Continuation of If/Then

Part 7

"Meredith, what does this mean?"

"Oh shit."

"Meredith?"

"I just slept with a guy while my date is in the other room."

"Oh wow. That's a little trashy, don't you think?" Derek grinned

Meredith smacked his arm.

"Not helpful."

"We should probably go back before someone notices we are gone."

"Yea. Derek?"

"Hmm?"

"What does this mean."

"It means I love you too. I don't know what we should do about your date or your mother. But I love you and being apart clearly isn't working. Plus my liver needs us to be together, because being apart has made me drink way to much."

Meredith smiled at him as he left the room.

Meredith walked back to the party which was dying down. Finn seemed to be in deep conversation with Addison.

"Hi" She smiled softly and put her arm on Finn's shoulder.

"Hello." He responded and kissed her on her forehead.

"Are you feeling okay, you seem a bit sweaty"

Addison got a look in her eye and searched the room for Derek. She had noticed Derek had been in a terrible mood for the entire night. This time when she saw him, he was smiling from cheek to cheek.

"I was just having a lovely conversation with Finn here, where did you run off to?"

"I um-"

"I was also looking for Derek and couldn't find him. Do you know where he was?"

"Meredith?" Finn asked while he was connecting the dots in his head.

"Finn can we talk in private?"

"Um yea sure." They went to find a private room, which happened to be the same private room she had been in minutes earlier.

"So where were you actually."

"I was with Derek."

"Meredith."

"I know it's terrible but I just. I love him."

"This is the same man you were shouting at in a bar a few days ago."

"Yes."

"Meredith. It's not going to end well."

"Even if it doesn't. I can't not be with him. I love him and I can't think straight when I am not with him."

Finn looked at her with sad eyes

"Okay, well, I will leave. Goodbye Meredith."

Finn left and after a few minutes Meredith followed. She walked into the party once again. The party was almost empty but there were a few people still standing around and there was still music playing. She found Derek sitting in the corner once again, this time smiling.

Derek popped up at the sight of her and ran up to her.

"Can I have this dance?"

"Umm.. publicly? In front of everyone?"

"Meredith our boss said that if we stay together we will get fired. And I distinctively don't dance. But there is nothing I want more in this moment than to take you in my arms and dance with you."

"Fine."

"Fine? that's enthusiastic"

"You already got enthusiastic."

"And I liked enthusiastic so much I want more of it."

"hmmm. Well lets dance."

They danced together until the music stopped. While Meredith was still in his arms, "Can I go home with you?"

Derek smiled at her, "Of course."

The next day Meredith barged into Ellis's office.

"Meredith, how can I help you?"

Meredith smiled sweetly, "I wrote an article I plan on submitting to a few different publications. I just wanted you to read it before I send it off"

Meredith handed the paper to her mother and sat comfortably across from her. She watched as her mother grew with rage. As soon as she finished reading, she slammed her hand down on her desk.

"Meredith you absolutely can not publish this. Why would you even write this?"

"I just wanted to share my experiences with you and this hospital. I don't have to submit it. I mean I totally wouldn't even want to submit if I was able to have a positive relationship here."

"So this is about Derek."

"Yes."

"So you are blackmailing me."

"Yes."

"I don't like it."

"I am fairly certain you are not supposed to."

"Fine, date him. Whore around for all I care."

"I just might, thanks Mother" She left the room cheerfully.

"I took care of it" Meredith said as she put her arms around Derek.

He turned around to look at her, "What do you mean 'you took care of it'"

"I talked to my mother and we are no longer an issue"

"Just like that, that easy."

"Well"

"Meredith..." He said questioning.

"I might have done a little..." she put two fingers together "blackmailing involved"

"What?" He said a bit disappointedly. 

"Don't worry about it. It is taken care of."

"I would have preferred it to have been taken care of legally."

"Well we don't always get what we want."

"I will make sure to send letters to you in jail. Apply for lots of conjugal visits." He kissed her forehead lightly then walked away.

Hey guys! thank you for 500 reads and putting this as 10th in the merder tag. I haven't been getting comments on the past couple posts and I just want to make sure you are still liking it. So please give me any feedback you can. and sorry for the typos