Sorry Sorry Sorry it took my so long to update-had planned on getting it done before the New Year, but life got in the way.

You can thank my dog for me getting this finished tonight, as she decided to raid my cupboard while I was out and eat an entire packet of doggy treats (she only ate like 12-but she's a small little thing) so I decided to wait up and check that she was ok…which she is I'm gathering as she is snoring at my feet.

Thanks to all my reviewers who leave me a note week in week out, you guys all make me smile! Special thanks to MJ, I hope my editing is a bit better this time- I actually read over it quickly before posting, but it's late so I'm not promising anything!

Anyway better late then never! Hope it was worth the wait!

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"So how did it go?" Derek asked as he slid into a seat in the cafeteria

"Pretty good, he didn't give me a lecture, which I had been expecting, just some rules we have to stick by. How bout you"

"He told me not to hurt you" he said quietly so that the others at the table could not hear "I kinda got the dad talk from him-which was weird considering I see him as a friend now"

"Seriously?" she replied with a puzzled look

"Yeah, that's what I thought to. But I also got the list of rules, like no favoritism and public displays of affection that kind of thing"

"Sounds like the same set of rules we got" Christina piped in "Like your not aloud to have over a quarter of your surgeries with him and when you do a surgery together he has to get a nurse or another doctor to sign off on your evaluation" she continued "Its not that bad hey"

"Yeah I thought he would be a lot worse!" Meredith replied

"He was, you guys got it easy, should have seen the list of rules Burke and I got when we first started dating-I swear it was a mile long!" she said exadurating her meaning by stretching her arms out wide "But they only lasted a week-the Chief realized that it just wouldn't work so he is trusting us a bit more now"

"See waiting to tell everyone was a good idea" Meredith teased, looking at Derek with a smile as he leaned across and lightly touched his lips to hers

"Hey hey hey! No public displays of affection you two!" Christina said, wiggling her finger at them, only to receive a response of laughter from the rest of the table, and the table of nurses next to them-who had obviously been listening in.

After glaring at the table of nurses Meredith turned to Derek "I guess we will have to get use to that-now that we are item number one on the gossip list" she smiled

"You still ok we told everyone?" he asked as they got up from the table to head back to work

"Perfectly" she smiled "I'm kind of use to people gossiping about me" squeezing his hand before slipping of in the other direction.

Derek just smiled to himself as he watched her walk away, chuckling to himself when she turned around and blew him a slow kiss in front of Nurse Tania.

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Later when he was getting clean scrubs before heading into surgery he found a note in his locker, it read:

Tonight. My Place. 8pm. Dress Warm.

Even though it was not signed, he knew it was from Meredith, he could pick her curvy fat letters anywhere.

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"You could have just told me to come over, you were in the surgery" Derek said after pulling out of a heated greeting-kiss on Meredith's door-step.

"But may I remind you kind sir that we are not meant to openly display affection while at work" she replied, quoting Webbers' strict instructions "And suggesting a date while I'm retracting skull tissue is hardly what I would call usual surgery banter".

"A little extreme isn't it?-the secret note and all" he chuckled.

Without him realizing what was going on she took his hand and led him back to his car

Then he clicked. "What so now I don't even get to come in?" he questioned, stopping in the middle of the road

"Nup" she simply replied, continuing to pull him towards his car

"What if I promise to be good" he said creeping his hands around her waist and nuzzling her ear. He thought his plight have been successful when she turned in his arms and snaked her hand into his jeans pocket, however he was hugely disappointed when she pulled out his keys and proceeded to open the passenger side door. "Oh so your coming with me" he said, waiting for her to get in the car

"Nup" she replied with a smile, continuing after he gave her a puzzled look. "You are coming with me" she stated, raking the keys out of the door as he slid into the seat, confused look remaining on his face.

"So I'm going with you but in my car" he said after she adjusted the drivers' seat and started the engine

"Well I want to go straight away and your car is already warm" she replied pulling out into the street, "Now lay back and close your eyes, I'll let you know when we are close"

Although puzzled his eyelids where heavy so after reclining the seat he laid back and drifted off, but not before turning and casually laying one hand across Meredith's' lap.

When she pulled-up at a red light she glanced at his sleeping form, she had felt his hand go limp on her leg before they had made it out of her street, he looked so peaceful laying on his side, one leg curled up onto the seat beneath him and the other stretched out, one hand supporting his head while the other remained on her lap. She did not want to wake him but knew they would be arriving soon. When they were a bit closer she lightly squeezed his hand as she quietly called his name.

When he awoke a groggy smile spread across his face, "How long was I out?" he questioned as he sat his chair back up

"About half an hour"

"Meredith" he stated in a questioning tone

"Uh-huh"

"You do realize we are at my place" he said, the puzzled look from earlier in the evening returning to his face

"Uh-huh" she replied simply, while madly trying to contain her grin

"So why didn't you just come to mine then?" he questioned again

"I wanted it to be a surprise" she said grinning

"Ok so now I'm really confused" he stuttered "How is going to my place a surprise?"

