I walk out of work with tears in my eyes. I get in a cab and give the driver Derek's address. He drives me there.
I knock on the door of his apartment. The door opens and I see a girl stood infront of me wearing what is presumably one of Derek's shirts.
"Oh um" I say shocked. "Meredith?" Derek walks over. "I'm gonna go" I turn around and walk away.
"No, mer.. meredith" he grabs my hand. "I should've called first" I say. "She's just my friend.. she's staying here whilst she's in town" he says. "Mhm okay" I try to walk away again but he stops me.
"Meredith I promise" he puts his hands on my waist. "We're literally just friends.. she has a boyfriend" he says. "Its fine derek.. we never said we were exclusive.. you don't have to lie to me" I say.
"I'm not lying" he says. "Okay" I say. "Do you want to come in?" He pulls me inside before I can even process the question.
"Hey" his friend says. "Hi" I say. "This is Addison, my friend.. addie, this is meredith" he says. "Come" he holds my hand, leading me into the bedroom. He closes the door behind us.
"Listen, nothing happened with me and Addison-" he says. "Its okay, I believe you" I say. "Good" he let's out a small breath.
"And by the way.." he puts his hands on my waist. "Mhm?" I look at him. "We're exclusive" he says. "Yeah?" I grin. "Yeah" he smiles.
"Unless you have anyone else you want to-" he says. "No, there's nobody else" I say. "Okay then" he says. I smile. He kisses me.
"Did you just come here to see me or.." he trails off. "I didn't have a very good day.. I was hoping you'd cheer me up" I say.
"Why? What happened today?" He asks. "The guy I'm working with.. he's a model too, he poses with me in some pictures for ads and stuff" I explain. He nods.
"He keeps touching me.. and nobody is listening to me when I say I don't like it because it 'looks good in pictures' apparently" I scoff.
"That's horrible" he says. "I yelled at him today and everyone just went silent and stared at me.. it was so embarrassing" I say. He hugs me. I wrap my arms around his neck, hugging him back.
We pull away slowly. "Don't be embarrassed.. he should be embarrassed, not you.. if you don't like something then he shouldn't be doing it" he says.
"Can- do you wanna walk me home?" I ask. "Yeah, sure" he says. "Ok" I say. "Do you have a coat?" He asks. I shake my head. He grabs his and puts it on me. He zips it up for me. I smile.
We leave his apartment after saying bye to his friend. "Oh, my parents aren't home by the way" I say as we walk closer to my house. "You did that on purpose" he says. I giggle.
"Making me walk you home so you can have your way with me" he says. "I did not!" I blush, hitting him. I totally did.
"Do you wanna come in?" I ask. He smiles, holding my hand. We walk inside. He follows me upstairs to my room. "Oh my god" he says. "What?" I ask.
"This is not what I thought your room would look like" he says. "Why?" I ask. "Everything is pink" he chuckles. I grin. "I like pink" I say. "You don't say" he laughs."Leave my room alone" I say.
My room is mostly white, and everything that isn't white is pink (light pink). I love my room. It's my safe place.
"I'm only joking.. I think your room is very nice.. I like pink too" he says. I grin. "Do you?" I ask. "Yes.. especially the pink colour of your lips" he kisses me.
"That was so cringey" I say. "Oh, did you think I meant the ones on your face?" He pushes me onto my bed.
"Gross!" I squeal, giggling hysterically as he climbs ontop of me. "I'm sorry, that was horrible" he laughs at himself. I grin, kissing him.
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"Mhm" I rest my head on his sweaty chest as we try to catch our breaths. He kisses my head. I smile.
He runs his hand up and down my chest slowly and gently. I bite my lip, smiling. I draw patterns on his chest with my finger.
"I love sex" I say. He chuckles. "good" he says. I grin. "Are you free tomorrow?" He asks. I shake my head. "Photoshoot" I say. "Oh, what about the day after?" He asks. "I'm free then" I say. "Okay good" he says.
"You wanna grab some lunch together then?" He asks. "Yes" I say. "Can I sleep here?" He asks. "Of course" I say. He wraps his arms around my waist. I close my eyes and soon fall asleep.
