Chapter 4 "Anatomy"
"Meredith!" Addison yelled banging on the door. Meredith jolted awake and jumped out of her bed onto the floor.
"Ouch. What Addison?" She said angrily. She looked around the room for Addison and didn't find her. "What the hell?" She said under her breath.
"Meredith! Open the damn door!" Addison yelled. Meredith walked over to the door and opened it to find Addison with crazy hair and her clothes from the day before. Meredith held in a laugh and smiled at her roommate. Addison pushed past her and grabbed her hairbrush on the way to her mirror.
"Where have you been young lady?" Meredith joked. Addison looked over at her with a very unhappy look on her face.
"Believe it or not I slept in the library last night." Addison quickly responded.
"Why do you have sex hair then?" asked Meredith with a grin on her face. Addison gave her a death stare.
"I fell asleep on the floor surrounded by books. Your hair gets messed up when you sleep on books and a old carpet." She explained throwing her brush down and grabbing clothes to change into.
"What time is it?" Meredith asked still to tired to think.
"Nine-thirty." Addison responded.
"Crap. Really. I have class in a half an hour." Meredith freaked out. Addison looked up at her and laughed.
"That sucks for you. Are you sure? It's Tuesday." Addison asked. Meredith nodded her head and fumbled to get dressed. She quickly grabbed her books off her desk.
"Bye Addie." She called out running to the stairs.
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"Derek, don't you have class in a hour." Mark reminded. Derek looked at the clock on the gym wall and cursed under his breath.
"Yeah, I got to go." He said grabbing his gym bag and running back to the dorm.
He caught a quick shower, pulled on jeans and a t-shirt, slipped into his shoes, and ran to the stairs.
He flew down the steps and saw a figure running down them ahead of him. He sped up and saw a flick of blond hair. "Meredith?" He asked loudly enough for the person to hear. She stopped running and turned around to face him.
"Hey." She answered out of breath. He smiled and nodded in the direction of down the stairs. She nodded and they quickly walked down the rest of the steps.
"Where are you going?" He asked. She smiled at him and they walked out of the building.
"Anatomy class." She quickly answered. Derek laughed and shook his head.
"Me too. Walk together?" He asked. She laughed.
"Yeah." They bumped into each other a few times before Derek grabbed her hand.
"It appears this is the only way we won't bump into each other." He said holding their entangled hands up for her to see. She smiled at him and kissed his cheek.
"You're cute." She said casually. He grinned.
"Well that's a shame, because I think my niece is cute, but you're hot." He said jokingly. He caught her rolling her eye.
"When I said you're cute it also implied that you're hot and everything in-between." She explained.
"Well in that case you're adorable and everything in-between." He answered. She smiled.
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"Your sister said what?" Meredith asked while they walked into their anatomy classroom. Derek laughed and they took seats next to each other.
"Okay, so Mark had some random girl over before our graduation party and she was wearing this skimpy little dress. Kathleen walks through the door and sees the girl and yells, 'Who brought the hooker.' Now at this point she had a few drinks and her kids had gone home with her husband. So, basically she could have said anything she wanted and she chose to yell, 'Who brought the hooker.'" Derek explained laughing. Meredith joined in and shook her head. "Mark walks in the room to see Kate and the girl physically fighting. You'd think Mark would pull them apart and send the girl home, but no. Mark decides to sip his drink and watch. Kathleen looks over during their fight and sees Mark standing watching them fight. So she drunkenly pushes the girl off her and walks over to Mark. She points a finger in his face and loudly says, 'You brought the hooker didn't you.' The girl jumps on Kate's back and screams. Kathleen grabs hold of Mark's shirt and pulls him along with them falling. After that, Mark picks up the girl from the ground and walks out with her. I still think he took her home had sex with her and walked home to collect money from our graduation." Derek looked over at Meredith in tears laughing. He smiled at her and pulled out his pencil.
"Your family's crazy, Der." Meredith laughed. Derek smiled and felt the joy arise when he heard the nickname she gave him.
"Were you two talking about hookers?" A girl asked behind them. They turned around and Derek saw Meredith's face lit up.
"Hey, Cristina." She smiled. Cristina smiled down at her.
"Meredith." She nodded her head. Derek looked between them trying to come up with answers. Meredith turned to him.
"Oh, Cristina this is Derek Shepherd. Derek, Cristina Yang." Meredith introduced. Derek nodded his head.
"Hello, Cristina." He said shaking her hand. Cristina nodded her head and walked around to sit in the seat open on the other side of Meredith. She took out numerous pens and pencils and notebooks. "How did you meet?" Derek asked when Meredith turned to look up at the blank board.
