Chapter Five: Call Cancelling
6 weeks later…
"Seriously Derek, you live in a trailer?" Meredith exclaimed. She had been dating Derek for 5 weeks now, although it still didn't feel right she couldn't help but have feelings for the good looking neurosurgeon. "You make a million dollars a year and yet you live in a trailer" she continued to rant.
"It's quiet out here, and if it makes it any better, I own all the land around this trailer. I just don't see the point in building a house on here yet" he replied. "Well not until I have someone to share it with" he said softly.
Meredith froze, she wasn't sure if he had been aiming his last comment at her but it made her tense up. She looked up at him giving him a small smile. She stepped toward him wrapping her arms around his neck nestling her head against his well chiselled chest.
"You're just a nature man, and I don't mind it really, I was just making fun" she apologised in her sort of not way. "Kind of explains why we have spent so much time at my place though" she giggled at him.
Derek feigned hurt at her comment before placing his arms on her waist. "I like your house, it reminds me of you" he whispered breathing in the scent of her lavender conditioner.
Meredith gave him a small smile nervous about how strong his feelings toward her were and yet she was still keeping something so big from him.
"Where were you last night Mer?" Izzie asked as they got dressed in the intern locker room.
"I stayed at Derek's" she replied whilst yawning widely.
"I'm glad you said stayed and not slept, coz I don't think you got any sleep at all" Cristina teased her.
"So what I have a healthy sex life!" Meredith retorted.
"And that's why we love you Mer" Alex chipped in.
"No-one asked you Evil Spawn" Izzie snapped at him. "At least someone around here is feeding the beast" Izzie continued glaring at Alex. They had started dating but for some reason Alex had backed right off and Izzie couldn't understand why it was. It turned out he was exactly as everyone had thought he was.
"Right I don't wanna know about your sad love lives, this is a damn hospital with sick people so get your minds out of the gutter and meet me in room 1209 for rounds…NOW!" came the demanding voice of Dr Bailey.
Meredith started moving with the others when her cell phone started ringing in her pocket. She quickly looked at the number and as soon as she did she cancelled the call.
"Don't feel like answering that one?" Cristina asked her confused as to why Meredith wouldn't answer her phone.
"Something like that" Meredith muttered before continuing on with the group to begin rounds.
"To what do I owe this visit?" Derek asked as Meredith straddled his lap and kissed at his neck.
"I…just…felt like…stopping….by" she said between placing kisses against his lips.
"Well not that I'm complaining but last night you were a little distant and today you are all over me" Derek said softly trying to word it in a way that Meredith wouldn't be offended.
Meredith stepped back off him. "Well I'm sorry if that's the way you feel Derek. Last night I was tired because in case you haven't noticed I'm a freaking intern. I work at least 100 hours a week. Sometimes I just want to sleep" she yelled at him.
"I'm sorry Mer, come on, I didn't mean it like that. You just surprised me is all" he said reaching forward and pulling her into his arms. "I will make it up to you tonight. We can go out for dinner or I can make dinner at the trailer" Derek tried to smooth over his little mistake.
"Don't bother" she snapped pulling away from him and heading for the door. "I'm on call" she said before slamming the door behind her.
Cristina and Meredith sat down on a gurney in the basement which had become the hang out for their group of interns. They were both on call and Meredith had been avoiding the on call rooms in case of running into Derek. Knowing the McDreamy that he was chances would he would try to find her. So she and Cristina had taken to hanging out in the basement until they were paged for any reason.
"So why are you avoiding McDreamy?" Cristina asked suddenly.
"We had a fight" Meredith mumbled.
"Do I want to know why?" Cristina asked sceptically.
"It's petty but whatever" Meredith muttered as her phone started ringing again.
Meredith pulled it out of her pocket and saw the same name flashing as she had several times throughout the day. She cancelled the call like she had all the other times.
"Seriously Meredith whose calls do you keep ignoring. If you don't want people to call you don't give them your freaking number" Cristina said slightly annoyed at the constant ringing of the phone.
"It's not that easy" Meredith mumbled to her person.
"And why is that?" Cristina probed. She was Meredith's person she deserved to know things like this.
"It's…never mind…it's just someone from back in New York that I don't want to speak to" Meredith rambled, tears forming in her sad green eyes.