'Marry me?'
Shit. Shit shit shit. Holy shit. Did those words really just come out of this mouth? Seriously? Was she going deaf? Or was she going crazy? Because there was no way Derek had just asked her to marry him. There was no way. He couldn't be serious, right? He actually wanted her to marry him?
She turned in his arms quickly, her head whipping round to meet his eyes. His big, blue, dreamy eyes. And he was smiling. He was smiling at her. A nervous smile but still a smile, a hopeful smile.
His eyes were so blue. Ridiculously blue. They were so clear and perfect. And they felt like they were burning her. Well, more like melting her because she was pretty sure if she wasn't already stood in his arms she would have fallen into them right now. Because the look on Derek's face told her that he absolutely was serious, and he had literally just asked her to marry him.
'Mer...?' He murmured tentatively, suddenly sounding terrified. Well, he didn't sound terrified, but she could tell he was terrified.
'Derek...' she whispered, suddenly smiling, she couldn't help not doing. Derek had just proposed to her.
'Do erm...' he cleared his throat and looked away quickly, his hand moving from around her to run through his hair. Something he also did when he was nervous, or stressed.
'Derek...' she repeated, reaching back for his hand and taking it in her own gently, still too in shock to say anything else. 'I... yes.'
'What?' He looked up at her quickly, his eyes wide and the original smile suddenly returning to his lips.
'I... you just proposed, right?' She giggled softly, squeezing his hand as she felt water stinging her eyes.
'I... yeah...' he laughed nervously. 'I did.' His nervous smile now a true one. A true Derek dreamy smile. 'Shall I... shall I do it again?'
'You can.' She giggled. 'Sorry.. I... you took me by surprise.' She said, unable to stop smiling.
'That was kind of the idea.' He laughed, letting go of her hand to wrap his arm around her waist.
'Sorry.' She giggled.
'That's okay.' He smiled his reassuring smile at her, squeezing her side. 'I guess surprised is better than rejecting.'
'It is.' She grinned at him, wanting to lean in and kiss him but also not wanting to ruin his moment for a second time.
'So,' he breathed, clearing his throat, and she felt like bursting out crying right then. Derek was going to propose. 'Meredith,' Damn his eyes. They were sparkling in that way that always got her. 'Marry me?' He tiled his head, smiling after he opened a green velvet ring box that she hadn't even noticed he'd had in his other hand.
He had a ring.
For some reason, even though he was proposing, the thought he'd have a ring for her hadn't even entered her head.
'Yes.' She breathed like a reflex, nodding. Her heart was thudding in her chest so loudly she was surprised he couldn't hear it. 'Yes, god yes...' she nodded, feeling the water in her eyes now on her cheeks, immediately wrapping her arms around his neck to drag his lips to hers, not caring about the ring just yet, just her amazing boyfriend. Well, fiancée.
He immediately reciprocated, kissing her back just as passionately, their tongues moving together as he wrapped both arms around her. She could feel the box in his hand against her back, almost s physical reminder that this was real. She wasn't just kissing Derek. They were getting engaged.
'Der...' she giggled breathlessly as she pulled away.
'I love you.'
'I love you too.' She beamed, reaching her hand to rest delicately on his cheek.
'You just said yes.' He breathed, as if telling himself rather than her.
'A thousand times yes.' She whispered as he reached to wipe away the tear that had made its way down her cheek.
'I love you.' He repeated, resting his forehead against hers, leaning to kiss her deeply again.
'I love you.' She echoed.
'Ring. You need your ring.'
'I can't...' she trailed off. She couldn't believe it.
'I... you like it?' He asked nervously, taking it out of the box and taking a hold of her hand to slip it on her finger gently.
'It's perfect.' She whispered, looking down any the small, simple ring now on her left hand. 'I can't... Derek...' she whispered, still not being able to get her head around the fact Derek had just proposed to her. Her Derek. Her Derek forever and ever.
'It's moms,' he murmured, resting his forehead against hers again.
'What?' She breathed, freezing.
'She gave to me for you.'
'No.' Meredith shook her head. 'Derek I can't.'
'You can.' He murmured tucking a piece of hair behind her ear, giving her that smile again that she could never fucking resist.
'Der... your dad...'
'Wanted you to have it.'
'Derek...' she shook her head.
'When he was sick he asked my mom to give it to the right girl for me.'
'You...' she whispered. 'I'm the right girl?'
'Of course you are.' He smiled softly at her. 'You're my Meredith.'
'My Derek.' She whispered.
'You're my baby.' He breathed, pulling her to him once again, their lips crashing together as he kissed her.
'I love you.'
'I love you.'
'We should probably stop saying that.' She giggled.
'Why?' He laughed.
'Because we said it a hundred times already.'
'But it's true.' He shrugged. 'And I never want to stop saying it.'
'Me neither.' She whispered.
'Forever.' He grinned, his strong arms holding her up against him in the water.
'Forever.'
'I love you so much.'
'I love you too.' She whispered, leaning against him.
'You said yes.' He grinned, tightening his grip around her.
'Of course I said yes.' She looked up at him and nuzzled his neck, catching a glimpse at the sky, which she'd totally forgotten about.
'I love you.'
'I love you too.' She sighed happily, relaxing further into his arms and they both looked up at the sky. 'Your mom knew...'
'What?' He asked, looking down at her.
'She gave you the ring right? Which means you must have asked for it, which means she knew you had a ring. So every time she asked if you had anything to tell her on the phone... this was it wasn't it?'
'I have no idea what you're talking about.' He laughed, smirking.
