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Author's note : This chapter starts three days after the last one. It contains a bit of sexual content. Once again, thank you all very very very much for the reviews. They're very much appreciated and taken into consideration. Don't worry, Finn is gonna get what he deserves, but not just yet! Enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review! :-D
"We can do this now", she said convincingly, "no one's watching us".
"Are you sure? There's a lot of people here", he replied. He was tempted to say the least but did not want to do this with an audience witnessing. The Seattle Grace waiting room was full of people desperately waiting to be seen by a doctor. Everyone was focused on their injuries and no one seemed to notice the couple standing face to face in the middle of the room.
"Yes. Come on, Derek.", she whispered seductively looking directly in his eyes with fire in hers. The excitation got the best of him and he nodded, willing to start.
Derek wanted to take off his clothes but realised they were both already naked.
Meredith took a step closer to him. Derek could feel her breath warming his skin. He needed to feel her hands on his body. Everywhere.
"Touch me", he implored, his voice trembling in anticipation.
She slowly kneeled to the floor and was reaching for his shaft with her hands when, all of the sudden, she started screaming :
"What's that sound?! Derek, stop the sound, it hurts!", she cried. He was beggining to ear the sound as well. It was getting louder by the second. They both brought their hands to their ears in an effort to mute the piercing noise.
"Stop the sound Derek! Stop it!", she kept shouting.
Derek's eyes opened in shock. He quickly reached for the alarm clock on his nightstand to stop the irritating sound. Rose was working this morning which is why he was alone in the bed they shared. The wetness of his black boxers and the fact that he was alone in is room and not at the hospital told him all he needed to know.
It was just a dream.
He sat up, his back against the headboard, feeling a mixture of confusion, guilt and insatiability.
I'm supposed to marry Rose in a couple of weeks and I can't stop thinking about another woman! What the hell is wrong with me? Maybe I should just forget about her. Forget Meredith Grey.
That thought was quickly dismissed. Derek could not see himself forgetting about her. He wanted her in his life but didn't why he felt that way so strongly. He decided that he could still talk to her and get to know her, as long as he didn't act inapropriately.
We're friends, that's all. Addison's a girl and she's my friend. There's no reason why this can't be the same with Meredith.
With that thought, Derek took one glance at the clock and got up. He rid himself of his humid underwear and made his way to the shower.
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This is going to be a great day, she happily thought. Meredith was in a good mood. In fact, the last few days had been quite pleasant. Finn had been acting like the perfect boyfriend, bringing her flowers, buying her gifts and chocolate. Most importantly, he had not been violent with her since the day they had gone to Alex and Izzie's. Her lip wasn't swollen anymore and the bruise on her stomach was disappearing. Meredith was beggining to think it was just a phase Finn was going through and it was now of the past.
She was sitting on her bed, putting her socks on when a small pink box on her nightstand caught her attention. She took in her hands revealed its content : a gold necklace with a heart shaped pendant.
Awww! He is so sweet. I knew it. I knew it was just the stress of moving in that made so angry. I knew he would go back to being Finn, the real Finn. I knew he loved me.
She took the jewel and put it around her neck. When time to go to work arrived, she called a cab and waited outside for it.
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The first thing Derek did when he got to the hospital was go straight to Mark's office to have his opinion on what had happened this morning. But unfortunately, he wasn't there.
I'll talk to him tommorow, he had thought. Sure, Addison was in the hospital but she was woman, and what Derek needed was a guy talk. He had spent the whole morning, thinking about this dream, not being able to tell somebody. Soon, noon arrived and Derek decided to go to the cafeteria, thinking that a break was exactly what he needed. When he reached his destination, the sight of a blond with green eyes sitting by herself made his heart flutter.
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It was finally lunchtime and Meredith was enjoying her break alone at the cafeteria. Even the crappy hospital food couldn't mess with her mood.
A petite asian woman came at her table sat down in front of her.
"Hey", Cristina said.
"Hey", Meredith replied, happily.
"You look......happy.", said Cristina, narrowing her eyes.
"Yeah, what's wrong with that?", she replied, with laughter in her voice.
"You haven't been happy in a while. I don't know, it seems like ever since you moved it with Finn, you've been all dark and twisty.", she observed.
"Look, I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm fine, okay?", Meredith replied, trying to sound convincing.
"If you say so.", she answered, seeming content with Meredith's answer."Izzie told me your car was at the garage. Sucks."
"Yeah, tell me about it!", Meredith ranted. "This car is crap! A piece of junk. I took a cab this morning but Alex is gonna come pick me up tonight." Cristina glanced at her watch.
"Oh crap! I gotta go check on my patients. See you later!", Cristina said as she got up and ran away.
Meredith sighed, relieved that her friend didn't press the issue. She didn't feel people had to know how Finn had acted towards her because he seemed to have changed.
Suddenly, something made her look up. Derek was standing a couple feet away, looking right at her.
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He decided to walk to the table and sit with her. It felt weird for him to see her with clothes on.
So much for being appropriate! I can't stop think about that dream and her, touching me.
When he reached her, she smiled and motionned for him to sit down. Meredith was happy to see him. Just like when they met on the elevator, she was surprised by how much his smile and his eyes seemed to up her already good mood.
