Title: Pretending to Date
Summary: Meredith and Derek are best friends he is an attending and she is an intern. They never slept together but became best friends instead. Derek is going to visit his family for two weeks. He and Addison tried to work it out but they couldn't. He lied to his family saying he is seeing someone and they want to meet her to make sure he is finally moving on.
Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy. I don't own anything or anyone…so sad
Authors Note: Sorry that it has been forever and a day. I have been extremely busy with life and school. I also had kind of a writer's block and I still don't know if this update is that great, but I am still going to post it.
Sunday day 2: Part 1
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"Mer, Mer come on, we have to get up." Derek said as he shook Meredith. He smiled to himself. Meredith was going to have a long day after all of the tequila she consumed with his sister. He stopped drinking after three scotches.
"Mmm…five more minutes." Meredith mumbled and rolled over.
"Hmm…last night you were willing to get on your knees for me." Meredith looked up at Derek and couldn't remember anything.
"I don't believe you." Meredith said after a few minutes.
"I'll prove it, you said some other interesting things as well. You told me that you wanted to screw me the first night you met me, even though you knew I was married, on the bar if I'm not mistaken." Meredith put her hands on her face to block the shade of red glowing on her cheeks. "You also told me about dreams you had about me, you and the scrub room. And…"
"Ok, ok I believe you." Meredith hid her face under a pillow wondering what else she told him. "Why do we have to get up anyway?" Meredith said desperately trying to change the subject.
"We have a two hour drive to The Hilton to check in for tomorrow's conference. Oh and there is a social tonight that we are going to." Meredith started to sit up, but immediately thought better then to, when her head started spinning.
"I'll get you some Advil," Derek said noticing how sick Meredith was.
"Thanks," Meredith was asleep again before Derek left the room.
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Derek walked down the pure wood steps. He wanted to be quiet, because it was only quarter to eight in the morning. He was hoping no one was going to be up before they left for the conference. Derek was out of luck when he noticed his mother reading the Sunday paper, and then he remembered she always goes to church at nine o'clock on Sunday mornings.
"Derek, I don't suppose you are going to join the rest of the family in church today are you. I noticed you came in late last night." Ellaina Shepherd said to her son.
"We were having fun, dancing and drinking." Derek said as he grabbed a glass of water. "We won't be able to go to church this morning. Meredith and I have a medical conference to go to until Friday."
"Derek, I know you think you like Meredith, but I can get you one of my friends' daughters to go on a date with you. You won't have to be on the rebound anymore." Ellaina said lovingly.
"I'm not on the rebound, Meredith is special to me." Derek said as he grabbed the Advil out of the medicine cabinet.
"There is nothing wrong with her, but she is not like Addison."
"No she's not like Addison. She wouldn't screw my best friend behind my back." Ellaina fell silent realizing it was still a touchy subject with her son.
"So I guess there is no chance of you getting back together than." Derek just grinded his teeth and turned his back on his mother. She pretended to clean the counter even though they had a maid to do the cleaning.
"When Meredith and I get back from the conference, you all better have a nicer attitude toward Meredith. You never would have made any of my sisters' boyfriends feel unwelcome and I don't want it for Meredith either." Derek stalked out of the room with the glass of water and Advil in hand. He had finally stood up to his mother after all these years.
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Derek had an angry scowl on his face when he entered his room he shared with Meredith. Meredith was jolted awake when Derek slammed the door shut. He no longer cared if he woke anyone up, he was angry at his whole family.
"I got your Advil." Derek said assertively.
"Are you mad at me?" Meredith said questioning and hoping she didn't do something to piss Derek off.
"Everyone but you, Mer," Derek said as he handed her the water. She took the pills and tried to get out of bed right away, but instead pulled Derek back into bed with her.
"Do you want to talk about it? Actually better yet, you are not getting out of bed until you tell me what, is the matter with you." Meredith said trying to use the same assertive tone as Derek. "You have taken care of me before and now it is time for me to take care of you." Meredith was on her side and leaning on one arm. Her hair fell down in trundles, framing her porcelain face.
"You look so beautiful right now." Derek said looking into her green eyes that were widened with curiosity.
"No, don't change the subject." Meredith stayed firm, she was hell bent on finding out what angered him.
"I finally stood up to my mother after thirty-six years of my life. I did it for you and me. I told her I didn't like how she and the rest of my family were treating you." Meredith faintly smiled at Derek.
"You did that for me." Meredith asked surprised and happy. Derek took her hand in his.
"I have feelings for you that extend beyond friendship. I don't know how far yet but I am learning. I just could not take my mother saying that you weren't good enough because you weren't like Addison."
"Derek…" Meredith wanted to say that she to had feelings for him.
"I am not finished yet. She made is sound like I was only with you, because I was on the rebound and that you weren't good enough for me."
"But were not really…" Derek silenced Meredith by putting his finger to her lips.
"You mean something to me. You are my very best friend right now and it just was a low jab, almost as bad as Addison and Mark."
Derek climbed out of bed and headed to the closet and Meredith left the room for the bathroom. "I'll pack Mer, you can just shower and get ready. Oh and thank you." Meredith just smiled to Derek as she closed the door to the bathroom.
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Meredith sat on the side of the spa tub and hit the speed dial for Cristina. Instead of getting her voice mail like she would if Cristina was on call or a very grouchy Cristina if she woke her up, it was a very pleasant Cristina.
"Did you screw him yet? Was he good? At exactly what time was it?" Meredith just let out a deep breathe thanking God that Cristina wasn't yelling at her.
"No, but Derek stood up to his mother for me and then he told me he has feelings for me."
"So I can still win the bet." Cristina said happily. "I thought for sure you would only call to tell me who one."
