called in sick! He's got a fever or something, I don't know. And I have a meeting with Jake. Is there any way you could come in for a few hours? Please?"
Meredith couldn't help but smile into the phone. Immediately, she agreed and told Judy she'd be there in ten minutes. Hanging up the phone, Meredith fell back onto her bed, staring at the glow-in-the-dark stars stuck there in the form of Cassiopeia. Her eyes closed and she inhaled a deep breather, letting Brandon Boyd's words fill her head before she pushed herself off of the bed and changed, grabbing her keys, she said good-bye to her mom and left for BookLovers.
- - - -
Eli burst through the heavy glass doors of the bookstore and shot an award winning smile to his Aunt Judy who was sitting behind the counter, a pen in hand working over what was probably paperwork for ordering new books. He wasn't entirely sure if Meredith was working or not, but he figured he'd give it a shot. He had remembered last night that he wanted to invite her to a show on Thursday by a new local band. They had talked a week ago or so about local bands. Well, he talked and she just listened intently, asking questions and giving her opinion. He wasn't sure what it was about that day, but ever since that talk, he'd wanted to invite her to the Human Nature show.
"Well, look at you up and at them before one on a Saturday. I'm impressed. What's the occasion?" Judy laughed as he neared the counter, leaning against it with his hands in front of him, folded, still smiling.
"I had to hit the bank before it closed for Dad. And I remembered I wanted to ask Meredith something. Is she here?"
Judy looked at her step-nephew suspicious before nodding and pointing to the doors just to the left of her. "She's in the back. She's such a sweetheart coming in last minute to do inventory."
Eli looked away, whistling softly. They both knew if Judy called to see if he'd come in it would've taken more than a full 200 piece orchestra to wake him up and drag him into work. "Thanks," he said softly as he walked around the counter and pushed through the swing door.
For some reason, his heart began to pound fast in his chest and he tried to hold his breath to keep from almost panting out of excitement. He had the mixture of feeling like he was walking on air or dragging his feet with concrete shoes. He'd had this feeling before. This insane excitement that had no real rhyme or reason. He stopped, trying to place the sudden feeling of déjà vu. "Sarah Roberts," he said softly to himself. His first real crush. His hand fell on the door to the backroom and he brushed the thought away. There was no possible way that he had a crush on Meredith. She was just his friend. And definitly not his type. She was quiet and shy. And he was loud and obnoxious. Besides, she wouldn't even look twice at him as a boyfriend. And Sarah Roberts was a crush in elementary school. He was a high school graduate.how unfair was it to compare the two?
When he pushed open the door, he peered his head through and when he didn't see her in sudden sight, he called out playfully, almost whispering.
"Meredith.oooooh, Meredith." He smiled as he straightened up and walked into the room. When he turned the corner, he saw her standing there with her arms over her head, trying to push a pile of five (rather large) books over her head on a shelf about five inches higher than her reach. His body froze and he stared at her for a long moment. His mind went blank and when she looked at him and smiled, he felt like his heart might explode in his chest from pounding so hard.
"Hi Eli, what are you-" It was all she got the chance to say before she lost her balance slightly and fell to her feet, the books tumbling off of the shelf. Instinctively, she ducked, her arms immediately covering her head as they fell around her on the floor. She whimpered softly. "Guess I should've gotten the step ladder."
She sighed softly, leaning down and began picking up the pile of books. Somewhere in that amount of time, Eli's senses came back to him and he nodded brieftly, his eyes searching for the step ladder. When he found it he moved over and picked it up, bringing it back to her.
"Are you working today?" He heard her ask as he came back to where she was standing, setting the ladder at her feet. His eyes slowly rose up to her face and she smiled, grateful. "Thank you." She took the two steps slowly as she pushed the books to the back of the shelf, making sure they were stable before moving off of the ladder.
"No, not today. I, uh, actually came by to see you."
"Me? You must be psychic. I wasn't even supposed to work." She smiled, but at his announcement that he came to see her, her heart started to pound in her chest and she inhaled an unnoticable breath, holding it for a long moment before she let it release and bit down on her bottom lip. "What's up?"
He followed her as she moved to the next section, picking up the clipboard that he'd so rebelliously decorated with band stickers and lyrics in black Sharpie marker. "Remember how we were talking about local bands the other day at work? Well, there's a band playing at the Chamber on Thursday and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me. And my friends," he added quickly, looking down as he shoved his hands into his pockets. He didn't want to scare her off and make her think it was a date. It wasn't a date. It was just friends going to see a band together. They were friends, right? "We're all going, and I thought, well, are you interested?"
She stopped and looked up from the checklist and stared at him for a long moment, letting the invitation sink into her brain and save it to memory. She looked down, brushing the long brown hair from her eyes and tucking it behind her ear as she looked back up to him. "I would love too, but I don't want to impose."
"You're not imposing. I want you to come." Mentally, he smacked himself in the head. Numerously. He didn't want to sound desperate. He tried to think of something else to say. Anything else that could cover up mistake number two. "I mean, unless you don't want to come, or have plans or something. It's cool, either way. Just thought, well, you'd be interested."
A smile crossed over her lips and she nodded slowly. "I'd love to go with you. And your friends. I haven't been to a show in months." She bit down on her lower lip, her tongue peeking out before she let go and pressed them together. "The Chamber's right down the street, right? We could meet here and go, or, we could just meet there. Whatever's easiest."
"We can meet here. That sounds good," he smiled as she accepted the invitation. He hoped (and prayed) that she would. He was entirely too nervous about it too. "Well, I should go, I need to do some things. I'll talk to you later."
She nodded slowly, smiling. "Bye, Eli."
He smiled as he turned and walked out of the backroom of BookLovers. A grin spread across his handsome features as soon as he pushed the glass doors open and moved to his dad's car. Why was he so happy? It was just Meredith. He'd known her since like eighth grade when she started helping him with science homework. He turned on the stereo to hear Blink 182's "The Rock Show" playing, he turned it up, thinking how fitting the song was but as he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive, he sang along to the lyrics and thought about her.