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It was 6:30 and Meredith was staring at herself in the mirror. She took a shower and washed her hair and even applied makeup, not a ton but enough to make her eyes shine brighter. She studied herself. Her hair was long and wavy coming to a rest mid bicep, she dressed her tanned body in a short indiago dress with a back that was completely cut out. It had spaghetti straps and it clung to the curve of her body.
"Are we going to dinner with old family friends or are you trying to get laid tonight?" Christina asked.
"It's too much right?" Meredith asked biting her lip.
Christina rolled her eyes "This is so not what I signed up for. Mer, grow some freaking confidence and be the bad ass girl you've been all through college. All he is is a giant hair product with a big dick and dreamy eyes"
"So I shouldn't change?" Meredith asked
"Oh. My God. I can't believe I gave up a summer in Europe for this shit."
"He's my Burke okay. Picture that you are seeing Burke for the first time in three years, what would you wear?"
"To get his ass back for breaking up with me? Exactly what you have on" Christina said with a smirk.
"Thank you. But you have to change. I can't go like this and you be in that" Meredith said gesturing to Christina's faded sweatpants and Darthmouth T-shirt.
"You're lucky there's going to be food, or I would have made you go alone" Christina puffed.
"I'm so excited to have Meredith over for dinner, it will feel just like old times" Carolyn said excidedly as she checked the chicken in the oven for the 3rd time in the last 8 minutes
"Yes, it will" Mark said with a smile. He looked at Derek who was fidgeting with his dress shirt.
"I'm glad you and Meredith made up, now that she's home I can have my daughter back"
"Meredith's not your daughter mom, that would make her my sister which would be 12 levels of creepy" Derek cringed
"I always wanted a daughter and she's been the closest thing to one, her and Mark will forever be my adopted kids" Carolyn said as she placed a kiss on Marks cheek.
"We didn't exactly make up, she just agreed to dinner" Derek shrugged. Before Carolyn could respond to him the doorbell rang and she went to get it.
"Dude, you have to tell your mom about Addison before she starts planning you and Mer's wedding" Mark said in a hushed voice
"I think it's too late for that."
"Then break up with Addison"
"Shut up. Don't say anything about Addison tonight. Mer doesn't know" Derek whispered
"Meredith doesn't know? Fuck Derek, when she finds out, it's not going to be pretty."
"I just need some time, I need some perspective Addison is going to Paris with her family for the rest of the summer."
"Good, maybe you'll come to your senses by then"
Carolyn took a look at Meredith and her eyes lit up
"You look beautiful, college has certainly agreed with you." Carolyn told Meredith as she brought her in for a hug.
"Thanks Carolyn" Meredith said shyly. She didn't know why she was so shy, this woman knew everything about her, she was there for almost all of it and Meredith was always her quirky self around this woman.
"You must be Christina" Carolyn said with a smile.
Christina looked bored "Yup" she nodded. She looked around the house and saw Derek and Mark making their way in.
"Hey Mark, hey Derek" Meredith said with a smile. Derek stared at his ex girlfriend, she looked stunning. The way her long legs were on display, the way that dress clung to every curve on her body. When she turned to give Mark a hug he felt a pang of jealousy, not that Mark or Meredith would ever be a thing but still, someone else's hands on his Meredith made him sick. When she leaned over to give him a hug the first physical contact in three years, he felt her fit into him the same way she always had. He went to wrap his arm around her waist and was pleasantly surprised when he felt skin. He rubbed his hand up and down for a second realizes the back was completely cut out. He could feel the familiar bulge. He cursed himself, why did she always have this effect on him. Meredith pulled back and they both blushes.
"Hey Mer, hey Mer's friend" Mark said with a wink at Christina
"Oh grosse" Christina said out loud and made a face which earned her a jab in her ribs from Meredith.
Derek still hadn't said a word, he was still in awe over Meredith being in his arms. "I brought treats" Meredith said with a smile as she held up a six pack of Corona's. She remembers times when she used to hang out with Derek and his parents and Mark and they would play cards and drink. His parents always allowed it since they were under their supervision and no one had to drive home.
"There's more at the house if we need them" Meredith continued.
"I could use one now" Derek said and reached for the six pack, his hands brushed against Merediths and they both felt the spark. They were both fixated on eachother's face and Carolyn smiled, oh yes they were still in love and she was forming a plan.
"Okay, if the eye-sex is over can we please eat, I was promised food and fast" Christina blurted out.
Meredith's face turned red and Mark started laughing.
