Title: Pretending to Date
Summary: Meredith and Derek are best friends he is an attending and she is an intern. They never slept together but became best friends instead. Derek is going to visit his family for two weeks. He and Addison tried to work it out but they couldn't. He lied to his family saying he is seeing someone and they want to meet her to make sure he is finally moving on.
Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy.
A/N I am sorry for not updating sooner. I was really really busy. My schedule is crazy. I have like an hour and a half of science homework a night on top of English usually half an hour and social studies and then I had to learn to knit for a project in this class that was supposed to be easy well not if you can't knit. Anyway here is an update that I have been slowly writing.
Another Authors note: Italics are thoughts. Just thought I would tell you.
Nervous? Why would I be nervous?
Meredith was pacing around her room. She kept putting things in her suitcase and taking them out. Why did she care what she was wearing? She was only his pretend girlfriend and you don't have to impress your best friend. Meredith was looking through her closet for her favorite black dress. I probably just want to make an impression on his family. Yeah that is why I care.
Izzie was watching Meredith walk back and forth with clothes in her hands.
"Mer, I thought you started packing two hours ago. Why don't you have anything in your bag yet?" Izzie asked taking a bite of her strawberry ice cream still in her pajamas.
"I did start two hours ago and I don't know what to bring. I mean our we just friends or our we more than that. I know we are pretending to date or whatever but how do I dress to look like a girlfriend without trying to impress him because I am not trying to impress him. We are just friends and I am just being a good friend he asked me to do this and I am going to do this." Meredith rambled on unsure of what she would need for the trip.
"You so want him." With that Izzie left the room leaving Mer to think about her and Derek's relationship status.
"I don't want him. I just broke up with my boyfriend. We are just friends." Meredith shouted a little too loud. George who was walking by just shook his head and kept walking saying something about how obvious it was.
Meredith kept trying to pack having not a clue what to bring. She never went on trips. The last time she went away that wasn't work or for family problems was when she went to Florida for spring break her senior year of college. She didn't have time to go away and certainly didn't have time to pack decent clothing. Oh god how much clothes do I need? What is the weather forecast? Is he going to make me go skiing? I have never skied before. Are we going to go anywhere fancy? I have never been good at packing. I took all my clothes with me to college and wear half of them. I need someone to help me. I'll call Cristina.
Meredith found her cell phone on her bed buried under a bikini, scarf, and jeans. She quickly dialed Cristina's number. Meredith tapped her fingers on her dresser nervously waiting for Cristina to pick up in her emergent situation.
"Cristina, this better be important I was watching a good surgery." Cristina said not even caring who was on the other end of the phone.
"I have McDreamy problems." Meredith said sitting on her bed on top of a pile of clothes.
"Don't you always. Just screw him already and save the rest of us from your misery." Meredith sighed on the other end of the phone.
"It is not that simple. I need help packing for my trip with McDreamy. What do you bring when you are pretending to date someone for two weeks?" Meredith asked fidgeting with her bag.
"First of all stop fidgeting and start thinking."
"How did you know I was fidgeting?" Meredith asked standing up and ready to pack her bag with Cristina's assistance.
"I am Cristina I know everything. Besides when you are nervous you fidget it is one of your things." Meredith glared at the phone since she couldn't at Cristina. "I don't think you need clothes. We all know that you are going to screw McDreamy."
"What I am not. That is not going to happen. That is like saying Izzie and George will sleep together since I won't be home." Meredith said trying to convince herself that they aren't going to sleep together even though she wants to.
"You have a different type of relationship with enough chemistry to teach a high school of students. If even though I know you will can you sleep with him by Wednesday I have a bet on you."
"Hey, that is not nice. I am not going to sleep with him.'
"Keep telling yourself that. It will happen you just wait." Cristina smirked it was a good sign she was already getting flustered.
"Who is in on this bet?" Meredith asked getting slightly angry that they are betting on her love life.
"Oh just me, Evil Spawn, Izzie, Bambi, some nurses, Burke, and Mark, oh Addison too."
"That is like half of the hospital. Are they all betting that I will sleep with him?" Meredith asked not liking what her coworkers were thinking about her.
"Yeah except for Bambi, oh wait he changed his bet a little while ago so I guess everyone is betting against you. We know you to well."
"Let's get back to why I called I need help packing.'
