Chapter 3

So here is the next chapter, I hope you all enjoy. My exams are going to begin to take up most of my life, so I am trying to write whenever I can, and will post either right when they are written, or I will wait a few days so I can have a few written and update more frequently. So either all at once and then about 1 weeks wait, or every few days. Just let me know what you prefer and I will do my best!

P.S I also tried a point of view section.

Derek's POV

Around this hospital you never know what you are going to see. Sometimes you see couples fighting about treatment options. Other times you see them crying together over a result, but the most common occurrence is definatly passion... especially among the staff. Although since the new rules about co-worker dating there has been less in the hallways of Grey-Sloan, it is still not uncommon. But when I walked around the corner after finishing my surgery early, to sister my sister kissing some dark haired man, after she just arrived mere hours ago, I was very shocked. I mean I know Amy is a go-getter, but she has only been here a few hours. She could not have possibly found someone to sleep with already. I watched them kiss goodbye and was really unsure of my next move, I could have confronted Amy but decided it was probably best to know the real situation first, so I followed the mystery man in the elevator, sneaking in before Amy could see me.

The elevator is empty besides the two of us and I know this is the perfect time to corner this guy. I quickly press the stop button.

"Hey, why did you do that?" James said to the man who did not know.

"We need to talk." Derek said to him in a stern voice ignoring his question.

"Do I know you?" James questioned, still very confused.

"Technically, you do not. But I think we should get to know each other before I make a rash decision and decide you are not good enough for my sister and punch you for taking advantage of her." Derek says without a hint sarcasm.

"You must be Derek. Amelia has told me a lot about you." James states to Derek.

"Wait, how on earth do you know my name? Amy is not one to talk about family ever, let alone with some dude she just met." Derek says now confused himself.

"I know she did not want you to find out this way, but my name is James Peterson and I have been dating your sister for a year and a half." James tells Derek.

"Wait, what? Amelia has been dating someone for a year and a half and my sisters nor I even know about it? What?" Derek says still in shock over the news he had just received.

"Uh, we have been keeping our relationship pretty quiet from Amelia's side of the family. She did not want all of your sisters flying out to LA to meet me, and she also did not want you giving me the 'don't hurt my little sister treatment.' Which, just so you know, I will never do." James tries to explain to him.

"Wow! This is a big secret for her to keep. Do the people at the practice know? I haven't talked to them in the last month of so, but it hasn't been a year and a half." Derek asks James.

"Yes, they all know about our relationship. Addison's husband was the one who actually convinced Amelia to even go on a date with me. They are all very supportive, and Amelia has been very upfront with me about everything in her life." James tells him

"Interesting." Derek says thinking about the conversation he is going to have with Sam, Naomi, and Addison in the not so distant future.

"But from the conversation Amelia and I just had she is going to tell you herself tonight. She really didn't want you to find out before she was ready to tell you. And I am pretty sure that if it wasn't for me getting a job here she would have waited a little while longer." James tells him.

"Hold on, you work here, and you're a doctor?" Derek questions.

"Yes and yes. I didn't want to do the whole long distance thing so I decided to make the move. Charlotte talked to the chief here and they ended up finding me a position in the ER." James explained to Derek.

"I'm starting to think we should go get coffee, so you can explain to me everything. I feel like here is a lot you are not saying, and I do not think we should continue to keep this elevator for moving." Derek says light hearted.

"I think that is probably a great idea. How is the coffee at the cafeteria? I mean it is close and that was if you get paged." James suggests.

"No, that would leave the risk of Amelia finding us talking. If that happened she would stop you from telling me everything I want to know." Derek says with a smirk.

"So apparently all the Shepherd's are sneaky." James says with a small laugh.

"There is a Starbucks right around the corner. I just have to check on my patient and I will meet you there in a half an hour." Derek tells James as the stop button on the elevator is released and the door to the first floor finally open.

"Ok." James says as he walks out of the elevator and heads to Starbucks.

As Derek was walking through the lobby of the hospital, Amelia spots him.

"Hey, are you cutting out on work early?" She asks him with a smile.

"No, just going to grab a cup of coffee. I will be back shortly." Derek told her, lying ever so slightly.

"Do you mind if I tag a long? Apparently there are not too many interesting surgeries going on today, and it would be nice to do a little catching up before dinner." Amelia asked.

