When Meredith got home she was incredibly frustrated and upset. She took a long hot bath to calm herself and then she got out to get ready for her date with Derek. She got in the shower and washed her hair then put on her robe and stood in front of her mirror. She took out her hair dryer and started drying her hair. It looked too simple just like this and she couldn't decide what to do with it so she moved onto her makeup. She never wore much makeup because she had always been told that she was naturally beautiful. So she brushed a touch of bronzer on her face, a small amount of pink blush on each cheek, she brushed a shimmer eye shadow over her lids then made sure her eyelashes were curled perfectly since her eyes were her best feature. She took out her lip gloss and dabbed on just a little to give them a bit of a shine. She looked at her hair one last time and decided to curl it. It turned out perfect. She had never seen her golden locks have so much volume. She took part of her hair from one side and clipped it up with a red pin that would match her dress then she walked to her closet to change.
She opened her lingerie drawer in the island then contemplated what to wear. She probably wouldn't be having sex that night considering tomorrow she had to go to school and that Derek was still a virgin yet she had this feeling that what she wore under her dress was important. So she pulled out her favorite black lace bra and the matching thong and threw them on. Then she grabbed a pair of sheer black panty hose and put those on and walked over to her dresses.
"Someone is getting luck tonight"
She looked over her shoulder to find her sister Lexie in her doorway. Lexie was in the eleventh grade which only made her a year younger than Meredith. "Lexie do you want something?"
"Who is your date with?"
"None of your business"
"Really because I saw on Gossip Girl that you look awfully cuddly with Derek Shepard, is your date with him?"
"Lexie, why do you read Gossip Girl? It's full of crap that some no good writes about all the kids in our school to make them look bad, and what pictures did you see?"
"They were of you two at lunch. He's hot Meredith you are so lucky"
"Well your right about that, but I don't think anything is going to happen between us tonight"
"What? Why not! You look so hot Meredith he won't be able to keep his hands off of you for the first five minutes. I'll bet he's already trying to undress you in the limo"
"Lexie! That is not going to happen, now he will be here…"
Just then, the doorbell rang. "Crap he's early! Lexie will you please answer the door without embarrassing me in front of him"
"Does he know about Elizabeth?"
"No but I am telling him tonight and we are going out to see her so I can talk to the Robson's about making arrangements to bring her back here."
"So you are taking her back!"
Lexie hugged her sister, "I am so happy for you Meredith"
"Lexie Derek is at the door…"
"Oh right"
Lexie ran down the stairs to answer the door while Meredith finished getting dressed. When she opened the door she found Derek at her doorstep in a navy suit wearing a light blue shirt and a navy tie.
"Hey Lexie, where is Meredith?"
"Finishing getting ready she should be down in a minute, would you like to come in"
He nodded and walked in as Lexie noticed he was holding white roses.
"Aw! You got her flowers, aren't you adorable"
He blushed a little, "Do I make you uncomfortable Derek?"
"Um yeah you kind of do"
"Why because I've been made a victim of Sloan before"
"Look Lexie…"
Just then Meredith came downstairs and Derek was once again just blown away by her beauty.
"Hey Derek" she walked up to him and kissed his lips very quickly.
"You look gorgeous, these are for you"
He handed her the white roses. "Oh Derek you didn't need to"
She walked into the kitchen and put them in a vase with water then Susan came out of the living room.
"Are you heading out Meredith?"
"Yes I am Mom, um this is Derek Shepard, Derek this is my step mother Susan"
Derek shook Susan's hand and lightly kissed her cheek.
"Have her home by midnight please"
"I can do that"
"Bonus points if you make it by 11:30" Susan said as the pair walked out of the house and to the limo that was awaiting them.
At dinner they mainly made small talk. Derek was trying to get out of Meredith what had been upsetting her but she wouldn't budge on the topic. He didn't know however that she was going to show him everything tonight. Why she was here, basically the biggest secret she had ever kept in her life, and what Marc knew that he didn't.
When their dinner was over Derek couldn't find his driver but then Manny pulled up.
"Meredith why is your driver here?"
"Derek I want to take you somewhere, there is something about me you need to know. And this evening was perfect you are such a gentleman and I really think I may like you but I don't want to keep secrets from you."
He nodded and then got in the limo.
When they stopped Meredith opened the window she saw the Robson's small home. "Okay Derek are you ready?"
"Yeah I guess so"
They walked up to the door and Meredith knocked. Susan Robson answered the door. "Meredith, I just brought her downstairs you are here in perfect timing. Is this um, Derek right?"
"Yes Derek this is Susan Robson, Susan this is my… friend Derek"
Meredith walked in the house first and Susan stalled Derek from following Meredith. Mer went into the kitchen to find her baby in her highchair. "Tom I am taking her out to the front to meet Derek ok?"
"Sure thing Meredith"
Meredith picked up the baby and she instantly wrapped her arms around her mother's neck resting her head on Meredith's shoulder. "Oh baby girl I have missed your hugs like you wouldn't believe"
Meredith took a deep breath and walked out to where Derek was sitting in the living room. When he saw her holding a baby he was confused. Susan left and went to be with Tom to give the young pair sometime alone.
Meredith sat down next to Derek and cradled Elizabeth in her arms. The second Derek saw her little face, he knew that this baby belonged to Meredith
"Meredith, are you a mother?"
She nodded, "This is my girl. Elizabeth Ava Grey, she is why I am in New York Derek"
"You got kicked out for being pregnant?"
"No, I got pregnant and my mom wanted me to have an abortion but I couldn't do it. I had already fallen in love with my baby Derek. So she told me that no daughter of hers would be show her face in a school so I had finished at Baycrest hiding the pregnancy. Then in the summer I didn't really contact any of my friends. I spent the time alone and pregnant. I delivered her on July 18 and god from the minute I saw her I was in love. She is the most important person in the world to me and my mom made me give her up. So a week after the Robson couple took her I came out here to visit her then when I got back me and my mom got in this fight and well she basically kicked me out. Now I am here and I am taking my girl back because my father and step mother have agreed to it. So that's it. Now you know the one thing about me that almost no one knows"
All Derek said to her after all that was, "Can I hold her?"
Meredith nodded and handed her baby over to Derek making sure he supported her little head. "She is beautiful Meredith"
"Yeah she is perfect"
"You are so brave Mer; I don't know how you did this all alone"
"Oh and this afternoon, when I was upset, it was because the night of Addison's party when I left I came out here to see my girl but Marc followed me. He got pictures on his phone of me and the baby and he is going to send them to Gossip Girl unless I become his personal slave. I can't have anyone finding out about my baby so I have to do basically everything he wants me to"
"Oh Meredith I'm so sorry."
"I have to steal some anthropology test and the answer key for it then he said he would delete the pictures."
They didn't need to say anything more, the simple kiss Derek placed on Meredith's temple was enough for her to know that he was here for her. They spent the rest of their evening playing with Elizabeth before heading home. Elizabeth was going to be coming to Meredith's for good the next evening and she was so thrilled about it.
Way longer than I intended it to be but I think it was still good. More to come soon!
