The rain continued to pour outside as Derek drove Meredith to her house, a house newly familiar to him since he had been there that morning, a house he had not noticed prior to this moment, but was glad that he could see now whenever he wanted and even more happy that he knew that girl that occupied it. This house had no defined meaning days before but somehow he knew that he would never be able to drive by it without thinking of Meredith.

Derek got out and opened the car door for Meredith as he walked her to the door, Meredith opened the door with her key, struggling to get it out of the dead bolt.

"Come in", she encouraged Derek just as he was about to offer her help with the door.

"You know if you put WD-40 on the key, it'll stop doing that."

"I have no idea what that is", Meredith answered truthfully. "You could show me tomorrow at the grocery store, if you're still up for that", Meredith said, hopeful. Please say yes, she thought to herself.

"Of course", Derek said, closing the door behind them. He noticed the house was finely decorated, the work of a professional no doubt. A picture frame here, a vase there- it looked like a model home but somehow it was warm on the inside, not devoid of human emotion like Meredith's mother. It must be because of Meredith, he thought to himself, she livens the place up.

"Make yourself at home."

Derek nodded as wondered down the hallway, sitting down on the couch as Meredith ran upstairs to change, grabbing a towel from the bathroom to towel dry her hair

"Can I use your bathroom?" He asked in almost a yell, making sure that she could hear it upstairs. Way to sound like an imbecile, he dogged himself.

"Upstairs, first door on the right", she answered with no hesitancy.

"Thanks", he said as he took off his shoes, not wanting to track dirt onto the pristine carpet, following her motions as he made his way up the stairs

Derek flushed the toilet as he finished up, Meredith was changing in her room.
Derek knew he had a couple of minutes and didn't want to rush her. He was in her bathroom. It smelled great he thought. Not too girly either. A purple bottle caught his eye on the edge of the bath tub: Essential Oils Lavender Shampoo it read in his hands as he unscrewed the cap and smelt it, closing his eyes as he took in the slightly sweet floral smell of the purple liquid. It smelt amazing, reminded him of her in every way. He repeated the name to himself, surely never wanting to forget it as he rushed to put it back in its place.

Not paying attention, Derek dropped it on the floor, and the bottle made a crashing noise. Derek cursed himself as he put it carefully back in its place this time. Yep,you're definitely an imbecile, he cursed himself. Derek walked out the door after putting the shampoo back in it's place carefully, seeing Meredith exit from he room, her hair damp and up in a pony tail, a pair of dark grey sweats on and a deep green t-shirt on, accenting her eyes. To any other person, these would just be sweats but to Derek she still looked amazing. The t-shirt hugged her every curve loosely and her sweats loose enough to leave things to the imagination but tight enough to notice her legs, her gorgeous legs Derek thought to himself.

"Done snooping?" Admit it Derek, I'd do it too.

Derek fumbled for words, "Ummm…I…", Say something Derek. "I'm just clumsy."

Meredith laughed, "It's fine, I'd do it too."

Note to self; clean bathroom if Meredith comes over.

Derek laughed as she made her way down the stairs, feeling like a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Meredith's golden hair was shining in the sun and again he was reminded of the lavender shampoo.

"Up for a movie?" Meredith asked, not looking back to see the dumb expression on his face as he was day dreaming.

"Yeah, definitely", Derek said as he cleared his throat. I really need to stop doing that, reminding himself that his day dreaming was best done in private.

"Okay, choose a DVD, I'll make the popcorn and put your jacket in the dryer", she said with a smile, leaving Derek alone in the living room.

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It's all up in the air and we stand still to see what comes down
I don't know where it is, I don't know when, but I want you around
When it falls in place with you and I, we go from if to when
Your side and mine are both behind it's indication

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Squeezed in another update in case I become scarce this weekend. Enjoy.

Read and review please. : )

-Viv