Now Senior year, both Derek and Meredith had grown into matured, fully developed adults, rather than children. Derek, now fully grown, had become one of the tallest, not to mention smartest, and best looking man within his class, and probably the school. He played his role within the school, supporting many clubs and activities, as well as playing sports and taking many advanced placement classes. He stood, as he did every year between classes at his beat up blue locker; the one that rather than civily attempting at the complicated combination, he smashed in, making the previous dent bigger andbigger with every blow. He was proud of himself, he as well as other classmates had organized many school involved activities that had raised enough money to replace these beat up things; unfortunately, just not in his time at this school. Placing his English book in his locker, the most beautiful woman approached him, "My date is sick," she frowned; a face that was not usually worn by Meredith Grey, "He's not gonna go." He cocked his head, smiling; he knew exactly what she meant. In seventh grade Derek didn't have a date to their corny dance, so he and Meredith made a promise to each other that if they were to never have dates in the future, they would go together, as "best friends." That was just some corny dance back then, but now, now it was senior prom: the best thing that can possibly happen to a high school student. He had to go with her; not that he didn't want to, in fact, it was his dream come true, and besides, it would just be wrong if he didn't.
So they did. They went to prom together, having the best time of their lives. They laughed and giggled, reminiscing quickly on the previous hours as they reached Meredith's porch. The light came on, sensing their bodies, illuminating the dark sky. They smiled at each other, glancing away momentarily as they both saw lightning bugs out of the corner of thier eyes. Looking back at her, her body glowed and sparkled in her amazing lavender dress; he felt emarrased just to be next to her in fear that his beauty could not match hers. She smiled at him wth her shining crystal eyes, and all he wished was that Meredith could be his, but he knew that she didn't see him in the same way that he saw her. Her bright smile illuminated the night, even moreso than the light that had recently flickered on. "Thanks Derek, I had the best time!" She exclaimed cheerfully, yet very tender and quietly; he wasn't quite sure how she could pull so many emotions into so little words, but she sure as Hell did it, and she did it good. His heart melted when she gave him a kiss on the cheek; she just had that effect on him. She turned to enter her house, only looking back once more before dissapearing into her safe haven. All he wanted to do at that point was take her into his arms and tell her, he wanted to tell her that he didn't want to be just friends, that he loved her, but he was just too shy, and he didn't know why.