/: It's more of a filler. Weekends are hard for me to update cause I'm mucho busy in the fall, so I apologize. But, I did get a 90 on my anatomy test (: (: Going to study more (: Read;Review;Enjoy

Meredith was leaning against her boyfriend's chest an hour later. She had calmed down a lot. "Things will get better."

"You don't know that," She sighed. "I just… I can't believe Lexie."

"I know."

"Like, I told her everything about him. I really thought I'd have at least one friend, you know?" She paused. "And I told her about the whole maybe-pregnancy thing and she told him."

"Wait, what?"

"Mhmm." She slowly nodded. "What am I going to do?"

"You're going to stay here," He said. "I'll be right back; I'm gonna go talk to my Mom." He grabbed his crutches and headed into the kitchen. "Hey."

"What's up?" Angela looked up from the magazine she was reading. "How's Meredith doing?"

"She's a little better," He nodded. "Mom, can she stay here tonight? With me?" He said, but Angela shook her head.

"Derek, you know the rules. She is more to welcome to stay in the pool house." His mother explained.

"Mom, I don't want her staying by herself," He sighed. "And look at me. I'm out of commission, Mom. Nothing's gonna happen." Derek smiled, slightly.

"Oh, you're funny," Angela shook her head. "You better understand me when I say this is the only time this is ever going to happen."

"Thank you, Mommy," He smiled and gave her a kiss goodnight. "See you in the morning."

"Uh-Huh."

Derek made his way back to his room to find that Meredith had fallen fast asleep. He was glad she was getting some rest. He got into bed next to her and held her in his embrace. If it were up to him, he'd never let her go through that again. If it was up to him, he would stay in this moment forever. If it was up to him, she'd never get hurt again.

x.x.x

Derek woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. He didn't know the number, but answered it anyway. "Hello?"

"Hey," Meredith smiled. "Yeah, I'm on the school's phone."

"Oh," He laughed. "When'd you leave?"

"Two hours ago," She said. "Your Mom drove me in this morning." Meredith told him. "What are you doing today?"

"Going to RV," He smiled. Raritan Valley was a community college that was about twenty minutes away from their town.

"Really?" Meredith smiled.

"Really," He nodded. "I figure I'd sign up for the spring semester and get some Gen ed courses done with."

"Good, I'm happy for you," She smiled as the warning bell rang. "I have to go to class."

"Oh okay. Do you know what you're doing after school today?" He asked her.

"Not yet. I'll call you when I find out." She said. "Bye. I love you."

"Love you too," He responded as Meredith hung up the phone. She walked up to her locker and opened it. Yes, she was mentally and physically drained, but she just needed to get through the rest of the week.

"Meredith."

She looked up to see the last persona she wanted to see today. "What do you want, Lexie?"

"Dad wanted me to tell you that he wanted to talk to you after school." She said. "He's not making you stay there or anything; he just wants to talk."

"Okay." Meredith grabbed the books for her next class, then closed her locker door. She headed away from her sister.

"I'm sorry." Lexie called after her.

"No, you're not." Meredith said out loud, although Lexie probably couldn't hear her. She sat down in her class and sighed. She was nervous about talking with her father. She didn't know what was going to happen.