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'Good morning,' Derek whispered, kissing a grinning Meredith sweetly on the forehead.

'I have to go shower,' she mumbled, exhaustedly, 'And no, you can't join me,' she warned, 'I sense the dirty in your eyes.'

'Fine, I'll go make us some breakfast then.' Derek conceded.

'Breakfast? I don't keep breakfasty things here. I can't cook.'

'You don't eat breakfast?'

'Cold pizza sometimes. Grilled cheese?'

'That's disgusting. After work today, I'm going to stock your pantry full of breakfast food and cook you breakfast every morning. So you'll have no excuse.'

Meredith eyed him with false suspicion before darting to the shower.

'Good morning, Chief. If you have time, there's something I need to talk to you about.' Derek said politely upon his arrival at work.

'Sure, Derek. How has the transition been? Is everything to your satisfaction?'

'Yes, very much so. I'm doing much better. Especially now that I've met someone, which is what I wanted to talk to you about.' Chief eyed him suspiciously. 'I would like to tell you of my intentions to date Meredith Grey.'

'You're dating Meredith Grey?'

'Yes, sir. And it's not just some fling. I know it hasn't been that long since the divorce, but I think I could love her.'

'I respect your decision to come to me and I thank you for that. I just ask you to be careful, of yourself and Meredith. She's been through a lot. She's very vulnerable and she's very special to me. I was very fond of her mother.'

'Don't worry, Chief. I'll take perfect care of her, give her everything she deserves.'

'That's good to hear. Again, thanks Derek.'

Derek found Meredith later alone in the cafeteria, reading over charts. He smiled as she absentmindedly picked at her salad.

'I talked to the chief,' he announcing, sitting down beside her. She turned to him, her eyes wide in anticipation.'He gave us his blessing, I guess. He just told me not to hurt you and take care of you.'

'Oh?' she said, smiling, 'And how did you respond?'

'I told him that I would take perfect care of you.'

'I like it when you say that.' She took his hand and stroked it lovingly. He leaned in for a kiss when they were interrupted by a rather angry Christina.

'Seriously, Mer? You've been here like a week and you've already found someone. And not even someone…Dr. McDreamy! Man, I'm so jealous,' Christina ranted, 'Just wait until everyone else finds out.'

'Christina, you'll find someone soon. Like you said, you've only been here a week. Give it time.'

'You're so puppies and rainbows. It's disgusting. I thought you would be more dark and twisty. So disappointing.'

'You would be all 'puppies and rainbows' too if you had a guy like me,' Derek said, entering the conversation.'

'You know what, I think I'm going to throw up now,' Christina retorted, giving a last sickened glance as she walked away.

'So, Yang's a pretty interesting person…' Derek said awkwardly.

'Christina,' she corrected, 'is just a little, well, blunt. It's refreshing sometimes. Slightly disturbing at others. Now I have to get back to work. See you later Derek?' Her mood suddenly changed and became more somber.

'Yeah, when do you get off?'

'Six.'

'I get off at 5:30; I'll wait for you.'

'Okay. There's something I need to tell you tonight, if we're going to be in this relationship for real now. It's important,' Meredith stumbled. Her eyes did not meet his and she fiddled with her pager.

'Yeah, Mer. We'll talk over dinner,' Derek supported. Meredith nodded and walked away quickly. Her eyes seemed slightly panicked. Derek was altogether puzzled at her sudden change in demeanor. He had never seen her anything but happy and bright. So maybe Yang did have some idea of Meredith's dark and twistyness. He did not dwell on this long, though, as his pager beeped proclaiming that one of his pre-op patients was seizing. He left the table in a run.

'So, when did you start doing McDreamy?' Cristina asked roughly.

'Why do you call him that?' Meredith curiously responded.

'Hey, hey. Don't question the McNames. It's just a weird thing I've always done. Tell me about McDreamy,' she demanded.

'I met him at a bar the night before we started work. We slept together that night…and that morning. Then I came to work, after kicking him out, and he was here. I agreed to go out to dinner with him. He said it was fate or whatever that we found each other. And it was perfect. Derek, he's perfect.'

'If you get special treatment, I'll murder you. Painfully. You will not have fun, but I will.'

'I'm not in this for special treatment. I'm in this for Derek.'

'Crap, Mer. I almost wish it were for special treatment now. That's sickening.'

'You told me that before.'

'Yeah…but still.'

So how about you?' Meredith changed the subject away from her. 'Are you seeing someone?'

'No. I don't do relationships very well usually. I dated for someone for a while during college but then I realized that lengthy relationships weren't really for me. One-night stands are so much hotter.'

Meredith laughed. 'I definitely know something about that. For a while, that was me. I got drunk off of tequila and took home strange men who always seemed less exciting the next morning. But things changed. I mean, I still do shots of tequila too much, but the one-night stands…they aren't for me so much anymore.'

'Because of McDreamy?'

'Well, there was something before that. But McDreamy helps.' The newfound friends took a brief break from all their sharing. 'So you need to get laid. You're all jealous and annoying me,' Meredith giggled. Christina laughed, tinged with cackling.

'Seriously.' Christina's pager went off and she hopped off the gurney they were seated on. 'I'll talk to you later, Mer.'

Meredith nodded a response and ran off to do work of her own.

Meredith met Derek in the lobby when she got off. They both started smiling as soon as their eyes met.

'You ready?' he asked, enveloping her hand in his.

'Yeah,' she responded, trying to keep her composure.

The car ride to the restaurant started off awkwardly. Derek was waiting for her confession to come out, not sure of what to say until then. Meredith was deep inside her head trying to figure out how to best tell him her news.

'I, uhm, made a good friend today, I think,' Meredith stated. 'Christina. We talked for a while today when we were on a break.'

Derek smiled at her random conversation. 'That's good. You'll make more good friends, I'm sure. Give it a week or so. Everyone here will love you.'

'I'm not worried.'

Silence gripped the car once again all the way until they arrived. Once they sat down, Derek immediately ordered some wine, in an attempt to help loosen Meredith up a little so she wouldn't be so panicked. He wanted her to be comfortable telling him anything, no matter how big or small.

'So what did you want to tell me?' He asked, not ready to wait much longer.

'I…uhm…well…' Meredith stammered.

'It's okay, Meredith. Whatever it is, you can tell me.'

'Alright then…Well… I have a child.'

Meredith has a child!!!! How old is it? Who's baby is it? Other child questions???? Review, dear readers, and you shall find out! I have big plans for this story. Big intense crazy plans! Be excited. So review, if you please. I hope you enjoyed this update. I also hope that this little note finds you in good health and humor.