"I like this one" Mark said with a shit eating grin
"Christina" Meredith groaned
"What?" then it dawned on her "Oh, sorry Mama Shep. Low blood sugar" Christina half assed apologized
"It's quite alright Christina, let's feed you girls. Marcus you can help me in the kitchen, come along Christina, you can sample the food. Derek get Meredith a drink and we'll join you in the dining room in a bit" Carolyn said with an innocent smile as if she didn't know what she was doing.
Meredith sent Christina a pleading look but Christina just shrugged and went in search for the food.
Derek passed Meredith a Corona which she immediately opened and took a sip. Meredith took a seat at the dining room table, the same seat she used to always sit in. It felt comfortable and normal. Derek sat across from her on the other side, that way they were face to face. Tonight he didn't think that was such a great idea but that had always been his seat at the table and he didn't want Meredith to think he was avoiding her.
Meredith played with the rim of her beer for a few seconds and Derek kept his drink pressed to his lips. An awkward silence engulfed the room.
"So about earlier, I didn't mean to come over and just attack you about what happened with my dad. It's in the past" Derek said breaking the silence. Meredith gave him a tight smile
"Lets just move forward Derek. It's just one summer, like you said we can be friends"
"Just for the summer?" Derek asked
"For the summer, yeah"
Derek nodded.
"I mean maybe after then too, my point is, the past is the past, we were best friends and we haven't spoken in years. We have catching up to do"
"We do, tell me about yourself, I want to get to know you again" Derek told her with a smile
"Well, I just graduated, you know that. I'm staying at Dartmouth for Med School, Christina is actually one of my roommates, along with our other friends Alex and George"
"Alex and George? Are either one your boyfriend? As former best friend I need to be aware of these things" Derek joked
"No, Alex and George are like brothers" Meredith laughed
"Hmm, I see you still like to drink, is Tequila still your poison of choice?" Derek asked as they fell into their old banter
"Of course, you know Der, something's never will change"
Derek took a swig of beer "Mhm" he hummed "I'll have to come visit you sometime, see how great Dartmouth really is if you're willing to spend 4 more years there"
As Meredith was about to respond Carolyn came in with dinner with Mark and Christina's help.
"This looks delicious Carolyn" Meredith said sniffing in the smell of a home cooked meal. It was very rare she had one of these, in fact she hadn't had one since she went home with one of her college friends last year.
"Its freaking delicious, Mama Shep has a way with a kitchen" Christina said with a mouthful of food.
"You girls eat as much as you want, I made plenty" Carolyn told them with a satisfied smile.
Everyone laughed, passed around the food and beers. The dinner was actually far from awkward, even Christina and Mark were able to banter. Carolyn caught up on everything about Meredith and got to know the girl she had always loved all over again. Derek had laughed harder that night than he had in years and Carolyn couldn't help but take joy in how happy her son seemed.
"Monopoly" Mark suddenly shouted
"Meredith Elizabeth Grey, you owe me" Mark said and stood up and rummaged through the game closet in the dining room
Everyone was amused and confused at the same time and it finally registered to Derek "Meredith and Mark were both extremely competitive for my love back in the day" he joked
"I so was not" Meredith interjected
"Like I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, Mark and Mer used to make everything a competition and one night we were having family game night after I spent the whole day with Mark, and Meredith being the little jealous one that she was, flipped the entire monopoly board over when Mark was winning"
"Mark was cheating!" Meredith yelled out with a huff
"I was not!" Mark challenged back
"I was there, Mark wasn't cheating Mer was just butt hurt about earlier in the day" Derek said amused
"Thank you, I knew you were my best friend for a reason, loyalty" Mark itercepted setting the game down on the table.
Meredith huffed and put her arms across her chest "It seemed like he was cheating" she mumbled
"Don't worry Mer, the board flipping was very cute" Derek told her with a wink
"Anyway after that happened and Meredith calmed down, she promised Mark a rematch but we left for school a few weeks later and it never really happened"
"Until today, pick your pieces people and I get to be banker" Mark yelled getting excited
"The hell you are" Meredith retorted
"Okay, okay children, I'll be banker. That way its fair" Carolyn told everybody as they set the board up.
An hour into the game, everyone had had some more beers curtesy of Meredith's loaded fridge and Mark and Meredith were deadlocked, everyone else had gone bankrupt and Derek was next to Meredith coaching her and Christina was sitting with Mark.
"We need his Disney World so we can put up some more properties" Derek whispered in Merediths ear. The use of the word 'we' and the feeling of his mouth so close to her ear gave Meredith chills. Derek saw and thought Meredith was cold and draped his arm around her in a friendly maneuever.
"Thanks" she said softly. He grinned at her "What are friends for"
"Marcus Sloan, Derek and I would like to make a deal with you for Disney World" Meredith told him formally.
