Long, soft fingers tipped with nails painted a sparkly tangerine walk up the long sleeve of Derek's charcoal gray button down shirt. The fingers end their trek at his collar, the glitter encrusted nails whispering across the sensitive skin just below his ear. Even as the move annoyed him, he could feel his cock growing hard. He stayed in a perpetually hard state anymore. Partially because of the giggling adolescent next to him, mostly because of the pissed looking woman sprawled in a corner booth.

"I wanna dance. Let's dance Deripoo." Rose walked her fingers down his shoulder and across his chest. He winced when the nimble digits found, and tweaked, one nipple. "Come on, come on, come on. Please, please, please."

He turned his head slightly, his dead pan gaze meeting the eager one of his nineteen year old companion. He still had moments when he wondered how the hell he had become involved with her. Then the clothes would come off and he would remember. Rose was golden in the sack. No inhibitions, no qualms about asking for what she wanted, no resentment over giving him what he wanted. Her willingness to try new things didn't hurt either. "I don't dance."

Full lips tinted a shiny peach fall into a pout. Long, thick lashes flutter. "But Deripoo, I love this song." The lips start to tremble, the lashes collecting moisture. Shit. He hated when she did this. He never knew when she was acting, or when her feelings had actually been hurt. A game of chance, that was Rose. On a good day she was a simple dice game. On a bad day she was Russian Roulette. All part of her charm. All part of the fun. "Come on Deripoo. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please."

Derek shook his head. Rose's whining and fit wouldn't budge him on this. He didn't dance. He never really had. Except for one rainy November night…

"You promised…"

Turning his head, Derek captured the lips whispering into his ear. The slow rush of heat pulsing through his body straight to his groin mocked the rapid beat of the up tempo 80s song blaring from the boom box. An after dinner dance in his kitchen was the last thing on his mind.

"You know I don't dance." Derek pulled Meredith onto his lap. Her slim body barely fit the space between his torso and the edge of the kitchen table.

His body began to show its appreciation of the brush of her breasts against his chest. Derek reached for her dirty blonde hair, pulling the strands forward over her shoulders to avoid the dirty dishes sitting behind her. He inched forward to catch her faint lavender scent.

"Please Derek, I really like this song." With a giggle, Meredith slipped off his lap and grasped his hand, pulling Derek from his seat. "You promised me one dance. Besides, we¹re not in public."

Derek reluctantly allowed Meredith to tug him out of the chair. His light sense of dread evaporated with a smirk as he tugged her into his arms, her body flush against his as Derek gently swayed their bodies from side to side. He ran his hands over the thin cashmere knit covering her back, the soft worn jean material clinging to the perfect curves of her backside. The lower half of their bodies came into close contact as they swayed.

"We're not dancing…" Meredith looked at Derek in question, blushing slightly at the way his full on erection felt against her stomach. The curious tingling warmth starting at that point of contact spread outward and downward.

Unable to resist the rosy tint blossoming across her face, Derek dropped soft kisses on her forehead, pulling Meredith closer against him. "Yes we are." His lips teased her ear lobe, and the hollow beneath it. He urgently needed to inhale her scent. Deeply. The jump in her pulse encouraged his tongue to lightly trace the length of her neck. "Slow dancing. I can
do...slow."

"Slow," Meredith sighed as his mouth moved to cover hers. Any thought of dancing to her favorite song was long gone. She was discovering a new fondness for slow dancing. Meredith's hands slid up his arms to rest over his shoulders, to lightly tug the curls at the nape of his neck. Looking up, Meredith watched as his lips moved above hers until they barely touched. Derek paused for a moment, to give Meredith the opportunity to say no. Her lips parted in anticipation as she waited. And waited. Sensing Derek¹s unspoken question, she moved her fingers firmly against the back of his head, guiding his lips forward till they touched her's. As their mouths met, Meredith wondered if she¹d ever breathe again.

He kissed her gently at first, his lips warm and tender. Derek held her in his arms as if she could break into a million of fragile pieces. But it wasn't enough. Not for him. A warning note sounded in the back of Derek¹s passion-soaked brain.

"Derek," she sighed again, and he groaned. Throwing all caution out the window Derek pulled Meredith into his arms. He deepened the kiss, and Meredith responded, touching the tip of her tongue to his. She pressed herself against him. The kiss wasn¹t enough. Not for her. Her hands slid down his spine, cupping the toned cheeks of his ass. Derek smiled against her mouth.

"Do you know what you¹re doing?" He had to ask, but the way Meredith dragged his hips against her body gave Derek his answer. He slid a hand between her thighs, feeling her heat, capturing her sharp cry of pleasure with his mouth. As Meredith¹s body stiffened and crumpled at his touch, Derek swung her limp body in his arms, and carried her quickly through the empty apartment to his bedroom, setting her down on his king-sized bed. He studied her prone body. Eyes closed, cheeks flush, hair in amazing disarray, her pink lips curving upward. She made his heart...stop. And he knew, from that moment on, only Meredith could keep it beating. Derek rested a knee on the edge of the mattress, his arms on both sides of her shoulders. He leaned over her and smiled.

