A/N: So school started, Junior year is gonna be tough and i've been swamped with things to do and I finally found time to write this chapter. I'll really, really try to update at least once a week from now on.

Disclaimer: Grey's is not mine.

Chapter 4: Boyfriends and waves

Sun, sun, sun. for the past four days its all Meredith had seen. Definitely a different scenery from Seattle and she loved it. At the moment she had been laying down in the nice sand and letting the rays hit her to hoping to get some color. Earlier that morning she had woken up with a sudden urge to get out and be at the beach surrounded by people. Meredith was normally not a people person but something in her made her jump out of bed, drag Izzie and Christina outside and be lively. She wondered why Derek had had such an impact on her from just one evening. They were supposed to have their second date that day and earlier she had received a text from Derek asking to meet her at the beach at noon.

Their second date was originally supposed to be a couple of days ago but Derek had to reschedule due to the fact that he and Mark had to visit a family friend down in Weston, Florida. Since the day after their date, Mer and Derek had not stopped texting and calling each other for even a minute. It was as if they were old friends.

Ten minutes past 12 she was getting a tad worried to when Derek would show up so she decided to relax, calm down and focus on tanning.

"So Mer, when is McDreamy getting here?" Christina, who was laying down next to Meredith and Izzie, asked.

"Like 10 minutes ago. He was the one who told me to be here at this time and hes late. Does that mean anything?" Mer sat up taking off her sunglasses. "Do you think he is standing me up? I mean making me come out here, as if I have to do what he says and then making me wait here when he's not even coming." now she was getting a little fed up.

"Oh calm down, even perfect haired McDreamies can be late. Stop acting so clingy." Christina rolled her eyes.

"I am not clingy."

"Yeah Mer, you kind of are." Izzie said.

"Well what about you? Yeah what about the 'oh is Mark going to be there, he is so cute I hope he comes'" Meredith did her best Izzie imitation.

"See that's different he is not my boyfriend."

"Derek is not my boyfriend!" Meredith stressed. "And the way you talk about Mark he might as well be."

"Whats going on with that? How are you gonna tell Alex you cheated on him?" Christina asked.

"I did not cheat on Alex, flirting is not cheating. Besides who says hes not doing the same thing while im here." Izzie was always doubtful of her relationship. Alex wasn't the best boyfriend but he was not a bad guy. You could take one glance at them together and just by the look in his eyes you could tell they were in love. That was the only reason Izzie stayed with him. She was completely in love with him, but trusting him was always the big issue.

Meredith was about to respond to Izzie when something suddenly blocked her sun. She turned around to see Derek himself standing there. He looked completely hot. The wetsuit he was wearing complimented his body very well. Surfboard in arm, and Mark standing next to him.

"Hey Meredith." he smiled. "Christina, Izzie." he nodded at them.

Christina nodded back while izzie said a quick hello and smiled at Mark.

"Hi guys." Mer stood up. Derek obviously taking a second look at Meredith and her revealing swimsuit. "You surf?"

Derek focused his attention back to her and smiled. "Yes I do, and actually this has to do with our date."

Christina snorted at the mention of Meredith surfing. "Her? Seriously? Mer he obviously doesn't know you at all."

Mer payed no attention to Christina, still hung up on Derek's words.. "Wha- you mean surf? I don't surf. I cant. Its just impossible for me. I don't do sports."

"Calm down Meredith." Derek chuckled. "I'm going to teach you. Don't worry its gonna be fun."

Meredith still wasn't sure. Sports and her didn't mix well. She tried doing soccer once, she quit when the ball hit her in the face. Then dance, turns out she had no rhythm. She decided not to press her luck on anything else. Now surfing was way out there for her. What if she drowned? Or got bitten by a shark?

"I don't think so Derek."

His face fell a little. "Why not? Come on."

"I'm sorry but i'm not the sporty girl" She said.

"Which means shes scared." Izzie stepped in.

"I am not!"

"Yes you are, its ok though I would be too. No one cares you are a wuss." Izzie pointed out.

"Hey I am not a wuss, I could go surf right now, im not scared." Mer exclaimed.

"great lets go then." Derek smiled.

