Soon Meredith realized that they were on their way to ferryboats. And indeed, Derek stopped the car when they arrived there. He opened her door and gave her the hand to get out.

"It will get dark soon Derek!"

"Don't worry, we won't stay too long!"

Derek took her hand and leaded her to a ferryboat and he could see that Meredith was looking confused at him, so he smiled at her and told her to get ready for a ride.

Soon the ferryboat started to move and both of them were watching the bank getting far.

"I told you once that this is a great place for confessions!" Derek was the first who spoke.

"And is there something that you want to confess me?" Meredith asked him curious.

"Not right now, but I know that you have something!"

"No, I don't!"

"Yes you do and I am expecting you to tell me what is it about!"

Meredith stared blankly over the water again. She never confessed to anyone else but Alex about her problems. Alex was the only one who knew her issues. Nobody else cared or showed any interest for her problems, but now Derek wanted to know them, but what if he will find them too stupid or too overwhelming? Tears started to flood her eyes. Derek saw them and gently wiped her face.

"You know Meredith, I want to believe that I am more then just a sex partner! I want you to know that I am also your friend and whenever you feel like you have something bothering you can tell me so that I can help."

Meredith looked at him and she saw his gentle eyes and his charming smile.

Derek brushed her face with his hands, then he pulled her for a kiss and a hug.

She wrapped her arms around him and tears started to wet her face now and also his jacket.

Still crying and with her head resting on him, she started to confess him between sobs.

"My father left when I was 3… he was alcoholic and often he was getting angry on us…then my mom turned him to the authorities and later she got the divorce and the full custody for me … I really don't remember anything from that period, but my first memories are with some relatives and neighbors looking up for me, when my mom was at work and this means all the time… my best's friend mom took me and her in our first day of school… she missed everything about me and with all this she pretends that she knows me and she tells me what are her expectations from me …she wants me to play by her rules now, but I had my own rules …now that somebody else raised me or it would be better said I raised myself she expects me to be like her …"

With each sentence that she was revealing, harder the tears were coming and the voice was shakier. In the meantime, the rain started to drop from sky; first easily, then harder. But they were still hugging and not looking like they were feeling it.

"And you know, the worst part is …" she looked up at him "…that she thinks she has the right to slap me, but she doesn't"

Then Derek realized that this must happened last night when Meredith went to see her mother. It was hard for him to listen all these as it was for her to tell him. His father died when he was little, but he was still having his mother and his sisters and they were a family… a family that apparently Meredith never had.

He comforted her and gave her time to calm down.

When she got calmer and she stopped from crying, she looked up at him. She could see that everything he heard affected him, but his smile was still there. "I am sorry! I have many family issues, so I am not perfect!"

Derek kissed her lips " I don't want you to be perfect! I am not perfect either, nobody is!"

Meredith smiled and hugged him tight "Right in this moment I think you are perfect!"

Derek laughed "No I am not! Is just your moment impression because you feel worse by living this then me who I was just a listener"

"But you were a perfect listener!"

The ferryboat was approaching the harbor and both of them were completely wet because of the rain's that was continuing to fall over them.

Getting back to car, Derek reached for a blanket and wrapped it around Meredith.

"I say we should stop by my apartment first since I live nearly and we need to dry ourselves before the cold hits us."

"Ok!" Meredith approved with a nod.

Arriving home, Derek unlocked the door, opened it, and found the house in complete dark and silence. He turned on the lights and invited Meredith in.

"It looks like Mark is having fun somewhere out there tonight" he said while he was throwing the keys on the coffee table and stepping in "Wait me here" he asked her and went to his bedroom. After just a few seconds, he came back with a clean towel and his bath robe "Here, take this and go get a hot shower! I don't want to hear in the next days that you got cold and you are missing from work" he gave her his dreamy smile that made Meredith to smile back and took the items "Thank You!"

"I'll go get Doc while you are in shower!"

When she came out of the bathroom, Meredith found Derek in kitchen preparing something for them to eat. She gave a look around the house "Where is Doc?" she asked while she took a seat down on table.

Derek came behind her, kissed the top of her head and laughed "It seems that Mark is trying his luck with Doc too"

Meredith also laughed and shook her head "You two are so mean with that dog!"

"Hey, I was just kidding!"

"Yeah, sure were!"

After dinner, they got comfortable on couch in front of the TV. Meredith was resting her head on his chest while he was running his hand through her wet hair. Both of them were enjoying that moment; Meredith relaxing in his embraces and Derek breathing in the smell of her hair. He had bought indeed a lavender shampoo for her to use it when she comes to stay at his place. He loved that smell terribly; first because it was remembering him of Meredith when she wasn't with him and secondly because it was relaxant too.

"I think we should go to bed" he whispered her when he saw that she was sleeping. Meredith opened her eyes and nodded, and then they got up and headed to bedroom.

