Derek's alarm on his phone went off at 5 in the morning for his morning run. He turned his alarm off and smiled when he felt Meredith shift beside him. She turned so she could see him face to face. He was amazed at how beautiful she looked in the morning.

"It's too early to be up. What are you doing?" She groaned

"My morning run I have to go home get my running shorts and a shirt and my sneakers then actually run and then I will go home and get ready for school then come and pick you up ok?"

"Can I come with you? I never went on a morning run before." Derek smiled at her wanting to join him. She was definitely different from all the other girls he thought.

"You can join me as long as you can keep up." He smirked at her before leaning down for a passionate kiss when they both came up for air she finally got to say something.

"Are you challenging me?"

"It depends do you accept?"

"Of course I do and to let you know a little secret, I always win Shepherd."

"Well then get out of bed, you need to get ready and you should just bring all your stuff for school and you can shower and change at my house later ok."

"Yeah that sounds fine."

She kissed him before going to get aeropostle sweatpants and a matching hoodie, when she looked back at Derek he was making the bed. She went into her bathroom and changed when she got out Derek was no where around, so she put on her running sneakers, and got her clothes and shoes for school and put it in her big backpack. She made her way downstairs and was scared that Derek just left her there. When she walked into the kitchen she was surprised, but happy and relieved that Derek was sitting their eating another one of his granola bars.

He looked up at her and smiled she went and kissed him and he offered her one of the bars and she took the box to read the type before trying it. She laughed when she found out what he was eating.

"For a health nut chocolate chips aren't very healthy."

"It's healthy because it has like 200 calories and plus it tastes good, try a piece." She ripped a piece off of his bar and tried it. She actually liked it and took one for herself when she went around the counter she noticed that Derek could pull any outfit off. He was wearing his jeans from yesterday and the polo shirt that she let him borrow and white shoes and he had his shades and phone on the counter.

"This stuff is actually good and you pulled the outfit off without having to walk, the walk of shame." He smirked at her and smiled then he passed her 2 sticky notes.

"These were on the counter this morning and just so you know I was respectful and didn't read them and that's why they are both turned over." She knew he was unique because most people would never even think twice they would just read it she kissed him lightly on the cheek then read the first one from her mom it said:

Meredith I came home last night and I know you were sleeping but I wanted to say that I am truly sorry for what I said to Derek and that I do expect to see more of him around and don't wait up tonight my shift ends at 1 am and Richard should be home by 11.

P.S. I peeked into your room and you and Derek look cute together I hope he is around more and that I didn't scare him away.

-Ellis

Meredith put it down and read the next one that was from Cristina which said:

Mer I hope you feel better and I know I would if I was sleeping with mcdreamy's hands around my waist anyways you guys were too cute and cuddly in the morning and your mom feels the same way…maybe. Anyways I will see you at school later meet me at the usual spot in the morning.

-Cristina

"We should get going we don't want to take up to much time we need to run." Just the way she was rambling he knew something was up.

"Everything okay?" She nodded and grabbed the granola bars box and a water bottle for each of them and they both walked out together.

Derek opened the car door for her and kissed her before she got in. When he got in the car before he even started he turned to her.

"Can I ask you a question and I want you to answer honestly because I don't want to force you into anything that you don't want…" Meredith smiled at the thought of this and nodded. "Meredith Grey would you like to be my girlfriend?" Meredith was taken aback that someone like Derek would ever ask her out. She turned to look at him and when she saw his eyes she knew what she wanted to say

"Yeah I do." They both had huge silly grins on their face and they both leaned over to kiss each other thinking that everything in this moment was perfect. He took her hand and drove off to his house and Mer didn't think she could have been more happier than right now. As Derek pulled into his drive way Meredith couldn't help but gasp. She was shocked to see this house in the daylight she was used to coming here for the best parties but she was usually drunk.

"Your house…it's huge and beautiful!" Derek gave her a huge smile at seeing the excited Meredith for the first time. He squeezed her hand that he had been holding since they left her house. He parked the car and kissed Meredith before getting out of the car and going around to open her door for her.

