Looking at you side ways

7

Meredith glanced in the rear view mirror and saw that they were keeping up with her. She had just gotten off the freeway and was a few minutes from her house. [i]No turning back now [/i]she thought. [i]She was nervous. She didn't want to be alone in the house, but wouldn't it have been better with female roommates she asked herself. Maybe they won't like it.[/i]

She pulled into the driveway and waited as they did too. The house had a three car garage, but it was full of boxes.

Mark got out of his car and let out an appreciative whistle.

Mark said, "Very nice Princess."

Derek looked up at the large house.[i] He couldn't believe she lived here all alone. It was in an exclusive neighborhood and looked very expensive. Well, her mother did have money.[/i]

Derek said to Meredith as they walked up to the front door, "Meredith, its looks perfect. I think it's large enough for even more roommates."

Meredith said, "The downstairs is very roomy, but it's not so big upstairs. Your rooms are a little on the small side and the closets are minimal."

Mark said, "That's okay baby. Bedrooms are for sleep and sex only." He gave her a little smirk. "And we are not going to be getting much sleep for the next year."

Meredith glared at Mark and said, "Don't call me princess or baby or our deal is off! You understand?"

Derek laughed as they stepped into the large foyer and said, "He gets it. He gets it! No more pet names."

Mark muttered under his breath so only Derek could hear, "Until we get our stuff moved in."

Meredith sat her bag down and walked into the living room.[i] It was packed with boxes covered in dust. She was embarrassed that she had not gotten around to unpacking things yet. She had only been home for a short time. She had only tackled the kitchen and downstairs bath and also the room and bath she was using. It had been hard the first night to sleep in what she referred to as her mother's room. But it was large and had the attached bath and large walk in closet. She had a new mattress delivered a few days ago. If Derek and Mark wanted to live here, she would get new mattresses for their beds too. [/i]

"This is the living room and the fireplace used to work. I assume it still does. It's gas. The boxes in here, I just have not had a chance to go through. They can probably be moved to the basement or attic."

Derek looked around at the room. [i]It was large, but didn't seem cozy like his mother's house. It reminded him of his parent's house. Except it had no soul. He wondered what it was like for Meredith growing up here.[/i]

Meredith walked into the dining room that was also contained boxes.

"Um..Formal dining room."

She then walked into the small study and said, "Library or study or whatever."

Mark said, "Mer, this is huge. Once you unpack the boxes of course. What is in them?"

"Um....knickknacks and stuff. Tapes and you know stuff."

Derek looked over at Meredith.[i] She looked extremely uncomfortable. At work and at the bar when they first met she was the picture of confidence and poise. In this house, she was a rambling mess. What an intriguing girl she was[/i] thought Derek.

"Surgical tapes?" asked Mark excitedly.

"Um. Probably home video stuff. You wouldn't be interested." Meredith lied.

She walked towards the back of the house and showed them the bath that had a large upgraded shower stall and the large comfortable kitchen. She pointed outside to the oversize yard with the brick patio and the built in grill.