" wait. Oh nice trick, but I said I could. Never said I would." Meredith backed away a bit.

"Come on Mer, please. I promise I wont let anything happen to you and it'll be fun." Derek pleaded. "Pretty please." There that McDreamy smile. That did it for Meredith.

"Fine, fine, fine. But I dont have a wetsuit and I dont think this bikini is very surfing friendly."

"I dont think Shep minds that." Mark piped in. everyone silently laughed except Derek who glared at his best friend.

"we'll just get you a wetsuit, and a board." Derek led Meredith to the shop, leaving Izzie, Christina and Mark.

Once Meredith had tried on the suits and found a decent board for herself, she had gone up to pay for everything when she realized she had no money. No wallet or anything.

"Crap. My purse is down at the beach." Mer sighed.

Derek took the items from her. "That's okay I'll pay."

"Well I'll just pay you back when we get to the beach."

"Mer you don't have to, I like paying for you. That's what boyfriends do." He smiled.

Meredith's breath caught in her throat. "Boyfriend?"

Derek's smiled fell quickly realizing he had definitely said something wrong. "I didn't... I mean, I meant..." He sighed. "Look Mer, I know we've only been out once and you seem totally freaked out but I like you. A lot. And I know you agreed to go out with me while we are here but do you really think it would be that crazy if I wanted you to be my girlfriend?" He went out on a limb there and if Meredith rejected him, he knew she wouldn't want to be around him anymore. She probably thought of him to be a creepy, perverted, stalker.

"Yes." Mer said quietly after a few moments.

Derek's face twisted in confusion. "Yes as in I am crazy or..."

"Yea. that" she laughed. "but I wasn't talking about that."

"You mean yes to my question?" his face lit up.

Mer sighed. "I dont know what it is, but I feel totally safe and comfortable around you. Even that moment at the pool. When I saw you I just. Ugh I dont know but I feel like ive known you forever. So maybe I am crazy too but I really wouldn't mind being your girlfriend."

Smiling he went up to her, his hand softly running through her hair. "You wouldn't mind huh?"

"Nope. Not one bit."

He pulled her closer to his body and kissed her like he wouldn't ever do it again. He wanted to remember this moment forever. He knew this was the beginning of something, something really fresh and exciting and most of all perfect.

When they pulled apart he could still feel her heart beating so fast against his chest. He loved that he was the one making her this way.

"So shall we go attempt this surfing thing?"

she smiled. "Lets."

"Okay so you just paddle and then try to stand up and balance yourself." Derek and Meredith were on the semi secluded part of the beach, at Meredith's request. She did not want to be near any random people or her friends while she was going to make a fool out of herself. Derek had told her they needed to practice on land before they went out into the water. Meredith thought that was really stupid. Once Derek began explaining the process of actually standing on the board she was glad they were only in the sand.

She got up from the ground and stood on the board. "Okay now what?"

"Now you ride the wave." He stepped off his board and picked it up, ready to go into the ocean.

"Wait that's it?" Mer thought it was going to be more complicated.

"Trust me being in the water is completely complicated your first time."

She cocked her head to the side "I thought you said it wasn't hard."

"It isn't. Once you get used to it."

After 5 minutes of pleading and pushing they were finally in the water. They were waiting for what Derek described as the perfect wave. When he saw a good one coming he tried to help meredith as much as he could. "Okay get ready. Turn your board around."

She tried to remember how Derek did It and she kicked around her legs to turn the board.

"Okay now paddle as fast as you can. You can do it Mer."

She did as she was told,her heart racing from the adrenalin rushing through her body. Her body automatically stood up and she became amazed at what she was doing. "Im doing it, im on the board."

That moment was short lived as she splashed down into the water while riding the wave.

Derek paddled over to her to make sure she was good. "You okay?"

Her head bobbed up on the water. "Great. I actually kinda did it. For a second there I was surfing." she smiled. "But I think it is enough for today, I still have to get used to the plunging into the water part."

"Alright, well how about we dry off and get something to eat."

"Sounds good."

A/N: So I dont really know anything about surfing except for what I have seen in movies.

Anyway, review please :)