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Reluctantly, Meredith had arrived home at about nine o'clock at night. Only because Derek had forced her to leave. She walked through her front door to find her father in the living room. Definitely didn't want to deal with that right now. "Come sit, Meredith." She let out a small groan. She had briefly talked to her father earlier today; just the basics, though. "How's Derek doing?"

"He's doing good," She nodded and pulled her feet under herself.

"That's good," Thatcher nodded. "So, you're dating him. Don't you think he's a little old for you?"

"He's only two and a half years older than me," She shrugged. "It's really not a big deal."

"It is a big deal when he doesn't have a job, nor does he go to school."

"He's gonna go back to school," Meredith ran a hand through his hair. "He told me as soon as he can, he's going to go back to school."

"As soon as he's able to, I want to talk with him, understand?" Thatcher looked at his daughter.

"Yes," she nodded. "Thank You." Meredith smiled as she left the living room and walked upstairs.

Where are you? I'm home.
-Meredith

Out with Ryan. I'll be home in a bit.
-Lexie

Oh.
-Meredith

Meredith got in bed when her phone started to ring. "Hey."

"Did you get home okay?" Derek said into the phone.

"Yeah," She nodded. "Just got home and I'm about to go to bed. What are you doing?"

"Same," He shrugged.

"Oh, my dad said he wanted to talk to you," She laughed. "He didn't say I couldn't date you."

"Well that's good, but I'm still kind of scared." He smiled.

"I don't blame you," she mumbled. "Anyway! Can I come up to see you tomorrow? Pleaseeee."

"I don't know what's up for tomorrow," He sighed. "Can I call you in the morning?"

"Of course," She nodded. "You should go get some sleep."

"All right," He said. "I love you."

"Love you, too. Bye," She hung up the phone and snuggled into her bed. She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

x.x.x

"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Lexie jumped on her sister early the next morning. "Meredith!"

"I'm gonna punch you in the face," Meredith groaned and shoved her sister off of her. She looked at the clock and glared at her sister. "It's nine in the fucking morning! We have off of school today and I swear if I don't get another five hours of sleep I'm going to make your life a living hell."

"You're mean in the morning." Lexie shook her head. "Come on, you can't sleep your birthday away. Get up!"

"I hate you," She sat up and pulled her hair into a loose pony tail. She followed her downstairs and into the kitchen. "What are you doing here!"

"Happy Birthday," Derek smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hey," He laughed.

"You're here. And not in the hospital. On crutches, but still, here." She smiled brightly.

"I am," He laughed. "And I made you breakfast."

"Really?" She smiled.

"Really," He nodded. "How does chocolate chip pancakes sound?"

"You're amazing." Meredith laughed as they both headed over to the table. "Hey, you lied to me last night."

"Nope, I just withheld the truth." He stuck his tongue out at her.

"Same thing," She shook her head. "Whatever, as long as you're here," She grabbed his hand across the table.