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Authors note: 2nd chapters up! WEEE! Thanks for the reviews. Me happy. Ok this will clear up the Merder situation for you. Don't forget that the italic writing (i) is flashbacks from the past and regular writing is the present time. Also I made a banner for my fic so take a look: http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?imageallgoodthingscometoanenol1.png.
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Chapter 2: Umbrella

"When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella"

It's been almost a year since Meredith left Derek that night. He didn't meet anybody new. He just thought of her on my couch, getting drunk every night while watching chick flicks. One day, he looked at the door, the one Meredith last used to exit, and then he looked on the floor only to find the beautiful 3 caret diamond ring… broken. Derek sighed then looked back at the TV. It's then I realized that in every movie I watched the couple would always find there way back to each other and lived happily ever after. Then he had a hunch. A feeling that Meredith would return soon and that we would get married and are plan would be completed. "I need to get that ring fixed." he said like he was talking to someone in the empty room.

"Hello! I'm here to pick up a ring, 3 caret diamond ring under the name of Derek Shepard." Derek said after waiting in line at the jewelry shop. "It was broken and I received a message saying that it was ready for pickup."

"Let me check the list." The man behind the desk put on his reading glasses and browsed through the binder in front of him. "Derek Shepard. Ah that was the beautiful engagement ring I fixed. It's a shame."

"Pardon? What's a shame?"

"The ring will have a little defect. It must have really hit the ground really hard because it chipped a piece of the diamond so it won't be perfect." He looked at me like I was supposed to tell him what happened.

He stayed silent for a moment before saying anything. "Oh, really? I guess that's okay. It will be a memory to remember."

He handed Derek the ring in a red box. He took it and thanked him. As he left the store, he took the ring out of the box to observe the defect. It's then he felt the pain hit me; the pain of loosing Meredith for a long time and not ever seeing her again. It started to rain outside and on my checks at the same time. The rain drops feel on Derek's face as well as the tear ran down his cheeks. But nobody could tell he was crying because of the water falling from sky. The dark sky and the heavy rain described his emotion like someone was watching him. 'Oh how I missed her. I was stupid to waste my money on fixing that ring' he thought while looking at the ring in the rain. 'She's not coming back… she never will. She left me and hurt me and… and never came back.'

"Excuse me? Do you need an umbrella?" A beautiful young woman with greenish blue eyes walked up to him with a black umbrella. "You seem like you need it." She smiled.

Derek smiled back then his mood changed from hopeless and sad to faithful and happy. "Thank you!"

She walked him to his car while we shared her umbrella. He went in the driver seat as for her… well she sat in the passenger's seat and they drove the car while the rain has slowly fading away towards the sun. It's Derek's happily ever after… No more chick flicks for him!

"Sophie! Sophie!" said a voice in Sophie's sleep. "I'm going to work. I'll hopefully see you tonight."

Sophie knew it was her mother. "You say that every morning mom. Why don't you actually try this time?" Sophie yelled to her elder while she was half asleep.

"I talked to your father when I got home. He told me about what happened at diner and the boy… Mike." It seemed like she wanted to start a conversation while she was asleep and half conscious. "Was he cute?"

"Mom, it's not time to boy chat." Sophie sat up on her bed and look at her mom's eyes. "Why don't you come back earlier and we'll talk about it? It's early in the morning!" She placed herself back in her twin size bed and cuddled herself up in a ball. She fell asleep instantly.

"I promise!" she whispered in her ear. "I'll be there…" She left the room silently trying not to make a noise even though the slightest crack could not wake up Sophie.

BEEP! The sound of the alarm woke up Sophie so she would get ready for school. It seemed like she had just been woken up by her mother 10 seconds ago. She jumped out of her bed, grabbed a funky outfit from her wardrobe and turn to her left to head toward her dark bathroom with no window where she washed herself from head to toe. All clean! The teenage followed her regular routine in the morning. She completed one part of her routine, now to the next. Derek watched as Sophie walked out of her room all dressed and walk towards him in the kitchen where he gave her a little bowl. She took it and settled herself on a chair next to the table. There was a box of cereal on the table with a bag of milk. Sophie poured the 2 things in her bowl and ate it with a toast with butter that her dad gave to her on a small plate.

"So I talked to mom last night…" Derek to Sophie said trying to start a conversation.

She lifted her head up and looked at me with this so I've heard look. "So I've heard. Mom woke me up so early that it wasted my sleeping time. Honestly that's the only time I can talk to her and I can't!" She grabbed a huge scoop of cereal and stuffed it in her mouth.

"So I thought." He walked around the table to her side and laid my head on her shoulder. He whispered some words in her ear. "She's trying hard. Don't pressure her and she'll find the time to spend some quality time with you. She told me-"

DING-DONG! Derek went to answer door only to find young Mike on the other side of it. "Hi Mr. Shepherd… I mean Derek. I'm here so Sophie and I can walk to school." He looked behind me and saw the beautiful Sophie with a bunch of cereal in her mouth grabbing her school bag from the desk. "Ya… okay!"

"I'm ready! I'm ready!" You couldn't really understand what she was saying because of the food that she was chewing. "Hi Mike! Um… sorry, my dad was bothering me. But I'm ready!"

"Take your time, because you don't look ready." he said while trying to resist laughing.

Sophie paused and smiled. "Wait, you're early. It's only 7. School starts at 8. Why are you early?"

