A/N: I know. It's been like 2 months. But I've been extremely busy. Very very busy and I'm so sorry for that. I really hope I still have readers!!!! REVIEW PLEASE!!!!

The next day went by very slowly. Conner didn't glance at Derek and Derek tried not to care. But he did care. He was losing his best friend, and if he didn't do something soon, he could lose him forever. Mustering all the courage he had, he slowly walked up to his soon-to-be ex- best friend. "Conner…"

Conner looked down, trying hard not to concentrate on Derek. "Go away Shepherd."

"Look, can you just talk to me?!"

"NO!" He turned to face him. "No, I will NOT talk to you!" As Conner turned around to leave, a tiny little blonde stared at him, her hands on her hips.

"What are you doing Conner? Derek is trying to ask for your forgiveness and you are completely ignoring him! Look, it was my fault in the first place and trust me, I didn't want to separate you two but for God's sakes give him a chance!"

Conner couldn't help but smile. Meredith was adorable, especially when she was mad. "Are you saying that cause you want me to be happy…or do you just want him?"

Meredith raised an eye brow, a little shocked at Conner's response. She looked behind him and saw Derek put his head down. Sighing, she said, "I want you to be happy. Derek and I are done."

Derek looked up. He didn't know why but when she said that word- that horrible word- he got an aching pain in his chest. Done.

Conner turned towards Derek, and reluctantly held his hand up. "Shake it Shep."

Derek let out a small smile and took Conner's hands, shaking it hard and firm. "Are we okay?"

Conner looked back at Meredith, who nodded her head. "Yeah…we're okay."

Derek grinned then looked at his watch. "I have a surgery, so see you later."

"Oh Derek…"

He turned around and faced his best friend. "Yeah Conner?"

He smirked then in a whisper said, "It's Monday. Strip Poker night."

Derek raised an eye-brow. "What?!"

"Dude, you've never played strip poker?"

"Conner, we're not in high school anymore, we can't do that!"

Conner smiled, revealing his perfectly white teeth. "Come on Shep…it's high school with scalpels. Plus, I have some pretty hot babes I could you hook you up with."

"But I don't-"

"Oh yes you do. Believe me, oh boy, you do."

Derek shook his head. Why was he friends with this guy? Then he asked a question that lingered in the back of his mind. "What happened to Meredith? I thought you really liked her."

"I do," He nodded his head then began again, "But who knows…she might be invited too."

Derek's mouth dropped open. "W-what?"

"Well she told me you two were long done. I mean, would you mind if she played?"

He stared at him, incredibly bewildered. "Would I mind if Meredith played stip poker with me, you, and a bunch of sluts?"

Conner smirked. "Well, when you put it that way…it sounds so dirty."

"Cause it is dirty!"

"Alright, Shep. You're boring. Incredibly boring. And I am trying to liven you up, but, once again, you're judging me!

"I'm not judging."

"Well then, are you in or not? Think about it, hot girls, beer, hot girls, stip poker!"

Derek tilted his head to the left, contemplating all of this. "Would you seriously invite Meredith?"

"Not if you don't have any self control."

Derek smiled, a little embarrassed. "No, it's not like that. She's right. We are long done."

"Alright then. This should be fun…"

With that, Conner rounded a corner and disappeared from sight. Strip poker…with Conner, gorgeous women, and Meredith. This was going to be bad, he could tell.

Derek sailed through the TV channels in his NYU t-shirt and sweatpants. He just got out of the shower so his hair was soaked, and droplets of water stained his shirt. He ran a hand through his thick, wet hair and shut off the TV. It was 7:30 and everyone would be over in a half hour. Conner was out getting booze and "other stuff" (whatever that meant.) So now he was home alone, bored to death. Suddenly, the door knocked. He quickly got off the couch and opened the door. It wasn't Conner, or the hot girls…it was Meredith.

