A/N: Thank you so much for all of the reviews (and the overwhelming support to continue)! This chapter is a little bit shorter, but it introduces a few important people. I promise the return of the hate sex very shortly ;).

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"Hello?" a sleepy voice answered.

"Mark?" Derek hissed into his cell phone.

"What? It's two in the morning."

"You remember my sister Katherine?"

"Uh, yeah."

"You remember her friend Meredith?"

"The hot blonde sophomore?"

"Yeah."

"Mmmhmm. I remember."

"My parents threw a dinner party for her mom, and she came over, and we started yelling…"

"You didn't hit her, did you?"

"No, no!" Derek said hurriedly.

"You…you…you slept with her, didn't you?"

"Sort of. My mom –"

"Your mom?" Mark laughed. "Your mom caught you sleeping with Meredith Grey?"

"She didn't exactly catch us…Meredith heard her before she got to my room."

"She stopped you? Like, in the middle of it all? Oh, man. That's cruel."

Derek could hear Mark snickering on the other end of the line. "Yeah, but I got back at her during dinner."

"You didn't," Mark said in disbelief.

"She kept squirming around and making all these little noises…" Derek trailed off. His mind went back to hours before when he had his hand between Meredith's legs during dinner. The way she arched her back so her hips could meet his fingers, the way she made all of those subtle noises, the dark look of desire in her eyes. He could imagine what it would be like to do that to her over and over again, somewhere where she could scream and move all she wanted.

"Hello?"

Mark's irritated voice pulled Derek out of his fantasy. "Oh. Uh, yeah. I'm here."

"If her mom finds out, she's gonna cut your balls off. She's a really intense surgeon, right? She probably knows a way to make it extra painful."

Derek winced. "You're not helping. What should I do?"

"Go back to sleep?" Mark asked hopefully.

"The Halloween dance is on Friday. I could ask her to go with me."

"Seriously?"

"What's so wrong with that?"

"You're being pathetic."

"You know what, you're not helping at all."

"That means I can go back to sleep, right?"

"Sure, fine. Night."

"Night."

Derek slowly flipped his phone closed and closed his eyes as he lay back on his bed. He tried to push the thoughts of Meredith out of his head, but to no avail. Waiting for Friday was going to be excruciating.

x.x.x.x.x

"So, Meredith, I was thinking…"

"Good for you, Finn. Keep trying, but stop if it hurts." Meredith slammed her locker and tried to walk away, but Finn easily caught up with her.

"Ha ha. But really, the Halloween dance is Friday. And I was thinking that maybe you'd like to go with me. I mean, if you're not doing anything," Finn said wishfully.

Meredith started to turn down Finn's invitation, but she realized that Derek was staring at her from his locker. The way he looked at her – she felt naked. But she wasn't going to let him win.

"Oh, sure Finn. That sounds great. I'll see you at seven?" Meredith gently pushed Finn towards the lockers, nudging herself between his legs so she could reach up to kiss him. She captured his lips tenderly at first, but she could still feel Derek's eyes watching her intently. She heard him let out a low moan as she slipped her tongue past his lips, deepening their kiss. She let her hands roam across his chest as he rested his hands on the small of her back. Allowing her eyes to sneak a peek at Derek, Meredith was surprised to see him locking his lips with another girl. But his eyes were still focused on Meredith.

Meredith was about to pull Finn into the girl's bathroom, just to spite Derek, but Cristina walked by and gave her an angry glare.

"I've gotta go," Meredith whispered. "But I'll see you on Friday." She walked off, leaving Finn confused but happy. She ran to catch up with Cristina.

"Cristina!" she yelled after her.

"What?"

"What was that for?"

"You were making out with…ugh…Finn. But you were having eye sex with Kath's brother."

"No I wasn't," Meredith said defensively. "I mean, about the eye sex."

"Mmmhmm. Sure. I can almost smell the sex on your eyes."

"Wh – what? You can't smell eye sex…"

"So you admit you were having eye sex."

"I didn't say that!"

"Yeah."

"Shut up. You're going to be late for geometry," Meredith pouted. She hurried off to her next class and took a seat near the back of the classroom. She sighed when she saw Derek come into the room and take the seat next to her.

"You're avoiding me," he whispered.

"No I'm not."

"You're doing it right now."

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are."

Meredith sighed. "Of course I am," she whispered. "You almost humiliated me in front of your mother, half of the hospital, and my mother. And she already hates me enough as it is."

"But I didn't humiliate you, did I? It seemed like you needed it," Derek snickered.

"Why are you such an ass?"

"I'm good at it. I'm also a very sexy ass."

"Ms. Grey? Mr. Shepherd?" the teacher interrupted. "I'm trying to teach a class. If you have an issue that needs to be settled, I suggest you do it outside of class."

Taking the opportunity, Meredith asked to go to the bathroom. She got up and slowly walked to the bathrooms, taking her time. The less time she had to spend with Derek, the better. She paced around the bathroom for a while, trying to kill some time.

After it seemed like it had been long enough, Meredith walked to the door. "What are you doing here?" she asked as she opened the door. Derek stood in the doorway, smirking but trying desperately to look innocent.

"Can I come in?" he asked. "It's cold out here."

"And the bathroom will be warmer?"

"We can make it warmer," Derek said in a low, husky whisper. "In fact, I think we can make it really hot."

"Shut up!" Meredith hissed as she dragged him in. "When will you realize that I really don't like you?"

"When you stop dragging me into bedrooms and bathrooms."

Meredith started to beat Derek's chest with her tiny, balled up fists.

"Your fists are tiny and ineffectual," Derek stated coolly.

"Your penis is tiny and ineffectual!"

"Um…guys?" a small voice asked from one of the stalls. "I'm, uh, here. Should I leave?"

"Shit!" Meredith and Derek yelled together.

"Hi, I'm Rose," a small freshman said as she stepped out of the stall. She looked from Derek, to Meredith, and finally back to Derek. Keeping her eyes focused on him the entire time, she said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you were here."

"Oh, and I bet your penis isn't tiny or ineffectual," she added as she walked out of the room.

Meredith glared at Derek who was smiling amusedly. "She was hitting on you!" Meredith exclaimed.

"Yeah, I know." Derek was still grinning like the Cheshire Cat. "She's kinda hot…for a freshman. Maybe I'll ask her to the Halloween dance, especially seeing as you don't like me and you're going with Finn."

"You're right; I don't care. Have fun with your slutty freshman." Meredith stormed out of the bathroom, leaving Derek uncertain as to what to do next. The only thing he could think of was Friday. Two more days, he thought to himself. Two more days.