"Actually I don't think we will time, but we will definatly do a lot of catching up at dinner." Derek says with a half smile.

"Okay. Well I am going to stalk the daycare until it is time to pick your kids up." Amelia said with laugh.

"Haha ok. Don't scare the ladies in there too much!" Derek tells her.

"I won't!" Amelia says as she walks in the other direction.

When Derek arrives at Starbucks he see James sitting in a corner with two grande coffee's.

"I made them both black, but feel free to add what you like." James tells Derek as Derek sits down.

"Black is just the way I like it." Derek tells him. "So I ran into Amelia on the way out of the hospital, she was wanting to come with me and catch up, but I told her that I didn't have enough time." Derek tells James. "So what is there to know about you and my sister?" Derek now starting the intense questioning process.

"Well... Uhhh... I probably should have talked to you before, but I would like you permission to marry Amelia." James asks Derek at a very fast speed.

"Woah. You guys really are serious. I did not expect that..." Derek says.

"I should probably now mention that we have been engaged for 3 months..." James told him.

"What?! You asked her to marry you? And she is still with you!? You must really be the right guy, because normally Amelia runs in the other direction if she is asked a tough question that involves commitment." Derek says beginning to smile.

"I love her." Were the only words that came out of James mouth next.

"I can tell... But I swear to god, that if you ever hurt her I will hurt you...badly." Derek says to him in a very serious voice.

"Amelia really was not kidding about the whole big brother act." James says with a half laugh.

"No she wasn't." Derek confirms. "I think that you seem like a pretty good guy, and I will give you my blessing. But you do realize you are their are a whole pack of wolves you will have to get through too. They are 10 times scarier than anything I could ever throw at you." Derek tells him.

"So I have heard. I think Amelia is going to put that off for a little while, until we get settle here. Any suggestions on good neighbourhoods to raise kids?" James asks innocently.

"Wait, Amy is not pregnant, is she?" Derek asks on the edge of his seat.

"No! We are just trying to plan for the future. Neither of us like moving, and it will just be easier to find a place and life in it for a long time." James explains.

"Oh, well in that case, my house is just a ferry ride away. I live out in the woods, but there is a great school by the hospital that they will be going to, and a very nice park about a 5 minute drive from where we live." Derek tells him.

"That's great to know, I have always wanted a big piece of land so I will keep my eyes open. For now we will be calling the hotel right there home." James says with a laugh as his phone rings.

"Hey Babe." Amelia says in to phone.

"Hey. What are you up to?" James asks her.

"Nothing much. Nothing that interesting is really going on her right now and my privileges don't start until tomorrow." Amelia says with a sigh. "What are you doing?" Amelia asks.

"I am actually sitting here..." James was about to say with Derek, before Derek started waving his hands to pretend that he is not here.

"I am just sitting in the hotel room. I wish you were here with me." James says with a verbal smirk, somewhat forgetting that Amelia's big brother was sitting right there in front of him. Derek gives a loud cough at that point.

"Well, I better go have a shower." James says lying right into the phone.

"Ok. I love you." Amelia says.

"I love you too, babe. I will talk to you later." He says as he hangs up his iphone.

"I think you should come to dinner with the family tonight." Derek tells James.

"I would, but I don't want to make Amelia nervous. Plus, you guys have a lot of catching up to do." James tells him.

"I think I am doing pretty well in the catching up department." Derek laughs. "But you still have to come to dinner with us." Derek tells him adamantly. "We also are not going to tell Amelia or Meredith. We will let you be the surprise." Derek tells him.

"Well I guess I don't really have a choice." James stated.

"Not at all. It was really nice getting to know you, and I am sure we will get to know each other more and more over the coming months, but I have to go back to the hospital." Derek says to James. "Give me your number and I will text you our address and you can meet us at the house at 7pm." Derek finishes.

"Sounds great. It was nice to meet you too." James tells him as he puts his number in Derek's phones.

"See you tonight." Derek says as he walks out of the coffee shop.

Before leaving James thinks long and hard what he is going to do about the situation he has gotten himself in to. He could either tell Amelia and have Derek be annoyed for ruining the so called "surprise". Or he could keep the little secret and really see how to Amelia's family dynamic really works.