A/N - Ch 10…Yay-double digits! I'm celebrating by starting a new fanfict, but I need some help, read my A/N after the story for more details…hope you like it!
Also a big kiss to all of you who keep writing me all those lovely reviews-I'm so glad you are enjoying my little twaddle…Mwa!
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"So what are we going to do about Christmas?" Derek asked as he and Meredith drove home the store together "My family won't leave me alone until they meet you" he smiled, remembering the look on his sisters faces as he showed them the picture of himself and Meredith.
"Umm" she said looking out the window already feeling guilty "I kind of promised Izzie I would be home for Chrissy dinner seen as I was apparently in a bad mood over thanksgiving" she said turning back to him "Sorry" she added
"Oh" he replied, unable to hide his disappointment
"I doubt I'll get it off anyway"
"Life as an intern hey"
"Yeh" she agreed, knowing he was as disappointed as she was about not meeting his family.
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That evening Derek sat on the front steps of Meredith's house talking to his mother, he had remembered to call her when Izzie had started talking about how she wanted a big Christmas this year as she had never really had one before.
"Hey mum I'm at Meredith's so I can't talk for too long" Derek interrupted, his mother had begun to tell him about his nephews school sports day when Derek had realized how long they had been on the phone for.
"Oh, sorry dear I do tend to ramble"
"I rang to tell you that Meredith won't be coming to Christmas this year" he continued "she will probably have to work right up until Christmas Eve and had already promised to stay and have a make-shift-family-Christmas with her roommates as they can't make it home either"
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that, everyone was really looking forward to meeting her. Does that mean your not coming either?" His mother questioned
"No no I'll be there; it will only be for a few days"
"You sure?" she asked
"Yeh I'm sure" Derek sighed, his mum, although thousands of miles away, could sense his regret.
After hanging up from his mother Derek headed back inside "Why the long face" Izzie asked as he sat on the couch
"Just told my mum Meh can't come for Christmas, everyone was looking forward to meeting her and I wanted to show her off as well" he said smiling as Meredith walked into the room with George
"Show what off?" she asked, sitting down next to him and taking a sip of wine
"You" he answered, taking the glass from her hand
"Well that's ok then" she smiled and cuddled up to him
The rest of the evening went by pretty quietly, the four of them watching TV and chatting.
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"Izzie?" Meredith smiled sliding up to her roommate the next morning
"Hmm" she replied, knowing Meredith wanted something
"Well I was wondering, but only if it's ok with you and George, if I could invite Derek's family here for Christmas dinner" Meredith said, preying that she wouldn't mind
"How many" came the inevitable question
"Eight adults, nine kids" Meredith winced "big family" she added
Izzie contemplated this for a second "So there would be who" she asked
"His mum, his four sisters plus their partners, then the nine nephews and nieces" she replied, counting them out on her fingers
After a few more seconds Izzies face of contemplation turned into shock "That would mean I would be cooking a proper Christmas dinner for twenty-eight people! Because I have already invited Christina and Burke as well as Alex and George is bringing Sally as she can't make it home either, add you and me into that and its one hell of a party" then her eyes lit up and a smile brightened her face "That would be so cool" she exclaimed "I'm really going to get my first family shin-dig…it's going to be awesome"
Meredith was surprised at Izzies response, there weren't that many people who would look forward to cooking dinner for 28 after a 15hour shift, and jumping out of her chair she hugged Izzie around the neck "thankyou thankyou thankyou! Now I just have to check with George
"He won't mind" Izzie answered "He is going turkey shooting in the morning then taking his brothers to the airport, he said he was going to miss having all his little cousins around over Christmas-you know how he loves kids" Izzie said, loosening Meredith's grip and grabbing some cookbooks from the shelf.
As Izzie started looking up recipes Meredith ran to the phone, first calling George to run her idea by him and then calling Derek's mother"
"Hi Mrs. Sheppard, Its Meredith, Derek's girl…friend" she said when the older woman answered the phone, she was not use to saying that she was a girlfriend as they were still not telling people at work, apart from the few that already knew.
