A/N: I was listening to the Grey's podcast and I got all of the little things that related to the pilot and I was like, I'm such a good fan! Anyhow…I won't be able to update from Thursday afternoon/evening and Saturday afternoon because of work and college visit. Anybody, extremely excited about tomorrow night's episode? I may be more exciting then I was for the premiere.

Chapter 25: McBeautiful

After breakfast, Derek's oldest sister Jen called and asked if Meredith would like to go out to lunch, shopping and for a manicure and pedicure. She couldn't turn down a chance to get to know Derek's family, and he encouraged her to go because he wanted her to bond with his sisters.

Jen came and picked Meredith up around 11:00 and their first stop was the nail salon. They each picked out a color and went and sat down in the pedicure chair.

"This is so relaxing," Meredith said leaning her head back, while the massage chair released the tension in her back.

"Yea, this is what I do when I'm really stressed out. I thought it would be good for you right now."

"Things are actually much better," Meredith was happier to say. "I had a really good conversation with your mom this morning while we ate breakfast. It wasn't awkward at all."

"I'm really glad Meredith. She's not bad, just protective like I told you yesterday. She'll warm up to you more each day."

Jen and Meredith sat and talked while the women did their nails. They really enjoyed themselves and Meredith realized that Jen and Derek were a lot alike. Jen, like Derek, really genuinely cared about people and that was one of the things that made her love him so much. After getting their nails done, they headed to a little café down the street for lunch.

"So, I never heard you and Derek met. He just told me that he had a new girlfriend," Jen said, as she sat down at the table the waitress had led them too.

Meredith sat down next to her and began to tell the story of how she met Derek. "We met at a friends wedding. My friend, Cristina, married Preston Burke, who is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the same hospital as Derek. I accidentally bumped into him, stepped on his foot or something. I asked Cristina who he was and she told me that at the hospital people call him Dr. McDreamy."

Jen thought it was so funny that her brother had a nickname that was known throughout the hospital. "Does he know about this nickname?" she asked.

"Yea, he does. I call him that when I'm teasing him."

"So, you're meeting was accidental? You didn't get introduced by your friends?

"No it as purely accidental and was the absolute best way to meet someone. It was like, magical, I don't know. I gave him my number and he gave me his and I was hoping to see him the next day at brunch but he didn't show up and he didn't call me that day so I figured that he probably didn't want to see me and I was like a stand-in wedding date. But the next day I went to school and he had sent me a huge display of flowers and asked me out on a date."

"That sounds like Derek. He always was the romantic in the family. He was such a ladies man in high school. He was the guy that all the girls wanted. When he was a sophomore, I caught him on our back porch making out with one of the senior girls. My parents didn't let him have any girls over for months."

Meredith couldn't help but laugh at all of the stories that Jen told her about Derek when he was younger. She could wait to get home and tease him about it. After a really nice lunch, they decided to head to the mall. Derek had been planning a night for just the two of them on New Year's Eve and she wanted a nice new outfit to wear because she knew he had spent a lot of time preparing the evening.

They spent 3 ½ hours at the mall and Meredith finally picked out a sexy but cute top, some nice pants and a new pair of heals. She also bought some sexy new lingerie that she new Derek would like. That was the only store that Jen had refused to go in with Meredith. She didn't want to know what her brother was going to be taking off of his girlfriend the next night.

After their outing, they were both really tired and Jen dropped Meredith off at Derek's parent's house.

"Thank you so much Jen. I really needed that. I had a great time."

"I did too. Be good to my brother okay? He really likes you."

Meredith smiled, "I really like him too." She told Jen she'd see her on New Years Day and got out of the car and went inside. Derek's parents were each napping in separate rooms and she assumed he was upstairs. She grabbed her bags and went up to Derek's room and saw him lying on his bed reading a book.

"Hey Dr. McDreamy," she said, leaning against the doorway.

Derek laughed and looked up from his book, "Hey McBeautiful."

Meredith rolled her eyes and walked over and sat down on the bed, "That's just McCheesy." Derek started to tickle Meredith and she giggled louder and louder rolling around the bed trying to get away from Derek.

A/N: I might have one more update tonight because I'm not feeling well and I have nothing else to do. But…REVIEW!