Chapter 4
"Jackson!" Meredith giggled as he kissed her neck. "I have to go meet Lexie, we are flying home tonight and I still need to pack" he continued kissing her, Meredith and Lexie were flying back to Seattle for thanksgiving while Jackson was stuck on campus because his family had a foundation fundraiser and he didn't want to go. "I'm going to miss you" he mumbled in her ear before nipping it. "We said we'd wait" she murmured. This was regarding the No Sex agreement. They wanted to wait to hit the two month anniversary, which was two days after she got back from Seattle. The couple parted ways and went into their separate rooms. Meredith had an hour to pack before meeting Lexie, she hurried and packed her suitcase and shoved it in the back of the SUV. The two got to the airport with little time to spare so they hurried and didn't stop for any plane snacks which Lexie was mad about. She ate when she was nervous and she was always scared on planes. The flight was boring so Meredith watched a few movies on her laptop while Lexie slept. They got home late that night and went straight to bed. They would talk to their friends tomorrow, right no both sisters were exhausted.
The next morning Susan came into the bedroom and told Meredith she had visitors. Meredith wasn't very popular in middle school or high school, she had a few close friends but that was it. She threw on a band tee shirt and cotton shorts and stumbled downstairs to the foyer where she was pulled into a hug by her friend Izzie, she was her oldest friends. They had been friends since she was six. Next to hug her was Callie, they had meet during the summer of eighth grade, her mom and Susan were in the same book club. The ritual was continued with Megan, who she had meet when her and her brother Owen moved to the suburbs two years ago. Then it was Teddy who was her babysitter when she first moved back home and now she was engaged, she was only two years older than herself and was really fun. After giving each of the girls a hug she saw Alex in the corner and hugged him tightly, she might have known Izzie the longest but Alex was her closest friend. All of them went out to the picnic table in the yard to catch up wile Lexie's friends came over. Those included Heather who was nice just weird, Arizona who was awesome and cool and Jo who was a little rough around the edges but still nice. Once Meredith and her friends were outside sitting at the table she asked "what's new with you guys?" "Izzie has a boyfriend" Callie said mocking the blonde. "Fine his name is Denny and I am meeting his parents Thursday for dinner." "That's amazing Iz" she was happy Izzie had found someone who made her happy. "I am dating Arizona" Callie burst out "wow I thought you were doing Brooks" Alex said "that's great Callie, I'm glad you found someone who makes you happy" . Teddy can I see the ring?" All I had been hearing about for the past three weeks was the ring Henry put on Teddy's finger. Teddy put up her hand and showed it to Meredith, it was stunning platinum with three large diamonds and sapphires on the base. "Megan, what's new with you?" She seemed awful quite, usually she was talkative and rambling like herself but she was different. "Nothing really Mer" she seemed like she was trying to convince her more than tell her. "Megs I know when something is up with you" I old her as everyone looked at us "I'm dating someone" she said smiling. "That's good, who is it?" Her smile turned into a frown "Nathan" she mumbled and looked at Meredith with sad eyes. Megan had know how hard her breakup from Nathan was, though she called him Riggs he was her first and only boyfriend until Jackson. She loved him with all the love in her heart but he cheated on her. She walked in on him and this girl rolling around on the auditorium floor, that was right before graduation. After that she hadn't seen him. "Megan, it's alright I don't care about him anymore. I have a boyfriend. I'm happy for you" I lied. She thought about him a few times before this year but she never wanted to go crawling back to her cheating boyfriend. "So Mers got a boyfriend" Izzie sang as Meredith pulled out a photo of them. "He's cute" Teddy said looking at the couple holding hands. "His name is Jackson, he really understands me" she didn't want to have to tell them who his family was but he really did understand her. Susan and Molly stepped out onto the patio "Meredith honey we're going to the store to get the ingredients for dinner." It was only Monday but Susan liked to have everything before the last minute rush. "Ok Mom, I'll be right there" she got up from the small table and hugged each of her friends goodbye. They all agreed to meet at the library before they left town again. The car ride to the grocery store was quite until Molly pipped up "So Mer did you hear about Riggs and Meg?" Apparently everyone knew about them before she had come. "Yes" I said dryly hoping to end the conversation there. They pulled into a parking spot close to the frontier and grabbed two carts. Susan gave each of the teams their grocery list and told them to meet back at the checkout lanes. Meredith and Molly were a team this year and raced down the isles grabbing everything on their list, it was a game they played every year. Whoever finished first got to break the wish bone of the turkey. It was lame and corny but it was fun. Lexie and Susan had finished first this year but it was still fun, while they were at checkout Meredith's phone buzzed and Jackson's name flashed across the top. She excused herself and walked to the car where she picked up "Hey, what's up?" She asked wonder what caused him to call. "Well I just sent you a very good photo that will make you more excited for our anniversary" she could hear the glee in his voice. "What did you do?" She asked wondering what was making him so happy. "Look at your texts" he said and hung up. She swiped her phone and opened her texts and saw it. It was his manhood, large and up close. She giggled seeing it and texted him some very dirty thoughts. She was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard a deep voice call her name, Owen. "Owen!" She yelled running over to the ginger haired man. He picked her up and twirled her around. He put her back down, "Mer I missed you" he said while looking at the petite blonde with the emerald eyes. "I missed you too Owen" Owen was Megan's twin brother, when they moved next door before senior year she had thought of Owen as a brother figure. "So how are you" he asked, she figured he was wondering about Riggs and Megan. Him and Riggs were friends before he had come to the suburbs and he was furious when he cheated on her. "I'm good, dating again" she wanted him to know she was alright. "That's good, I'm sure you heard about Megan" "Yeah, I'm happy that they found each other" She lied again. "I actually know someone who you might like, she is your complete opposite but I think you would like her" she was referring to Christina. She was Owen's exact opposite but they would make a cute couple. "Really, maybe I could drive up one weekend from NYU and meet her" Owen was in his second year at NYU so she agreed to set him up with her. "Great, her name is Christina and she's going to be a surgeon too". The two talked until Meredith's family came out of the store. Tomorrow she was taking Molly to the mall to start Christmas shopping. It wasn't busy because everyone was getting groceries for dinner, so the two went from store to store easily. They went to the food court for burgers when Meredith saw two people that looked familiar kissing in the corner of the room. It was Megan and Riggs. Meredith felt so embarrassed, she wasn't even dressed nicely. She was wearing a yellow and blue plaid shirt with jeans and a vest. She ducked away before he could see her which was good. She had two bags of clothes already and Molly had most of her presents so they called it a day and went home. She had gotten her invitation to Teddy's engagement party, which was over her semester break. She said she would ask Jackson to come since he was coming to Seattle with her for the week. She dialed his phone number and waited for a few rings "hi its me" she said. "Hi sorry George was calling" "it's okay, I was invited to Teddy's engagement party and I was wonder if you wanted to come too. It's over semester break" she was hoping he would say yes because she didn't want to be in a small room with Riggs and Megan. "Sure, I can't wait to meet your friends. See you when you get back" "Bye" Now that that was done Meredith could enjoy the rest of her day not worrying about her Ex.