So basically I'm the worst person in the world, and I'm so sorry for not writing. If I have any fans left at this point, I love you and I'm so grateful to have you. More chapters coming soon, and this time I promise I will be writing more. I need to get back to doing the things I love.

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"How does this look?" Izzie asked, swiveling to show off her body in a tight, hot pink dress.

"Great," Cristina deadpanned, not looking up from one of Meredith's mom's medical journals. Meredith rolled her eyes at Cristina and smiled at Izzie. "You look great."

"What do you guys think?" Lexie asked, bounding into the room from the bathroom, wearing a sky blue sundress with silver flats. She looked nervously at Meredith, craving her older sister's opinion. She still hadn't been able to tell her and it was getting later and later.

"Great!" Meredith and Izzie said at the same time. Cristina still hadn't looked up. "Cristina?" Lexie asked. Meredith laughed and shook her head. "Don't even bother Lexie."

Izzie's phone lit up and she answered it. "Hey Alex. Okay, I'll be downstairs." She hung up the phone, running a brush through her hair one more time. "He's here!" She squealed as she hugged her friends, and headed down stairs.

Lexie's phone also rang, and she answered it, talking quickly to George and hanging up. "Bye guys… Thanks for letting me get ready here tonight, Meredith," she said gratefully.

Cristina rolled her eyes as Lexie left. "What's up with Lexipedia? She always gives you those big puppy eyes." Meredith laughed. "I know it's weird, right? Whatever," she said, rolling on her bed.

"So just us single ladies tonight," Meredith said with a sigh.

"You're not single. Where's McDreamy?"

"Nancy's birthday. Derek thought it was better if I didn't go… She's not my biggest fan. She liked Addison better."

"Satan's Whore?" Cristina asked with a giggle as Meredith stifled one of her own.

"She's not… I mean she is. She's beautiful and older and … yeah. Satan's Whore. What about you? What about you and Burke?" Cristina rolled her eyes.

"There's nothing going on between me and Burke," she lied, her skin tingling remembering the kiss.

"You're such a liar!" Meredith said, hitting Cristina with a pillow. Cristina hit her back and the girls collapsed into a fit of giggles.

Meredith woke up in the middle of the night to a tapping at her window. She sat up, terrified, as her and Cristina were alone in the house. "Cristina," she hissed, but her friend was dead asleep.

"Meredith!" she heard from outside the window. She tiptoed over to the window, and laughed, finding Derek, straddling a tree branch.

"What are you doing?" She asked with a laugh, pulling him inside. He fell on top of her, kissing her neck.

"Stop it," Meredith said, pushing him away, looking at Cristina's sleeping form. She pulled him to his feet, and they stumbled into the next bedroom, kissing as they fell on top of the spare bed.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, pushing his curls out of his eyes.

"Dinner was unbearable. I wanted to see you," he said, kissing her, her hands roaming under her shirt, near her waistband. Meredith shook her head in mock annoyance, as she kissed him back, feeling happier than ever before.

Meredith and her friends went through school, surviving the drama and the relationships. Alex and Izzie became an official couple, as well as George and Lexie. Meredith and Derek were happier than ever, and she was the most envied girl in the whole school, just like Addison had been last year. Addison and Mark tentatively explored a relationship, although something felt different. Homecoming came and went, as well as Halloween, and Thanksgiving.

"What did you think about that final?" Cristina asked Burke as they walked out of their physics final together. "I was stuck a bit on the essay, but then I thought about the stuff we reviewed the other night, and then I managed to put something together. Question 52 was a killer though –,"
"Will you be my girlfriend?" They stopped in the hallways, people moving around them, oblivious to the goings-on between them.

"What?"

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Burke repeated slowly, his mouth upturning in a smile.

"O…Kay." Cristina said, shocked and also pleased.

"Well, okay then," he said, holding out his hand for her. She looked up at him with a smile on his face, and they walked through the hallways together.

"Damnit, Addison, why can't you just talk to me?" Mark screamed, slamming his locker door in frustration.

"There's nothing to talk about Mark!" Addison yelled back.

"So you haven't been able to look me in the eye for weeks because of what? I have pink eye or something?" They fought through the hallways, not noticing when people stopped and stared around them.

"Face it Addy. You're not over Derek!" He said harshly.

"Yes, I am," she said, forcing herself to look at him in the eyes.

"Bullshit Addy. I can't deal with this anymore. I'm done," he said, turning to walk away.

"Done? You're breaking up with me?" She asked, pulling him back to her.

"Yeah. Yeah, I am," he said, sneering at her, wrenching away from her grip, and walking to class. Addison stood in the hallway, feeling half heartbroken, half relieved she could finish living a lie. She looked around at the quiet hallway, glaring at anyone who was staring. Her eyes fell on Derek and Meredith, their hands linked as they watched the scene unfolding. Derek smirked as he pulled Meredith away, kissing her neck as they walked away from Addison.

"I can't believe we're half way through freshman year!" Lexie said, sitting next to Meredith on the last bus ride home of the semester. Meredith nodded in agreement, as she smiled, thinking of how Derek kissed her goodbye. She was seeing him tonight, of course, but every time with him was special.

"Meredith?"

"Yeah, Lexie?"

"I need to tell you something," Lexie said, taking a deep breath, figuring now or never.

"Sure Lexipedia, what's up?"

"Well… the thing is, my… um… my dad."
"Yeah?"

"His name is Thatcher Grey." Meredith stared at Lexie, her wide eyes terrified at Meredith's reaction.

"So you're saying," Meredith said, unable to believe her ears.

"I'm your half sister," Lexie said, as the bus pulled up to Meredith's neighborhood. Meredith sat for a moment, unbelieving.

"I have to go," she said, rushing away from Lexie, thanking God that school was out for two weeks.

"She's your what?" Derek asked, as Meredith lay with her head in his lap. The movie and the popcorn lay forgotten, as Meredith broke down in tears, telling Derek what she learned today.

"My half-sister. I can't even…" Meredith said, shaking her head. "He replaced us. He goddamn replaced me!" Meredith said, tears dripping down her face. Derek stroked her face and hair, trying to comfort her.

"He didn't replace you, Mer, how could he?"

"What do you mean?" she asked, sitting up, to nestle in his arm.

"You are beautiful. And smart. And so kind. And there are a million other reasons why someone loves you. Why I love you." Meredith sat up, wiping away her tears in shock.

"What?"

"I love you Meredith Grey." She paused, a smile growing on her face.

"I love you too, Derek Shepherd."