Thank you for the reviews! This chapter is short, but the next one is ready and it is much longer. I hope that you will enjoy this one too! It doesn't have MerDer scenes, but starting the next chapter there will be only MerDer scenes.
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How can a knock out change your life
Chapter 2 –Wish you were here
Derek stepped in into the apartment. The lights were turned on and the shower could have been heard, letting him know that his roommate was home. The keys that he used to unlock the door had been thrown on the coffee table and Derek went lazy to kitchen and grabbed a beer from fridge; he then returned to living room making himself comfortable on couch. It was the second day that he returned home disappointed.
The shower stopped and the bathroom door opened. Derek did not hear that; he only heard his thoughts and questions. "Will we ever meet again?" was one of his questions.
"Earth to Derek! Anyone there?" a pair of fingers had started to clap in front of his eyes. Derek returned from his daze and looked at the owner of those fingers.
"Hey Mark!" was his banal salutation.
Mark went and took himself a beer; then he returned to Derek and set down next to him. He looked at him and saw again that look on his face. The depressed and bored look that he had had it the day before too.
"No luck today either?" he asked Derek taking the first sip from his beer. At his question, Derek just shook his head.
"Man, that mommy must have put a spell on you! This is the second day that you are spending the time in that park"
Mark's tone was an amused one, but it didn't amuse Derek too.
"Leave me alone Mark!"
"Come on man, there are millions of beautiful women in this town, so you don't have to grieve for one, especially considering that she is already mom. I don't understand why did you fell for one with complications; this kind of woman has a history and her history includes a man. You don't need complications, have fun Derek!"
"If I want fun or sex I can find myself a whore, but I want a family Mark; you know…with wife and kids!"
"You can find a wife very easy Derek, and if you want a woman with baggage, then let me inform you that there are many single moms that pray everyday for a man like you to show up in their life." he saw Derek standing up "One more thing Derek, the reason that you came in Seattle for, doesn't match too good with your wishes!"
Derek had stood up nervous by Mark's prelection. He was nervous because he knew that Mark was right, but he didn't want admit it. He had already met Meredith, and he wasn't thinking of her because she was having a kid; something else, not just her girl, attracted him on her.
He put the beer down on table and looked one last time at Mark "The reason that I am here for can match with my wishes!"
Mark laid back on couch "If you say so! The Chief expects you tomorrow early in the morning!"
Derek was walking to his room, when Mark spoke up again "You know where she lives, you know she is not married, go to her! You have nothing to lose, if you try!"
Derek didn't stop to listen him, but he did hear him.
"At least tomorrow I'll start the work, so I won't have too much time to think on her" and he laid down on his bed and stared at ceiling. "To give it a try and visit her?" "No, Mark is right; she has a history … a history with another man".
The room was becoming darker with each minute that was going by. He looked at the alarm clock; the red flashing lights were indicating 7.15 p.m.
Without to think too much he jumped out of the bed and stormed out the room. Mark was no longer in living room. Derek took his jacket and got out of the apartment.
Once he got in his car, he started to drive. He drove along a boulevard, passing near by the Central Library, by some fancy stores and restaurants, by that park; he was driving to her. He wasn't having a reason to justify his visit when he will get there, but he continued to drive.
In the other apartment everyone was having an activity, boring or interesting. Meredith was searching through her wardrobe while Addison was laying lazy on couch in front of the tv, with the legs extended on the coffee table and buttoning the remote control. Around her, on couch this time there were more clothes thrown on it; some were of Sandy's, some of Meredith's.
Sandy had been placed in her bum on the buffet and she tasted with her finger from all the bowels with cream that were around her. Each time she was caught by the young female that was with her in kitchen, Sandy was giggling and pretending that she didn't do anything.
"Izzie, can I have the first muffin when they are ready?"
"No missy, you can't. We have to have the dinner first" her mother answered her, when she heard what Sandy had asked.
In the same time Meredith was coming in living room holding two dresses in her hands.
"Which one? The dark blue one or the black one?" she asked Addison showing her the two dresses.
"Hmm… the black one. This thing with Nick is getting serious, isn't it?"
"I thought so too" and threw the dark blue one on couch. "I don't know; I hope so!"
"What do you mean you don't know? You are dating him for 3 months already and he seems to love you and Sandy"
"Exactly, he seems! Which is not enough for me; I need to know for sure that he loves us!"
"I am sure that he has serious thoughts with you! And Sandy likes him, don't you Sandy?" Izzie's voice was heard from kitchen.
"uh huh" was Sandy's confirmation.
"You are not a mother Izz, so let me not to be sure! What are you two doing in there?"
"Muffins" they answered in unison.
Addison smiled suggestively at Meredith like she knew what this mean, and Meredith shook her head smiling.
"Missy, I hope I won't find your face dirty!" and she left to kitchen followed by Addison.
When they got in there they found Izzie holding Sandy over the sink and washing her face.
"Izzie!" she yelled at her "God Izzie I thought you have more brain then a 3 years old kid!"
"I am almost 4, mommy!" Sandy protested offended by her mother's remark.
