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Author's note: Thank you for your reviews! I appreciate it soooo much! In this chapter, it's still the same Monday. Derek and Meredith interact for the first time. This chapter will be longer so I hope you like it! I'll try to update before Tuesday night. I forgot to mention the title of this story is a funky song by Black Kids.

The morning passed by slowly but surely. Meredith had been updating chart after chart and now, because Cristina, Izzie and George had all the good cases. She was more than ready to go eat. She made her way to the cafeteria where her friends and her brother were already eating. She sat down with her tray, already expecting what was to come.

"Whoa Mer! What's with your lip?!", said Cristina loudly with a shocked look on her face.

All eyes from the table and from a few tables nearby were now fixed on Meredith's face, which had turned into a bright shade of red.

"Oh that?", she pointed at her lip, faking indifference, " that's nothing! I just fell and busted my lip, no big deal".

"Yeah, doesn't surprise me Mer, you're the clumsiest person I have ever met", replied her brother.

"Hey!", Meredith said, spatting Alex's arm, "what are you doing here anyway? Aren't you supposed to be at work, playing dodgeball with kids?" joked Meredith, trying to change the subject.

"Hey! Teaching sports is way more than just playing dodgeball with kids, okay? I'm turning these boys into men. Besides, a husband has the right to have a lunch with his wife once in a while!", he replied, planting a kiss on Izzie's cheek. The blond resident smiled, took her husband's face between her hands and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips.

"Ok, we get it. You're married and horny. Now, I'm trying to enjoy my food so stop before I start gagging.", exclaimed Cristina

"Yep, seeing my brother make out, not a good way to start my lunch"

"Oh Mer! There's someone for you" Izzie pointed out, looking behind her friend gushingly.

Meredith slowly turned her head around to see a huge bouquet of flowers and Finn behind it.

"Hi baby", Finn started as he sat down next to her " this is for you. I wanted to apologize for our little fight last night"

That statement got an "Awww" from Izzie.

Sure, they had a fight last night, but it was far from little. Meredith had dropped a picture frame he loved while cleaning their living room. The frame shattered on the floor. He had shown her just how much he was mad by the punch she received right on the mouth.

"Thanks Finn", she responded shyly as she took the red roses and put them on her lap.

"Alex, what's new?", Finn asked

"Same old, same old man. School is doing good and my wife is still hot. Everything's good.". He smiled proudly at his wife.

"Cool. I gotta go baby, I have patients at the clinic. I'll see you tonight. Bye everyone." He kissed her cheek. The same cheek he had slapped two weeks ago. Meredith shivered at the contact of his lips on her skin.

"Aren't you glad that your awesome big brother introduced you to Finn? You've been together for what, 2 years? All thanks to me!", her brother emphazised

"Yeah Alex, thank you" she said with a sad smile.

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This is great, Derek thought, "I finally get to eat. I'm relaxed and calm. I finally have a few minutes of pea-

His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden appearance of Rose

"De-rek! Finally! I looked for you everywhere, honey!"

"Hey", he responded with an obvious lack of enthusiasm that his fiancée did not notice as she sat down next to him.

"I found these great magazines with tons of suits for you and dresses for me. It's pricey but since I'm your princess, nothing is too expensive, right?"

"Of course", he replied with a cruel lack of any joy or excitement that, once again, Rose was oblivious to.

"Perfect! So I was thinking, a beige dress, with a long train, but not too long cause Annie did that last year at her wedding and I totally......."

Derek stopped listening that whatever Rose was rambling about. He had to stop listening to concentrate on probably the most gorgeous women he had seen in a long (long) time who was sitting a few tables over. Even with a swollen lip, she was radiant. With her green eyes and her dirty blond hair, she was the complete opposite of Rose, who had dark hair and dark eyes.

I wonder if she works here........ Of course she works here, you idiot! She has a lab coat and she's eating in the cafeteria with other doctors. Why does she look so sad?

"So, what do you think? Say yes!!"

"Eumm....what?...I mean, yes, sure!"

"Oh my god! I can't believe you said yes! I'm gonna call the company right away to see if they can reserve the horses and the monkey and I'll give them your credit ard number! You don't have to give me your card, I know the number by heart. Bye honey!"

Rose got up and planted a quick kiss on her fiancé's lips and left as quickly as she appeared.

