So I know it's been forever since I've updated this, I'm really sorry! Life has been crazy lately. Not really in a good way either but I won't bother you with my life problems. I hope you all had an amazing holiday and I love you all! Time for the mystery date!

After driving for a little longer, Derek parked the car at a marina.

"Okay okay, what's going on?" Meredith asked.

He glanced over at her and smiled.

"Come on," he said, getting out and jogging over to open her door for her. He took her hand and helped her step out.

He lead her over to a row of boats and stopped in front of one.

"Derek, what's this?" She asked.

He began to pull the cover off of the boat. "My uncle used to live here. He built boats all the time in his basement. This was his and now it just sits here. There's a full moon tonight, I couldn't think of anywhere better to observe it."

"How much thought did you put into this?"

"I might have spent a few hours planning it when you were sleeping."

"How romantic," Meredith teased him and they stepped into the boat.

Derek walked over to the radio to turn on some music and got some drinks out of the mini fridge.

"Well," Meredith said, "This is very flattering and all and I'm enjoying it all, but you said that this date was going to be unlike any other, how is this so special?"

"This is just the beginning. You're going to have to tr-"

"Trust you, yeah I got it," she laughed.

He smiled at her and took a sip of his drink. "So, I know most things about you. I mean, we've been best friends for a while now. There's got to be something I don't know about you, though."

"These questions are so hard!" she said, playfully hitting him on the arm. "What do you want to know?"

"Tell me something completely random about yourself, something that no one else would know."

"Okay, let me think..." Meredith said before pausing to think. "Oh, here's something random. I can solve a Rubiks Cube."

"No way!" Derek said, clearly surprised. "Can you really?"

"Yup! Not super fast, but in about 5 minutes or so."

"That's crazy. See, I didn't know that about you. Will you show me sometime?"

Meredith smirked at him. "I'll show you that I can do it, but I'm not sure you can handle learning how to solve it."

"Oh really!" Derek laughed. "I might just have to prove you wrong on that."

"You can try, but I doubt it!"

Derek smiled, "I like a challenge."

Together they talked and laughed under the full moon. After about an hour, Derek decided that it was time to move on.

"Are you ready for the next stop?" Derek asked her.

"Of course! This is already pretty fun. How can you make it any better?"

"Tru-" Derek started.

"TRUST ME!" Meredith mocked him, grabbing his hand and pulling him towards the car.

A short drive later they pulled into an empty parking lot in front of an old warehouse.

"This place looks abandoned. What are you going to do, kill me?" Meredith joked.

Derek looked over at her with a blank expression on his face.

"I was hoping you wouldn't figure that out so soon..." he said.

At this point the tone of his voice frightened Meredith. He was joking right?

All of a sudden Derek erupted into laughter earning a slap on the shoulder from Meredith.

"You jerk," she scolded him.

"Come on, lets go." He told her.

Derek pulled open an old rusty door and let them inside. It was too dark to see anything. Derek reached out his hand to the left and flipped a switch.

One by one lights flickered on to reveal what looked like fake medieval towers. It looked like the set to a movie or something like that.

Meredith looked over to her right to see a rack full of guns. Upon studying them closer, she realized that they were laser tag guns.

"Welcome to my childhood." Derek announced.

"Wow," Meredith said. "This place is incredible."

"Oh my god I think I'm in love with you." Derek blurted.

Meredith looked at him, stunned. "Uhh, what?"

"No, not like that, I mean, maybe eventually, not that I don't, well I mean-" Derek stumbled over his words, trying to backpedal. "I have never met or dated a girl who is actually into this stuff." He finally choked out, obviously embarrassed from what he had said. He knew Meredith had put up a lot of walls after what happened to her, he couldn't scare her away.

Meredith sheepishly looked at him. She gave him a small grin. "It's okay, I understand, I think," she said. She couldn't decide in her head if she liked that he was so into her or if she was scared that he would turn out to be like her last boyfriend. Given, she and Derek had become pretty close friends prior to exploring their romantic sides.

"Good," he said nervously. After a brief silence, he moved on. "Okay so you like laser tag?"

"Like it? I grew up playing it." Meredith said.

"Perfect. Want to play a few rounds?"

"Well yeah, but who owns this? Don't you have to pay? How'd you even know about this place?"

"Well when I was a kid this was my favorite hangout when I would visit my uncle in Florida. I came here every vacation. I'm pretty sure people still use it on occasion even though it looks so abandon. I'm sure the owner won't mind us being here." Derek said with a grin.

"Derek! If we're trespassing we could get in a lot of trouble!"

"Don't worry, you can run fast if we get caught right?" He said laughing.

"Well, you said to trust you right?" She mocked him as she grabbed a gun and ran off to hide.

Derek grabbed his gun and ran off to find her.

Suddenly, his back sensor went off, signaling that he had been shot from behind.

"What the- Meredith?" he said.

"Watch your back!" She yelled before disappearing behind a wall.

Derek smirked and began to think of a new strategy.

Meredith and Derek played round after round for hours until all of a sudden Meredith heard the big main door open.

"Derek?" Meredith yelled.

She walked around the corner and tried to see if she could spot Derek. It was pretty dark in the warehouse. She could barely see where she was headed.

She came around the corner, making her way towards the sound of the door. All of a sudden, Meredith was grabbed from behind. Before she could yell, a hand covered her mouth. As hard as she tried, she couldn't get a look at who had her.

"Meredith, shh," the man said, and she realized it was Derek.

"Derek, what the hell? Was that you that opened the door?" she asked.

"No it wasn't me. I think it's the owner of the laser tag place." Derek explained.

He grabbed her hand and started leading her through the course. "Follow me," he said.

They cautiously checked every corner as they worked their way towards the exit. Suddenly, Derek's foot hit some chain link fence laying on the ground, making a loud noise.

"Who's there?" A man's voice yelled.

"Run!" Derek yelled to Meredith and they bolted towards the moonlight seeping through the crack in the door. They finally made it outside and they turned to see if the man had followed. Sure enough, the man was hot on their heels.

"Go, go, go!" Derek yelled and started to run, Meredith following him and the man not too far behind.

Since Meredith and Derek were younger and they had more stamina naturally, they were able to create some space between them.

"Derek!" Meredith yelled. "Over here!" She said and ran to a stone wall about a foot taller than Derek. "Help me over." She told him.

He hoisted her up and she fell onto the other side. Splash. Of course there was mud on the other side. Meredith was covered head to toe in mud.

Soon after Meredith made it over, Derek came over too, landing in the same mud and also splashing Meredith with even more mud.

"Aw what the-" Derek said, examining the mud covering his clothing. He looked up to see if Meredith had as much as him.

"My clothes are ruined!" Meredith said.

"Meredith," he said, trying to hold back his laughter, but failing miserably. He started laughing uncontrollably.

"It's not funny!" She yelled at him, but soon she was laughing too.

Once they both finally stopped laughing they looked at each other for a while.

"You know," Meredith said, "This may be one of the weirdest dates I've ever been on, but it was also the best date I've ever been on."

Derek smiled at her. "I completely agree."

He leaned in to kiss her. Before their lips touched, a loud siren tore them apart.

Busted.

So I'm not exactly pleased with this chapter but it's okay. I'll make the next one better. I love you all and if you want to give me a late Christmas present, you could leave a review :). Toodles.

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