I woke up with 4 girls looking at me. They all have brown hair and blue eyes. The blue eyes look familiar. I've seen the blue eyes before. I'm mentally going through blue eyes that are a deep midnight blue. Crap. The girls hovering over me are Derek's sisters. I try to pull myself up but can't. Derek's arms are wrapped around my body. I remember falling with Derek near but not with him cuddling me.

"Meredith. Derek's hugging you. He has his arms around you. Isn't he with Addison?" Said Kathleen.

"Of course he's with Addison, Addison's great." Nancy pronounced.

"Shut up Nancy. You're the only one that likes her. We hate her and thinks that she brings Derek down." Kathleen argued back.

"Addison does not bring Derek down and I'm going to tell her that you said that." Nancy reciprocated back.

"What are you guys doing in here?" I hear Derek's strong voice.

"Derek, thank god you're awake. Mom was worried. You've been here since yesterday afternoon. It's 10 AM. Have you been asleep all this time?" Kathleen asked.

"Get out." Derek muttered before putting his head into the pillow.

"Fine. We'll tell mom you're safe. What time do you reckon you'll be back?" Kathleen moved closer to Derek and whispered.

"I don't know." Derek replied.

Derek moved closer to me. I can feel his hot breath against the back of my neck. If his sisters could just disappear, I could Derek for myself. Although he's with Addison. I can't compete with Addison. Her long red hair and her perfect legs. Why isn't Derek with Addison? I know they had a little argument last night. I know he called me his best friend but shouldn't Addison be his top priority.

I feel a hand grab mine as they pull me out of bed. I look up to see Derek's sister Kathleen. I notice that Derek's other sisters are gone. She pulls me out of my room and takes me downstairs to my kitchen.

"So Meredith," She says confidently as she looks in my refrigerator and pulls out the milk cartoon, "Why is Derek not with Addison? You can call me Kathy or Kath or Kathleen. Do you like pancakes?"

"Kathy, I don't think it's my place to say why Derek is here and not with Addison. Also I don't know myself. And I quite like pancakes." I replied as I walked over to the kitchen cupboard and passed a frying pan to Kathleen. She took the frying pan from me and nodded. I walked back over to the breakfast bar and took my seat.

"Of course it's your place. From what Mark told us, all I can say is welcome to the family." Kathleen said as she made the pancake mix.

"What's that meant to mean? And what did Mark say?" I uttered.

"It wasn't anything bad; in fact it means that we like you more than Addison. And Mark is a man whore. All he said was, and I quote, when Meredith opened the door and Derek saw her, he was love shocked and you could clearly see that Derek was attracted to her and get this, she likes the clash." Kathleen replied once again. She poured the mix into the frying pan. "We think you're so much better for Derek than Addison and we've only really talked to you for 5 minutes. We know Derek loves you more than Addison. And you have to stick with Derek because he hasn't realised it yet."

"How do you know that?" I asked.

"You can't tell him I told you this," She put the pancakes on my plate and sat opposite me I nodded again, "We used to see you in the street and we used to wind Derek up and ask him about girls. We saw you and ask Derek. Normally he would have pushed us away and walked indoors but not with you. He watched you as you sat on the swing and read. We watched his face as he smiled. He watched the way you read your book. And he just smiled. Then we woke him up from his daydream. After that he was always watching you as grew older. Derek and I were the closest. He asked me what he should do about you. He was 16 and in love. I told him to talk to you but every time he tried Mark showed up. And then when he tried to phone you he froze and didn't speak."

"So he was the mysterious heavy breather that rang me every day last year." I interrupted.

"Yeah. I was the only one that knew about the way he felt. And then he thought that he would never have a chance so he moved on. He met Addison. He loves Addison but not as much as he loves you. When he realises it you should be there for him. He won't know what to do so he'll come to you. And you'll know when he realises it." Kathleen announced.

I put the pancakes in my mouth as I watched Kathleen sip her coffee. I thought about what Kathleen had just said. Has Derek really loved her all this time? I had seen Derek look at me a few times but I thought nothing of it. I thought that Derek only looked at me because I was the lonely kid in the hallways. I never thought that he would love me. Kathleen awoke me from my day-dream with a click of her fingers.

"Why don't you come round later? Come swimming in our pool. Addison might be there but she'll be with Nancy and jealous of you. Also show Derek what his missing." She suggests and winks as she says the last part.

"Won't I be out-of-place? I mean I know that you guys hate Addison but there's no reason that you would like me. And showing Derek my body to make him realise that being with Addison is a bad choice and he should be with me instead, doesn't sound like a good plan." I replied. I pushed my plate away from and sat up straight.

"I like you. And I didn't say it was a good idea. Also Mark will be there. If Mark sees your body, he talk to Derek about what he'd do to you body, and knowing my brother he'll get jealous and start to feel something. Old feelings with arise; he'll break up with Addison and coming running to you. Boom. Happy ending for Meredith." Kathleen retorted.

"I don't get happy endings. There's a lot that you guys don't know about me. I'm dark and twisty. Everything around me always goes wrong." I muttered wondering how long this dream would last.

"Go back to bed. Call me later, about 1." Kathleen spoke. She had me a piece of paper with her number on it. She smiled at me and left before walking out of the kitchen and then the front door. I stood up and put my plate in the dishwasher. I looked out of the window into my yard where I spent many nights under the stars thinking about Derek. I shook my head and pulled myself away from my daydream before walking upstairs to my room.

I opened the thick wooden door to my bedroom where Derek laid in my bed in a deep sleep. I walked over to the bed and looked down at him, wondering whether to disturb him. His hand grabbed mine as he pulled me down on the bed and started to tickle me.

"Don't think you can keep me awake all night and not get a punishment." Derek whispered into my ear as he tickled me even more. I laughed loudly while he kept tickling me and laughing himself.

"Please Derek. Stop." I scream between the laughter. He stopped. I could feel his deep breathing on the back of my neck as he settled back in.

"Are you hungry? I could order something." I whisper. His phone starts to ring and he groans. He just ignores the call and finally the ringing stops. He moves closer to me and then his phone starts to ring again. He gets up to find his phone. He looks all around the room until he finds the phone on the desk.

"What do you want Kathleen? What?! Why did Nancy do that? I'll be right over. Yeah hold Nancy hostage until I get there. Is mom in? Cool. Tell all the rest to keep Nancy hostage. Thanks. Bye." Derek says into the phone. He turns to look at me before frowning.

"I've got to go. Nancy's being an ass. Are you going to be okay? Give me a call if you feel sick at all. If you are sick call me." He asks me. I nodded smiling at how over protective he is. He walks to the door before turning and winking at me. I wink back and smile. He slams the door shut after he leaves. I put my head on my pillow and go back to sleep after a weird morning.