Derek led her to a familiar scene; the diner where they had had breakfast not too long ago was off in the distance.

"Big surprise there Derek. What is this, déjà vu?", She asked, doubting his creativity somewhat.

"No, don't be so skeptical," he said as he pulled into a metered parking space.
"I'm not," she said, hiding her doubts.
"Trust me, or do you not do that either?", he joked
"Fine, I trust that you're not being an ass," she quipped.

"Your kindness knows no bounds," Derek said as he pulled up the handbrake in the car and killed the engine.

"Nope," she said with an innocent smile.
"We're here", Derek said happily.
Meredith unbuckled her seatbelt and got out quickly, giving Derek no chance to open the door for her.

"No, go ahead," he mumbled to himself, she always did what he didn't think she would do.
Meredith looked around, what are we doing? She asked herself
Derek walked up behind her, his chin nearly resting on her shoulder and his arm on her other shoulder; his finger pointed to the left.
"There is what we're doing" he whispered in her ear
Meredith's eyes followed his fingers as goose bumps formed on her arms, she exhaled, her eyes found the boat he was talking about. It certainly wasn't a ferry boat, it was smaller and looked considerably faster.

"A boat?" she asked as she faced him, his arm still on her shoulder
Derek nodded, "Ah, but a different kind of boat."

"What does this one do? Fly?" Meredith joked.

"No, this one takes you whale watching."

"Whale watching?" Meredith asked somewhat skeptically.

"Whale watching," Derek repeated.

"I've never been," no one's ever taken me she thought to herself.

"Well, not a lot of people have. I thought it'd be fun."

Meredith beamed, it was like fulfilling some childhood fantasy, all those commercials for SeaWorld where finally materializing in a real way, she smiled.
"Okay, I'm game," she said, her smile conveying her happiness.

"Good, cause it leaves in ten minutes, and I'd like to get on it...with you that is," Derek said as he removed his hand from Meredith's shoulder.
"Okay Derek," she said as she walked away, causing his arm to fall.

Derek popped the hood of his car (the trunk on Porsches) and got out a black backpack, he followed her right after, jogging a bit to catch up with her.
Derek caught up to Meredith as they headed onto the boat.

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"Are you cold?" Derek asked as they were on the boat, the wind whipping her golden tresses in the air.
"For the fifth time, Derek I am fine!" she said as she leaned over the railing. He knew he had told her to bring a jacket, but she was so small to him, petite. He would be cold if he were her, that's what he thought. He had the sense to pack two jackets into the backpack he brought as well as binoculars for the whale watching, and a few water bottles.
"You sure?" he joked with her, she hadn't asked for the spare jacket yet but as the wind would surely pick up, he had not doubt she would use it.
"I'm sure", Meredith said with certainty.
"Promise?"
"I promise."
"Good," he said as he took off his jacket and draped it onto her shoulders, "but even in the face of all that fine-ness...take my jacket Mer," he whispered the last part.

Hard to argue with that Meredith thought to herself, it's going to be a challenge staying friends with McDreamy, every word he says resonates in my ears and makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck...snap out of it! She scolded herself.
"So", he said moving on and trying to get that frown off of her face, "you said you like being on the water, any particular reason?"
Meredith smiled as she closed her eyes, feeling the wind on her face. "Yeah, most of the time I have all these thoughts bouncing' around in my head but with being out here on the water, the world just gets kind of quiet. No school work, mid term papers or finals to think about and no drama out here…no sound but the wind," Meredith said, opening her eyes to look at Derek.

"You live your life so differently", then anyone I know, "it's refreshing", he added, appreciating her take on things.

"Yeah, people think they know you. They look at where you live and what your parents do and who you're friends are," she said looking at him for the last part.
"You being friends with me changes things?", he asked, hoping she would say no.
"I have gotten a lot more weird looks just walking down the street, mostly scowls from girls and whistling from boys," she said with a laugh.
"I'm sorry ", who's whistling at her? I'll kick his ass, Derek thought.

"I told you though; I don't care what people think Derek."

Derek nodded, smiling at her as he too looked out on the water; the boat was making its way to the open ocean where they would see whales, feeling somewhat unworthy of her time.

And my friends said
(you'll never get her, never gonna get that girl)
But I didn't care
Cos I loved her long blonde hair
Love was in the air
And she looked at me
And the rest is history

Derek smiled as they both looked out at the water, just enjoying the moment
Derek thought about how different they were. He had everything handed to him at life, the car he drove and the schools he was meant to go to. Her life was so much more difficult in comparison. She had the world at her feet and she knew exactly what she wanted, he on the other hand couldn't even decide if he could tell his dad that he did not want to go to Harvard. Every door was available to her, she had the ambition and drive to go anywhere in life, he knew that. Meanwhile, Derek only saw one door and he was being pushed through it. She had expectations placed on her too but she was infinitely stronger then he would ever be because she had the courage to fight them.

She looked incredible,
Just turned 15,
I guess my friends were right,
she's out of my leauge
So what am I to do?
She's too good to be true

She rocks my world more than any other girl

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-Viv