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Merdith yawned as she stepped inside the residents' lounge with Izzie. It felt good to be back at work. Even though she had only be gone two days, it felt like two weeks. Sh had missed the daily check ups on her patients and eating in the cafeteria with her friends. She was back to work and moving on. There was no point in staying home listening to depressing music and crying because frankly, there was nothing to cry about. Nothing was linking her to that scumbag anymore and she could focus on the relationship that was forming with the dark-haired neurosurgeon. While she made her way to her locker, she spotted George not too far from them, tying his shoelaces. A couple of other residents were in the room as well, preparing for the day. George looked up and noticed his friends coming in.

"Meredith! Good morning! How are you? How'd you sleep?", he exclaimed with concern.

Is it gonna be like this everyday?

"I'm fine too, thanks for asking George!", sarcastically replied Izzie. Meredith giggled and began changing into her scrubs.

"George I'm fine, really. Don't worry about me. Finn is out of my life and for good.", she reassured, hoping he would stop looking at her like she was going to break within the next thirty seconds. George smiled, seemingly believing her.

Izzie smiled knowingly.

"Meredith is fine because she has someone new in her life!", she said in a sing-song manner.

Both turned their attention to their green-eyed friend, hungry for details.

"Did you ask him for the wedding? You can't be a dateless maid of honor at Cristina's wedding.", Izzie replied matter-of-factly.

"Dr. Sheperd? The rock star neurosurgeon?! When did this happen?", George inquired with confusion.

"He rescued her from Finn! Isn't that romantic?", Izzie gushed with an ear to ear smile.

Meredith chuckled and closed her locker.

Cristina rushed inside the lounge towards her friends.

"Meredith?! Is it true?", she exclaimed. The three resident looked at Cristina, confused.

"Is what true?!", Meredith asked.

"I heard that you beat up Horseface, the bitchy nurse"

"What? You beat up Horseface?!", George said a little too loud because everyone's attention in the room was now focused on Meredith.

Those damn nurses spreading rumours left and right!

"George!", Meredith hissed, uncomfortable with everybody staring at her.

"Well?", Izzie said.

"No, I didn't beat her up. I merely threatened her.", she replied with a shrug of the shoulder.

"But why?", Cristina asked.

"Because she was annoying and blamed me for her cheating on Derek. it doesn't even make sense. I simply adivsed her not too talk to him or she would suffer the consequences. That's all.", she casually said.

"You make me proud", Crisitina joked, swiping an imaginary tear form her face.

The four of them laughed and walked out of the room in search for their resident.

The hours passed by quickly. Meredith spent the morning taking to patients and researching different treatment plans. She was getting out of a patient's room when she took a look at her watch

11h46. It's time to go meet Derek!

She put the chart on the nurse's station and took the stairs to the cafeteria. There, she bought two big chicken sandwiches and two bottles of orange juice because she was starving and she knew he would be too. She made her way to their bench and sat down to wait for him.

He's not here yet. I hope he doesn't have an emergency, she nervously thought.

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Derek Sheperd's morning had been good. Great, even. He had woken up, feeling ready to start the day and excited to eat with Meredith. When he got to the hospital, he was hoping he could catch glimpse of her smile or a whiff of her lavender shampoo but, unfortunately he hadn't seen her all morning. He had even considered on his way to his office dropping by the oncology floor to 'drop some paperwork' or 'check on a patient'. This idea quickly evaporated because he didn't want her to think he was stalking her.

I'll see her at noon. It's not that long. I can , I can totally wait, he had thought, not really believing it. Getting off the lift, he changed into his navy scrubs in his office and then concentrated his thoughts in a five hour long craniotomy. When the sugery was done, it was almost noon. He quickly scrubbed out and eager to meet Meredith, ditched the elevator for the stairs. Passing by the cafeteria, he bought two salads and two bottles of water to share. On his way to the bench, he bought chocolate covered almonds from a vending machine. When he reached finally reached his destination, he saw a head of dirty blond hair flowing in the wind.

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Derek stepped forward and sat down next to her. She turned her head and a bright smile appeared on her face. She sighed in relief at the sight of him.

He's here!!!

"Hey", he said. He was captivated by the glow radiating from her face. He noticed she wasn't wearing any makeup, which he found unbelievably sexy.

"Hey", she replied. The dark stumble on his face and the intense way his eyes were looking right through hers sent shivers throughout her whole body. They were both so mesmerized with each other that it took a minute or two for them to notice it.

"You brought food and drinks too?", she laughed, looking down at his hands. He chuckled as he saw she was also holding food in her hands.

"Yeah, I did. I figured you'd be starving", he said.

"Me too."

He gave her a sandwich and a bottle of water while she gave him a salad, a fork and orange juice. He also took out the chocolate covered almonds and placed in the tiny space left between them.

"You remebered!" she stated.

I can't believe he remembered they're my favorites.

"If I remember? It's the first thing we shared together. Of course I remember.", he said softly.

She looked up to him and smiled thinking that he amazed her more everyday. Finn never remembered small details such as her favorite candies because he never listened to her. He had this innerving way of always making the conversations about him or about her flaws.

They both unwrapped their sandwiches and began eating.

"For the wedding, I have to prepare at Cristina's house so we could meet at the church. The time and place are on the invitation card. Then, we could go to the reception together."

"Sure, sounds great.", he replied between two bites.

"Good."

"Meredith?", Derek said, putting down his food. She stopped eating and looked at him quizzically, noticing the seriousness in his tone.

"Yes?"

"I just wanted to say...ummm....", he paused for a second, trying to gather his thoughts.

What am I so nervous? She's just a girl. Okay it's not just a girl, it's THE girl. Be cool Derek, be cool.

"I don't want you to feel like I'm rushing you into anything. I like you, I really really do. I want to be with you but if you feel like you need more time, I can wait. A long time."

She stared at him, pleasantly surprised at what he had just said. She was in total awe with everything he was doing for her like rescuing her from Finn or bringing her candy or being willing to wait until she was ready. Meredith Grey was used to dating jerks so to finally find someone sweet and caring like Derek was felt surreal.

"Derek, I don't need time or to wait because I really like you too. What happened was in the past and I'm ready to move on. I've been ready ever since I met you."

She looked deeply into his eyes, trying to convey everything she was feeling into her eyes. His response was an equally deep stare. All of the sudden, their faces were only millimiters appart.

Their lips collided into each other with passion. He cupped her face with his hands and she grabbed onto the back of his neck. She moaned in pleasure as she parted her lips to make way for his tongue to enter her mouth. Derek's pager broke the magic of the moment. He relunctantly moved his head back to look at the message. Meredith sighed in frustration.

"It's a 911, I have to go.", he said, flashing an apologetic smile.

"Go, it's okay.", she said, trying not to let the disappointment show on her face.

He got up and threw the remains of his lunch in the garbage. Before walking away, he bent down and placed a soft kiss on her lips.

"I'll see you very soon."

Fire made its way to her cheeks as she smiled. He ran away to the hospital, not without a last glance towards Meredith.

She sat there, mesmerized by their embrace. She didn't know how it was possible but this kiss was better than the first one. Just like anything with Derek, it kept getting better. This thought left her completely hopeful for the future of their relationship.

Next chapter is the wedding!