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CHAPTER 2

"There!" Meredith said, happy with herself after assembling the whole tent herself without help from Derek who had been stumped on how to do it.

"They must have changed how they design them," Derek mumbled.

"What was that?" Meredith asked.

"The design…" Derek said, disgruntled. "They never used to make them like that."

"That's some woman you have there!" Hank, their camping neighbour called out from the river in front of them. "If it weren't for her you'd be sleeping under a tree tonight!"

"Yes, thank you, Hank!" Derek said with a false smile and wave. "Idiot," he mumbled to himself.

"Aww I thought you liked our neighbors!" Meredith said with a cheeky smile, teasing Derek. "Is somebody a bit grumpy about the tent?" she said with a little laugh. She went over to Derek and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. They started kissing more passionately, their arms wondering all over each other. Meredith broke away for a moment and unzipped the door of the tent.

"I thought this happened later," Derek said.

"Well we can stop if you want," Meredith smirked, stepping into the tent.

"No way," Derek said, following her into the tent, zipping it shut behind him. Meredith pulled Derek close to her and pressed her lips firmly against his. She pulled his shirt off over his head and pushed him down onto his back. Derek smiled at her seductively, enjoying every moment. Meredith took her shirt off and got on top of him. She undid his jeans and started kissing him heavily on the lips, nose, neck, chest, slowly working her way down. He liked it, she could tell. He was aroused now. He bit on her shoulder in ecstasy.

"Ow!" Meredith suddenly yelled.

"Sorry," Derek replied breathlessly.

"Ow!" Meredith yelled again. She stopped kissing Derek. "What is that?"

"Huh?" Derek asked. "Ow!" he suddenly yelled. "Ants!" Meredith moved away from Derek and looked at her feet which were covered in black ants.

"Ow!" she said, over and over, hitting them which resulted in them latching into her hands and then crawling up her arms. Meredith looked over at Derek who was hitting the ants which were crawling all over him.

"You set the tent up on a nest!" Derek shouted. "Ouch!" he yelled, still trying to get the ants off him.

"I would have seen a nest!" Meredith yelled back. "How would they get in here? They probably attached when you had the tent lying on the ground while you couldn't set it up!"

"Oh so this is my fault now?" Derek asked. "They're in my underwear!" he suddenly yelled. "Oh God! Oh God!" He ran out of the tent.

"Well it's not my fault!" Meredith shouted out after him. Derek ran towards the river wearing only his underwear and jumped in when he reached the water. Meredith followed him in her jeans and bra, also jumping in the water in an effort to get rid of the ants. When they hit the water they splashed around trying desperately to drown the ants and get them away from them. Finally they calmed when they were sure that they had removed them all.

"Little bastards!" Derek said, exhausted.

"I didn't know ants could hurt so much," Meredith said, examining the bites on her arm.

"Oh yes they can," Hank, their camping neighbor, said as he walked down towards them at the river. Derek and Meredith blushed with embarrassment when they realised that he had seen them running towards the river scantly clad and shouting. They were even more embarrassed when they saw Rita, Hank's wife, sitting outside their tent on a deck chair having witnessed the whole thing.

"We have some creams that'll numb it for you," she shouted. "Come on over here!" Derek and Meredith slowly and shamefully made their way out of the water to their tent where they managed to get some towels from their bags without alerting the ants to their presence. They went over to Hank and Rita's tent.

"Take a seat," Hank said.

"Thanks," Derek said as he and Meredith sat in the seats that Hank and Rita had occupied. Rita bought over a tube of cream and started applying it to Meredith's arms.

"I can do it," Meredith insisted.

"She doesn't like people touching her," Derek said.

"Except you obviously," Rita said, laughing extremely loud. Meredith wondered what she had got herself into. "I insist, sweetheart. Those bites hurt," Rita said. "I don't want them to get infected."

"They won't get infected," Derek said, almost bluntly.

"Well, are you a doctor?" Rita asked as she continued applying the cream to Meredith with brute force.

"Yes actually I am," Derek said. Meredith cringed, silently cursing Derek for breaking one of the unwritten rules of their occupation.

"Really?" Hank said. "Funny you should mention that. You see, I have this funny skin pigmentation and, well, my doctor says that it's nothing but I don't know. I'd really love a second opinion."

"So much for not bringing work with us," Meredith muttered.

"I know what it's like to be the wife of a career man," Rita said, putting her arm around Meredith. "Us girls have got to stick together."

"Well actually…" Meredith started.

"Okay, your turn!" Rita said to Derek who was struggling to see the pigmentation that Hank was so concerned about.

"I'm sure it's not cancer," Derek said.

"Oh thank the lord!" Hank replied. Rita started putting the cream all over Derek. She seemed to really enjoy feeling his muscular physique as she did this.

"Did I miss any spots?" she asked.

"Um… well," Derek said embarrassed, looking down his underwear wondering whether he could do without the numbing cream but it hurt too much. "I… uh…"

"They bit him in the crotch," Meredith said.

"Oh well…," Rita said, seemingly excited. "Well have to-" she tugged at Derek's underwear.

"No!" Derek shouted, louder than he meant to. "I'll do it. Sorry. I didn't mean to yell… just… I can do it." Rita gave him the cream and he walked awkwardly back to the tent. "Coming?" he asked Meredith.

"Thank you very much for your assistance," Meredith said to Hank and Rita as she followed Derek. "I thought that you said there'd be cute animals here," she said as she caught up with Derek who was still in obvious pain from the bites. He unzipped the tent.

"Oh crap," Meredith said as they saw ants everywhere on the floor of the tent.

"I'm going to go into the forest to… apply this," Derek said. Meredith couldn't help laughing a little at the whole situation once Derek was out of sight.