"I am sorry Mer! But she was sticking her fingers in them when I wasn't paying attention"
"But I bet that you continued to let her stay near the bowels!"
Izzie looked at her guilty and she didn't dare to say anything more.
"Come on Sandy we have to get you ready and we don't have too much time" and she took Sandy from Izzie.
"I can dress Sandy!" Addison offered to help. "What hour is Nick picking you up?"
"At 7.30, so you would do me a big favor if you get her ready"
"Sure"
"I am ready mommy!" Later, Sandy yelled at her mother's door.
"Ok, sweetie! I am almost ready too, so wait for me in living room!"
"Ok mommy! Let's go Addie!" Sandy took Addison's hand and went to living room.
"Stay far away from kitchen Sandy!"
"Yes mommy!"
"Don't worry Meredith, I'll keep and eye on her!"
"Thank you Addie!"
When they returned to living room, Addison returned to her previous position on couch where Izzie was already sitting on and Sandy kneeled down in front of the coffee table at Addison's feet and started to look around all the things that were on it and that were belonging to her; blank papers, crayons, coloring books.
"I'm ready, lets go Sandy!" Meredith came out soon from her bedroom. She was wearing the black dress that Addison had advised her to put on. It was a strapless dress that was ending flaring right above her knees. Her hair had been left free over her shoulders and the face had been covered with a discreet make up.
Sandy stood up, ran right to her mother, and hugged her legs happy.
Meredith kneeled and looked at her "You are so cute!" she complimented her daughter smiling and neat her two tails that were clipped on with two blue barrettes and that were matching with her blue flowered dress.
Sandy giggled and made a very cute reverence. Meredith kissed her forehead and stood up.
"You look cute too mommy!" and Meredith giggled and made a reverence. She put Sandy the jacket and then she took hers and headed to door.
"Please Izzie, clean up the kitchen after you finish!"
"And leave me some cup cakes!" The two of them said as a last request before going out the door.
Izzie and Addison walked them to door.
"You know you don't have to worry about this Meredith!" Izzie assured her.
"Have fun guys!" Addison wished them.
There he was. Derek parked the car in front of her building. He took a moment to try to clear his head and to think on what he will tell her.
Suddenly his breath stopped.
She was coming out of the building, holding Sandy's hand. They went straight to a man that was waiting for them near a car. When he saw them coming out, the man went to greet them and he first took Meredith by her waist and gave her a kiss on cheek, then he bent down and kissed Sandy.
Meredith and Sandy were looking happy to see that man and both of them kissed him back.
Derek watched as the man was inviting them in his car. He first opened the door from the back sits for Sandy and helped her to get in, then he opened the door for Meredith in front and offered her the hand.
That must have been the man from Meredith's history, Sandy's father or her boyfriend.
There was no chance for him, so he left from there, but he didn't drive back home.
"A double whisky, please!"
Derek was sitting down on bar, drinking his disappointment. He lost Meredith.
Ok, 'lost' is not the right word for what happened. He never had Meredith, so he couldn't have lost something that didn't belong to him.
As a grown-up, Derek never felt the absence of a family, because his job was keeping him busy and it was giving him too many satisfactions, so he never had time to feel it. But this changed when he came to Seattle. The long procedure for finalizing his new work contract, gave him too much free time and the walk through park and then the evening that he had spent with Meredith and Sandy, made him realize that his life was incomplete. Something was missing. A family was missing.
"Would you like to buy me a drink?"
Derek looked over to the woman that had set down next to him. She was a redhead with curled hair and green eyes. She was pretty, but in the same time, she was looking vulgar too.
"Sure! Give this lady a drink!" he told the barman.
"Two shots of tequila!" she requested.
The barman poured her the shots and she drank both of them one after another.
All this time, Derek continued to stare at her and at her gestures. Her gestures were vulgar too.
"Can I have one more?"
Derek motioned the barman to give her on more. Another shot of tequila went straight though her throat. Then she looked at Derek smiling and saw his depressed look "Bad day?" she asked him.
Derek took a sip from his drink and nodded.
"I'm Becca!" she extended her hand him.
Derek just took it and shook it, without saying anything.
After a few moments of silence, while Derek had returned his look away from Becca and came back to his thoughts, she was determined to involve him in a talk "Ok, mysterious man! Do you want me to help you feel better?"
At her offer, Derek looked at her again. He needed fun in that moment, so he paid for their drinks and walked Becca to his car.
"I can't believe that you could do something like this Meredith!"
"I don't understand why you are so angry on me for this Nick? Sandy is my daughter and I have the right to do what I believe that is the best for her."
Nick took Meredith and Sandy to a very fancy restaurant. He was one of the best lawyers in town, so he was affording it.
They met at hospital when Nick got admitted after a car accident and Meredith was one of his the doctors. He had started to chase Meredith, insisting to go out with him. In an end she accepted and later he met Sandy too.
Nick let the impression that he has deep feelings for Meredith and he was very nice with Sandy. He started to visit them more often in the last month and to show more interest on them.
Sandy didn't like him right away because he was never willing to play with her when he was coming in visit and because he never liked to go with her and her mommy to park, but lately she seemed to accept him more and more, only because he started to buy her expensive gifts.