"Oh, we live next to each other. She walked into our open door on the second day and took off her shirt. Addison freaked out and Cristina simply looked over at me and asked what her problem was. I like her she's… Cristina." Meredith shrugged. Derek nodded his head a little confused. "I'll explain more after class." She whispered in his ear when the professor entered.
"Are you dating McDreamy?" Cristina asked leaning over to Meredith.
"Um… we've been on two dates. And we've eaten breakfast and lunch together sometimes." Meredith shrugged Cristina nodded her head.
"Have you slept with him?"
"No. We've been on two dates. All we've done is make out." She whispered back. Meredith turned her head back to the front of the room when the professor started to talk. She glanced over at Derek and saw him grinning. She smacked his arms and shook her head smiling.
"Dinner and a movie tonight?" Derek whispered into her ear. Meredith smiled and nodded her head.
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"Ugh, that was long and my ass is asleep." Cristina whined. Meredith rolled her eyes and followed Derek out of he room. "So, Shepherd you got brains underneath all that perfect hair?" Cristina asked. Meredith looked over at her and glared.
"What?" Derek asked shocked.
"Are you stupid or not?" She asked bluntly.
"Well I got into this college with the highest scholarship. I took all honors and got a pretty high score on my SATs. I don't know if you'd call that smart, but maybe." Derek said cockily.
"Good you're not stupid." Cristina nodded her head.
"Cristina shut up." Meredith warned.
"No, Meredith it's okay. She can ask me questions." Derek said. Meredith looked up at him.
"Are you a virgin?" Meredith quickly turned her head and gave Cristina an 'are you kidding me' look.
"Wow, um… no. I am not a virgin." Derek said like it was the stupidest question. He looked over at Meredith and saw her holding back a laugh.
"How many people have you slept with?" She asked. Derek stopped walking and stared at her.
"Okay, you don't need to know that. The only person who needs to know that would be Meredith. And I will answer that question when she asks me. You can ask questions. But not that personal." Derek informed. Cristina smiled.
"I like him. He's not weak. Stands up to the pushy friend." Cristina yelled walking away from them. "You're still to perfect though. Until I see imperfection you don't pass my test." She finished rounding the corner. Derek looked at Meredith and saw her smiling.
"Cristina's roommate, Izzie, had two 'boyfriends' already. She didn't even get an 'is he stupid.' I think you passed something on her radar." Meredith nodded her head walking forward. Then, stopping and holding her hand out for him to walk with her.
"So, dinner and a movie?" Derek asked after they had walked in silence together for a while. Meredith smiled and leaned into him.
"Dinner." She stated squeezing his hand. "Can we do something besides a movie?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, what would you like to do?"
"Um… I don't know. Plan something. Surprise me." She said running away from him. He watched her run and smiled shaking his head again.
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"Another date tonight?" Mark stated studying for something or another.
"Yeah. I think we'll go to the aquarium." Derek thought. Mark laughed at him and shook his head. "What?"
"Nothing. It's a nice place dark, cold. You could offer her your jacket and there are sharks. Sharks are scary. You could offer her a place to hide. Maybe you could finally have sex again. When was the last time?" Mark listed off the pros.
"Last time was in the back of Mariel Smith's car. That wasn't to long ago. Like three months ago." He shrugged.
"Three months ago!" Mark yelled. Derek flinched and looked over at him like he was crazy.
"What?" Derek asked. "There was the move to college. Then classes started and that was crazy. Then you know I met Meredith."
"That was a week ago Derek." Mark yelled.
"I met Meredith a week ago Mark. That was our last date. I'm not pressuring her into anything she doesn't want to do." Derek explained putting his running shoes on.
"Fine. I don't care if you don't have sex. You're the one who has to deal with it." Mark groaned. Derek rolled his eyes.
"I'm going for a run." He stated running out of the room.
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"Why are you all sweaty?" Meredith asked running into Derek walking into the dorm as she was walking out.
"I went for a run. Where are you going?" He asked panting slightly.
"What are you a stalker?" She asked jokingly.
"No, I was just wondering. Never mind." He said making a move to pass her. Meredith placed her hand on his chest to stop him.
"Derek, I was joking. Relax. I'm going to get lunch." She explained. Meredith saw Derek smiled and pulled her hand off his sweat-covered shirt. She wiped it off on his dry sleeve.
"Can I join you?" He asked smiling. She looked him up and down and scrunched her face.
"You're smelly and wet." She explained.
"If you wait ten minutes I can shower and smell nice." Derek said smiling. Meredith scrunched her face again.
"I don't know." She said swaying back and forth on the balls of her feet.
"I'll make it worth the wait." He said excitedly.
"How?" She asked. He smiled.
"I'll do anything you want." He suggested. She gave him a mysterious grin and took his hand dragging him up the stairs to his floor.