The Seventh Sense is Love

Fellowship Readiness

Lexie finds Meredith in the research room behind the nurse's station on floor three. She asks her sister "Why are you hiding?"

"I'm trying to finish my Fellowship applications."

"You had half of yesterday and all of last night off. I figured you'd have them done and in the mail."

"Umm - I was in bed the whole time," Meredith mumbles.

"In bed? Were you sick?"

"No," Meredith answers with a smile and a tint of blush on her cheeks.

"Oh my god," Lexie says with her own grin. "You had a sex marathon with Derek."

Meredith's response is a huge, beautiful smile.

"I hate you," Lexie sighs. "I mean, I love you but in this moment I hate you because I'm jealous."

"What are you talking about? You're having plenty of sex with Alex."

"Actually, I'm not. I ended that because I'm tired of feeling cheap afterward."

"Oh. Well, if that's how you were feeling then ending it was a smart thing to do."

"Yeah, I guess," Lexie sighs again. "I just want to feel the way you're feeling about Derek."

Meredith gives a nervous little gulp. She looks at her sister and replies, "What I'm feeling right now is stressed because I have got to finish these applications, Lex."

"I'm not talking about that and you know it. Maybe you haven't admitted it to yourself Mer, but Derek makes you feel something really great. I know because you blush and giggle about him. Plus, there's just something in your eyes. And..."

"Okay," Meredith interrupts. "Enough Lex. I have to work on these."

"All right," Lexie agrees. "Can I just ask you one question before I go?"

"Yes."

"Did he make your toes curl?"

"Repeatedly," Meredith answers with a grin.
*

"I came by on Wednesday morning to fish but you weren't here."

Derek grins as he casts his line into the water. He says in Mark's direction, "I was with Meredith."

"Really?" Mark asks with a grin of his own.

Derek nods, but doesn't say anything else.

"So how is she?"

"I don't know. She imposed a temporary exile until today so she could finish her Fellowship applications. She's coming over tonight after work and once I'm done at Kayla's birthday party."

"Not what I meant," mutters Mark.

"I know exactly what you meant, asshole. I'm not answering your juvenile questions."

"That good, huh?"

Derek's only answer is a smile.

"Lucky bastard."

"Mark," Derek growls.

"Hey, I'm just saying..."

"Don't say anything else," Derek interrupts.

Mark wisely keeps his laughter to himself. He's not going to admit it to Derek, but he's pleased as hell to see his friend so happy.
*

"This is boring as hell."

"You're just grouchy because you had mind-blowing sex all day and night Wednesday and haven't had it since."

"Thanks for the reminder Lexie," Meredith mumbles as she charts in the clinic.

"You had sex all day and night?" Cristina asks, obviously jealous. "With Derek?"

"Yes," Meredith answers with a smile.

"You know about Derek?" Lexie asks.

"I know she's dating a guy named Derek," Cristina answers.

"Oh," Lexie replies and quickly leaves to go speak with a young woman who walks in the clinic doors.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" Cristina inquires.

"I finally finished and mailed off my Fellowship applications."

"That's great but not what I meant," Cristina answers. When Meredith stays silent Cristina sighs and says, "Your sister obviously knows something about Derek that you don't want to tell me. I thought we were finally friends."

"Cristina," Meredith says quietly. "Derek... my Derek - well, he's not my Derek, what I mean is.." she trails off and sighs.

"I get that you don't trust me enough to tell me," Cristina snaps.

"He's Derek Shepherd," Meredith says to Cristina's retreating back.

Cristina turns back, "Derek Shepherd?"

"Yes."

"Derek Shepherd, the hot, genius Neurosurgeon we studied in med school?"

"Yes," Meredith answers with a smile and a small roll of her eyes.

"I'm impressed. You're not as boring as I once thought." Cristina nods. Her pager goes off and she tells Meredith before walking away, "I want details later."

"Not going to happen," Meredith laughs.
*

Meredith pulls up at Derek's house, turns off the engine and then just sits in her car. She is feeling very nervous and feels a little bit ridiculous about it. After all, she had just spent many hours in bed with him earlier in the week while they learned every physically intimate detail of one another. Meredith rationalizes that she's nervous because this is the first time she's seen him since then. Plus, this was the first time she was going to actually stay the night at his house.

What truly has Meredith freaked out and nervous is the fact that she knows she'd wondered about being in love with Derek. She's just been too busy since the initial wonderment to actually give it any thought. Now she was about to spend the night at Derek's house for the first time. There was nothing to distract her from what she was feeling for him. She wasn't on call, her Fellowship applications were done, she had an overnight bag packed and her heart was hammering wildly in her chest.

She told herself to stop freaking out and go inside. More than likely Derek had heard her pull up and was wondering what was keeping her. Meredith took a deep breath and attempted to put maybe being in love out of her mind and just enjoy her time with Derek.

Sure enough, when Meredith got to Derek's front door it was open and he was standing there looking concerned. "Are you all right, Meredith?"

"Yes," she answers honestly.

"Good," he smiles and holds out his hand to her.

Meredith takes Derek's hand and he pulls her into him for a kiss. A kiss that starts off sweet and quickly escalates to heated, passionate and slightly out-of-control. She vaguely hears the door shut as she drops her bag on the floor.

He presses her against the wall with the entirety of his body. She gasps at the hardness and the strength of him. "Wednesday was a long time ago," he groans.

"It was," Meredith agrees with a small giggle that turns into a delighted gasp when Derek quickly - and a little roughly - discards her jeans and panties. "Now," he demands, biting her bottom lip.

"Yes," she agrees, breathlessly, still pressed between Derek and the wall. She reaches down to unzip his pants and release his erect penis from its confinement.

Derek hoists Meredith's thighs up and around his waist and thrusts deeply into her. Without pause they thrust wildly against one another, kissing, biting lips and digging their fingers into one another. Striving to be as close as they physically can. Within moments they're panting and groaning in mutual orgasm.

"Oh my God," Meredith giggles a few moments later.

Derek laughs and holds Meredith close to him as their breathing returns to normal.

"I love..." she hesitates for the briefest second... "your foyer."

Derek smiles, rubs his thumb softly down her cheek and whispers, "Me too,Mer.