Final Chapter!
Black
Chapter 5
It was pouring by the time he got to his car. Not that he cared. All he wanted to do was find her. His phone was blinking at him. He dialed up his voicemail and her voice filled the air. "She's looking for me…" He whispered to himself, wonder and awe filling his voice, a smile playing across his lips…
He dialed her number but she didn't answer. He started his drive back towards… her. He passed her house, her car was gone. He stopped by the hospital and Joe's, but to no avail. It was really coming down by now, visibility was terrible. He resisted the urge to pick up speed. "Don't die before you tell her." He told himself, forcing his foot to release the gas.
"Where are you Mere?" He asked, wracking his brain for a possible location. Then it hit him. "Why would she go there?" He asked himself. "Because I would go there." He answered almost immediately. He hung a left and headed to the only place left. "Please be here. Please." He prayed softly.
Meredith couldn't tell whether the drops of water on her face were tears or the rain. Not that it mattered. "I guess that's it. I guess it's over." She cried softly to herself.
"You're right, it is over." A voice she'd know anywhere said in her ear. Before she could react, a packet of papers were thrust in front of her face. She tried to read the words through her bloodshot eyes. "Writ of Divorce…" She breathed as she read the titling on the page. "I hereby have read and understand the terms of this document…. Derek A. Shepard…?" She exclaimed. She turned to find him standing behind her. He was soaked to the bone, shivering just as badly as she was. "Why?" She asked, gesturing with the papers.
"Certain things only come around every great once in awhile. Sometimes, those things are great. Other times, they aren't. And sometimes, even though we don't expect it, great things come out of those terrible things. Code Blacks almost NEVER happen… And it took that Code Black for me to realize that women like you, almost never happen… And I failed to see that once, maybe I ignored it, maybe I didn't want to see it, but I had no choice this time. When I chose to stay up there with you, to me, it wasn't really even a choice. It was automatic. I knew then that I'd made a mistake. Because if I was truly meant to be with my wife, then I would have gone downstairs when Cristina took Tucker down. But I couldn't leave you. It never even crossed my mind." He told her, coming around the bench to wrap his long coat around her and to pull her closer. "So… What does this mean?" She asked, tentatively placing her hands on his waist. He in turn, reached down and wrapped her arms around in him. "It means that I'm in love with you. In more than a hold a radio over my head, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake way. In a way that makes me want to kiss you in the morning before you brush your teeth, let you crawl all over me in a horror movie, have 29 kids with you if that's what you want, grow old and wear matching bright red jogging suits kind of way, if that's ok with you." He finished. She threw her head back and laughed. "God I miss that laugh." He whispered before placing a gentle hand on her neck and pulling her lips to his. "Be with me forever?" He asked against her lips. "Absolutely." She responded before pulling him back to her. "It's raining you know, want to go home?" He asked as he pulled away again. "Not yet. Now shut up." She commanded and pulled him back, holding him so close that even the rain couldn't come between them, in fact, nothing ever could…
EPILOGUE
They did indeed stay together forever. And although they didn't have 29 kids, they did have 3, Emily, Miranda and Derek Jr. Meredith opened her own office and Derek went on to be the Chief of Surgery. And by the way, they went with green suits instead of red….
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