The Closer You Get

"Damn it. I can't find my keys. Derek, hold it straight because I need some light." Meredith was nervous about that situation.
She was alone, in the dark, with the man she had a crush on.

"Do you want me to try to find it?" He asked trying to calm her down.

"Yes, please. I always have trouble trying to find things."

She gave him her purse, he sat down on the sidewalk and turned his phone's flashlight on. It was right there, the keys, but she was so nervous just to be with him that she couldn't find it.

"Right here Lady. We won't need to sleep here tonight." He handled the situation calmly and gave her the keys.

"I'm so stupid, I'm sorry. Come on in." She opened the doors and moved some things that were in the passenger seat to the backseat.

"That's comfy. I like it. Can I open the window? I like the wind blowing in my face."

"Sure. Go ahead. I won't judge you. Just kidding. I will."

She was comfortable making fun of him and he was liking it.
It was like they were friends for a long time.
They laughed and talked all the way until his place. They lived close to each other. His apartment was in the Main Street and hers 4 blocks away from there.

"Thanks for the ride, Meredith. Actually, it was really nice to meet you."

"It was a pleasure. I don't know how we never met before. But I had an amazing night. Thanks for everything."

He went closer to her, gave a kiss on her forehead and left the car.
In reality, he wanted to kiss her. That's all he wanted but he wasn't sure that she wanted to. She was married but he felt like she didn't care about it but he couldn't risk their friendship.

Meredith watched him entering the building. She wanted to get off the car and run to him but she knew she couldn't. Not like that. It wasn't about her husband but she wasn't 100% sure that he wanted her the way she wanted him.

Both spent the night wondering the same thing like fools. It was Monday, Meredith didn't work on Tuesday and Derek on Wednesday so they'd only see each other Thursday night, their date so they were counting the days.

As soon as Derek parked his car Mark showed up in the window.

"Tell me. How was last night?"

"Nothing happened. She's married. Nothing will happen. I mean we're friends now bit nothing more than that."

"Oh come on. That look on her face? She likes you and you like her too. I'm not saying that it wouldn't be wrong but there's something between you two."

They kept talking, entered the building and went straight to the lockers. Derek needed some sheets of paper to print exercises for his class. He asked the receptionist but she didn't have it so told him to go to the principal's office because he would definitely have some. When he entered Richard's office he was talking on the phone so made a signal for Derek to wait for a minute. He sat there and started looking around the office. He noticed a photo of Richard and a woman, but apparently she wasn't his wife and she looked very similar to Meredith Grey.

"Is everything okay, Mr. Shepherd?" Webber asked with a not very friendly voice.

"Yes it is. I just needed some sheets of paper to print exercises but no one had so they told me to come here."

"Sure. Here it is. Look, it's none of my business but I heard some people commenting about you and Meredith Grey. It's not recommendable date people from work and I'm not going to interfere or fire any of you, but I think it's my job to alert you about that."

Richard wasn't pissed of or anything but he had dated Meredith's mother, Ellis Grey, when both worked there and he was the reason why her father left her mother, so as he knew she was married, he didn't want it to happen to her as well.

"I don't know what you've heard but Meredith and I are just friends. I met her sister yesterday and she introduced us."
Derek was pissed. People were gossiping about him and Meredith when nothing happened.

"I didn't want to make any awkward situation so I'm sorry if I did. If you need anything else it's just knock on the door."

"Thanks Webber."

Derek walked out and closed the door. He couldn't understand why people loved to gossip about these things. He couldn't get it, it was his personal life, his business and no one had nothing with that. He wanted to call Meredith yo know how she was dealing with her husband but it was to soon. They didn't have this intimacy yet.

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