Disclaimer: I don't own the show. I'm finally updating when they're all not writing. Which should actually prove that I don't own the show, or I wouldn't be writing at all.

Sorry this took so long. I really don't have any specific reason just that my life has been busy and this kind of got pushed to the side. But here it is finally...an update. If anyone is still with me, lol. This update is kind of fillerish but it's a fun filler so yes.

Enjoy!

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"Mer, we had sex. It had to happen eventually," I tried to reason with her as I grabbed my bag from the back of my car. It had been the first words I had gotten in edge wise since we had climbed into my car.

"It didn't happen eventually," she sighed as she grabbed my hand, walking with me into work. "It happened last night. We should talk."

"We did talk," I smiled. "Or you talked. Actually freaked out. But still, it was talking. We had sex. We love each other. It seems pretty simple to me."

"We're never simple," she frowned.

I stopped in my tracks, knowing I was in the middle of traffic flowing in and out of the hospital but not really caring as I held Meredith's hand tightly, forcing her to stop along with me. "Mer, breathe. What if, for just this once it is that simple? I love you, you love me, we had sex. It is that simple."

"Can we be that simple?" she asked, her voice quiet as she looked up at me, something different in her eyes.

It almost looked like hope.

"We can be," I nodded, beaming at her.

"Okay," she nodded, a tiny cute smile tugging at her lips. "And it's not going to explode in my face? Because usually, good things have a tendency to explode in my face. It's the pattern of my life, something good happens and all of a sudden bomb in the face. Or hand it was a hand once."

"Mer…rambling," I laughed, running my free hand along her cheek. "No exploding in your face."

"But it could," she said quietly.

"No," I shook my head. "Nothing is exploding. It's me and you babe."

"Did you seriously just say that?" she giggled softly.

"I did," I laughed, leaning forward and capturing her lips with my own, trying to hold back a moan as she gently slipped her tongue into my mouth.

"Well if it isn't my two favourite love birds," Mark's voice interrupted our kiss.

I groaned and released her lips but still pulled her close to me. "Mark, what the hell do you want?"

"You two are both late," he smirked.

"And why do you care?" I asked.

"Oh," his smirk widened into a smug grin. "Chief Webber got called away on a family emergency and since you didn't answer your phone and I was here he named me interim chief for the day."

"Seriously?" Meredith groaned.

"Seriously," he grinned widely. "And you're both late. Can we pause for a moment while I think of an appropriate punishment."

"Mark, we're five minutes late, you don't have to punish us."

"Oh I think I do," he nodded, crossing his arms in front of him and pausing to study both of us, our arms still around each other. "Oh too easy. You're not scrubbing in together today."

"What?" Meredith protested.

"You can't do that," I shook my head. "We spent all day together yesterday prepping this case, it's our case."

"I can do that," Mark nodded. "Shep, you don't need her. And everyone else seems to already be busy so we could really use Grey in the clinic."

"But she's…it's her case," I protested.

"Did I ask to hear complaints?" Mark laughed. "Come on you two. You're already running late. Get a move on it."

"I guess I'll see you at lunch," Meredith sighed, reaching up to kiss me quickly.

"Definitely," I nodded, leaning down to kiss her again. "Love you."

The words had slipped out of my mouth out of pure instinct. I was saying goodbye to my girlfriend, my Meredith and saying that had seemed to fit, to entirely fit. And it had slipped out, like it nearly had the night before. When she had said it first. But we had been in our bed, alone, post sex and saying it hadn't seemed quite so big and scary and real. But now there was a very good chance she could leave me hanging.

"Love you too," she murmured, blushing slightly before turning away and disappearing onto the crowded elevator.

"Love you? What was that?" Mark asked.

"It was saying goodbye to my girlfriend," I shrugged, following him to the main nurses' desk. "Who I do happen to be in love with."

"That's kind of disgusting," Mark shook his head at me.

