"Dr. Shepherd" She muttered resignedly. She knew this was coming, her luck was too good to last.

"Dr. Shepherd? Yesterday it was Derek." He said, with twinkling eyes. His stupid twinkling eyes which mader want to jump him right there and then.

"We should just forget it happened." Said Meredith, feeling more and more uncomfortable, and losing resolve by the minute.

"I was drunk, vulnerable and good looking and you took advantage and now you want to forget about it?" Derek continued, unabashedly teasing her. She managed to make even her scrubs looks so beautiful, he was completely enchanted.

"Okay I was the one who was drunk and you're not that good looking" She replied, trying her hardest to ignore his obvious flirting.

"Maybe not today. Last night, I was really good-looking. Had my red shirt on. You took advantage." He continued.

"I did not take advantage" Insisted Meredith. What was with this guy? He should take a hint.

"Want to take advantage again? Friday night?" Questioned Derek, hoping for a date.

"No." She replied firmly. "This can't exist, we work together!" That right, they were coworkers. It would make everything messier.

He shot her another winning smile. "Oh come on. One dinner." He persisted. He found her fascinating, he absolutely needed to get to know her better.

Having finally managed to edge past him to the door, she walked out and sent another "No" behind her as she left him staring after her with a smile on his face. He wasn't deterred, he'd get her to go out with him.

000

Addison was sitting on the couch when he entered the attendings lounge. She looked up as he entered and asked.

"So? How'd it go?" She asked immediately.

Derek feigned ignorance "what're you talking about." He said as he busied himself making coffee.

"Don't play dumb, Derek. I saw the way you looked at her. You look like a love struck idiot." She said staring at him.

He gave in and turned to her. "She said no" he said with a small smile.

"Why do you look so happy then?" Addison asked confused.

"Oh because she's going to say yes, trust me." He said with a cocky attitude.

"What has that woman done to you. Derek Shepherd is absolutely smitten." She laughed.

Mark, having uncannily entered at just the right moment again, heard the last sentence. "Oh, who has got Derek to give up his chastity belt?"

"No one" said Derek hurriedly at the same time as Addison, who said "Meredith Grey".

"You have a thing for the kid?" Mark turned in surprised to Derek.

"No. Well yes. I asked her out." Said Derek.

Mark burst out laughing. "Meredith Grey, dating you." He wheezed. "The kid doesn't date, you'd be luckier if you meet her at a bar."

When Derek suddenly refused to meet his eyes, he suddenly shut up. "Wait, why do you look like that."

Addison chimed in "that's because he already met her in a bar." Then she added "and was kicked out the next day."

Mark burst out laughing again. "You, Derek Shepherd, had a one night stand? And you thought your boss was the person to go with?"

"No. I didn't know she was my boss when we met and I don't want it to be a one night stand." He said defensively.

"Ok I have to go get a drink with the kid, maybe she'll spill." He said, grabbing his coat. He turned around, looked at Derek one last time, and left laughing.

Addison and Derek just stared after him.

000

Mark walked into Joe's and immediately found Meredith sitting at the bar, with shot glasses in front of her, chatting with Joe. He went up to her and ordered his drink, taking the stool right next to hers.

"Marky!" She said when she finally realised it was him. Apparently she had already been here a while.

"Hey, kid. You started without me." He said more as a statement than a question. He motioned to Joe for another round of shots.

"I haven't been here that long. Don't worry, you'll catch up." She said cracking open a peanut "And Stella is going to come by after work, so you can meet her."

"Who's Stella?" He asked curiously, as he accepted the shots.

"My roommate." She said, taking a shot from him.

"You have a roommate? Why?" He asked curiously. They threw back their shots and he grimaced at the burning sensation. Meredith seemed to drink it like water.

"Because I don't want to live alone in Ellis' house." She said darkly "And also to help kick persistent one night stand out."

"Speaking of one night stands, what about a certain friend of mine?" He asked suppressing his laughter.

"He told you? What is he, a little girl?" She sighed "Alex advised me to just ignore him, but he's making it so hard." She groaned as she slurred a little.

Mark was still laughing. "He'll get the message." He then turned to Joe, frowning slightly "hey Joe, how much has she had to drink?" He asked, motioning towards Meredith who was eating peanuts.

Joe told him that she had just had two or three shots before he came. Mark turned to her again. "How the hell are you so drunk already?"

Meredith shrugged. "I think I forgot to eat today." She said.

"How do you just forget to eat?" Mark asked amusedly. "You're crazy, kid, drinking tequila ok and empty stomach."

"Maybe it's your chance to show you hold your alcohol better than me" quipped Meredith "not that you can beat me even now."

"Ok ok I agree, but it's not my fault you drink tequila like water." He said, feeling good about drinking at a bar with Mer after so long.

"How was your nose job?" She asked him jokingly.

"It was perfect. Another happy customer. You know you should give me a try." He answered back.

"Ass" she said playfully hitting the side of his head "my nose is perfect go fix Derek's"

"Ah, Derek? Noticed his nose, have you?" He started, but decided against teasing her about him. "And how was your surgery?"

"It went fine. I'm glad Jen is fine, I've known her for a year now." Meredith said, thinking back to when she first met Jen, before her rounds of chemo.

"The gallery was packed. You should have seen it. It's like every single person in the hospital decided it was the best place to hang out. And you put on quite a show. That scrub cap and that music, I think Bailey was horrified before she actually saw you operate." Mark went on amusedly. He'd heard quite a lot of interesting things on his way to the OR. Hospital gossip seemed to have fixated on their new chief.

"Yeah, they'll get used to it. And what's the deal with Bailey anyways? I felt like a naughty five year old." She said, thinking back to the resident.

"That's just Bailey. She pretty much does what she wants around the hospital, apparently Webber let her run her schedule. She probably thought you were a teenager when she saw you in scrubs." He joked back. Without her normal clothes and slight makeup, Meredith truly didn't look old enough to be in a hospital.

Meredith ignored his comment. She was used to wearing scrubs around the hospital and she wasn't about to change now. She preferred comfy scrubs with sneakers to all the formal crap, she'd never been a 'girly' girl.

They spent the rest of the night catching up with each other. Stella showed up as they were slowing down and was introduced to Mark, before she dragged her friend into the car and took her home.

Joe's was frequented by many of the hospital staff. They watched their chief with open curiosity, as she transformed from a put together surgeon into a regular girl, with a considerable tolerance for tequila. She was certainly not what anyone had expected and they were not sure what next to expect from her.

A/N I'm not really happy with this chapter and I'm having trouble writing Derek. I'll try to figure it out and maybe I can come back and edit this one a little bit later. I'm uploading both chapters together because right now I'm having trouble sitting down to write more. This is because I recently read some really sad MerDer fanfictions and am having trouble getting back into the right headspace for this story.

Please suggest some good, fun fanfics about Meredith in case you've found any that are good, or have a similar tone to this story. Hope you enjoy.