Okay, I'm super excited about this now because I have gotten such a good response. And yes I will do everything in my power to keep my promise of good grammar and clean English. Glad to know I'm not the only one it bothers when it's botched. And, I have figured out how it is going to end – plot wise. Isn't that great?! No idea how I'm going to get there, but now I do know where I'm going, so on with the story.
Twenty minutes later Derek and Meredith were heading into the local grocery mart. She giggled as he took a list out of his pocket and pulled a cart out of the lines before walking through the second set of double automatic doors.
"Do you this often, because let me tell you, you have definitely got the soccer-mom look down Dr. Shepard."
"Are you making a mocking reference to my list Dr.Grey?"
"Wouldn't dare, Dr.Shepard. Would you like me to push the cart for you?"
"Have you ever been in this grocery store before?" he retorted referencing her inability to cook.
"I'll admit its been months so maybe I'll just follow you", she laughed as she followed him into the produce department.
The two surgeons made their way through the store and were approaching the checkout lanes when a familiar blonde caught sight of them.
"Mer, you weren't answering your cell phone, do you know if we're out of tampons?", Izzie grinned.
"Iz, what are you doing here? I thought your shift didn't end until twelve."
"I'm on call until twelve but I finished post-op notes early so I decided to run errands before we ended up with sour cream that started out as milk as the only thing left in our fridge. About those tampons?", Izzie replied with a playful smirk.
Derek shot Meredith a small grin before mumbling something about meeting her at the front of the store when she was ready and left the two women to discuss the needs of their bathroom.
"I'm not sure", Meredith said shooting daggers at her roommate.
"What the hell are you doing Mer?", Izzie replied bluntly.
"I don't know what your talking about", Meredith said sheepishly.
"Yes you do. What are you and McDreamy doing buying groceries together?"
"Well, was in the elevator when I was leaving and offered to make me dinner."
"He offered to make you dinner", Izzie replied with a cynical look. "Dinner, Mer? I thought you weren't taking the elevators anymore? I thought you were going to take some time, you know so he could get over the divorce of the marriage that he didn't tell you about the first time he made you dinner…"
"Izzie…"
"Don't Izzie me Mer, what are you doing? What happened to your vow of celibacy?"
"Broke it at prom", Meredith replied indignantly.
"Meredith Grey, that was before McDreamy was divorced."
"Thanks I was unaware of that", came Meredith's sarcastic retort.
Izzie just stared at her friend for a few long moments before her eyes got wide. "Mer, why are we not in need of tampons?", she said in a tone that demanded a response.
"Iz, I don't know what your implying", Meredith managed to get out before Izzie cut her off again.
"Like hell you don't, Meredith, we haven't bought a box of tampons in two months and I couldn't figure out why until now."
"Izzie, I don't know anything for sure yet can we talk about this when I get home", Meredith gave her a pleading look.
"Fine Meredith but you better figure this out soon, denial can only cover it for so long", she said as her friend gave her a small hug before turning around and joining Derek as he bagged the last of his groceries.
"Denial can only cover this for so long", Izzie muttered as she watched the pair exit the store.