Chapter 2 "Date Or Not A Date"
"You have a what?" Mark asked.
"Mark, don't be that way." Derek pleaded. Mark flopped down on Derek's bed and groaned.
"Derek, we are in college. You said you wouldn't be the date type off guy. You said you would have one night stands." Mark reminded.
"Mark, I did not say that. You know it and I know it. Don't tell me I said I would have one night stands, because I didn't." Derek said with anger underlining in his voice. Mark heard the anger and decided to back off.
"Fine." Mark said dramatically. Derek sat down on Mark's bed and sighed.
"I really like this girl, Mark." Derek said looking down at the floor. Mark got up off Derek's bed and walked over to him.
"Off my bed." Mark said. Derek looked at him like he was crazy.
"What! You were just on my bed." Derek exclaimed. Mark shook his head.
"Stand up." He ordered.
"Why?" Derek asked.
"Stand up." He ordered again. Derek stood up and Mark took his spot on his bed.
"Why am I standing?" Derek asked standing in front of Mark.
"When is the date, Derek?" Mark asked. Derek looked at his watch.
"Um… two hours." He responded. Mark smiled at Derek.
"Great. I'm going to teach you the ways of Mark Sloan." He said getting up from his bed.
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"You have a date!" Addison yelled through their room. Meredith rolled her eyes and put her face into her pillow. Meredith looked up at a squealing Addison.
"Addison, it's not a date. We are going out together as friends to have pizza." Meredith informed as she looked at a grinning Addison.
"You didn't tell me who you're going out with." She said cheerfully.
"Derek." Meredith stated simply.
"Who?" Addison said with a confused face.
"The guy I bumped into in the hall earlier." She informed. Addison's face went ecstatic.
"That guy, he's hot." She said walking to Meredith's closet.
"Addison." She said annoyed. Meredith groaned and hid her head underneath her pillow.
"When are you meeting him?" Addison asked still looking into the closet.
"Um… two hours." Meredith stated.
"Great. I'm going to make you hot." She said throwing some of Meredith's clothes onto the floor.
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"You look hot." Addison said. Meredith walked to the stairs door.
"Thanks I'll see you later." Meredith said opening the door and walking down the steps.
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"Fine don't use my advice. If you don't ever sleep with this girl you owe me twenty bucks." Mark said.
"Give me a couple of dates and you'll see." Derek said as he walked into the stairs.
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Derek heard footsteps above his head and didn't think of it. "Derek?" He heard a female voice call out. "Derek." The footsteps got louder and he stopped. Derek turned around and was met with Meredith in dark skinny jeans, a lavender blouse, a black belt and black heals. "Hey." She said softly.
"Wow, you look…wow." Derek breathed. Meredith smiled.
"Well, you look good too." She responded. Giving Derek an over view. He was wearing dark slim jeans, a white button down un-tucked and the first few buttons unbuttoned and a black leather jacket on top of his shirt. He smiled at her and she felt like she was flying.
"Lets go get that pizza." Derek said with a smile. Meredith walked down the stairs beside him. When they reached the first floor they realized that they kept bumping into each other. Meredith grabbed his hand and kept walking forward. Derek smiled and squeezed her hand causing her to smile back.
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"So do you like any sports?" Derek asked cautiously. Meredith smiled at him and let out a small laugh.
"Yes, I follow baseball, and I can like through basketball." She took a bite of her pizza.
"You like baseball." Derek said cheerfully.
"Yes." She said.
"Wait, what team?" Derek's smile dropped a little as he waited. Meredith gave a little grin.
"Um... don't tell anyone here." Meredith said quickly she took a big bite of her pizza.
"What team." Derek said excitedly. Meredith smiled.
"Maybe I should tell you somewhere less crowded." Meredith said starting her second piece and looking around at the crowed place.
"Fine. Where are you from?" He asked a little less excited.
"Originally Seattle, but my mom and I moved here when I was five." She informed Derek nodded his head. "What about you?" She asked.
"Oh, Manhattan, New York." Derek said a little to loudly. Some men sitting behind them turned around to look at Derek and scoff. Meredith giggled when Derek looked shocked at the men.
"There wearing Red Socks jerseys, Derek. You talked about baseball and New York." Meredith said still giggling.
"What are you majoring in?" He said changing the topic. Meredith smiled.
"Arts and Sciences: Biology. You?" she said taking another bite.
"Same. What do you want to be?" He asked smiling.
"Um…a doctor maybe a surgeon." She said taking another bite.
"Wow…um… I want to be a surgeon too." Meredith stopped eating and looked at him.
"Are you being serious?" She asked blankly.
