Hiding in the Shadows

36. Addison

Derek awoke a few hours later, feeling pretty damn good all things considered. He had to sleep...for now...on this uncomfortable, way too short couch, he was awoken from a boner inducing wetdream to Meredith screaming...and not like the way in his dream either. He was surprised he fell back to sleep after holding her scantily clad lithe shaky and sweaty...okay, he really needed to stop that train of thought. His mother would not be too happy if her baby boy showed up to the family picnic with a bonor the size of New York City. He ran his hand over his face vigorously to wake himself off and then stumbled to the bathroom. He stopped in his tracks.

Holy Fuck

He thought Meredith Grey in lingerie was something to drool over...her getting out of the shower dripping wet...had his tongue hanging out. This is what the scrubs were hiding. WOW! He heard a gasp. He allowed his eyes to meet hers as they were previously settled on her breasts and well, her nicely trimmed pussy...he was only human.

"Are you finished?" She asked wryly, her face amused and red. She was blushing under his deep scrutiny.

"No...not yet. Just stand there like that for a couple of hours." He said almost catatonically.

She shook her head and wrapped a towel around herself.

"No..." He whined, fighting the urge to stomp his foot.

Meredith giggled and walked around him and into to bedroom. He followed her only to have the door shut in his face...kind of. It was still leaning a little.

"Mer?" He scratched at the door lightly.

"Let me get dressed. They are eating at noon and it is already eleven."

"We can do a lot in an hour." He informed her.

"No. Now go get ready." She ordered.

"Fine." He shuffled back to the bathroom. "Not even getting any yet and she is already bossing me." He muttered.

"I heard that!" She yelled.

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Meredith laughed loudly as she put her right hand on the green circle. Some of the kids had roped her into playing twister and she couldn't resist their begging. They were in the den amidst a shitload of people. When Derek and Meredith had walked in, Meredith almost had a full out panic attack. There were at least a hundred people in that house and thankfully none of them were like Nancy. They were all very accepting of her and she just loved Julie and Mel. They had pulled her away from Derek and they had spent a good two hours making fun of everyone and telling Meredith stories about the family. It was the first time other than with the interns, that she felt like she belonged.

"Your turn Meredith." Amber said.

"Oops sorry." She flicked the black indicator. "Left hand red."

She quickly executed her move.

"You are going down soon." Amber laughed.

Meredith just smirked. What the thirteen year old didn't know was that Meredith was flexible like a gymnast. Yoga rocked.

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Derek walked back downstairs from beating Peter at Wii. He heard lots of hooping and hollering and after exchanging glances with the four brother in laws...they walked downstairs to see what the commotion was.

He stopped in his tracks for the second time that day. He walked up beside Michael who grinned at him.

"How smart am I?" Michael boasted.

Derek opened his mouth to berate him but lost all thought when Meredith took her right leg clear over her head to put in on a yellow circle.

Simultaneously, several heads twisted to the side to watch her.

"Pretty fucking smart..." He said.

Mike leaned into him.

"I hate you right now." He hissed.

Derek swallowed hard and shifted uncomfortably. He felt like a hormonal teenager. He only hoped like hell his Aunt Ida was not anywhere nearby...she was the ex nun.

Suddenly he heard groans from the men as the game came to an end. Meredith having won. A smattering of applause rang out and Meredith laughed and took a bow. She spotted him and ran over to him, throwing her arms around him.

"I am having so much fun. Thank you so much for bringing me here." She said, bringing his head down to hers and kissing him deeply.

He heard the catcalls and whistles, but couldn't bring himself to care as he drank her in....her scent, her softness.

Julie and Mel walked in.

"What is all the damn commotion about in here...oh!" Julie said as she saw them, smiling widely and nudging Mel.

"Can you two not make me barf up my lunch?" Mel said loudly. She spotted the twister game. "Who played twister?"

Meredith extracted herself from Derek.

"Oh, Amber invited me to play with her." Meredith said breathlessly.

Julie wordlessly went up to Michael and slapped the back of his head.

"Michael Anthony McMullen, how much did you pay her?" She demanded to know.

"Ma!" Michael whined.

"Don't Ma me young man..."

"I gave her a twenty." He muttered.

"Amber Ellis!" Mel said.

"What? It was twenty dollars to play twister...oh god, what did I do?" Amber said sarcastically.

Meredith stifled a laugh.

"Everyone out!" Julie demanded. The males all grumbled as they filed out. As Mike passed, Julie slapped his head too. He went out rubbing it.

"I am so sorry Mer." Julie said.

Meredith let out all her held in laughter.

"This is hilarious...you mean to tell me that your son bribed his cousin to get me to play Twister so he could stare at my ass for an hour?"

"That pretty much sums it up..." Julie said.

"He is our resident horndog." Mel said.

"And he is all mine...unfortunately." Julie said, laughing in disbelief at her son's antics.

"It's okay...it served its purpose." Meredith said, winking at the girls. They smiled at her slyly.

"So now what do we do?" Meredith asked, wanting to play more games and have some more fun. She has never gotten to do this before and now she wanted to experience all of what it was to belong to a big family even if it was just pretend. She would have these memories to treasure always.

"Now we introduce you to Derek's wife...meet Addison Montgomery Shepherd." Nancy's voice rang out.

Everyone looked towards the door where Nancy and the most gorgeous redhead Meredith had ever seen were standing.

Okay, this was one memory she would just as soon block out...