Hey everyone! I hope you all had an amazing weekend! I didn't want to leave you without an update so here you are. I hope you like this chapter. I loved writing it and smiled so much while writing and coming up with ideas. MerDer fluff as usual and some more interactions with other characters.

Enjoy!

Shiny Little Thing For You

Laura had been crawling the last few months and she had gotten very fast and coordinated her moves perfectly. She was already standing up well and was about to walk.

Derek woke up, Meredith wasn't on the bed anymore. He went downstairs to check if she was there. "Mer?" He said softly just in case Laura was still asleep.

"We're here!" She answered from the living room.

"Hey! Good morning!" Meredith said as she stood up and kissed Derek.

"Good morning to you too." He kissed her back and grinned.

"What are you doing up so early?" He asked.

"We're practicing walking. She stands still firmly and her balance is great. I'm helping her holding her hands now. But i'm pretty sure she'll do it on her own soon." Meredith claimed proudly.

"Great job sweetie." Derek said cooing Laura as he sat with Meredith on the carpet and made Laura practice a little more.

They headed to the hospital after a quick breakfast. George had the day off so he offered to help Meredith with the missing home chores.

They entered the hospital turning dome heads around as usual. Bailey ran towards Meredith who was carrying Laura.

"Grey! O'malley has the day off and Yang is on surgery. I need you and Stevens to come scrub in some scheduled surgeries and help in the ER."

"Ok Dr. Bailey. I'll be there in five minutes." Meredith answered.

She and Derek rushed to leave Laura at day-care and climbed into the elevator.

Meredith's phone began to ring. She saw the caller id, it was her lawyer.

"Hello Sarah"

"Hello Meredith, I was calling to let you know all of the files and forms have been checked. If you would like to change anything please let me know if there is anything you would like to add or change before we officially proceed with legal paperwork and send the adoption request later on. Let me know by the end of the week."

"That's great! Ok Sarah, I will let you know.

"I will call you later."

"Ok thank you so much,bye!"

"Bye, have a nice weekend."

"So? What did she say?" Derek asked.

"They've checked all the basic files and forms. She asked me to let her know if there is anything to add or change so the lawyers can proceed with more legal paperwork before sending the adoption request. And she asked me to tell her by the end of the week." Meredith said grinning.

"That's great!" He said and gave her a hug and kiss on her cheek.

The elevator doors opened and they climbed down.

"I'll see you for lunch time?" Meredith asked.

"I can't. I'll be in the middle of a surgery by noon. What about 5? I promise to be on the cafeteria."

"Sure, see you later" she said smiling and rushed to the changing room.

She headed to the ER and was assigned to an 8 year old boy who had multiple fractures because of a car accident.

"Hey, I'm Dr. Grey. You were in a car accident so you got hurt. But I'm going to examine you to get tour injuries fixed ok?"

"Ok."

She assisted him and scrubbed in his surgery with Callie.

"Great job Grey. You are applying a good technique." Callie said.

"Thank you Dr. Torres"

She went out of surgery and headed to have lunch with Cristina Izzie, and Alex.

Meanwhile, Derek was finishing his surgery. But there was still one thing on his mind.

Meredith was filing for adoption alone, as a single woman. They had already taken the step of moving in together and they were raising Laura together as well.

This is something that he had thought about for months, even before they got back together. It would be a year since they got back together.

He spent the last few nights looking back at the photos he had with Meredith and Laura, the one in the zoo and many more. He had promised himself that he would make sure him and Meredith would be together for the rest of their lives. He loved Laura and he loved becoming the father figure for her.

He knew he was absolutely sure about this and he thought to himself, why wait more? He already had everything he had ever wanted, he wanted to make it permanent. He wanted to marry Meredith and adopt Laura.

He told Mark about it.

"That's great man! Congratulations! Did you get her a ring already?" Mark asked happy.

"Not yet, I'm going to buy one tomorrow morning." He grinned.

"That's amazing man. I'm happy for you." Mark said

"Thank you." Derek replied.

Meredith was waiting with Laura in the cafeteria at 5. Her shift would last longer today. But it was great because she would have a short shift on wednesday.

They sat together and had a cup of coffee and croissants.

"How did your surgery go?" Meredith asked.

"It went good, some complications taking out the tumor, but then it was mostly smooth. I'm just waiting to see how the patient does in post-ops. What about you?"

"I scrubbed in with Callie on a surgery for multiple fractures in a 10 year old kid. He was injured badly, but we managed to keep him in one piece. He was so sweet and scared. He was with his aunt, she is in the ICU now." She told him.

"And what about his parents?"

"They're with him in his room. They were so anguished! Imean, imagine how that must fell." She said with empathy.

"I'm glad you were on his case." Derek grinned and took her hand.

"What time do you leave today?" Meredith asked.

"8. And you?"

"Almost 10." She sighed. "Can you take Laura home?"

"Sure. Do you want me to stop by the gorcerystore to get something?" he asked smiling.

"Uhm, yeah. Some formula and yogurt. Oh! And fruit and cereal as well please." She giggled.

"Got it. I will see you later then. Ok honey, you'll be going home with me he told Laura in a bubbly voice she seemed to love.

Derek asked Mark and the Chief to cover him next morning. He'd say he needed to be on surgery and would go buy the ring so Meredith wouldn't suspect anything.

After some congratulations hugs and hand shaking they had the cover plan settled.

Derek went home with Laura. He stopped by at the grocery store and got the things Mer had asked for.

He arrived home, fed Laura, changed her and took her downstairs to wait for Meredith.

They were playing with some stuffed animals when he heard the door lock.

"I'm home!" Meredith said.

"Hey! Izzie is upstairs. I'm here with Laura" he replied.

She joined them and started to get Laura to stand a little.

"Come one sweetie, we're gonna try a little more. I'm tired so it will be just a while today ok?" she said.

"Derek went to the kitchen to get some juice for him and Meredith.

"Oh my God!Derek! Look! Grab the camera, your phone or whatever she's walking!"

"Come here baby girl. You're doing a great job!" Meredith encouraged Laura as the little girl kept walling towards her arms.

"I got it! I took a video on my phone!" Derek exclaimed excited.

Izzie heard the laughs and cheering and went downstairs to join the celebration for a moment.

"Great job miss Laura. Night guys" she said walking back to her bedroom.

"Night Izzie." Meredith and Derek answered.

Derek barely slept of excitement thinking about the next day. Meredith would have the afternoon free on Wednesday., it would be a perfect timing.

Things were going to be amazing. He had dreamed of this for a while and now it would all be coming true if things went according to plan.

There you go! I hope you enjoyed it. Please review! It makes my day to read what you have to say. Feel free to comment and give suggestions! Stay tuned for next chapter! Have a nice week start.-Tammy