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Meredith stood there in shock. She had heard wrong. Surely she had heard wrong. She could swear that he just said cousin. That couldn't possibly be right. It was a joke.

"Cousin?" She said in shock. "What do mean, cousin? Like relatives? Like...family" She went on in disbelief. They did look somewhat similar as they stood next to each other.

"Yep, my mother is his aunt." Derek mused, looking at her shocked face.

"As in Evelyn." Meredith said, biting her bottom lip and scrunching her face.

"Yeah. How did you know?" They both just looked at him. She gave Drew the look of death. "How do you two know each other?" Derek said with a puzzled look on his face.

"We, um--" Meredith started. Drew was wondering why he cared.

"Oh my God. New York. My mom. He's the guy, isn't he? He's the guy you fucked this weekend, isn't he?" Derek spat angrily.

"Derek, it's--" She started.

"I have to go." Derek said as he rushed off.

"Derek!" Drew yelled after him. Derek kept walking. "What the hell was that about?" Drew asked. Meredith just followed Derek with her eyes.

"Oh my God. I can not believe I didn't realize it sooner. You are Mer. His Mer. Derek is the guy, your guy, isn't he?" Meredith just looked at him. "Wow. This is awkward."

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Drew and Meredith were scrubbing in for the sexual reassignment surgery. Meredith couldn't be mad at Drew or Derek. She could only be mad at herself. She was the one that got herself into this anti-relationship. She liked Drew. He was a nice guy. A good guy. Not the kind of guy she would spent the rest of her life with. But he was the kind of guy that she would want as a friend. She could feel Drew's stare upon her.

"What?" Meredith asked softly. Not looking up.

"What?" He asked, scrubbing his hands.

"You were looking at me." Meredith stated.

"I was just thinking. We had a great thing. I really liked you Meredith." Drew said quickly.

"Liked?" She asked. "Oh, I see, now I am chopped liver."

"No. Now you are unattainable. Derek, Mark and I are best friends. You don't screw your friend's girlfriend. Well you're not supposed to, but I guess you've heard about Mark. He's a different story." Drew chuckled. "Derek dodged a bullet there."

"First of all. I am not Derek's girlfriend. We are friends. And secondly, Addison happens to be my friend, so shut your damn mouth." Meredith snapped.

"He has been talking about you for a long time. He is head over heels in love with you." Drew said sappily. Meredith rolled her eyes.

"Whatever." She said flatly.

"You are head over heels too." He pondered. He walked into the Operating Room. Meredith followed.

"Okay, let's make Seattle a little prettier!" Drew said. "Okay, Mer-" He cut himself off and looked at her. "Dr.---" He realized he didn't know her last name.

"Dr. Grey." Meredith said quickly, looking at everyone around her.

"Okay, Dr. Grey." Drew said. "Dr. Grey? As in Dr. Ellis Grey?"

"She's her daughter." A nosey scrub nurse added.

"And it gets better and better!" Drew said, causing everyone to get a very puzzled look on their faces. "Have you done this before?"

"Uh, turned a penis into a vagina?" She raised her eyebrows. "Not technically." Everyone laughed.

"I bet!" Drew said quickly.

"Derek is a good guy. You should give him a chance." Drew said quietly.

"I can't" She whispered.

"He will never hurt you." Drew stated gently.

"You can't promise that. I am done. I can not do it again. Not again." Meredith said softly.

"What the hell happened to you, Meredith?" Drew asked, looking up at her. She looked away. "Come on...You can tell me..." He looked up at him.

"No. Not here. I can't." She said quietly with a crackle in her throat.

"Give him a chance..." Drew said, looking into her eyes.

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Meredith walked into the cafeteria. She wasn't going to tell her friends about Drew. She couldn't deal with it right now. She held her sandwich and water in her hands. Then she caught sight of it. Derek and Drew were sitting together. They were laughing and smiling. This couldn't be good. She felt horrible enough as it was. To be fair, she told him the truth. He knew how she was. She told him she slept around. It's not her fault. If she had known they were family, she never would have done it. She was praying they didn't notice her as she walked toward them. She didn't see her friends, but she did spot an empty table. She focused on that as she walked towards it.

"Meredith!" She heard Drew yell. Maybe she could pretend she didn't hear it. Yep, that's what she'd do. She kept walking. "Meredith!" She heard again. He jogged up and grabbed her arm.

"What?" She spat.

"Are you ignoring me?" Drew asked.

"Hell yes I'm ignoring you." She said quickly. He pulled her towards the table.