"Oh Meredith, this is a nice surprise, is everything ok?" she asked, a slight alarm raising her voice
"No everything is fine; I just wanted to run an idea by you"
"Oh, go ahead dear"
"I don't want to seem presumptuous or anything but I had this idea and well…" she paused not knowing how to start
"Its ok dear, ask away"
"Well I got the idea when Derek first asked me to come up for Christmas and then again when Izzie, that's my roommate"
"She's the ex-model who is a wonderful baker right?" Mrs. Sheppard questioned
"Yes that's right"
"Oh yes I have heard quite a lot about you and your roommates, seems Derek spends quite a bit of time there now"
"Well…yes I guess he does" Meredith mused, the woman's tone almost pointed out that she was happy about the living situation her son had going
"I'm so glad he has you and your friends, it really sounds like you all are a bit of a family" Meredith just smiled in response, before Mrs. Sheppard continued "Oh I am sorry dear, Derek has probably told you I can rattle on"
"No that's fine, well the idea I had" Meredith continued "was that you and the rest of your family came out here for Christmas" wanting the women to hear all her reasons she continued quickly "You see Derek was pretty sad the other night, after speaking to you and Izzie really loves to cook and wants to do a big Christmas dinner and George just loves to kids so they don't mind and...well…I really don't really want to meet all of you and…I don't think I can stand Derek going away again" she finally admitted
"Can I get back to you on it?" Mrs. Sheppard replied
"Of course you can" Meredith stated
"I think it's a fantastic idea but I will have to run it by the rest of the clan just incase, we haven't had a big family holiday for years and I know a couple of the girls were planning on going to see him next year so maybe we can push it u a bit" the woman exclaimed, getting excited at the idea of having a holiday to organize and at the prospect of finally meeting the lady who was of growing importance in her son's life.
"Ok" Meredith sighed with relief
"I had been wondering what to get Derek for Christmas, maybe this could be a joint present from the two of us"
"He would definitely love it" She agreed.
They chatted for a short time before saying their goodbyes. Meredith turned to look at Izzie who was busily jotting down notes from 'Traditional Christmas Feast', "Don't say a word to Derek, I want to check to see if they can come before I tell him-just incase"
"My lips are sealed" Izzie replied grinning as she motioned zipping her mouth shut
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It was late and Meredith was waiting for Derek to come home when she heard the phone ring "Hello" she answered
"Hi there dear, it's Derek's mother"
"Oh Hi Mrs. Sheppard, I wasn't expecting your call so soon"
"Well I couldn't wait to call you" the old woman replied "Oh I didn't wake you did I"
"No no, I'm just waiting for Derek to get home from work"
Mrs. Sheppard smiled as she realized Meredith had said 'home from work' and not just 'back', sensing that she was as into this relationship as her son seemed to be. "Good-news my dear" Mrs. Sheppard said excitedly as Meredith heard Derek's car pull into her drive "We are all coming. All seventeen of us"
"Oh that's terrific!" Meredith exclaimed, beaming as she opened the door to let Derek in
"Well Sam is about to show me how to book tickets over the internet so I better go, we can discuss details later, how does that sound?"
"Brilliant" Meredith replied leaning in to accept a kiss from Derek on her cheek "Hang on a second, he just walked in, why don't you tell him-I don't think he will believe me"
"Oh why thank-you dear. It was lovely talking to you again and I guess I can really mean it when I say I will see you soon"
"Yes I guess you can. Hang on I'll hand you over to him" Meredith replied as Derek gave her inquisitive looks "Bye Mrs. Sheppard" she added, laughing at Derek's reaction to the knowledge that his girlfriend had been talking to his mother.
Meredith pulled him in to a heated kiss, being careful to cover the mouth piece as she handed him the phone, taking his other hand in hers and leading him up the stairs as he began to speak to his mother.