During the dinner, Meredith and Nick started to have a disagreement upon a subject and both of them were getting more and more nervous.
"I can't believe that you didn't trust in me and you went to see another lawyer"
"No Nick, you are not hurt because I went to another lawyer, you are mad because I didn't listen you!"
"You continue to say how much you love your daughter and how you want the best for her, but blocking her money was not the one of the smartest moves. What if she will need them in one of the coming years?"
"I earn enough to support her; I can afford to give her everything that she needs and in case of an emergency, let me tell you that I am not that stupid. I have started to make savings for her; for her health and for her school. Those money are blocked until she will turn eighteen"
"Giving that amount of money to a teenager it won't be the best thing for her. Imagine how she will react when she will find out about how rich she is"
"You know what? Let me worry about that! I see now what really interests you!" she took the purse and took out a bill "I can afford to pay me and my daughter a dinner to an expensive restaurant." She stood up and gave her daughter the hand "Lets go Sandy!"
Sandy got off the chair and took her mother's hand. All the time that the grown-ups were arguing, she stood there quiet and ate from her food.
Getting out of the restaurant, Meredith realized that Nick drove them there and that she needs a ride home. She asked the parking boy to stop for her a cab and once he did it, they got in it and left home.
During the ride Sandy got on her mother's lap and rested her head on her chest. She could see that her mother was very sad, so he tried to comfort her the best way that she could.
"I don't like Nick anymore mommy!"
Meredith looked down on her daughter and smiled brushing her tails "Me neither!"
The ride home was quiet and sad. When Meredith unlocked the door of her apartment and turned on the light, they found an impeccable clean. Izzie had cleaned even the living room.
"Can I have a muffin mommy?" Sandy asked her mother hesitant, like she wouldn't have wanted to upset her more.
Meredith smiled at her and nodded "But just one, then we are getting ready for sleep!"
Sandy smiled back at her and ran to kitchen "Thank you mommy!"
Meredith followed her and took a muffin from the basket that Izzie had deposited them in. Sandy took it and set down on table, while Meredith took out from the refrigerator the milk and poured it in two glasses, placing one of them in front of Sandy's. Sandy took it thanking to her mother and drank from it.
Meredith also took a muffin and joined her daughter. She watched her daughter taking small bits from her muffin and taking sips from her milk. When Sandy saw her mother looking at her, she gave her a cute smile and returned her look to her snack.
Watching her Meredith knew that she did the right thing for her and that no man is worth to ruin her daughter's future for.
Derek pulled on his boxers and went over to pick up his pants. He took out of them his wallet and opened it.
"How much do I owe you?"
Becca looked up at him and smiled suggestively "If you give me your phone number and we'll repeat it, then this time is on me!"
"How much do I owe you?" Derek repeated her.
"$100 darling"
Derek took out a bill and gave it to her; he then set down on bed with the head on his hands and waited for Becca to get dress.
After she got dressed, Becca looked for something in her purse.
"Call me!" she said giving him a card. Derek took it and then he walked her out.
He looked at the card from his hand and laughed sarcastically "The whores have cards" he crumpled it and threw it on trash.
He didn't have fun and he wasn't better either, like he had thought it would be.
The last thing he did that night before going to bed was to take a good bath. He washed every inch of his body, hoping that this way he will clean the inside too. He needed a clean mind to make him forget about everything that he had lived so far in Seattle.
Her room was drowned in darkness and she was laying in bed, watching with teary eyes the sky's tearing. Her tears were rolling down her face, as the raindrops were rolling down her window.
Again, for the same reason, a man let her down. She was very happy with that little girl, but she also wanted a man in her life. A man to love her and to love Sandy too.
Even if Sandy's situation was making harder for this wish of hers to become reality, she never blamed her and she never regretted that she has Sandy.
She heard the door opening and some footsteps approaching to her bed slowly.
"Are you sleeping mommy?" Sandy's whisper came from the other side of the bed.
Meredith rolled over to there. She saw Sandy standing right near her bed, watching her with sleepy eyes; her long messy hair had invaded her face. Meredith lifted up the blanket and made room for her to get in bed.
Sandy laid down next to Meredith and looked at her smoothing with her tiny hand her mom's face "Are you crying mommy?"
"I'm a little sad"
"Because of me?" Sandy asked her with a sad tone, as if she was about to cry too. Her daughter's concern melt Meredith and kissed her forehead "Of course not! Only you can make me happy"
Sandy snuggled in her arms "I love you mommy"
"I love you too sweetie!" and she held her tight to her body.
"Will we see Derek again?" Sandy asked whispering from Meredith's chest.
"I don't know! Maybe we will…one day"
"I wish he would have been here now to tell us a story!"
Meredith smiled and kissed her head "I know!"
Derek wasn't present in her mind as much as she was in his, but she did like him too. He seemed to be different from the others men that she had met before. Even if he was just a stranger, he showed more affection to Sandy then the others. "Maybe we'll go to park tomorrow and we'll see him again"
"I can't wait!" and soon after Sandy said that she fell asleep with her face buried in Meredith.
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