"Come sit with us." He said happily.

"Yeah. If this were a hell dimension!" She said quickly.

"Meredith. I'm sorry." She heard Derek say.

"Whatever. I just want to forget it ever happened. I'm going over here now." Meredith said, walking away. She sat down at the empty table and sighed. He took a bit of her sandwich. She frowned when she saw them both walking towards her. They sat down on either side of her and smiled.

"Why are you sitting here? These seats are for my friends." She snapped.

"We are your friends." Derek said with a cheesy grin.

"Okay, this is way too freaking weird." She said, rolling her eyes. "Even for me."

"Meredith, I am so sorry. You were honest with me. You had no way of knowing that Drew was my cousin. I was an ass." Derek said softly.

"Why does every guy I meet come with his own freakish shit?" Meredith asked.

"Look. You both need to get your heads out of your asses here. It is obvious that you both have strong feelings for each other. What the hell is wrong with you that you can't just admit it?" Drew said loudly. "Derek, Meredith and I are done. I think you two have a shot here, and so does mom." He said.

"Mom?" Derek swung his head towards Drew.

"I made Meredith go to dinner with Mom and I." Drew started. "All mom has went on about for the last week is Meredith. She said she was so honest, and sweet. She said that she would be perfect with you." He points at Derek. "She had no idea that Meredith was from Seattle."

"She liked me? Even after what I said?" Meredith asked with a surprise on her face.

"Oh God. Mer, what did you say?" Derek said, shaking his head.

"Nothing important." Meredith smiled. "So we're all okay?" She asked.

"Yeah. We're okay." Derek said softly. Meredith groaned and laid her head back. "What?" Derek asked. Meredith motioned to Ellis, who was approaching.

"Hello Dr. Shepherd. Dr. Monahan, is it?" Ellis said as she sat down with her coffee.

"It's an honor, Dr. Grey." Drew said happily.

"Yeah. So, which one of you is screwing my daughter?" Ellis said bluntly. They both looked at her in shock. "Oh God, It's both of you." She said as she rolled her eyes.

"What exactly is Satan's progeny doing here?" Meredith spat angrily.

"You should be careful boys. Do not let her lure you into your office. She likes to get caught with her pants down. Especially with the Chief." Ellis mused. Both Derek and Drew looked at her.

"We're are friends." Derek said, hoping to change the mood.

"Meredith only has one kind of friend." Ellis said. "Tequila or sex."

"With all due respect, Dr. Grey, I think you are a little out of line here!" Drew spat angrily.

"Excuse me, Dr. Monahan?" She said with a glare.

"I don't have to respect you. I am a highly renowned plastic surgeon." Drew shouted. They all just looked at him.

"You need to learn some respect, doctor." Ellis retorted.

"You shouldn't throw stones when you live in a glass house, Mother." Meredith seethed. "You screwed a married man for how long?"

"That is none of your business." Ellis said loudly.

"Well, you did run my father off, so--" Meredith started.

"You also need to learn some respect, Meredith." Ellis said angrily.

"You have to give it to get it." Meredith said.

"I have surgery..." Ellis said, getting up.

"Don't you always?" Meredith said rolling her eyes. Ellis walked away.

"So, Ellis Grey is a bitch." Drew noted.

"That is the understatement of the year!" Derek stated. "Mer, are you okay?" Derek asked. He noticed her sullen face.

"I have to go." She said as she jumped up from the table.

"No wonder she has issues." Drew stated.

"You have no idea." Derek said. "I'm going to go check on her."

"She's a good girl." Drew said. "And she wants you as bad as you want her. She's just scared. Give her time." Derek shook his head in agreement and jogged off.

Drew saw Izzie, George, Alex and Cristina staring at him. "What the hell are you staring at?" He shouted rudely. "Interns are a waste of oxygen!" He said as he got up and walked away.

"God, what an ass." Izzie said.

"He is. I was with him last time he was here." Alex said loudly.

"Well, he seemed to like Meredith." George pointed out.

"It was like a sexy sandwich over there." Izzie giggled.

"Yeah. I heard a nurse say he kissed her." Alex stated.

"Seriously?" Izzie said in shock.

"Where is he from?" Cristina asked.

"Uh, New York." George said. "He is the best plastic surgeon on the east coast."

"Crap." Cristina said loudly.

"What?" George asked.

"New York. He's the guy. And he's McDreamy's cousin." Alex laughed. "Man, life sucks for Grey right now."