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"You are amazing" Derek said as he hung up the phone and threw Meredith on the bed, collapsing on top of her and running kisses down her neck
"I know" Meredith replied with a cocky grin
"I can't believe you invited my entire family here for Christmas-you do know how many of us there are don't you?" he questioned
"Yes" she replied, breathing heavily as Derek ran his fingers lightly over her stomach, inching up the hem on her shirt
"Well then you are even more amazing" he smiled, pulling back from her and taking her in. "Does Izzie and George know?"
"Yeah they are actually excited about it" she said as she wiggled out of his grip and slipped under the bed covers "Izzie loves cooking and George loves kids, so they are both covered" she continued as Derek pulled his shirt off before following her beneath the sheets.
Scurrying deep under the covers Derek was surprised to feel a very-nearly-naked-Meredith lying next to him, she had managed to take off both her top and pants while waiting for him, as he pulled her on top of him, in their own cocoon she instinctively felt her way to his pants, pulling them off him without moving her gaze from his eyes. "Your getting good at that" he chuckled as he kicked off his boxers
"Well I have had a good teacher" she giggled, as he slipped his fingers of one hand, around the clasp of her bra and unclipped it as the other traced slow circles around her lips.
"Hmm" he replied, bringing his hands to her breasts as she rolled them over so that he was lying on top of her "and who might that be" he continued as he dragged his lips along her chest towards the bud of her nipple
"Oh some random I met the other day in an on-call room" she breathed, trying desperately to cling to her last strand of concentration which Derek's lips where slowly pulling away
"Uh-ha" Derek moaned into her breast, feeling her nipple harden as the vibrations of his voice encircled it.
Meredith moaned in response, her arching back raising her chest back to Derek's mouth. Placing a kiss on each inside of her breasts and holding her hands, he propped himself above her on his knees and lowered his mouth to her panties, letting his tongue run along her ticklish spot at the base of her stomach.
She giggled and couldn't stop her body from twitching as he continued to lazily drag his tongue along her stomach, slowly lowering it to her panty line. Not being able to stand the torment any longer she wrapped her legs around him and squeezed him tightly causing his body to collapse and his face to be pulled onto her stomach "Hey you should have just said something if you wanted me to hurry up" he laughed, climbing back to her mouth, his hands still tightly around hers.
She groaned into his mouth as he led her hand between his legs, she didn't know why but she loved feeling him harden in her hands. Releasing her wrists as she bean to work on him at an agonizingly teasing rate he slipped one hand behind her, lifting her hips off the bed as the other dragged down her panties. He felt her inhale sharply as he lowered her hips back to the bed, feeling his swelling self push against her inner thigh.
They kissed passionately as he kneaded her breasts and tweaked her nipples while she ran him through her hands, he snaked one hand between them as he felt her hips begin to move in time with the rhythm her hand was playing out on him. Pinching and rolling her between his fingers he could feel her pulsating beneath him, with the slightest of movements being met by a moan or whimper.
In an agreed movement he slipped a finger inside her as she let her legs fall apart and used her hands to guide him towards her, it was he who moaned as he felt her walls around him. Gazing into her eyes and kissing each eyelid as she closed them, he gave her time to stretch around him, before he began to continue their rhythm.
"We won't be able to do that when your parents are here" she laughed as he slid back into bed and pulled her on top of him, kissing him lightly on the chin before taking his lower lip between her teeth.
"We can always sneak back to mine" he replied wrapping his arms around her as she rested her head on his chest
"I like the sound of that" she murmured, starting to drop off
He waited until she was just about asleep before adding "Thanks Meredith, this is going to be fantastic" He then laid in silence, listening to her quiet even breaths as his mind raced over all his thoughts surrounding his families visit.
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A/N ok my new idea is to do a university/college set story but I have no idea about how the US system works (I'm an Aussie you see) and I was hoping to get a bit of an insight from anyone who might know…
I'm hoping to find out the name of a good med school (doesn't have to be Seattle based), what student on-campus housing is called, and what to call the person who lives and sort of helps out other students in the on-campus living (think Felicity). Any other info or plot ideas would be greatly appreciated as well!
I'll let you know when I put it up! Ta all.
Mwa