"Hey, ermmm, hi" he awkwardly said. Talking to her made him nervous because it was her and because of the dream he had.
"Are you okay?", she said, eyeing him suspiciously.
"Yeah, yeah", he replied quickly, "I'm just a bit tired, that's all"
"Oh, ok.", she replied. "Everybody's talking about that pregnant who survived that fire. It's amazing!"
"Yeah, I worked on her. I still can't believe it! No major injuries and the baby is fine.", he said, smiling.
"I know. Those are the kind of patients that make me want to be here and work horribly long hours and study my ass off. They make it all worth it. They make me believe that what we do is not useless. We really do save lives."
Derek was pleasantly surprised to hear her say this for multiple reasons. First, he had felt the same way she did when he had known the pregnant woman was gonna make it. Meredith had a completely different reaction than Rose had at the restaurant, upon hearing the news. All his fiancée was concerned about was money and expensive things and Derek was starting to wonder if that was all that she was about. The one thing he was sure is that he and Meredith had a connection far deeper than what he had with Rose.
"Yeah", he replied. "I feel the same. And that baby will grow up and be able to go to school and do great things."
"Do you have kids?", she asked, immidiately wanting to take the question back.
Maybe that's too much of a personal question, she nervously thought, I mean we don't know each other that well. I should have nev-
"No. I would like to have some one day but Rose doesn't. She's not really into kids.", he answered with a bit of sadness in his voice, interrupting her internal rambling.
Those words hurt. She tried not to let it show.
Derek was not oblivious to the disappointment that flashed over her eyes at the mention of Rose.
Whoa, does she like me? If she didn't, she wouldn't be disappointed that I'm with someone. Maybe I'm just seeing things. She has a boyfriend Derek, she's off the market!
"Who's Rose?", she asked, faking a smile.
" Oh, errmmm, that's-she's my fiancée. She's a nurse here.", he stammered nervously.
"Oh", was all she replied. Her pager beeped, letting her know she was needed at the oncology wing.
"Gotta go. It was nice talking to you.", she said with a half smile. She then ran away, the same way Cristina had done earlier before Derek could even respond.
While she was running, Meredith's mind was in a state of confusion. She didn't understand why she felt such a strong sense of disappointment when hearing about his fiancée.
Of course he has someone, he's smart, sexy and funny. I have to stop thinking about him that way. It's going well with Finn these days and I'm not gonna scew it up again.
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"That was great", exhaled Rose, her head resting on the young intern's chest.
"Yeah it was awesome. You....were awesome", he emphazised. "Can we see each other tommorow?", he asked.
"Yeah, but we have to be careful. If my fiancé found out about this, he and his credit card would leave me in a heartbeat.", she stressed.
"Okay, great", the young man replied, excited, "and I promise I wont forget to lock the door next time."
"You better not! We almost got caught. By the way, i don't appreciate you calling me while I'm at the restaurant with Derek.", she scolded, "If someone were to find me, in an on-call room with andintern, my great life would be over!"
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The day was finally over. Meredith was sitting on a bench, in front of the hospital's parking lot waiting for Alex. She was grateful to have such generous brother who didn't mind picking her up, even though he was coming straight from work and was probably tired. Her ringtone made her jump. Meredith took her phone her jacket and looked at the caller I.D. When she reconized the number, she put the phone to her ear.
"Hey Finn, what's up?"
"Oh, you wanna know what's up?", he said angrily, "What's up is that while I had a meeting with investors for the clinic early this morning I realized the contracts that I asked you to put in my briefcase last night weren't there. I must've looked like a complete idiot! That's what's up!"
Oh, Finn I'm sorry I-"
"You what? You forgot? God, you're so useless, Meredith!", he shouted,"you can't do anything right!"
"But Finn, I didnt mean to, I'm sorry!", she cried. The anger in his voice and the ugliness of his insults at her felt like a slap to her face. She was trying her best not to make his mad and it seemed like she had failed, once again.
"I don't want to hear your excuses. I honestly wonder what I'm doing with you. You're such a failure. All you do is screw things up.", he coldy said before hanging up.
Meredith sat on the bench, completely shocked by what had happened. She didn't understand what was going on with Finn. The last few days, he had been so sweet and generous with her and now, he was back to his old ways : angry, scary and violent.
Tears were welling up in her eyes as she was wondering how she would be able to go on this way. The horn from Alex's car was heard. She got walked to the car, opened the door and sat on the passenger's seat.
"Hey, what's wrong?", Alex said, noticing tears running down his sister's face.
"N-Nothing, nothing's wrong", she replied, forcing herself to smile.
"Come on, I can tell something's upsetting you! What is it?", he insisted.
"It's just Finn. We had a fight. Really, it's nothing.", Meredith explained drying her tears with her sleeve.
"Are you sure?", Alex asked, not entirely convinced.
Yeah, I am. Just don't mention anything when you see him tommorow, okay?", she pleaded.
"Ok, fine", he said, "I won't mention a thing."
"Promise?"
"I promise you, Mer", he replied, crossing his fingers behind his back.