Dislaimer: See Chapter 1, I don't own Ben and Jerry's/Jimmy Choos/COACH/ or anything Tiffany's

I made up the store Ingra's

Chapter 11: Decisions, Decisions

"Ok, hypothetically speaking here, say, there's a guy and a girl who have been dating for only a week or two." Kelly explained to Meredith and Addison. "Would it be weird if the guy asked the girl to marry him after such a short period of dating?"

"It depends on the love factor." Addison said taking a spoonful of Ben and Jerry's the three were sharing. It was the week after Derek had asked Kelly to marry him and she still hadn't answered him.

FLASHBACK

"It seemed so real."

"I'm sorry that it wasn't." Kelly said sincerely.

"It could be." Derek replied.

"Are you asking me to marry you?" Kelly asked tears springing up into her eyes.

"Kelly Noelle Garrison, I've loved you since before we met. Meredith would always brag about you and I guess I felt like I knew you. Then when I met you, I found out how truly beautiful you were as a person and on the outside. You would make me the happiest man in the world if you would be my wife. I know we have only known each other for 2 weeks, but I believe we could make this work out. Things may not have ended greatly in my first marriage but I feel connected to you… all the time." Derek said smiling encouragingly.

"Derek, I…I have to think about it. This is a big surprise. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to say yes but there are issues that still have to be resolved in my life. I'd still like you to meet my father and I want to at least be able to stay in the same room as the man." Kelly explained. Derek laughed understanding completely.

"Just promise me that you'll give me an answer soon, whether it's yes or no." Derek proposed.

"You have got yourself a deal, Dr. Shepherd." Kelly said lying next to Derek on the hospital bed.

END FLASHBACK

"Love factor?" Kelly asked after zoning out a bit.

"The Love Factor is something the hospital bets on every time there is a couple with one of the people having an illness. It's kinda mean but we bet if they will stay together because of the Love Factor or if they'll break up because they don't have the Love Factor." Meredith explained. Addison nodded with her spoon in her mouth. They had sent the guys out to get Chinese food and some groceries.

"I think there is a love factor. This guy he was just in the hospital and the girl has had her heart broken by a lot of people in her life. She's not sure if they're moving too fast though." Kelly explained wondering how they couldn't figure out it was her she was talking about.

"Hey, we're back." Derek yelled coming into the kitchen with a few bags. The girls instantly hid their spoons and the empty carton of ice cream behind their backs.

"Don't over exert yourself honey." Kelly told Derek worriedly.

"Kell, I'm fine." Derek said pulling off his Yankees hat to show off his shaved head and coming over to kiss her on the lips. Kelly pushed the spoon behind Meredith with her hand without Derek noticing.

"Ow. Ow ow ow ow." Mark yelped from the kitchen. "Hot. Hot hot hot!"

"I guess I better save him from the killer Chinese food." Addison said laughing and getting up.

"Hey, have you guys been eating ice cream?" George asked coming into the living room where the girls had been sitting on the floor.

"No, why do you ask?" Meredith asked sweetly giving Kelly a panicked look.

"Um, you have Chocolate Fudge Brownie all over your face." George said stifling a laugh.

"Hey, Mer." Kelly said making a wiping motion around her lips smirking.

"Thanks a lot, you guys." Meredith yelled faking hurt. She couldn't keep a straight face and everyone ended up laughing.

"Oh my god." Kelly said placing the phone back in its cradle.

"What's wrong babe?" Derek asked coming out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in his mouth.

"My dad had a heart attack." Kelly said going extremely pale.

"Is he alright?" Derek asked suddenly concerned.

"He died." Was the only thing Kelly said.

"Kells, are you going to be okay?" Derek asked hugging Kelly to his muscular chest.

"I feel like I've been robbed of my father." Kelly said breaking down crying.

"Shhh…it's all going to be ok." Derek said stroking Kelly's hair comfortingly.

"I will never know if my father was actually a good man, I never talked to him. Who's going to walk me down the isle? Who's going to watch my babies when I have to go to work? Who… who…" Kelly said crying harder and sinking lower into Derek's chest.

"I don't know who's going to do all those things, but what I do know is that I will always be there for you." Derek told her sincerely laying his chin on her head.

