Derek's pov:
I'm walking down the school hallway looking for meredith. A guy barges past me. "Watch it!" He says. I look down, walking forward.
"Do you know where mer is?" I walk over to cristina. "Nope" she says. "Izzie?" I ask, looking at her. She shrugs.
I decide to go to the theatre block where the less busy toilets are. I knock on the door. "Mer?" I say. I hear a sniffle.
"Mer" I say again. "Yeah.. I'm here" she says. I open the door slowly, walking in. Nobody's in here apart from us anyway.
I lock the door behind me as I see her sat on the floor, her knees to her chest as tears run down her cheeks.
"What's wrong?" I sit next to her. "Nothing" she wipes her tears. She sobs quietly but tries to hide it by clearing her throat.
"Mer.." I whisper, stroking her hair gently. "Everyone hates me" she whispers in a sob. "What?" I whisper. "They do.. my mom.. dad.. Cristina.. all my friends" tears stream down her cheeks.
"I'm sure that's not true" I say. "It is! They leave me out all the time.. even when I'm stood with them, I'm never in the conversation.. they never ask me to go out with them.. I doubt they'd even realise if I were gone" she says.
"Everytime I try to talk to my mom, it just turns into a lecture about how annoying or stupid I am.. I'm failing in school.. my dad doesn't even have time for me" she says.
"I'm lonely" she sobs, pushing her face into her legs infront of her. What do I do? She sniffles, looking up. I look into her tear filled eyes.
"T-this is embarrassing and I- I'm just gonna go.. I'm sorry" she gets up. "No, mer.. meredith!" I get up too as she leaves quickly, running down the hall.
I groan, hitting my head against the door lightly. I'm so stupid. I walk after her. I see her leave the school and start to walk home. Its raining outside a bit.
I get in my car and drive after her. I stop a little bit infront of her and walk over to her. She looks at me shocked as she didn't see me pull up infront of her.
"I don't hate you" I say. "Derek, please just forget about it.. I'm really embarrassed" she looks down. "I'm sorry.. I'm really not good in situations where people are upset and I didn't know what to do" I say.
"I know its not much but you always have me" I say. "Until you get bored of me too" she says. "I-come here" I hold her hand, opening my car door for her. She gets in. I get in the drivers side so we're out of the rain.
"Why would I get bored of you?" I ask. "Everyone else does.." she says quietly. "I don't get it.. everyone loves you.. you're meredith grey.. the prom queen" I say.
"They like me because they don't know me.. trust me, if any of those guys from school hung around with me for even a little while, they wouldn't like me anymore" she says. "But you're amazing" I say. She rolls her eyes.
"Meredith, I'm being serious.. you're the funniest.. sweetest person I've ever met" I ask. "Of course I am.. nobody talks to you!" She says. "And the bitchy-ist" I mutter.
"I'm sorry.. sorry, I didn't mean that" she says. "What happened today? Why were you so upset?" I wipe her tears with my thumbs. "I had a- an anxiety attack.. and I told my friends about it but they thought I was lying" she tears up again.
"Mer, that's awful" I whisper. "I-i've only had one once before.. a couple of months ago" she says.
"Do you know what the trigger was?" I ask. "Both times was when my friends were either ignoring me or mad at me about something" she says.
"Can you please not tell anyone? I haven't even told my mom and when I did tell someone.. m-my friends, they laughed it off" she says. "Of course" I say.
"I take pills" I say. "Huh?" She asks. "For my anxiety.. they were prescribed by my doctor 2 years ago" I say. "Really? You have anxiety?" She asks. "They're for depression too" I say quietly.
"I didn't know" she says. "I didn't want you to" I say. "Are you still depressed?" She asks. "The tablets help" I say. "Good" she says.
"And you help.. I'm a lot happier when I'm around you.. you make me feel not so alone" I put my hands on her cheeks. "Me too" she says. I stroke her cheeks with my thumbs, looking into her eyes. She kisses me.
We pull away slowly. "Are you okay?" I ask. "I am" she says. "Why don't you hang out with me tomorrow in school?" I suggest.
"I will.. I was going to today but I saw you with Mark and didn't want to interrupt your science project thing" she says. I chuckle softly.
"Interrupt whenever you want" I grin. She giggles. She smiles, looking into my eyes. "I love you" I kiss her. "I love you too" she breathes against my lips, deepening the kiss.
We pull away slowly. "You wanna stay at my house tonight?" I ask. She nods, smiling. "I'll text my mom" she says. I drive her to my house.
