Hey guys!! I was going to try to update yesterday, but instead I wrote a cute one-shot. Lol! So, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. I am at a loss of where I want to go with this right now. I know I want the major events to take place, but I don't know how soon I want to start adding them. Anyway, this chapter is when Meredith goes to meet Derek's family. I might split it up into different chapters; I guess we'll just see how it goes. Thanks for reading! HAPPY GREY'S DAY!!!
It was Thursday afternoon the day before Derek and Meredith were to leave for New York. They had both gone in at five that morning and were ready to go home. Derek was getting off at five, but Meredith had to stay till ten that night. Since she was an intern and it was difficult for her to get time off, she had been working her ass off all week. Derek knew it was hard on her, but it was also hard on him.
He missed seeing her all the time and those little things they would do everyday. They couldn't drive in together anymore since they got off at different times, which meant they didn't get ready together. She had been so swamped with work that they didn't meet for lunch anymore either. They rarely worked on the same cases anymore, but that was because she got scheduled to other departments. He missed her. He couldn't even get a single elevator ride with her anymore.
It was almost five but he decided to check the OR board to see if Mer was in surgery. If she wasn't, she was probably hiding in the basement with Cristina or somewhere else doing charts or running labs. He looked up and saw that she was in a surgery that started two hours ago with Dr. Sloan. He figured the surgery would probably be over soon, and decided to make his way to the room.
He got there in time to see Mark and her standing side by side washing their hands in the scrub room. He pushed the door open and looked at them. "Hey, how'd the surgery go?" He asked. They turned around to see him and Meredith's eyes brightened, she had missed him too.
"Good, your girl friend here was a great help in there. She has a talent with Plastics." Mark told him with a smile.
"I bet she was a great help. She is in any OR, but I think she's best in Neuro." Derek said flashing Meredith a smile.
"Whatever Shep, you're just worried that she'll choose Plastics and leave you with loser interns." Mark said as he dried his hands.
"You're right Mark, but luckily I think it's known that she'll choose Neuro." Derek told him.
"Whatever you say McDreamy." Mark said with a smirk as he moved closer to Derek to exit the small room.
"Have a nice night McSteamy, don't make anymore of those nurses mad." Derek teased him as Mark left the room and they heard his chuckle down the hall.
Derek moved more into the room and closer to Meredith.
"How has your day been?" he asked her gently as he stood next to her.
"Busy, and crazy." She answered letting out a yawn.
"I'm sorry." He told her pulling her near him.
"It's ok, we get the weekend off. That'll be nice." She said wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her head on his shoulder.
"Yes we do, are you still ok with meeting my family?" he asked.
"Of course." She told him, pushing her fear down into her stomach.
"Ok," he told her as he held her tighter. He had missed this simple act of affection the past couple days.
"We're staying in a hotel right?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, it'll be better that way since other people are staying at moms." Derek told her.
"This way we can have sex." Meredith told him with a smirk.
"We could've if we stayed at my mom's house." Derek told her.
"No, I would refuse that, Derek." She told him.
"What?" he asked.
"If we ever stay at your mom's we are not having sex while we are there. Sorry, but I will not have sex in your mother's house." She told him.
"But, how am I supposed to christian my bedroom?" he asked serious.
"Derek, are you serious? That room has had to have seen some action." She told him.
"Not much, and not with the love of my life. Come on Mer," he whined.
"You've got to be kidding me! Derek, I will not have sex with your mother or any other of your family in that house." She told him with a laugh.
"If they were gone then?" he asked.
"Uh, fine. Yes, if no one else were in that house, and it were just you and me, I would consider having sex with you in your childhood home you perv." She told him with a giggle.
"Awesome!" Derek cheered with a happy smile. He was always happy around her.
"I love you, Derek." She told him in a soft whisper.
"I love you too," he said softly as he placed a tender kiss on her lips.
They stood there like that resting against the other and basking in the warmth and comfort they had missed out on the past week.
"Uh, I have to go," Meredith said in a tired, dreadful voice as her pager beeped. "I'll see you at home? I have a couple more hours left here then I have to stop at the store and get some stuff to take tomorrow then pack." She told him.
"I'll stop by the store for you," Derek told her.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm off so I'll head there now and then you won't have to do it and I won't worry about you out late." He told her.
"Ok." She told him with a smile.
"What do you need?" he asked.
"Well, deodorant, shampoo, and conditioner; you can get those in travel size. Then I need tampons, and then condoms." She told him with a smile.
"Got it," he said cataloging it all in his brain.
"Get a lot of condoms, but please no more glow in the dark." She told him.
"I like that kind." He told her with a smile.
"Fine, get one pack. But mix it up a bit." She told him with a smile. She missed this.
"Fine." He said in a whiny tone sounding like a five year old.
"Don't complain, because I give you a reason to use those condoms." She told him with a teasing smile.
"That's true. I wouldn't want to use them with anyone else." He told her.
"That was cheesy and kinda weird." Meredith said with a giggle.
"It was, I'm tired." He told her with a smile.
