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Where the heart is
Meredith felt as if she where floating. Derek truly cared for her. It was later that night. She's been home for an hour or two and couldn't fall asleep. She couldn't stop thinking abut him. The way he looked at her, his smile...she felt like a giddy highschool girl with a crush. Only this wasn't a crush, she was in love. She knows she always has been. Even though she locked those feelings away so well, she even convinced herself. But all it took was one look in that man's eyes and she was falling all over again. This time, she knows he will be there to cath her. And that is good enough.
Grace was tired so they had left a little early. Meredith and Derek were sitting on the front porch when Grace had come out to say she wanted to go home. Meredith had told her she'd be right in and that they would go. Derek had been starring at her the whole time. He took her hand in his before she got up to go inside. He gave it an affectionate squeeze that meant so much to her. She had kissed him on the cheek and had gone inside to say goodbye to everyone else.
Her feelings have gone haywire since then. She doesn't know what to do now. Part of her wants to jump right into it, and the other part is telling her to go slow. To take her time. But she's been alone for so long, she doesn't know if she'll be able to control herself. And that scares her. She's not afraid of him like she was ten years ago. She knows he would never hurt her like her did. Now there is nothing holding him back, and she knows it.
Now, like I said before, she is home. She's sitting at the kitchen table staring off into space. She's alone, Grace went to bed. She was tuckered out form to nights events. The number 12:32pm shown on the clock on the far wall. She wasn't the least bit tired.. In fact, she wanted to go somewhere, she didn't know where but she felt like she needed to be doing something. Meredith stared at the clock and then decided to go out somewhere. She walked into Grace's room.
"Honey?"
"Mm?" Grace stirred under her covers.
"I'm going to go out for a bit...okay? Be back later."
"Uh huh." Grace turned over in her covers and drifted off again. Meredith stood in the doorway looking at her wonderful daughter as she slept soundly. She was so peaceful. Time to get you a father. She thinks as she shuts the door quietly behind her.
Meredith takes in a deep breath as her car rolls up his driveway. She parks it and sits in the car, staring at the trailer. The lights are on inside...but she doesn't know if he is awake. Meredith sighs and finally steps out of the car. The door shuts behind her and se walks through the grass and onto his tiny front porch. She knocks on the door. She hears the faint sound of one of the dogs and sees Chances head peek out through the window. He then disappears and she then hears footsteps.
Derek opens the door with a creek of the hinges. When he sees her he is surprised and then his smile appears. He looks back into his trailer and then back at her. They decide to sit outside. Chance and Ruby follow him as he grabs a jacket and returns outside.
"Hey." Meredith says quietly.
"Hey." Derek responds, he's staring at her.
"I...I couldn't sleep so.."
Yeah, me either..." They both sit on the picnic table, staring at the ground. No one knows what to say or are afraid of what will happen if they say what's on their mind. "Meredith?" Derek asks, he looks up at her profile.
Meredith turns her head towards him, catching the glint in his eyes. "Hmm?"
"I miss you..." he says solemnly.
"I'm right here." She says, afraid to admit what she knows he means.
"I..I miss us, I miss us so much Mer, it hurts...I thought maybe I could move on after you left but..." He trails off looking away.
"It's been to long." She agrees. She takes his hand. Derek looks at her once again. "What's going to happened?" her voice is so low he can hardly hear.
"What?" He's confused.
"With us." She moves so she's fully facing him. He looks at her and smiles.
"That's the beauty of it." he says. They just look at each other. She can see that look he has and she can no longer can contain herself. She leans foreword quickly and captures his mouth in hers. He responds right away and the kiss deepens. Suddenly her hands are on his face and his hands are snaking through her hair.
They break apart. He leans his head on her forehead, noses almost touching. They are smiling at each other.
"My heart as always been with you." she says. She kisses him once more, remembering what it feels like to be close to some one, to him. The man she's always loved. The man whose her heart is.
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Grace woke up to those sound of her mother singing in the kitchen. She faintly remembers her mother going out lat night. But she did come back within the hour. She wonders where she went. Grave did see the spark of an old flame between her mother and Derek last night. She got so excited she was surprised she slept all night.
Grace walks down the hall to the kitchen and leans on the entryway. He mother is making breakfast and singing what appears to be the song Sway.
"Like a flower bending in the breeze, Bend with me, sway with ease." Her mother spun around the kitchen as she popped toast into the toaster. Grace had to suppress a giggle. Then when her mother spun around again she noticed her and immediately stopped. A look of embarrassment now evident. Grace shook her head an laughed. She took a seat at the table.
"You seem happy today." Grace inquired looking at her mother with a grin.
Meredith smiled. "I made eggs and toast.' She placed a plate in front of Grace. "So, it's Sunday I have the day off, what do you want to do?" She sits down with her own plate.
"Derek is off today...can we do something with him?" Grace too a leap. Meredith never goes anywhere or does anything wit the two of them.
"Like what?" Meredith asked, unfazed. Grace was surprised.
"I donno.." Grace eats a mouthful.
"Well call him up and ask him." Meredith says getting up from the tale to get the phone. Grace looks at her strangely. He mother is acting strange. She's never seen her like this before. Whatever it was, she liked it. She's never seen her mother so...she doesn't even know how to describe it.
"Okay mom, what happened?" Grace accuses. Her mouth metaphorically drooling for some details.
"What are you talking about?" Meredith asks innocently
"You know what I'm talking about. UH! You went to his house didn't you!" Grace is getting excited now. Meredith looks guilty.
"I kissed him." Meredith says to her daughter.
"What does this mean?" Grace asks pushing her plate aside. She no longer cares about breakfast, only on her mothers happiness.