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Derek knew exactly where to go. He jogged as fast as he could. There she was, laying on the gurney, looking at the ceiling. He felt so bad for her. No wonder she was the way she was. At every chance, Ellis was putting her down. Meredith would stand up and walk, and Ellis would kick her back down to the ground. She sat up on the gurney, he joined her.

"You mother is the most vile person I have ever met." Derek said sadly.

"Yeah, well. I'm used to it." She said softly.

"No you're not. It hurts your feelings. It's okay to admit it." Derek mused. "It means that you are human."

"It doesn't hurt." She said with a fake smile. He looked into her sad eyes. He pulled her close.

"Why can't you just let me care about you?" He asked her.

"Derek..." She sighed.

"No, Meredith!" He said. "Why? Why won't you let me be your prince charming?"

"Because, Derek. I had my freaking prince charming, okay? He picked me up and threw me on the back of his horse. We rode off into the sunset. A mile down the road he tossed me off and kept going." Meredith spat. "I am not being thrown off another running horse."

"Oh, Meredith." He said as he held her. "I will let you have the reins. If anyone comes off this horse, it will be me. It will me, because you threw me off." Meredith looked up into his deep blue eyes. She pulled him in for a kiss. Her pager went off.

"So?" Derek asked, tilting his head.

"So, what?" Meredith asked as she jogged off. He just shook his head.

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"You paged?" Meredith said as she walked up to Drew.

"Ah, yes. Did Derek find you?" He asked.

"Yeah." She said with a sigh. "Yeah he did."

"You know. I have never seen him like this about a girl." Drew laughed.

"What did you need, Drew?" Meredith asked, rolling her eyes.

"I thought you should check on our patient." He said plainly. "So, I have to say, I am saddened that I will be sleeping alone tonight."

"As will I." Meredith said. "Seattle is full of horny women." Meredith laughed.

"Yes, but no Meredith's. You have ruined that for me forever." He chuckled. "You aren't going to stay with Derek. He didn't go all, what is it you call him...McDreamy?"

"Where did you hear that?" Meredith blushed.

"Oh, this is a hospital. I have heard it all today." He said with a smile.

"I'm going to go check on our patient." Meredith said, walking away.

"Just because we're not sleeping together doesn't mean I can't check out your ass, right?" Drew asked a little to loudly.

"Manwhore!" Meredith shouted back.

"Am not!" He retorted. Meredith kept walking. She had to chuckle, that was the kind of guy Drew is. She rounded the corner and ran into Cristina.

"Hey." Cristina said. "So have you had a McDreamy and McHottie sandwich yet?" She chuckled.

"Not funny." Meredith said with a frown.

"It really is." Cristina said. "So was McDreamy pissed?"

"He wasn't happy. But it doesn't matter." Meredith said quickly.

"Oh yes it does, and you know it!" Cristina retorted.

"I don't know what to do..." Meredith said, drifting off.

"Embrace it. Do you know how many people would love to have Shepherd? And he wants you." Cristina pointed out. "Sometimes you are such an idiot."

"I just need more time." Meredith stated softly. "More time."

"You aren't getting any younger." Cristina pointed out. "You are getting less marketable by the day."

"Bitch!" Meredith said with a smack.

"Someone has to tell you." Cristina snapped as she walked away.

"Maybe she is right." Meredith muttered to herself.

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Meredith drove up the dusty driveway. It had become somewhat familiar. She had been coming by a lot in the last month. She and Derek had been having several friendly dates. She still couldn't commit to him, it scared her to death. She had, however, quit bringing men home from the bar. For her, that was a big deal. She looked around as she pulled up to the trailer. She loved Derek's land. She saw him on the porch, cooking steaks. She climbed out of her Jeep with a big smile on her face. Derek looked so good, standing in front of the grill, his hand on his hip. He was wearing jeans and a tee shirt.

"Hey. I hope you are hungry..." He said with a smile. "I guess that was stupid to say." He laughed.

"I am starved." Meredith responded. "Do you need any help?"

"Uh, no. I remember the last time you helped." He chuckled.

"What do you mean?" She said innocently.

"I went in for ten minutes to cook the vegetables and you burned our chicken on the grill." He reminded her, as he flipped the steaks.

"It wasn't my fault." She whined, walking into the trailer. "I was dancing. You were the one that had to put that stupid song on."

"It's not stupid." Derek thought back to her dancing and laughed. "The burned chicken was worth seeing you dance."

"Was it that bad?" She asked, setting the table.

