She had kissed him why did she have to do that? She ruined everything! He new it didn't mean anything to him but he would die if Meredith found out. She would be so hurt.
"Derek?" Addison asked.
"Why did you do that?"
"I love you Derek."
"Unbelievable! Seriously!"
"Derek think about it."
"No!"
"Why not?"
"Because I'm in love with Meredith! That's why!" Derek walked away in a rage. Little did he know that a few interns were in a room and saw everything.
Meredith was early to work she wanted to see Thatcher. She already felt she liked him and he could have been her dad. But he wasn't. She knocked lightly on his door and walked in.
"Hey Mer. How are you?"
"Hey I'm the doctor that's what I'm meant to be asking you!"
"Ok sorry."
"So I heard you can leave this afternoon but you need someone to take care of you."
"Yeah."
"So who's going to?"
"I don't know there's really no one to look after me."
"Well you know I have plenty of room at my house."
"Oh no Mer you don't have to do that."
"I want to. It will give us some time to catch up."
"You really want me in your house. I mean wont I cramp your stile or something."
"Thatcher I'm an adult and I really don't have any stile to cramp." Meredith laughed. He was trying and she respected him for that.
Burke, Cristina and some other interns came in to check up on Thatcher, she stayed still wanting to talk to him. When they left Thatcher looked as though he were trying to figure something out.
"Tell me your friend Cristina have a boyfriend?"
"Yeah. Why you thinking of cracking on to her." Meredith said sarcastically.
"No. She's going out with Burke isn't she?"
Meredith stared at him blankly. "Why? Do you care?" she was hopping to tell him about her and Derek but know she wasn't so sure.
"Of course I do and attending and an intern! There are rules about that. I can't believe Richard hasn't done anything about it."
"Well you know Richard respects their relationship."
"I know but if I was Chief I wouldn't stand for it. Oh I'm sorry Meredith shouldn't have gone off like that I know she's your friend."
"No its ok." Meredith checked her watch. "I have to go I start rounds in 15 minutes. I'll see you later ok I'll come pick you up."
"Ok bye Mer."
Meredith walked into the locker room most interns were staring for the day. She placed down her bag and over heard a convosation on the rows of lockers opposite to her.
"Oh my god Charlotte have your heard?"
"Heard what?"
"Meredith Grey's long lost father has arrived in the hospital. She hadn't really met him until about a week ago."
"Oh my god poor thing. But that's not the worst of it."
"What are you talking about?"
"Haven't you heard? She and Sheppard are back together. He got the divorce."
"Oh my god, are you serious?"
"Yeah. Lucky bitch! Gets to sleep with him."
"Yeah but isn't Addison here?"
"Yep and she tried to get back together with him yesterday. A couple of interns saw her kiss him. Poor Meredith she's already a wreck with out finding out about this. I wonder how she would feel?"
Meredith stepped out from the lockers fully changed and stood right in front of them "I would say she would feel really pissed off." She glared at them "Do you seriously have nothing better to do but talk about me and my screwed up life?" Meredith walked out of the room. She still had 10 minutes before she started round right now she had to find Derek.
"She saw him coming out of a patients, he walked up to the hall to meet her. She pushed him into an empty room.
"What are you doing?"
"Do you have anything you would like to tell me?"
"No"
"Really? Nothing?"
Derek shook his head.
"So nothing along the lines of my ex wife kissed me to try and get me back?"
"Oh shit Mer. I'm so sorry."
"Yeah I've heard that one before." Meredith put her hands on her hips.
"Oh come on Mer you know it didn't mean anything to me. I just didn't want to tell you so this wouldn't happen."
"Oh ok so if I didn't mean anything why couldn't you just have come and told me? And you know what I would have much rathered heard it from you then from the interns in the locker room talking about my screwed up life!"
"Your life isn't screwed up Mer." Derek's beeper went off. "I have to go I'll come over tonight and we can talk."
"You can't. Thatcher's staying with me and he's really big on the attendings don't date interns thing he started going off about Cristina and Burke." Meredith checked her watch. "Shit I'm going to be late." Meredith was about to open the door when his hand landed on top of hers. "Derek don't! I'm trying to be angry at you!" He kissed her neck.
