Every Night

Imagine Dragons

I'm coming home to you

Every night...

"Der" Meredith said in disbelief "But you're here and not in New York, what…" Meredith began to ramble

"Well are you going to let me in?" Derek chuckled

"I uh, yeah" Meredith said still confused as she touched him softly as if trying to make sure she wasn't imagining things.

"Okay" Derek chuckled as he rolled his luggage in the apartment

I'm the colorless sunrise

That's never good enough

I'm the wind that's in your hair

That ruffles you up

If you can find a reason

You can let me know

I won't blame you

I'll just turn and go


Flashback

"Alright well we better get going or we will miss our flight little miss" Meredith said. After checking in their luggage and getting their boarding passes Meredith, Emma and Derek were enjoying a few final moments together as a family

"I really wish I could wait with you guys" Derek sighed knowing that they still had to wait before boarding and taking off but he wasn't allowed past security

"Daddy, why can't you come on a 'cation to our house" Emma asked

"Well baby, Daddy works here in New York but hopefully daddy's boss will let me come and visit you on your birthday" Derek said

"All right we have to go" Meredith said softly as she looked at the time. They had to be at their gate in an hour and security at the airport took at least thirty minutes. Luckily they had a separate line for travelers with children to make things a little bit easier.

"Bye Em, Love you" Derek said crouching down to her level and kissing her forhead

"I'm going to miss you" Em said looking Derek straight in the eyes letting him see the sadness. It was one of the traits Emma had gotten from Meredith, her eyes and the fact that he could tell how she felt by looking into them

"Love you to the moon and back" he said hugging her tightly before standing up

"Bye Mer" Derek said kissing her gently

"Ewww cooties" Emma giggled as she looked at her parents

"Hmmmm" Meredith said "We're going to miss this" she sighed

"Text Me when you board and call me when you land?" Derek asked

"As always" Meredith said giggled "Love you"

"Love you too" Derek said as he watched his girls make their way towards security. He waited at the cut off and watched as they got all of their carry ons checked and went through the body scanners and once they had finished security he waved a final goodbye before they went towards their gate.

End of Flashback


I'm coming home to you

Every night...

Coming home to you

Every night...

My mind is made up

Nothing could change that

I'm coming home to you

Every night...

"Mommy I'm ready to go" Emma said as she skipped into the living room area with her rainboots on "DADDY!" Emma smiled when she saw Derek sitting on the couch with Meredith

"Hey princess" Derek said putting her in his lap

"You on 'cation?" she asked confused as to why her dad was here in Seattle.

"Nope, I'm here to stay" Derek said looked intently at Meredith

"You're gonna live here?!" Emma asked excitedly

"Well that's the plan" Derek chuckled

"Can you help me and mommy make my cookies for school?" Emma asked

"I don't see why not" Derek said

"Yeah, we—we need to go to the store before it gets to late" Meredith said. Derek could see the wheels turning in Meredith's mind

"Mer, we'll talk later, after Em goes to bed?" Derek asked. Meredith nodded as she stood up and the three of them left to go to the store

Searching to find myself

But all I find is you

I can hardly stand myself

So what am I to you?

If you can find a reason

You could let me know

I won't blame you

I'll just turn and go


Flashback

It had been one week since Meredith and Emma left to go back to Seattle and for Derek it had been a week of hell. He missed them, both of them. His apartment once filled with the giggles of Meredith and his daughter was now silent. His apartment once decorated with clean lines and sleek modern design was still decorated with all the paper crafts Emma had made and Derek couldn't make himself take them down. He was so used to sleeping next to Meredith that ever since she left he slept with his sleep shirt she used to wear to bed. Derek couldn't take it. A few days earlier Meredith had called to tell him she had gotten into the most prestigious teaching hospital in the nation and he wasn't going to deprive her from a great program and supported her even though it meant having to keep their relationship long distance.

"Dr. Shepherd" The older man said as Derek stepped into his office

"Chief" Derek breathed

"What brings you in today?" the man asked motioning for Derek to take a seat

"I wanted to talk about my residency" Derek said

"Yes" the chief nodded for Derek to continue

"Well my final year of residency is ending in two weeks and it has been a great opportunity to work in a great hospital…"

"But…" The chief said

"But my family needs me" Derek said "I need them"

"So you want to do your fellowship else where. I'm assuming Seattle" the man smiled

"Meredith got into their internship program" he said "I know you were hoping she would choose to move out here, but she the opportunity was too good to turn do Derek said " Derek explained "and as much as I have enjoyed my residency out here, I need to be with them. When I was an intern I needed Meredith for support and she's going to need the same from me, especially since our daughter is starting school soon" Derek continued

"I understand Dr. Shepherd" he said standing up from his desk "I will be more than happy to write you a recommendation to Chief Webber at Seattle Grace."

"Thank you sir" Derek said shaking his hand

End of Flashback


I'm coming home to you

Every night...

Coming home to you

Every night...

My mind is made up

Nothing could change that

I'm coming home to you

Every night...

"So Dr. Neil was fine with you leaving?" Meredith asked as he poured the chocolate chips into the cookie batter and Emma stirred

"I mean, he has a family and I think he gets it. He even asked how I felt since I moved out there, wondering how I felt about leaving Emma in what he called the crucial years of his children, watching them go of to school and all that. And I was honest with him, I told him that I hated the fact that I had to miss so much of it in the past year"

"So are you bringing me to school daddy?" Emma piped in

"If it's okay with mommy" Derek chuckled "Daddy's car is being shipped out here"

"You're staying here right?" Meredith asked

"If that's okay with you, I mean I can get my own place…"

"No you should stay here" Meredith murmured as she hugged him from behind

"You can stay in my room daddy! We can have sleepovers" Emma giggled as she helped Meredith spoon out the cookie batter onto the baking sheet. The comment caused both Meredith and Derek to laugh


No matter, no matter

No matter what we're facing

It don't matter, don't matter

'Cause the reason that I'm here

Is the same through all these years

Not changing, not changing

Anything at all

Flashback

Three days ago

It had been a long day of surgery for Derek Shepherd. He had lost two patients and the last surgery he just scrubbed out of was long, tedious and the patient was still in bad shape and had a long road ahead of him

"Dr. Shepherd" Derek heard when he was a few feet from the resident locker room. He silently cursed himself, he just wanted to go get a drink and head home

"Chief" Derek said with a smiled as he turned around to greet his mentor

" have good news for you Shepherd" the chief smiled "but bad news for the hospital"

"I'm sorry" Derek said slightly confused

"Looks like I'm losing one of my most promising nero fellow to Seattle Grace" Dr. Neil said

"What?" Derek said in shock

"Seattle Grace called about my recommendation, they'll be calling you in the morning. They want you in their neurology department, at the turn of the program which is…"

"In a week" Derek said

"I've had my secretary turn over a lot of files of yours in my office, we will be sending your records and any important information once the residency year closes. Also I noticed you haven't taken a formal vacation so, tomorrow is you last shift. Take a few days to get settled in Seattle"

"Thanks Chief" Derek said shaking his hand

End of Flashback


I'm coming home to you

Every night...

Coming home to you

Every night...

My mind is made up

Nothing could change that

I'm coming home to you

Every night...

"You didn't bother to tell me this news" Meredith giggled as she curled up against him later that evening. Emma had fallen asleep after baking cookies and a pizza dinner so now it was just the two of them

"I thought it'd be a fun surprise" Derek chuckled "That was until I turned my phone on after the flight to a million text messages and a million missed calls"

"I was freaking out about my test" Meredith breathed

"I'm sure you did fine, you always do amazing. Last time you said you failed a test you made an A minus. Students would kill for a B minus and you're all mopey because you didn't get a solid A" he chuckled

"hmmm" Meredith said taking in his scent

"What?" Derek said

"Just breathing you in as you would call it" Meredith giggled "You smell like Derek"

"Well I am Derek" he chuckled

"You smell like your aftershave, and scotch from the airport I'm assuming" She said breathing in deeply again "I'm glad your home"

"I'm glad I'm home" He said

I'm coming home to you

Every night...

Coming home to you

Every night...

My mind is made up

Nothing could change that

I'm coming home to you

Every night...


Hope Everybody had a fun and safe New Year! one of my fun New Years Resolution is to have a 10 second random dance party everyday, record it and to upload it to my instagram. Hopefully I can put all the little clips together at the end of the year to make a little video of me dancing through the year! All the random places I'll be traveling to, who knows maybe I can get some strangers to join in the dance party too! Did you make an resolutions? If so what are yours?