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Happily Ever After

Christy woke up to the sunlight pouring in her window warming her room brilliantly. She rolled over and looked at her clock; 10:00, so that's why it's so quiet, she thought, they left for the hospital hours ago. Derek and Meredith had to work today and then they had the next four days off, unless of course someone happened to need an emergency brain surgery in those four days. They had brought the twins to the hospital daycare like they usually do because Christy was spending the day with her boyfriend Aaron and then going over to her mom and Mark's house to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with them before they had to come back to Derek's for Christmas dinner.

This was pretty much how Christmas was for her every year. She would spend Christmas Eve and morning with one parent and that family and then they would have Christmas dinner at the others and then she would stay there. Having to go back and forth between her parent's houses got to be a little much at times. Sometimes she wished she could just stay in one place. She saw how happy her dad, Meredith and the twins were as a family and how her mom, Mark and Marley were as another family and she felt a little left out that she wasn't always a part of it.

After laying in the warmth and cosines of her bed for a while she decided to get up, take a shower and get ready, and have some breakfast before calling Aaron to see if he was up. By the time she was done all that it was almost noon and she and Aaron decided to go out for lunch and then go back and hang out at his house. An hour or so later they were seated at their favourite little café sipping on cappuccinos.

"So you're staying at your mom's for Christmas?" Aaron asked.

"Ya, her and Mark and Marley," she said with a sigh that didn't go unnoticed by Aaron.

"What? Is that a bad thing?"

"Well, sometimes I just wish my parents were still together. I mean I love all three of my siblings and Mark and Meredith are great, it's just I hate always going back and forth between houses and feeling left out."

"Left out?"

"Well, it's like my dad has his new family and my mom has hers and they all just look so happy like that, they have young kids, new houses, fresh starts you know. And then there's me, what's left of their life from New York," she finished with a frown.

"Hey, hey, hey. You aren't just something that's left over trust me. You're still your dad's favourite and you always will be, you can see it in the way he looks at you and talks to you, you're his first child. And you're mom, she's always going on about how great you are; at sports, in school, with your friends, with her and Mark and Marley. They love you more than anything," he comforted her and gave her hand that was lying on the table a squeeze.

"Thanks," she said as tears threatened her eyes and she covered them with a smile. They stood up and she gave him a peck on the lips before they left the café.

At Aaron's house they sat together on the couch watching a movie but before long the movie was forgotten and the kissing started. They had learned over the years to control themselves in public but when they were alone it was the complete opposite. It started with a soft kiss that got slowly more intense until Aaron's tongue pushed its way into her mouth and she gratefully allowed it as her hands ran through the back of his hair and his slowly started going up her shirt. Christy was now on her back on the couch with Aaron on top of her, his hands cupping her breasts and hers up the back of his shirt. She could feel his erection at her waist and she reached down and gave it a squeeze causing him to moan and start to take off her shirt. She pulled away and stopped him like she had a few times before when they got too close.

"I'm not ready, I'm sorry," she muttered while looking down.

"Don't apologize, it's okay, I'll wait until you are," he said. "So you ready now?" He asked jokingly.

"Aaron!" She said, smacking his arm playfully.

"I'm just kidding. How bout I give you your Christmas present then?" And he handed her a small box wrapped in cute gold paper. She tore it open, looked inside and gasped. It was a gorgeous necklace with a heart, diamond hanging on it. "Here let me put it on you," he said taking it and clasping it around her neck.

"Thank you so much," she said kissing him hard again. "Now I have to give you yours," she handed him a box, about twice the size of the one he had given her and he opened it as well to find a nice silver watch.

"Thanks a lot babe," he said as she put his on him. They continued cuddling and kissing for the rest of the after noon until she had to go to her mom's.

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"I'm here," she said when she walked in the two of her mother's three bedroom, two bathroom home that they had bought for the two of them when Derek and Addison got divorced.

"Hey honey," she heard her mom yell from the kitchen.

She took off her coat and shoes and Mark came around the corner carrying a giggly little Marley on his shoulders. "Hey squirt," he said, and pulled her into a one armed hug.

"Mark I'm not little anymore," she said referring to the nickname he used for her.