"Ok, well get that stuff then you can go to bed. I'll be quiet coming in." she told him.
"No, I'll stay up and wait for you. Maybe get some stuff packed." He told her.
"You don't have to, but if you want go ahead." She told him.
"Ok, I love you." He told her placing a kiss on her lips.
"I love you too," she said returning the kiss.
They exited together and set off in their opposite directions.
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"So, you're really meeting his family this weekend?" Cristina asked as she bit into a yellow apple.
"Yeah, I am." Meredith told her, filling out her last chart for the evening.
"Are you nervous?" Cristina asked.
"Definitely." Meredith answered.
"Are you going to freak out?" Cristina asked.
"I'm trying not to, but it's just…I…I don't do well with families. My mother hated me when she remembered me, my dad left me…for…a perfect, shiny, better family. And I have no idea how to act around parents. Derek's mother sounds so…loving. That's foreign to me. I don't know how to act around her. And his sisters…how do I act around them? They're…they love Derek and they loved Addison…oh my god…what if they don't like me and want Derek to get back together with Addison? That would be…that would…I hate families." Meredith rambled as she stopped filling out her chart.
"It'll be fine." Izzie assured her.
"Maybe if it were you, I bet mother's love you. They hate me. I'm all dark and twisty and weird." Meredith said.
"No you aren't. Not so much anymore." George added.
"Yeah Mer, you haven't been that way since before Derek." Izzie supplied.
"It's true." Cristina added.
"I don't know. I'm freaking out now. He has like…tons of nieces and nephews. How am I supposed to remember everyone?" she asked freaking out.
"Oh no, it's a Meredith freak out." Alex said.
"I have to…I'm…just going to go home." Meredith said closing her chart and leaving the group.
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Derek walked into the local grocery store and added the things on the list that Meredith had asked for. He didn't mind buying her tampons. He knew she needed them and he loved her. He would get her anything she needed. He walked down the shampoo isle and looked to find Meredith's favorite kind in the small bottle. He couldn't find any in the lavender scent and decided on just buying it in the normal size. There was no way he was buying her a different scent. He moved to the next isle and picked up three different boxes of condoms with a smile and placed them in the basket he had.
He made his way to the check out and placed the items on the counter. The sales clerk scanned the items and shared a few glances at Derek. The kid was judging Derek, and Derek knew that.
"Wow, you must be really whipped." The teenage boy said behind the counter.
"What?" Derek asked confused.
"The girl, she must have you whipped. For buying her shampoo, conditioner and tampons. Dude, you're whipped." He told Derek.
"Well, I'm also buying condoms, which I'm sure you don't even get a chance to use. So I'd shut up and just finish scanning the items." Derek fired back. Normally he was polite to the workers, but he was tired and this kid was really annoying him.
"Whoa, dude. Chill." He said in a surfers tone as he bagged the items.
He told Derek the total and Derek placed the amount on the counter and grabbed his bag. "I love my girl friend. Maybe you'll understand someday." He told the kid before leaving.
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Meredith arrived home shortly after ten o'clock and after looking around the downstairs, she climbed the stairs and made her way to her and Derek's bedroom. She opened the door and saw him packing some of her shirts into a suitcase.
"Hey, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Packing, I thought I'd help you out since I had some extra time." He told her before she leaned over the bed and bag to place a kiss on his lips.
"Thanks, but you didn't have to do that." She told him.
"Yes I did, Meredith I'm so happy and grateful that you are coming with me to meet my family. You've had to work like crazy this past week and I just want you to know how much I appreciate all of this. So I don't mind getting you things from the store, or packing for you." He told her lovingly.
"Thank you." She told him with a grateful smile.
"You're welcome, also this way I get to decide what underwear you bring on the trip." He said with a smirk.
"Ah, so the truth comes out. Any trouble getting me the stuff from the store?" She asked.
"No. I couldn't find a small bottle of your shampoo or conditioner so I just got the original bottle." He told her.
"That will take up a lot of room, why didn't you just get a different kind?" she asked.
"Because, I can't imagine you having a different scent. You always smell like lavender, and I want that to stay the same." He told her.
"What are you going to use?" she asked.
"I'll use yours too." He told her.
"You won't mind smelling like me?" she asked.
"Not at all." He told her honestly with a loving smile.
"Ok, anything else?" She asked referring to the trip he made to the store.
"Nothing other then a stupid punk ass kid telling me I'm whipped for buying you tampons." He told her.
"Oh really? What did you say?" she asked amused.
"That I was also buying condoms, which he's probably never used before since he doesn't get any action." He answered.
"You did not?!" She said.
"Yeah, I did. He annoyed me Meredith." He told her.
"Derek!" She said with her giggle escaping her lips.
"Whatever, I don't care about him. I'm just so excited to have you meet me family Mer." He told her with a happy smile.
He was really happy. Meredith couldn't tell him how nervous or scared or paranoid she was about meeting his family, not when he looked so happy. She decided to not tell him how scared she was for tomorrow. Instead she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. That was the best way for her to avoid telling him something she had a hard time admitting.
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