Meredith walked into her house after a long day at work. She had dealt with several traumas today and all she wanted was to curl up under the covers and drift off to sleep.

She hung her coat in the closet and threw her keys on the little table in the hallway and shuffled into the living room. She lifted her head and let her eyes focus on the couch in front of her. Derek was seated there. She looked back at him, letting the soothing nature of his eyes peer deep into her heart and warm her entire body. She sighed and sat down next to him.

"Rough Day?", Derek asked knowingly. Meredith Simply nodded and let her head fall onto his chest and her arm curl up around his shoulders.

"We lost two patients and another is still in critical condition, we did everything we could...", Meredith trailed off and let herself focus on the gentle rhythm of Derek's breathing.

They both sat there on the couch silently for a long while. Meredith knew they had a special relationship, so much could be said with silence. The way they looked at each other, the way they hugged each other and more importantly the way they kissed each other.

The Silence whirled around them like a lullaby, that and the exhaustion from being a surgeon took hold and both of them dozed off in each others arms.

Derek woke up awhile later and let his eyes find the digital clock that sat above the television. It was just after 3 am and he knew the they would have to get up for work in a couple hours.

Derek gently moved out from under Meredith, careful not to wake her, and draped a blanket over her torso. He padded into the kitchen and sat down at the table. He let his head fall into his hands and a deep sigh relaxed the muscles in his body.

Derek sat there for awhile, just thinking. Thinking of how happy he was at this very moment, thinking of how far his relationship with Meredith had grown, thinking of how Meredith herself had grown as a person. Meredith was the love of his life and he wanted to shout it to the world. He wanted to ask her to marry him and with that thought he finally let himself contemplate what he really came in there to think about.

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It was another hectic day at Seattle Grace Hospital. Derek had been in back to back surgeries all morning and Meredith had just finished dealing with the flurry of ambulances that had rushed numerous patients to the emergency room.

Meredith finally caught a break as she made her way to the cafeteria. She spotted Christina a few yards ahead of her and shouted to her friend to wait up for her.

"Okay so, I just wanted to say that I'm happy. I'm doing the happy thing and its actually working this time. In fact, I think I'm actually getting good at it. Last night I fell asleep in Derek's arms." Meredith let a smile form across her face as she processed what she had just said.

"You know what makes me happy, surgeries. Surgeries and traumas. When there are surgeries and traumas I have a smile across my face." ,just as the last word left Christina's lips her pager went off and as she ran to answer her page she looked back at Meredith and said, "Today is a happy day."

Meredith silently agreed and thought, "Today is a happy day."

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Mark Sloane was as smug and conceded as they came. He was never wrong and he always spoke his mind. He was also Derek's Shepherds best friend.

"Man, you look tired, look at those bags under your eyes. Is there trouble in paradise?" Mark said as a smirk formed in the corner of his mouth.

Derek flashed him a look and then decided to answer, "I was up last night trying to decide if and when I should ask Meredith to marry me."

"Oh so your pulling out the big guns. Are you sure she isn't going to dart in the other direction as soon as your bent knee touches the floor?" Mark let out a half laugh at the thought of Derek's big gesture being a total flop.

"Why do I even bother with you." Derek rolled his eyes and turned to walk away from Mark.

Mark shouted back at him as he strolled down the hallway, "Because I make things interesting."

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