Here is the next chapter. I'm really happy with this one.
This is just the week they spend in the city
Enjoy...
After having to spend a week in the city they were glad when they got to leave. The police had kept them there until they caught the guy. In which they did on Wednesday night. They had to go and view him to see if it was the guy they saw that night and it was. But the week had been pretty boring for them.
On the Tuesday they only left the room because they ran out of nappies, toiletries and clean clothes. The hotel had a laundry but Meredith needed and excuse to leave the room. Meredith and Derek took the three kids down to the plaza to buy the new supplies.
Meredith had been sick of staying in that room for one day and hearing the news on the murder and being bagged out by the press and hearing the rumours they had started. So when they had ran out of clean clothes that was her chance to leave the room.
She bought new outfits for everyone, some new onesies for Kaylee and bibs, toiletries for them, nappies for Kaylee and some food. Derek also snuck off and bought some condoms.
"Seriously, Condoms Derek?" She asks.
"Yes because I have ran out and just in case we have to repopulate the earth."
"And if that happens then we won't need condoms."
"I know that."
They got back to the hotel and just relaxed for the rest of the day.
In the two days since the murder half a dozen people came forward as witnesses which had lightened the talk about Meredith and Derek. On Tuesday night Meredith was talking to Cristina. She had informed Cristina at what had happened.
"I had a feeling it was McDreamy and you. Cause in the elevator when that bitch of a reporter walked in you could see Derek and the two kids and when she said that she had found the room the two kids looked at Derek with panic in their eyes and he pulled his phone out which I suspect was to you?"
"Yeah it was but I was also watching the event live so it was a surprise to me. Then when we were checking out the bitch walked over to us and started asking us these questions and started abusing me about being a mum and that must have only happened because I was drunk. She was a real bitch."
"Yeah I know I got to witness that as well."
"God she is a bitch but the police were going to go off at them."
"But how the hell do you think she knew what room you two were staying in."
"She probably followed them or bribed the hotel staff to tell her."
"God she needs a good life lesson in keeping her nose out of that business and being a slut."
Meredith just laughs and Kaylee starts crying.
"Okay that's me. I guess I will see you soon."
"Yeah have a good week away. Bye."
"Bye Cristina."
Wednesday came and they had decided that they would go to the aquarium and the pool for a while. They were there for most of the day. They headed back to the hotel and were sitting around for the afternoon. Derek had gone and bought some dinner and they sat in the room watching a DVD. Charlie was asleep by the time it finished. Derek carried her into bed and Meredith had sent Jackson to bed. Kaylee had been out since Derek had gotten back. They were sitting on the lounge when Derek's phone went off.
"Hello?"
"Hello Derek. This is Constable Wilson."
"Hi we were waiting for some news do you have any?"
"Yes we do. We have arrested a man and he is in police custody with us. We were wandering if you Meredith could come down to the station now and indentify him?"
"We would but all the kids are asleep."
"Okay can we get you down here at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning then?"
"Sure. We will see you then."
Derek hangs up.
"They have a man in police custody and we have to go and identify him tomorrow morning."
"That's good then."
"Yeah it is. We have to be down there by 9 though."
"Okay we better set an alarm."
The two of them fall asleep on the lounge after watching a movie. Derek has his back against the lounge and Meredith is asleep in front of him.
Kaylee woke at 2 that morning. Meredith feeds her and puts her back into bed. She shakes Derek awake and they both go and hit the bed.
They get 4 hours of sleep in when an alarm goes off in the hotel. Kaylee starts screaming with the alarm.
"We better go down just in case it is real." Derek says as he picks Kaylee up out of the cot.
Charlie and Jackson get up out of bed.
"What is that?" Charlie asks.
"We don't know. We will find out I guess." Meredith says.
They grab the key for the room and leave. They see other guests leaving their rooms and heading to the fire escape. They all follow them down to the hotel lobby and stand around waiting for news.
Derek has Kaylee in his arms and is trying to sooth her cries.
A member from the staff then walks out and informs them of what has happened and it was just something burning in the kitchen that sent the alarm off and that the fire brigade will be there soon to turn it off.
After waiting 15 minutes they ventured back to their room.
At 8.30 they headed over to the police station. Meredith had covered the capsule with a blanket like on Sunday afternoon. She didn't want people looking at Kaylee or if she was awake to see where she was. Derek and Meredith walk up to the front desk.
"Hi we were wandering if Constable Wilson was around we had to have a talk to him."
"And you are?"
"Derek Shepherd."
"Oh yes okay he will be out in a second. Can you just take a seat for me please?"
"This is so creepy." Meredith says. "Hopefully we don't have to take the kids with us."
"Yeah same here."
Constable Wilson then walks over them.
"Hi guys thanks for coming down. Do you want to just follow me this way?"
"Do we have to take the kids I don't want to freak them out at all?" Meredith says.
"I totally understand." He turns and faces the desk. "Jackie could you please take these two with you to the kids room and hand them over to Amanda."
"Sure. Follow me kids." Jackie says.
"Oh and can you take her for me as well?" Mer asks referring to Kaylee.
