Hi everyone! First of all, i wanted to thank you all for reading my fanfic. It's the first one I've ever done and it has made so happy to know you liked it and followed the story. Your reviews have been incredibly sweet and inspiring for me to write the best storylines i could. As you all know, this is the epilogue, it is a really huge chapter and i hope it lives up to your expectations on the ending of this story. I wanted Meredith and Derek to have their happy ending in this story, beause even though life is so full of unpredictable things, and so many of them are negative, I believe we all have happy endings, moments of pure joy with the people we love. So that's what this is about. Thank you all again!
Enjoy!
And Then I Found You
As soon as they arrived to Seattle, Meredith and Derek went to Derek's appartment and settled everything. They had to come back to work the next day and there was quite plenty of work. Clean the place, get the laundry done and Meredith still had to go to her house to check on everyone and everything and tell them.
She had to tell them about the engagement. Thinking about it made her slightly nervous because it made it all feel so real.
"Hey, ready to go?" Derek asked wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing the top of her head.
"Yeah, i'm ready." She smiled and turned over to kiss him back. "Thank you for everything. It has been the best mini-vacation ever."
He grinned after hearing her words. "It really was. Thank you, for making me so happy. Ever since Vancouver, you brought out the best of me. I love you Meredith Grey."
"I love you too Derek Shepherd."
They went together to Meredith's house, thankfully no one was on-call. So Izzie, Cristina, Alex and George were able to go as well. When they told them the news everyone got incredibly excited and happier than Meredith and Derek expected.
"Oh wow! Congratulations! I'm happy for both of you." Geroge smiled.
"That's great. Good pic dude, Mer is amazing. Congrats to both of you." Alex said with his typical slang infested vocabulary.
"So McDreamy made honor to his name. I'm so happy for both of you!" Cristina grinned watching her best friend so happy and in love. That's exactly what Meredith needed and deserved.
"Oh my God that's amazing! May I plan the wedding? Please let me do it! I promise i'll do something beautiful and unique." Izzie begged.
"Actually we would love you to help us out on that part." Derek said. "Izzie that would be great, thank you! just don't do anything too big or over the top."Meredith smiled.
"Yeah right, like Izzie would ever plan a small country wedding in a little cottage." Cristina teased making everyone laugh.
"I'll try my best! Congratulations you guys! This is amazing" Izzie said hugging them.
After a while, they all left leaving Meredith and Derek alone cleaning up her house.
"That went really well" Derek said.
"Yeah! Better than i expected. They were all so excited and happy.
I'm just a little bit worried Izzie is gonna plan a perfect pink barbie wedding for us" she smirked and laughed.
"I wouldn't mind. I just want us to get married. I can't wait for you to be my wife miss Grey." He winked and kissed her.
Back at work, it didn't take long for mostly everyone else to find out. It was funny because the only people they told were Bailey, Callie, Mark and Chief Webber.
Yet apparently a conversation between Mark and Izzie about it was heard by a nurse and that was it.
Word spread in a matter of hours. And soon enough as Meredith and Derek walked down the hospital corridors they would get a "congratulations" or "it's so nice you're getting married, you two are a perfect couple".
When they met for lunch, it was very obvious that all eyes were on them.
"How did everyone find out so fast!? I mean, when we first came here and decided to make it low-key, almost no one knew, it took months for everyone to find out and now it's barely lunch time and i've received about 100 congratulations from people i don't even know" Meredith said laughing.
"It's really crazy how everyone found out. Apparently Mark and Izzie were a little too loud talking about it and a nurse overheard them; an well you know nurses at this hospital." He laughed.
"Oh wow, imagine how it's gonna be when we have kids!" Meredith giggled and abruptly stopped when she saw Derek staring at her with the biggest smile."what?" She asked.
"It's just that...I was also thinking about how that will be and how pretty our kids will be." He smiled.
"Oh, i thought i was freaking you out with that comment. Because you know, it doesn't have to be right away if you don't want to, or unless you want to I don't know, we'll pick a good timing so.."
"Mer, i love your rambling it's adorable. And no, i'm not freaking out at all. I'm excited and happy you think about it too, because i'd like to have kids very soon too."
