Hey guys, thank you for reading! MerDer are definitely back to being happy in this chapter... hope you enjoy

Meredith lay snuggled into Derek's chest, her arms wrapped around him as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head. She hadn't expected him to defend her to her mom like that, and it was weird, because her mom was her only family, except she felt so much more at home with Derek. She didn't really care that she'd walked away from her mom, because she believed Derek when he said that he would always love her and look after her.

He ran his hands gently up and down her arm before tipping her chin up to kiss her. 'Love you.' He breathed.

'Love you too.' She whispered, smiling at him.

'You okay?' he asked, pressing his lips to hers softly.

'Yeah,' she said genuinely.

'Good.'

'Did your dad really marry your mom when he was twenty three?' she asked, reaching for his hand.

'Yeah.' He smiled.

'So your mom was only nine-teen?'

'Yep.'

'Wow…' she breathed. 'That's younger than me.'

'I know.' He laughed softly.

'It's weird.'

'I know. People used to get married a lot younger.'

'She's not that old, Derek.' She giggled.

'I know.' He rolled his eyes. 'I'm just saying.'

'I know.' She whispered.

'I still can't believe she said those things about you,' he murmured, squeezing her hand. 'Don't listen to her,' he whispered, moving to kiss just below her ear.

'I wont.'

'I mean it. Don't listen to what she says about you.'

'I know.'

'She's wrong.'

'Okay,' she breathed, squeezing his hands which rested around her waist.

'I love you.'

'I love you too. Thank you.'

'I didn't do anything.'

'You make me feel loved.' She whispered, turning in his arms to face him, resting a hand gently on his cheek. 'I'm so in love with you.'

'I'm so in love with you too,' he murmured, his eyes sparkling as he looked at her.

'Hmmm,' she smiled, leaning to kiss him gently. 'So she didn't scare you away?'

'No.' he laughed. 'I told you nothing would.'

'Thank you,'

'You're welcome.' He grinned. 'And forget about the fight, I'm totally over it.'

'You are?' she whispered, shuffling closer to him slightly.

'Yeah,' he nodded. 'Well, as long as I can still fuck your boobs later.' He smirked.

'Of course.' She giggled. 'You can do whatever you want later.'

'Oh I can, can I?' he raised an eyebrow.

'Uh-huh.' She nodded. 'You're going to get very lucky.'

'Good.' He kissed her gently. 'Do you want to talk to your mom before she goes?' he asked quietly.

'No,' she shook her head.

'Are you sure? I know I kind of stormed us out of there.'

'I wanted to leave,' she admitted, tracing the outline of his jaw with her fingers.

'Okay.'

'She doesn't care.' She sighed. 'But you do. So I know where I'd rather be.' She giggled slightly.

'Of course I care.' He ran his hands up and down her smooth sides.

'I love you.' She smiled.

'I love you too.'

'Do you really want me to come to Thanksgiving?'

'Of course. I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't.'

'I've never had one before,' she said softly, her breath touching his face.

'A what?'

'A Thanksgiving.'

'Wait- seriously?'

'Yeah,' she shrugged. 'I mean, unless I had one when I was a baby, which I doubt unless it was just me and my dad. My mom will have been working.'

'Okay, you're going to love it.' He laughed.

'I am?' she bit her lip nervously.

'Mer it's basically a day of eating, you're going to be I heaven.'

'Shut up.' She giggled, wrapping her leg around his. 'What about the family stuff?'

'What do you mean?' he brushed a piece of hair behind her ear.

'I don't know what to do.'

'Okay, all that we do in our family is sit together in the living room before dinner and then during dinner we go around the table and say what we're thankful for, and then it's like any other family dinner.'

'So it's just the normal family.'

'Well, this year its obviously the normal sisters etc, then my uncle Stanley and Aunt Brenda and their families and my grandma Margret. So you'll know almost everyone.'

'Okay.'

'And they all love you.'

'I think Liv's pissed with me.' She said quietly.

'What?' he frowned.

'I mean she didn't say anything… or anything… but she was off with me after our fight…'

'She's just being over protective.' Derek shook his head. 'Her and Imogen think I don't know, but they get like that. But we're good now, so she'll be fine.'

'Hmmmm.'

'Do you want me to talk to her?'

'No. No.' she shook her head. 'No.'

'Okay,' he laughed softly. 'But I promise you she wont be pissed.'

'She seemed it.'

'I was upset.' He shrugged. 'I'm her brother, she's going to be pissed at someone who hurt me. But she really likes you Mer.'

'I really like her too.' She said quietly.

'I promise she isn't actually pissed at you. Be thankful it wasn't Imogen, she's even worse.' He laughed. 'But she'll get over it.'

'Good.' She whispered. 'I don't want your family to hate me.'

'They don't.' he shook his head. 'They love you.'

'Hmmmm.'

'My mom adores you.'

'I love her.' She said quietly.

'I know you do.'

'I… do you know any more about Lara and Jake?'

'Liv thinks they're going to break up.' He sighed.

'Oh.'

'I know.' He squeezed her tightly, kissing her temple.

'That's sad.'

'I know.'

'He's nice.'

'I like him.' Derek nodded. 'But La will be okay.'

'Are you happy she's staying in New York?'

'Very.' He nodded. 'I mean, Liv's going to be there for at least another year and a half, but then she might move for med school so then Lara will be there with my mom.'

'Yeah.' Meredith whispered. 'Do you think Liv will move?'

'I don't know.' He sighed.

'Do you think we will?' she asked quietly.

'I don't know.' He repeated. 'We'll start looking soon.'

'I… together…' she blurted.

'What?' he laughed softly.

'I want to go together.'

'I thought we already discussed this?' he smiled.

'I know… but we didn't talk about it properly, and I… I want us to go together. Unless we don't both get in, which I'm sure we will because our grades are pretty much the same. But I don't want us to go to different ones, even if they're in the same state or whatever. I want to be with you. We're a unit or whatever.'

He smiled softly at her and leant to kiss her gently. 'I want that too.'

'I really want this, Der. You. I want you.'

'I want you too.' He smiled. 'I love you.'

'I love you too.' She breathed.

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