Thank you for commenting! Here's the fourth chapter:)
"Let me take you out on a date tonight" Meredith jumped at the sight and sound of Derek, who was waiting outside the hospital room where Meredith had been treating a patient. She shoved her charts underneath her arm as she tried to make her way past Derek's occupation. He took a step in front of her, preventing her to escape him. She sighed, realizing she would have a hard time trying to get rid of him. "I have to work" She explained as convincing as possible.
"I checked your schedule" He crossed his arms and pressed his body close to hers. "Your shift is over at eight. I was thinking we could go right from work. I've booked a table on a Chinese restaurant"
"I'm definitely not going out with you" Meredith left the charts at the nurses desk and started to head in the opposite direction, Derek following and whirring around her like an annoying mosquito. "Come on. Go out with me" He pushed, refusing to leave her side until she gave in.
"No, Doctor Shepherd! I'm not going out with you!" Meredith's sudden shout surprised him. "Has it even occurred to you that I may not be interested?"
"Meredith…" His voice ebbed down, "We had a great time yesterday…"
"Yes, we did. We had great sex. I'm so grateful for the great sex. But that's all there is. I'm not interested in more than that. I'm not good at the girlfriend stuff and I don't want the girlfriend stuff"
"I'm not asking you to be my girlfriend, I'm asking you to go out with me on a date. It'll be fun. Casual and fun. Nothing seriously. We'll move slowly. It won't hurt you" He mocked, "It's me, a steak with your name on it and a bottle of wine. Come on" His eyes were begging for a positive answer.
Meredith sighed as she continued down the long hallway, Derek in her heels. "Guys like you don't go out with girls like me"
"What's that supposed to mean?" He reached for her arm to keep up with her pace. "Meredith" He demanded "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Guys like you are the most popular football players that dates the most beautiful cheerleader captains"
"Why are you speaking high school?" He frowned, "And by the way I never were one of them"
"It means that men like you don't spend time with interns like me. They fall in love with beautiful nurses and brainy surgeons"
"Meredith!" He disagreed, "You're completely wrong about me. Let me prove to you how wrong you are. I want to get to know you, not just have sex with you. I want to take this thing with us to another level"
"No you don't!" She stubbornly added, "I don't know why you're having sex with me in the first place, I mean look around, it's like a candy store for you inside this hospital. I'm the candy that no one picks. I'm used to be the leftover and you don't get to imagine me something else! I won't let you hurt me, so no, I won't get out with you!" Meredith yelled out the last sentence, leaving the rest of her charts in his hands before running in the opposite direction.
Derek stood there, stunned and paralyzed. She'd never really shown him the side of her that made her fragile when it came to love. He sighed and rested his back on the station desk. She was reaching the end of the hallway, and soon she would be out of his sight, but at the same time Derek felt the urge to compete and fight for her. She could run all she wanted, but in the end he was the hunter and she was the lost deer in the dark wood…And he would, sooner or later catch her…"