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Chapter Thirteen

Fade Into you

Lily and Gwen were getting ready for prom in Lily's room. There was make-up spread on every imaginable surface of the room and the scent of hair spray filled the air. The girls were almost ready. They had their dresses on and their hair was complete. Lily had her hair pulled half back in loose curls with a rhinestone clip. Gwen had her hair in a fancy French twist with a white flower clip attached near her ear. Gwen's dress was emerald green and strapless and fell to the ground with a slit on the right side that ended just above the knee. Both of the girls looked absolutely gorgeous.

"Can I come in?" Meredith's voice called.

"Sure mom." Lily answered applying her red lip gloss. Meredith came in with a camera in hand.

"I promised I'd take lots of pictures for your mother Gwen." Meredith explained.

"Where are Grandma and dad?" Lily asked curiously.

"Downstairs." Meredith answered. "Your grandma also has a camera and she has an announcement before you leave."

"Let's not keep them waiting." Gwen insisted stepping into her gold high heels. Lily followed suite stepping into her silver ones. The girls followed Meredith who took numerous pictures.

"Girls you look beautiful." Grandma Shepherd gushed when the girls descended the stairs. She also took some more pictures with her camera that almost blinded the girls. Derek Shepherd stood slightly back from the group with two boxes in his hands. He was the picture of a nervous father on prom night.

"What do you have in your hands dad?" Lily asked.

"I got you girls' corsages." He replied handing Gwen a white rose and Lily the red rose.

"Thanks Mr. Shepherd." Gwen said taking the flower out of the box and securing it onto her wrist.

"Thank you daddy." Lily said pulling her father into a hug. "I love you."

"I love you too." Derek replied kissing his daughter on the forehead.

"You kids better get going if you want to make it there on time." Meredith told the girls.

"Grandma what did you want to tell us?" Lily asked.

"Well I've been thinking this for a while and I don't really have anyone left in New York. My last two grandkids are almost out of the house and I don't want to miss the time I've spent with you so I've decided to move here. I already bought a house."

"That's awesome mom." Derek Shepherd said.

"It is grandma." Jack agreed.

"Mom what is that?" Lily asked astonished. Gwen turned around to see what Lily was staring at.

"We thought you girls needed to arrive in style." Derek said. The girls giggled in delight at the stretch limo.

"Well go on and enjoy it. We pay them by the hour."

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Nathan Sloan couldn't keep his eyes off of her all night. She was an angel that had escaped from heaven and only he could see the pure and beautiful light that surrounded her. Every once and a while he could have sworn that she had looked at him…or maybe he was just being hopeful. He needed to talk to her soon or he might just go crazy.

He watched her laugh as she attempted to dance with Gwen to an offensive rap song that was laced with drug abuse and innuendos. It was the first time he had seen her smile in weeks. He wondered if he could ever make her smile like he used to.

"Can I have your attention please?" The DJ asked the students looked around confused. They had already announced king and queen. The lucky winners were Wesley and a fellow senior Emily Rutez. "I have a slow dance request from someone in the audience so I'm going to take you back to 1993." The dingle people groaned. Slow dances were the worst. Nathan watched Lily and Gwen making their way off the dance floor. He hurried over to meet Lily.

"May I have this dance?" He asked. All of his confidence was stripped. His request came humbly.

I want to hold the hand inside you

I want to take a breath that's true

Lily looked shocked as the heard the words to her favorite song. Only Nathan could have requested it. Gwen gave Nathan a look before whispering something to Lily. She nodded and then took Nathans hand. He led her to the center of the dance floor and the two kept as much distance a part as you could while slow dancing.

I look to you and I see nothing

I look to you to see the truth

"I've missed you." Nathan said.

You live your life

You go in shadows

You'll come apart and you'll go black

Some kind of night into your darkness

Colors your eyes with what's not there

"I've missed you too." Lily finally admitted. "How did you remember that I loved this song?"

"Are you kidding?" Nathan asked. "I remember when you told me you wanted it to be your wedding song."

Fade into you

I think it's strange you never knew

"It was the night before my freshmen year started. "Lily recalled. "I was so worried, but you the older and experienced sophomore took my mind off of things and we talked about music almost all night."

"And I asked you why you wanted a song about someone revealing a crush as your wedding song." Nathan added.

"And I told you it was because I would probably be the first to fall in love in any relationship."

"Lily," Nathan began, "You weren't the first. I just never admitted it to myself. I fell in love with you that night."

"Don't" She interrupted.

"I need you to know how I feel." Lily pulled away from him and hurried off the dance floor. Without pause Nathan followed her. He finally caught up with her in the empty hall way.

"I have to make clear what I feel for you."

"You can't!" Lily exclaimed. "Because I can't stomach the thought of knowing that you were in love with me when you were dating all those girls and when you were with Sally and when you kissed me in the bar last year."

"You dated Wesley when you knew you loved me." Nathan pointed out.

"I didn't screw him!"

"Well how was I supposed to know that you wouldn't?"

"Because you know me." Lily shouted, "I could never do that and up until recently I didn't think you could either." They were quiet for a moment.

"You knew what you felt for me and didn't tell me so how is what I did worse?"

"You don't think what you did was worse?" Lily bellowed. "I didn't say anything because you were dating your new flavor of the week as usual and what you did was worse because you screwed Sally out of spite!" After she was finished she sat breathing heavily. Nathan approached her slowly. He took her hands in his and kissed her gently on the hand.

"I love you." He said trailing another kiss on her arm.

"I love you." He repeated. He said this over and over trailing kisses along her soft skin until he was near her lips. "I love you." He said again. He went to meet his lips to hers, but she pulled away.

"No." she said weakly. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. He kissed them away gently.

"I will spend the rest of my life making up for what I did to you. I will do whatever it takes to gain back your trust. I'm in love with you forever and always."

"Oh Nathan." Lily whispered.

"Will you let me make it up to you?" She kissed him fiercely. It was better than the drunken kiss a year before. His lips were soft and he tasted of fruit punch and her skin. It was perfect.

"Is that a yes?" Nathan asked hopefully.

"I love you Nathan Sloan."

A/N- Sorry it took so long! Things at school have been absolutely crazy! I'll try to post an epilogue soon. The song is Fade into You by Mazzy Star and it's a really beautiful song if you want to listen to it. Happy 100th episode of Grey's Anatomy everyone!