For the next week, Derek couldn't help thinking about Meredith. He would wonder how many times Finn would hurt her for doing something not even remotely wrong. He would wonder if he was strong enough to beat the crap out of the little boy that would hurt Meredith.

Derek took note of all the time Ellis Grey spent at the hospital and not at home with her daughter. Did Dr. Grey even know that her daughter had a boyfriend, that she drank and smoked with she was at a party with him? Did she know Meredith's friends? All this ran through his mind daily even though he was supposed to be watching Dr. Grey perform surgeries.

Later that day in the locker room, Preston came up to Derek, "oh man, open heart surgery is the best thing ever!" He said while opening his locker.

"Yeah" Derek mumbled.

"Hey man, what's your problem? Every time I bring up Cardiac you always go all 'Neuro is was better' on me. What's up?"

"Nothing, just thinking."

"About a girl?" Preston played.

"Actually, yeah."

"Really? Does she work in the hospital? Is she hot? Does she have any friends?" Preston asked quickly.

"Yes, no, yes and yes." Derek said laughing, "but she also has a boyfriend."

"Good job man. You really know how to pick'em. Where did you meet her?"

Derek sighed, "She's Dr. Grey's daughter." Preston started at him, "and she's only 17."

"What? Are you kidding me? Not only are you thinking about a girl who has a boyfriend, but Ellis Grey's 17-year-old daughter? Dude, she's jailbait!"

"Damnit, I know!" Derek slammed his locker shut. "I can't stop thinking about her though. She's smart and funny and beautiful and has a totally tortured soul."

"Tortured soul? Dude, your losing it."

"She always looks so sad, and alone and-"

"You want to play doctor and fix her up?" Derek stared and thought about the realization, "My advice, don't get involved." Preston shut his locker. "If the boyfriend thing doesn't bother you, and the fact that she's 17; the fact that she's Ellis Grey's daughter should be reason enough not to get involved." He said, walking out "but, if she has any legal friends, let me know!"

Derek drove home, extremely tired, but his mind still reeling from his conversation with Preston. Did he just like her because he wanted to fix her? As he drove up to the town house his parents had bought him, he noticed a figure sitting on the front steps. He pulled up in front of his house and saw Meredith sitting there. He got out quickly. "Hey, its freezing, what are you doing here?" He said, walking up to her and even though she was wearing a warm coat, put his around her as well.

"I need to get my stitches out right?" She smiled at him. Derek realized then that he wanted more that to fix her.

"How did you know where I lived?" He asked, raising his eyebrows as he fumbled with his keys.

Meredith stood, "I have my ways." 'Was she flirting?' Derek thought. Meredith chuckled a little, "I checked your address at the hospital, although I probably should have checked what time you were off."

They laughed as Derek opened the door and let them both inside. Both were greeted with loud barking. "You have time to have a dog?" Meredith asked. The dog came running up to Meredith and she bent down to pet him.

"I always wanted a dog when I lived in New York but my families Manhattan apartment wasn't really the best place for one. His name is Doc."

Meredith giggled, and Derek melted. "Very original." She laughed.

"I thought so. When I got this place, the other owners had a doggie door already in, so I had to get one. He probably wants to go for a walk though."

"Can we take him?" Meredith asked, excitedly.

"Do you want me to take your stitches out first?"

"When we come back?" She asked.

"Sure, let me just grab his leash. There's a park just down the road that I usually take him to."

"Sounds good, lets go!" Derek handed Meredith the leash and walked Doc out of the house with Derek.

"This is so cool, my mother would never let me get a dog." Meredith said when they got to the outskirts of the park.

"Would she even notice?" Derek asked, hoping he wasn't being rude.

Meredith laughed, "you're probably right, she wouldn't."

"You can let him off the leash here, he knows where he's going."

"Ok." Meredith bent down and took his leash off and Doc ran a little ahead of them.

"So, what did your mom say about the stitches?" Derek asked.

"Nothing, she didn't notice." Meredith shrugged. Derek could tell that Meredith had wanted her mother to notice. "I think I saw her once this week."

"Really? That's too bad."

"She loves her job, its all she thinks about. Its ok though. I have my friends… and Finn." Meredith added.

Derek wasn't going to push her about Finn, even though he was dying to. "So, tell me about your friends?"

"Well, Christina is in the same grade as me, she's very driven, and always says what's on her mind, which can be annoying, but we've been friends since elementary school. We met George and Izzie when we were taking senior classes in Junior High, she's a year older than us. So is George. They were friends in Elementary school. Izzie's smart, and emotional, and the sexy one. George is funny, and geeky, and smart too. Christina calls him Bambi. We all met Alex in High School. He's cocky and thinks he's gods gift to women or something. He and Izzie have had this on and off relationship for about three years now."

Derek listened intently, they were nearing a clearing. When they got there Meredith gasped. It was the most beautiful view of Seattle she had ever seen. From where they were they had a perfect view of the downtown skyline and the ferry boats.

"You like it?"

"It's so beautiful. I mean, I ride those ferry boats everyday but from here they look magical."

"Yeah, they do."

The two just continued to stare until they were interrupted by Doc barking at them. They both looked down at the dog, holding a large stick in his mouth. They threw the stick a couple times for Doc until he indicated that it was time to go home.

The three walked back together, Derek took Meredith's stitches out and drove her home, all the while talking about their childhood and their goal for the future.

END CHAPTER THREE.

A/N: Ok, that was bad, I know... I'm not too proud of it.. Its kind of a filler chapter for you guys because I got so many reviews and am not quite done with the chapter I wanted to post. Hope you like it anyways and there is alot of OOC in this chapter I realized sooooo, im gonna try and ground my characters a bit more.

THANKS for all the reviews for chapter two!