"Thanks." She said as he held his hand out for her to get out of the car. She took it instantly and he shut the door behind her. He walked her to the door and just walked in. "You know Derek it's not very safe to keep your door unlocked."

"I will keep that in mind." He said as he winked at her. "My mom is probably around here somewhere I have a feeling she is in the kitchen because she is always cooking no matter what." Meredith found it hard to believe that her principal, the one who most likely hated her, was Derek's mom and that she had time to cook while giving out detentions all day long.

He walked into the kitchen never letting go of her hand. When Meredith finally got a chance to look around she thought it was "homey" and she wished her house fell like that. When Derek and her walked into the kitchen she saw Mrs. Shepherd making food and coffee and a girl that looked like she was eighteen sitting at the counter talking to her mom. "Hey" Derek said and when both of the women looked at Derek then Meredith, she couldn't help but feel nervous. "This is Meredith my girlfriend…" It sounded weird for Derek to actually use those terms and when he looked at her with a big cheesy smile she couldn't help but give him one back. The girl who she assumed was Derek's sister came up to her first.

"Hello Meredith it's nice to meet you. I'm Kathleen, Derek's oldest sister." Meredith shook her hand and thought that she could become friends with her. Meredith felt like she belonged there with Derek's hand around her waist and her meeting his family.

"It's nice to meet you too." After Kathleen let go of her hand Mrs. Shepherd came towards her and to Meredith's surprise hugged her. When she let go Meredith looked up at Derek and he smiled at her and took her hand again in his.

"Meredith it's nice to see you out of the school and not in a detention room."

"Well Mrs. Shepherd you will be seeing me soon in the same room." They both laughed and she looked from Deerk to her and then back to Derek and she gave the same big smile that Derek had on his face.

"In my home everyone calls me Carolyn or mom and I don't expect you to call me mom if you don't want to. So out of the school it's either Carolyn or Mom, no Mrs. Shepherd here honey." Meredith was surprised the person who hated her the most was making her comfortable.

"Well with all due respect I already have a mom that I call mom so I will just call you Carolyn if that's ok with you."

She nodded and said "I completely understand and it will be great if you call me Carolyn. Are you hungry because I'm making breakfast and there is plenty left?…" For the first time she addressed Derek "Derek did you feed Meredith because if you didn't I will make her eat she is so skinny and you woke her up really early." Derek smiled at me and then turned to his mom.

"I did not have time to give her a proper breakfast this morning. Although she did have quite a few granola bars and if you really want to know Meredith wanted to come on my morning run with me…" He winked at Meredith and then whispered to his mom loud enough so they could all hear him. "She thinks she can beat me if we race."

"Son, I bet Meredith can win if she really puts her mind to it." His mom then ushered them all to seats so she could feed them. "Now eat before you don't have time to feed yourself. Kathleen can you go call Stephanie to come eat." Kathleen looked like really didn't want to do it so she picked up her phone while laughing and Derek got up and said "Don't worry I'll do it."

Carolyn looked after him while she poured her coffee and Kathleen just shrugged it off and passed the apple juice to Meredith. "He has always been like that. He always tries to do things the hard way and he doesn't like it when you do things just because your lazy or he will get up and do it himself."

"I know he did it yesterday with the dishes." Meredith didn't know what she should or shouldn't tell her so she just left it at that. Derek came back down with Sophie in her pajamas still on.

"Good morning everyone." She noticed Mer when she went to sit at the table and gave Derek a knowing smile when he sat beside Meredith. "So Mer are you joining us tonight?"

"Depends what is happening tonight?"

"It's takeout night and since it's my turn to pick I soooo choose Chinese"

"Well Chinese doesn't settle with my stomach. I had it last night and it didn't turn out good." Stephanie's eyes widened at the thought of ever throwing up because she couldn't eat Chinese food. Meredith just smiled at her response. "Yeah I know it sucks and I used to love Chinese food but ever since last night I am never eating it again."

"Well we can order pizza too right mom?" She looked at Carolyn with the big blue eyes that was hard to say no to and Carolyn just laughed and smiled. "Yes of course we can and we need to introduce Mer to Shepherd night it's the most fun you will have every week."

"Mer you have to come it will be really fun." When she heard Derek she knew she had no choice in coming and she looked at his sisters and knew that she was going to come either way.