"Wait!" Meredith stopped him "don't you think you should call Mark and see what happened to them?"

Derek turned around and thought for a moment "Do you think he is trying to get rid of him?" he asked her a little worried, making Meredith to laugh, "You know him better"

"You are right! I should call him" and took out his cell phone from the pants' pocket and dialed Mark's number.

"Yes Derek! What do you want?" Mark answered annoyed seeing Derek's id.

"Where in the heck are you? And what did you do with my dog?" then he heard Mark laughing

"Don't worry, Doc is fine! We are taking good care of him!"

"We?!"

"Exactly Derek, so don't worry about it; I'll sit with Doc today and you can ask Meredith to sit with you instead of Doc."

Derek laughed too and shook his head "You are a horrible person Mark for using my dog in your steamy games!"

"Hey, looks who's talking! Don't worry about us! You'd better go and take Meredith to keep you company tonight"

"You should not worry about me either"

"Oh… so then why are you wasting the time arguing with me on phone? God Derek, you don't know how to put up a date!"

"Shut up Mark and bring my dog back safe!"

"Ok, ok! Have fun!"

While Derek was talking with Mark, Meredith went in his room and searched for a shirt to put on her. When Derek came in she was just getting in bed.

"I hope you don't mind" she asked him, seeing the way he was looking at her shirt.

"Not at all! It looks great on you," he said smiling and coming next to her.

"So, what happened to Doc?"

"Doc is fine! Mark said he will sit with it tonight, so that you can sit with me"

Meredith laughed. "Really?" Derek nodded and gave her a quick kiss on lips "Well you are paying me for dog sitting, not Derek sitting"

"What are you saying? That I am not paying you enough for …a Derek sitting?"

Meredith nodded rakishly, Derek dragged her under him, and started to tickle her and to kiss her around the neck, making her to laugh hard "Do you mean that I am harder to handle then a dog?"

Meredith still laughing was slapping Derek to stop "Exactly!"

Derek stopped and looked at her serious "And why is that?"

"Well … A, the dogs don't ask for sex, and if they do you give them another dog…" Derek cut her laughing "Oh Meredith"

"Let me finish… B, they don't ask to bath with you and C ….well there is no C, but I think it is enough … they don't ask to have sex and bath with their …nanny"

Derek continued to laugh and after what Meredith finished, he crashed his lips on her and gave her a long kiss. "I have to go a shower…alone" and he gets up, not before kissing her again "I thing we'll have to start negotiate again about this …Derek sitting" smiling from the doorframe.

Meredith giggled, "We can try it, but I doubt that you can afford to take me as your nanny"

"I'm sure we'll get to an agreement" and he walked out of the bedroom.

When he came back, Meredith was already sleeping, so he got in bed too and spooned her and soon he fell asleep too.

The next morning the alarm went on and Derek woke up to turn it off; then he turned around to face Meredith who also woke up by the noise of the alarm.

Derek brushed the hair away from her face "Good morning"

Meredith smiled and gave him a soft kiss "Good morning!"

Derek placed himself on top of her and started kissing all over her face "Did you sleep well?"

Meredith nodded and thanked him.

"What are you thanking me for?"

"For making my day yesterday"

Derek smiled and continued to kiss her "Anytime" then he moved his kisses down her body making her giggle.

"We're horny this morning, aren't we Derek?"

"Very horny" he answered under the cover and started to come up again and unbutton her shirt leaving a kiss on each spot he was revealing from under it.

"Leave my shirt alone Derek"

"No, it is mine and I want it back; and I want it now" and he continued his work.

When he reached at the shirt's middle Meredith pushed him away, making him to protest. She got on top of him and she just stood there without doing anything, just looking at him.

"Aren't you going to do anything?" Derek asked her annoyed and Meredith shook her head "Come on Mere! You interrupted me from out I was doing and you are just staring at me?" Meredith smiled and nodded satisfied for being able to tease him "You know you are little and if I want I can use just a little force to get you under me again"

"But you won't" and she gave him a kiss "This is all you get for the dinner from last night"

"That's it? How about making you laughing last night?"

Meredith shook her head smiling "That you did it as a friend"

Derek wanted to say something but a knock on door interrupted him

"Derek get up" Mark's voice demanded from behind the door.

Derek made sign to Meredith to stay quiet.

"I know you two are awake so get up" Mark demanded again.

"What do you want Mark?" Derek asked and in the next second, Mark came in.

"MARK!!!" Derek protested still holding Meredith over him.

"What? You are both dressed so you are not having sex!"

"Yes, but maybe we were about to have!" Derek commented.

Mark rolled his eyes "If you say so… anyway you have to take Doc out for a walk"

In the meantime, Doc came in too and jumped in bed next to them.

