"Meredith?" Derek whispered. "Are you awake?"

Meredith kissed his chest in an answer and hummed softly against his skin.

"Meredith I've been thinking."

Meredith froze in panic. He was breaking up with her she was sure of it. She wanted to cry… but not in front of him she couldn't give him that satisfaction. He couldn't leave her though she knew she wouldn't be able to take it Derek was her rock he kept her grounded. If it wasn't for him she wouldn't even be in college right now she would probably be drunk off her ass doing lines with her 'friends'.

"Oh god." She whispered. "Your breaking up with me aren't you? I knew it was just a matter of time before you did I mean guys like you never like girls like me."

"Hey Meredith I don't know what your talking about. You are my world I would never leave you ever."

"So your not dumping me?"

"No quiet the opposite. I want to be with you for the rest of my life and I've thought about this a lot so I want you to know that I know it will work okay?"

"Derek what are you talking about?"

"Marry me Meredith."

Meredith sat up holding the sheet against her naked body. "Your not serious are you?"

"Why wouldn't I be serious?" He looked a little hurt.

"Because I'm nineteen Derek I can't be married that's insane!"

Derek grabbed both her hands in his and looked her in the eye. "I know how old you are. I know your only nineteen but I also know Meredith that you are the one I'm meant to spend the rest of my life with."

Meredith closed her eyes and breathed deeply. He was crazy, insane. Getting married scared the hell out of her. But loosing Derek scared her more. She almost liked the idea of Derek being hers and only hers for the rest of her life. She could already picture a beautiful blue eyed little baby girl with Meredith's blond hair and Derek's curls. They would make beautiful children there was no doubt about that.

"Okay." she whispered.

"Yeah?" he asked she could hear the excitement in his voice.

Meredith smiled. "Yeah." His excitement was infectious. She felt his weight shift to the end of her bed and she finally opened her eyes. Derek was half on the bed reaching over to his pants he sat back up, took her hand in his and slipped a white gold engagement ring on her finger. For the briefest of moments she was confused, until she realized that a proposal usually involved a ring. She looked down sitting on her left hand ring finger was a beautiful white gold engagement ring with three diamonds set in it. She gasped it was so beautiful. It looked as if it had always belonged there. That when it really hit her about what she had just agreed to do. Derek had just asked her for forever he wanted forever with her despite the fact that she was scary and damaged her wanted her anyways. And she had agreed to it Derek was hers forever.

Her eyes watered up with tear and she cupped Derek's face with both hands before kissing him. It was different like no other kiss they had ever shared before. This kiss held the promise of a lifetime. It held their future that they would have. When Meredith pulled back she left their forehead rest on his and laughed softly before she opened her eyes.

"No kids until I at the least my internship okay?"

Derek laughed. "Of course no kids until then."

Neither of them spoke until Derek broke the silence. "We can still practice right?"

"Why Dr. Sheppard…" She said in a low seductive tone. "I do believe we can."

--

Later while Derek was sleeping she crawled out of bed and went in search of her cell phone. She found it under her bed. The first call was to Cristiana it rand about forty times before it went to voice mail. That was weird because Cristiana always, always answered her phone. Next she called Izzie but she too didn't pick up. Then she called Amy, her mom, Lily, who wasn't in the dorm room then, Sara. Not one person picked up there phone.

Finally she got dressed and headed for Emma's dorm room. Derek's youngest sister Emma was a fourth year pre-med student who lived in the dorm building next to Meredith's. They had become very close friends since she started at Dartmouth. She got to Emma's room and knocked on the door. Her roommate Kate answered the door and told her that Emma wasn't there because of some family emergency. Now that was ever more odd. If there was a family emergency wouldn't Derek be back in Boston? And he would have told her right?

She sighed as she climbed back into bed with Derek. All she wanted to do was tell someone about their engagement. She snuggled up against him thinking she could just call everyone tomorrow she drifted off to sleep.

--

When Meredith woke up next she reached over to pull herself closer to Derek but his side of the bed was empty. She opened her eyes confused as to why he wasn't in the bed with her. She looked at the clock five thirty in the afternoon. They had slept all day or at least she had. She got up and pulled Derek's boxers. She found him in the bathroom brushing his teeth. His dark curls where dripping wet and he hat a towl around his waste. She wrapped her arms around his torso and kissed his back.

"Good afternoon sleepy head."

"Oh my god I can't believe we slept all day!" She said.

"I can after all we did stay up all night." He said spiting toothpaste in the sink.

"Happy Birthday." He said turning around so that he could kiss her.

Meredith grinned and kissed him back.

"Now get in the shower we have reservations at seven."

Meredith grinned and pulled his towel so that it pooled at his feet. Her eyes racked over his body appreciatively causing Derek to groan. "Babe if you don't get in the shower alone right now then where going to be late."

She didn't say anything just pulled her t-shirt over her head and tossed it to the ground soon his fallowed. She slowly undressed herself and hopped in the shower.

"Derek are you going to join me?"

"I just got out of the shower!" He said weakly.

"Hmm your fiancé is naked and wet in the shower and your going to pass that up? Now that's not the Derek I know and love."

Derek opened the door so quickly that it startled Meredith. She let out a low laugh and turned around to kiss him. Right before their lips touched she whispered.

"Maybe you are ."

--

Meredith stepped into the crowded restaurant and looked around not a table was open. She sat down on a bench and prepared to wait but Derek stared at her like she was insane.

"Mer what are you doing?"

"It says wait to be seated."

Derek rolled his eyes and pulled her past all the crowed table to the back room. He pulled a cream colored curtain back and stepped into the room.

"Surprise!!" About fifty people yelled jumping out from behind the furniture. Standing toward the front of the crowd was Cristina, Izzie, her mother, Richard, Lily, Emily, Amy and the rest of Derek's family. Everyone else she recognized as friends from high school and her classes. Mark and Addison where also there.

Meredith's jaw dropped and she rushed forward to hug Cristiana and Izzie. "I've tried calling you all day. All of you!"

Cristina and Izzie shrugged. "We kept hitting ignore." Everyone else nodded.

"Did he tell you?" She asked the crowd.

She held her hand out for every one to see.

"We're engaged!"

A/N: Not happy with this chapter bt i felt like you deserved an update. I'm sorry I've sort of disapeared it's my junior year in highschool so I'm super stressed and on top of that I have a new job. Plus demanding friends and ugghhh so many other things. Gah this year is going to blow lol. Has anyone seen the promos?? If you havnt you should b/c there well i wont give anything away but you may be a little angry with them lol . Anyways done rambling. please review they make me happy and make me update sooner!