Meredith looked up at Derek, transfixed by how hot he looked with his hair soaked. "Oh hey…"

He smiled, but couldn't stop his wandering eyes from traveling over her body, covered by a shot, black cocktail dress. "Wow, you look…uhm…wow."

She smiled shyly. "Thanks…so do you."

"Yeah, I took a lot of time to pick out this outfit." He grinned at his sarcasm.

She giggled, stepping into the apartment. Derek grinned, he loved the giggle. Oh man did he love it. "So, Derek, are you aware of what we're doing today, cause Conner hasn't told me?"

Derek raised his eyebrows. "Really? He didn't tell you?"

She shook her head and sat on the edge of the couch, crossing her right leg over her left. He tried to stop staring, but he couldn't. She looked unbelievably hot in that dress and the way she was sitting…boy, was she turning him on. But he couldn't think of that. She was practically Conner's girlfriend, NOT his. He had to respect that.

"No, he didn't. I figured it was just dinner or something."

Derek grinned in spite of himself. "Well it's definitely not dinner…"

Meredith raised an eye brow. A confused look overshadowed her face. "Then what is it?"

He smiled his gorgeous blue eyes bluer than ever. "I think you'll find out soon enough…"

She grinned then pushed her bangs out of her eyes. As she turned her face, she saw Derek's eyes sweep over her body…again. Hmmm, if he was going to stare at her, she might as well have fun with it. "Are you checking me out?"

Derek took a step back, surprised at her reaction. "What? Well, no…I was…uhm, you…sorry..."

She smiled, then slowly got off the couch. She then walked towards him, loving the fact that she had all the control. As she got closer and closer to him his breathe quickened. What was she doing?! Finally, she stopped two inches away from his face. Bringing her face closer to his she whispered, "That's okay."

He swallowed hard. She was once inch away from his lips. ONE INCH! He found it extremely hard to regain his composure. She stared at him with her beautiful green eyes, then slowly backed into the kitchen, leaving him breathless and completely shocked.

"Have anything to drink? I'm thirsty."

He ran a shaky hand through his hair then cleared his throat. There was a lot of sexual tension in the room, and the night had barley started! "Uhm, Conner went to get beer."

"Oh, that sucks. When's he coming back?"

The doorbell rang and Derek quickly answered it. He breathed a sigh of relief. "Hey Conner." Finally! He was getting extremely uncomfortable with Meredith. He never was uncomfortable with her, but she was doing things to his brain, very strange things. She never acted like that before! She never led him on! She never had that much control over him, but for some reason, he found himself thinking about her…really thinking about her. In many, many ways…

"Hey, I got the booze."

Meredith stepped out of the kitchen and walked up to Conner. "Hey, I'll help."

"Oh, hey…you're here early, what were you two doing?"

Derek looked at Meredith who just smirked. "We were talking about tonight. Is this really just a dinner?"

Conner grinned as he handed Meredith a 12 pack. "Maybe not."

She laughed then gave Derek a look before returning to the kitchen. Derek watched her leave, mesmerized at how gorgeous, sexy, and flirty she was being.

"Oh dude, she is HOT!"

Derek nodded in agreement and as he shut the door he mumbled to himself, "Boy is she hot."

A/N: Okay this chapter was pretty long. I think I owe it to you guys for it to be long. But yeah, Meredith was in complete control. She wants Derek-she does. Sure, she likes Conner. But she really wants Derek, and he definitely wants her. So she played it up, which is something Meredith usually doesn't too. (But I really think she should) And Conner, poor Conner, he's oblivious to everything. Meredith said that Derek and her were over-and he believed her. Even though he's a big player and flirt, he is also really naïve and that's really going to affect him throughout the story. I hope you enjoyed the chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. The next one will be the stip poker and I'm planning on it to be extremely funny and definitely a few surprises are coming. REVIEW!!!! If you don't review, I'll be sad and I won't want to update. BUT if you do review I'll be happy and update a lot