"Fine I will be over in ten minutes. Burke's surgery is not that interesting and I do want to win the bet." Cristina said and Meredith just rolled her eyes. They bet on every aspect of her life since they met her and Derek's life. "See you soon.'
Exactly ten minutes later not a minute more or less Cristina arrived at Meredith's house. Meredith made no progress except for having every piece of clothing she owned on her bed or floor was a complete mess.
"What do you have so far?" Cristina asked surveying the mess in her bedroom. Meredith looked ready to give up.
"Um…well…I don't have anything packed yet. You see I have not packed since like college and then I ended up forgetting half the stuff I needed and went shopping." Meredith said looking at the mess in her room as well.
"Okay, you have a good start here." Cristina said and then went to her desk and turned on her laptop. "First you need to know the weather and if you are going to be able to go skiing or outdoors or something."
"I don't exactly know how to ski."
"So that is a perfect activity for a boyfriend to teach you." Cristina said smirking. "Look there is supposed to be perfect skiing conditions your whole trip. It will be cold."
"So do you think I should bring a skirt or dress?"
"Yeah bring that black dress you wore to the intern mixer you said McDreamy couldn't keep his eyes off of you right. And maybe a skirt or two incase you go to a couple of nice dinners. From what Burke told me the Shepherds have money and don't mind spending it."
"So I should bring my more expensive clothes. Great now I am going to have to bring stuff to do my hair if we go out."
"Relax I am sure you wont go out every night. Maybe you could say you want time alone with your boyfriend or something."
"What if they don't like me?" Meredith said getting worried and started throwing some of her designer jeans in her bag.
"It shouldn't matter since you not dating." Cristina smirked and Meredith just sighed and ran her hand through her hair.
"I have to put up with them for two weeks. I want to at least get along with them." Cristina started handing her lingerie to put in her bag while she was talking so she wouldn't notice.
"Hey I don't need these. Derek and I are just friends." Meredith started to hand the thongs back to Cristina.
"You need them if you are going to wear those tight dress pants you packed and dresses." Under her breathe she whispered. "I also want to win the bet a lot of money is riding on it. I forgot to tell you that the whole surgical floor and beyond is in on it."
"What were you saying about the surgical floor?"
"Oh nothing just that the surgical floor will be boring with out you.'
"Thanks now help me pack. What else do I need?"
"Here pack these." Cristina handed Meredith several shirts, pants, jeans, skirts, two dresses not counting the black one, pajamas, socks, and a variety of shoes.
"Do I really need all this clothing? I mean I am only going to two weeks. How many times to they expect me to change my clothing."
"There will be snow on the ground and you will get wet and cold. You are going to go out to dinner and want to change. Oh don't forget these." She handed Meredith a black string bikini and a floral tankini. "You might want to go in a hot top or something."
"Why do I need two bathing suits it is the middle of winter.' Meredith asked desperate to keep her bags down. She already had two suit cases filled.
"One if you are with his family and one if his family is spying on you and you are playing the role of the girlfriend."
"Oh okay I guess. Is this everything I need?" Meredith asked surveying her room incase she missed anything.
"No I think it is everything you need clothes wise. Now on to makeup and hair supplies."
"What I am not bringing makeup with me. I never wear makeup I am not going to wear makeup to impress my fake boyfriends family."
"Do you want them to like you?" Cristina said and went to the bathroom to grab all of Meredith's makeup. "How come you never wear this or this or even this?"
"I don't have time in the morning to eat let alone put makeup on. It is for special occasions." Meredith lied she never even wore much makeup to special occasions.
"Well this is a special occasion you are going away with McDreamy pack it. Pack all of it."
Twenty minutes later they were done packing and sitting in the living room joined by Izzie and George. This was the last night Meredith would be home for two weeks and she was already missing them. They all had a good time trying to convince Meredith to sleep with McDreamy when they would win the bet. She just laughed it off and was determined to show them all wrong and win the bet herself.
They stayed up late talking and hanging out like they used to when they first started as interns. They all admitted they would miss her when she was gone even Cristina which made Meredith laugh. Even though she would be missing them she was looking forward to spending time with Derek and figuring out if he wanted a different kind of relationship with her like the one she wanted with him.
Authors Note: Again sorry for not updating sooner. The next update will be the plane ride. I will try to write it as soon as I can. I have to study for an English test and a science test so maybe this weekend but I do have a project due and want to update my other stories and my sister is visiting so I cant promise anything.