Meredith wakes up as the sunlight trickles in through the window. She smiles at the warmth she feels radiating from the body lying next to her. His arm is draped over her, his hand resting on her stomach. She moves further into his body, relishing in its heat and in the feel of having him so close to her. He tightens his grip on her as she moves, pulling her closer as she desires.
She knows that he is awake now. She knows because his hand is now caressing her stomach as his face inches closer to her hair, breathing her in. She can feel his erection pressing against her lower back as he pushes his body even closer to hers. She keeps her eyes closed, just enjoying the sensations that his touch sends through her body. She feels him brush her hair away from her neck, leaving it exposed and vulnerable to his mouth. Next, she feels his warm, moist lips on her skin. She giggles as his stubble brushes against her, letting him know that she is in fact, awake. But he already knows. He knows her well enough to know. She turns around in his arms so that she is now facing him.
Meredith: Good morning.
Derek: Good morning.
He moves his face down her body and to her stomach. He lifts up her shirt and places a kiss in the middle of her belly.
Derek: Good morning, Sophia.
Meredith runs her fingers through Derek's unruly hair as he makes his way back up her body. When he finally reaches the pillows once again, he props himself up on his elbow and gazes down at her.
Meredith: What?
Derek: You are so beautiful.
Meredith blushes slightly as he reaches down and runs his thumb slowly over her cheekbone.
Meredith: Well, you aren't so bad yourself, Dr. Shepherd.
Derek chuckles as he leans down and presses his lips against Meredith's forehead.
Derek: Today is your appointment.
Meredith smiles up at him and can't help but laugh at his smirk.
Meredith: This I already know.
Derek: Which means, that if everything checks out, tonight is our sexathon.
Meredith: I am fully aware of that.
Derek: Just checking.
Meredith sighs as Derek brings his lips down to hers, meeting in a brief, affectionate kiss. A kiss that is one of comfort, like something that they would wake up and do every morning for the rest of their lives.
Derek: I love you.
Meredith: I love you.
Meredith slowly swings her feet over the edge of the bed.
Derek: Where are you going?
Meredith: Well, your daughter has decided that my bladder is a good place to rest on, so I am going to the bathroom.
Derek chuckles as Meredith stands up and walks to the mirror. She gasps and he immediately jumps up and runs to her side.
Derek (in a panic): What is it? Is something wrong?
Meredith giggles at his panic.
Meredith: No, but look at me.
Derek runs his eyes over her. His eyes get wider as they land on her stomach, something he didn't notice when she was lying down.
Derek: You...
Meredith: I popped. I am freaking huge. I look like a baby elephant...or hippo...or something big and fat..
Derek: Hippos are cute.
Meredith hits him in the arm.
Meredith: So not helping right now!
Derek chuckles.
Derek: Sorry.
He wraps his arms around her shoulders as he places his chin on her head, looking at her reflection in the mirror with her. He sighs as she leans back into his body.
Derek: You are amazing and beautiful. You are carrying our baby, Mer. Your stomach is just a little more obvious, that's all. But I love it. I love knowing when I look at you that that is our daughter inside of you growing as your stomach grows, coming closer to greet us.
Derek moves his hands down to Meredith's stomach. She has tears in her eyes as he continues to speak.
Derek: You are growing a person, Mer. Do you know how amazing that is? You are giving me something so amazing and great, that I can't even begin to thank you. I don't know how. Not to mention how lucky I already to feel to have you, to have this with you. It means the world to me, Mer. God, I love you so damn much. I love you, Mer and you couldn't be more beautiful to me than you are right now. I say that, and then tomorrow you will probably look even more beautiful.
He turns Meredith around so that she is now facing him. He wipes away a few tears that have escaped from her eyes.
Derek: Just when I think I can't possibly love you any more, I fall even more. I fall even more in love with you every single day, every hour, every minute, every second, my love for you grows into something so incomprehensible, so all-consuming that I can't even begin to describe it. So, you Meredith Grey, you are the most beautiful woman in the world to me every single second of every single day and you will continue to be the most beautiful woman to me every day for the rest of our lives. I love you.
Derek leans forward and places a kiss on Meredith's forehead. She leans her forehead against his chest as they run their hands up each other's backs.
Meredith (into his chest): You are so getting laid tonight if I am cleared.
Derek: Oh, that was never a question.
Meredith playfully hits him on the arm as she straightens up. Derek brushes a stray strand of hair out of her face as he leans forward to place a gentle kiss on her lips.
Derek: Why don't you go take a shower and I will go make breakfast.
Meredith nods as she bites down on her bottom lip.
Derek: What?
Meredith: Will you make me waffles with peanut butter, syrup, and strawberries?
Derek chuckles at her strange cravings, but he loves it. He loves that he is the one who is satisfying them.
Derek: Of course. Anything you want, babe.
Meredith smiles at him as she begins to walk out of the bedroom. She pauses in the doorway and looks back at him.
Meredith: Love you.
Derek: Love you too.