Meredith lay with her head resting on Derek's chest. He was lazily brushing his fingers through her hair, relaxing after dinner on the couch. The television was turned on and a movie was playing but Meredith wasn't sure she even knew what genre it was. These moments, lazy, unrushed moments with Derek were heaven. No rushing. No hurrying. No hiding. Just being. They could lay there together. Anyone could come in and see them laying together. There was no wife. There were no residents or other bosses or friends who didn't know they were together. They were free to enjoy all of their time together without any guilt or shame.

"Mer." Derek interrupted her musings.

She tilted her head up to meet his eyes. "Yes?" she asked him.

He gave her their look and smiled. "I love you Meredith Grey."

A pillow sailed across the room and hit them both. "Owww damnit it Izz!" Meredith exclaimed.

"Knock it off, you're even making me mcgag." Izzie countered, "And I don't get sick over mushy things easily, I'm the queen of mush."

Derek chuckled. "We could go to our room and spare you."

"No way, you'd just start having sex again. That's even louder and worse. Right George?" Izzie asked.

George nodded, pretending great interest in the movie. Meredith sighed. Sometimes roommates could be real bummers.

"Seriously? Pad your headboard." Izzie continued.

"Izzie!" Meredith shrieked.

Derek laughed, thoroughly amused. "Aww c'mon we can't be that bad."

"Seriously? You can be."

"Well Meredith does get kind of loud, I agree." Derek laughed.

"Oh My God we are not having this conversation in my living room." Meredith sat up and glared at her boyfriend and friend before heading to the kitchen. She heard them both burst into laughter behind her. Poking her head around the corner, she held up a fist to Derek, which made him mock shudder at her.

A few minutes later she came out of the kitchen brandishing her fists again, "Yeah you better be scared of me Dr Shephard, these fists may not look like much, but they can pack a mighty wallop. Besides it could be awful lonely at that trailer."

She yelped as Derek jumped off the couch and grabbed her, pulling her down and began tickling her. She was giving it her all trying to fight him back, but he was too strong for here, holding her down and finally she gave up when she noticed the look in his eyes.

"Boy, I'm really tired." She fake yawned.

"Yeah me too." He agreed letting her up and starting for the stairs., "Night guys."

"Transparent!!" Izzie yelled after them.

"I don't care!" Meredith called back, as she was running to her room with Derek behind her, his hands already all over her.

They could barely restrain themselves still, and she was wondering when that was going to stop. There had been times at work when they had to find an on-call room before the entire hospital witnessed them making love. It seemed like one of them would give the other a look, and the next thing she knew they were flying at each other, clothes vanishing and their bodies melting together.

She had her sweater off and her pants undone by the time they hit her room, and she heard the door slam behind them as she was working on pulling them down. As she dove for the bed, she felt the heaviness that was Derek next to her on the mattress and she turned to find him, feeling his hands work their way up her waist to her breasts. Their mouths met in a clash of hot tongue and soft lips and they both seemed to sigh with relief, as if they had been holding their breath waiting.

She felt his breath as he trailed kisses down the column of her throat to her collarbone and then down to capture one of her nipples in his mouth, which made her arch her back in appreciation.