"Really? Even if they have my crappy DNA and ramble?" She smirked.
"Especially because of that." He winked.
Three months later, the weeding day finally arrived. Somehow, Meredith had managed Izzie to keep it very simple and only for close friends and family.
Izzie finally agrees, because being realistic; there was no way Meredith and Derek would ever have a huge 500 guest list wedding.
"You ready for this? Biggest day of your life!" Cristina said.
"I...actually am. I've always been so scared about relationships and commitment, because, you know, by my parents experience things didn't work out fine at all, ever. But with Derek i feel it's all gonna be alright. So, let's do it." Meredith said.
"Wow, you truly have grown a lot Meredith Grey. I am proud of you. Can't believe the dark and twisty avoidance queen is getting married." Cristina teased.
"It's all set Mer! Let's get going!." Izzie said coming into the room.
"Oh my God! You look gorgeous! By far the most beautiful bride i've ever seen." Izzie said with teary eyes.
"Thank you Iz, thank you for doing all of this." Meredith smiled.
"You know i wish my mom would have been here to see this." She said melancholically. "I think, maybe, she would have been proud and happy."
"Of course she would. I'm sure that wherever she is, she feels just that way." Izzie said.
"She's gonna come here any minute" mark whispered to Derek. "Can't run now." He teased.
"Not a fiber of me would dare to move." Derek said.
Suddenly, heads turned over to look at the stunning bride walking down the isle. As soon as Derek saw her, he felt like he did when he first met her.
It was better though, he had never been more in love with Meredith. He couldn't stop grinning. They locked eyes and the world stopped. They were getting married, they wiuld be together for the rest of their lives.
After the ceremony and reception were held, Meredith and Derek went to his appartment, where he had promised her a surprise.
They went in and Derek led Meredith to his room. Meredith was in awe with what she saw. Derek had printed every single one of their photos together, framed them and hanged them all over the walls, on the center of the bed were an envelope, a stack of blue post-its and a black pen.
"Derek this is beautiful!" Meredith said.
"I'm glad you liked it." He smiled. "See the post-its? Well, i know we're already married, legally and everything. But, there are some things that mean so much more; so i thought we should write our promises to each other on them."
She grinned and kissed him.
"I think it's perfect. In the end, those promises are what matter the most."
"Ok, so what are we promising each other?"
"To love each other even when we hate each other."
"No running-ever. Nobody walks out no matter what happens."
"We'll take care of each other even when we're old and smelly and senile."
"And if i get Alzheimer's and forget you.."
"I will remind you who i am, every day."
"This is forever."
"Done, we've got our wedding on a post-it." Meredith said "no what?"
"Now i kiss the bride." He said kissing her passionately.
"Thank you for all of this, it was a beautiful surprise." She said.
"That's not it. I've still got one more thing for you. I've talked to the Chief, and he said it was perfectly fine for us to take a week to go somewhere for our honeymoon. So..." He handed her the envelope.
"You know we didn't have to go anywhere."
"I know, but with you all the best things have happened in our trips, going to Vancouver was by far the best decision i ever took. I was so lost, lonely and unhappy. And Then I Found You." He said kissing her.
"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me you know? I wouldn't change a second of anything. You've saved me, you turned me bright and shiny." Meredith smiled.
She opened the envelope and saw plane tickets to Italy.
"Oh my God, we're going there!?" Se said excited.
"Yeah, i thought you might like it." He winked.
"I love it!" She said excited.
"Well, i guess we gotta start packing cause we leave first thing tomorrow morning." He said giving away his dreamy smile.
"Thank you Derek, i love you so much. I can't wait to start a new life with you." She said moved to tears.
"I love you Mer. I can't wait either."
They packed their suitcases ready for the trip. Both of them anxious for it and thinking about how amazing it would be next year, going on vacation with a tiny human of their own.
So this is it. I really hope you liked the ending of this story. i certainly loved writing it. I hope to read your final reviews, they really make my day :) Well, this story is finished but i will keep writing. You can read my other fanfic 'A Phone Call Was All It Took' and i will be writing one-shots and longer stories as well. Thank you all for sticking with my story and my endless rambling. You're all lovely people! -Tammy