DISCLAIMER: I do not own Grey's Anatomy or any of it's amazing characters.

Stepping out of the shower Meredith felt the coldness of the air drifting from her room. She had her own bathroom which was nice of the Sloan's to give to her. She looked at herself in her mirror again and started to get ready for school. She looked through her closet of clothes. She mostly hung everything up last night and she found some shorts that she had bought with her mom for the summer. Since it was still hot out she slipped on her favorite rolling stones tank top and her low top white converses.

She grabbed her bag and sunglasses and went down to the living room. It was already eight and Mark still wasn't ready. She looked through the fridge for something to drink.

"Woah there's a hottie looking through my fridge." She turned around and saw Mark standing there. "What are you looking for?" Mark asked her.

"Something to drink." Meredith felt out of place after seeing how he was dressed in his tan shorts and white button down and boat shoes. He went around her and opened the drawer in the fridge that had all sorts of drinks and she took out a water. "Thanks." Meredith told him and he went to go get his keys and soon they were in his white porsche off to school.

Meredith loved the view on the way to her new school. She thought it was breathtaking, you could see the Manhatten bridge and the city and still be in a closed off community where it was quiet and peaceful. Mark didn't let her even choose the music and she thought this would be a good year for her. Things were about to change.

They pulled into the parking lot and Meredith felt really underdressed. Mark had thi certain parking space out of respect, and Meredith thought it was all ridiculous. She got out of the car and Mark got greeted by a ton of jocks and cheerleaders like he was some star. Meredith looked around and she saw Derek in his number six jersey. She watched him, he was with a red head who was tall and skinny and wearing all the clothes her mother would like her to wear. She could tell that they were together because they were holding hands but they barely looked at each other. They both looked miserable and Meredith wondered if that was something his step father put him up to. Before she knew it Mark was pulling her away and showing heer all around the school.

She thought it was small and bet that everyone knew who everyone was. Mark showed her all the classrooms she would have and took her phone and put his number in. And before she knew it he was showing her to all his friends.

"This is Owen, Jackson, George, Alex, and Callie, and Arizona, and Izzie and Preston but everyone calls him Burke. And this is Derek's girlfriend Addison and everyone this is Meredith Grey. Make sure she feels at home." Before Meredith knew it she was being dragged to class by Izzie and she was talking her head off to Meredith. They went to their pre calculus class with Derek right behind them.

"So we have this class first it's on your schedule." Izzie told her pointing to the paper in Meredith's hands. "Hey McDreamy, come sit with us." The desks were in groups of four and Derek sat next to Meredith across from Izzie and another girl named Cristina that Derek was friends with.

"How's home?" She asked Derek while Meredith watched them. He replied with a shrug and the class started. Meredith thought it was a bunch of boring stuff and couldn't wait to get out of there. Derek made the entire class laugh making jokes about the teacher and her assignments. He eventually got kicked out of the room a few minutes before the class ended and Meredith was surprised to see him standing outside.

"Hey Meredith." He smiled at her and showed her the way to her next class which was AP Biology that the happened to have together.

"You know, I didn't peg you to be the class clown." She told him.

"I'm not, that teacher is just an ass. I've had him since freshman year." He laughed and stopped when Addison came out of nowhere.

"Hey Meredith. Derek honey, you're going to Mark's party right?" Derek nodded and reluctantly held Addison's hand. "Well since you have practice today I'm going to go shopping with Callie and Arizona. Come over later, we can watch a movie." She kissed him on the cheek and she was off down the hall in seconds.

"How come you're with her? You don't seem to like her." Meredith asked him.

"It's complicated." Derek smiled at her and opened the classroom door for her. He sat next to her and he doodled funny pictures of the teacher in his notebook and laughed with Meredith the entire time.

The day went by so fast and Meredith was surprised to have every single class with Derek and she thought she finally had some friends. Derek was nice and showed her around and let her sit with him at lunch. At her old school she was always by herself and she would skip lunch out of embarassment. She became really good friends with Cristina and they already had plans to go out tonight to the ice cream place in town. She finally fit in somewhere and she felt happiness.

