I walk into the school cafeteria. I look down as I feel peoples eyes on me. I turn around, about to leave when derek walks over to me.
"Hey" he says. "Oh, hey" I say quietly. "You okay?" He asks, furrowing his brows. I look at him shocked. "Have you not been online?" I ask. He shakes his head.
"Why?" He asks. I sigh. I pull out my phone, showing him a picture that's all over Instagram.
It's a picture of me in my room, I'm sat on my bed, reading. I'm wearing just Derek's shirt and my hairs tied up in a bun. The picture was taken from outside my window.
The caption says 'look at the fucking slut.. bet she just got railed so hard by whoever tfs shirt that is'
"What the hell? Who took this?" He asks. "Deluca.. he got suspended for 2 weeks for taking pictures without my permission" I whisper.
"What the fuck!" He says. I nod. "It was supposed to be a joke.." I roll my eyes. He scoffs.
"I'm sorry mer.. are you okay?" He asks. I smile. "I'm okay.. at least I look hot" I shrug. He chuckles softly.
"Come on.. you want me to buy you some lunch?" He wraps his arm around my shoulder. I smile. "That'd be good" I rest my head on his shoulder. He buys me some food from the cafeteria.
We sit down at a table. "How does he even know where you live?" he asks. "I don't know.. I don't really care too much to be honest.. I just find it weird he was outside my window" I whisper.
"Do you know if he got any more pictures.. did you- were you getting changed or anything?" He asks. "Why do you want them?" I smirk jokingly. He glares at me. I giggle.
"Mer, I'm being serious" he says. "No, I always close my blinds before getting changed.. I'm not stupid" I say. "Good" he says.
"You're okay though? That caption was mean" he tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear. "You probably shouldn't do that.." I say quietly, gently pulling his hand away.
He looks at me confused. "People will think it's your shirt.." I say. "It is my shirt" he chuckles. I giggle. "You know what I mean" I roll my eyes.
"You really think people would believe you'd sleep with me?" He chuckles. God, I wish. "Shut up" I roll my eyes. I hate it when he talks about himself like that.. like he isn't the most perfect guy ever.
The bell rings. He stands up. "Hurry up" he says as I pack up my stuff. I giggle. I grab my bag. We walk down the hallways.
"Thankyou for getting me lunch" I smile. "That's okay" he smiles. "Oh crap, I forgot my books in my locker" I say. He groans. "Come on.. please" I say. He nods.
He follows me down the hallway to my locker. I gasp as I look at it. 'SLUT' it says in big red letters over my locker, written in spray paint. Everyone in the hallway watches me as I look at it.
I go to my locker, barging past people to get to it. I open it, grab my books and slam it shut. I run past derek, to class, feeling embarrassed as tears run down my cheeks.
I sit at the back of the classroom with my head on the desk, crying quietly into my arms.
It's a while later when I feel a hand on my back. "Hey" Derek says softly. I instantly sit up, wrapping my arms around him, hugging him tight. I hide my face in his shoulder.
He hugs me back, shocking me as he doesn't normally hug people. He wants to comfort me. I sniffle, pulling away slowly.
"You got snot on my shirt" he looks at his shoulder. "I'm sorry" I giggle. He smiles small, wiping my cheeks gently with his thumbs.
"Blow" he says as he moves a tissue to my nose. I blow into the tissue. He wipes my nose before tossing the tissue into the bin.
"You were late to class" I say. He shrugs. "I cleaned up your locker" he brushes my hair out of my face. "Thankyou" I hug him again quickly. "Its fine" he whispers. I smile.
"Okay, come here" he grabs my chair, pulling me closer. I look at him. He grabs my bag. "Can I?" He asks. I nod. He reaches into my bag.
I raise my brow as he pulls out my makeup bag. He wipes my face before doing my makeup. I just sit there in silence, confused.
He runs his fingers through my hair. "Done" he says. He picks up the mirror, showing it to me. I gasp. "Oh my god" I say shocked, looking at myself. I look beautiful.
"How did you-" I say. "I learnt to do makeup so I could help my sisters with theirs" he shrugs. I look at him in awe. "How?" I ask. "YouTube tutorials" he says.
"You're such a good guy" I whisper. He rolls his eyes. "Stop.. I mean it" I say seriously. He smiles small. "Your sisters are so lucky to have such an amazing brother" I say. This makes him grin proudly. I smile.
"What was this for?" I ask, referring to the makeup. "I get bullied.. trust me, go out there and be confident.. they'll leave you alone" he says. I smile small.
"Makeup makes you feel confident.. it shouldn't, because you look perfect without it.. but if it'll help.." he smiles. I smile brightly. "I don't know if I can.." I whisper.
"Yeah you can.. come on, you're meredith grey.. you're the most perfect girl in this school and the most confident person I know.. you can do this" he says. I smile. "Okay" I say.
Class finally ends. We pack up our stuff and go into the hallway. I take a breath. We walk down the hallways. Everyone stares at me, giving me looks as I walk outside, stood tall.
"Come on, I'll drive you home" he holds my arm gently. I look down at it, feeling shy. We walk to his car, getting in. He drives me home.
When we arrive, I say bye and go up to my room. I get changed and climb into bed. I pick up my phone.
I gasp as I scroll onto a video. "Who the hell did it?!" Derek asks angrily. "That'd be me.. what you gonna do about it, glasses?" A guy says.
I gasp, putting my hand over my mouth as derek launches at him, punching him in the face. Derek keeps punching him until he's bleeding from his nose and mouth.
Someone rips him away from him. "If you say anything about meredith grey again I will fucking kill you" he slams him into the lockers. I turn off the video. I text him.
Me: *video* that's where you were, when you came late to class?
Derek: I'm sorry
Me: Thankyou derek
Derek: you weren't supposed to see that
Me: well..
Derek: I need to get to sleep
Me: okay, goodnight
Derek: night, meredith
I take a breath, putting down my phone. I plug it in. I cuddle into my eyes. I can't believe he did that.. for me. I close my eyes. I soon fall asleep.