"It was that good. It was good to see you free, and happy." He smiled.

"What do you want to drink?" She asked.

"Just a bottle of water." He answered. She grabbed two bottles and sat down. He walked over with the food.

"I love it out here." She said quietly.

"Me too." Derek answered. "So much better than Manhattan."

"I bet." She said. "So, the building is going along well." She said, pointing to the house.

"Yeah. I need your help." He responded. He walked in the trailer and walked back out with tons of catalogs.

"What's this?" She asked.

"I want you to help me figure out what fixtures and things I should have put in it." He said. "Here are the blueprints." He unrolled them and handed them to her.

"Five bedrooms?" She asked in shock. "Why the hell do you need five bedrooms?"

"I have a big family." He answered. The truth is, he was already thinking about the many children they would have together. He was taking a big risk. He was building this house for her.

"I have never met any of your family. Except you mom. I think it's safe to say that they don't visit often." She pointed out. She took a bite of her steak and moaned in pleasure.

"Good?" He asked, pointing to the steak. She nodded her head yes. "Maybe I will have a family." He said, shrugging his shoulders. She looked up at him. She felt a ping of jealousy. The thought of someone else with Derek made her sick.

"You never know..." She answered. "You and Holly will have cute children." She said, with a gag. Derek threw a piece of broccoli at her. It landed in her hair.

"As will you and Drew, or that guy from the bar, or the other guy from the bar." He laughed. She dropped her head.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that, it was shitty of me." He apologized with sullen face.

"No, it's okay." She said with a small smile.

"It's not okay. Why do you do that? Why do you back down?" He asked. "You should have hit me, or at least threw water in my face. Stand up for yourself!" He said loudly. He gasped as she threw her water at his face.

"Like that?" She asked. He got up to get her and she took off running. She made a sharp turn around the trailer. She grabbed the hose and sprayed him with water. He lunged at her. She dropped the hose and took off running, but not before he soaked her. She weaved in and out through the trees. She looked back, he was gaining on her. Finally he tackled her in the field. They rolled around and he tickled her.

"Stop!" She said, laughing. "Stop!" She grabbed him and he rolled onto his back. She was now on top of him and in control. She looked down at his smiling face, water dripping off of her hair and onto him. So many feeling washed over her.

"Shit." She muttered.

"Shit?" He asked. He looked into her eyes and smiled a cocky smile. "I'm wearing you down..." He sang out.

"You are not!" She whined. He rolled her over and kissed her. She kissed him back, deeply. They couldn't keep their hands off of each other. Derek pulled away from her breathlessly.

"Let's get you out of these wet clothes." He said with a dirty smile as he pulled her up and dragged her to the trailer. He walked in the trailer. He walked into the bedroom and grabbed a clean tee shirt out of his dresser. He turned around to hand it to her and she pushed him down on the bed. Meredith looked at his blue eyes. She leaned down and their lips crashed into each other. It felt perfect. She pushed her tongue into his mouth. Derek ran his fingers through her soaking wet hair. She moaned as his mouth moved down to her neck. He grabbed the bottom of her wet shirt and rolled it over her head. She rolled over on her back and Derek began kissing her chest. She moaned loudly. She could feel his erection pressing through his jeans. Derek unclasped her bra and began kissing her breasts. She arched her back. Meredith grabbed the bottom of Derek's shirt and peeled it off. It fell heavily to the floor. She unbuttoned his wet jeans and struggled to get them off. He did the same for her. She rolled him over on his back. She looked into his eyes, straddled him and placed him inside her. She rocked slowly, looking into his eyes. They were full of need. Need for her. She began rocking quickly. "Meredith..." He moaned. "Derek..." She said softly. He rolled her over on her back. He lifted her knees and pumped into her harder and harder, causing her to scream. "Oh God, Oh God!" She felt herself at the edge. He body tightened around him. She placed her mouth on his shoulder and bit down. "Oh Meredith!" He shouted as she tightened up. He felt her rush around him. She moaned loudly. He felt himself release inside her. "Oh my God Mer. Oh God!" He moaned. They both rolled onto their backs, panting. Derek wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

"That was unbelievable!" He said.

"Yeah..." She moaned with a smile. He began to chuckle. "What?"

"I'm wearing you down..." He sang once again. She smiled, she knew it was true.

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Something big is going to happen in the next chapter that will make them closer. Drew is also pushing them together. I like Drew. Drew is a good guy, for a manwhore. Still no alerts, which sucks. Hopefully they fix that soon! Please Review...