"Of course."
Meredith passes the capsule to Jackie and she takes the kids down the hallway.
As they walked through the station to the viewing rooms, Meredith was holding tightly onto Derek's hand. She was crept out by only seeing the front part. The part that only had interview rooms, viewing rooms, offices and things like that. If they had gone to the back of the station where people were being held in custody she probably would have broken Derek's hand.
The two of them are searched before they walk into the room to view the man. They stood inside the room and behind the glass. Meredith was scared as they stood behind the glass waiting for murdered to be bought in.
"Will he be able to see us?" She asks.
"No he can't so you are safe with us." The Constable tells her.
An officer brings a guy into the room and puts him up against the back wall.
"Is that your guy?"
Derek lets out a deep breath.
"Yeah that's him. That's the guy that threw Sally Jones to her death." Derek says.
"Yeah that's him." Meredith whispers.
"Okay you can take him away now." Constable Wilson says to the officer outside. "Come and take a seat for me now."
Meredith and Derek sit down at the table.
"Okay that guy has been identified by all the other witnesses as the guy who throw Sally Jones to her death on early Sunday morning. So after your indentifying that he was that guy he is going to be sent to prison for a very long time."
"Where did you find him if I may ask?" Meredith asks.
"We found him hanging around the plaza."
"Oh and we were only there the day before." Derek says.
"It's fine now because we have caught him and he won't be hurting girls anymore."
"Okay that is a relief but if you think about it any one of us at that wedding could have been a victim in the end." Meredith says.
There is a knock at the door.
"Sorry to interrupt but your baby is crying and I'm pretty sure she is hungry." Amanda says.
"You can go down if you want." He says.
Meredith excuses herself and follows Amanda.
"You guys can go home now if you want."
"I think we will stay one more night because we are nowhere ready to be leaving and I think we would be too stressed to be leaving this afternoon."
"Totally understand and you have been booked in until Friday."
"Thanks for the free accommodation this week." Derek says shaking his hand.
"No thank you for all your help and I hope you can go back to living a better life."
"We will when we have a small baby to look after."
The two of them walk down the hall to the kid's room.
"Bye guys and thanks for your patience." Constable Wilson says as he leaves.
Derek walks in and sits down beside Meredith.
...
That night they decided on a celebratory dinner in celebration.
"To freedom." Derek says holding up his glass.
"And to no more worrying." Meredith adds in.
"And to family. If we weren't all together I don't think we would have made it through this week." Jackson says.
"And to the week away." Charlie says.
"Okay to freedom, no more worrying, family and the week away. Cheers." He says.
They all clink their glasses together and enjoy a family meal.
At the hotel later that night Meredith and Derek called everyone and told them that they had caught the murderer and that they would be home tomorrow afternoon.
They sat on the lounge after making the phone calls and all the kids were in bed asleep.
Derek got up and pulled a bottle of champagne from the fridge. It was the way to celebrate the capturing of Steven Brown the murderer if Sally Jones. He brought it over to Mer.
"So this is our way of celebrating for the night, would you mind joining me out on the balcony and watch the city life?"
"I would love to." He grabs onto her hand and takes her into the night air on the balcony.
The two sit there drinking the champagne straight from the bottle and having a good laugh.
"I really shouldn't be drinking this." Mer says.
"It's our way to celebrate."
"I know but Kaylee is going to and up drinking this."
"Well we can just tell her that it was for a special occasion and it won't happen again." Derek says handing the bottle back over to her.
She takes it from him and has the rest of the bottle and sits it on the ground next to her. She gets up and goes and sits in Derek's lap, straddling him.
"Thank you for a good week." She says.
"My pleasure, it was a good way to unwind and I should be thanking you as well for those multiple orgasms every time we had sex."
"It's my specialty." She says while she starts kissing him.
It's not long before the two of them are naked and enjoying each other's company on the balcony.
...
That morning they had packed all their gear and were ready to leave for home.
At lunchtime they were checked out and were on the road back home.
The drive home was better than the drive there. Less traffic was on the road and it was a lot quieter. Charlie and Jackson were sitting in the back watching a DVD. Kaylee was asleep and would be asleep for the rest of the trip. Meredith and Derek sat in the front.
Their 3 days away turned into a full week stay. The wedding was gorgeous, the sex was great and the murder was terrible. But Meredith and Derek used sex to rid that memory from their minds and to forget about the world for those minutes of intimacy that they shared.
The reporter was the biggest bitch that Meredith had met and was very nosey but words had been spoken to her about that behaviour and all the stunts she pulled on that day.
Meredith and Derek also became unknown stars in a way. They were talked about every time the murder came up but no one knew it was them except for everyone back home. Most of the statements made about the two of them were fake and made up but that didn't matter to the two of them because they were the only ones who knew the truth.
They arrived home late that afternoon. Instead of unpacking the car they all just went straight inside and went and relaxed in front of the TV. They fell asleep but Kaylee woke them.
Meredith blinked her eyes open to realise were she was and she heard Kaylee cry so she grabbed her and took her outside. The afternoon sun was setting and it was almost night time. Meredith didn't think that she was asleep for that long but it had been a couple of hours.
