A/N- Only a short chapter again, sorry about that. Feedback is always appreciated:-)
The party was short lived and had turned out rather disastrous from the get go. Amelia was having family issues with Owen, again; they seemed to be never ending lately. Meredith was of course sympathetic but why did it have to be tonight? She wanted to spend the night in Andrew's company mostly, getting people used to the idea of seeing them together.
Sneaking into Jackson's spare bedroom resulted in a make out session, it was unanticipated but not at all unwelcome either. Items of clothing would have definitely been regarded from one another's body had Richard not walked in thinking it was the bathroom. That experience in itself was humiliating and quite literally laughable. Meredith pushed Andrew back onto the bed and erupted into perpetual laughter, she could barely breathe at one point. Andrew loved how carefree she was in those moments, a side of her he had barely experienced. Her laugh made his heart fill with a huge amount of pride, the woman who had lost so much had a great amount of joy running through her veins, because of him.
The night became even more eventful when the whole party was promptly evacuated from Jackson's penthouse, a fire in the oven because of a plastic tray catching alight. Who'd be dumb enough to put plastic in an oven? Meredith of course. She had no idea when it came to these things, not to mention the fact that she was flustered as hell after being caught on Andrew DeLuca's lap with her lips against his.
Meredith shuffled around in her purse for her car keys, the cold air getting to her. The building was eventually all cleared by firefighters and there was no longer any reason to wait around outside. "Come on, we don't need to be here. And I can't act like an innocent person for much longer." Meredith spoke, grabbing Andrew's hand to hurry him over to where she parked her car.
"Mhm. We're definitely the guilty ones here. I kinda like it." He whispered, pulling her close to place a tender kiss against her hair.
"We're going to your place." Meredith confirmed, he had already assumed that but didn't want to bring up the subject just in case she'd changed her mind since the last time their plans were spoken. "I'm dying to see it." A smile graced her lips as she glanced up at Andrew; he looked as handsome as ever, even under the dark Seattle sky.
"Okay. But Meredith, if you want to go home to see Ellis I'd totally understand."
"Stop, Ellis is fine with Tanya..." Meredith swore she could feel a heart string pull in that moment. He cared, so much. For her and her children who he'd only briefly met before. "You probably know her actually, Tanya the student nurse who works in Peds. The kids love her and I trust her with my life. Besides.. abbiamo affari incompiuti, Andrea." (We have unfinished business, Andrew.)
Andrew raised an eyebrow, he could never quite get used to her speaking Italian. She had kept that a secret entirely for three whole years of knowing him. "Portami a casa così prosso baciarti all'infinito" (Drive me home so I can kiss you endlessly.) He replied in a hushed tone and hurried to her door so that he could open it for her.
Meredith parked a little up the street from Andrew's place, she couldn't help but clasp his hand into hers as they walked along the path. His place looked nice from the outside, but then again anywhere was good enough seeing as he had spent the last few months crashing at the hospital after he had decided to move out from Arizona's house.
They both found themselves on his front porch, "Well this is it." Andrew laughed nervously, he was really about to let Meredith Grey into his house. He'd be lying if he said that he'd never imagined this moment before, he had.
"Let me just grab the keys" Without giving him much warning, Meredith's soft lips graced his as an attempt to ground herself. Her mind was ticking overtime with so many thoughts. Kissing him and feeling his physical contact was the only thing that reassured her.
Meredith took in the sight of Andrew's place, it was spacious with a large open plan kitchen and lounge area, the sofas were parallel to the TV and there was a coffee table with a pile of hospital related paperwork on top, she hoped it wasn't papers from her cases which he'd had to bring home to catch up on.
A large framed drawing of Italy hung on the wall beside a shelving until. Meredith stood by it to admire, it was incredibly detailed and looked as if it had taken a while to complete all the little details. Suddenly, Andrew's presence could be sensed behind her. After a moment of comfortable silence he softly gathered Meredith's blonde locks to one side and crashed his lips on the side of her neck to leave her a single kiss. The contact made her skin tingle and a subdued sigh escaped from her throat.
"I drew that." He whispered, turning her around so that he could look into her eyes and appreciate the beauty of her face.
"I'll say it again then..." Meredith raised an eyebrow whilst gazing fiercely into his dark eyes, she was about to bring back a line which she'd already used on him once. "You impress me, DeLuca."