"Are you about ready? We need to get going over to Izzie's soon." Derek said watching her get ready in his bathroom . . . sitting down in a chair they had put in there especially for her so she didn't have to stand to get ready.
"I am getting close. You know my routine." She giggled looking over at him as he was propped up on his elbow laid out on the bed.
"I do." He said quickly while hearing his phone rang thinking it was just Mark. He looked at it and sighed knowing he had to find out what she wanted. "I am going to go take this." Derek got up from the bed and quickly walked out of the room to go to the front porch. He knew Meredith had at least 10 more minutes in her routine and he knew . . . he couldn't keep ignoring the calls although he was pretty sure she didn't know exactly where his parents lived or that he was even there; however, he knew it wouldn't be hard to find out.
Meredith noticed him stiffen at the phone ringing, but decided not to ask questions. She trusted Derek and whatever it was . . . was his business. She wouldn't really worry until there was something to worry about. She knew Derek loved her; there was not any question about that for sure.
Derek quickly answered the phone the second he was in the living room, trying to quickly get outside. "What in the hell do you want?"
"Well, it is nice to talk to you too." Jill said on the other line.
"Why are you calling me?" He seethed through his teeth.
"You get straight to the point." She said laughing in a mocking tone.
"Cut the shit . . . this isn't funny." Derek said annoyed.
"No, this isn't funny . . . there is nothing funny about this actually." Jill was trying to be relatively serious, but this was hard . . . playing an act was hard.
"What in the hell is so important you have called me . . . repeatedly over the last week."
"I miss you." Jill wanted to test the waters first.
"Seriously?" Derek said almost smiling thinking about what prompted him to say this. Meredith said it . . . it was her favorite word to use . . . or one of the many favorite's. The smile was quickly erased when he heard her words again.
"Derek, we were together for months . . . we shared . . . a lot during that time. Then, you just kind of up and leave." Jill said.
"We were never serious. You know that." He retorted.
"I was . . . Derek, I was serious about you." She started to get a little nervous.
Derek sighed, it wasn't in him to purposely hurt someone, but he couldn't . . . he had met the love of his life and he can't do anything to jeopardize that, "Jill . . . look, I am . . . I have actually found the love of my life. I plan to marry her and have a life with her. There is nothing that will change that. I am sorry."
Jill didn't say anything right away, she didn't plan on this . . . now the plans changed . . . she had to come up with a new plan. "Does she feel the same way?"
"Yes, she does." Derek stated.
"Hmmm . . . well, you sure did move on quickly." She stated trying to rethink things quickly.
"Jill . . . it was clear, you and I . . . we weren't a couple. We had fun together and met our needs . . . but, that was it." He was a little surprised she was questioning so much. It was always clear from the beginning . . . they weren't a couple. They did have fun, but that was all it was. They went out occasionally and met their sexual needs, but that was it. There wasn't any love words mixed in . . . presents . . . or anything and he was sure she felt the same way. It wasn't until he pulled away that she decided she was really interested although this would have been as good of a reason to let her go completely.
"So, this girl . . . where did you meet her?" She was curious. She needed information.
"Jill . . . it isn't important. We are together and we are happy. We have been together for a while. She was there for my family when my dad . . ." Derek stopped and closed his eyes, she was there . . . at the hospital.
Jill gasped a little . . . knowing exactly who Derek was talking about, the small, honey-blonde at the hospital that day.
Before Jill could say anything, Derek spoke up, "Look, I am sorry Jill, but we are completely over. There are no ties and I am happy . . . really happy. I am sorry Jill for whatever you thought . . . this could be."
Jill knew this was only the beginning, "I will be in touch soon and when I am . . . I suggest you not ignoring my phone calls next time . . . that would not be very smart. It was nice talking to you." She said before quickly hanging up the phone.
"Jill?" Derek questioned sure he heard the phone click. He breathed heavily not really understanding what the hell she meant by the last part, but it made him uneasy . . . very uneasy. Something was up and he had no idea what. He tried redialing her number, but it went straight to voicemail. "Shit." He spat quickly.
"Derek?" Meredith heard him say as she walked out on the porch. She could see it . . . something was wrong, majorly wrong.
Derek breathed heavily seeing Meredith . . . the love of his life standing at the door, wondering what was going on. "You look . . . beautiful." He couldn't help but to think that. She was the most beautiful woman ever and nothing . . . could come between them.
"Thank you. Derek . . . are you ok?" She asked walking to him and tenderly putting her arm on his shoulder, wrapping the other one around him.
"I will be. Later . . . give me some time, but we will talk later. I promise." Derek knew he had to tell Meredith about this . . . that Jill called, but he had no idea how. He needed some time to think and hopefully . . . he would be able to talk to Mark about it at Izzie's, maybe the girls could take Hannah to her friend's or something.
"Whatever it is Derek . . . I will listen. I love you." She said barely above a whisper.
"Mer . . . I love you too, so much." He wrapped his arms around her wanting to protect her. He had no idea what Jill meant, but he was sure whatever it was . . . wouldn't be good. It was a feeling and he wished it wasn't there. She was very strange in her closing remarks before hanging up a little unexpectedly. He had the only thing that mattered to him and she was wrapped up tightly in his arms.
