There's a knock at the door. I run out of my room. "I've got it! I'm answering it!" I run downstairs. "Calm down.. jesus" my mom says. I open the door.
"Hi" Derek says. "Hi" I smile. I hug him quickly. "Wow.. you came prepared" I giggle, looking at all the books he brought. He grins. "Come in" I get out of his way.
He walks in. "Hi derek" my dad walks over. I groan. "Hi Mr grey" Derek says. "Meredith said you were coming over.. what exactly are you studying?" He asks. "Science" Derek says. "Just checking" he says.
"Can we go?" I ask. "Okay.. no kissing.. touching or even-" he says. "Dad!" I say. "I'm just making sure" he says. "Derek's my friend.. he's just here to help me study, okay?" I say.
"My comment still stands" he says. "Just agree with him" I look at derek. "Yes sir" Derek says. "Also-" my dad says.
I roll my eyes. "Okay, thanks dad!" I scoff, interrupting him. I grab Derek's arm, pulling him upstairs. "Door open!" My dad says. I hear derek chuckle. "Yes dad" I giggle.
We walk into my room. "I'm sorry about him.. he's protective.. you know, two daughters" I shrug. "Its fine" he chuckles, sitting next to me on my bed. I smile.
"What do you understand about this?" He asks. I look at him. I read the book. I shake my head. "Okay, that's fine.. we can start with something simple" he says.
"Explain mitosis to me" he says. "Um.. its where the cell splits, right?" I ask. He nods. "What's the process.. stop by step?" He asks. "So first, the cell splits.. then, that's it" I say.
"Meredith, don't act stupid.. you know this" he says. I roll my eyes. "I know you know this" he says. "The mitochondria and ribosomes double.. then the DNA replicates" I say. "Good" he nods.
"And um.. then it moves to either end of the cell.. the nucleus splits and a new cell membrane and cytoplasm forms around the two new daughter cells" I say.
"See? You know the stuff.. just use your brain" he pats my head teasingly. I gasp. "Did you just pat me on the head?" I grab his arm. He grins. I hit him playfully repeatedly.
I climb ontop of him, hitting him with my pillow. He laughs. He grabs it off of me, pushing me off of him. He hits me with the pillow. I giggle.
I grab the pillow. We sit up. I smile, giggling We look into eachothers eyes. My phone rings. I break eye contact, picking up my phone. "One sec" I say. He nods. I answer it.
"Hey cris" I say. "Hey, do you wanna hang out?" She asks. "I can't.. I'm studying" I say. "So? Just come out" she says. "I'm studying with someone" I say. "What? Who?" She asks. "Derek" I say.
"Who?" She asks. "From school" I say. "Who?" She asks. I chuckle. "You know who derek is.. he gave us homework answers the other day" I say. "Oh right! Nerdy guy" she says. I smile as I watch him write his notes.
"You like him" she says. "Shut up.. I gotta go" I say. "You totally wanna bone nerdy guy" she says. I roll my eyes.
"You do!" She laughs. "I'm hanging up now" I say. "Byeeee" she says. I hang up.
"What next?" I ask. "Answer the questions" he points at the book. He passes me a pencil. I pick up the book and start writing.
I finally finish all the questions. "Here" I pass him my book. He puts it aside and keeps writing his own work. "Hey! Mark it" I say. He groans dramatically, picking it up. I grin.
He starts marking my work. "Here" he says, passing me the book. I smile. "I got them right" I grin. He smiles.
We finish some more work and go downstairs. "Thankyou for helping me derek" I smile, wrapping my arms around his neck. "Of course" he smiles.
I pull away slowly. "You'll pass the test easy" he says. I roll my eyes. "I failed the last two" I say. "I'm gonna help you.. you're going to pass, whether you like it or not" he says. I smile. "Fine" I grin. "Fine" he grins.
I pass him his books. "Bye nerd" I smile. "Bye.. asshole" he gasps. I giggle.
I stand on my tiptoes, kissing his cheek. I smile, looking into his eyes. "Bye" I whisper. He opens the door and walks out.
"Hey!" I say. He looks at me. "Sit with me at lunch tomorrow?" I ask. "Okay" he says. I smile. He walks to his car. He gets in. I smile, waving at him. He waves back before driving away.
I close the door. I smile brightly. "Someone has a crush on her study buddy" my mom says teasingly. "Shut up" I giggle.
"Hes cute" she says. I chuckle softly. "He is cute" I mutter under my breath.
"I don't think I'm his type" I shrug. "What? You're everyone's type" lexie joins the conversation. I grin. "Hes clever.. I'm popular and stupid" I whine. "Yeah, maybe you're not his type" she says. I glare at her. She giggles, walking away.
I run upstairs. I do a bit more studying by myself and text derek for a bit about what he's up to.
Apparently he bought a new video game and he updated me on what level he's on. I try to keep up with it but I'm not that good at video games.
I go downstairs, eat dinner and watch tv for a bit. At night, I go back to my room and get changed into my pyjamas. I text derek one more time before getting into bed. I fall asleep soon after.
