meredith sat in her office nervously filling paperwork out, her date with derek was in a few hours and she didn't know what to do. her life kept spiraling in different directions, one day she loves her life the next she feels like complete hell. meredith decided to suck it up and start preparing, she was gonna show him her favorite place in London, the secret garden at regents park.
a few hours later derek arrived back at the hospital to pick meredith up. she was wearing a forest green skin tight dress that contrasting her gorgeous green eyes perfectly. he was flabbergasted at the sight and immediately complimented her.
"you look, amazing," he said with an astonished expression
"you look pretty handsome yourself dr.shepherd," meredith replied flirtatiously
she led them over to her car and derek was pretty impressed.
"a porsche? you don't strike me as a porsche girl"
"its been my dream car since forever and when i became an attending i decided to treat myself"
"someone has good taste in cars and men," derek said with a smirk
"if you do that one more time you are getting kicked on to the side of the road"
"fine, where are we even going?"
"you'll see" meredith said while stepping on the gas a little harder
they arrived at merediths favorite Asian restaurant near regents park, MBER.
"what's good here its my first time in London"
"i can tell, the grilled chicken satay is my favorite but if you are a health nut, the steak salad is also really good"
"well i love salad, i guess i will try that"
the waiter came and took their order, while they waited for their food derek decided to ask the million dollar question.
"so, are you gonna explain all of this to me?" derek asked while looking straight into her eyes
"and why would you possibly need to know about me?"
"did you forget that we slept with each other on the other side of the globe or was that a whole fever dream?"
"fine, do you want to know my whole backstory or current life?"
"everything, and then i will go on about myself for however long you want"
"deal, but this is gonna be very long so prepare yourself"
"i am very prepared"
"my mother is ellis grey obviously and my father left us when i was five. ellis was never around, and most of the time she treated me like some kind of peasant. it was all left up to me to raise myself, i pushed my ass so hard in school, no one talked to me and i always had some type of educational book in my hand. i ended up graduating high school at the age of fourteen. went to harvard graduated early at the top of my class at sixteen, then i made a big decision to pack up and go to med school here at oxford. i became an official doctor at nineteen and finished all four of my residencies in a year. i wasted no time into publishing which boosted my level at the hospital and eventually won myself chief of neuro."
"why did you do four residencies?"
"i couldn't pick between them, i'm a libra, very indecisive"
"haha very funny, one more question, why were you in Seattle that night at the bar"
meredith got a sudden jolt of nervousness. was she gonna tell this guy her whole other sad intern life in the U.S?
"um, i... don't... know?" meredith knew she was going to have to tell the truth
"that's not an answer"
"fine, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimers. i was required to move back to Seattle to care for her but because i have a European medical license instead of an American one i have to start my whole career over unless the board of surgery approves me which i doubt because its been a month since i sent a request"
"ellis grey has Alzheimers?"
"ellis grey had Alzheimers." meredith repeated his words back reassuringly
"so you're telling me you are Hannah Montana"
"sure but sub the singing career out with surgery"
"very funny, how old are you now, not to be rude but its just kind of confusing"
"i'm 21 what about you, tell me about your life it probably isn't as depressing as mine"
"i'm 28, originally from New York, i have four sisters who are all a big pain in the ass except for amy, i love her. i recently got divorced after i found my best friend since forever screwing my wife on my own bed. i called my good friend richard webber at Seattle Grace and he gave me chief of neuro. my current home is a piece of land overlooking Seattle with a big trailer sitting on it. my favorite flavor of ice cream is coffee and the big scar on my head is why i don't ride motorcycles anymore. oh and my dad got shot when i was young right in front of me, anyways where are you doing your internship?"
she froze at the question, she couldn't tell him that they worked at the same hospital in the U.S. so she came up with a lie, he would just have to find out on his own.
"mercy west, i hate it there its nothing like St. Thomas"
"well it is internship, nothing like being a quadruple surgeon and chief of neuro at the most prestigious hospital in the U.K"
"tell me about it"
they dug into their food and talked more about each other.
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"that was great," derek admitted while holding merediths hand as they walked through the secret garden in regents park
"yeah it was, it's the best restaurant ever"
"i am going to have to keep your word on that considering it is only my first day here"
"we should get going, zara's surgery is at 7 in the morning tomorrow"
"maybe i should go back with you, to go over the surgery one last time"
"this isn't my first rodeo derek, also i refuse to sleep with you"
"i said to go over the surgery not sleep with you"
"fine lets go, cristina should be on call so we have the place all to ourselves to practice the surgery"
derek was surprised meredith approved of his begging and followed her immediately. they arrived back to the apartment to discuss their surgical plan.
"do you want wine?" meredith asked while pouring herself a glass
"sure"
"so lets start with the technique, i will do a craniotomy to grab the margins of the tumor for better visualization, you will then remove part of the tumor from the frontal lobe. after you are done with that, i just need to remove the remaining tumor from the optic nerve and zara will be tumor free" meredith said proudly
derek didn't respond, instead he cupped meredith's cheeks lightly and pressed his lips against hers. meredith gave in, she had a feeling it was going to happen and she was excited about it. they continuously made out eventually leading themselves over to meredith's bed. the rest of the night was a blur, meredith didn't even care that he was her boss in the U.S., over here she was his boss, everyone's boss.
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lol i hate writing smut so the farthest this story will ever go with smut is a makeout session leading into seggs. ANYWAYS, hope you enjoyed this merder chapter, see you when i update again:)) don't forget to vote and comment!!
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Fanfictionmeredith grey grew up in a complicated household. her mother was never around to care for her due to being a world renowned surgeon and her father left her at a young age. at her own expense, meredith pushed herself to be better than anyone on the d...
