The Seventh Sense is Love

I Miss You

Derek misses Meredith.

It was kind of crazy considering he'd only met her three weeks ago, but it was the truth. He misses her and it has only been three nights since she'd last been over. They'd spoken last night before she met her friend Cristina at Joe's and she was working today. He was supposed to be offering her moral support - in the form of distraction - while she did her Fellowship applications. That wasn't really happening though, considering she was about done with the application for Seattle Grace and he hasn't distracted her once. He smiles to himself as he thinks about all the ways he'd like to distract her from her responsibilities.

"You have a foolish look on your face," Miranda Bailey's voice interrupts Derek's thoughts. "Do I even want to know what you're thinking about?"

Derek laughs and replies, "Probably not the exact details, but I'm thinking about Meredith."

"Meredith?" Miranda questions and she pauses in dishing Pad Thai onto two plates for her and Derek to have for their weekly lunch date. "Meredith Grey that the Chief wants you to work with at the hospital?"

Derek doesn't miss the hopeful tone in Miranda's voice. He sighs and answers, "Yes, that Meredith, but I'm not thinking about working with her. I told you I'm not taking the Chief's offer Miranda. Please don't hassle me about it."

"You're being ridiculously stubborn about not accepting his offer," she snaps. "And selfish!"

"Selfish? How the hell am I being selfish?"

"Your being selfish because you are keeping your brilliance and medical knowledge to yourself when you should be teaching!"

"You know," Derek grumbles, "I was in a good mood until you got here."

"You're fine and you know I'm right. You just have to wrap your stubborn mind around the fact that you can teach and be happy doing it," Miranda states with a small trace of annoyance in her voice.

They eat quietly for a few minutes. The silence is broken by Derek's cel phone ringing with a call from Meredith.

"Meredith Grey is calling you?" Miranda asks in surprise.

"Yes," Derek says with a grin as he gets up from the table. "I'll be right back," he says as he leaves the room to take her call.

"Hi Meredith," Derek answers once he's in his bedroom with the door shut.

"Hi Derek," Meredith says with a smile as she slips into an empty on call room to talk to him. "How are you?"

"I was in a great mood and thinking about you. Now I'm annoyed because Miranda is hassling me about the job at the hospital."

"Is Bailey there?"

"Yes. I left her in the kitchen to wonder why I'm talking to you. I was going to tell her that we're dating but I think I'll let her just wonder now."

"That's mean," Meredith giggles. "And are we?"

"Are we what?"

"Dating?"

"What would you call us having meals together, talking about our lives and making out on my couch?"

"Don't forget the foyer," Meredith giggles again.

"Yes, the foyer holds fond memories for me."

Meredith giggles again then states, "We're dating."

"Yes and I'm not saying anything to Bailey yet."

"So Derek - since we are definitely dating..." she trails off - hesitating.

"What Mer?"

"Well, my friend Cristina was asking me about you last night. She's a surgeon - and I just... well, I don't want to say the wrong thing..." she trails of again.