'Derek!' She laughed, hitting his bare chest playfully. 'She knew, didn't she?'
'She knew.' He agreed, kissing her softly.
'I... she gave it you before we came here? Europe?'
'Yeah.' He kissed her again.
'You... you've had a ring all this time?' She breathed, realisation hitting her.
'Yeah.' He smiled simply.
'You... really?' She could feel tears welling in her eyes again. God damn it she didn't cry. She wasn't a cryer. Except when it came to Derek, he was making her too emotional to not cry right now.
'Yeah.' He repeated. 'I've always known you were the one, Mer.'
'Me... me too.' She whispered.
'We're getting married.'
'We are getting married.' She giggled. 'But not right now though, right?' She asked, a little more seriously.
'Whenever you want.' Did he ever stop being dreamy? 'I'll wait as long as you want. And I'd get married tomorrow if that's what you wanted. I just want to marry you.'
'I just want to marry you too.'
'Perfect.' He grinned, squeezing her again.
'I.. I can't believe that just happened.' She giggled softly.
'Me neither.' He breathed, kissing her hair. 'I'm so in love with you.'
'I'm so in love with you too.' She replied, reaching to rest her hand over his around her waist, interlocking her fingers with his.
'Did...' she began. 'Did they all know? Like your mom?'
'No,' he shook his head. 'Just mom. And I didn't even tell her when I was doing it.'
'You did well.' She grinned, kissing his cheek.
'Thanks.' He smiled, running his hand along her arm. 'I thought... this is where you wanted to go most.'
'It is.' She grinned.
'And the lights... I thought it would be romantic.'
'It was.' She whispered, squeezing his hand. 'Very romantic.'
'Thanks.' He laughed.
'I...' she began, blushing again as his face was multimeters away from hers. 'I just love you.'
'I love you too.'
'What did your mom say when you asked her for the ring?'
'I didn't ask,' he murmured, kissing just below her ear and turning her back to watch the lights as he continued talking, holding her close to him. 'I just went to talk to her about proposing... if she thought it was a good idea... her blessing kind of thing...'
'When?'
'The night before we came here.'
'Der...' she breathed, list for words.
'She was so happy.' He breathed in her ear, making all her hairs stand on edge and her heart race. 'She loves you.'
'I love her.'
'I know you do.' He kissed her shoulder. 'She was so happy. She told me you'd say yes.'
'I can't believe you thought there was a possibility I would say no.' She said quietly, honestly.
'I... I don't know... you're just so young... I didn't know...'
'You're it for me, Der. You know that.'
'I know.'
'You... you were really worried?'
'A little.' He smiled. 'I thought you'd say yes though.'
'Good.'
'You love me.' He said simply.
'More than anything.'
'Hmmm...' he breathed, smiling, as he leant to kiss her. 'I love you.'
'Love you too.' She kissed him again, softly, but still passionately.
'I didn't know my dad told her to pass it on.' He murmured, reaching for her left hand and squeezing it.
'She gave it you when you asked about proposing?'
'She did.' He nodded.
'Is she sure? I mean... your dad gave her this... it's hers... it's theirs...' she said quickly.
'It was theirs.' He corrected her. 'Now it's ours. Well, yours.'
'Is she sure though?'
'Mer she wouldn't take no for an answer if I tried to give it her back.'
'I... we need to tell her.'
'We do.'
'I... I should we call her?'
'We can do,' he smiled. 'If that's what you want.'
'Yeah.' She smiled. 'I think... telling everyone else can wait. But your mom... Der she's given me her ring... we have to tell her.'
'We can tell her.' He nodded. 'In the morning though?' He asked with a smirk.
'Why?' She giggled. 'Can't we just call her when we get back to the hotel?'
'Because,' he whispered, moving his hands to her hips and holding her against him so that her ass brushed his erection. 'Tonight... I want to make you come as many times as possible.'
'Derek!' She gasped quietly, there were still people in the blue lagoon, granted there wasn't anyone too close to them, but they definitely weren't alone enough for her to start grinding his dick.
'I want to make love you you all night.' He kissed her neck and she could feel her breasts aching in her swimsuit, growing tight and heavy, her nipples hardening. Fuck, she wanted him.
'I think that can be arranged.' She said breathlessly.
'Good.' He murmured, sucking now at the sensitive spot of skin where her neck met her shoulder.
'Love you...' she murmured, leaving back into his embrace.
'Love you too.'
'We're getting married.' She grinned.
'We are getting married.' He echoed, tilting her chin with his fingers to face her, before planting a firm kiss on her lips, both of them smiling as they parted to finish watching what was in front of them.
Derek had just proposed to her. She could feel his heartbeat as she rested against him, looking at the sky. Derek had just proposed and they were going to get married and tonight had been perfect. The rest of the night was going to be even more perfect, they were engaged.
She was engaged to Derek and things just felt so right. Since they'd been together he had become her family, hell, he'd become her family before they even started dating. He was her whole world and now it was official; it wasn't some long, distant dream, they were actually going to get married.
She was going to spend the rest of her life with Derek, the geeky guy from the library who had helped her with her neuro biology class the first week of freshman year.
Hi guys! I'm sorry this update took longer than anticipated, I've been so busy this last week. Of course she said yes;)
I wanted this chapter to be longer but it kind of came to a natural end here... but let if you want the next chapter to be a continuation of their engagement night, or if you aren't too bothered about reading that.
Thank you so much for reading and please review! I think I should leave you on massive cliffhangers more often- it seemed to make loads of you review haha!