"I think I tonight I might just have to sneak in." He opened the door and walked down the hall giving her a grin before he walked on. Meredith sighed and checked her watch again.
"Damn you Derek you made me late!"
"Grey." Bailey said as Meredith went towards her.
"Before you say anything I'm sorry I'm late I was talking to Thatcher."
"That's a lie I was in there with him until about hmmm 1 minute ago and don't worry you weren't late you still have 30 seconds. No I was actually going to talk to you about where he's going to stay."
'He's staying with me"
"Really?" Bailey raised her eyebrow "Won't affect any of your other plans will it?"
Meredith knew what she was talking about. Derek. "Yes actually it will."
"Don't be to cocky Grey or I might just make you do notes."
"Sorry Bailey."
"Good now go do your rounds before I change my mind and give you notes to do."
Meredith took her Dad home with him and introduced him to Hailey. Meredith told Hailey what was happening and she was now pretending to be a friend of Izzies staying over. Meredith was about to go up to bed later tonight when Hailey called her down.
"Oh Mer I almost forgot. A certain someone dropped these off for you." She pointed to a dozen red roses sitting on the bench. "He told me what happened." She whispered in her ear. "Don't worry Addison's a bitch I planning on going down to hospital tomorrow and giving her a piece of my mind." She took a step back and winked at Meredith.
"Don't do that Hailey."
"Listen you don't have a say in this ok she's messing with my brother her you know I-" Hailey stopped talking. Thatcher came into the room.
"What's this?" Thatcher looked at the roses then picked up the note that had fallen on the floor. Meredith gasped. Thatcher knew Derek he met him on the day he was bought in. 'Respectable man' he called him.
Thatcher read the note out loud. "Dear Meredith, I'm sorry about today and I'm going to make it up to you, I promise. Now if Thatcher happens to be reading this by any chance stop freaking out I haven't signed my name at the bottom ok. If you're still mad at me after these flowers I have instructed Hailey what to do. I love you Meredith Grey."
Meredith let out the air she was holding in. She looked over to Thatcher and smiled.
"Meredith you have a boyfriend?" he asked "And you didn't tell me?"
"Sorry."
"So Mer still mad at him?" Hailey had a huge grin on her face.
"A little."
"Good, come with me." Hailey took her hand she had an evil grin on her face. She her up to her bedroom and swung open the door. There inside was at least 10 more bunches of roses spread across her room.
"Holy shit!" Meredith s eyes were wide.
"Mad at him now?" Hailey grinned at her.
"No." Meredith squeaked. "Is he at home?"
Hailey nodded her head "So how long is Thatcher staying?"
"Three days."
"Good."
"Why?"
"Because my mother and father are coming down in 1 week." Hailey shut the door leaving Meredith stunned. She reached for the phone and dialed Derek's mobile number.
"Hello?" His voice said on the end
"You are amazing."
"I know I know."
"But seriously don't you think 11 dozen roses are enough?"
"No. Not for you. You deserve so much more. But unfortunately my money won't let me buy more then 11."
Meredith laughed. They talked on the phone for at least another hour by then everyone had gone to bed.
"So do you think it is possible for me to come over?"
"Derek I told you Thatcher would have a spasm."
"Oh to bad."
"What?"
"Oh you see, remember when you gave me a spare key?"
"Yes."
"Remember how you called my mobile instead of home phone?"
"Yes."
"Well you see I managed to drive over here and right now I'm climbing the stairs." Meredith hung up the phone and peeked out of her bedroom door. There was Derek carrying another Bunch of roses.
"Derek are you crazy anyone could have seen you." He wasn't listening. He pulled her in for a kiss in the hallway. Meredith pulled him into her bedroom. She decided she wouldn't tell him about his mother until tomorrow.
Thatcher who had heard the noise decided to take a look he looked out of the room he was staying in to see Meredith kissing Dr.Sheppard. The respectable attending he talked to her about was his daughter's boyfriend. No wonder why she looked so nervous after he said all those things about Cristina. She was doing the exact same thing. In the morning he would meet him no matter how early she tried to sneak him out.
So i wanted to keep on writing but i seriously think my mother is going to kill me i a second if i dont get off i"ve been on for ages. anywayz thanks so much for your reviews and ideas
Thanking you Caitlin (aka greyaddict)
