Beep, beep, beep, Meredith rolled over and hit the snooze button the alarm clock. She couldn't believe that it was 4:30 already. She rolled over laying her head on her husband's chest. She always felt so safe and secure when she did this. It also made her feel at home..

"You know we have to up soon" said Mark

"I know but I just want five more minutes" she whispered in half a stage of sleep.

Mark put his arms around her holding her and giving her a soft kiss on her head while smelling the wonderful scent of lavender in the air. He smiled to himself after two years of marriage he still couldn't believe how lucky he got. He had not only had he given his heart to Meredith Grey but she had given hers in return as well. He had gone from a king of bachelorhood to a one woman man. Meredith's man…he loved the sound of that. He held her close, he always enjoyed these moments having her in his arms It made him feel at peace and most of all at home, which he never felt before.

It had been five years now since Derek went back to New York. Addison followed. It was said that they realized that they could never make their marriage work if they stayed in Seattle. Mark and Meredith were crushed, neither one said goodbye, no explaination, nothing. They had left the same way he had come, quick and sudden like a quick breeze in a summers night.

Mark and Meredith soon starting hanging out together, after all they were both in same club….the dirty mistress club, which had now become the lost loved one's club. They would drink together at Joe's and exchange stories of what they missed about the one's that had left them. As time went by they grew a close friendship and wallowing in self misery became something of the past and they started to just enjoy one another's company, running together in the morning, watching the game at his house while eating pizza. Then one night while leaving a bar getting caught in the rain running to the car they both stood outside the car door laughing at how soaked they were. Mark looked at Meredith with the moonlight hitting her face and realized that he loved this woman. That at that moment there was no one else for him. Without thinking what he was about to do he grabbed her face and kissed her, passionately. When he realized that she wasn't pushing him away, but actually recipicating it back he knew that things would never be the same again.

They had been together for a year when he had decided to ask her to be his forever. He wanted to do it at their favorite spot after their morning run, looking over Seatle.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked…"you're acting strange this morning"

"Nothing" he said, trying not to make eye contact for fear she would figure everything out before he could ask her.

"is this about your surgery this morning on your burn victim…you'll be great, don't worry"

"I need to talk to you" he said, in a nervous way.

"Okay" she looked at him with a smile on her face.

He was so nervous, god why was he nervous he had played this out over and over and over in his head. He knew exactly what he was going to say and what to do. The right was perfect the setting was perfect, she was perfect. He just needed to get it out.

"From the moment I met you I knew there was something different you…it took me awhile to figure out what it was exactly. What makes you different is you are the only woman I have ever given my heart to, and have wanted to. Every morning I wake up smiling because you are near me, and when I fall asleep you are the last person I see, and right after I close my eyes I thank god for you. You make me want be a better man, and I know that with you by my side I can be a better man. I love you Meredith" his voice began to crack….don't cry he thought, you can do this. But it was too late; the tears began to stream down his face.

"I want to spend the rest my life with you. I want make you as happy as you've made me…more even. Will you please marry me?"

And with that he took the box out of his windbreaker and opened it up. Meredith began to cry. She had dreamt of this moment. She knew it would come eventually but never imagined it to be this wonderful.

"YES" she cried, "yes, yes yes!"