"Yeah I will come it sounds like plenty of fun." Everyone talked while they ate their breakfast and when it got to around 5:30 Derek went upstairs to change into running clothes and Mer cleaned her mess at the table. When he came down Mer was waiting for him and they both said bye to everyone before making their way to the streets where they would take a run.

"So do you want to see something that my dad used to own? It's mine now it was in his will and it's amazing." Derek looked at her with a big boyish grin that Meredith found cute.

"Yeah I do." Meredith couldn't help but let him take her somewhere as they kept running they had to go on the ferry. Meredith went to the top deck while Derek was getting her a water bottle. He came up from behind her and her back relaxed against him when he put her arms around her waist and pulled her to him.

"Penny for your thoughts?" He asked after kissing her shoulder that his chin was resting on.

"Everything is moving so fast around us and with us and I'm just not used to this have never done this before." She turned around in his arms and looked in his eyes. "I'm really scared about this because I have only known you for two days and I think I'm falling in love with you. I usually get the urge to run in the opposite direction when I get these feelings because I'm not the type of girl that has a boyfriend. But with you I know I can tell you this because you wouldn't let me run away from you."

"That's right Meredith grey I'm in this and you are never going to be allowed to leave, and even with experience I'm still scared too because I know I'm falling in love with you." They stayed there in each others arms before they shared a deep passionate kiss. When Derek thought things were getting out of hand he pulled out of the kiss and grabbed her hand and led her off the ferry boat when it stopped.

"Derek your not planning on bringing me in the woods and slaughter me with an axe or something then just leave me in the middle of the woods for wolves to eat me are you?" She said once they hit a path in the middle of nowhere in the woods.

"Damn it. You found out my intentions I guess ill have to come up with something else to do with you." When he noticed Meredith's scared look he kissed her cheek and laughed. "I was joking I wouldn't want to kill you anyways which girl would I have this much fun with." She relaxed when she heard this and then when she looked up she looked around her and gasped. "This is it welcome to Derek's land I own all of this and I don't know what I will do with it all but I knew after I found this spot I'm never giving it up."

"Oh my god Derek this is amazing and beautiful and you own all of this?" She walked closer to the view afraid it would just all stop.

"Yep it is all mines and my dad left his trailer here for when he went fishing and I still sleep here when I need to get away." He looked at her and this time when he spoke about his dad the sparkle in his eyes were still there and Meredith knew he was having a good memory about him.

"Well if you don't mind I want to see this famous trailer you speak of." She went back to him and kissed him and Meredith thought her life has never been this good. He grabbed her waist when she started running towards the trailer after he told her where it was and gave her the most electrified kiss they have had. When he pulled away they were both breathless.

"I just had to kiss you cuz' you were too cute." They laughed and Derek put his arm around her as she leaned her head on his shoulder and they started to walk to the trailer.

"You know I would have never thought that you would be the kind of guy with a trailer but I guess you are nothing I expect."

"Well the same doesn't goes for you I have never seen you before yesterday so I wouldn't know what to expect." They went inside the trailer and that was when Derek first noticed Meredith's green eyes light up and he found them exotic and rare and they mesmerized him so much he didn't want to look away. "Your eyes…" before he got to say anything else she was going to the mirror he had in there he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back to him and kissed her. "There is nothing wrong with them…they are just so…striking and mesmerizing and they are beautiful."

She tried to look away but when Derek pulled her chin back to him he could tell that she was blushing and he kissed her deeply. Meredith moved her hands under his shirt to his abs and stroked his hard rock chest. Derek picked her up and he instantly put her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck so she wouldn't fall. Derek lay her down on the bed and he took her shirt off after she took his off. He left her lips and started kissing her neck. Meredith intertwined her hands into his hair and then they both stopped at the same time as if thinking the same thing.

"Oh my god Meredith I'm so sorry I shouldn't have done any of that. I'm so sorry he picked up his shirt and threw her the shirt that he removed earlier.

