Meredith sat and looked at the boxes that were sitting in front of her. She didn't want to go through them, they were just full of old moldy pictures of her past. She looked over at Derek, how was she going to live in a house, with the man who she lost her virginity to. This was going to be quiet the struggle. She needed another roommate, a female roommate. She sighed, looking back down at the boxes.

"What's wrong?"Derek asked.

"Oh, its nothing."Meredith answered lying through her teeth.

Derek looked back down at the open box in front of him, how was he going to do this? It was going to be hard enough working beside her in the OR, now he was going to try living with her. This was going to be difficult, he wasn't going to give up on her, she would come around she still had feelings for him, he was just going to give her some space.

"Do we have to go through these? Can't we just throw them out?" Meredith asked.

"I won't throw them out, but if you want we can go through them together." Derek offered.

"Okay, I guess." Meredith answered.

"Well, come on, I don't bite." Derek told her.

Meredith pretended to whine a little before walking over and plopping herself on the sofa. She kept at least an hand with between the two of them. She wished that she could get closer to him. She longed for him. She was falling for him, she couldn't help but move closer. Was he noticing?

Derek could feel her pulling closer. He just kept going through the box. He was enjoying the company, she was going to come around, and when she did, he would be there waiting with willing arms.

Derek looked up at the clock.

"Its going on noon, do you want to go get something?" Derek looked over at her and asked.

"Um... sure, lets go to Subway." Meredith relied.

"Okay." Derek said getting up.

Meredith watched him walk away, she took a deep breath, why could she not breath around him. She was like a poor helpless animal when he was around. She stood up and walked up the stairs. When she got there she fell onto her bed. Dammit, why was she trying to stop herself.

Derek stood by the door texting on his blackberry.

ADD-So has she forgiven me yet?

DER-No, and personally I don't think she ever will.

MAR-Is she still as hat as she was?

ADD-Hey your wife is still on here.

DER-Hey got to go talk to you both in a couple days, Meredith will come around.

Meredith walked down stairs her hair combed, and make up applied.

"You didn't have to put make up on." Derek stated.

"I never leave the house without it anymore." Meredith told him.

Derek and Meredith got in the car and drove away.

"So, out of the two who would you rather have living with us? Dr. Stevens, or Dr. Yang?" Meredith asked.

"Tough choice." Derek pondered.

"Just pick one!" Meredith spat playfully.

"Oh... well, I think Dr. Stevens."Derek answered her.

"I thought so to, I think yang has her own apartment right now." Meredith answered.

The rest of the ride was pretty much silent. They reached the Subway.

"So do you want to go in or take it home?" Derek asked.

"Lets go in." Meredith said.

Derek go out, he walked next to Meredith. She looked up, her hand traveled closer to his. Derek felt her touch his hand, he looked down at her to see if it was okay. He grasped her hand. She looked up and smiled at him. Derek opened the door to Subway and walked in, Meredith didn't even let go of his grasp. She didn't want to. She wanted to hold onto him forever. They ordered, when they got up to pay Meredith still didn't let go. Derek didn't either. The girl behind the counter smiled.

"Thank you." Derek said as he picked up the subs.

Meredith looked down at her hand. She quickly pulled it away, when she did her smile faded. She wanted to hold onto his hand forever. They went along with it, they ate then they left. They didn't talk to each other the rest of the day.

It was dawning 10:00. Meredith walked in to the living room where Derek sat on the couch.

"Come on I'll show you what rooms you have to choose from." Meredith stated.

Derek followed her up stairs. He could help but stair at her.

"The room at the end of the hall is mine, and the one next to mine is open, and the one right her is open." Meredith opened the door.

"I think I'll take the one at the end of the hall." Derek stated.

"Well the upstairs bathroom is in the master bedroom, or as you can call it my room. Please knock before you open my door or the bathroom door." Meredith warned him.

"Okay, I think im going to go to bed tomorrow should be a good day at the hospital."Derek commented before disappearing into his room.

"Meredith stood in the hall extremely confused. She looked down at her bare feet. Suddenly the rain started to pour, the wind became violent. Derek walked out of his room in his boxers.

"Oh, sorry I didn't know you were still out here." Derek lied, he knew she was in the hall that's why he walked out of his room.

"I didn't know there was going to be a storm." Meredith stated, stairing at Derek.

Suddenly the lightening flashed, it was followed by thunder. Meredith hated the thunder. Her face became pale.

"I think that I'm going to go to bed." Meredith stated her voice a little shaky.

"Okay." Derek said walking back into his room.

Meredith changed her clothes and slipped into bed, another bolt of lightening hit and was followed by thunder. Meredith jumped out of bed and ran into the hall. She heard the thunder again. She ran just a little bit faster. She ran into Derek's room. He saw her come in. He lifted up his blanket.

"Derek, I'm scared." Meredith didn't know if she was scared or if she really just want to be close to him.

"Its okay." Derek strocked her head.

To be continued

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