D is for Dream House
Derek was sat in the office at the house working on something, we has planning his and Meredith's dream house. They had been together for 4 years now and they were still living in Ellis's house with Izzie and George. He wanted a house that would be there's, just there's. One that nobody else had lived in, he had the land to build it on he just needed to plan the house then he could build it. He wanted to get the plans completed and check with his contractor about how long it would take to build. He wasn't going to tell Meredith until everything was ready.
'Derek!' Meredith shouted as she entered the house
'In here' He shouted back before folding up the plans and putting them into the desk
'You working?'
'I've just finished, you ready for dinner?' Derek asked leaving the office
'Yeah, are you alright to make it while I take a shower?'
'That's fine' Derek said, the plan for the house were almost done but he had one problem with their en suite bathroom. He was going to try and ask her about it without giving it away.
Around half an hour later, Derek had made dinner and Meredith was downstairs after her shower, they were sitting opposite each other at the table
'I was thinking' Meredith said, 'We've been together for a while now and I am still living in my mother's house with two roommates. How would you feel about getting a place to ourselves'
'Oh, that sounds really good' Derek said, shocked by what she said. At least he knew that she wanted to get a place for themselves
'We could start looking at weekend if you like'
'Yeah yeah' Derek knew this was his chance to find out what he needed to know, 'We can talk about what we want in the house'
'Yeah, well we need at least one guest room in case your mother comes or Cristina needs somewhere'
'We need an en suite. If we do do you want two sinks or a bath with a view?' Derek asked
'I'd like a bath with a view, i'm alright sharing a sink' Meredith said
'I'll be one minute' Derek said standing up and rushing to his office to make note of what Meredith wanted in the house. He wanted it to be the perfect house for them. One that they could live in forever, one that they could create a family in. Raise their children in.
A few days later and Meredith was at work, while Derek was stood on his land with his contractor
'So this land is alright for building the house?' Derek asked him
'It's perfectly fine, we can start working on it within the week if you are ready for that'
'That sounds good by me, I'll be back here in a few days and we can start the work. I'll help out with the work too'
'Alright then Mr Shepherd' The contractor held out his hand, 'Nice doing work with you'
'You too, here are the plans' Derek handed the plans over to him
Derek finally had everything on track, the house was now on track to being built. The plans were perfect, they had their own large bedroom with a fire, an en suite, 2 guest rooms, a office, and everything they needed to raise their perfect hypothetical family. He knew that Meredith would love the house, but the only problem is that Meredith hates surprises. He didn't know how he was going to tell her about it, he had to go house hunting with her at weekend and they looked at a few houses, but he tried to point of reasons why not to get the houses. But then Meredith saw a house that she wanted to put a bid on, he was dragging it out as long as he could so he didn't have to place a bid.
Over the next few weeks, Derek kept making trips to his land to see the progress of the house. The structure was done, and the walls were built. They only needed to put in the flooring, and furniture. He was sat at home waiting for Meredith to get home so she could help discreetly pick out furniture.
'Hey' Meredith said walking in, 'The estate agent phoned me today asking if we still wanted to place a bid on that house we saw'
'I don't think we should' Derek said
'What? Why?' Meredith asked, 'I thought you loved the house'
'I did, but I don't think it is the house for us'
'Derek what is wrong with you? You said you loved the house and you could grow old there' She said getting annoyed
'I...I'm sorry'
'Fine' Meredith said walking off and going to her bedroom.
Derek felt bad about saying that and lying to her, but he had the perfect house for them. Tomorrow he would somehow take Meredith there and surprise her with the house. He still didn't know how he was going to get her there, the only way he could do it was try and get her to the trailer and then go to the new house. Thankfully her birthday was in a few days but they were both working so he could use that.
'Since we are both working on your birthday, I was thinking we could go to the trailer tonight. Just you and me' Derek said as he was driving through Seattle after work
'What now?' Meredith asked
'Yeah'
'But we don't have anything with us'
'I packed a bag last night, they are in the trunk of the car' Derek said, Derek drove them to the trailer and parked the car outside.
'It's been a while since we have been here' Meredith said
'I know, we need to do this more often'
'Yeah we should' Meredith said looking around and seeing the house, 'What's that over there?'
'Oh it's a family. They moved in a week ago, we can go and meet them if you like'
'Yeah sure' Meredith said, the pair of them walked over to the house. When they reached the front door, Meredith saw an envelope balanced on the door handle with her name on it
'Derek, what's this?' Meredith asked picking up the envelope
'Read it'
She opened the envelope and took out the letter which read;
Meredith,
I'm sorry for shooting down the idea of putting a bid down on that house,
I know you loved it so much, but it didn't feel like it was ours,
So I built this house for us to grow old in,
To raise a family in,
So live in forever,
Derek
'Derek?' Meredith asked
'It's ours Mer, this is our house. I had it built for us, it's ours'
'It's perfect'
Meredith loved the house, it was perfect. She had the perfect guy who built her the perfect house. It was theirs.
He built her a house
A Dream House