"It's ok it wasn't only you either but we should go anyways we need to run so we can get to school on time too and I'm sorry about this too I guess we both got a little carried away." He nodded but she still saw the sadness in his eyes and after she put her shirt on she went and kissed him then grabbed his hand and made her way out of the trailer. "And by the way I love this place we should come here more." Derek laughed and they both started running.

They went on the ferry boat to get back to the mainland and when they got their they both agreed to race their way back to the house. Derek was way ahead of Meredith and when he saw her struggling to beat him he acted like was getting tired too so she would feel more confidence and when she passed him he kept back about 5 feet so she could win. Once they got to the house he ran up beside her and pulled her in for a kiss.

"Congratulations you just won a kiss." They both laughed and made their way into the house. "Mom I'm home and you were right when Mer put her mind to winning she really did win." When Mer wasn't looking he gave his mom a wink and she understood that he could have won that race and he is usually competitive and she was happy because she never saw this side of Derek. "We are just going to get showers and change before going to school."

He and Meredith made their way to his room and Meredith laughed at how much Derek was shown in this room.

"Derek, this room is so you." She smiled and kissed him.

"Yeah no one comes in my room really so they don't know the real me and you are like the first real girl allowed in my room everyone else was fake." Meredith lay on his bed and smiled at how comfy it was and when she rolled over she picked something up off of the nightstand and showed it to Derek with a questioning look. He blushed when he found out what she was laughing at.

"I couldn't give up my childhood teddy bear that would be way to hard to do. I'm going to take a shower and if I were you I wouldn't leave this room until 6:10 exact because all the girls should be home by now and they will be crazy going from room to room and they don't stop." He kissed her and when Meredith got curious about all the noises she peeked out of the room and their were literally 4 girls running around fighting over clothes and makeup and bathroom time. Meredith got scared when she felt Derek behind her and when she turned around Derek was soaking wet in just a towel around his waist.

"Those would be the crazy sisters and I thought it would be faster if I just got dressed in here and you can go take a shower and dress up in the bathroom." Meredith nodded and got her school clothes and went to take a shower. Meredith thought his bathroom was very manly and when she was already in the shower about to wash her hair the only shampoo she found was axe.

"Derek!" She assumed he came to the door and poked her head out of the shower curtain and he looked away not wanting to see her naked. "You only have men shampoo. Do you really expect me to use that?"

He shook his head and left and when he came back with John Frieda: Root Awakening Shampoo and Conditioner Meredith wasn't surprised that his sisters had this brand of shampoo. When Mer came out of the shower she dried herself up and put on her clothes and did her hair with the brush she brought. She left the bathroom she saw Derek putting stuff in his back pack and she thought he looked hot in the clothes he chose to wear. ( .?colorCd=040 and . I find things easier when you can see them.)

Little did she know Derek was thinking the same about her outfit as well. ( .?colorCd=001 and . ) They both looked at each other for a while before they met each other in the middle of the room and gave each other a big kiss. "You look gorgeous." he said when they pulled away from each other.

"Well you look sexy." He laughed and then they got their stuff together and went downstairs. "Mom probably already left for school. We should leave now too since it is already 7:15 I usually hang out with my friends outside before they open the doors for us to go in. But if you rather hang out here or something I can do that too."

"Well we should go to school I don't want you to change your whole life because of me and I barely know you and I have friends to hang out with too and if they aren't there I'm sure I will find this hot sexy boy I met recently." she gave him a playful smile

"Should I be jealous of this boy?" Derek played a long with her as they got in his car.

"Well he might be slightly sexier than you so I think you should."

"Well I will definitely make sure you are around all day long." They both laughed. "Plus no one can have more charms than me."

They both held hands and they just drove to school in peace. When Meredith and Derek got there she instantly noticed his crew of friends in their usual spot picking on all the people who weren't with them in their clique. When Meredith went to get out of the car Derek stopped her.

"Mer I just want to tell you my friends can be very judgmental and I just want to apologize for ANYTHING they might do or say and I really hope you don't want anything to do me because of them because I have feelings for you Mer."

"If it makes you feel any better my friends are the same and I wouldn't leave you because I have a feeling that I am going to need you to stick around for a while." Derek leant over and kissed her and got out of his car and ran to the other side to open the door for her. They were both ready to face the drama of high school for the first time together.