Lying From You

Meredith rolled over in her sleep, pulling half of the sheets with her, leaving Derek cold and naked on the other side. He shot awake and jerked them back turning her over to face him, eyes closed, still snoring. He looked at her in amazement, knowing he was lucky to have a second chance. He moved her hair out of her face and relaxed his body. He could watch her sleep forever. He studied her body, even though he knew every inch, but something was off. A faint bruise. It wasn't dark yet, but it was there, barely showing on the surface.

He broke the kiss and made his way to her ear lobe and softly nibbled sending chills up Meredith's spine. As soon as he attacked her neck with his lips she yelped. He stopped and looked her confused.

"Baby, did I hurt you?" He said pulling her close.

"No Derek, I just had a cramp that's all. I slept funny last night when I took a nap at the hospital. You know those beds…" She laughed nervously grabbing her neck, trying to cover her lie and the small bruise that had started to show.

"Oh, okay Mer." He said, knowing something was up, but he just shook it off.

He felt horrible. He had bruised her on accident, and she tried to hide it. He was silently bashing himself for being so rough with her. He kissed her softly on the cheek to rouse her awake. The alarm would be going off soon, and he wanted to wake her kindly, rather than letting the screaming alarm scare her to death.

She started to shift, fluttering her eyes, and rolled her body into Derek like she did every time she woke up next to him. He wrapped his arms around her and held her until the alarm went off. She leaned forward and pecked him on the lips, and headed for the closet to find some clothes for work. The day was going to be hell. No surgeries, No fun. She hated being suspended. Derek had gone downstairs to start the coffee, and Meredith quickly ran into the bathroom, using the only spare minute she had and went to the mirror. She took a deep breath and pulled back her hair to reveal a very noticeable bruise peaking out from the surface of her skin.

"Shit!" She cursed to herself. She tore apart the drawer looking for some concealer, and dabbed as much as she could on her skin without it looking noticeable. After checking once more, she tossed her hair a bit so it would cover most of her neck.

She hurried into the nursery and greeted her smiling baby girl. She carried her over to the changing table. Delia giggled as Meredith blew a raspberry on her tummy.

"You need a new diaper. Yes you do." Meredith said in a childish voice. Delia cooed at her mother, making her heart melt. "You are my little Princess." She said as she carried her down the stairs.

"Morning." Derek said to her with a smile as she entered the kitchen. "And morning to you, Peanut." He said giving Delia a kiss on the cheek. He handed Meredith a bottle and a mug of coffee and started working on some scrambled eggs on the stove. She sat Delia in the highchair and took a seat on the barstool, making sure her hair was covering the bruise when he turned around. She wanted to tell him, but she just couldn't.

"Thank you for breakfast. We have to go to the store tomorrow to buy things for dinner on Friday." She reminded him.

"Just take my card and you and Izzie can go when you get off. I have a couple of surgeries scheduled tomorrow, so its gonna be a busy day." He said putting the eggs on a plate.

"Ok." She said. Derek sat the plates down in front of the two of them and Meredith sat in silence picking at the food with her fork.

"Is everything ok mer?" Derek asked. He was worried about her.

"Huh…oh, yeah. Everything is fine. I'm just tired from work, that's all." She replied still not looking him in the eye. She finally took a bit of her eggs.

"I have to go, I'll see you at work." She said leaving the rest of her eggs and getting up to grab her keys. She gave Derek a half smile, before walking out the door.

Derek walked over and picked up Delia. "Mommy's acting funny today." He said making a face at his daughter. She just giggled. "Is that funny to you?"

He cleaned up the kitchen and got dressed. The doorbell rang so he put Delia in her bouncer and headed towards the door.

"Hey Lexie. Thank you so much for watching her. Our nanny is out of town for a couple of days."

"No problem." She said as she came in and sat her purse down.

"Well, I'm off. Call us if you need anything." He said grabbing his keys and passing her to go out the door.

Meredith was dreading going to the hospital. She didn't want to face anyone. She definitely didn't want to see Dr. Cooper. She was running late, and no one was in the locker room when she got there. She frantically threw her purse in the locker and took off her shirt and pants. As soon as she had tied her scrub bottoms the door flew open. Meredith jumped backwards, nearly falling over the bench.

"And why are you late this morning Dr. Grey?" He said staring her up and down. Meredith grabbed her scrub top and covered her naked upper half.

"I'm sorry Dr. Cooper. I was getting my daughter situated this morning. Can I finish changing and discuss this elsewhere." She replied feeling uncomfortable. His dark eyes looked straight through her.

"We are perfectly fine discussing this right here Dr. Grey. As you know you are still suspended from the OR. I need you down in the ER today suturing. Are we clear?" He said as he walked around her and stopped directly behind her, smelling her hair. She tried to move away from him, only causing him to act more aggressive. "I said are we clear?"

"Yes Dr. Cooper." She gave up and quickly slipped her scrub top on and slammed her locker shut. She tried to walk around him to leave but he would let her. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her back towards him. He tried to kiss her, but she pushed him back. He still had her wrist, which was burning and aching.

"Dr. Cooper, I think you need to leave, you are out of line!"

"Me, out of line? Aren't you the one who sleeps around? From what I hear you love one night stands." He said.

"Fuck you."

Her face had never burned that much in her life. She didn't know if he had punched her or hit her with something, but her face just burned. The impact caused her to slam into the lockers next to her and she yelped in pain, trying to catch herself before hitting the floor.

"Make that 4 weeks, Dr. Grey." He spat as he stepped over her and walked into the hallway. She finally stood up and walked over to the mirror, trying to sustain her cries. 'Just one more week' she thought to herself. 'Just one more week and I'll be assigned to Derek for Neuro.'

She looked at her face, thankful that nothing had shown up yet, just a little redness. She wiped her eyes and grabbed her lab coat and headed out into the hall, pretending that everything was ok. She had to, or she would never be a surgeon.

Meredith stood in the cafeteria line later on that day. Her face was sore, but still no bruise. She grabbed a tray and walked to a table by herself. Izzie was supposed to meet down there in a few, so she just took a seat and started to eat her cheeseburger.

"He is such as asshole! I hate that Doctor. He tried to grab my ass the other day in the OR!" A blonde nurse said at the table next to her.

"Oh I know. He is sick. I hope someone reports him. He is such a pervert."

Meredith knew that eavesdropping was wrong but she couldn't help but listen to the girl's talk about what Dr. Cooper had done to some of them. After about five minutes, She saw Izzie walk in the door and head over to the table.

"Hey Mer!" Izzie said with a cheerful smile as she took a seat.

"Hey Iz. We need to go shopping tomorrow after work for thanksgiving." She said.

"Ok, that sounds great." Izzie said, her smile dropping from her face instantly. "Oh my god, Mer, what happened to your eye!" She said in a panic. Meredith opened her mouth not knowing what to say, only to be cut off by her pager.

"Oh, got to go Iz." She said leaving Izzie with a confused look on her face.

Izzie got up and threw away their trash. She grabbed her phone and text Cristina to meet her in the basement hallway. She made her way down there and sat on a gurney, panic written all over her face.

"What do you want Barbie?" Cristina said giggling as she sat down next to Izzie.

"Cristina, this is serious. If I tell you something you have to keep it between you and me."

"Ok, go for it…" Cristina said.

"I think Derek is hitting Meredith." Izzie said leaving Cristina speechless.