So I know New Years Eve was FOREVER ago, not really only a couple weeks, but I didn't write this. Life got in the way and well I've also been lazy and putting it off. Anyway, I suck as a writer for waiting and taking this long to get this out to you guys, but well I don't know what to say. Other than I am sorry and here is the next chapter!!


"What are we doing tomorrow?" Meredith asked Derek as she came up to him at the Nurse's station.

They returned to work a couple days after Christmas and were finishing up their last shift of the year. Gracie was in the daycare anxious for the New Year. Even though she didn't know much about the holiday, she remembered that she got to stay up late and watch the pretty ball drop from the sky.

"What do you want to do?" Derek asked her turning to look at her after signing and shutting the chart he was currently finishing up.

"I don't know. That's why I asked you, Derek." She said with a sigh in exasperation.

"Mer, what's wrong?" He asked detecting his wife's annoyance.

"Nothing, just figure out what we're doing and let me know." She said turning away.

Derek let out a sigh, unsure of what was wrong with his wife. She had been fine that morning, there had been no arguments and yet she acted as if he did something wrong. He made a mental check of all the things she had asked him to do this morning; get Gracie up, get her ready, make breakfast, and make Grace a lunch. Check, check, check, and check. He had done everything she had asked. So what was with the attitude?

He let out another sigh and walked to his office. Something was up, he just didn't know what. He heard a knock at the door and hoped it would be Meredith, but then she wouldn't have knocked so he knew it wasn't her. "Come in," he called.

"Hey Shep! What's going on?" Mark asked while walking into the office.

"Nothing really, Meredith's acting weird but other than that…" Derek trailed off still lost in thought over his wife.

"Hey, don't sweat it man, I'm sure it's just the hormones." Mark told him.

"Yeah…maybe…" Derek said.

"So what are you guys doing tomorrow?" Mark asked.

"I don't know. Meredith asked me that earlier and I didn't know, so that caused her to get ticked off." Derek said.

"Why don't we all go out to eat?" Mark asked Derek.

"You, Lex, Keith and us?" Derek asked to verify.

"Yeah, why not? We'll go out to eat somewhere, hang out a little afterward, and then Lexie wants to do a movie night or something with just me and the little man." Mark said with an eye roll, but he couldn't help but let the smile come out.

"Alright, that actually sounds good." Derek said satisfied that he could find his wife and fill her in and maybe her mood would improve.

"Alright, I gotta go I just wanted to check in, but I'll text you later with the details." Mark informed Derek before giving a wave and leaving.

Derek quickly text Meredith,

Hey, where are you?

He waited the patient minutes till he heard his phone beep with the notification that a message had been received.

On call room sleeping. Why?

He left his office and quickly made his way to the one call room he knew Meredith enjoyed to sleep in. He opened the door softly and saw his wife lying on the bed curled up snoozing lightly.

"Mer, you up?" he asked gently while sitting next to her.

"Yeah, what's up?" she asked pulling herself from her light sleep.

"I figured out what we can do tomorrow night." He told her. "We can go out to eat with Mark, Lexie and Keith then after that hang out with them for a little bit and then head back to our house and enjoy the night in. We can watch movies, play games, and Gracie can stay up as long as she can, then after she falls asleep we can bring in the New Year like we always do." Derek said with a smirk.

"With New Year sex?" Meredith asked him with a smile he had missed.

"Of course." Derek answered.

"It's always about sex with you isn't it?" she asked.

"Of course." He responded again with a smile.

Meredith let out her giggle that made Derek's heart soar.

"I might cut you off." She said.

"Never." He answered.

"You better watch it then buddy." She told him with a teasing smile.

"You know I love you, don't you?" he asked.

"I do, and I love you too. I'm sorry about earlier, I was just tired and moody." She told him.

"It's alright Mer, I understand." He told her.

"It's not alright, I was mean for no reason and I'm sorry." She told him.

"Well, I appreciate it and I forgive you." He told her with a charming smile.

"I'm excited for tomorrow now," Meredith told him as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Me too," he said softly.

"Where are we going?" she asked him.

"I don't know yet, Mark is going to text me the details later when he talks to Lexie more about it." he told her.

"Ok, that sounds good." She said with a yawn.

"Do you have any more surgeries or anything left?" Derek asked.

"Nope, just waiting for you to get off." She told him.

"Well then, lets go get our little girl and head home." Derek said with a smile.

"You're done?" she asked.

"I'm done. I'm ready to spend the next couple days off with my beautiful wife and our wonderful daughter." Derek said with a smile, he was always happy in Meredith's presence. He grabbed her hand and they made it to his office to change before heading to the day care and getting their daughter.


"Mommy what are we gettin all pwetty for?" Gracie asked her mother as she sat up on the bathroom counter watching her mother apply light blush to her cheeks.

"We're meeting Uncle Mar, Aunt Lexie and Keith at a restaurant to eat dinner." Meredith told Grace as she applied mascara to her eye lashes.

"Where we eatin?" Grace asked curious.

"We're going to Sal's pizza place. Do you remember that place?" Meredith asked her daughter.

"Yeah! They had the pretty crayons!" Gracie cheered.

"That's right." Meredith laughed, to be young again and only care about crayons.

"Mommy, can I have some?" Grace asked looking at her mother apply lip gloss.

"Sure," Meredith answered before leaning down and apply a thin layer of shiny lip gloss to her daughter's lips.

"Can I have some pink stuff for my cheeks?" she asked pushing her cheeks together like a fish.

Meredith giggled at her daughter before bending down to place a light color of blush onto her cheeks. "There, you look beautiful!" Meredith complimented.

"Thank you mommy!" She said with glee. "You look stunning!" Gracie said surprising Meredith with a new word.

"Stunning huh? Where'd you hear that word?" Meredith asked curious.

"From daddy, he say it all the time." Gracie said.

"Really? To who?" Meredith asked.

"To you mommy!" Gracie said.

"Me?"

"She's right, you know." Derek said surprising them both, but only causing Meredith to jump a little.

"Daddy!" Gracie said with a smile as she saw her father enter the bathroom that was attached to the master room. "You look handsome!"

"Why thank you my little butter cup, you look absolutely beautiful!" he told his daughter and saw her elated look sparkle in her eyes.

"Thank you daddy," she said with a giggle. He tickled her and picked her up off the counter, swinging her in his arms before placing her on the floor.

"You need to go clean up your toys before we can go," Derek told his daughter looking down at her. Her little, blond curls were lying softly on her shoulders as the blond bounced off of them. She looked up at him with her big, green eyes that reflected her mother's and her smile almost made him lose his authority and tell her to forget about her room. Surprisingly, he pulled through and watched as she turned and left the room with a smile still on her face.

"She's too cute for her own good," Derek said to his wife.

"Just wait till she gets older." Meredith said as she finished getting ready and checked her appearance in the mirror.

"I'm locking her up, I can only imagine what it'll be like, especially if she continues to look like you." He told her wrapping his arms around her and placing a soft kiss on her neck, right below her ear, causing her to shiver. "Stop checking your appearance, you look stunning as always." He told their reflection in the mirror. They looked absolutely perfect next to one-another, like a picture perfect couple.

"Thank you, honey." Meredith said turning to face him with a smile. "You look handsome," she told him.

"Thank you, I picked this sweater because of you." He told her. It was a navy sweater over a light blue button down, nothing special but Meredith loved it on him.

"I do love that on you; it brings out your eyes and makes your hair look darker and brighter." Meredith said with a smile.

"I'm glad you approve." He said with a charming smile.

"Are you ready?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm ready for this night to be over so I can get you out of that dress." He told her with a smirk. She was dressed in a simple black dress that shaped her little baby bump. She looked gorgeous with her blond curls flowing freely around her face.

"Derek," she said with a teasing tone. "It's just dinner." She told him.

"I know." He said with a smile.

"You can go a couple hours without sex," she told him.

"You haven't given me any lately." He told her.

"You just got some the night before last." She reminded him.

"Mer, there will never be enough." He told her, getting a giggle out of her.

"Come on my deprived husband, lets go to this dinner you set up." She told him.


They enjoyed their dinner with the Sloan's with Gracie and Keith chattering away about their little lives while the grown ups spoke about anything other than work. That topic was off limits.

The dinner ran by smoothly and before they knew it, their food was gone and the kids were ready to leave. They went back to Mark's and Lexie's since it was closest and the kids played a little while the parents continued to talk and discuss random things. As it neared eight Meredith and Derek got Gracie ready and they set off for their journey home.

