After Poker and hanging out in Alex's hot tub, Derek and Meredith went back to Derek's house in the wee hours of the morning because Derek had to let Doc out. "I had a lot of fun tonight Derek." Meredith stated.

"Really? Even with the interruption?" Derek asked, letting Doc out into the back yard.

"Yeah. Made everything more exciting" Meredith went into the fridge and grabbed herself a bottle of water.

Derek came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She choked a little on her water, then put it down on the counter in front of her. "I had fun tonight too." Derek whispered in her ear, making Meredith shiver.

Meredith turned in his arms to face him, giving him a kiss on the lips. "Thank you for coming… considering." Meredith said.

"Considering what baby?"

"Well, usually Prom ends with sex."

"Meredith, how many times have we gone over this? I don't care if we don't have sex."

"You don't want to have sex with me?" Meredith asked. She was still slightly drunk, and was acting irrational.

"What are you talking about? Of course I want to have sex with you. We said we would wait though."

"Wait until I leave for Dartmouth?" Meredith argued, now pulling herself away from Derek, leaning against one of the kitchen counters.

"I thought we discussed all of this. Dartmouth and sex."

"Derek, I'm trying to give you an out here ok?"

"An out? Meredith, why would I want an out?"

"Derek, we barely see each other and we both live in Seattle. Do you have any idea how hard it's going to be to talk to each other when we're half way across the country?"

"You're the one leaving, not me." Derek mumbled under his breath, immediately regretting it.

"I can't believe you just said that. You told me to go to Dartmouth, that everything would be ok between us."

"Meredith, it will. I promise." Derek pleaded.

"I don't thing that it will." Meredith whispered to herself then looked up at Derek. "I don't want to do this to you. I don't want you to wait for me."

"Meredith, don't say this, please. I want to wait for you."

"Derek." She said, wrapping her arms around his neck like she had when they danced earlier that night. "I don't want you to put your life on hold for me."

"I wont put my life on hold. Just my life with you."

"What if I don't get an internship in Seattle huh?"

"I'll move to wherever you are."

Meredith started to cry. "I love you Derek, but we cant do this to ourselves. We'll probably end up fighting and hating each other if we try and stay together."

Now it was Derek's turn to pull away from her. "Meredith, what are you saying?"

"I'm saying we should break it off now, and enjoy the summer as friends."

"Friends?" Now Derek had tears in his eyes. "Meredith, I love you."

"I know, and I love you too, which is why I'm doing this. I have to be the voice of reason here." She sighed, wiping tears from her eyes. "I think we should go our separate ways, and if we still feel the same way about each other, we can be together."

"Meredith, you're talking crazy."

"No, I'm not, and you know it! Derek, we could never make a long distance relationship work and I've had a lot of time to think about this." Meredith began walking away.

"Where are you going?" Derek asked.

"The ferryboats open at 5:30, I'll get there just in time."

"So that's it?"

"Yeah Derek. That's it."

Derek watched as Meredith left the house. He couldn't move. He wanted to chase after her but his feet were frozen on his kitchen floor.

END CHAPTER 14

A/N: SORRY, SORRY , SORRY. You all probably hate me right now, but if they stayed together, then the story would be over. They will be apart for a while... SORRY!

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Also: This is how my BF and I broke up, only he was the one leaving.