I got amazing prompt from my dear friend @acciotvseries AU story where Meredith and Nathan met in High school. Hope you will like it!
Meredith was sitting in the biology class in her high school in Seattle. She was a good student, completely in love with study. Meredith, a blue-eyed, tiny girl treated biology and her other favorite subjects as an escape from her life and home. Her life wasn’t the worst, but her mother, a brilliant surgeon, pushed her daughter to the limits. Meredith was used to not having any friends, she was completely dedicated to school . While her classmates had boyfriends and were going on dates, Meredith was spending time at home, listening to her mom’s experiences from work. She didn’t mind that, the surgeries and all that connected with them were like drugs for her. Then, Meredith heard the click of the opening door, she lifted her head and looked at the boy standing at the door. He was tall, handsome and his abs were hidden by a dark blue shirt, she didn’t know if she had ever saw him, but she had never paid attention to footballers. When she lifted her head up, Meredith looked at the most amazing blue eyes she had ever seen. She blushed uncontrollably, lowering her sight.
“Are you lost?” she asked him, “the playing field is downstairs,” she said without looking at the boy.
“I know that,” he said, entering the room.
“What are you doing here then?” she asked again.
“I need a favor and…I think you are be the best to ask to.” he said, scratching his head.
“I don’t even know your name and you want to ask me for a favor? You’re fast..”
“I’m Nathan.” he said, took a step towards her, “Nathan Riggs.” he lifted his hand.
“Meredith Grey.” she shook it back. “what did you want to ask me then?”
“I… need help. I know you are smart and brilliant when it takes to a few subjects and I need to receive better grades or my parents won’t let me play football anymore.”
“You need help studying?” she asked confused.
“Yes. Can we meet during the week? At the weekends I have games.”
“Why you think I would say yes?” she asked.
“Because you are a nice girl and I think you don’t want to spend time at home after school,” he answered.
Meredith thoughts ran through her head, he was a football player, a guy who would never notice her, but she saw in his eyes that he was honest, he figured her out in a second. Meredith was even a little bit happy, she wouldn’t have to stay with her parents during the week and who knew, maybe she’d like football?
“Okay, but there are two conditions.” she said, looking into his eyes,” first: we always meet at your place or outside the school. Second: you bring lunch with you. I’m always hungry when I study.”
“Deal.” he smiled, showing off his teeth.
A week had passed since they had had made the deal in biology room, Nathan wasn’t so bad as Meredith thought. He just couldn’t focus and that was his main problem. They were studying at his house. When Meredith visited it the first time, she wondered how his mom could afford that kind of house. It was a big house made of light brick two floors, a lot of green trees and a pool that made Meredith shivered. They always sat by the pool so Nathan’s mom couldn’t see them. He was embarrassed by her, the first time she saw Meredith she thought she was Nathan’s girlfriend.
“Nathan finally brought a girl.” his mom said.
“Mom, she’s not my girlfriend,” he answered.
“I’m Meredith. I’ll help Nathan with some subjects.” she smiled at his mom.
“Oh, you kids can sit here.” she pointed to the kitchen table.
“No. We will sit by the pool.” Nathan took Meredith’s hand into his and pulled her to the door.
“I’m so sorry,” he said, blushing.
“Don’t worry. My parents fight all the time so it’s nice to be in a silent house.”
“That’s why you don’t want to stay at home?”
“Yes. We used to go out all the time.”
“We?” Nathan asked confused.
“Yes. Me and my friend Cristina. She moved away and changed school. She’s brilliant you know, smart and intelligent.”
“I’m sure of that, but I think you’re smarter.” he smiled.
“Compliments won’t help you pass the test,” she answered sarcastically.
“Well, I had to try,” he said, pulling out a chair so she could sit.
They had been working for some time when his mom brought some cookies and ice tea. She was looking at Meredith with excitement and for a moment Meredith thought she would ask her more tricky, uncomfortable questions, especially when Nathan left her to answer
“Is my boy treating you right?” she asked.
