Eventually Meredith was too tired to run and was forced to stop. She looked around her for the first time and realized where she was. She walked down the deserted street and turned the corner. In front of her loomed Seattle Grace hospital. She hadn't been here for years but as a child she had been dragged to the daycare centre every morning after her father left until they moved to Boston.
Meredith considered entering the hospital but quickly decided not to; after all it was 3 in the morning. Instead she called a taxi and asked the driver to take her home. The driver attempted to engage Meredith with small talk but she was still in a state of shock and was fairly unresponsive.
When Meredith arrived at her house she paid the taxi driver and walked slowly towards the front door. As she put the key in the door she noticed something stir on the porch swing. Before she could open her mouth to scream she recognized Derek's face.
"What are you doing here?" She asked coldly.
"You ran off, I wanted to know whether you had gotten home safely."
"You don't have to pretend to be nice anymore; I've broken up with Finn so you can't get revenge through me anymore. Besides, I now know that you're an asshole so just drop the act," Meredith said before slamming the front door closed and running upstairs to her bedroom.
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"Hey Addi," Meredith said as she answered the phone. Before she picked up the phone she had checked to make sure that it wasn't Derek or Finn calling, both of them had been calling her nonstop all morning.
"Hey! I didn't see you at all last night, where were you hiding?" Addison questioned.
Meredith sighed deeply before telling Addison everything which had happened. When she had eventually finished there was silence of the other end of the line.
"Addi?" Meredith asked wondering if Addison was still there.
"Sorry, yeah, I'm here, I'm just thinking… I am so sorry Mer; do you want me to come over?"
"You don't have, I'm sure you want to hang out with Mark or so something."
"I would love to come over. We could watch shitty movies and eat ice cream."
"Thanks Addi."
"Sure, I'll be over in like 20 minutes… get the popcorn ready."
"Okay, see you soon, bye."
"Bye."
Meredith hung up the phone and lay in bed for 10 minutes. If Addison hadn't said she was coming over Meredith seriously doubted she would get up at all that day. Eventually Meredith rolled out of bed and got dressed.
Meredith was downstairs getting some food together when Addison called her.
"Hurry up and answer the door," Addison said down the phone. Meredith went to answer the door and flung it open.
"Why are you being so impatient…?" Meredith began before Addison clapped her hand over Meredith's mouth.
Addison pulled Meredith outside and pointed at a bundle which was on the porch swing. Meredith couldn't believe it; Derek had slept outside her door all night. She went back inside the house and pulled Addison in with her. She shut the door lightly and then thought better of it and slammed it. The loud crashing noise caused Derek to wake up and to fall of the swing.
"Meredith?" Derek said groggily.
Meredith ignored him and went back to the kitchen.
"You might want to listen to what he is here to say," Addison suggested.
"He used me! I… I really liked him… like really …I… no….no I will not open the door," Meredith rambled.
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Meredith switched off the TV and sighed.
"I suppose I have to do some work now," She said reluctantly.
"Yeah, me too," Addison said whilst standing up.
"I'll see you at school on Monday."
"Uh huh, call me tonight and tell me if he ever leaves," Addison said and pointed towards the front door. Through the curtained window they could make of the silhouette of Derek sitting on the porch swing.
"Yeah you better go out through the other door."
"Or you could just talk to him."
"No. Not yet."
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Meredith looked at her clock and put her pen down. She hadn't finished her work but it was 9 O'clock and she felt as though if she saw another equation she would go insane. She walked into the living room and then changed her mind. Instead, she walked towards the front door.
"Derek," She called lightly through the door.
"Mer," Derek replied quickly.
"Go home Derek,"
"I can't, I need to explain to you."
"I don't want to listen to your explanation, I already know."
"No you don't know… you don't know how I feel."
"Just go home," Meredith said whilst she walked away from the door.
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It was 11 O'clock and Meredith was lying in her bed trying absolutely everything to get to slip. By 11:15 she had given up and was calling Addison.
"Addi?"
"Yeah."
"He wasn't left." Meredith was looking out of her window and staring at the figure of Derek lying on the swing.
"Seriously? Wow… what are you going to do?"
"I don't know."
"Well you have to do something."
"I know…I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Okay, goodnight."
Meredith went to the linen closet and grabbed a blanket. She then went to the fridge and got out a bottle of water and a granola bar.
Meredith went towards the door and walked outside onto the porch. Derek was lying on the porch swing asleep. She laid the blanket over him and placed the water and cereal bar on the ground. After she had done this she went upstairs and fell straight to sleep.
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