Sorry for the delay! This chapter was tricky as I know nothing about dancing, so this chapter is all made up and random stuff about it.
Meredith was amazing at almost everything she did. Shopping, working, eating, sleeping, and doing nothing, of those things she was great at; but dancing- not so much.
Sure she could go to a club and dance the night away if she wanted to, but she didn't.
So when her mother told her that she and Lexie had to learn or 'brush up their skills' as she put it, Meredith was a little wary; mostly because she also told them that it wasn't up for debate.
"Tell me why we're doing this again?" Meredith asked Lexie, dressed in dark blue Dolce and Gabbana, the two of them on their way to the Lower East Side Dance studio.
"Because mom didn't give us a choice in the matter." Lexie replied, dressed in back prada, she opened the door.
"Why do we need to learn how to ballroom dance anyways, it's not like the renewal is some big huge thing; it's just going to be small family and friends...right?" Meredith asked Lexie slightly worried
"I think so, I hope so; but mostly yes. Dad's not going to let her go overboard on this thing." Lexie told her as they entered a dance room.
The room was fairly large with wooden floors and a bench on one side of the room. On one end was a large trunk with an 'old fashioned' stereo system on top.
"Meredith, Lexie I'm so glad you two came." Ellis said to them as she came up and gave each of them a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"It's not like you gave a choice in the matter." Meredith replied with a smirk
"Oh, you're excited to do this." Ellis said as she turned around to pick something up
"Yeah, mom completely excited." Meredith said sarcastically.
"Here." Ellis said to them turning around and handing each a pair of pink Mary-Jane heeled shoes.
"What are these?" Lexie asked
"Dance shoes."
"Dance shoes." Meredith and Lexie replied in union
"Why do we need dance shoes?" Lexie asked her
"To dance." Ellis told her
"We can't just wear what we're wearing." Meredith said pointing to her black Yves Saint Lauren pumps
"Do you really think that you'll be able to learn to dance in 5 inch stilettos?" Ellis asked her
"Well, no...but then again, I don't want to learn how to dance anyways." Meredith told her flatly
"Meredith, can you please do this one thing for me without complaining. Please?" Ellis asked her nicely
"Fine."
"Great..." Ellis started to say until "Oh wonderful you're here!" she said causing Meredith to turn around.
"Derek...what are you doing here?" Meredith ask him confused
"Your mother asked me to come." He told her
"Why...?" Meredith ask him
"Well Meredith he's your boyfriend, I'm surprised that you didn't ask him to come." Ellis told her
"Well, I uhh...assumed he would be busy with work..." Meredith said nervously then turned around to him "Right Derek, you've been busy with work."
"I have but..." Derek starts to say
"But he's your boyfriend Meredith; you should assume that he would come if you asked him." Ellis said to her then "Even if he's busy with work."
"It's ok Ellis; I'm here now that's all the matters." Derek says to her quickly trying to change the topic.
"Of course, now I can't stay I have a few errands to do, but you guys have fun." Ellis told them
"Wait a second." Meredith said "You're not staying?" she asked confused
"No, but I want you guys to have fun, ok." Ellis said as she left
"So let me get this straight." Meredith said "She forces me..."
"Us..." Lexie says interrupting her
"Us, to do this and she doesn't even stay? How is that fair?" Meredith said pissed off.
"Hey, where's your mom going?" Alex says as he walks in
"Why are you here?" Meredith asks him
"Your mom called me and told me to come..."
"You mean she threatened you to come." Lexie told him interrupting him
"Yeah, but the way I said it was nicer" Alex says back
"Haha..." Lexie says sarcastically
"Ok, everyone" The dance instructor says as she claps her hands "Can everyone and their partner please come to the dance floor."
"Ok, so how are we doing this?" Meredith asks
"What do you mean? You're going to be paired with Derek and I'm going to be paired with Alex." Lexie tells her as she and Alex head to the dance floor
"You know, we don't have to do this is you're uncomfortable." Derek tells her
"No, no it's ok. Uh, it'll be fine." She says as she goes to the dance floor and Derek trails behind her.
"Ok everyone. Gentlemen, put your left hand on your partners lower back and take their right hand." The instructor says "Now ladies take your right hand and place it on your partners shoulder and take their left hand in yours." Everyone follows the instructors and does as she says.
She gives them direction on how to move their feet and everyone takes a few steps around the room.
"Ouch! Alex watch where you're putting your feet!" Lexie says to him and she rubs her toes.
"Everything alright over here?" The instructor asked as she walks over to them
"It would be if Alex watched where is put is huge feet." Lexie said
Alex goes to says something back, until he gets intercepted "Why don't you two go stand by the side and watch for now..." The instructor tells them as she leaves
The rest of the couples continue where they left off and Meredith and Derek continue, unfortunately for them, it's not as fun as they'd like it to be.
"So how's everything going?" Derek asks her as they continue to dance
"It's good, you know, keeping busy." Meredith says as twirl in circles
"Just busy, nothing else it happening?" Derek asks her
"Well, what else can be happening? I'm just working." Meredith replies in confusion
"Right." Derek says as he spins her
"What are you trying to say Derek?" Meredith asks him, neither of them realizing that they're actually dancing very well and people are starting to watch them
"Nothing." Derek replies frustratingly
"Well it's clearly something." Meredith tells him getting angry
"You know what Meredith, just forget it." Derek says clearly pissed off as they continue to dance
"What is your problem Derek?" Meredith asks him clearly upset
"My problem, I thought I was falling in love with a woman who felt the same about me but clearly I was wrong." Derek told her as he dipped her and brought her back up.
Before either of them knew what was happening, the whole room was clapping and Meredith ran out of Derek's arms and grabbed her purse, coat and shoes; and fled the room leaving Derek in the middle of the dance floor alone.