"How can I cry over someone I barely knew?" Kelly asked looking up into Derek's piercing blue eyes.

"He was your dad. You're apart of him. You're gonna feel that way about people sometimes. You barely know them and then poof! They're gone and you're a crying mess." Derek told her.

"I don't even know what to say to that statement." Kelly said laughing with tears still streaming down her face.

"Who called to tell you?" Derek asked.

"One of the doctors that he worked with. She said that they had plans for a late dinner and she found him." Kelly said wiping the tears away. "His funeral is tomorrow. I have to get a flight back to Seattle as soon as possible. I guess we'll have to do our road trip another time. You'll come with me, won't you?" Kelly asked suddenly aware that she may have to do this all by herself.

"Of course I'll go with you. How about we fly back here after the funeral and get all your stuff and then drive back?" Derek suggested.

'That sounds like a great idea. Derek?"

"Yeah?" Derek asked after turning around to face her again. He had just been about to go back into the bathroom to get ready for bed.

"I love you."

"I love you too." Derek replied. He turned around and headed back into the bathroom smiling to himself.

"Wait, you're going back to Seattle…today?" Meredith asked.

"Mer, my father died, I have to go back. Derek and I are flying back here after the funeral, though. We really want to take that road trip together. So, while you're here I scheduled you and Addy to go look at some of the best designers for wedding gowns. Vera Wang being one of them, I remembered how much you loved her dresses." Kelly said with a smile. "And because I did this for you, I'm hoping with all hope that you will watch Shadow for me?" Kelly asked hopefully.

"Of course I'll watch him Kells." Meredith said hugging her friend.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Kelly said. A big weight had been lifted off her chest.

"It's really no problem at all. I'm happy to do it for you. Now go before you miss your plane." Meredith said shooing her out the door. Derek was already waiting in the car for her.

"Ready to go?" Derek asked pulling his seatbelt over his shoulder.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Kelly sighed.

"I'll be with you the whole time, don't worry." Derek told her.

"I'm just sad that we didn't get to make things better between us and that you couldn't meet him." Kelly said.

"Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up on you and biting you in the ass. The only thing you can do is sit back and hope it doesn't hurt too badly." Derek said.

"Fortune cookie." Kelly said smiling.

"A fortune cookie that uses the word 'ass', yes they'd make a great profit." Derek said jokingly.

"This is why I love Seattle." Kelly said laughing. Just as they had stepped out of Seattle National Airport there was a sudden downpour. They had no umbrella and there were no cabs around to give them shelter. Unlike normal people, Derek andKelly decided to walk to Derek's trailer in the rain.

"So what time is the funeral?" Derek asked towel drying his hair after they had shared a steaming hot shower.

"In 2 hours so… like 3 o'clock." Kelly said looking at the clock on the trailer's stove. "And… I don't own anything black." Kelly said rifling through her clothes.

"I'll take you shopping then." Derek said putting on a black suit with a dark blue tie that really brought out the crystal blue in his eyes.

"Hm, a man that takes me shopping, I just might have to keep you around." Kelly said jokingly.

"I guess you should." Derek said growling playfully and lunging toward Kelly who only had his robe on.

An hour later, they were off to a store called 'Ingra's"

"How's this one?" Kelly asked tying the tan sash that accompanied the black dress.

"I like the green one." Derek replied.

"Derek, it's a funeral, I can't show up in a green dress." Kelly said.

"What was your father's favorite color?" Derek asked.

"Green…"

"Then I suggest you buy the green dress." Derek said smiling.

After buying the green dress and a pair of green Jimmy Choo sandals they were off to the funeral. Before going into the house her father lived in, Kelly slipped on her oversized black COACH sunglasses and grabbed Derek's hand. He gave her hand a comforting squeeze.

The door burst open before she could reach the door and out came a little girl who looked about 5 years old. A woman that looked like she could be Kelly's sister walked out the door after the little girl. "Lucy, come back here. Lucy Marie Garrison! Listen to me, I'm your mother." The woman yelled after the crying child.

"Excuse me? Did you just say Garrison?" Kelly asked the woman.

"Yes, I'm sorry, someone in my family just died and I'm a mess, my daughter is a mess. Do I know you?" The woman asked.