Mike looked embarrassed to say what he had to say. "Um… well. Okay… I'm new and I don't know anybody or the school I'm going to. I'm clueless, people will think I'm a freak and I don't want to be a freak so I thought you could help me with that." He looked on the ground to avoided Sophie's reaction but there was no reaction.

"Oh… ok then! Let's get going." She slipped her running shoes on. "Bye dad! I'll see you after school or whatever."

"See you honey." He gave her a quick kiss on her cheek. Then shut the door behind the teenagers who had already taken off. "Teenagers!"

As the teens walk down the sidewalk there were no word coming out of any of there mouths. "Now that your dads out of the way," said Mike as they were out of Sophie's house sight. "didn't say the whole truth back there."

Sophie stopped walking and stared at Mike. "Truth? When could you have possibly lied?" She thought of the moment back at the entrance of her house. All Mike did was look at her while she try to go back. "Why you came early, perhaps?"

"Correctomundo!" He placed himself in front of her and made sure nobody was around them. "There was one other reason… the most important one."

"Okay? What was it?" Sophie asked a bit lost.

Mike takes a deep breath then looks around again. He was shaking nervously. Apparently he was scared of saying what he to say to her. "Okay! Ilikyo…"

"I beg your pardon?"

"I-Like-You… a lot!" he looked at the floor. "I'm sorry!" Then he walked away slowly.

"Wait Mike!" He turned around still staring at the floor. "Um… I don't know you but I could. And I have boy issue. I only say I like or love you when its true and I can't say it to you… yet but I could if you'd give me the time to get to know you."

"You don't think I'm pathetic? You know talking to you for one night and licking you already." He looked a slight bit happier.

"Licking?" she laughed. "Liking you mean and of course not!"

They both stayed still in the middle of the sidewalk looking at each other. Mike had a certain urge to kiss her but held himself back since she didn't like him. It then suddenly started to rain but luckily Mike had a mini umbrella in his bag which he donated to keep Sophie from getting wet. So they both ran under the pouring sky where they finally arrived at the school early. Luckily, Sophie's friend, who loved school, had arrived at school early too. It was Melissa who was standing ahead of them grabbing books from her locker. She wore glasses, had long reddish brown hair.

"Wait here!" Sophie told Mike. She ran to Melissa and gave her a hug. "Where are you brothers?"

"I think there outside in the rain trying to catch a cold. Why do you ask?"

"Well, because of him, over there. His name is Mike and he just moved in next door." Sophie looks at him and gives him a wave and he waves back. "He needs a friend and since your brothers are his age I though-"

Melissa cut her. "He's cute, does he was a G-friend?"

"Mel!! Listen!" she fought to get her attention. "He needs a damn friend and your brothers fit the part."

"Fine! Fine! But seriously, do you think he's cute?"

Sophie turned pink as she heard that question. "Keep this a secret, but he 'fancies' me."

"Seriously!? Lucky, looks like he's taken by my best friend."

"I don't like him… yet and I told him."

"Great job cupid! Now he'll never like you again… or maybe not." She looked at Mike who was staring strait at Sophie's.

Sophie turned her head. "Right… let's go!"

The two girls walked towards Mike. "Follow!" they both yelled.

"You girls freak me out." He followed trying to stay closer to Sophie.

"She's mine Bozo!!" yelled Justin to Jason who was facing him.

"Don't call me Bozo! She's mine!" Jason yelled back.

"Are you two still fighting for Jaime? Such babies!" said Melissa as her, Sophie and Mike approached them.

"Hello baby sister." Jason and Justin, who were twins, started to laugh together like they had never fought in the first place.

Sophie stepped up with Mike at her side. "This is Mike; he's new."

Mike looking at them very strangely gave them a nod. "Hey, sup?"

Both started to talk but Jason took over. "I'm Jason and this is my Bozo twin Justin."

Now Justin took over. "I'm not Bozo, Bozo!"

"I guess will leave you three. We got to study." Sophie said while they were still arguing.

DING! The bell rang for the end of the school day. Sophie, Melissa and 2 other friend, Erin and Ashley, walked down the hallway to the entrance of the school. It was still raining outside.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow. I'm walking home with Mike." Sophie walked away from her group of friend to join Mike who was hanging out with the twins and other from 11th grade. "Okay! I'm ready to go home. You ready?"

"Um… ya." Mike left his group of friend. "Made some friends, which is awesome."

"Great! Did you enjoy your first day?"

"I got lost couple of times but in the end the teachers left it 'cause I was new. Justin and Jason helped me most of the time."

The two chatted about Mike's first day as they walked home. Once in a while they would make jokes and by the time they were almost home the rain had stopped pouring and Mike but his umbrella away.

"That's my mum's car!!" Sophie opened the door to her house leaving Mike outside alone for a moment until he decided to step in the house too. He saw Sophie hugging her mom tightly and crying at same time. He looked at her and her mother bond.

Derek noticed him at the entrance door. "She hadn't seen her mom for months so you might want to come back later."

Mike stepped out of the house and took one last look at Sophie. "I'll drop by tomorrow then." He smiled at Derek.

"Okay. Thank you! Meredith has suspicions about you." Derek gave him a wink and closed the door.

'Meredith? It must be her mother.' He walked slowly home knowing that Sophie was happy!

Sorry it took so long and there will be another long period till update 'cause I'm a slow writer (sorry). Anyway, tell me what you think and shower me with reviews. Please and thank you!

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