Meredith had to wait for Mark because he was her ride until her mom got back and set her up with a new car. She went to watch the rest of the practice on the bleachers. She thought the boys looked cute and was very into the game and didnt even notice Cristina sitting next to her.

"They're really good huh?" She asked.

"Yeah they're good." Meredith said back. "What are you doing here?"

Cristina moved closer to her and offered her a candy bar. "My boyfriend is number 42. hes driving me home." Meredith laughed. They made jokes about the boys getting hit and tackled on the field and eventually it was time to go home. Cristina and Meredith went to wait outside the doors of the field house. Own came out and said bye to Meredith and Meredith watched them walk off. She thought they were on odd couple but if they were happy that's all that meant anything.

Derek came out of the locker room and saw Meredith playing a game on her phone. He went up to her. "Hey Meredith." Meredith looked over at him and smiled instantly.

"Hey Derek." She said putting her phone away. He was smiling at her and she couldn't help but not stop smiling back,

"Do you want to get some ice cream?" He asked her.

"I would love to get some ice cream." Meredith smiled.

"Well there's this great place a few blocks from here." Derek put out his hand waiting for her to come along.

"I should wait for Mark. He doesn't know and he was supposed to give me a ride home." She said.

"Come on, I'll text him and I'll drive you home." Derek said and Meredith took his hand and followed him to his car. It looked just like Mark's but the seats were black leather instead of tan leather. She laughed loudly and Derek just stared at her.

"What is it?" He asked.

"It's just funny that you and Mark have the same car. Isn't that weird?" Derek laughed with her finally realizing what was so funny.

"Me and him got our cars together. He's my best friend, we like all the same things!" Derek defended himself. From the car he texted Mark about their plans and when he got the okay he sped off to the Ray's ice cream parlor.

"This place is great." Meredith said as she was eating her plain sundae.

"Ray and my dad go way back. Stephen and I basically grew up together. It's only right to keep the valued customer going through the family." Derek laughed and kept on eating his mint chocolate chip ice cream.

"So how can you eat that?" Meredith raised her eyebrows.

"It's good for you, you know? How can you eat that? It has so much sugar!" Derek replied.

"No it doesn't! It's delicious! I bet you never even tried it!" Meredith held out a spoonful of her sundae for Derek to try.

"You're right that is delicious. This ice cream is complete crap." Meredith laughed and after Derek through his away she shared hers with him. She really liked him, he was funny and sweet and they had so much in common.

"Come on, I want to take you somewhere." Derek took her hand and opened the door for her to get in the car and then they were off to somewhere that Derek wanted to show her. They finally got there and they got out of the car. Meredith thought it was beautiful. It was a long strip of land and it overlooked the city and there was so much land and trees.

"What do you think about this?" Derek asked her.

"It's beautiful Derek." Meredith was in complete awe. She never saw anything like it.

"I'm going to buy it and build a house here one day. I'm going to do it." Derek said looking around. Meredith spun in circles and laid down and watched the stars.

"It's like a different world out here. It's beautiful." Derek sat next to her and watched her face.

"You like it that much?" Meredith nodded at him and he smiled and laid with her watching the stars together. He told her about his dad dying and how much pressure his step dad was and about how he had four sisters to look out for. And she told him about how her father abandoned her and she's been with her mother who doesn't care about her and how she just expected Meredith to move. She also told him about never having friends.

"Will you be my friend Meredith?" He asked her, but even though she laughed she nodded looking at him.

"Thank you for being my first friend Derek." She told him. Meredith was getting tired laying there and when she checked the time on her phone she noticed it was already late and Mark texted and called a few times. Derek also seemed in a rush and Meredith remembered he was supposed to go see Addison. They ran back to the car and Derek drove her home.

"Thank you Derek for the ice cream and the view," He nodded and whispered thank you to her. He put in the alarm code he knew so well and let Meredith in the gate. "Bye Meredith see you tomorrow." He said and waved at her, and Meredith waved back smiling at him. She waited to see where he would go and she could she the headlights of his car go down his driveway. And she knew that Derek Shepherd would always be such a great friend.