Meredith banged her tiny fist hard against Derek's front door. She was hoping against everything that he was home tonight. Her adrenaline rush was quickly fading and the pain was finally hitting her. Plus she was dizzy and lightheaded from the blood loss from gash on her forehead. And her ankle was throbbing painfully from where Jess had grabbed it. She knew at any moment she was going to faint.

She leaned heavily against the door, unable to stay up by herself. Slowly she sank down to the ground. She banged on the door again. This time she heard someone yell come in. She knocked again not trusting her self to get up. The door opened to revel a black haired lady. Meredith raised her head to look up at her and gasped.

"Mrs. Walters?" Meredith said weakly.

"Meredith?" She asked back. "Derek come here quickly."

Derek rushed to the door. "What is it Amy?"

"Damn it." he said he pushed Amy aside and gathered Meredith in his arms carrying her through his apartment he sat her down on his couch.

"Is this the girl you where talking about?" Amy asked her eyes wide. "Der this is one of my students she's only eighteen!"

"Not really the thing I'm worried about Aims." He turned back to Meredith and looked at the gash on her head that was still bleeding profusely.

"I'm so sorry Derek you were right."

"Don't worry about it. Look at me." he ordered.

She looked up at him with tears in her eyes, "I'm so tired Derek I just want to sleep." She leaned her head down on his shoulder.

"I know, I know but look at me." She looked up at him her face was still covered in her blood along with her clothes.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to get my blood on your shirt."

"again don't worry about it. Look you can't sleep okay? You might have a concussion and if you sleep you could not wake up so please, please try and stay awake. We're going to take you to the hospital now."

"No! You cant my mom's at work she'll freak!"

Derek sighed and disappeared into the kitchen. He came back with a wash cloth and gently cleaned the dried blood off of Meredith's face.

"You need to go to the hospital. This gash on your forehead needs stitches. And you need to be looked at just incase." he said without waiting for her to answer him he picked her up again and carried her outside. He reached his motorcycle and stopped. There was no way in the world he was going to be able to keep Meredith on it.

"You can take my car. But I'm coming with you."

Derek nodded and took the keys from her.

Derek sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. Meredith had been back there for more then an hour and still there was no news on her condition. And it was driving him insane.

"What have you gotten your self into big brother?"

"What are you talking about?" he feigned ignorance.

"Your falling for a girl who's eight years younger then you."

"I know I know but Meredith is just so… amazing. She's like no one I've ever met."

"Who's been doing that to her?"

"Her boyfriend Jessie. She came to my apartment the first time it happened, about a week ago and then forgave him the next day."

"Jessie as in Jessie Andrews? He's one of my students defiantly doesn't seem like the type." She sighed.

"Well he is, little bastard thought she was with me so he hit her the first time. Not sure what set him off this time though."

"I've been worried about her." She admitted. "She wouldn't tell me anything not that I expected her to though I'm only her math teacher."

"I've been worried about her to Amy." He sighed again and began pacing the waiting room. For once he knew what it was like to be on the other side. To be the worried loved one and not the doctor delivering news that could possibly change their life forever.

"Anyone here for Meredith Grey?"

"Yeah us." Amy said jumping up.

"Well she has a concussion and lost a lot if blood due to the gash on her forehead we would like to keep her here over night for observation. Tomorrow she will be free to go. She also fractured her ankle."

"Can we see her?" Derek asked eagerly.

"Her mother is with her now and she's sleeping but yeah I suppose you can."

"Wait her mother is there? Why?"

"Well her last name was grey so we assumed that she's Ellis Grey's daughter and paged her."

"Right." He nodded suddenly he was very nervous his boss was in the very room that he would do anything to get into. Part of him just wanted to go home and make sure she was okay tomorrow. He stood up with a sigh and him and his sister fallowed the doctor to her hospital room.

Derek knocked lightly on the door and entered the hospital room. Meredith looked deathly pale. Her black eye was more pronounced then ever and there where purple hand marks on her neck. But she looked so peaceful fast asleep. He looked at his boss her eyes where red and swollen as if she had been crying but he didn't believe it, from everything that Meredith had told him she was a cold hearted bitch who didn't care if she lived or died.

"Dr. Sheppard thank you for taking care of my daughter."

Derek nodded and sat down in the chair on the other side of her bed her took her hand in his own and squeezed it tightly.

"I don't understand how I didn't see it before.", she whispered almost to herself. "I'm never home and if I would have been tonight maybe this wouldn't have happened."

"No Dr. Grey don't blame yourself no one's to blame here. Derek and I both knew what was going on and we did nothing." She said putting a sympathetic hand on her shoulder. Just then Ellis's pager went off.

"Damn It's a trauma. You'll stay with her wont you? I don't want her to wake up alone."

"Yeah Dr. Grey I'll stay with her.", he whispered without taking his eye's off of Meredith. When she was gone Derek let out a sigh of relief.

"Wow not what I expected her to be like." Amy said.

"She's not usually like that especially with Meredith."

"That's sad that it took something like this to react toward her daughter."

"Tell me about it."

Amy looked at her watch and gasped. "Derek I really have to go it's getting late and Jimmy's going to be really mad if I don't get home soon."

"Go it's fine give Jimmy Jr a hug from me."

Amy nodded and left the hospital room.

"God Mer I'm so sorry if it wasn't for me none of this would have happened I shouldn't have kissed you that was stupid of me. I should have know! I'm twenty-seven years old for god sake!"

"Derek." Meredith breathed. Derek looked up in shock he cold have sworn he heard her snoring earlier.

"I'm right here Mer."

"Not your fault."

"Yes it is Meredith it is my fault!"

"Come mere." She whispered. He moved closer to the side of her bed. "A little closer." He obliged until he was leaning over her. She closed the rest of the distance by sitting up. Her lips captured his she nipped at his bottom lip and deepened the kiss.

"I think you were right Derek."

"About what?"

"Everything and I um I think I love you too." He smiled at her and kissed her lightly on the lips.

"It's really could in here would you like to join me?" She asked with a suggestive eyebrow raise.

Derek threw off his shoes and climbed in next to her. She rested her head on his chest.

"Wait what about Mrs. Walters?"

"Who Amy? That's my little sister."

"Small world.", she laughed. "I'm in love with my teachers older brother."

"And I'm in love with my sisters student slash my boss's daughter. Life's weird huh?"

"Tell me about it.", Meredith laughed.

A/N: So whatcha think?