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"So, he straight up told you, you couldn't hang out with Derek anymore?" Izzie said as her and Meredith were in Izzie's bedroom. "Seriously?"

"Mhmm," She nodded.

"Like you two could actually stay away from each other," Izzie shook her head. "Good luck, though."

"Wait, what do you mean?"

"You might as well call him your boyfriend, Mer," She laughed as Meredith shook her head. "Why not?"

"Because I'm in high school and he graduated. We're in two different worlds at the moment. Plus the whole boyfriend-girlfriend thing always complicates everything. We're just good friends and it's going to stay that way." She mumbled, finally glancing up. "What."

Izzie just laughed again. "You are so in love with the kid."

"That would be a negative."

"Lies. You always ramble when you lie. You're little speech? Yeah, that could have been one run-on sentence, hun."

"I hate you. You know that, right?" Meredith shook her head and Izzie brightly smiled. Out of nowhere, the door swung open.

"I love how people knock." Izzie rolled her eyes at her step-brother. "What do you want?"

"I'm bored," Mark shrugged and jumped on her bed. "Oh, party here tomorrow, by the way."

"Thanks for the advance notice," Izzie laughed. "Wait, don't you and Derek have a race to go to in two days?"

"I don't get hangovers, Iz." Mark informed her.

"Derek does," Meredith said as Izzie gave her a look. "Shut up Izzie."

"I'll give him pickle juice or something," Mark shrugged. "Grey, be here at nine. Good?"

"Sure." She laughed.

x.x.x

"So, at practice today, Coach said that I had a really good chance of making it the Varsity Team next year," Molly smiled brightly at the dinner table that night. "I can't believe it. I'll be like the only sophomore on Varsity!"

"Congratulations, honey," Susan smiled.

"I'm very proud," Thatcher added.

"Woo-hoo," Meredith mumbled under her breath.

"Meredith, why don't you try out for a sport with school? You could meet some new people." He suggested.

"I have friends, Thanks." She moved around the food on her plate. "And the only sport I'd want to participate in isn't exactly in schools."

"How many times do we have to go over this?"

"What's so bad about motocross. I love it, just like Molly loves cheerleading and Lexie loves the dance team."

"Cheerleading has an actual purpose. You don't just go around in circles," Molly retorted.

"It is so much more complicated than going around in circles, Molly. There's this race, like and hour away, in two days. I could go and practice. Please," She bit her lip and Thatcher just shook his head.

"You just want to do it because Derek does," Lexie laughed.

"Seriously?" She looked at her sister. "I'm glad you think you know me so well, Lex. I'm capable of making my own desicions."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lexie glared at her.

"I'm just saying that you shouldn't let your boyfriend make your decisions," Meredith rolled her eyes. "It was his idea about you dropping Anatomy & Physiology, right?"

"We are going to talk about your... boyfriend later, Lexie." He turned to face Meredith, "You are not going. I told you I don't want you involved in that," Thatcher said. "And that's final."

"I'm not hungry," Meredith stood up and put her plate on the counter before heading upstairs. "What?" She flipped open her phone before slamming her door shut.

"Damn. You okay?"

"I'm fine," She sighed and sat down on her bed. "I just… I'm fine."

"Don't lie to me," Derek laughed. "What's happened?"

"My dad's such an asshole. Fist he tells me I can't hang out or talk to you anymore and now he tells me I can basically never look at a dirt bike again."

"He specifically said that?" He asked.

"He might as well."

"He's just looking out for you, baby." Derek sighed. "It sucks, but he's not going to change his mind."

"I'm not going to stop hanging out with you, either."

"How could you resist me?" Derek smirked as Meredith smiled on the other side of the phone. "There's no way he could sue me for anything right?"

"Nah," Meredith shrugged. "You're going to Mark's tomorrow right."

"Yup. You are too." He laughed. "I'll call you in a bit, I just got home." He explained.

"Bye."