Christina scoffed "Hmm let me mull it over with my business partner, Christina?" he asked
"Under no circumstances will we make a deal for Disney"
"Oh come on, the game is at a stand still" Derek says annoyed.
"Nope, not budging" Mark remarked, opening his 5th beer.
"Then nothing is going to happen. We're just going to sit here for hours" Derek grumbled
"Are you complaining about your company Derek" Carolyn teased
"No, I'm just saying the game is pointless if no one is willing to negotiate"
"Hey, who's butt hurt now?" Meredith teased Derek.
"I'll show you butt hurt" Derek said getting up and picking Meredith up out of her chair.
"Derek stop, put me down" Meredith cried as he carried her outside near the pool.
Everyone followed and laughed as they saw Meredith clinging to Derek as he threatened to throw her into the pool.
"Derek Christopher Shepherd put me down!" Meredith screamed.
"Say that I'm not butt hurt" Derek teased
"Never!" Meredith yelled.
He got closer to the pool
"Say it Mer" he whispered closer to her ear. He could see the same fire behind her eyes as the night when they lost their virginities to the other.
"No" Meredith stated looking into Derek's eyes, daring him to drop her into the pool.
"You leave me no choice then" he told her softly but hesitated on dropping her in. His mind went back to the night he stood outside on Meredith's balcony, her body pressed against his, his hands in her hair and his tongue down her throat. He wanted her, God he wanted her.
Finally he threw her in. She was soaked, her makeup began to come off, she took off her dress and was left in just a thong and a strapless bra.
"Hey Derek" she purred
"Yeah?" he asked coming down to her level and in an instant she had her arms wrapped around him and was pulling him into the pool. Mark and Christina laughed as they saw Derek's perfect hair get tangled in the water. When he rose back up, he noticed that him and Meredith were still tangled in each other and he was too lost in the pool of emeralds staring back at him to notice the audience.
"Derek what are you doing?" Addison asked. Apparently while him and Meredith were teasing eachother, the doorbell had rang and Carolyn had let her in. Carolyn had a smile on her face as she watched the two former lovers with their arms around the other.
Derek quickly left Meredith's embrace and mounted the steps
"I thought you were in Paris" Derek told her and left a quick kiss on her cheek.
"I decided to leave later, I figured we should be together when we tell your mom the news" she whispered
"Oh, right" Derek mumbled running his hands through his hair
"What's going on here?" Addison asked gesturing between Derek and the girl she just recognized as Meredith the girl from the Market.
Derek was quiet looking between Meredith and Addison. Meredith got out of the pool holding the dress she had taken off. Carolyn was quick to hand her a towel which she wrapped around herself.
"Addison this is Meredith, Meredith this is Addison" Derek told them looking uncomfortable.
"Oh God. You're Mer?" Addison said, it dawning on her who exactly she was to Derek. Addison had always heard about the famous 'Mer' who was Derek's first love and first everything really, the girl Derek's mom compared her too and the girl who Derek had said would always have a piece of his heart.
"You two know eachother?" Derek asked bewildered
"We met today at the market" Meredith said quietly then she turned to Derek and gave him a small smile "I guess a congratulations are in order" and with that she stalked back into the house leaving Christina, Mark and Carolyn all confused.
"This is getting good" Christina smiled
"Derek what's going on?" Carolyn asked pointedly.
Derek's eyes followed Meredith into the house, he wanted desperately to follow after her. He put on a fake smile and took Addison's hand. "Me and Addison are getting married mom" Derek said with fake enthusiasm.
"What?" Carolyn shrieked.
"Derek proposed last night" Addison told her future mother in law holding out her hand to show off the ring.
"I'm gonna go get changed" Derek mumbled walking off to find Meredith. He looked around and didn't see her so he made his way into his room figuring she went home. When he got there he saw Meredith with the door wide open changing clothes. She had nothing on, she was stark naked in his bedroom just like old times. He saw her fidgeting with her bra trying to get it over her head and in an instant he was by her side helping her. When it finally came off Meredith looked into Derek's eyes, they were full of lust.
"Thanks" she muttered. He nodded and passed her a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. To anyone else this would seem weird but Derek and Meredith had spent almost every second of their lives together up until three years ago, they had seen eachother naked, hurt, hysterical, happy. In every condition in every which way, they had seen eachother.
Meredith went to leave before she heard Derek "Can you help me Mer?" he asked
Meredith nodded and helped him out of his soaking wet shirt, she slowly pulled it over his head.
"Thanks" he told her.
"Congratulations again" Meredith whispered
Derek nodded.
"I had fun tonight" Derek told her quietly "Felt like old times" he finished.
"Yeah, old times" Meredith repeated and she left the house, Christina would get the hint and be home soon. The love of her life was engaged to someone else, she needed tequila stat.