I reuploaded this, because I realized I uploaded some chapters in the wrong order and things were messed up. This story has been done before, it's just kind of harmless fluff. Hope you like it!
She awoke shivering on the couch. She was completely naked and it took her a second to remember why. She glanced around the room and remembered. Meredith Grey, future superstar surgeon, Meredith Shepherd with her clothing and underwear scattered around the room. And there was Derek on the floor. She scooped down to take the blanket off his back and admired his ass for a few seconds. Then she made herself look at the clock. This sent a panic through her skin and her responsible side kicked in. She took a cushion and dropped it on his back.
He turned groggily to face her. She was collecting her clothes hastily in a bundle. 'Why don't you come down here and we can pick up where we left off?' he smirked. She was tempted for just a moment and hesitated but then put on a stern face and said, 'No, seriously we have to go, I'm late! Which isn't what you want to be on your first day of work.' He responded with another grin which made it more of an effort to keep her stern face on. 'Seriously! I am going to go upstairs and take a shower and when I come down, I expect you and the kids to be dressed and ready to leave.'
'I could join you in that shower.' God that grin was intoxicating.
'Kids Derek! There are children around!' She threw another pillow at him and ran up the stairs.
They had dropped Michael off at school and Derek was going to drop Andrew off at day care. They had a goodbye kiss in the lounge, just a peck on the cheek but it left Meredith swooning. Her stomach tightened as she thought of the previous night and she took the stairs slower than she should have. She was late, she should have been rushing but Derek had an annoying habit of keeping her distracted. It all left her mind when she slipped in to join the group of interns listening to Chief Webber.
Dr Webber flicked on the lights to an OR and it took her breath away. All thoughts of Derek slipped out of her mind. She couldn't believe she had finally made it. She was becoming a real doctor. For a second anything felt possible. She had made it this far, she had gotten through medical school, she had made it into the program at Seattle Grace Hospital. Life was just beginning.
It felt surreal sitting in the intern changing room. She felt like a little kid when she placed the stethoscope around her neck and laughed at her childish joy in getting to wear real live scrubs. She glanced around as residents began calling last names – they were already being divided up. She glanced at the girl nearest her who was packing her belongings into a locker.
'Only six women out of twenty,' Meredith said, raising her eyebrows. 'You're Christina, right?' Meredith said. She felt like a stalker saying it but she had overheard another conversation.
'Yeah, so which resident are you assigned to? I got Bailey.'
'The Nazi? Me too.'
Another voice came from the opposite row of lockers. He was a medium-height, stocky guy with a creamy complexion and tangles of dark hair. 'You got the Nazi? So do I,' he said. His voice sounded premature, boyish. 'At least we'll be tortured together, right? I'm George, O'Malley.' He started talking. He was nervous and rambling. He talked about the intern mixer that had taken place the previous night, the details of what Meredith had been wearing and homosexuality, all in the space of a few seconds. Thankfully he was cut short when somebody called their last names. 'Yang, Grey, O'Malley, Stevens,' a voice barked. ', end of the hall.' A range of thoughts ran through Meredith's mind as she caught her first glimpse of her resident. A short, plump, dark women, frowning at a nurses station. The word 'Nazi' didn't exactly spring to mind.
It became obvious when she spoke. She had a firm, no-nonsense kind of voice. 'I have five rules,' she said. 'Memorize them.' She began to move, talking and leading them through the hospital. It still felt like a dream for Meredith. She couldn't listen to Bailey's words properly but she got the gist – Don't mess up, don't be foolish. And then, when the speech was over, as if on cue, Bailey's pager bleeped and the interns glanced at each other and ran after their resident.
Meredith was rolling a stretcher onto a helipad, a helipad for God sake! It was more than exciting. It was her first patient. Katie Bryce, fifteen year old female with seizures that weren't responding to any medication. Meredith got a glimpse of a pale face with blonde hair. As soon as they were inside the action began to happen. Injections and then the seizure stopped and a Dr Burke walked in. He was tall, black and he said they needed to run every test there was on her. Meredith was going to give Katie Bryce a CT. She quivered. Everything was so novel. Her first day and she was giving somebody a CT.
She got lost on her way. All the more time to listen to a fifteen-year-old pageant queen speak about rhythmic gymnastics which was 'like really cool'. It was a relief when she was able to escape to the cafeteria for lunch.
She had hoped to see Derek, to sit with him and see how his first day was. It was probably easier than hers because he was an attending and not so clueless but she would have liked to eat with him anyways. She couldn't, he was doing surgery.
Instead she put her tray down next to her fellow interns. Christina, George and the perky blonde Isobel Stevens along with some nameless, faceless people who belonged to other residents.
She made an excuse to go somewhere else. In reality she was going to the day care. So far she had told nobody about Derek or her kids because she was pretty sure nobody else had a proper family already and she didn't want to single herself out. Not that she didn't want to watch the other interns swoon over her kids. Andrew was three and especially adorable. He didn't look much like either parent, just a cute snub nose and flushed cheeks and dainty little eyelashes. His hair was dark and curly but it wasn't quite Derek's. He had a toothy smile when he saw his mom and she took him into her arms.
She talked to the people in charge but of course he had been fine. He was a good kid. He didn't even cling to her leg when she brought him back.