Reluctant to stir from the wonderful sense of being Derek had created, Meredith opened her eyes. Looking up to meet Derek¹s heated gaze, she couldn't breathe or move. There was passion in his eyes, and inexperienced as she was, Meredith had seen too many movies not to recognize that look. She¹d seen it in him before, but not as unleashed as it was right now. But there was something else in his look, something that pushed aside the passion. She¹d think about it later. Meredith knew she had something more important to worry about. Him. All she could think of that moment was how Pacific blue his eyes are. And how much she loved them. And him. Meredith reached up and with trembling hands, cupped his face, pulling his mouth against hers.

Meredith kissed him. Hard. Hard enough to make him pant, hard enough to bruise his lips, hard enough to make him so hard and full he almost screamed. Hard enough to burn her brand on his heart as well as his soul. Meredith's smile was pure seduction. Her innocent passion stole his breath.

Collapsing next to Meredith, Derek reached for her, sighing at the delicate weight of the woman in his arms. He moved so she was half-draped over his body, her thigh across his, her arm lying over his chest. Her head was on his shoulder. Silky, lavender-scented strands of her hair drifted across his lips. Derek grinned. Meredith felt warm, soft, wonderful. Perfect. In a heartbeat his rock hard erection grew impossibly more painful. His mouth reached for hers.

If she tried to stop him, Derek knew he would die. But he would stop. He could do it. He could. Instead the sound Meredith made against his lips was so delicious it made his heart pound hard and fast. Her hands threaded into the dark curls of his hair. He groaned and slipped his tongue between her pink lips, felt her momentary hesitation, and then she made another one of those little sounds that drove him half out of his mind and sucked delicately on the tip. Meredith looped her arms around his neck and drew him closer. So close he stopped thinking. Completely. Only taste and feel mattered at that moment. The taste of the hollow of her throat, the bump of her collarbone, the slope of her shoulder. The feel of her silky skin against his mouth. Meredith quivered in his arms.

"Derek," she moaned. "Oh my god…"

Derek's normally sure fingers were clumsy against the button of her jeans. Somehow Meredith managed to help him pull the soft worn fabric from her body, along with the cashmere sweater. He stopped. Just looking at her body killed him. She was more beautiful than he'd ever imagined. The silky pieces of lingerie clung to the supple curves of her breasts and hips in a way her bikini never did. Derek bent his head to express his reverence her form.

Cupping one round, pebbled breast, Derek brought it to his lips. Touching his tongue to the rosy peak, Meredith cried out in shock. Leisurely, he drew the nipple into his mouth, gently biting, sucking, stroking her flesh. His stubble scraped against her sensitized skin. The cry escaping from her throat was so wild and raw that Derek growled.

His mouth worked its way down her torso, kissing her belly, and reaching the soft golden curls that crowned apex of her thighs. He felt her slim fingers digging into his hair. Nuzzling, Derek kissed her. Meredith cried out and arched against him. Slipping his hands underneath her, Derek put his mouth to her again. He found the center of her pleasure and sucked and nipped until she couldn't scream any more.

Derek felt the orgasm rip through Meredith¹s slender body. He sat back,pulled off his sweatpants and came back to her. Barely remembering protection, Derek reached into the bedside table for a foil packet. Tearing in open, he sheathed himself.

"Meredith." At his whisper she looked up and Derek¹s heart consumed him. He barely registered how green her eyes are as he held her gaze. Parting her thighs, he slid his rigid length into her. He paused, giving Meredith¹s body time to adjust to him. Derek bent to her, kissing her mouth, and as he did, sank further into her, groaning as she sobbed his name against his lips. He fought the urge to take her hard and fast. Again and again. He wanted this to last...forever. Derek tried to withdraw, but Meredith rose to meet him,her fingers painfully digging into the muscles of his biceps as her silken heat clamped around him. "Meredith," he cried. "God, Meredith."

And then he stopped moving. Stopped breathing. His skin wore a faint sheen of sweat.

Meredith was a virgin.

He held still above her, in her, his life, his breath hanging suspended on the brink of infinity. Her tight hold on him was killing him with pleasure. Her eyes closed, his name sighed from her mouth. Derek could feel his release rushing toward him. He wasn't ready. Not yet. But he was only human. And When Meredith¹s body arched, and her womb began tightening around him, Derek knew he was lost. He was lost, and she had found him. His hips began to move. Slowly at first. Until Meredith sobbed his name, blindly wrapping her legs around his waist. Her movements came from instinct, not experience. Derek caught her hands, and entwined his fingers with hers against the cool blue sheets.

"Derek," she said again, her voice breaking.

He knew letting her go was out of the question.

"…just sit back and I'll dance for us both."

Derek blinked, momentarily blinded by the flash of a hot pink, lime green, and electric blue strobe lights. Rose placed both palms of her hands on his chest. A twisted grin, one that would have normally scared as well as excited him, toyed across her glossy lips. His mind was still fixated on the past though, on the beautiful night he had shared with Meredith as well as the days that followed. Thatcher had phoned him first thing the next morning, demanding a meeting. The meeting had been more of an ultimatum. Leave Meredith alone or Thatcher would chew him up and spit him out. There had been no choice. He had had to much at stake where his career was concerned.

Ignoring the rub of Rose's body against his own, Derek glances in the direction of the woman who had consumed his thoughts. Like their love, she was gone…