"I walked him last night, but I am not going to do it everytime; besides, didn't you have enough sex last night? Do you need now too? You don't have time anyway, if you don't want Meredith to have problems with Bailey. And…."

"Are you here to chat Mark?" Derek got annoyed by Mark's daring.

Mark smiled "No, I actually don't have time; I have something more important in kitchen! So, bye!" and he left the room closing the door after him.

During Mark's gabs Meredith got off from Derek and from bed and started to look around the room for her clothes.

"And what do you think you're doing?" asked Derek after Mark's leaving.

Meredith continued to look for her clothes "Mark is right, Bailey will kill me if I am late, so we don't have time for sex now; besides you have to walk Doc" pointing to Doc who was hovering in Derek's head.

Derek groaned and got out of the bed. He came behind her and wrapped his arms around her "If we don't have sex, then you are coming with me to walk Doc!" and he started kissing her ear lob.

"I don't have time for that either"

"A walk is shorter then a sex round" and he moved to the other ear "Plus, I have your clothes and I am not telling you where"

Meredith pushed him away and groaned, "Fine, let's walk Doc"

"Now what is with this attitude? I thought you love Doc!" and he faked a pouted face.

Meredith smiled at him and playfully she slapped his arm "I love him more then you do anyway" and Derek started to smile at her again "Can you give me the clothes back now?"

"They are in bathroom in dryer"

"Then go and bring them to me!"

He pulled her in his arms "And what do I get for that?"

"I'll walk Doc with you"

"I want more"

"I'm not having sex with you now"

Derek sighed "I know, and even if you would want it we don't have time now, but … you can give me a kiss" and Meredith stack her lips right away on his, giving him a quick kiss.

"Now go" she commanded

"That wasn't a kiss… was a fake kiss"

Meredith groaned and kissef him again; from the moment that he felt her lips on his, Derek cupped her face and grabbed it for a deep kiss.

Meredith tried to catch up her breath again "Are you satisfied now?"

"No"

"DEREK!!!"

"I'm going" and he walked out of the bedroom.

Soon he returned with her the clothes.

"It seems that Mark and Doc made a friend last night" he said it sitting down on the bed's edge and looking at Meredith who was dressing.

"Do you mean a girlfriend, right?"

Derek laughed and went over to her. In that moment Meredith was putting her pants on "Let me help you with that" he said smiling, and he tied her pants' buttons pulling her waist closer to him.

Meredith smiled at him and gave him another quick kiss, then she pushed him away "I'm ready, lets go"

Derek sighed and followed her out.

She found in kitchen, Mark and a young, blonde and tall lady. They saw them coming out of their bedroom together with Doc, so Mark's girlfriend comes to them and cuddles Doc; then she stands up to Meredith smiling "Hi! I'm Angela!"

Meredith smiles back and shakes her hand "Meredith"

Derek puts the leash to Doc "Let's go Meredith!" and Meredith follows him.

"Don't you want eat something first?" Angela stopped them.

Derek opened the door for Meredith and looked back at Angela "We have to walk Doc first; later" and both said goodbye to Mark and Angela and left.

The walk was longer then they planned it to be, since Derek took care to harass Meredith all the time they stood in park instead of looking up for Doc, so Doc decided not to wait for them and walk by himself. When they saw that the dog was not with them anymore they started to look for it all around the park.

They found it after a long running, playing with another dog.

Because of Doc's lost, they didn't have time to eat, so they just dropped Doc home.

"I guess you'll have to go with me today" Derek told her while they got into the parking lot.

Meredith smiled at him "I guess it's ok, since we are already late, the chances for someone to see us coming together are slight"

Derek smiled and opened the car's door for her and then he got on the driver's seat and left.

During the ride, Meredith was biting nervous her lower lip, so Derek took her hand and kissed it "Is everything alright?"

Meredith looked at him and nodded "Um… yeah" after a short pause "What do you think it will happen when they'll find out?"

"Who and find out about what?"

"About us!"

"I don't know, but they will find out one day; we won't be able to hide it forever!"

"So, do you think this will last for a long time?"

Derek smiled at her and brushed her face "I hope so!" and he kissed her hand again and set it on his lap.

Meredith smiled back at him and started to rub his thigh.

"Now you are mean … very mean, Meredith!"

Meredith smiled and kissed his ear lobe, making Derek to shiver "You are so going to pay me for this Meredith!" Meredith giggled "You are not scaring me … dr. Shepherd"

Derek took her hand in his hand and held it away from his lap "You should be scared" He smiled at her.

Soon they arrived in the hospital's parking lot and Derek parked the car. They looked around, but they didn't see anyone known, so both of them got out of the car and headed to entrance, without staying too close one to each other, but also not too far.

What they didn't know was that they weren't the only ones who were late for work.

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