"Yes, I don't kid about what I want to be." He said seriously. She smiled at him.
"Tell me about yourself, the questions are like an interrogation." She said jokingly.
"Um… lets see. My mother's maiden name is Maloney. I have four sisters, very girly lots of kids. I have… two nieces. One nephew. I like coffee ice cream. I like to fly fish. Uh… I cheat when I do the crossword puzzle on Sunday. I never dance in public. Um… favorite novel, The Sun Also Rises. Favorite band, The Clash. Favorite color is blue. I don't like light blue, indigo. This scar right here." Derek pointed to a little scar above his left eyebrow. Meredith nodded to let him now she saw it. "That's why I never ride motorcycles anymore." He looked in thought for a moment. Then smiled. "Your turn."
"You had something else to say. Say it." She said pointing her pizza in his direction.
"No, that's for later." Derek said with a smile.
"Um…I have two half sisters. I like strawberry ice cream. I like to swim, but only every once in a while. Uh…I don't cheat on crossword puzzles. I do dance in public. Um…favorite novel is The Great Gatsby. Favorite band, Duran Duran. Favorite color is purple. Lavender. And I don't know what else." She said smiling.
"Do you want to go walk around?" Derek asked. She smiled and they left.
"So, what happened with the motorcycle?" She asked when they bumped in to each other again.
"Oh, my best friend Mark. He got a motorcycle and let me take it out once. I crashed into a telephone pole and broke my clavicle, and my right leg. I also got a concussion." He said they bumped into each other again and he grabbed her hand. She squeezed his hand to reassure him.
"So your sisters. How many do you have again?" She asked. He laughed.
"Four. Kathleen, Nancy, Liz, and Amy." He said. She nodded her head and hummed.
"How many kids do they have?" She asked. Derek looked at her face and saw her thinking hard. He thought her thinking face was adorable.
"Kathleen has a little girl and she's pregnant. Nancy has a little girl and a baby boy." Derek informed. "What about your half sisters any kids?" He asked.
"Oh, no. No they don't even have boyfriends. Lexie is twelve and in the eighth grade. And Molly is nine and in the fourth grade." Meredith answered laughing.
"Twelve and in the eighth grade?" He asked.
"She has a photographic memory. She skipped the third grade."
"Oh." Derek said.
"Well to think of it. Last time I spoke to Molly she had three different boyfriends." Meredith said smiling toward Derek.
"Wow, three."
"Yep, three. I told her to dump two and keep the best one."
"Do you not get to see them much?" Derek asked. It was obvious to Meredith that he didn't want to intrude.
"No, they live in Seattle with Thatcher, my father, and Susan his wife." She said her perkiness dying a little.
"So, what baseball team is your favorite?" He said bumping her with his hip. She giggled and bumped him back.
"You haven't earned that yet." She said. She stopped walking and pulled Derek with her.
"What do you mean I haven't earned that yet?" Derek whispered. She stepped closer to him so their chests were nearly touching.
"Well, you need to do one more thing before you get that information." She whispered. He could feel her breath on his lips.
"Well, is this that thing?" He asked as he leaned down. She stepped up on her tippy toes and their lips connected. The kiss was full of passion and unknown love. They reluctantly pulled apart when a passing car honked. They both smiled at each other and slowly turned around to continue walking down the street. "Now are you going to tell me your favorite team?" Derek said softly after a silent half a block.
"No, that wasn't the thing I was talking about." She said with a giggle.
"Well, what is the thing you were talking about?" He asked. Derek wrapped his arm around her shoulders and Meredith looked up at him. Derek expected her to pull back or make him only hold her hand, but she was fully happy and pulled his arm tighter around her shoulders. Still holding on to his hand Meredith thought how she never felt as relaxed with other guys as much as she did with Derek. It was just something about him that made her act bubbly and made her feel like she could be herself with Derek.
"Dessert. I was talking about you getting me dessert." She said with a smile.
"Oh, dessert. We can go get ice cream." He answered smiling back at her. Derek never smiled this much with a girl; there was something about Meredith that made him happy and made him want to know every little detail of her.
"Ooo ice cream." Meredith said. When Derek looked at her he saw a sparkle in her eye. He laughed and led them to Herrel's Ice Cream.
"What's your favorite topping?" Derek asked.
"Whipped cream. Mmmmm." Meredith said dreamily. Derek's thoughts went dirty then he quickly changed it when she looked back at him. "What about you?" She asked.
"Chocolate chips." He answered smiling at her. She nodded her head. The man in front of them bumped into Meredith and she fell on her back. "Meredith, are you okay?" He asked quickly helping her up. She slowly nodded her head and leaned on Derek's broad chest. He rubbed her arm. "Hey, watch where you're going next time." Derek said with a voice that even surprised him.
