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Morning came, the sun rose, the alarm clock rang. Derek lay on the floor, face squished against the cushion from the girl's couch. The blanket was dragged away from his body and a pillow was thrown onto his bottom in its place.
"I cannot be late on the first day of work." she muttered to herself. Derek groaned, slowly opening his eyes. Good lord. he thought, moving his body cautiously. Quickly, he slipped his pants on. He started zipping his pants, grabbed his shirt and looked up at her. Her hair was in a mess, she brushed it out of her face.
"So...this is your place." Derek started. "We don't have to do this, you know." she said. Derek stared at her. "This whole getting to know each other thing." Derek shrugged, then nodded, starting to put on his shirt. "Ahh, I'm going to take a shower now or I'd be very late for work, which is what I don't want to be on my first day. When I'm done you wouldn't be here so"
"Derek."
"Meredith. Hi." They shook hands.
"Goodbye, Derek."
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Conveniently, she slided beside him, her eyes scanning back and forth on the chart in front of her. She drew in a deep breathe and let it out again. "Ok." she said. He looked up at her.
"Ok." she repeated.
"Ok" he echoed, did a twirling hand gesture in the air to indicate his confusion.
"Ok." she said, again, looking up with a smile while handing the file back to the nurse. He scribbled his signature on the line at the bottom of the file and handed it over to the nurse, running after her.
"Ok, meaning..."
"That, well. Ok. You know." Addison said, refusing to explain it in words.
"Ok." Mark nodded, understanding her hidden meaning. "So, dinner. Tonight, my place. I'll...cook. Italian." he smiled hopefully. She shifted her weight back and forth, considering before looking up with a smile of her own. "Ok."
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"Dr. Shepherd's in charge of the case now. He's right there." Miranda Bailey said, pointing a finger towards the tall, dark haired man across the room. Meredith looked up, caught the eye of Derek and started exiting the room. Surprised to see his one night stand at the hospital he works in, he went after her, excusing himself from the other doctors. Checking to see that no body's looking, Derek dragged her into the secluded stairway.
"Dr. Shepherd." she started.
"Dr. Shepherd?"
"Dr. Shepherd." she repeated herself.
"Oh, so this morning was Derek and now Dr. Shepherd?" Derek teased. "It never happened." "What never happened. You sleeping with me last night or you throwing me out this morning? Because both are fond memories I'd like to keep." Derek grinned. I'm flirting with her. What's wrong with me?
He's flirting with me, what's wrong with him!
"I'm just a girl at the bar, and you're just the guy at the bar"
"You took advantage of me. I was looking hot in that red fannel shirt and you took advantage of me"
"I did not take advantage of you. And you are really not that charming." "We're take advantage again, Friday night." "I am not going out with you!" Meredith exclaimed. Derek just stared at her, a teasing smile on his face.
"Stop looking at me like that." she demanded.
"Like what?" "Like you've seen me naked."