“Uhm, yes. He is making some progress.” Meredith answered.
“Yes, but you know… he doesn’t have a girlfriend… he’s a nice boy. I raised him right and…”
“MOM!” Nathan yelled. “Meredith isn’t my girlfriend! Leave her alone, would you?”
“Okay. I was just trying to help,” she said, leaving them.
“I’m so sorry for her. She’s impossible.”
“You’re the first person who doesn’t ask where my dad is.”
“It’s not my business Nathan,” she said, looking at the books on the table.
“You’re the first person I want to tell that.”
“I would love to… if you want to share…”
“He was a soldier. He had been in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that it would be his last mission and then he’d retire, but instead of that two soldiers stood in front our house. They said he died on the field. He tried to save two girls from a minefield…”
Meredith lifted her head and looked at his broken face, his eyes were closed and a little teardrop was on the table. She pulled her chair closer and put her hand on his. She rubbed it with her thumb, trying to make him feel better.
“Sorry. Usually I’m not a crying baby,” he said, looking at her.
“It’s okay. Everyone needs to cry it out.” she gave him a small smile.
Nathan pulled himself closer to her, their forehead touched and after a second he put his lips on hers, tasting her cherry chapstick. Nathan smiled to himself when they lips glided over each other smoothly, making a way for their tongues to trace over each other. But then Meredith pushed him away, she had promised herself that it would be only study, nothing else.
“I’m sorry…” she whispered, “I have to go.” she ran through the door.
“Meredith!” he screamed after her when she was already behind his door.
Meredith was in the classroom, waiting for Miss Robins’ boring classes to end. She was nice and always smiling, but history of art wasn’t Meredith’s favorite subject. She was looking through the window, trying to figure out what to do with Nathan. She had fallen in love and that was a mistake, she closed her eyes when the bell rang loudly. Meredith put her things in the bag and was about to leave when a redhead girl jammed the door. It was Megan, a mean girl, Meredith truly hated her. Megan was a tall, skinny cheerleader.
“Move! I want to go out,” she said.
I will. Don’t worry. Just want to help you, that’s all.”
“Yes. It’s about Nathan,” she said, smiling.
“I don’t want to hear it.”
“He was using you to win a deal with the guys. They bet that he would be able to have sex with you.”
“Whatever…” Meredith said, leaving the classroom.
Meredith was sitting in her favorite spot in the school, a little bench between two monument trees, it gave her silence and protected her from everyone else’s sight. She had been crying for almost the whole day, after what Megan had said to her she couldn’t force herself to come back to the classes. Suddenly she heard a little noise coming from behind the tree, she looked there and saw him. Meredith wanted to leave as soon as possible, but he grabbed her tightly and pulled her wet from tears face to his chest. She sobbed, but after a moment she wanted to pull herself away from his warm hug.
“Leave me alone!” she yelled.
“Meredith it wasn’t that…” he tried to explain.
“You didn’t want to fuck me to win a stupid bet?”
“Of course not! I would never do this to you! I… really, really like you.”
“But…but Megan said…” she tried to understand.
“She liked me in a way I’ll never like her because I like you.” he tucked her hair behind her ear.
“You like me?” she asked, smiling.
“Of course! I never had any problem with school, but ….I didn’t know how to ask you on a date,” he said, blushing.
“Ask me..” she whispered, looking into his icy blue eyes.
“Meredith Grey, will you go on a date with me?”
Meredith pulled him closer to her and brushed his lips with hers, they both closed their eyes, trying to breathe in one rhythm. She opened her mouth a little so his tongue could enter, their tongues were dancing around each other when a moan escaped from Meredith’s lips. She opened her eyes and looked at Nathan, he was breathing heavily and his eyes were wide opened, focusing only on her.
“Because this is our date,” she whispered, answering his question.
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