Waking up to the sound of birds, now that was a first to her, she usually woke up to the sound of her alarm, or the horns of the cars passing by

(so I received such great reviews for the first chapter, and it has been so long since the last story I wrote that I forgot how much reviews made me happy, anyways I worked extra hard to put this chapter up today, but don't expect updates to be so often, because I start finals this week, anyways thank you very much and enjoy)

Waking up to the sound of birds, now that was a first to her, she usually woke up to the sound of her alarm, or the horns of the cars passing by.

She opened her eyes slowly to the open field in front of her, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she sat up and took the blanket off her.

She walked into the trailer to find her uncle already awake and making coffee.

"Oh good, you're awake, I was just coming to wake you up" he said, once he noticed her, he then poured her a mug of steamy hot coffee and handed it to her.

"What time is it?" she asked settling on the small kitchen table.

"Around seven"

She groaned at how early it was for her. She rubbed her eyes once again before taking a sip from her mug.

"Where are we going to have breakfast?" she asked, remembering their conversation from the night before.

"There is this nice place, it's quiet and peaceful, and you'll like it"

"Well, as long as it's not trout fish"

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"So what are you going to do today while I'm working?" they were now at the café and had already ordered.

"I'll hang around, I have my Ipod fully charged, and a book" she answered, but when he still looked unsure she added "don't worry Uncle Derek, I'll use the computer in your office if I get bored"

"Okay, if you're sure" he said in response "and I think I can get you to watch surgeries from the gallery, if you want"

"Really?! OH MY GOD, that'd be great with all the blood and the icky stuff"

He just watched her as she jumped up and down on her chair, and started babbling away on all the things she would like to see. A smile spread on his lips, knowing that he had made her this happy.

After about half an hour, Kylie had finally blabbed herself to breathlessness, at which Derek seized his chance "now eat your breakfast, so we won't be late"

"Party pooper" she said, but started eating her pancakes all the same.

Arriving at the hospital with ten minutes to spare, Derek showed Kylie around, so she won't get lost like the day before, but as they were walking through the corridors, Derek could hear the whispers around him.

"Who's that?"

"I heard he has a daughter, maybe that's her"

"Maybe she's the out come of a one night stand"

"Are the nurses always this gossipy? It feels like I am back in high school" said Kylie on their way back to Derek's office.

"Pretty much yes, it's sort of the only other thing they can do around here, exchange gossip" replied Derek while unlocking the door to his office.

"Nice office" she said, once inside "different from the one you had in New York, but still very nice"

"Glad you like it" said Derek, hanging his jacket on a hook.

"So listen, I wanted to ask you er… how are things with you and Uncle Mark?" said Kylie while appearing to be very interested in smoothing the carpet with her foot.

He chuckled at her uncertainty "it's fine, you can go say hi"

"Thank you so much, I've been dying to see him" she jumped up from the couch she was sitting on, kissed him on each cheek, and practically ran from the office.

He chuckled once again, before closing the door, which Kylie had left ajar, he then changed into his scrubs, preparing for yet another day spent with Meredith.

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She could feel eyes on her as she walked through the hospital, but she disregarded them, not being one to care what other people thought, and right now, her only purpose was to find Mark.

She finally spotted him coming out of an on call room, looking disheveled. She ran up to him, and when she was right behind him, she said "so it's true what they say, old habits do die hard"

He turned around to the familiar voice "Kylie!" he said pulling her into a hug "Derek told me you were coming" he continued after they pulled apart.

"And still you made no effort to look for me, I'm hurt" she said putting a hand to her forehead, and trying to fake a hurt look, but failing miserably when she couldn't wipe the smile of her face.

"Glad you're still as sarcastic as ever" the same smile gracing his features.

"Speaking of habits, what were you doing in that on-call room? Or to be more specific, who were you doing in that on-call room"

"Ah well, they ask for it, and who am I to refuse, and besides a gentleman never reveals his secrets" he said smirking. Kylie laughed at this, but she quickly felt eyes on her, turning around, she saw that all the nurses were shooting daggers in their direction, they didn't even bother to look away when she turned..

"What's up with the nurses around here? Don't they have a life?" she said in a loud enough voice for everyone to hear.

"Er…" Mark look around to see what she was talking about, all the nurses were still looking at them with narrowed eyes.

"We must hurry, we don't want to keep Derek waiting" he said while tugging on her arm and walking faster in the direction of Derek's office.

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"Who do you reckon she is?" asked Izzie. They were all at the nurses station, when Mark passed by pulling a teenage girl behind him.

"She's Derek's niece" said Meredith, not looking up from the chart she was updating.

"She's Mcdreamy's niece?" asked Cristina, turning around to look at Meredith.

"Yup" she said standing up from her chair behind the counter, "and I am late for my clinical trial" she added, before rushing away in the same direction Kylie and Mark went.

Reaching the door to his office, she knocked three times before a "come in" let her in.

"I'm sorry I'm late, I was just-" she fell silent noticing that he wasn't alone.

"Sorry I didn't realize you had company, I'll just come back later" she said while retreating to the door.

"Meredith, wait! We are done here" Derek said springing up from his chair, and putting on his lab coat.

"Hi Meredith" said Kylie while waving her hand frantically

"Hey Kylie" Meredith smiled at the enthusiasm Kylie was waving her hand in.

"You know, you could take someone's eye out with that wave of yours, oh wait, wait, you did take someone's eye out" Mark smirked at Kylie as she scowled.

"That happened only once… okay, twice" she added on the eyebrow Mark lifted "but it was not my fault they got in the way"

"Ok, so if I passed someone in the street, I am getting in the way?" Mark loved teased her, and it's not like she didn't provide "incidents" to use.

"She was walking too close, you don't walk that close unless you want to kiss and walk" Kylie defended, causing both Mark and Derek to burst out in laughter.

"So I'll let that one pass, but what do you have to say about the poor five year old boy, who was trying to get his beach ball, that fell in the water?" said Mark, once his laughs turned into small chuckles.

"He was too short for me to see, it's not my fault he was below my eye sight" Kylie watched as Derek and Mark roared with laughter once again, Meredith on the other hand, had a smile on her face, and what looked like a faint blush.

Once they were finished laughing, Kylie said "at least, I don't jump anything that has a pulse"

"You talk about that as if it's a bad thing" replied Mark, clearly enjoying that Kylie couldn't find anything to retort back with.

Derek watched as Meredith smiled, it had been a while since she smiled when he was around, and the first thought that came to his mind was that he wanted to never wipe it off, but then the thought that he had Rose came after a few dreamy thoughts of Meredith, and he had to remind himself that he couldn't do that anymore, she wasn't his.

(ok so I hope you liked this chapter, and are enjoying my story, and if anyone wants anything to happen, I am more than happy to consider your suggestions, you just have to review, because well, it kinda makes my day

Love Zen.)