Ok, I guess this is the last chapter. The song is called "There's No Solution" by Sum 41. Here goes nothin…

---Fate is fate. Don't try and fight it.---

maybe nothing else will ever be so clear
or maybe that's only my fear
if just for one day I wish I could disappear
just take me far from here
maybe I'd find out nothing new
maybe I'd end up just like you

Derek kissed Meredith lightly on the lips. He pulled away just as quickly, wondering exactly what he just did. They opened their eyes at the same time, staring at one another. Derek took his hands off of Meredith as she turned around and ran to her car, not saying a word.

He knew he couldn't stop her. He watched as she ran away.

there's no solution
give me truth to my conviction
is my own confusion
reality or fiction
am I out of my mind

He immediately got in his car and headed towards her house. His mind was racing and he had no idea what he was going to do. He needed to tell her how he felt. Maybe she would understand. Maybe someday she would understand what it felt like to have his heart torn out and stepped on. Again and again. And again.

He sped through traffic lights, breaking numerous laws as he sped through the city streets of Seattle, trying to get to Meredith's house as quickly as he could.

this constant pressure that keeps hanging over me
it makes me feel so empty
it's more than anything that I could ever be
what else could you take from me
it's getting harder to relate
don't want to make the same mistakes

He pulled into her driveway. He ran up her steps and knocked on the door. Meredith was sitting on her steps, her head in her hands, crying. She got up and opened the door. Just as quickly, she saw who it was and slammed the door in his face.

"Meredith, open up! Please!" he yelled through the door. No answer.

"MEREDITH I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU." he screamed, waiting helplessly for a reply.

there's no solution
give me truth to my conviction
is my own confusion
reality or fiction
am I out of my mind

Meredith stopped dead in her tracks. She ran back and opened the door slightly.

"What?" she whispered through the crack in the door.

"I'm in love with you Meredith."

She shook her head furiously. "No...no..." she tried to slam the door again. But he was too quick. He thrusted his foot into the doorway, forcing it to still leave a crack in the door.

it took me so long to find out it's right
there in front of me
too close to see
what I thought was true
I see right through what's killing you

He opened the door more fully now, as he took a step toward her, meeting face to face with her tear drawn eyes and her chapped but soft lips. It was then that he poured his heart out to her.

"Meredith. I fell in love with you. The very first night we met at the bar. That was fate and we both now it. Fate Meredith. I wouldn't be here, on your doorstep, in front of your house, pouring my heart out to you right now if it weren't for fate. We met at the bar that night for a reason. We fell in love with each other. That doesn't go away because I decided to stay with Addison." he paused.

"I will never stop loving you Meredith. Ever. No matter what Addy does or says to me, I will always love you. I will be here for you. And take care of you. I will be here whenever you need someone. I can be the person you come to when everything goes wrong. I want to be that guy. I want to be the one to hold you, to kiss you in the dark. The one that will never ever let you down."

"These past weeks have been the most miserable weeks of my entire life. I can't stand seeing you with anyone but me. I can't stand seeing you with other men. I don't trust them. But I want you to trust me. I want you to feel safe with me around. I don't want you to feel as if you have to run away and hide from me. As you always do. I want you to know...that I will never break your heart again. I promise. I love you Meredith."

At that time, his lips were already upon hers, his hands searching for a place to rest on her hips.

And this time, she didn't try to pull away.

there's no solution
give me truth to my conviction
is my own confusion
reality or fiction
am I out of my mind

Meredith VO:

"The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we haven't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, the da poets urging us to seize the day. Still, sometimes, we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep away today's possibility under tomorrow's rug, until we can't anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin meant. That knowing is better than wondering. That waking is better that sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying."

maybe nothing else will ever be so clear
or maybe that's only my fear
if just for one day I wish I could disappear
(am I out of my mind)
just take me far from here
maybe I'd find out nothing new
maybe I'd end up just like you
(am I out of my mind)

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THE END.

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