"I better go we have to leave for the conference soon."
"Are you going to be in the same room?" The question was from Izzie who was yelling in the back round.
"Where are you Cristina?" Meredith asked curiously.
"Answer Izzie's question and I'll answer yours."
"I think we are going to have separate rooms. I hope for my sake we do otherwise I don't know how much longer I will be able to withstand him." Meredith said smiling knowing that Cristina would be happy to know she was caving under the pressure.
"Oh, I hope there is a mix up at the hotel." Izzie said in the distances again.
"Am I on speaker phone?" Meredith asked finally noticing back round noises.
"Yeah, we are at the surgically nurses' station. Say hi to everyone."
"Oh God," Meredith said as she hit herself on the head for being so stupid.
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Derek was packed and sitting on the bed waiting for Meredith to come out of the bathroom. He stared at the walls of the room he had since they bought the house. He never would have picked out any of the furnishings or the deep color that was on the wall. Minutes ticked away on the clock as he tried to think of anything than Addison.
"Mer, are you still alive in there. I want to hit the road soon."
"You're driving." Meredith asked putting the finishing touches on her makeup.
"Obviously, there is no other way." Derek said as he paced back in forth in the room. He thought it would clear his head, but it didn't.
"Ok, I am ready. Oh and by the way I might have told have the hospital our private business." Meredith tried to keep her voice casual and hope that Derek wasn't paying much attention to her.
"What did you do?" Derek turned to face her and kept walking closer to her. Meredith in turn kept backing farther and farther away until she was pinned between Derek's body and the wall.
"Cristina wanted to know if we sealed the deal on the bet. I said some things to her that you told me and embarrassed myself as well."
"Who did you embarrass more?" Derek asked out of curiosity. He pushed his whole body into Meredith's.
"It depends how you look at it." Meredith released a breath she was holding.
"Well that is interesting. Why don't we give the hospital something to really talk about?" Derek put his lips on Meredith's with soft but aggressive power. Her hands immediately went to his hair that was always in her fantasies. She tugged on it and ran her fingers through it. Derek pulled Meredith closure with his arms if it was possible. He picked her up as his tongue invaded her mouth and dueled for power of the kiss. Derek would have dropped her right then if her back was pushed up against the wall for support. He left her mouth and started trailing kisses to her ear. The ear lobe was quickly taken into his mouth. He bit it before whispering in her ear. "Do you want more?" The only response that Meredith could come up with was a moan. Derek dropped her legs down to the floor and tried to regain his balance. "Well it will have to wait for another time. We are already running late."
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The car ride was quiet. Meredith could still taste Derek's mouth in hers. She had felt safe, loved, and secure in his arms. She kept thinking about if they would have went farther if it wasn't for this stupid conference they had to go to. She couldn't figure out who really cares about neurological disorders. The two hours seemed to last longer. With only about half an hour left they were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, because of a tractor trailer accident.
Derek drummed his fingers on the steering wheel to the beat of the clash that was playing on the radio. The only thing running through Meredith's mind was how cute Derek looked with his sun glasses on.
"Something wrong," Derek had caught Meredith staring at him, and decided that they had sat in the car silent long enough.
"No I just was wondering…what brand those sunglasses were?" Meredith was not a good lied and prayed Derek would not catch her in a lie.
"You know we can talk about it. Were friends this shouldn't be awkward for us."
"Yeah, you are right. So are you excited about going to the conference." Meredith was trying to come up with things to talk about. When you are with someone twenty-four hours a day it is hard to find things to discuss.
"It will serve its purpose." Derek said turning the radio off, because it lost its signal. Meredith internally groaned as she realized they would have to talk until they got to there destination.
Meredith tried her hardest to come up with something to say to Derek. The only thoughts going through her brain revolved around the kiss. "You said we could talk about the kiss and right now it is like the elephant in the room."
"Yeah, I meant everything I said and I didn't just kiss you out of impulse. I had been thinking about you since you wore that black dress at the mixer."
"I guess from when I was drunk you know that I have wanted you that long to. Do you think all of our kisses will be like that? Or just that one because the passion had been building for a year?" Meredith asked staring into Derek's eyes.
"We could find out right now." Just as Derek was about to kiss Meredith the car behind him honked and they realized the accident had cleared.
The rest of the trip was smooth sailing. Somewhere along the line Derek and Meredith had held hands. They only let go when Derek would need his hand to drive, but then right away fell back into the motion of holding hands again.
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The car navigated through the city streets with easy before pulling into the circle in front of the Hilton to be parked. The hotel stood before Meredith and Derek as the walked inside. They had forgotten that they were still holding hands after all the time. They walked to the front desk to check in. At the front desk they finally realize they are holding hands and drop them awkwardly.
"Hello, can I help you." The friendly receptionist asked as she typed away feverishly on the computer.
"Hi, I am Dr. Shepherd and this is Dr. Grey, we are here to check in for the medical conference on neurological disorders." The receptionist smiled and handed them one set of keys.
"Between you and I, I am a hopeless romantic. That's why when your friend Cristina called and told me I had to upgrade you to our honeymoon suit." Meredith tried to push the keys back into the receptionists hand.
"What did our friend tell you?" Meredith asked putting on her sweetest smile.
"Oh just how you got married last month and that no one is supposed to know, because your boss has a no dating policy."
"Did she really?" Meredith gritted her teeth, but still had a smile on her face.
"Don't worry your secret is safe with me. I will tell anyone who asks that there was a mix up and by the time you guys checked in that there was no other rooms left."
Derek nodded his head and thanked the receptionist. He took Meredith's hand and headed toward the elevator.
"I am going to kill Cristina. She must have done that after I talked to her and the entire hospital."