"I donno!" Meredith is smiling so broadly. " go ahead and call him up, we don't want to waste the day away!"
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It's later that day and Derek is with Grace and Meredith. They are out back by the lake. Ruby is sitting under a tree with Grace while Chance in the water fetching a stick. Meredith and Derek are sitting under another tree a few feet away. Meredith has her head on Derek's shoulder
. Derek takes in deep breath, inhaling the scent of lavender. He takes her hand in his. He massages her knuckles. As of last night, these two are officially a couple. Derek has never been happier. Meredith leans her head to the side and looks at him. He smiles down at her. The best part about being long lost lovers is that it's never to early to say I Love You. And that is something said every half hour. Derek believes that this will move quickly. He already knows that he wants to marry her.
"Derek?" Meredith asks.
"Uh huh?" He answers back, looking out at the lake.
"I'm glad I have you."
"And I you." he says kissing her head. "I'm so glad I have both of you."
"We needed you for so long." Meredith leans forward and turns toward him. He kisses her and brings her into a hug.
"We've all needed each other." She nods in agreement. They here a huge splash and the sound of Grace's laughter. They both look over to see chance chasing a duck. Derek look at Grace, and then at Meredith. This is all he's ever wanted. This is all he will ever need.
"Chance no! Stop!" They look over to see chance shaking the water off his shaggy fur and onto Grace. She is laughing all the while and these two smile at the scene. They are like a happy family. It's funny how things work out.
"So, what's the plan?" Meredith suddenly asked. She's standing up now and has her hand reaching out for him to take. Derek takes it.
"Well...We build a house, right here." He grins from ear to ear at the look on Meredith's face. "And then...I guess, we will eventually get married and have a family together." They start walking and Meredith is just staring.
"Oh really?" Meredith says teasingly. She raps her arms around his waste and kisses his cheek.
"Really."
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The sound of a baby is heard in the other room. Izzie gets up off the couch and goes down the hall and into the babies room. She bends down over the cribs and picks up the five month old. She and Alex are great parents. Alex was a bit skeptical at first but he got some great advice form George who already was a father. But Alex is doing great. He does his fair share of diaper changes and midnight feedings.
"Sh., mommy's here, sh.." Izzie rocks the baby in her arms and figures he wants his bottle. She carries him out of the room and into the kitchen. She starts to fix a bottle when the doorbell rings. "Come in!" she yells. Surprisingly the baby doesn't keep screaming. She hears the door open and in comes both Callie and a very pregnant Meredith. Meredith is almost to the nine months point of her pregnancy. She and Derek got married a year ago. They also moved into the house that was built in place of Derek's Trailer. That was just recently. Grace is now almost twelve. She is the happiest girl Meredith has ever seen. Grace has this huge family that supports her. She is also a huge help with all the babies.
Callie has the twins in a scroller. George almost fainted when he found out they were having twins. Also because Callie neglected to mention that twins run in her family. But George is a great father. He loves his kids so much.
"Thank you so much Izzie." Callie says. She takes the twins out of the stroller and sets them in the playpen in the living room. Lilly has hair like her father while Jason has black hair like Callie.
"It's no problem, you know I love watching Lilly and Jason."
"Plus she has me." Meredith says sitting down in a chair very slowly. Meredith isn't allowed to work anymore and Izzie has the day off. So they are both watching all the kids. Which means Christina should be here with Stephan any minute. Stephan is just a little older then Lilly and Jason. He's walking and talking now, while the others are just starting to take their first steps. Then there is little Ethan. Izzie is giving him is bottle right now. Ethan had a head of blonde hair.
"Yeah, Ethan just woke up before you guys came in, I was hoping he'd sleep a little longer but he always gets his way." Izzie says leaning on the counter, She's feeding him his bottle, a spit up blanket draped over her arm. They all knew that Izzie would fit as the mommy type. They all have, even Christina believe it or not.
"He's like his Father." All three women turn their heads to see Christina standing in the doorway. with Stephan at her side. He has short black hair like his father and very tan skin. He's holding his mothers hand. All the women laugh. Callie takes Stephan's hand and leads him to the living room where the twins are. Callie returns a minute later.
Christina and Burke are set on just Stephan. He's the perfect kid to them and that's all they need. Christina jumped right into motherhood when she had him. She sometimes wonders if it would have been like that if she had not lost that baby during her internship.
"Well I have a few minutes so I'll just sit." Callie sits next to Meredith.
"I still have half an hour, I could have come later but Stephan wanted to come. He kept saying "babies". Which they all know that he wants to be with all his friends. The women smile at such cuteness and settle down at the table. All with children all great surgeons in different surgical fields. It was amazing. Ethan spits up and Izzie wipes it up with the blanket. She then places him in his highchair. All of them have four sets of highchairs for when they babysit all the kids. They will soon have to get another one for Meredith's. Meredith is having another girl. She's unsure of what to name her. Se's letting Derek name this one.
"Ah guys!" Everyone turns to see Meredith, her face screwed up in pain.
"Meredith?" Izzie walks over to her friend.
"Oh man I think she's ready!" Callie jumps up from the table." Meredith is breathing in and out in and out.
"Christina, call the Hospital, let them and Derek know we are coming." Christina gets right on it. "Meredith just take deep breaths." Meredith does as she is told.
"I'll stay here with the kids for now, just keep me posted." Callie says looking from Meredith to Izzie.
"Okay..Meredith come on, we have to get you into the car." Meredith nods and they all help her out of the chair and down the hall to the door. Ethan looks after them with Bewilderment.
Sorry I'm speeding this up but I couldn't think of anything else for the prescient. Plus I had so many Ideas for the Future. So what do you guys think?
