Chapter 7: I've Been Thinking About You All Morning
Meredith loved being a teacher, but today was one of the days that she wished she didn't even have a job. She could barely concentrate on helping her students, due to the fact that she was dwelling on the great date with Derek the previous night. Meredith's cell phone went off throughout the morning as she and Derek exchanged text messages. Derek had called a few times, but Meredith couldn't answer because she had a class, and the conversation she was going to have wasn't for her student's ears. Derek told her over and over again how much fun he had and how he couldn't wait to see her again. Meredith was all smiles throughout the morning, and evening her students took notice. "You're so happy today, Ms. Grey!" said Laura, one of her best students. "I had a really good night last night," Meredith answered as she passed back some test papers.
Finally lunchtime came, and Meredith immediately took the opportunity to call Derek. She told the receptionist that she was going out to get her lunch and would be back by the time class resumed. Meredith went out and got in her car and immediately took out her cell phone and dialed Derek's number. Derek was in the middle of checking on a patient when he heard his cell phone go off. "I'll be back in a little while to check on you again," he told the patient and walked out the room and taking his phone out of his pocket. He smiled when he saw the number on the caller ID. "Hello Ms. Grey," he said, as he sat down behind the desk to fill out some paperwork for his next surgery. "Hey Derek" Meredith said, trying to contain the happiness in her voice. She didn't want Derek to know how much she liked him, but little did she know he liked her just as much. "I've been thinking about you all morning," Derek said. "Yea, you too. The morning went by so slowly. I wish we could have talked earlier," she responded. He agreed, "I enjoyed our text messages though. So, I was going to ask you…" "Yes?" she said. "Well, I have an early surgery tomorrow morning, and I found out that you don't have school tomorrow, so, do you want to go out to lunch?" he asked hopefully. "I'd love to, but how'd you know that I didn't have school?" Meredith asked curiously, thinking it was probably Izzie again. "I know how to use the internet," he said, "I looked up your school schedule." "So you're stalking me?" she said as she started the car and began to drive towards a café to get some lunch. "Well, surgeries are boring, I don't have anything better to do," he said, as seriously as possible. "I have to go get my lunch and go back to school, but I'll call you later okay?" Meredith said, getting out of her car and going in to buy some food. "Looking forward too it," he replied. "Bye Derek," she said. "Bye Meredith. Have a good afternoon." Meredith hung up the phone with a smile on her face, excited about her lunch date the next day.
A/N: I know this chapter is really short, but I just needed some sort of bridge. I'm also distracted by the Redskins/Cowboys game. But, I'm kind of blanking on ideas right now, so if anybody has any, feel free to share!