Forever To Touch You

Derek stirred at the sound of his pager going off. He reached over into his jacket and grabbed it to see what it said and realized it was Meredith's. He leaned over and started to kiss her neck and move her around a little to wake her up. It killed him to do it, knowing she didn't get much sleep last night but he had no choice. She finally started to move a little bit and eventually turned to face Derek.

"Mmm...Thank you for sleeping with me. I was so tired. I have to go to my surgery now, don't I?" She said with a smile on her face.

"Yes Mer, they are paging you. I will see you later tonight baby. I love you."

"I love you too, Derek." She replied as she gave him a quick kiss and headed out the door. Derek turned back over to sleep a little bit more only to hear a code blue announced over the intercom. Not seconds later his pager started blaring. He looked down and his heart nearly jumped. It was Rose.

And I'd give up forever to touch you

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

Meredith heard the code announced as she made her was to the OR. She wondered what had happened. She opened the door to the scrub room and quickly washed her hands to get into surgery.

As she was operating she had a really bad feeling. She didn't know why, she just felt as if something bad had happened. She had to know for sure.

"Dr. Stewart?" She said to her intern.

"Yes Dr. Grey?" He replied.

"Can you do me a favor and run to the phone over there and call the desk to ask who the code was for?"

"Yes Dr. Grey." He said as he made his way towards the wall. He picked up the phone. He spoke a few words to the other person and then hung up.

"Dr. Grey, It was Rose in the ICU." He informed her.

Meredith nearly dropped her scalpel at the information. That meant that Derek had been paged.

"Is she okay?" Meredith asked in a panic.

"They are still working on her."

"Okay, thank you Dr. Stewart." Meredith replied trying to concentrate on her surgery. Just a little bit longer and she could go see Derek.

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Derek was frantically working on Rose who had already been intubated. He remembered calling the orders, and telling the nurse to charge the paddles, but the next thing he new, there was a heart beat and he fell to the chair, almost not able to move another inch. He needed to go see Meredith but he had to finish in here first.

"Dr. Allen, I need you to take her up to CT and run some tests and page me when your done, okay?" Derek said as he walked around the corner. He knew Meredith was still in surgery, so he kept himself busy by checking on some of his post-op patients.

About an hour later, his pager was going off and looked down and smiled knowing her was finally going to see Meredith. He made his way around the halls, and headed for the OR she was about to come out of.

"Hey baby, I missed you!" He said, peeking his head into the scrub room. She was washing her hands.

"I missed you too! Is everything Okay? I heard that Rose was the Code earlier." She asked concerned.

"She's okay, I just sent her up for some test a little while ago. Well, we both get off in half an hour, so what do you say we go get Delia together in a bit and go home and i'll cook us dinner. And then I'll do the dishes and we can get into bed and hold each other forever." He said with a smile.

"That sounds fantastic. I'm am starving and exhausted. I'll see you soon Derek." She said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek and heading off into the other direction.

Derek made his way back down to the ICU to check on Rose's test results. Dr. Allen had just paged him.

"How is everything looking, Dr.?" Derek asked.

"She looks stable now. She should be fine. I want to say she should be awake, but I don't know what's causing her to be in this coma for so long."

"Okay, are you on call tonight?"

"Yes."

"Page me if you see anything out of the ordinary. Goodnight Dr. Allen." Derek said as he made his way towards Meredith's locker room to meet her to go home.

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

'Cause sooner or later it's over

I just don't want to miss you tonight

"Derek, you have no idea how good this spaghetti is." Meredith said with a mouthful.

"Thank you. I was so tired at work today, but I'm so glad that I can come see you or Delia anytime I want to. That is my favorite part." He said with a smile.

"I'm really happy Derek. I feel like we've grown a lot. I just want to be able to trust you fully. And I promise I'm getting there, Okay? Its tough." She said.

"I know Meredith. What I did was horrible and I understand you having a hard time trusting me, but I swear I will never hurt you again"

They smiled at each other as Derek picked the plates off of the table and took them to the sink to stick them in the washer. Meredith went upstairs to put Delia to bed and he met her upstairs and did exactly what he promised her. He held her all night. It wasn't forever, but it felt like it to both of them.

And I don't want the world to see me

'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am