"I doubt that you know me. My name is Kelly Garrison; I'm William Garrison's youngest daughter." Kelly said.

The woman gasped. "You're Kelly?" She asked. When Kelly nodded the woman's face lit up. "I'm your aunt Becky, your Uncle Peter's wife. The little girl over there is my daughter Lucy, your cousin." Becky explained.

"I thought you were like my step-mother." Kelly said sighing in relief. She didn't know if she could've dealt with something like that.

"Oh no, your father never remarried. He loved your mother very much and it hurt him so much that he did what he did to her. I mean, I was only in high school when this was going on but, I was always around. Peter and I are high school sweethearts." Becky explained. "Excuse me, I have to go get Lucy, your father was her favorite uncle."

"Oh, we'll go get her for you." Kelly offered. "I'd like to get to know her if I can." Kelly told her.

"Sure, that would actually help me out a lot, thank you. I'm sorry; I didn't catch your name." Becky said turning to Derek with a warm smile.

"I'm sorry, how rude of me. I'm Derek Shepherd, Kelly's boyfriend." Derek said shaking Becky Garrison's hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Derek. I should be getting back inside. Thanks again for getting her." Becky said turning and going inside.

"Hi Lucy, I'm Kelly and this is Derek. I'm your Uncle Will's daughter." Kelly explained to the little girl.

"You are Willy's daughter?" Lucy asked cocking her head to one side.

"Yes, I'm your cousin." Kelly told her.

"Cousin Kelly, do I have other cousins? I'm the only little kid in my family." Lucy explained.

"Well, you have me, and my 6 brothers and sisters, but they're way older than us. Then you have my nieces and nephews who are really your second cousins, but they're about your age." Kelly then went on to tell Lucy about all of her second cousins.

"Will I meet them?" Lucy asked.

"One day, how about we go inside, I want to say goodbye to my daddy before he goes to heaven." Kelly explained picking up the little girl after she agreed. Kelly, Lucy, and Derek were together for the whole funeral.

Once Kelly had gotten to say goodbye to her father, she and Derek and some other people had to go into one of the conference rooms to watch William Garrison's last will on tape.

"Hello everyone. If you're watching this, well, I must be dead." William Garrison a happy looking man said smiling into the camera. "I really hope my children are here to watch this, if they are, kids, I'm sorry about what I did to you and your mother. There are no excuses for what I did but I'm really sorry."

Kelly stared at this man, wondering how she could hate him; he looked like such a nice guy. A few tears ran down her face and Derek kissed her on the forehead to show her that he was there for her.

"To my youngest daughter, Kelly, I would like you to meet the man of your dreams, unless you have already. If you haven't, you may want to look this fellow up." Kelly's father said holding up a picture of Derek. "This is Dr. Derek Shepherd, he's the head of neurosurgery at Seattle Grace hospital. I had the pleasure of meeting this man once at Seattle Grace and I felt he would be perfect for you. Look him up."

Kelly laughed at the irony. What were the chances that her father could pick out the perfect man for her?

"I would also like to give you $20,000 for the wedding, house, private practice, ect. of your dreams." William Garrison finished.

Kelly gasped in surprise. $20,000? Where did her father get that kind of money? Well, he was a surgeon for 40 years. "Ok, so why didn't you tell me you had already met my father?" Kelly asked turning to Derek.

"I can honestly tell you that I forgot. It was so long ago, when I was an intern." Derek replied.

"Derek, remember that question you asked me in the hospital the day you had the surgery and the dream about Cecilia and Charlie?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah? What about it?" Derek asked.

"The answer is yes!"

"Seriously?" Derek asked.

"Seriously." Kelly announced. They stood up and hugged each other tight. The people in the room had no idea what was going on but clapped anyway. Then Derek slipped a Tiffany's Ribbon Engagement Ring onto Kelly's left ring finger. Everyone in the conference room came around the table to admire the beautiful ring.

"This is the most amazing ring I have ever seen!" Kelly exclaimed. "I love you Derek."

"I love you too." Derek said kissing his fiancé on the cheek.

"One thing though, I don't want to upstage Meredith's wedding so maybe we should keep this on the down low." Kelly suggested.

"I think that's a good idea." Derek said taking Kelly's ring and twisting it upside down.

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