Once Gracie ran into the house she decided to change into her pajamas so she could stay up all night. "What are you going to do?" Derek asked.

"I think I'm going to follow my daughters lead and change into my pajamas too." Meredith said with a smile.

"That sounds good, I'll join you." He said with a smile.

"God, you'll do anything just to get a peak." She said.

"You bet, plus I want to be the one to take that dress off you." He told her, "I've been thinking about it all night."

Meredith rolled her eyes before she started climbing the stairs. She poked her head in Gracie's room, "Hey sweetie, play in your room for a little bit while we change and get ready for the night. We'll call you out when everything is ready, ok?" she asked.

"Ok mommy," Gracie said as she played with her Barbie's.

Meredith made her way to their room and let Derek follow in behind her. She went to her dresser and pulled out a pair of sweat pants she loved and then pulled a sweat shirt of Derek's out. She went to reach for her zipper when she felt Derek's hands stop her, "Let me," he told her in a whisper.

"Derek, we really don't have time to do anything. I promise tonight if I'm not dead tired we will." She told him as she felt the zipper lower and her back become exposed.

"Don't worry about it Mer, I know we don't have time. It wouldn't be appropriate right now anyway, not with our daughter waiting for us. As long as you're not exhausted tonight I plan on making love to you. But if you are I get it," he told her running his hands up and down her naked spine.

"That feels good," Meredith hummed as goose bumps sprang to the surface of her skin.

She felt and heard the dress hit the floor and turned around to face Derek in just her bra and underwear. "You're absolutely beautiful," he told her with a smile.

"Thank you, I love you…so much." She told him with a smile of her own.

"I love you too, more than anything in the world." He told her leaning in for a kiss. Meredith raised her arms to circle his neck and he brought them closer together as they shared an intimate, passionate kiss. It ended before either wanted, but knew they couldn't push it further.

"Lets get dressed." She said softly turning to the bed and pulling on the clothes she set out. "I'm going to go get Grace and we'll start getting some snacks and movies ready." Meredith told him before placing a peck on his lips and turning to leave the room.

Derek let out a sigh and pulled on his own sweat pants and sweat shirt. He picked one she had in her drawer so then it would smell like her, and he loved to have her smell surrounding him. It was intoxicating.

He walked down stairs to see his wife and daughter curled up on the couch with blankets and pillows surrounding them in a warm cocoon. Next to his wife was an empty spot he knew his body would soon fill, but he just wanted to take in the site of his life, his future cuddled together in a warm embrace. It was truly beautiful to see them so relaxed and comfortable in their own beauty watching the movie previews in their pajamas. It was breathtaking.

He shook himself of the daze he was in and made his way to the couch and placed himself under the covers and next to his wife and embraced the only two women who could capture his heart.

They watched all the movie's Gracie wanted and she insisted on staying up for all of them. She also wanted to watch the ball drop. When the time came for them to switch the station they noticed her eyes drooping low with tiredness. Derek picked her up carefully and carried her up to her room to place her in bed. He whispered a 'goodnight' and 'happy new year' to her before closing the door and descending down the stairs.

"She still out?" Meredith asked.

"Yep, sleeping like a rock." He told her as he sat back down next to her and wrapped them up in the blankets again.

"She'll be upset in the morning when she realizes she didn't make it again." Meredith said with a giggle.

"She'll be fine." He said as he watched the TV as they began counting down the last ten seconds of the year.

When they ended with one Derek wrapped her up tight in his arms and kissed her softly on her lips, then turned it passionate.

"Happy New Year Mer, I love you." He told her as he pulled away to look at her eyes.

"I love you too, Happy New Year." She said with a beaming smile.

"This is going to be another great year, I can feel it." He said with a smile as he placed his hands on her stomach where their baby was growing.

"I can too," Meredith said with a smile.

She kissed him softly then rested her body into his and left him panting after a breathtaking kiss. "Lets go up stairs and start this new year the right way," she said with a wink as she stood and he quickly followed.

This New Year was going to be great, he just knew it.


There you go! Another chapter! I don't know how many more there will be. There aren't many big holiday's coming up and I don't know if I want to continue it. But, if I do you'll know. Thank you for reading and please review!!!

Thank you! I hope everyone has a great 2010!!!

Melissa!