"Or perfect," I shrugged. Mark was probably right. I had never been like this before. Even at the height of Addison and I, we never said I love you like that, so casually, to just say good bye to each other. But with Meredith, now that we were finally saying it and free to say it whenever we wanted, it was all I wanted to say. I wanted to follow her around all day at work and say it over and over again. Actually I wanted to stay in bed all day with her and say it over and over again. Definitely in bed. Last night had been amazing and today was going to be hell in comparison.

Especially with Mark as my boss.

"So you two are on steady ground?" Mark asked.

"We are," I nodded, grinning like an idiot. At least it felt like I was grinning like an idiot. "For the first time…ever, we are."

"That's great, Shep. I'm happy for you," Mark nodded, as we headed toward the elevator. "Do you think we could grab that fishing trip to New York now that you mentioned?"

"Oh yeah," I nodded. Okay, maybe I had completely forgotten about it. But I had been caught up in Meredith, and mainly in getting sex with Meredith. And last night had been successful. You can't actually expect a guy to be thinking of his kind of best friend at times like that. "We have to do that soon."

"How about next weekend?" Mark suggested.

"Works for me," I nodded. "I'll have to check with Mer, but I'm sure it's fine."

"You have to check with Mer?" Mark laughed. "Talk about whipped."

"Shut up," I grinned. "It's not whipped. I just can't take off without telling her."

"You would have with Addison," Mark pointed out.

"Meredith isn't Addison," I shrugged as the elevator pinged to a stop and we walked off. "So Chief Sloan, what do you want me to do today?"

"I should make you do rectal exams all day," Mark laughed.

"You do realize I have lives to save?"
"Oh come on, Shep. If you do rectal exams all day I'll even let Grey assist you," Mark laughed some more. "Actually on second thought, I don't think the hospital needs you two around that much lubricant."

"And what makes you think we're even having sex?"

"I saw the way you two were down there," Mark shrugged. "You two were basically screaming sex. It was kind of obvious. Besides, at the current moment she's most certainly undressing you with her eyes."

I turned to where Mark's gaze was and found Meredith leaning against the nurse's desk pretending to look at some chart, her intern waiting patiently behind her. And her eyes were glued to me, a small smile tugging at her lips, her secret I want to fuck you smile. Mark was most certainly right. She was undressing me with her eyes, and apparently quite intrigued by it.

Our eyes caught and the grin tugging at her lips won and turned into a full smile and I felt my own grin widen.

"Definitely having sex," Mark sighed. "I don't even know if I should let you two have lunch together. Will I ever see you again?"

"Of course you will," I nodded. "We have self control."

"You just had eye sex across a crowded hallway."

"Eye sex being the keyword. We're not going to jump each other at work," I shrugged. "We've never actually had sex at the hospital, well besides that one time but we weren't actually working."

"Derek I don't want to hear about it."

"What do you think I'm going to talk about on the entirely fishing trip?"

"Great. Wonderful."

"And I'm going to need an intern or another resident since you took Meredith away from me," I pouted.

"Fine," Mark sighed and then grinned. "Want a hot one? I found one earlier that has…"

"You took the hot one away from me," I cut him off. The acting chief of surgery really didn't need to be heard talking about the assets of the residents.

"There are other hot girls besides Meredith."

"Sure there are," I laughed, walking away from him. "Just find me one that knows a thing or two about brain surgery."

"Whatever you want," Mark called back.

At least I think that's what he said. I was already heading down the hall in the general direction Meredith had disappeared after our shared smile, or eye sex, whatever it had been. Because I had raised an excellent point in my conversation with Mark. We never had had sex in the hospital while we were working.

There was a first time for everything.

And I can't believe that I'm your man

And I get to kiss you baby just because I can

See, nothing but filler. Complete total filler. Meredith is kind of freaking out about the sex and Derek is just all happy and in love and could care less about all the details, just that it happened. And he's convinced that this time it can be this easy. And then they get to work and Mark's in charge as besides Derek he's really the only attending currently. So yeah…Mark is assish and funny to them and doesn't let them work together. Which only leads to Mark and Derek deciding to go fishing together and Derek still being all lovey toward Meredith. Which leads to him following her to find sex. Hehehe.

And as long as everything goes as planned this will be updated again later tonight.

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