"Dr. Shepard, I need you to consult with me on a patient"

Derek looked up from the notes he was writing on Mrs. Leed's chart.

"I thought you knew everything, Dr. Bailey, don't tell me your are slipping"

He gave her a little wink and a smile so she would know he was just kidding. She didn't look amused.

"I don't have time to play Dr. Shepard. I have real patients with real problems that need help. Now are you going to help or do I need to find someone else who will take this seriously?"

Derek put down his pen and started walking toward her. "Okay, you win. I won't try to be funny."

"Good, come on." Miranda Bailey took off down the hall and Derek was forced to start a light jog just to catch up with her at the elevator.

"What are we dealing with? A pregnant man again?" He smiled.

Bailey was silent. He could tell her patience with him was drawing thin.

"Awww, come on Miranda, can't we have a little fun?"

The ding announcing the elevator was at their floor stopped Miranda from answering him. They got onto the empty elevator and the doors closed. She pressed the button of the floor she wanted and turned to him.

"What has you in this great mood today? This is not normal for you. Are you feeling okay?" Bailey looked at him with some feigned concern.

"I'm fine. Great actually. If you have to know, I met a girl last night" he said still smiling at her.

"A girl? Is she legal? Does she have hair on her privates"

Derek cracked up. "Yes, smartass. She does…"

"Oh so you've already seen this girl's pubic hair… sounds like you did have a good night last night…" Bailey said as the elevator came to stop at the floor she requested. "Glad to hear you are finally getting laid…how long has it been… five, six months" she said loudly walking down the long hallway.

"Shhhh…. Keep your voice down… jeez…" Derek whispered as he glanced at a passing nurse who had obviously heard what Miranda had said because she was starting to chuckle.

Miranda stopped at the nurses' station to get the patient's file. Derek stopped there as well.

"It's actually been seven months…" he whispered in her ear.

She just looked up at him and shook her head and smiled. "Well it is about damn time that you got some ass. I've been telling you that you need to move on since you got here to Seattle. Nothing better than some nasty sex to help you get your mojo back."

"It wasn't nasty. It might have been drunken, but it wasn't nasty." Derek said smiling.

"Well who is she? Are you going to see her again? I hope so, that way we can see this happier Derek around the hospital" Miranda said as she picked up the chart and strolled down the hallway to the patient's room.

"I really don't know her. I just met her last night at the "Crow Bar" on Front St, downtown. I saw from across a crowded room… it was lust at first site…"

"Spare me the details… I'm just glad for you. Now can we get some work done today? I don't know about you, but I don't want to spend my whole night here."

Bailey walked into the patient's room and he could hear her greeting the people in the room. Derek just stood outside the door thinking about the previous night's events. Meredith… even her name sounded sexy to him. They both had gone to the bar with friends, but she approached him and asked if she could buy him a drink. One drink lead to several and then they were kissing and undressing each other in a cab on the way to her place. By the time they got there the cabbie was throwing them out of the vehicle cursing at them. They just cracked up as they entered her dark house and once inside, they undressed each other the rest of way.

"Dr. Shepard…" Miranda's voice interrupted his thoughts. Good thing probably because he was getting hard thinking about last night.

As he entered the room and greeted the family he wished he had at least gotten her last name…