"I know, but I have been calling you that since you were one and I'm not going to stop any time soon," they both laughed.

"Heh hem," they were interrupted by Marley who decided it was her turn to talk to her big sister.

"Hey Mar!" Christy said. Marley wasn't tiny like her other siblings but she wasn't big either, she had red curly hair and blue eyes. Out of all three of her new siblings Marley looked the most alike her.

"I've been waiting fo you aw day," she said as Christy picked her up.

"Well I was visiting Aaron; you remember when you met Aaron?" She asked her.

"Um I fink so, he pwayed wif me," she smiled at her big sister, her idol.

"He did, now let's go see mommy," she said as she carried her sister into the kitchen. Marley started squirming so Christy put her down and she ran off to play as Mark came in the room.

"I'm so glad you're here," Addison said as she hugged her. "Oh my gosh! That is gorgeous," she screamed when she saw Aaron's necklace around her neck. "That boy really knows how to treat you." Christy couldn't help but think that maybe the necklace was just to soften her up so he could get in her pants, but she pushed the thought away and agreed with her mother.

"If you two ladies are done," Mark interrupted, "Addie your spaghetti is boiling over." This caused him and Christy to laugh as she rushed to stop it.

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The four spent the following day, Christmas Eve preparing for Christmas and by the time they read Marley a Christmas story and got to bed they were all exhausted.

Christy was awaked the next morning by her little sister jumping on top of her and bouncing on her bed. "It's chwistmas, it's chwistmas," she shouted.

"I know Mar," Christy said annoyed and pulled her covers over her head, "but it's also 6:00am and I'm tired."

"I wanna open pwesents, don't you?"

"Of course Mar, but not now, go wake up mommy and daddy and look in your stocking or something," she said a little angrily, which startled Marley.

"Otay," she said, bounding out of the room and into her parents. "It's Chwistmas, it's chwistmas!" She shouted again as she struggled to get onto her parents bed, which was quite a bit higher than Christy's.

"Marley…" Mark groaned, he was used to getting up early for work but he certainly didn't want to if he didn't have to. He reached over and lifted her onto the bed, hoping she'd settle down a little but that didn't work, she continued to jump up and down, waking Addison.

"Let's go look in your stocking," Addison said and she picked her up and turned around to give Mark a 'you-owe-me' look before leaving the room.

Hours later they had finally gotten Christy and Mark out of bed and had opened their presents. Marley was playing with Barbies on the floor and had Mark playing with her as his payback to Addison. Christy was playing her new Dance Dance Revolution mat on the playstation and Addison was cooking a pancake breakfast. After they ate they continued to play with their new things and Christy made both Mark and Addison try her DDR. Addison did well but Mark looked like a complete fool and they all laughed at him. At 3:00 they got cleaned up to go to Derek's.

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They showed up at Derek's and everyone was already there. Marley rushed off to play with Tori, Milo and Ethan and Christy went to see her dad in the kitchen with Mark while Addison found Callie talking to Meredith in the living room.

A few hours later Izzie and Derek announced that dinner was ready and everyone took their seats. They brought the huge amounts of food in and Derek stood up and asked for everyone's attention.

"First I want to say thank you everybody for coming and Merry Christmas," and then he did what nobody else at all was expecting. He turned to his right where Meredith was seated and got down on one knee pulling the ring out of his pocket, causing Meredith's face to go beat red. "In the four short years that I have known you Meredith, our life has been like a storybook. We've had our ups and we've had our downs and now I finally feel like the downs are over, our story is coming to an end. We have our careers, our beautiful children, our friends and family. There is only one thing missing and that is you, you are the only thing that is going to complete my storybook. Meredith Grey, will you make me us the couple at the end of the story who always get their happily ever after? Will you marry me?" He finished and all the women at the table were now bawling, including Meredith who jumped on Derek hugging him and then kissing him hard forgetting that there were 15 people watching. Mark cleared his throat and they blushed as Derek put the ring on her finger.

Everybody got up and gave each of them a hug and said their congratulations and then finally Derek said what everyone was waiting for, "let's eat."

This chapter is finished, I was so happy and excited when I wrote the proposal and I liked it, hope you do too. Everything will start next chapter. Review please!!!