What? Horses? Monkey? Derek got up as well to go back to his office, not without giving one last glance at certain table. He furrowed his brows, trying to figure out what the hell did Rose say about horses, but he couldn't. All he could remember was the girl with the swollen lip.

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Five hours had passed since lunchtime and Meredith Grey was one exausted woman. She had been running around the hospital delivering lab results and monitering patients just like an intern.

Dr. Collins is such a bitch! Why won't she just let me breathe for a minute?! Damn! All of that just because I was late this morning. For the first time. The first freaking time!

She was planning to crash in an on-call room but instead, decided to go check on Jessica. She was a 14 year old girl with leukemia that Meredith was very fond of. Many times, she had spent her breaks at her bedside, sharing gossip or talking about boys. Meredith wanted a little cheer-up and seeing Jessica was exactly what she needed.

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"Time of death, 4h58."

Derek took off his gloves and threw them in the trash as he went to the sink to scrub out. He had spent the last 3 hours, operating on a 16 year old boy with a brain aneurysm when all of the sudden, his heart just stopped beating. He had warned the family that the chances of survival were not great but he was gonna do his very best. Derek was still disappointed in himself. He was drying his hands when his best friend entered the room.

"Are you okay?", Mark said, while he was scrubbing in on a face reconstruction.

"I lost a patient."

"We can talk later if you want."

"No, it's fine. I just need to go outside and get some air. I'll see you later, man" And with that, he left the scrub room and headed outside.

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When she entered the room, Meredith's heart sank. Jessica wasn't in her room. Nurses were taking out the sheets from the bed while George was shutting off all the equipments.

"Oh Mer! God, I'm so sorry! We did everything we could.", he said, knowing how much his friend cared about Jessica. Meredith's face might have seemed emotionless, but the pain in her eyes was obvious. She stood there, trying to process what George had said. When he stepped forward to hug her, she backed out of the room and started running. She kept running, ignoring the pain coming from the bruises on her stomach. Eventually, she reached to the locker room. Meredith went to her locker, opened the door, angrily took off her lab coat, threw it in the locker, took out a small bag of sweets and slammed the door. I need to go get some air, she thought, I need to breathe.

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When Derek made his way out of the hospital, he noticed someone was sitting on his favorite bench. It was an awesome bench because it had a view to a playground across the street and it was very isolated. Not a lot of people knew abot this bench. That's why he was a bit surprised to find someone there. A familiar someone, he thought. That hair....

He took a couple of steps forward and sat down at the end o the bench that was free.

"Hi", he said as he watched her face. She looked like she had been crying and she was eating chocolate covered almonds.

"Hi", Meredith replied to the stranger who appeared next to her. He was wearing dark navy scrubs, which could only mean that he was an attending but she had never seen him before. I would definately remember those eyes If I had already seen them. So blue. She coudn't get over how blue his eyes were. She didn't mind the company, he seemed nice and non-annoying.

"Sometimes, I hate this job, he admitted, I hate to be the one who couldn't save the kids and the moms and the brothers." Derek felt a bit embarrassed to share this much with someone he didn't know. She probably doesn't wanna talk. I should just shut up. I'm such an idiot!

"I hate this job too sometimes. You connect with the patients. You get them and they get you and one day, they die. They just.....die."

"Yeah."

"Want some?" Meredith pointed to the bag of sweets between them, on the bench.

"I didn't want to ask. They're my favorites" Derek said with a goofy smile on his face, which made Meredith laugh. He took a handful from the bag and started eating.

"Glad I could make you laugh", Derek said, to which she responded with a smile of her own.

"May I ask what happened to your lip?"

Damn it! Why did I ask? It's none of my buisness!

"Oh that..erm.. it's nothing. I just ran into a door. No big deal." She kept her eyes to the floor. Meredith always did that when she was lying.

"Oh, okay. Be careful next time." The sound of Meredith's pager put an end to their little conversation.

"I gotta go. You can keep the almonds. Seems like you need some cheering up too" She ran back into the hospital to where she was needed.

Curiously, during the short time they were together, Derek had totally forgotten that he was upset. It's as though the girl with the swollen lip was the remedy to his crappy mood.

Oh crap! I forgot to ask her name! Derek Sheperd, you're such an idiot sometimes!