Chapter 7

She was approaching the nurses' station in the entrance when she saw McDreamy and his smile and his hair and his well, existence.

"So, ready to go for a ride, Dr Grey?" he asked smiling with his eyes shining

"First of all, call me Meredith and where are you taking me?" she answered fast

"Ok Meredith slow down and it's somewhere I hope you'll like" he answered making her eyebrow rise

"I know karate, just so you know" she said and was met by a laugh

"Okay" and they walked out of the hospital.

"Let's go somewhere not fancy though" Meredith added while climbing in Derek's Porsche

"Okay, Milady" he answered and chuckled to himself

This girl is unique- He thought to himself

The car ride was surprisingly not so quiet, with Derek initiating conversation after conversation, Meredith slowly adapted and became comfortable with him.

"So wait, what did you do to your sister's doll?" she asked amused.

"My friend and I pretended to be surgeons. Operated on it and buried it in the backyard and pretended it was a real person" he answered and they laughed out loud.

"I like you Derek" she said and they both settled in the comforting silence until they reached Wendy's

"Wendy's?" she asked unknowingly what it is

"Yes, you said nothing fancy right?" he said looking at her

"You've never been to Wendy's before?" he asked quite shocked

Hello, I'm a princess and I've only eaten food prepared by chefs, much to my dismay- she thought

"Uhm, no" she answered shyly and blushed and making him amused

"I've never met someone who has never been here before" he said humouring them both

"Well, now you've met me" she winked at him and laughed before they entered and seated themselves in a corner seat.

"So, what do you want to eat?" Derek enquired

"Surprise me" she answered and Derek went to the counter and ordered. After ten minutes or so, he came back with a tray containing two plates with Double decker TLC's

"So, this is my favourite and might as well convince you to make it yours too" he said settling the tray on their table and grabbed a seat.

"Well, then, bon appetite" he said and indulged while she wondered what to do.

It's probably just how you eat bread and meat, right?- she thought to herself and grabbed the knife and fork from the centre of the table.

"What are you doing?" asked Derek

"Eating?" she answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"You don't eat Burgers like that. Wait, have you ever even eaten a hamburger before?" he asked curiously to which she blushed and nod.

"You are quite a peculiar person, Miss Grey" he said while his amusement is showing

"Peculiar is my family name" she murmured and he chuckled

"so, if this is not the way it is eaten, then how?" she enquired

"Like this" he said then removed the top bun of the burger, poured down mustard, ketchup and mayonnaise then retopped it. He then proceeded to hold his burger with two hands and gestured her to follow

"So how's the date with McDreamy?" asked Cristina on the telephone

"it was fine , Derek was cool" Meredith answered

"So that's all I'm getting?" Cristina asked

"Yep" she answered and they both laughed but it was interrupted by a knock

"Hang on, someone's at the door" she said and passed the living room to go to the door and saw Dean sprawled on the couch

"Cristina, I'll call you back" she said on the phone "So, Dean, what brings you here?"

"I'm here to inform you to be more careful. Under unknown circumstances, ABC News Network has revealed that the Detinuin princess is in the United States" he said grimly making Meredith's knees go jelly.

"So, have they identified our location?" she asked while sitting on the couch

"Hopefully, no. But if it comes down to that revelation, we'd have to transfer you somewhere else" he informed

Why now?

"So, what's the deal with you and McDreamy?" asked Izzie, the tall perky blonde when Meredith was changing into scrubs

"Seriously Barbie! You are so slow" grunted Cristina when they were cut off by Bailey

"Okay, Yang cardio, Stevens pit, O'Malley Gyne and grey Neuro, and hurry up all of you because we've got an additional to you bunch." She announced when a cocky looking muscular guy showed up beside her

"Hi, I'm Alex Karev. Always ready to serve beauties like you" he flirted with Izzie but was met by the rolling of the eyes.

"Karev, you'd be doing rectals" Bailey continued

"What?!" he tried to protest but cowered at the stare of their resident

"What are you all waiting for?! Go!" she shouted and they ran as fast as they can

"It's a good day Dr Grey" Derek greeted Meredith with a flirty smile

"Indeed it is Dr Shepherd" she returned with an equal flirtatiousness.

"Indeed it is for you, we're scrubbing in on a shunt insertion at 12:30 for an obstructive hydrocephalus so you better be ready" he informed her while handing her the scans

"Hmm.. Obstructive hydrocephalus caused by obstruction of the foramina of Luschka and Magendie. This MRI sagittal image demonstrates dilatation of lateral ventricles with stretching of corpus callosum and dilatation of the fourth ventricle." She said

"Certainly, so can you take it head on?" he enquired

"Of course! And for the record, I was born ready!" she said, excitement showing from her eyes before she went to get her lunch

She was eating her salad on the gurney in the basement when she saw a furious Izzie coming towards her direction.

"I've been working my ass off just to get in this program." She started

"What is your problem?" Meredith, confused by the sudden outburst, asked.

" I have been doing rectals since the first day, with no complains while you. You get all the best surgeries in exchange of what?! Spreading your legs open for the head of neurosurgery?!" Izzie accused.

"That is what this is about?! Me dating Derek?!" asked the scandalized Meredith

"So now you're not just having damn intercourse but also dating each other?! What the hell Meredith! If you think you're going to get it easy then you are wrong as hell! If you think that he is serious with you, then you are terribly mistaken because guys like Shepherd, only looks at you like you are some kind of toy and when he has used you enough, he's just going to throw you like you're some kind of garbage and you'll be rotting like you're career while I continue to soar high!"

And she was met by a crispy slap in her face

"How dare you accuse me of such outrage?! You don't know me Isobel, you don't and you don't have any right to put those slander against me and most of all, I am no prostitute" she said before leaving a high and dry Izzie in the basement.

Cristina Yang is not a loud person, she's discreet. She's got the brains and prefers its praise than the physical appeasing. And just like Meredith Grey, she is screwed. And it goes down to boys and their stupid penises.

"Let's play a game of whose life sucks the most" invited the latter

"Yeah" agreed George

"Izzie has gone catatonic on me and accuses me of being a prostitute because of Derek" and as those words left her mouth, George, poor George, spit out all his lemonade

"eww Bambi, You are such a baby! And Meredith, it's not Prostitute, it's whore. That's what she meant" Cristina corrected

"Yeah? Still I'm going to win" said the Grey lady

"Nu uh Mer, I'm the intern who still lives in his parent's house, I think that's worse" supplied poor George

"I'm Pregnant, you got anything worse than that?" Cristina challenged

"Oh, I think I'm going to go home now." Said George and bolted towards the door

"SO it's just the two of us now" supplied Meredith

"I still win" Cristina murmured

"Whatever" Meredith answered and put her right arm in Cristina's shoulder

"You know what? I don't do hugging and what you're doing constitutes as one" Cristina said sarcastically

"Shut up, I'd be the only one willing to be your person so I proclaim myself as one and everything will be fine" Meredith tried to comfort her and Cristina, although still dark, twisty and bitter felt little relief.

"I Still win" she said and they both laughed.

On the other hand

"According to my source, there is going to be a prom being planned within three weeks for the Chief's niece, but the employees are still not informed about it" said the man to the phone

"Good. You might as well as enter the picture now and get closer, and when the clock strikes 12 on that date, our plans will unravel correctly. Soon, the princess' crown will be broken and you'll get your revenge and I'll get my kingdom." He answered and began to laugh, a laugh which is thick with malevolence and malice.