"Sorry, man. I didn't see her." He said and quickly exited the shop.
"I'll have a coffee ice cream and a strawberry ice cream." He told the guy.
"Do you want a cone or a cup?" The teenaged guy asked.
"A cone." Meredith spoke up. The guy looked at Derek.
"A cone." He responded. The guy gave them their ice cream and they went out.
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"So, now are you going to tell me?" Derek said after they finished their ice cream. She smiled at him.
"Um…" She leaned into him and whispered. "Yankees." As she pulled back to look at Derek's face she saw the joy of a little boy on his face.
"Really?" He saw excitedly. She nodded her head and laughed.
"Really." He bounced up and down.
"How? You said you grew up in Boston." He asked confused.
"I did, but I had an nanny who loved baseball and she loved the Yankees. She was one of my fun nannies. She took me to one of their games one time when my mom had to go to New York for a week. Mom had wanted me to come with her so, I could learn more about the medical world. My nanny had to convince my mom that a lecture on the male genitals was not okay for an eight-year-old girl. Which is not easy. My mom only said yes to me not going because one of her high respected co-workers said it wasn't appropriate for her to bring a child to that lecture. My nanny bought the tickets herself and took me." Meredith explained. She took a deep breath seeing their dorm and turned to him. "What about you? How did you turn to love the Yankees? Besides the part where you grew up in Manhattan and you love New York." She asked smiling at him.
"Um…well my dad took me to my first game when I was nine months old. Then I caught a foul ball when I was nine. Mark had to bite a man so I could get the ball. We always say we got the ball with teamwork. They even caught the biting and the man screaming and cussing with anger at Mark on the big screen. Mark was looking up at the big screen like nothing had happened." Derek said laughing. Meredith laughed along with him and they reached the doors to their dorm and walked in. "I'll walk you to your room." Derek offered and Meredith nodded her head.
"Stairs?" She asked.
"Yeah." He responded. They walked up a few fights of stairs when Meredith stopped. She grabbed his hand and pulled him to her. "What is it?" He asked.
"My life. It's messed up and crazy." She stated.
"Okay, do you want to talk about it?" He asked calmly.
"Um…I want to know if you can deal with messy and crazy and dark and twisty." She asked looking him straight in the eyes.
"I can deal with dark and twisty and messy and crazy." He stated. She nodded her head.
"Okay." She whispered and kept walking.
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"So, um…goodbye. I'll see you later." Derek half stated half asked. Meredith smiled and unlocked her door.
"Do you want to come in and um…talk like you suggested?" She asked.
"What about your roommate? I wouldn't want to intrude and I don't want you to talk if you don't want to." He said nervously. If she heard the nervousness she didn't lead on.
"Derek, if I didn't want to talk to you or I felt pressured then I would have been gone by now." She said with a small laugh. He nodded his head.
"Great." He said half-heartedly.
"Do you want to talk?" She asked.
"Yes, I want to know more about you. Just your roommate." He said pointing to the door. She rolled her eyes and opened the door.
"Hey, Addison." Meredith causally said. She motioned for Derek to come in and he followed.
"Hey, Meredith. How did the date…" Addison stopped when she turned around from her desk and saw Derek standing there. "Hi." She stuttered. Derek smiled in her direction.
"Derek, you've half met Addison before and Addison you've half met Derek before." Derek smiled over at Addison and she nodded her head back.
"Hello, Addison." Derek said formally. Addison gave a slight nod of her head and waved back at Derek. Meredith took Derek's open hand and pulled him over to her bed.
"Addison, can you go somewhere else?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, I'll leave you too alone to um… do what you're um… yeah." She said quickly.
"Addison, we're talking." Meredith said following Addison out of the room. Derek sat down and took his jacket off.
"Yeah, there are condoms in my top dresser drawer." She said with a laugh.
"Addison, seriously. We are going to talk. Make out, tops. He wants to know me and I want to kind of want to know him." She said.
"Okay. Just if you do. be safe." Addison said. Meredith walked back into her room to find Derek uncomfortably sitting on her bed with his jacket beside him.
"Derek, you look like I do when I'm at a really fancy friends house and I don't want to break anything." Meredith said with a laugh.
"Well, what do you want me to do?' He asked jokingly. Meredith laughed and pulled her desk chair out.
"If you can't get confortable on my bed, find a spot that you are confortable on." Meredith said motioning around the room. Derek got up and sat down in her desk chair. Meredith sat down on her bed and leaned up against the wall.
"So what do you want to talk about?" He asked.
"What's your family like?" She asked.