"I know the last week was pretty messed up sweetie but it should go back to normal. But next week you are going to have to stay at Nanna's for a few hours while me and daddy go and do that exam that we missed. Then the week after you will be staying at Nanna's again for the whole night its mummy and daddy's year 12 formal. So that's where I get to get dressed up in a pretty dress, have my hair and makeup done again then I get to say goodbye to all my year because some of them I won't see for years."
She gets Kaylee back to sleep and goes and lays her down upstairs in the bassinet. She walks downstairs and looks in the cupboard for some food to make. She doesn't find any. So looks in the fridge and sees that a pasta bake has been put in there with a note.
Thought you might be hungry when you got home and not in the mood to cook so I baked you a pasta bake. Just put in the oven for half an hour and you are good to go.
Carolyn.
Meredith smiles at the fact that she actually cares about them all and that she went out of her way to cook a dinner for them. She pops it into the oven to warm up.
She goes and gets some of the gear from the car and brings it inside. Derek walks up behind her.
"Meredith need some help." He says rubbing the sleep from his eyes and scaring her.
She jumps when she hears his voice and she turns to face him.
"That would be lovely."
The two bring the rest of the gear inside and Derek cleans the rubbish out of the car.
Meredith throws all the clothes out to the laundry to be washed. All the kids' clothes have been sorted through and thrown into the wash. She is going through Derek's and her bag. She is going through the bag and smiles when she finds all the empty condom boxes that the two of them had used over the 7 days that they were away.
Derek walks in behind her.
Did we go through 4 boxes?" He asks.
"We must of. I didn't think we had sex that many times."
"We must of unless someone was stealing them or we dropped a whole heap of them." He suggests.
"Let me think if the box comes with 8 in them and we went through 4 boxes we must have done it 32 times."
"One of the boxes only had a few in it so we can take the count down."
"Still that was a lot of sex for 7 days."
"Who cares it was fun sex and the best part was trying to keep quiet when the kids were all asleep. Then all the positions that I bent you. I never you that you were that flexible."
"Me either." She says. "Dinner is ready so you can take over here."
She gets up leaving him to take all the dirty clothes out.
...
Later that night she is reading Charlie a bed time story. Kaylee is asleep on her chest. Derek had to go to the store and pick up a few things. Most of the stuff was for Derek and Meredith. He walks into Charlie's room and takes Kaylee off Meredith's chest. He sits and waits for the story to end. She tucks Charlie in and kisses her goodnight. The two of them leave her room and leave the door open a fraction.
"I'm going to go and put her into bed." Derek says. "And you meet me on the porch."
She runs into Jackson on the way downstairs.
"I'm going to bed now Mer." He says.
"Okay goodnight." She gives him a quick kiss on top of his head and a small hug. "Have a good sleep in your bed."
"I will." He tells her.
She goes out to the porch and goes and sits down on one of the chairs. Juno is next to her on the chair and Bundy is lying over at the laundry door. She is patting her head and Juno is resting it on Mer's lap.
Derek walks out with some snacks and sets them out on the table in between the two chairs.
"What are we doing out here?"
"Just enjoying the peace and quiet and enjoying the beautiful night sky." He says.
"Okay. Are we going to have sex again tonight because I think we ran out of condoms?"
"We can if you want and I bought more when I went to the store for the snacks and nappies."
"Okay then."
...
The two of them lay in each other's arms in Meredith's room. Their clothes are still on and they are on top of the covers just looking at each other.
"I think we have to stop the comfort sex." Mer says. "Because it isn't really comfort sex it is like break up sex but it has been belated to now."
"It sort of was comfort sex but sometimes we just done it for the fun of it."
"Yeah I think it was only comfort sex for a couple of times then we abused the comfort part for just sex like we are a couple."
"We can be a couple you do know that." Derek says placing a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Yeah I do but I don't think that I could trust you again. You did hurt me bad you do know that?"
"Yeah I do and I am sorry."
"I know you are." She takes a deep breath. "So are we ending the comfort sex?"
"I'll do anything; it's all up to you."
She closes her eyes for a second and opens them back up and a single tear escapes down her cheek.
"I think it is better if we end it for now. We can always start something back up later when I'm ready."
"Okay but were going at your pace so you just tell me when and I'll be here for you."
She just nods her head.
"What's wrong?" He asks.
"I'm such a mess right now. I don't know how you could stay with me after everything that has happened to me."
"Because you are not a mess and if anyone left you they are stupid because they left an amazing and talented girl that is hard not to let go."
Meredith is now crying.
"Oh Mer come here." He says as he pulls her closer to her body and places a kiss to the top of her head.
"The crying is stupid but the tears are because no one has ever said anything like that to me. You always say the words that I need to hear."
"I know."
They stay there for a few more moments.
"I wish that I knew the sex last night was going to be the last." He says. "You never know that the last time is the last."
"We can do it now for our last time and so that we both know that it will be the last time."
"Only if you want to?"
"I want to."
"Okay good because I really needed to see that beautiful body of yours one last time." He says moving on top of her.
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