young and in love

Introduction

The summer after Derek's 10th grade year is coming to an end and school is getting ready to start back.

Derek didn't hang out with his friends this summer like he usually did, his 10th grade year was hell for him and he was pretty positive his junior year would be the same.

Early in the fall when he just turned 16, his father had just been killed by two men who shot him just for his watch, and Derek just fell into a hole after that, he had no one, his mother and sister's were there for each other when they needed each other but Derek only had one person, his best friend Mark Sloan was always there for him, as much as Derek tried to shut Mark out, his best friend would always be by his side.

First day of their junior year and Mark barged into Derek's room, "Alright shep it's time to get up, new year and you need to kick ass, get some friends besides me, hell you should go get yourself a girlfriend" Derek wasn't in the mood at this hour and he just mumbled something that wasn't audible for Mark to hear.

"Uh what was that shep, couldn't hear you talking into your pillow, come on get up!" Derek finally turned over and threw his pillow at him, "I don't wanna go today, it'll be the same as last year"

Mark just gave him a sympathetic look, Derek's dad meant a lot to Mark too considering Derek's family basically took him in as a child and were better to him than his actual parents, "I know it's gonna be hard, but how about just for today you don't have to hang out with anyone else but me, how's that sound" Derek gave him a smirk and told him, "Sounds great!" in a very sarcastic tone and rolled his eyes.

Mark sure knew that this would be a very long day, actually he knew that this year would be very long.