"You will see" she replied, as she drove past his trailer and continued down the driveway

The remainder of the trip was spent in silence, Derek watching Meredith while she grinned. Finally he thought he understood what was happening when they pulled up at the look-out they had visited on Christmas day. "Meredith its freezing" he commented as they got out of the car

"I warned you to dress warm" she said taking his hand and leading him to the lookout

"You have left your door open" he said turning to shut it

"I know…leave it" she said, while continuing to drag him up the hill. When they finally reached the top she smiled and turned to face him. "So…as you said the other day-we do not have a song" she then pulled a small remote out of her pocket and hit the button, causing loud music to fill the air "So I thought this would be a good time to choose one-as a celebration of coming out of the closet"

"Coming out of the closet?" he smirked "Nice"

"Oh you know what I mean" she replied, playfully hitting him across the chest

"I always know what you mean" he whispered pulling her in for a long tender kiss

"So what is on the menu?" he said taking his car stereo remote from her and flicking through the selection of tunes she had burnt

After holding her close to him and flicking through some of the many songs on the CD he stopped, "This is it" he said smiling wildly and stepping away from her "May I have this dance"

After accepting his hand it took her a few seconds to register which song he had chosen, however when she heard 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' by Elton John,pulsing through the stereo she placed her free hand on his shoulder as they began a slow dance.

After sharing a lingering kiss at the songs conclusion, she pulled back in his arm, looking him square in the face "You sure?" she questioned "Because once it's stuck there is no getting rid of it"

"Sure" he smiled, pulling her back into a warm hug "It's all about being in sync with each other and that's how I feel I am with you, we just click, we get each other, we always have" he breathed into her ear

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After no longer being able to maintain a decent level of body heat they retreated back to his trailer. "Have you got food?" she asked as they stepped through the door "I'm starving!"

"You are always hungry" he laughed as he opened up the freezer "How does lasagna sound?" he asked, reading the labels of the containers as he pulled them out of the freezer "Mum stocked me up with food when she left, but for some reason everything is in double serves" he grinned, turning to look at Meredith after she didn't reply

"Meredith" he lightly called, but was only answered by a light snore from the bedroom. Knowing she would hungrily wake-up for a midnight snack if she didn't eat now he popped the dish into the microwave and proceeded to set the small table.

Looking at the buzzer on the microwave he decided to wake her up, he found her fully clothed and spread out across the entire bed when he walked into the room. "Meredith" he called while sitting on the bed and stroking her hair.

"Can we eat in here" she mumbled into the bedspread

"No, I only just got new sheets from the last time we ate in here" he replied

"Please" she begged pulling him down to her "Promise I will be good"

"No way!" he said, kissing her gently "I've learnt not to trust you with food" he couldn't help but laugh as she pouted angrily. However, as soon as the buzzer sounded seconds later, her face brightened immediately and she leapt off the bed and headed towards the kitchen, leaving him in a daze behind her.

By the time he reached the kitchen she had served them each a slice and was sitting down waiting for him to join her. They ate in a comfortable silence, until she leaned back into her chair and rubbed her belly "I think I'm going to pop" she stated as she watched him finish off his plate, without asking she swapped their plates once his was empty and watched him finish the last mouthfuls of her dinner.

"Yours always tastes better than mine" he grinned after wiping his mouth with a napkin.

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"I thought you were tied" he said, raising an eyebrow, after she moved to straddle him. They had been sitting quietly on the couch watching reruns of their favourite medical show.

"Food can do amazing things" she smiled as he fingers went to work on the buttons of his shirt and her lips attacked his neck.

"In that case" he replied "I think we should take this to the bedroom" but before she could get off him he stood in a smooth motion, holding onto her. She wrapped her legs tightly around him and continued to work on his shirt. By the time they reached the bedroom, she had slipped it off his shoulders and was lightly biting along his jaw line.

Unlatching her legs from around him he let her down onto the bed, standing above her as she slipped her shirt over her head and undid her jeans, he helped by pulling them off her slim legs, he shrugged off his shirt and undid his pants before crawling on top of her. Pulling her up as he sat he slipped a hand behind her and undid her bra, lowering his head as he watched it slip away.

She then pulled herself onto her knees as he slipped his fingers down her sides, removing her panties. With a firm hand into his chest she pushed him back onto the bed, proceeding to copy his earlier actions and crawl up his body, but not without placing a light kiss to the tip of his enlarging penis.

He moaned loudly and gripped her breasts a little harder as she began rolling her hips on top of him, letting her hipbone rub the length of his penis, while one of her hands tugged at his balls. She then dragged her teeth down his chest and raised herself to her knees straddling him, with their eyes locked she slip down on his shaft, resting her head to his chest as she stretched around him.

Placing her hand on his chest and looking him in the eye when he started to move inside her, she grinned "I have an idea." She then proceeded to turn on his axel until she was facing his legs, the sheer sensation of her turning on him was nearly enough to drive him over the edge.

He groaned and threw his head back into the pillow as she began to push her hips up and down, back and forth; up and down back and forth…he gripped her hips tightly as his eyes stayed transfixed on her bottom.

Due to the angle he was grinding her in a new way, sensations spread throughout her body as she moved and she was forced to grip onto his bent legs for support when she came.

The feeling and sight of her back tensing and then collapsing onto him, gave him a sudden masculine surge, he came as her breasts brushed against his thighs, her lungs gasping for air.

"Incredible" he rasped, after she regained herself and collapsed next to him. She only grinned in response.

They lay there for a while, happily staring into the clear sky through the window; when she crawled on top of him again. "I think I will sleep here tonight" she announced as she lay her head on his bare chest. A moment later he could feel the slow even breathing of her sleep and stopped stroking her tangled hair, finally allowing himself to lapse into a comfortable night of needed rest.

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A/N

For those of you who don't know the song I've added the lyrics below. I know it's an oldie, but I thought it would be in Der's era and that is why he would have chosen it. So thanks again for reading, especially those who review.

Sleep well my darlings!

Can You Feel The Love Tonight, By Elton John

There's a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours