Ok, another update! Aiden belongs to me, the GA characters belong to Shonda, as always
The next day, Meredith had seen Derek all day at the hospital, but had luckily only exchanged small glances every once in awhile. He was the last person she wanted to see. It was now late, and Meredith roamed, somewhat aimlessly through the halls of Seattle Grace Hospital. Most of her patients had been released today, or were long past asleep in their beds. She was on-call tonight, which scared her: It gave her a higher chance to see the man that she dreaded to meet once more. She wasn't sure what kind of feelings would stir back up if she looked him in the eyes, like she had done so many times only a year ago. Her hands were shoved deep inside of her white lab coat, she was looking at her feet as she walked slowly, too many thoughts racing through her mind to grasp just one of them.As a small voice came from behind her, she froze for only a split second, "Meredith?" It was soft, kind, pleading, and forgiving all at once. Here it was, she would either stand there, frozen, or she could run. Run as fast as she could away from her troubles, away from her fears, and back into her cowardice self. She decided that it would only be rigt to face him, after all, she would have to sooner or later. His footsteps grew louder, he came closer. Meredith tried so hard to stay put, her back still to him, but could hold out no longer. She ran. She wan't sure where she was going, but she needed to get away from him. "Meredith!" He yelled after her, chasing her down. Hearing his footsteps follow almost brought tears to her eyes. It had felt exactly the same as when she had found Derek in bed with Addison. She was running, away from everything, and he was chasing her, pleading to turn around and come back, pretending as though he cared. In one swift movement, as he caught up to her, he grabbed her arm about her elbow, and pulled her into the nearest on-call room, which just happened to be right next to them, across from a nurses station. "Meredith," he pleaded as he closed the door, now grasping both of her elbows with either one of his hands. She only shook her head to him, her eyes closed, trying as hard as she could not to look into his eyes, and did not want to release every pent up emotion in her body, "Meredith," his soft, caring voice cooed once more, "Please, Mer, just list-"
"No! I'm not going to listen, I'm not going to look at you! I don't want to, I just want you to leave me alone! And don't call me Mer, you have no right to anymore!" She exclaimed, almost angrily, her eyes still closed, he head still shaking back and forth softly.
"Meredith," was his soft, comforting reply.
"No. Stop, stop talking to me, and stop calling me Meredith, stop being here! I'm happy, and I don't want you here, and I don't want you to screw me over again, and stop looking at me! Your looking at me!"
"Meredith, please," Derek pleaded, still 'looking' at her, "Just hear me out, I am not here to hurt you, I am not here to win you back, I am just here for Dr. Webber, he asked me to come. And I don't expect you to want to talk to me, and I don't expect you to like me, Meredith, but I am here, and I am going to be here for awhile, so I just want to say I'm sorry. I know, I know, that doesn't make anything right. I did you wrong, and I regret it everyday of my life. But, the fact is that our fates are intertwined. We may not be soulmates, but we are meant to be near each other, whether we be as lovers, friends, or enemies, we are meant to be together. One way or another, we will always be together," and with that, he loosened his grip on Meredith's arm, giving her freedom.
Meredith's eyes were now open, her head now looking down at the ground. It took everything that she had not to drop to the floor, and start bawling at his feet. She could still feel his eyes on her, burning a hole through her heart -- she was wrong, Derek Shepherd had yet to return her heart, he had been keeping it all to himself for a whole year. Now, he was trying to return it, but she could not bring it to herself to take it back. Without another word, without a single glance, Meredith rushed out of the on-call room, shutting the door behind her as she left. Derek leaned back against the wall, sliding onto the floor. He didn't know what to do now, he couldn't do anything without his Meredith.
Upon exiting the on-call room, Meredith saw Aiden standing at the nurses station, leaning against the desk, apparently filling out a patients chart. She quickly rushed over to him, placing herself between the desk and Aiden, forcing him to stand straight up. Burying her face into his chest, she took in his smell, the smell that she had become accostomed to for the past year. He didn't say anything, but instead, placed his hand on her head, stroking her hair. "Hide me," she mumbled into his chest.
"What?" He chucked slightly at what Meredith had asked him to do.
"Hide me!" She replied, seriously as she lifted her head out of his chest, looking into his eyes to make sure that he heard her correctly. He didn't question her, but het his white coat swoop forward, placing a barrier around either side of her. "I saw him," she mumbled again, placing her head back into his chest as she clentched his dark blue scrubs in her hand. "I tried to avoid him, but he found me Aiden, he found me." He could tell that she was getting upset.
"Shhh," He calmed her, placing his lips on the top of her head, "It's ok."
"Request me." She stated, "Request me everyday, all day, first thing in the morning. I don't care if I'm doing surgeries all day, or post-ops, just request me."
"Ok," he whispered softly into her hair, "I will, I will." He knew that she didn't want to spend anytime with Derek, and he would try as hard as he could to keep her away from him, if thats what she wanted. He loved her, and would do anything for her. As he finished his sentence, Derek emerged from the on-call room. Meredith heard this, and tensed up. Aiden knew that it was Derek, even though his back was turned, meerly from Meredith's response. Clearly her plan had worked; Derek looked in either direction quickly, presumably for Meredith, before darting one way down the hall. A few silent moment passed as Aiden finished filling out his chart, Meredith still between him and the desk, but he was able to see over her and continue his work. "Are you on call tonight?" He asked, after he was sure that Derek was long gone, clicking, and retracting his pen before putting it in the pocket of his coat. He pulled back from her, only enough to lift her face and look into her eyes with a 'McDreamy' smile of his own.
"Yes," She said, quietly, her eyes a little red and watery from her tear threat.
"Good," He said, still smiling at her, "We can go take a nap together then." She only smiled before leaning into his chest, allowing him to lead the both of them back into the on-call room that her and Derek had just left.